Edelweiss

"Edelweiss" is the third episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season four, and the thirty-sixth overall. It aired on July 25, 1997 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Dave Willis.

Space Ghost tries to recruit Beck as his new bandleader after he kills Zorak.

Memorable quotes
Moltar: Doesn't he look cute with his little hat on? Space Ghost: Shh! Quiet! You're going to wake him up. Moltar: Let's put a pillow over his face.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tansut
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Kennedy
 * 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:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Abraham Lincoln
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| George Washington
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jimmy Carter
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Rutherford B. Hayes
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Chester Alan Arthur
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Grover Cleveland
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Don Hester
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Beck
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Stagecoach
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Smokestack
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Hound Dog
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Showboat
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Brak
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Andy Merrill
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| David Lander
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Don Hester
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Beck
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Stagecoach
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Smokestack
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Hound Dog
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Showboat
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Brak
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Andy Merrill
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| David Lander
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Showboat
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Brak
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Andy Merrill
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| David Lander
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| David Lander
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself

Locations

 * Ghost Planet
 * Studio
 * Earth (indirectly mentioned)
 * United States (mentioned)
 * New York (indirectly mentioned)
 * New York (indirectly mentioned)
 * The Juilliard School (mentioned)
 * England (indirectly mentioned)
 * London (mentioned)
 * Germany (mentioned)

Objects

 * Power bands
 * Don Hester's Flip and Learn Songbook for the Wee Piano Player, Volume I

Vehicles

 * None

Filming
It was copyrighted in 1997.

Music
The music was composed by Sonny Sharrock, Eddie Horst, and Man...or Astro-Man? The musicians were Sharrock, Lance Carter, Horst, Alfrieda Gerald, and Man...or Astro-Man?

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: July 25, 1997 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * Zorak reveals he can regenerate.
 * Zorak, warning Space Ghost of three visiting ghosts, is what Jacob Marley did to Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens's 1908 story A Christmas Carol.
 * Gag credits include Nathan Cook as Space Ghost's male secretary, and Michael Lazzo for "gloves."
 * During the Cartoon Network logo, Beck's snoring can be heard.
 * David Lander is uncredited for his cameo during the fake commercial. Lander later appeared as a guest in "Boo Boo Kitty."

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * April 5, 2005: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume Three: This Is 1997 on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: All Talk Collection on DVD.