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Summary: Animated comedy that outdoes the live stuff
Review: 1994. That was the year that the first Space Ghost Coast to Coast show came on the air, and I knew that a revolution was taking place. Instead of having dumb guests plug useless crap, SGCTC tried to find an audience that would watch it and get the jokes, so they stuck it at the same time as Letterman and Leno.I thought that the first two episodes were incredible, and have yet to be topped by the rest of the series, but they will be topped, give it time. The guest list is what makes this series great, Weird Al Yankovic even gives an interview - which is rare since most hosts think he's not worth their time, but he proves to be as entertaining as the actual cast. Zorak is one of the most humorous bad guys to ever surface, continually failing yet trying anyway regardless of injury, which makes Space Ghost always stay on his toes. Moltar is essentially the straight-man, constantly suffering the bad banter Space Ghost and Zorak get into while he tries to make sure that everything on the show runs smoothly. This was the groundbreaker and something that I consider to be the reason that the entirety of Adult Swim and other "grown-up" animated shows exist. They have an interesting group they target, the guys who watched The Tick (live and animated), Family Guy (Now having found its audience on... Adult Swim), Duckman and the most recent one; Clerks (truly one of those great shows that is doomed to obscurity) will always be able to watch T.V. for a few hours that doesn't involve at least one pregnancy scare a year. Buy this if you love the banter in Drew Carey or Frasier, and avoid it like the plague if you watch Will & Grace or Friends.
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Summary: SGC2C IS THE GEM OF CARTOON NETWORK!
Review: Adult Swim is Cartoon Network's late-night programming block of cartoons that appeal to a grown-up sense of humor and other adult sensibilities.
What does all of this have to do with DVD? Glad you asked! The Cartoon Network, in conjunction with Warner Brothers Home Video, have just issued their first official announcement for a Space Ghost Coast-To-Coast DVD set!...The 1st talk show set in space! What you get:
1. The 1st 16 episodes of SGC2C
Spanish Translation
Gilligan
Elevator
CHiPs
Bobcat
Banjo
Punch
Batmantis
Self Help
Gum, Disease
Girlie Show
Hungry
Fire Drill
Sleeper
Jerk
Urges
Explode
*episodes on the actually finished product could be different* 2. Special features
As of right now (Oct.13th) I know that there will be commentaries on all the episodes and a really weird "touch" Space Ghost game. 3. Complete running time is 203 minutes. Even though the 1st episodes of Space Ghost weren't the very best. Any fan of the show knows Space Ghost is the bread and butter of adult swim, and should buy this and future sets. AND DON"T FORGET TO WATCH SIX BRAND NEW EPISODES STARTING NOV. 23RD ONLY ON ADULT SWIM!
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Summary: I myself am a creature from Scotland. From Scotland.
Review: Ah, "Space Ghost: Coast to Coast". While the original 1960s cartoon show was a bit before my time and of very little interest to me when I actually did see some reruns of it (contrary to the Beatles, who date back to the same era), the animated character Space Ghost failed to realize his ultimate destiny until the day this highly bizarre talk show was created. I find it difficult to believe it, but it will be ten years ago this coming June that I saw this show for the first time (ah, that magical summer of 1994)... This show imprinted itself as a necessary part of my existence from the very first episode I watched (I remember that fifteen minutes very well indeed, from the first of many hard laughs it gave me up to the immense dissapointment I felt upon discovering, with the rolling of the credits, that the show was only fifteen minutes in length). SG:C2C is classic comedy and brilliant television, and I'm very happy to have this DVD collection in my possession. Covering the first two seasons of the show, six episodes from the range presented to us here are missing, but fortunately as my memory isn't THAT good I have no idea which ones were not included. Fortunately, the ones that we are given are classics, notably "Banjo", the one with "Weird Al" Yankovic, and "Fire Drill", with Talking Heads' David Byrne (not to be confused with the late David Byron of Uriah Heep) and Donny Osmond. Byrne's confusion and frustration at his treatment by his interviewer would make this one a classic all on its own, but those moments are just a small portion