Toast

Toast
Premiere date	August 14, 1998
Run time	12:41
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Man...or Astro-Man?
Writer(s)	Matt Harrigan Pete Smith Dave Willis
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker
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"Toast" is the second episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season five, and the fifty-ninth overall. It aired on August 14, 1998 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Matt Harrigan, Pete Smith, and Dave Willis.

Out of the blue, Space Ghost announces he is deeply in love with guest Merrill Markoe, but fails to romance her even with advice from Loveline's Adam Carolla. To make matters worse, he gets some stiff competition from Zorak, who knows exactly how to charm her.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Space Ghost	George Lowe
Moltar	C. Martin Croker
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
Lee Majors
Adam Carolla	Himself
Merrill Markoe	Herself
David Letterman
Jay Leno
Louis the dog (photo)	N/A
Tex the dog (photo)	N/A
Winky the dog (photo)	N/A
Bo the dog
John Henson	Himself
Jenny Springer

Organizations

• Tampa Bay Buccaneers (mentioned)

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio
• Earth (indirectly mentioned)
  • United States (indirectly mentioned)
    • California (indirectly mentioned)
      • Los Angeles (indirectly mentioned)
        • Hollywood (mentioned)

Objects

• Power bands
• Inviso belt
• Merrill Markoe's Guide to Love

Vehicles

• None

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1998.

Music

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

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: August 14, 1998 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• The original opening sequence is featured although without any title card to identify the show.
• This is Merrill's second interview after "Zoltran."
• John last appeared on "Suckup."
• Adam mentions that they're on Cartoon Network.
• Jenny Springer is a parody of The Jerry Springer Show.
• A gag credit is Nathan Cook as Space Ghost's former male secretary.
• Special thanks are given to Khaki Jones, Carolina Pictures, E! Entertainment Television, Talk Soup, Angela Gordon, Lisa D. Ellis, WAGA-TV, Bailey and Emma Kukla, and Andy Merrill.
• On the Adult Swim website this is counted as episode 3.

In other languages

Languages	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • April 12, 2005: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: The 1998 Episodes on DVD.
• In Australia:
  • November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: All Talk Collection on DVD.