Art Show

Art Show
Premiere date	December 18, 1996
Run time	11:46
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Eddie Horst
Writer(s)	Evan Dorkin Sarah Dyer Alan Laddie
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker
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"Art Show" is the fourteenth episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season three, and the thirty-second overall. It aired on December 18, 1996 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, and Alan Laddie.

Space Ghost gets tired of the "artsy-fartsy" guests like Laurie Anderson and Stomp.

Memorable quotes

Birdman: Look, Tad, can I borrow some money?
Space Ghost: Uh. Sorry, Harvey. No can do.
Birdman: Please, Tad. My Hanna-Barbera royalties ran out.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Space Ghost	George Lowe
Birdman	Scott Finnell
Sylvia
Falcon 7
Frankenstein Jr.
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
Moltar	C. Martin Croker
Christy	N/A
Laurie Anderson	Herself
Larry Storch
Al Gore
Richard Nixon
Old man (voice only)	Don Kennedy
Chad Kukahiko	Himself
Ameenah Kaplan	Herself
Chad Ghostal
Steve Guttenberg

Organizations

• Herculoids (mentioned)
• The Original Way Outs
• SEGA
• Stomp

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio

Objects

• Power bands

Vehicles

• None

Production

Development

Dave Willis, Chip Duffey, Andy Merrill, and Pete Smith are credited as additional writers, which seems odd considering "Alan Laddie" was already credited.

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: December 18, 1996 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• Birdman mentions Cartoon Network and Hanna-Barbera, thus breaking the fourth wall.
• Birdman's real name is revealed to be Harvey, which is later used for another Adult Swim spoof Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.
• Tom Roche, Jay Edwards, and Michael Cahill provide audio commentary for this episode 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.