President's Day Nightmare

"President's Day Nightmare", also known as "World Premiere Toon In" is the first episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season two, and the eleventh overall. It simultaneously aired on February 20, 1995 on Cartoon Network, TBS, and TNT. It was written by Matthew Maiellaro.

The Council of Doom judges Pat Ventura, Van Partible, Gene Mattos, Gene Tartakovsky, and Craig McCracken in a pageant-like contest to get their short aired on Space Ghost's show.

Memorable quotes
Lokar: Thank you, Space Ghost. I'm esteemed. Zorak: Death to Lokar.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Announcer (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Kennedy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Brak
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Andy Merrill
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Van Partible
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lokar
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Andy Merrill
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pat Ventura
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Metallus
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Craig McCracken
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Black Widow
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Judy Tenuta
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Genndy Tartakovsky
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tansut
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Geno Mattos
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * 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"| Blip
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Tansut's mother
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Tansut's father
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dian Parkinson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Herself
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Moltar
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Yuckie Duck
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ric Flair
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| William Shatner
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Dexter
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blip
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Tansut's mother
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Tansut's father
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dian Parkinson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Herself
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Moltar
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Yuckie Duck
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ric Flair
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| William Shatner
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Dexter
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Yuckie Duck
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ric Flair
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| William Shatner
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Dexter
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| William Shatner
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Dexter
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Dexter
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Dexter

Organizations

 * Council of Doom
 * Hanna-Barbera (mentioned)
 * Brice/Westinghouse (mentioned)
 * NASCAR (mentioned)
 * Powerpuff Girls (mentioned)

Locations

 * Ghost Planet
 * Studio
 * S.K. System (mentioned)
 * Dust mite planet (mentioned)

Objects

 * Van's danish

Vehicles

 * None

Filming
Stock of Dian Parkinson is used from "Punch." She's even credited.

The DVD version, which runs 17:21, has the guests arranged in a different order with Space Ghost announcing Van Partible as his first guest, followed by (with another surprise appearance of Dian Parkinson wedged in between), Pat Ventura, Gen Mattos, Gene Tartakovsky, and Craig McCracken. Parkinson also pops up again between Partible and Ventura.

The clips and the full-length cartoon of "Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins" are edited out including Space Ghost's introductions of them.

It was copyrighted in 1995.

Music
The score was composed by Eddie Horst and Mike LeFevre, 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: February 20, 1995 on Cartoon Network, TBS, and TNT

Behind the scenes

 * Zorak does a Beavis and Butt-Head-type laugh when Pat tries to explain how he chose the voice Yuckie Duck.
 * The clips of shorts are of "Short Orders" from Yuckie Duck, Johnny Bravo, "Raw Deal in Rome" from Shake & Flick, "Changes" from Dexter's Laboratory, and the winner "Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins" from The Powerpuff Girls. The short does include the What a Cartoon intro, but not the end credits.
 * The end Cartoon Network logo has the repeated line of Space Ghost mocking Genndy when he said "Thank you, Space Ghost."

Everlasting influence

 * Moltar accidentally brings up Craig in his swimwear due to a fault in "Freak Show."

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * April 12, 2005: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume Three: This is 1997 on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * October 2, 2007: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume Three: This is 1997 on DVD.
 * November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: All Talk Collection on DVD.
 * In New Zealand:
 * November 13, 2008: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume Three: This is 1997 on DVD.