Pal Joey

Pal Joey
Premiere date	September 18, 1998
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Man...or Astro-Man?
Writer(s)	Pete Smith
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker
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"Pal Joey" is the eighth episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season five, and the sixty-fifth overall. It aired on September 25, 1998 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Pete Smith.

An incompetent intern harrases Space Ghost, Moltar, and Zorak while Space Ghost tries to interview documentary filmmaker Michael Moore.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Michael Moore	Himself
Joey	Joey Googe
Space Ghost	George Lowe
Moltar	C. Martin Croker
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
God
Brak	Andy Merrill

Organizations

• TimeWarner (mentioned)

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio
• Earth (indirectly mentioned)
  • United States (mentioned)
    • • Texas (mentioned)
  • Caspian Sea (mentioned)
  • East Asia (indirectly mentioned)
    • Korea (mentioned)

Objects

• Power bands
• Inviso belt

Vehicles

• Phantom Cruiser

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1998.

Music

The music was composed by Sonny Sharrock and Man...or Astro-Man? The musicians were Sharrock, Lance Carter, Eddie Horst, Alfrieda Gerald, and Man...or Astro-Man?

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 25, 1998 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• Space Ghost mentions the character John Rambo, who began life in the 1982 film Rambo.
• Michael mentions his first movie, Roger & Me.
• A gag credit is Nathan Cook as Space Ghost's male secretary.
• Special thanks are given to Kathy Gray, Tammy Leech, Curling Flower Spaces, Sammy Sooser, Mike McGwire, Piano Boy, and Bob Weir.
• The Adult Swim website skips this episode, but if it hadn't, it would've been counted as episode 8.

In other languages

Languages	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • April 12, 2005: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: The 1998 Episodes on DVD.
• In Australia:
  • November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: All Talk Collection on DVD.