of what the whole episode has to offer (I won't even mention the wooly panda). But in spite of the fact that I've singled those two shows specifically out, they are by no means the best... each one has a tremendous amount of humor, absurdity, and craziness to offer its viewer not just once, but many times over and over (this is one show with a very high rewatchability factor, great for when you want to introduce it to unenlightened friends). Better still is the price... you just can't beat it. There's nothing to complain about. Great shows for a very low cost, which will provide you with years of entertainment and laughs... What more is there to say? I'd like to keep some surprises as surprises for those of you just discovering what we've got here, so I think I'll wrap up with that, and let you fall into it the way I did (I only watched this show for the first time because the TV was on, I was reading something, and was too distracted to change the channel). Buy it today, and you'll be a much happier person. Carry on Carry on, MN
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Summary: Not very funny
Review: Based on some good reviews, recommendations, and what I think is a good premise, I purchased this DVD set without having seen much of it on TV. It's a good idea, but I guess you have to be on drugs to enjoy it as it's not that funny. If you want to buy an adult-oriented cartoon DVD set that is hilarious and has lots of replay value, buy The Family Guy DVDs instead. Bottom line -- it's best to catch this show while it's playing on the Cartoon Network when you need to kill some time, otherwise it's not worth owning whatsoever.
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Summary: Great set -- oh, while Brak isn't here is . . .
Review: Brak was primarily on another show, not Space Ghost Coast to Coast. They run back to back so it is easy to confuse them. The thing that I love about these discs is--and I hate to say this--the disrespect Space Ghost shows to all of his guests, and how very uncomfortable many of the guests obviously feel. Even Donnie Osmond, who clearly knows what to expect and has seemingly come prepared for it, gets a little rattled (but to his credit, he really, really hung in there!). Slash is so uneasy that he explicitly requests to someone offscreen that he be allowed to leave the interview. Some get along great with the whole stupid idea, like the Professor from GILLIGAN'S ISLE. Hulk Hogan seems pretty much at ease with things, and Bobcat Golthwait is fine. Space Ghost is the worst talk show host in history, and that is pretty much the point. He was the star of an absolutely dreadful cartoon show, and now he gets to be the host of his show where he becomes a master of the non sequitur, as when he stands up suddenly, with no warning, and asks his guest, "What do you find to admire about me?" while flexing his muscles. I think my favorite question might be when he asks one of his ghosts, "Are you getting enough oxygen?" Great show. Also, I'm glad there isn't much Brak. Lord, that guy was annoying!
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Summary: Excellent show, but DVD could have been even better
Review: First of all, I love the episodes on this DVD. Some of the guests are game and hilarious (Wierd Al, Terry Jones), others appear confused by the whole experience (David Byrne, Adam West), while others seem just plain aggravated (Alice Cooper, Donnie Osmond). Oddly enough, the show works on all these levels. My favorite episodes have to be the Batman and Gilligan episodes, which feature stars of the respective TV shows. It's a lot of fun watching their reactions to SG's inane questions. The animosity between Space Ghost, Moltar, and Zorak is hilarious as well. The absence of six episodes does hurt the DVD a bit. The whole thing seemed a little light for a two-disc set. I also found the commentaries somewhat awful. It sounds like six people all trying to talk at the same time. Aside from some artwork, there are really no extras here (a Zorak music video is from an episode that should have been included anyway). I would have liked to see more about how the show is actually created and how the interviews actually work. But the real meat here is the show itself, and what is here is top-notch. Both fans and the uninitiated will enjoy this disk.
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Summary: Disappointment
Review: Given as a Xmas gift thinking it would contain cartoons of Space Ghost aside from SG being a night talk host. I saw the disapointment on the face of the gift receiver.
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Summary: This show...
