Story Book House

Story Book House
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Premiere date	March 17, 1995
Run time	12:33
Music composed by	Rob Fielding Sonny Sharrock Eddie Horst
Writer(s)	Matthew Maiellaro Chris Feresten James Kirkconnell
Director(s)	Andy DeLeo
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"Story Book House" is the second episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season two, and the twelfth overall. It aired on March 17, 1995 on Cartoon Network. It was written by James Kirkconnell (adapted from previous works by Matthew Maiellaro and Chris Feresten), and directed by Andy DeLeo.

Kirk the Storyteller retells "Banjo" and "Batmantis" with black and white illustrations from Carl the Cartoonist.

Memorable quotes

Kirk the Storyteller: Welcome to the amazing tales of the classic superhero Space Ghost who's entertained young and old for generations.

Kirk the Storyteller: We hope you have enjoyed our episodes, assisted by Carl the Cartoonist, as we have brought you fairytale-like adventures of the future and the fantastic.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Space Ghost	George Lowe
Kirk the Storyteller	James Kirkconnell
Carl the Cartoonist	Carl Clark
Zorak (drawing)	N/A
Moltar (drawing)	N/A
Schoolly D (drawing)	N/A
Weird Al Yankovic (drawing)	N/A
Banjo (drawing)	N/A
Batman
Lee Meriwether (drawing)	N/A
Adam West (drawing)	N/A
Your Mother (drawing)	N/A
Eartha Kitt (drawing)	N/A

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio
• Story Book House

Objects

• The Joy of Incantation (mentioned)
• Back to the Batcave (drawing)

Vehicles

• None

Production

Filming

Filming of Kirk the Storyteller took place at a cable access station in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

The shots of Carl the Cartoonist's hands are actually those of Dave Willis's, who goes uncredited.

It was copyrighted in 1995.

Music

The music was composed by Rob Fielding, Sonny Sharrock, and Eddie Horst.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: March 17, 1995 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• "Banjo" and "Batmantis" were chosen because they were the most responded to by fans at the time.
• Special thanks are given to Michael Cahill and the country of Canada.
• At the end of the credits when the Cartoon Network logo appears, Kirk says "Banjo! Banjo! Banjo!"
• Keith Crofford, Mike Lazzo, Dave Willis, and Matt Maiellaro provide audio commentary on DVD releases.

Legacy

• In "Freak Show," Commander Andy expresses his dislike of this episode's rehashing of two older ones.

In other languages

Languages	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 18, 2003: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume One on DVD.
• In Australia:
  • June 6, 2007: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume One on DVD.
  • November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: All Talk Collection on DVD.