Pal Joey

"Pal Joey" is the eighth episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season five, and the sixty-fifth overall. It aired on September 25, 1998 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Pete Smith.

An incompetent intern harrases Space Ghost, Moltar, and Zorak while Space Ghost tries to interview documentary filmmaker Michael Moore.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Michael Moore
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Joey
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Joey Googe
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Space Ghost
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Lowe
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Moltar
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Zorak
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| God
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Brak
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Andy Merrill
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Zorak
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| God
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Brak
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Andy Merrill
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Brak
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Andy Merrill

Organizations

 * TimeWarner (mentioned)

Locations

 * Ghost Planet
 * Studio
 * Earth (indirectly mentioned)
 * United States (mentioned)
 * Texas (mentioned)
 * Caspian Sea (mentioned)
 * East Asia (indirectly mentioned)
 * Korea (mentioned)

Objects

 * Power bands
 * Inviso belt

Vehicles

 * Phantom Cruiser

Filming
It was copyrighted in 1998.

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

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 25, 1998 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * Space Ghost mentions the character John Rambo, who began life in the 1982 film Rambo.
 * Michael mentions his first movie, Roger & Me.
 * A gag credit is Nathan Cook as Space Ghost's male secretary.
 * Special thanks are given to Kathy Gray, Tammy Leech, Curling Flower Spaces, Sammy Sooser, Mike McGwire, Piano Boy, and Bob Weir.
 * The Adult Swim website skips this episode, but if it hadn't, it would've been counted as episode 8.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * April 12, 2005: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: The 1998 Episodes on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: All Talk Collection on DVD.