Gum, Disease

"Gum, Disease" is the tenth and final episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season one. It aired on November 11, 1994 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer.

Zorak wants gum from The Tonight Show's bandleader, Branford Marsalis, and then Space Ghost learns how to a former child star lives with that Patridge kid, Danny Bonaduce.

Memorable quotes
Space Ghost: I see you're chewing gum. Zorak: Gum? Moltar: Gum? Zorak: Gum! Space Ghost: Did you bring enough for everyone? Branford: No, but I'll have some shortly. Zorak: No gum? Sheesh.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Moltar
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * 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:#d2d2ff"| Branford Marsalis
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jay Leno
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mavis Leno
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Announcer (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tanya Bergan
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Doc Severinson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Danny Bonaduce
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jan
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jace
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Shirley Jones
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| David Cassidy
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Old lady
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tanya Bergan (voice)
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Donny Osmond
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blip
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jan
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jace
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Shirley Jones
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| David Cassidy
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Old lady
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tanya Bergan (voice)
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Donny Osmond
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blip
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Old lady
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tanya Bergan (voice)
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Donny Osmond
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blip
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Blip
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * KISS Army (mentioned)

Locations

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

Objects

 * Gum Zorak wanted
 * Sonic & Knuckles

Vehicles

 * None

Development
This was the tenth episode to produce.

Filming
It was copyrighted in 1994.

Music
The music 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: November 11, 1994 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * Space Ghost compares Branford to Ricky Ricardo, a character from the sitcom I Love Lucy.
 * Zorak wants to eat Branford's liver with fava beans and a fine chianti, which is paraphrased from Hannibal Lector's line in the film The Silence of the Lambs.
 * Reuben Kincaid, a name that appears on Moltar's screen, is a character from The Partridge Family.
 * Space Ghost's scatting and Danny Bonaduce saying "Ahhhh" is played over the Cartoon Network logo.
 * The Original Way Outs aren't mentioned and don't appear.
 * The video game that appears on Space Ghost's screen is Sonic & Knuckles.

Everlasting influence

 * The episode was reshown during "A Space Ghost Christmas."

Home availability

 * When the series was being released onto DVD, this episode was cut due to clearance issues.