Rio Ghosto

Rio Ghosto
Who let the horse out? Who? Who? Who? Who? Who?
Premiere date	September 18, 1998
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Man...or Astro-Man?
Writer(s)	Mark Banker
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker
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"Rio Ghosto" is the seventh episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season five, and the sixty-fourth overall. It aired on September 18, 1998 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Mark Banker.

Space Ghost wants to make a movie, looking to some big Hollywood names for advice. Unfortunately, Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, and Martin Scorsese were busy that day, so he has to settle for Ben Stiller, Kevin Smith, and Jim Jarmusch.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Space Ghost	George Lowe
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
The Sorcerer	N/A
Parko	N/A
Christy	N/A
Moltar	C. Martin Croker
Ben Stiller	Himself
Kevin Smith	Himself
Blip
Jim Jarmusch	Himself
Quick Draw McGraw	N/A

Organizations

• The Original Way Outs

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio
• Earth (indirectly mentioned)
  • United States (indirectly mentioned)
    • California (indirectly mentioned)
      • Los Angeles (indirectly mentioned)
        • Pasadena (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 18, 1998 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• Space Ghost mentions the ABC sitcom Three's Company.
• Ben jokes that Space Ghost could star in Cable Guy 2. The original starred Jim Carrey.
• Kevin Smith mentions his films including and limited to Clerks, Mallrats, and Chasing Amy. It's only 1998.
• Jim mentions Jiminy Cricket from the 1940 Disney film Pinocchio.
• Pete Smith did the screaming cries of the guests.
• A gag credit is Nathan Cook as Space Ghost's male secretary.
• Special thanks are given to Jim Harrison & Family, Southern Animal Talent Agency, Loren Falls, Kathy Roast, Kenny Crow, and Lisa D. Ellis.
• 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.