CHiPs

"CHiPs" is the fourth episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season one. It aired on May 13, 1994 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Matthew Maiellaro, Andy Merrill, and Khaki Jones.

Space Ghost is excited to get recently retired talk show legend Johnny Carson, but has to bide his time with talk show expert Bill Carter, and the world's first talk show host, Joe Franklin. Meanwhile, Moltar watches reruns of CHiPs.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Moltar
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Space Ghost
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Lowe
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Johnny Carson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Zorak
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bill Carter
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bob Denver
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| David Letterman
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jay Leno
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Conan O'Brien (indirectly)
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Joe Franklin
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Barbra Streisand
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Bing Crosby
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ed McMahon
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Doc Severinsen
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jay Leno
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Conan O'Brien (indirectly)
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Joe Franklin
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Barbra Streisand
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Bing Crosby
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ed McMahon
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Doc Severinsen
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Bing Crosby
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ed McMahon
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Doc Severinsen
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ed McMahon
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Doc Severinsen
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Doc Severinsen

Organizations

 * The Original Way Outs

Locations

 * Ghost Planet
 * Studio
 * Earth (indirectly mentioned)
 * United States (indirectly mentioned)
 * New York (indirectly mentioned)
 * New York City (indirectly mentioned)
 * Manhatthan (indirectly mentioned)
 * Empire State Building (mentioned)

Objects

 * The Late Shift (mentioned)

Vehicles

 * None

Development
This was the fourth episode to produce.

Filming
It was copyrighted in 1994.

Music
The score was composed by Sonny Sharrock and Eddie Horst, the latter of whom was also the musical director. The musicians were Sharrock, Lance Carter, Horst, and Alfrieda Gerald.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: May 13, 1994 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * When Space Ghost is first interviewing Bill Carter, Bill's head is replaced with Bob Denver's who was a guest in "Gilligan."
 * The fictional character Conan the Barbarian is referred to, although it's an indirect reference to the talk show host Conan O'Brien.

Everlasting influence

 * Moltar tunes into CHiPs in "Punch."
 * In "Transcript," Moltar chooses Jonathan Richman as a guest because he did some music for ChiPs (which was just made up for the episode).

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * November 18, 2003: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume One on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * June 6, 2007: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume One on DVD.
 * November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: All Talk Collection on DVD.