Telethon

Telethon
Premiere date	December 12, 1997
Run time	12:31
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Eddie Horst
Writer(s)	Evan Dyer Sarah Dorkin
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker
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"Telethon" is the twenty-second episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season four, and the fifty-fifth overall. It aired on December 12, 1997 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Evan Dyer and Sarah Dorkin.

Space Ghost holds a telethon when funds get low, but ends up paying exactly the amount he wanted to receive.

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
Moltar	C. Martin Croker
Lokar	Andy Merrill
Tansut	Don Kennedy
Brak	Andy Merrill
Black Widow	Judy Tenuta
Metallus	N/A
Pete Michael	Himself
Russ Powell	Himself
Birdman	Scott Finnell
Bob Abdou	Himself
Space Ghost's mother
The Mind Taker
Christy	N/A

Organizations

• Council of Doom
• Jehovah's Witnesses (mentioned)
• The Original Way Outs

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio
• Earth (indirectly mentioned)
  • United States (indirectly mentioned)
    • Massachussets (indirectly mentioned)
      • Nantucket (mentioned)
    • Nevada (indirectly mentioned)
      • Area 51 (mentioned)
      • Las Vegas (mentioned)
    • Little Gotham (mentioned)
    • New Chicago (mentioned)
    • Burger King (mentioned)
    • Taco King (mentioned)
  • Europe (mentioned)
  • Bahamas (indirectly mentioned)
    • Paradise Island (mentioned)
  • France (indirectly mentioned)
    • Paris (mentioned)
• Altair IV (mentioned)
• Bizarro World (mentioned)
• Horsehead Nebula (mentioned)
• Dothan (mentioned)
• Mars (mentioned)
• Astron Delta (mentioned)
• Heaven (mentioned)
• Rigel IV (mentioned)

Objects

• Power bands
• Inviso belt
• Robby doll
• Elvis doll

Vehicles

• Hindenburg (mentioned)

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1997.

Music

The music was composed by Sonny Sharrock and Eddie Horst. The musicians were Sharrock, Lance Carter, Horst, and Alfrieda Gerald.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: December 12, 1997 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• Moltar mentions the TV series MacGuyver, and film Barb Wire.
• Pete puts on a wig to do an impression of Kramer from the NBC sitcom Seinfeld.
• Gag credits include Nathan Cook as Space Ghost's former male secretary, and Michael Lazzo for hats.
• Special thanks are given to Sheldon Levine, AccuWeather, and Laura Klene.
• Adult Swim skips this episode on their website.

Errors

• Pete says "Jehovah Witness" twice, which is a common mistake from people outside of the religion who don't pay enough attention to hear what's actually being said.

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.