Spanish Translation

"Spanish Translation" is the first episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season one. It aired on April 15, 1994 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Matthew Maiellaro, Andy Merrill, Khaki Jones, and Keith Crofford.

Intermittently learn Spanish during Space Ghost's interviews with motivational speaker Susan Powter, comedian Kevin Meaney, and gatecrashing musicians the Bee Gees.

Memorable quotes
Space Ghost: Tell us, who are you really? What's your secret identity. Susan: My secret identity? Um. Well, I may as well tell you here, sitting here with you, Space Ghost. I'm really a transexual, actually. I'm not a woman at all. Space Ghost: Really? Susan: The real identity is me! It's about as much me as you can get when I'm up on the stage.

Kevin: What is wrong with you? Zorak: Does my music frighten you?

Moltar: How could this be? There are three of them. Space Ghost: Moltar, what is it? Moltar: It's the blasted Bee Gees!

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"| Male CD commercial announcer (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Andy Merrill
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Female CD commercial announcer (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Khaki Jones
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Brak
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Sisto
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Susan Powter
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Herself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Spanish translator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Cecilia Maza
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kevin Meaney
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Kevin's mother
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| John F. Kennedy
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Robin Gibb
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Barry Gibb
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Maurice Gibb
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kevin Meaney
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Kevin's mother
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| John F. Kennedy
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Robin Gibb
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Barry Gibb
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Maurice Gibb
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Barry Gibb
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Maurice Gibb
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself

Organizations

 * The Original Way Outs
 * FBI (mentioned)
 * Sharrock Records (mentioned)
 * Cogswell Cogs, Inc. (mentioned)
 * The Bee Gees

Locations

 * Ghost Planet
 * Studio
 * Murray's (mentioned)
 * Earth (indirectly mentioned)
 * Australia (mentioned)
 * United States (indirectly mentioned)
 * Los Angeles (mentioned)

Objects

 * Zorak and Moltar Sing Your Favorite Lullabies

Vehicles

 * Phantom Cruiser

Development
Despite airing as the first episode, this was the second to be produced.

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: April 15, 1994 at 11:00 pm on Cartoon Network
 * United Kingdom & Ireland: October 7, 1994 at 11:45 pm on TNT

Behind the scenes

 * Zorak does an impression of Ren from the Nickelodeon cartoon Ren and Stimpy when he calls Space Ghost an idiot. This is followed by Space Ghost saying "D'oh" in the same manner as Homer Simpson from the animated sitcom The Simpsons.
 * Brak and Sisto act like Beavis & Butt-Head, from the MTV cartoon of the same name.
 * The Orkin Man is a reference to the Orkin Exterminating Company representative in their commercials.
 * Space Ghost, Zorak, and Moltar are watching footage of "The Green Terror," an episode of the Japanese series Ultraseven.
 * Sharrock is a division of Cogswell Cogs, which is Mr. Cogswell's company in The Jetsons.

Errors

 * Despite the record cover saying "Zorak and Moltar Sing Your Favorite Lullabies," the screen advertising it says, "Zorak & Moltar Sing the Nursery Rhymes and Favourite Lullabies."

Everlasting influence

 * In "$20.01," one of the reasons why Space Ghost uses the MOE 2000, is that it won't book "awful" acts like the Bee Gees.

Space Ghost refers to the Bee Gees when he appeared as a guest on the November 15, 1998 episode of Donny & Marie''.

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.