Dreams

Dreams
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Premiere date	January 11, 2004
Run time	11:48
Starring	George Lowe C. Martin Croker Triumph
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Eddie Horst
Writer(s)	Matt Harrigan
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker
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"Dreams" is the first episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season nine, and the eighty-seventh overall. It aired on January 11, 2004 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. It was written by Matt Harrigan.

Space Ghost wants an animal mascot for his new foundation for "retardos" (his word, not mine). He really wants Lassie but gets Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, instead.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Moltar	C. Martin Croker
Space Ghost	George Lowe
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
President George W. Bush	N/A
Lassie	Herself
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog	Robert Smidgel
Scooby-Doo
Frank Sinatra
Wonder Woman
Dexter

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio
• Earth (indirectly mentioned)
  • China (mentioned)

Objects

• Headphones

Vehicles

• Phantom Cruiser

Production

Development

Jim Fortier, Matt Maeillaro, Pete Smith, and Dave Willis were credited as contributing writers.

Filming

The footage of George Bush was archived from a CNN recording.

The footage of Lassie was taken from "Hungry."

It was copyrighted in 2003.

Music

The music was composed by Sonny Sharrock and Eddie Horst, with backing vocals from Afrieda Gerald. Featured musicians included Sharrock, Lance Carter, and Horst. The "Desperado" parody song was performed by the Williams Street Men's Chorus which included Roy Clements, Keith Crofford, Mike Lazzo, and Matt Maiellaro.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 11, 2004 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is in tribute to the 1989 compilation album by The Allman Brothers Band.
• Triumph mentions ALF who was the star of his own sitcom, the fictional movie dog Benji, and the 2002 film Snow Dogs.
• At the end of the episode, Space Ghost wears a big rubber foam hand that says "Dexter's Laboratory 2001."
• Special thanks are given to Cartoon Network Studios, Brian Miller, Antonio Gonella, CNN Los Angeles, Dave Dubiel, Digital Zeppelin, Crawford Communications, Robert Smigel, and Eddie Horst.

In other languages

Languages	Name	Meaning

Home availability

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