Punch

"Punch" is the seventh episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season one. It aired on September 16, 1994 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Billy Aronson and Matthew Maiellaro, and directed by Jeff Doud and C. Martin Croker.

After arriving late from his trip to Rome, Space Ghost flirts with model of romance book covers, Cindy Guyer, offends the comedy act of the Jerky Boys, and makes the Wheel of Fortune model, Dian Parkinson, uncomfortable.

Memorable quotes
Space Ghost: That's Zorak. Does he scare you? Dian: No, he's just a grasshopper. Zorak: I'm a mantis. Space Ghost: You're a locust! Zorak: Look me up! I'm a mantis. Lokar is the locust.

Characters

 * 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:#d2d2ff"| Cindy Guyer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Herself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Fabio
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Lorenzo Lamas
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Bruce Boxleitner
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Patrick Swayze
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Justine Bateman
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Johnny Brennan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kamal Ahmed
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dian Parkinson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Herself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Bob Barker
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Lokar
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Justine Bateman
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Johnny Brennan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kamal Ahmed
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dian Parkinson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Herself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Bob Barker
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Lokar
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Herself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Bob Barker
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Lokar
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Lokar
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Lokar

Organizations

 * The Original Way Outs

Locations

 * Earth
 * Rome
 * St. Peter's Square
 * Ghost Planet
 * Studio

Objects

 * None

Vehicles

 * Space Cruiser

Development
This was the sixth episode to produce.

Filming
It was copyrighted in 1994.

Music
The music was composed by Sony 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: September 16, 1994 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * Space Ghost and Zora mention G.I. Joe and Barbie, respectively.
 * Universal Television didn't end up producing Cindy's Sea Witch after all.
 * Cindy promotes a movie called Mortal Obsession, which doesn't seem to exist either.
 * None of the movies Space Ghost and Zorak seem to exist.
 * Zorak says "Swayze's brother", as in Patrick Swayze, but he has two brothers.
 * Moltar's love of ChiPs began in the appropriately titled episode "CHiPs."
 * At the end of the closing credits, Space Ghost says, "Magenta. Now that's a silly word."

Everlastng influence
Stock footage of Dian Parkinson appears pops up briefly in "World Premiere Toon In."

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.