Late Show

"Late Show" is the twelfth episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season three, and the thirtieth overall. It aired on October 23, 1996 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Spike Feresten and Steve O'Donnell.

To boost ratings, Space Ghost Coast to Coast reformats itself to become a Late Show with David Letterman rip-off. Good thing that they have two of their writers to give it some authenticity.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Announcer (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Gary Owens
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Space Ghost
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Lowe
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Zorak
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Moltar
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jerry
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Christy
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| John Popper
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bill Clinton
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Larry King
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Erma Bombeck
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Janeane Garofalo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Herself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Urma Thurman
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Oprah Winfrey
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Catwoman
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Pat Buchanan
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jay Leno
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Hugh Grant
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Space Ghost's mother
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Penny Jones
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Flip Orley
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Tony Randall
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dave Grohl
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Dave Grohl's mother
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| David Letterman
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Terri Garr
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Catwoman
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Pat Buchanan
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jay Leno
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Hugh Grant
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Space Ghost's mother
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Penny Jones
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Flip Orley
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Tony Randall
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dave Grohl
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Dave Grohl's mother
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| David Letterman
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Terri Garr
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Tony Randall
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dave Grohl
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Dave Grohl's mother
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| David Letterman
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Terri Garr
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| David Letterman
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Terri Garr
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Terri Garr
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Terri Garr

Organizations

 * The Original Way Outs
 * Foo Fighters (mentioned)

Locations

 * Ghost Planet
 * Studio
 * Earth (indirectly mentioned)
 * United States (indirectly mentioned)
 * Indiana (mentioned)
 * California (indirectly mentioned)
 * Los Angeles (indirectly mentioned)
 * Hollywood (mentioned)
 * Burger Town
 * Mexico (mentioned)
 * Xeron

Objects

 * Power bands

Vehicles

 * None

Filming
It was copyrighted in 1996.

Music
The music was composed by Sonny Sharrock and Eddie Horst. The musicians were Sharrock, Lance Carter, Horst, and Alfrieda Gerald.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: October 23, 1996 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The series is given a new CGI opening, which apparently not everyone liked. It was explained in the audio commentary for "Cookout," that they probably reused it to make their money's worth, but was eventually removed by the next season as they knew Coast to Coast was its own identity and didn't need to "piggyback" on David Letterman.
 * Keith Crofford, Spike Ferestein, Steve O'Donnell, and Janeane Garofalo provide audio commentary for this episode on DVD releases.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * November 16, 2004: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume Two on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * October 2, 2007: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume Two on DVD.
 * November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: All Talk Collection on DVD.