Fire Drill

"Fire Drill" is the fifth episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season two, and the fifteenth overall. It aired on June 21, 1995 on Cartoon Network. It was written by David Greenberger and Matthew Maiellaro.

Space Ghost wants to know what singer David Byrne likes on his salad, then wants to know about the feud between another singer Donny Osmond has with Danny Bonaduce.

Memorable quotes
Moltar: Monogamy's where it's at in the nineties.

Donny: Oh, I didn't know Zorak was a singer. Zorak: Zorak is many things.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Space Ghost
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Lowe
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Donny Osmond
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * 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"| David Byrne
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Moses
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Marie Osmond
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Danny Bonaduce
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| David Byrne
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Moses
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Marie Osmond
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Danny Bonaduce
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Marie Osmond
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Danny Bonaduce
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Danny Bonaduce

Locations

 * Ghost Planet
 * Studio
 * Earth (indirectly mentioned)
 * Scotland (mentioned)
 * United States (indirectly mentioned)
 * California (indirectly mentioned)
 * Los Angeles (mentioned)

Objects

 * None

Vehicles

 * None

Filming
Osmond was filmed in Chicago, while Byrne was filmed in New York. Bryne's reactions were legitimately awkward, while Osmond was just uncomfortable to be there.

It was copyrighted in 1995.

Music
The music was composed by Sonny Sharrock and Eddie Horst, with backing vocals from Alfrieda Gerald. The musicians were Sharrock, Lance Carter, and Horst.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: June 21, 1995 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * When the Cartoon Network logo appears at the end, Space Ghost sings "Johnny Confident."
 * Keith Crofford, Mike Lazzo, George Lowe, Matt Maiellaro, and Michael Cahill provide audio commentary on DVD releases.

Everlasting influence
Space Ghost appeared from behind his desk on the November 15, 1998 episode of the daytime talk show Donny & Marie, to plug the CD Space Ghost's Surf & Turf, with songs that actually come from the spin-off series Cartoon Planet. When Donny asked Space Ghost if he had a favorite interview, he coldly responded it wasn't with him.

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.