Piledriver

Piledriver
Premiere date	November 7, 1997
Run time	10:20
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Eddie Horst
Writer(s)	Mark Banker Rich Dahm Alan Laddie
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker
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"Piledriver" is the eighteenth episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season four, and the fifty-first overall. It aired on November 7, 1997 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Mark Banker, Rich Dahm, and Alan Laddie.

Space Ghost's retired wrestling grandfather forces Space Ghost out of his own superhero retirement, leaving Grandpa Ghostal to interview the guests.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Shaggy Rogers	George Lowe
Velma Dinkley	C. Martin Croker
Fred Jones	N/A
Daphne Blake	N/A
Scooby-Doo	C. Martin Croker
Space Ghost	George Lowe
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
Grandpa Ghostal	"Macho Man" Randy Savage
Randy Savage
Blip
Moltar	C. Martin Croker
Moltar's father
Rob Zombie	Himself
Saucer Crab	Dave Willis
Dozar	Unavailable
Space Ghost's mother
Elizabeth (Ghostal?)
Raven Symone	Herself
Whitney Houston
Michael Jackson
"Haystacks" Calhoun
"Gorgeous" George
"Chief Wahoo" McDaniel
"Leaping" Lanny
"Wildfire" Tommy Rich
The Mind Taker	Unavailable
Mary Hart

Organizations

• Mystery Inc.
• White Zombie (mentioned)

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio
• Earth (indirectly mentioned)
  • United States (indirectly mentioned)
    • Florida (indirectly mentioned)
      • Boca Raton (mentioned)
    • Texas (mentioned)

Objects

• Power bands
• Cheerios (mentioned)

Vehicles

• None

Production

Filming

The opening of the episode with the Mystery Inc. at the school barn dance has been lifted directly from the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode "Jeepers, It's the Creeper." The voices are actually of the Coast to Coast characters (Space Ghost is Shaggy, Moltar is Velma, and Lokar is Scooby), so it's unclear how authentic it was supposed to be.

Footage has also been reused from the Space Ghost episodes, "Attack of the Saucer Crab and "Jungle Planet."

It was copyrighted in 1997.

Music

The music was composed by Sonny Sharrock and Eddie Horst. The musicians were Sharrock, Lance Carter, Horst, Alfrieda Gerald, and Joe Reda.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 7, 1997 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• Saucer Crab's real name is Les.
• Grandpa Ghostal mentions the TV news program Entertainment Tonight.
• Gag credits include Nathan Cook as Space Ghost's former male secretary, and Michael Lazzo for gloves.
• Special thanks are given to WCW, Alan Sharp, Ron Rose Productions, Carolina Pictures, Ken Brady, Jay Edwards, and Gordon Solie.

In other languages

Languages	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • April 5, 2005: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume Three: This Is 1997 on DVD.
• In Australia:
  • November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: All Talk Collection on DVD.