President's Day Nightmare

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President's Day Nightmare
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Network Cartoon Network
Premiere date February 20, 1995
Run time 23:32
Music composed by Sonny Sharrock
Eddie Horst
Writer(s) Matthew Maiellaro
Animation director(s) C. Martin Croker
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"President's Day Nightmare", also known as "World Premiere Toon In" is the first episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season two, and the eleventh episode overall. It simultaneously aired on February 20, 1995 on Cartoon Network, TBS, and TNT. It was written by Matthew Maiellaro.

The Council of Doom judges Pat Ventura, Van Partible, Gene Mattos, Gene Tartakovsky, and Craig McCracken in a pageant-like contest to get their short aired on Space Ghost's show.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Lokar: Thank you, Space Ghost. I'm esteemed.
Zorak: Death to Lokar.

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Announcer (voice only) Don Kennedy
Brak Andy Merrill
Van Partible Himself
Lokar Andy Merrill
Pat Ventura Himself
Metallus N/A
Craig McCracken Himself
Black Widow Judy Tenuta
Genndy Tartakovsky Himself
Tansut C. Martin Croker
Geno Mattos Himself
Space Ghost George Lowe
Zorak C. Martin Croker
Blip Unavailable
Tansut's mother
Tansut's father
Dian Parkinson Herself
Moltar C. Martin Croker
Yuckie Duck
Ric Flair
William Shatner
Dexter


Organizations

Locations

  • Ghost Planet
    • Studio
  • S.K. System (mentioned)
  • Dust mite planet (mentioned)

Objects

  • Van's danish

Vehicles

  • None

Production

Development

Filming

Stock of Dian Parkinson is used from "Punch." She's even credited.

It was copyrighted in 1995.

The DVD version, which runs 17:21, has the guests arranged in a different order with Space Ghost announcing Van Partible as his first guest, followed by (with another surprise appearance of Dian Parkinson wedged in between), Pat Ventura, Gen Mattos, Gene Tartakovsky, and Craig McCracken. Parkinson also pops up again between Partible and Ventura. The clips and the full-length cartoon of "Meat Fuzzy Lumkins" are edited out including Space Ghost's introductions of them.

Music

The score was composed by Eddie Horst and Mike LeFevre, 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:

Behind the scenes

Errors

Legacy

  • Moltar accidentally brings up Craig in his swimwear due to a fault in "Freak Show."

Critical reception

In other languages

Languages Name Meaning

Home availability

References