Review: Had a profound impact upon me. This, along with Mystery Science Theater 3000 (BEFORE it went over to the SciFi channel i.e. before it stunk) was THE cult comedy for the mid nineties. This is a study in random, weird comments and is a harsh parody of, yes, "hollow celebrity worship." It also rips apart the "late night talk show" format and brings it to the height of absurdity. This is that rare thing in television - a show where the creators were given almost complete freedom to do whatever they wanted and where the writers were all geniuses. One warning though, in watching this, prepare for many awkward (intentional) silences and bizzare, almost non-linear tangents of conversation. It all adds up to tons of fun. Ah, the old golden days of Cartoon Network ... (sigh) ... you would watch this and then listen to Sonic Youth or something ramble ramble
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Summary: A brilliantly conceived and executed television show
Review: I am ecstatic that this is now available on DVD! One of the shows that my daughter and I have most enjoyed watching together has been SPACE GHOST COAST TO COAST, which is easily one of the most improbable great shows TV has ever seen. The concept of the show is utterly brilliant: has-been sixties television cartoon character Space Ghost is given his own late night talk show, which is broadcast from the distant regions of outer space using some of his arch enemies as staff and crew, including the molten monster Zoltar as director and the hysterically funny (and evil!) giant praying mantis Zorak as his musical director, a la Paul Schaeffer. But that is only half the brilliance of the show. Adding an extraordinarily edgy and searing theme song by Sonny Sharrock and a host of brilliantly selected guests, the show comes across as Dave Letterman from the Bizarro World. Because they are in outer space, the guests can only appear by remote broadcast, and each guest is introduced by a television screen dropping from the ceiling, providing the only real life presence in what is otherwise a minimally and cheaply animated show. Space Ghost is a brilliantly awful host, constantly (and accidentally) disrespecting his guests, and asking one question after another that completely unillumines the lives and careers of the guests. His questions of his guests are frequently absurd and apropos of nothing. His most commonly asked questions are "What are your super powers?" and "What is your secret identity?" When Michael Stipe of R.E.M. appears as a guest, Space Ghost asks, "Is that you in the corner?" to which Stipe replies, "Yes." The guests are brilliantly chosen and are precise equivalents of those appearing on Dave Letterman/Jay Leno/Conan O'Brien. They range from diet expert Susan Powter ("What super powers do you use to stop the insanity?"), Judy Tenuta, cast members of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND, The Ramones, Bob Goldthwait, Weird Al Yankovic, cast members of the TV show BATMAN, Dr. Joyce Brothers (who carefully decides that what is wrong with Zorak is that, "He is evil"), Donny Bonaduce, Branford Marsalis, Fran Drescher, Carol Channing, Donnie Osmond, Hulk Hogan, Slash (of Guns 'n' Roses), Sandra Bernhard, Matthew Sweet, and Terry Gilliam. My favorite character is, by far, Zorak, who is, we are frequently informed, evil (pronounced eeee-ville). Some of my favorite moments occur when Space Ghost insults Zorak, and the "camera" shows a long shot of an unmoving, unresponsive Zorak. Occasionally he will break out with some piece of absurdity, such as when in an early episode he suddenly proclaims, "I am the lone locust of the apocalypse. Think of me when you look to the night sky!" One show features his relatives as the entire audience, and in one of the first season's highlights, Zorak yearns for the love of a female praying mantis until he finds out precisely what his role in such a dalliance involves. Because the show is produced with such a minimal budget, and because the animated characters rarely move, the producers and writers have had to become enormously creative to make up for what the show lacks in resources. The result is what is genuinely one of the most original shows in the history of animation.
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Summary: Audio/Video not in sync and missing episodes
Review: i have a few issues with this dvd,first of all the audio is not in sync with the video,so the peoples mouths are still moving even after they spoke.This is very annoying,i dont know if i have a defective dvd or if its like that for everyone,ill probably exchange it next week to see if its like that after the store gets more instock,since i got the last copy in the store.my other issue is the dvd skipped over a few episodes.if the audio and missing episodes were fixed i would have gave this dvd 5 stars,
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