Switcheroo '97

Switcheroo '97
Premiere date	September 5, 1997
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Eddie Horst Man...or Astro-Man?
Writer(s)	Rich Dahm Ben Karlin Dan Vebber Alan Laddie
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker
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"Switcheroo '97" is the ninth episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season four, and the forty-second overall. It aired on September 5, 1997 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Rich Dahm, Ben Karlin, Dan Vebber, and Alan Laddie.

Space Ghost is cheesed off that Zorak and Moltar invited their own guests that also attended their sci-fi convention on his own planet without inviting him. So, he is rude to Bill Mumy, then tries to book Mark Hamill for his own Space Ghost Con '97.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Tansut (voice only)	Don Kennedy
Space Ghost	George Lowe
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
Howard Metzenbaum
Foster Brooks
Moltar	C. Martin Croker
Bill Mumy	Himself
Mark Hamill	Himself
James Earl Jones
David Prowse
Ed McMahon
Obi-Wan Kenobi-type (voice only)	Andy Merrill
Brak (coffee mug print)	N/A

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio
• Earth
  • Ohio (mentioned)
  • Office supply store
  • Middle East (indirectly mentioned)
    • Dubai (mentioned)

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: September 5, 1997 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a reference to the first season episode "Switcheroo." The title card of this episode also refers to it as "Switcheroo," as does the DVD, but the HBO Max streaming service refers to this episode as "Switcheroo '97" to firmly distinguish them from each other.
• Moltar mentions the TV series Babylon 5, Twilight Zone, and Bewitched.
• Zorak also mentions the TV series Lost in Space (that Hanna-Barbera also turned into a cartoon), and Space Cases. Zorak also puts on a mask resembling Gowron, a Klingon from Star Trek: The Next Generation. He references to Worf being dishonored, which happened in the episode "Sins of the Father."
• There is a lot of talk about the Star Wars film series due to guest Mark Hamill.
• Moltar says "This is CNN," in allusion to James Earl Jones's time as an announcer for CNN.
• Space Ghost mentions the film Ghostbusters.
• Gag credits include Nathan Cook as Space Ghost's secretary and Michael Lazzo for gloves.
• Special thanks are given to Hanna-Barbera, Jay Edwards, Kellie Raiford, and intergalactic bounty hunter, Boba Fett.
• Adult Swim skips this episode on their website.

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.