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Summary: Prepare your heinie for another blast from the spank ray!
Review: Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast seems to be an acquired taste, with silly and dry wit that I find quite palatable. It's theme is a very bad talk show which Space Ghost hosts, along with his old enemies Zorak, Brak, and Moltar.
Back in 1966, Space Ghost was a real cartoon (that I used to watch) that aired for 2 years, only 42 episodes, but introduced many of the characters that show up on Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast; like Gloop and Gleep, Lokar, and Jace & Jan in this first release on DVD.
It was cheesy back then, and SGCTC takes cheese to a whole new level. SG is the worst talk show host ever, asking most guests if they have enough oxygen and what their superpowers are. The guests are real, appearing on a TV screen in SG's "set". Some of the guests, like Hulk Hogan, Terry Jones, Sandra Bernhard, and Carol Channing (to name only a few) seem to have a good time with the odd interview setup. Others show obvious discomfort at what the show will do with their words, like Donny Osmond, David Byrne, and especially guitarist Slash.
In between interviews, SG gets into childish arguments with Zorak, and some pretty silly things happen. If you like oddball humor like Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Beavis & Butthead, you will probably like SPCTC. Here is a quick mention of what you will find on these first sixteen episodes.
Disc One:
Elevator - guests Judy Tenuta, Timothy Leary, and very briefly Ashley Judd. This first episode is the worst of the lot, they seemed to be feeling around for how to make this quirky idea work.
Spanish Translation - guests Susan Powter, Kevin Meany, and briefly The Bee-Gees. Funny lines, (SP) "I have many super powers and a colossal bulk that frightens evil villains!" and (Kevin) "Walking around the universe with tight pants on, it's not right!" Plus, there is an advertisement for 'Zorak and Moltar Sing Your Favorite Lullabies.' Hilarious!
Gilligan - guests Bob Denver, Dawn Wells, and Russell Johnson. This is the episode Zorak announces, "I am the lone locust of the apocalypse, think of me when you look to the night sky!" and SP confronts Moltar, and tells him, "Prepare your heinie for another blast from the spank ray!"
CHiPS - guests Joe Franklin and Bill Carter. SP discusses late night talk shows. Funny line, to Bill Carter regarding Zorak; "Have you ever seen evil so personified as you do in his skeletal shell?" Joe Franklin and SP have a very funny introductory exchange.
Bobcat - guests Bobcat Goldthwait and The Ramones. Bobcat is hilarious in his interview, bringing up things like, "Barney's gonna make more kids snap than bugs bunny." and musing about ending world violence for a half an hour by using a ball peen hammer on the cast of Blossom. This is also the episode we find out SP's real name is Tad Ghostal.
Punch - guests Cindy Guyer, Jerky Boys, and Dian Parkinson. Zorak wants to hear about Dian's affair, and SP says, "The Fair! I love fairs! Lights, pony rides, cotton candy, Lobster Boy..."
Banjo - guests Schooly D and Weird Al Yankovic. SP grows Sea Monkeys and names one Banjo. Zorak has a book of incantations and takes over SP's mind.
Batmantis - guests Adam West, Lee Merriwether, and Eartha Kitt. This is a great episode, one of my favorites, in which Zorak turns into Batmantis, declaring to everyone, "I shiver with power, I ache with disease, I am Batmantis."
At the end, they have a bake sale, in which Moltar announces, "I hate oatmeal cookies, they make me go."
The guests are relaxed and seem to have fun with their interviews.
Story Book House - very feeble episode in which Kirk The Storyteller and Carl The Cartoonist read and draw previously watched episodes. Skip this one.
Disc Two:
Girlie Show - guests Fran Drescher, Carol Channing, and Alice Cooper. SP does a tribute to women, falls in love with Fran, and is shocked that Alice is not a woman. Gloop and Gleep make a brief appearance. This episode is one of my favorites.
Hungry - guests Michael Stipe, Lassie, and Sirajul & Mujibur. Space Ghost is "Hungry like a muscled up GIJoe fresh from the chopper!" so they order a pizza with sun-bloated Orange Roughy topping. Zorak brings his nephew on the show, and Space Ghost thinks he's an action figure, and tells Zorak "You'd better slap a muzzle on that scaled down piece of evil!" Zorak devours his nephew.
Fire Drill - guests David Byrne and Donny Osmond. Zorak and SP get off on saying "Your bringing me down, man!" Both guests were uncomfortable doing the interview, which made the show even funnier.
Sleeper - guests Hulk Hogan and Slash. Hilarious episode, Hulk is very at home with his interview, and Slash actually talks to someone off camera about getting out of the interview. At the beginning, SP, Zorak, and Moltar are sitting in the cafeteria making up Haiku poems.
Jerk - guests "regular guy" Palmer Mills and Sandra Bernhard. Funny episode in which SP decides to take calls on the set, and use a live audience, who winds out being entirely made up of Zorak's relatives. One of the calls is from SP evil twin Chad, and Zorak makes a brief appearance. Brak introduces the show. My favorite part is when SP tells a telemarketer to "Blow off, wage slave!"
Urges - guests Catherine Bach and Matthew Sweet. It's mantis mating season, and while Zorak watches the locust channel, Moltar watches the lava channel. Zorak winds out "digging on a dude", which saves him from being eaten by a female.
Explode - guests Terry Jones and Glen Phillips. Very funny episode with lots of Monty Python humor, including a spicy "Spam" interlude. SP announces, "I am beefy tonight, very beefy indeed." Terry Jones is hilarious.
