Sphinx

Sphinx
Premiere date	October 10, 1997
Run time	11:54
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Eddie Horst Man...or Astro-Man?
Writer(s)	Dave Willis
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker
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"Sphinx" is the fourteenth episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season four, and the forty-seventh overall. It aired on October 10, 1997 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Dave Willis.

Space Ghost interviews actor Harland Williams, and cartoon guy Mike Judge.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Moltar	C. Martin Croker
Mike Judge	Himself
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
Space Ghost	George Lowe
Harland Williams	Himself
Space Ghost's grandmother
Superman

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio

Objects

• Power bands

Vehicles

• None

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1997.

Music

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

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 10, 1997 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• Mike does the voices of Beavis and Butt-Head, Coach Buzzcut, Mr. Van Driessen, Principal McVicker, and Tom Anderson from the MTV show Beavis and Butt-Head, and Hank Hill from the Fox show King of the Hill.
• Off-screen, Space Ghost reverses time on Ghost Planet by flying around it, which is an allusion to Superman: The Movie, as Zorak even points out.
• Harland mentions the Disney character Winnie the Pooh.
• Space Ghost mentions how Mike should turn his show into the 1988 movie Die Hard, but set it on a bus, which is what the 1994 movie Speed is.
• Mike doesn't like the Nickelodeon cartoon Rugrats.
• Gag credits include Nathan Cook as Space Ghost's male secretary, and Michael Lazzo for hats.
• Special thanks are given to Carolina Pictures and Steve Tseckares.

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.