Kentucky Nightmare

Kentucky Nightmare
Premiere date	May 7, 2001
Run time	9:39
Music composed by	Matt Maiellaro
Writer(s)	Matt Maiellaro Dave Willis
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker
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"Kentucky Nightmare" is the first episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season seven, and the seventy-seventh overall. It aired on May 7, 2001 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis.

Space Ghost gets a lifeless shark mascot from a new promoter of the show.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Ol' Kentucky Shark	N/A
Space Ghost	George Lowe
Corey Feldman
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
Moltar	C. Martin Croker
Willie Nelson	Himself
Kurt Russell
Goldie Hawn
Bobcat Goldthwait	Himself
Bear	Unavailable
Doctor Worm	Unavailable

Organizations

• Old Kentucky Shark of Kentucky Nightmare Talk Show Liquor Corporation (mentioned)

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio
• Earth (indirectly mentioned)
  • United States (indirectly mentioned)
    • Kentucky (mentioned)
    • Planet Hollywood (mentioned)
  • Asia (indirectly mentioned)
    • Malaysia (mentioned)
• Mars (mentioned)

Objects

• Power bands
• Inviso belt

Vehicles

• None

Production

Filming

The thought bubble of Bobcat Goldthwait was taken from "Bobcat."

The scene of Space Ghost meeting Doctor Worm was lifted from the Dynomutt, Dog Wonder episode "The Day and Night Crawler." In that episode, Doctor Worm was the Worm.

It was copyrighted in 2001.

Music

The music was composed by Matt Maiellaro.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: May 7, 2001 on Cartoon Network

Legacy

• Captain Hank Murphy watches a clip in the Sealab 2021 episode "Predator," which actually aired before, making this episode a preview of sorts for "Kentucky Nightmare."
• Knowing that the fans would watch, regardless of whether or not it's worth watching, gave them the perfect excuse to reair this episode with three different audio commentaries: One is called "Mommentary," where the creators' mothers watch their sons' work, which aired on December 2, 2001; the second one called "Mommentary: Creator's Commentary," with the creators react to their mothers' commentary, airing on May 12, 2002; and a third version where the creators watch it again while eating jelly beans appropriately called "Mommentary: Jelly Bean," which followed the second. You have been warned. These can be also found on the DVDs listed below.
• The producers try and be funny by celebrating Space Ghost Coast to Coast's ten anniversary by using the end credits of this episode for "Live at the Fillmore."

In other languages

Languages	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • September 11, 2008: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: From the Kentucky Nightmare DVD on DVD.
• In Australia:
  • November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: All Talk Collection on DVD.