That's it, a rundown on each episode. The commentaries are not much, rather boring actually; but at the end of Disc Two is a very funny "Jingle Bells" performed by Zorak. Brak isn't on the show in these episodes, only making a couple of short appearances. If you like odd humor, or watched the show on Cartoon Network and liked it, then you should buy this collection. If you are unsure, probably rent it first because this humor is not for everyone. I, however, totally love it. Enjoy!
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Summary: SG on DVD
Review: Space ghost fans have waited too long for this..But who gives, hes finally gonna be on dvd.Its true, space ghost is the best show on adult swim. This is going to be a great addition to any comedy fans dvd collection. I cant wait till season 2 (in my opinion, are funnier) to come out.So go get it ya sugarpants.
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Summary: Space Ghost Volume I is Excellent
Review: Space Ghost has been one of my favorite shows since the Cartoon Network began airing it. It's great how he "goes for the neck" of every guest and the interaction between Space Ghost, Zorack, and Moltar is hilarious. Although this DVD is a little light on special features, the five episodes with commentaries are great. It is like there are two episodes: the original and the producers doing a mystery science theatre on them. This is an excellent DVD. One word of caution: if you buy this without having seen Space Ghost before skip the first episode, it sucks.
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Summary: Space Ghost Volume I is Excellent
Review: Space Ghost has been one of my favorite shows since the Cartoon Network began airing it. It's great how he "goes for the neck" of every guest and the interaction between Space Ghost, Zorack, and Moltar is hilarious. Although this DVD is a little light on special features, the five episodes with commentaries are great. It is like there are two episodes: the original and the producers doing a mystery science theatre on them. This is an excellent DVD. One word of caution: if you buy this without having seen Space Ghost before skip the first episode, it sucks.
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Summary: Welcome back, stupid viewers! You'll watch anything!
Review: Space Ghost has received a phone call from his wife, Björk
Space Ghost: Uh, hey, honey, how are you?
Björk: Do you like sulfur?
Space Ghost: Sulfur? Sulfur's my favorite food, honey, you know that. Is that why you called me?
Björk: Yeah.
Space Ghost: Oh, great.
Björk: Can I sing in Icelandic?
Space Ghost: Uh, not now, honey, please, I'm right in the middle of, a, um... giant space war.
Björk: I... I enjoy talking to you.
Space Ghost: Uh, yes you do, but like I said, this, uh, space war, what can I do?
pause
Space Ghost: ...aliens.
Björk: Yeah?
Space Ghost: Yeah, so, you have to go now.
Björk: Okay.
Space Ghost: Okay, so... I'll talk to you when there's... peace. In space.
That about sums it up...
Rating: 
Summary: Space Ghost - Well worth it
Review: Space Ghost is excellent. It manages to be both funny and subversive without sinking into preachy "weirder than you" comedy and insider jokes. The only reason I didn't give this very reasonably priced DVD 5 stars is the fact if you don't get it in the first 30 minutes, you'll probably never get it; however, this isn't usually the something you'll stumble across without having seen a few episodes. If you like Space Ghost (and his untrustworthy sidekicks) you'll like this. The celebritites he interviews don't seem to get the joke and that makes this even better.Funny, Insightful and unappreciated.
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Summary: Pure Genius
Review: Take a has-been superhero from the '60's and give him a
second shot at television in a talk show format and you
have one of the funniest shows this side of MST3K or the
Simpsons in their prime. The interactions are always good
for a laugh, and each show is better than the previous.
Doubt me? Go to the SG:CTC website and read through any
one of the episode transcripts...hilarious. I'd give this
five stars but I'm saving that for Volume 2.
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Summary: Just ignore him, Zorak was born for fun, loyal to none
Review: This cartoon seems kind of bad. JUst try it a couple more times. This may only happen to some people, like me. I kind of forced a couple laughs and then they were chuckles and then i laughed out loud. I went back to the episodes i watched first and was laughing histarically (sp).
Also, the thing that is different from the other [adult swim]shows, aqua teen sealab, is that space ghost pretty much started [adult swim] and the other shows on this comedy block is just weird things happening, there are hilarious jokes in those shows too, but mostly stoners watched them and that what most of the viewers were, stoners gettin laughs of of weird occurences, although they are still funny when you are perfectly sober. But space ghost isnt really like that. It lasted as long as it did because of its priceless material.
so just give this a chance. You'll be happy that you did.
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Summary: Great overall, not enough Brak.
Review: This DVD is great. Funny show, overall enjoyable. The Episodes contained on this two disc set are:
ELEVATOR
SPANISH TRANSLATION
GILLIGAN
CHiPs
BOBCAT
PUNCH
BANJO
BATMANTIS
STORY BOOK HOUSE
GIRLIE SHOW
HUNGRY
FIRE DRILL
SLEEPER
JERK
URGES
EXPLODE These are all hilarious, but brak barely appears in any of them. There aren't too many special features except for commentary on a few episodes and a hilarious version of jingle bells played by Zorak.
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Summary: This is a good show, this is a clean show
Review: This is a GOOD CLEAN SHOW! There is not another comedy on this planet that has made me laugh as hard as this show has. The first season is great, but then again, they are all great. For those that like off-the-wall humor, this show is for you. EVery now and then the guest stars, usually well known actors or musicians on a decline in their career, get a stab or two from the crudely animated muscle head known as Space Ghost. If that is not enough, there are two other characters in the show, Zorak and Moltar. They were originally enemies of Space Ghost in the 60's cartoon, but now they are his slaves providing direction and musical accompaniment. Move aside Leno, Letterman, and O'Brien. You have been outdone.
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