Dark Side of the Ghost Planet Planetarium Tour

Dark Side of the Ghost Planet Planetarium Tour
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Premiere date	February 9, 1996 (live show)
Run time	13:55
Starring	George Lowe C. Martin Croker
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Eddie Horst
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker
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"Dark Side of the Ghost Planet Planetarium Tour" is the fifth special of Space Ghost Coast to Coast. It was included in a "live show" around nine cities from February 9 to March 16, 1996.

Space Ghost celebrates the only person he can: Himself. On tour across America, he presents three new episodes of Space Ghost Coast to Coast and three old episodes from his superhero days, along with some music videos for you to alternate rock out to.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Space Ghost	George Lowe
Moltar	C. Martin Croker
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
Jan	Himself
Jace	Himself
Blip	Himself
Bobcat Goldthwait	Himself
Slash	Himself
Weird Al Yankovic	Himself
Hulk Hogan	Himself
Schoolly D	Himself
Sandra Bernhard	Herself
Donny Osmond
Lassie	Herself
Michael Stipe	Himself
Mujibur Raham	Himself
Sirajul Islam	Himself
Ted Turner
Space Ghost's mother
David Letterman
Jay Leno
Thurston Moore	Himself
Jack Klugman
Lucille Ball
Mel Tormé
Steve Lawrence
Eydie Gormé
Terry Jones
Glen Phillips

Organizations

• The Bee Gees (mentioned)
• Garbage (mentioned)
• Sonic Youth (mentioned)
• Loud Lucy (mentioned)
• Steve and Eydie (mentioned)
• Monty Python (mentioned)
• Toad the Wet Sprocket (mentioned)
• Geffen Records (mentioned)
• DGC Records (mentioned)
• Almo Sounds (mentioned)

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio
• Dokar
• Earth (indirectly mentioned)
  • United States (indirectly mentioned)
    • Chicago (mentioned)

Objects

• Power bands
• Inviso belt
• Newsweek (mentioned)
• Let's Burn Dinner (mentioned)

Vehicles

• Phantom Cruiser

Production

Development

Although nine cities are listed on a promotional t-shirt, ten cities may have been originally intended.

Filming

The audience resembling Zorak was taken from "Jerk."

Zorak's random incantation was reused from "Banjo."

Music

The music was composed by Sonny Sharrock and Eddie Horst, with vocals from Alfrieda Geralda. Musicians were Sharrock, Lance Carter, and Horst.

Song

• "It Smells Like Cartoon Planet" - George Lowe and Andy Merrill

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: February 9, 1996 in San Francico; February 12, 1996 in Los Angeles; February 18, 1996 in Seattle; February 24 in Chicago; March 1, 1996 in Boston; March 5, 1996 in New York City; March 7, 1996 in Pittsburg; March 12, 1996 in Atlanta; March 16, 1996 in San Diego

Behind the scenes

• Between the wraparounds were episodes that alternated between new Coast to Coast and old Space Ghost episodes in the following order: "$20.01," "Zorak," "Transcript," "The Ovens of Moltor," and "Explode." Everything from the episodes and music videos (which are from Garbage's "Vow," Sonic Youth's "Diamond Sea," and Cartoon Planet's "Don't Touch Me") was technically seen, instead of being mentioned, depending whether or not you view them as part of the wraparounds.
  • "Explode" was the only Coast to Coast episode that actually aired on TV before.
• The "meddling kids" line is what the villains say in Scooby-Doo after they've been caught.
• Zorak's mention of Jack Klugman is a reference to "Girlie Show."
• Moltar is watching his favorite show CHiPs.

Errors

• Space Ghost chastises Zorak for playing "It Smells Like Cartoon Planet" as if he was trying to make Cartoon Planet look bad, when they had already been playing another song from Cartoon Planet to begin with.
• "Explode" was the only episode to have aired before this special.

Legacy

• Further footage of the Thurston Moore interview is put to good use in "Sharrock."
• The "meddling kids" line was repeated in "Zorak."

In other languages

Languages	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😢