Self Help

Self Help
Premiere date	October 7, 1994
Run time	11:53
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Eddie Horst
Writer(s)	Matthew Maiellaro
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker Chris Harmon
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"Self Help" is the ninth episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season one. It aired on October 7, 1994 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Matthew Maiellaro.

Space Ghost ends up needing help after he asks celebrity psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers in rehabilitating Zorak, and then demands for a sniglet from comedian Rich Hall, while Moltar and Zorak fight for the love of author, Anka Radakovich.

Memorable quotes

Space Ghost: Oh! So now I'm a schizo?
Joyce: It's very possible. Um, you would know better than anyone else.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Moltar	C. Martin Croker
Dr. Joyce Brothers	Herself
Space Ghost	George Lowe
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
Merv Griffin
Mike Douglas
Paul Harvey
Walt Disney
Rich Hall	Himself
Anka Radakovich	Herself

Organizations

• The Original Way Outs (off-screen)
• Pearl Jam (mentioned)

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio
• Earth (indirectly mentioned)
  • United States (indirectly mentioned)
    • Alabama (mentioned)
      • Dolan (mentioned)
    • Florida (mentioned)
      • Panama City (mentioned)
  • France (indirectly mentioned)
    • Paris (mentioned)

Objects

• Positive Plus (mentioned)

Vehicles

• None

Production

Development

This was the ninth episode to produce.

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1994.

Music

The score was composed by Sonny Sharrock and Eddie Horst, 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:

• United States: October 7, 1994 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• This is the zaniest Space Ghost has been so far.
• As the Cartoon Network logo appears at the end of the episode, Moltar and Zorak argue, while Space Ghost tells them to shut up.

In other languages

Languages	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• When the series was being released onto DVD, this episode was cut due to clearance issues.