20.01

$20.01
Premiere date	February 9, 1996
Run time	22:42
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Eddie Horst
Writer(s)	Evan Dorkin Sarah Dyer
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker
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"$20.01" is the second episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season three, and the twentieth overall. It aired on February 9, 1996 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer.

Space Ghost fires Moltar and Zorak for ruining his talk show and replaces them with a machine, but are they really the problem, or is it Space Ghost himself? His guests are magicians Penn & Teller (done separately), and Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator, Joel Hodgson--or Joel Robinson, as Space Ghost frequently calls him.

Memorable quotes

Zorak: Sometimes I feel like I was executed for my crimes against the universe, and this talk show is my eternal torment.
Moltar: Sometimes I think elves are following me.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Joel Hodgson	Himself
Moltar	C. Martin Croker
Batman
Space Ghost	George Lowe
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
Penn Jillette	Himself
Cher
Yanni
Teller	Himself
John Tesh
Bob Crane
Hervé Villechaize
Banjo
Carol Channing	Herself
Terry Jones	Himself
Matthew Sweet	Himself
Catherine Bach	Herself
Sandra Bernhard	Herself
Palmer Mills	Himself
Hulk Hogan	Himself
Lassie	Herself
Russell Johnson	Himself
Fran Drescher	Herself
Anka Radakovich	Herself
Weird Al Yankovic	Himself
Schoolly D	Himself
Kamal Ahmed	Himself
Johnny Brennan	Himself
Cindy Guyer	Herself
Johnny Ramone	Himself
Marky Ramone	Himself
Joey Ramone	Himself
C.J. Ramone	Himself
Bobcat Goldthwait	Himself
Kevin Meaney	Himself
Susan Powter	Herself
Timothy Leary	Himself
Judy Tenuta	Herself

Organizations

• Bee Gees (mentioned)
• The Original Way Outs

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio
• Earth (indirectly mentioned)
  • Indonesia (indirectly mentioned)
    • Java (mentioned)
      • Krakatoa (mentioned)
  • East Africa (indirectly mentioned)
    • Mozambique (mentioned)

Objects

• Power bands
• MOE 2000 (voiced by Keith Crofford)

Vehicles

• Phantom Cruiser (mentioned)

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1996.

Music

The music was composed by Sonny Sharrock and Eddie Horst. The musicians were Sharrock, Lance Carter, Horst, and Alfrieda Gerald.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: February 9, 1996 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a play on the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, which also has further parodies in the form of MOE 2000 being based on HAL 9000, as well as the ending.
• Joel refers to the film Batman Forever at the beginning of the episode.
• Interviewing those "awful Bee Gees" that Space Ghost refers to happened in "Elevator."
• Space Ghost mentions Benji, a fictional dog character who appears in a film series played by different dogs.
• In a tribute to Mystery Science Theater 3000, Space Ghost watches and mocks the Ultraseven episodes "Project Blue" and "The Man Who Came From V3."
• Before firing on MOE, Space says, "Forgive me, Banjo," who he also reluctantly killed in "Banjo."
• MOE 2000 is credited as technical advisor.
• Near the end credits, Zorak is heard again saying "Yahoo."
• Keith Crofford, Evan Dorkin, and Sarah Dyer provide audio commentary on DVD releases.

In other languages

Languages	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 16, 2004: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume Two on DVD.
• In Australia:
  • October 2, 2007: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume Two on DVD.
  • November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: All Talk Collection on DVD.