Elevator

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Elevator
Network	Cartoon Network
Premiere date	May 6, 1994
Run time	10:43
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Eddie Horst
Writer(s)	Matthew Maiellaro Andy Merrill Khaki Jones Keith Crofford
Animation director(s)	Jeff Doud C. Martin Croker
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"Elevator" is the third episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season one. It aired on May 6, 1994 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Matthew Maiellaro, Andy Merrill, Khaki Jones, and Keith Crofford.

Stand-up comedian Judy Tenuta swoons Space Ghost with her love songs about him, then seems rather bored with the dissident, Dr. Timothy Leary, and gets hungry for tacos when he's reminded of an interview with young and coming up actress, Ashley Judd.

Memorable quotes

Judy: Space Ghost, you must remember one thing! Friends are just enemies who don't have the guts to kill you!

Space Ghost: She digs me!

Space Ghost: Greetings, Ashley. We're hungry, would you like to run out and get us some tacos?
Ashley: Not particularly.
Space Ghost: Well, could you whip us up some?
Ashley: I can bake really good chocolate pies.
Space Ghost: Tacos, Ashley, tacos. You know, Mexican? We're out of here. You're welcome to join us at the taco bonito.
Ashley: I can bake really good chocolate pies.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Space Ghost	George Lowe
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
Judy Tenuta	Herself
Rue McClanahan
Cher
Roseanne Barr
Siegfried & Roy
Moltar	C. Martin Croker
Mr. Landis (voice only)	Unavailable
Timothy Leary	Himself
Richard Nixon
Ashley Judd	Herself

Organizations

• The Original Way Outs

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio
• Earth (indirectly mentioned)
  • United States (indirectly mentioned)
    • Nevada (indirectly mentioned)
      • Las Vegas (mentioned)
        • Elvis Chapel (mentioned)
  • Mexico (mentioned)

Objects

• Judy's accordion

Vehicles

• None

Production

Development

Despite airing as the third episode, this was the first to produce.

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1994.

Music

The score 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: May 6, 1994 at 11:00 pm on Cartoon Network
• United Kingdom and Ireland: October 8, 1994 at 11:45 pm on TNT

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is in reference to when Moltar and Zorak ditch Space Ghost, riding in an elevator with Jack Benny.
• Rue McClanahan starred in the sitcom The Golden Girls, which Zorak misremembers there to be an episode where the main characters all ate contaminated Geritol and died.
• Keith Crofford, Khaki Jones, Mike Lazzo, and Andy Merrill provide audio commentary on DVD releases.

Legacy

• Moltar accidentally puts up Judy due to a fault in "$20.01."

In other languages

Languages	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 18, 2003: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume One on DVD.
• In Australia:
  • June 6, 2007: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume One on DVD.
  • November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: All Talk Collection on DVD.