Cookout

"Cookout" is the thirteenth episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season three, and the thirty-first overall. It aired on December 11, 1996 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, and Alan Laddie.

Space Ghost judges the cooking talents of chefs Emil Lagasse, Nathalie Dupree, and Martin Yan.

Memorable quotes
Space Ghost: You know what they say, if you can't stand the cook, blast her out of the kitchen. Zorak: Liar! Nobody says that.

Space Ghost: Well, thank you, for coming. Lokar: Deja vu, you pusillanimous pile of pulchritude. Tansut: Hey, that's Latin for "beautiful." You just called him "beautiful."

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Moltar
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Zorak
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Space Ghost
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Lowe
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lokar
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Andy Merrill
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Metallus
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Black Widow
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Judy Tenuta
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tansut
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Kennedy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Brak
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Andy Merrill
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Christy
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Emeril Lagasse
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mr. DeMille
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Norma Desmond
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ray Charles
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Nathalie Dupree
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Herself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Martin Yan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Martin Yan's mother
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Steve Urkel
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mr. DeMille
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Norma Desmond
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ray Charles
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Nathalie Dupree
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Herself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Martin Yan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Martin Yan's mother
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Steve Urkel
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Martin Yan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Martin Yan's mother
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Steve Urkel
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Martin Yan's mother
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Steve Urkel
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Steve Urkel

Organizations

 * Council of Doom
 * The Original Way Outs
 * Herculoids (mentioned)

Locations

 * Ghost Planet
 * Studio
 * Earth
 * United States (indirectly mentioned)
 * New Orleans (mentioned)
 * Japan (indirectly mentioned)
 * Tokyo (mentioned)

Objects

 * Power bands

Vehicles

 * None

Filming
Yan cooked in a strip mall in Atlanta.

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: December 11, 1996 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * Zorak mentions Chef Boyardee as if he were a real person, which he technically is, but still, it's a brand based on the real chef named Hector Boiardi.
 * While Moltar is watching a speedboat crash into a car while on land, a quote from Romeo and Juliet also appears on the monitor.
 * Zorak says that watching Martin Yan cook is more educational than PBS.
 * During the Cartoon Network logo, Brak says, "I'm hungry. I'm tired," and then during the title card, "I wanna eat."
 * Keith Crofford, Sarah Dyer, Evan Dorkin, Matt Harrigan, Dave Willis, and Jay Edwards 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.