Jerk (Coast to Coast)

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Jerk
Premiere date	August 18, 1995
Run time	17:27
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Eddie Horst
Writer(s)	Evan Dorkin Sarah Dyer
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker
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"Jerk" is the seventh episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season two, and the seventeenth overall. It aired on August 18, 1995 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer.

Determined to get award recognition, Space Ghost makes a couple of format changes, but Moltar and Zorak think this has made him become a jerk and repeatedly call him one throughout the show. His guest is actress Sara Bernard.

Memorable quotes

Space Ghost: Ten seconds and already this one's in the toilet.

Space Ghost: This isn't a talk show, this is a freak show!

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
Dean Martin
Brak	Andy Merrill
Uncle Judy	Unavailable
Aunt Lars	Unavailable
Raymond
Sandra Bernhard	Herself
Parmer Mills	Himself
Tim Allen
Lokar (voice only)	Andy Merrill
Jayce	Unavailable
Jan	Unavailable
Chad Ghostal (voice only)	Brad Abelle
Herb Moss (voice only)	Unavailable
The Tingler (voice only)	Unavailable

Organizations

• Dallas Cowboys (mentioned)
• The Original Way Outs
• IRS (mentioned)

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio

Objects

• Power bands
• TV Guide (mentioned)

Vehicles

• None

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1995.

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: August 18, 1995 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• Space Ghost mentions the CableAce Awards (1978-97), the Emmys, the Tonys, the Oscars, The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast, Hollywood Squares, Star Search, and Star Trek.
• Zorak ate Raymond in "Hungry."
• Space Ghost had been called Tad before, but this is the first time he's called Tad Ghostal.
• Sandra mentions Cartoon Network.
• During Cartoon Network's logo in the end credits, Zorak and Moltar mention how Sandra is "alright."

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.