Space Ghost Coast To Coast - Behind The Scenes, Feb 1996

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Dashing reporter Doug Richards, then at WAGA-TV Atlanta, gets up close and personal with the mysterious creative team behind "Space Ghost Coast To Coast" in this segment for their 10PM newscast. George Lowe (the voice of SG) and Mike Lazzo (the Exec Producer) make appearances. Also in the writers room are Clay Croker (Zorak voice and animator, RIP) Dave Willis, Matt Harrigan, and Andy Merrill. The too-talkative editor (yours truly) is seen at the $500k state-of-the-art Ampex analog edit console, now obsolete junk, alas. The apparently overworked Channel 5 staff, bless their hearts, super'd my name as Tim Roche and not Tom Roche. I've sought coping mechanisms ever since.

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@mostverticalproductions4808 Жыл бұрын

Space Ghost was a once in a lifetime experience. It's one of those shows you can never replicate. Godspeed to the whole crew, especially Clay.

@Rongify 7 ай бұрын

i wonder if that guy still puts "Full-Time Electronic Mail Answerer" on his resume

@Luschan 3 жыл бұрын

It’s insane how analog the editing technology was! They just invented the show’s animation/compositing process with what they had. I always assumed it was done with early editing software.

@uknownada 5 ай бұрын

I have experience in Premiere and After Effects but I'd LOVE to try this sort of thing out.

@wolf397 5 ай бұрын

As someone who only ever uses Adobe stuff, 3:25 blew my mind. It looks so similar to what we use now but I'm sure it's not as easy.

@Rickydiculus 5 ай бұрын

Looks like It could be a quantel paintbox computer system, which would be the grandfather to modern animation and video edit software. One system probably cost as much as Ted Turner paid for the entirety of his movie and cartoon library. A quarter to half a million dollars

@wolf397 5 ай бұрын

@@Rickydiculus It started at $250K. That is insane 😱

@dingledan-gle1590 2 жыл бұрын

"If you think 'The X-Files' is weird, wait til you visit the Ghost Planet!" I doubt Space Ghost has ever spoken truer words.

@snorgonofborkkad 4 жыл бұрын

Did he say "electronic mail"? I guess 1996 really was that long ago. Jesus I'm getting old.

@troublewithweebles 6 ай бұрын

Juno time period

@bearrights273 6 ай бұрын

I forgot what the e stood for

@TheLanceAdams 6 ай бұрын

February ’96, too. Six months made a big difference in how many people would say that at that time.

@TonerLow 6 ай бұрын

@@troublewithweeblesI forgot about Juno

@orsonzedd 5 ай бұрын

Also the Cartoon Network

@jujubean1185 Жыл бұрын

5:43 "Women want dates with Zorak" Me too Mr. Electronic Mail Responder, me too 😂🤣💀

@DrClay999 2 жыл бұрын

I remember listening to the commentary tracks and how they said it was all analog effects, nothing done digitally. I understood the concept, they didn't use modern editing software, but I didn't realize how the analog technology operated. It's amazing when you finally see what they did, using the tools available despite any limitations they still managed to create an animation style and presentation that many of adult swims shows imitated.

@phillipford2216 2 жыл бұрын

I'm rewatching the DVDs with the commentary going and remember Tom said on one of them that the eps he worked on had the snow going in the background, and how fitting that in was especially challenging. It's cool how people working on low budget shows like this and MST3K really went the extra mile anyway, they were proud of their work and it holds up to this day. Cut cut cut! 🔪

@andyrose5616 6 ай бұрын

The reporter, Doug Richards, later played himself on a few episodes of Squidbillies.

@thecianinator 5 ай бұрын

I really appreciate how he actually got the humor, even in 96, especially the way his cohosts couldn't handle his SG shenanigans at 6:50

@DemonicAdj 4 ай бұрын

"And the 'are you gonna marry a paint can' squid drove off with his new bride and all of the bridesmaids tied to the bumper of his truck"

@andy-roob6945 3 жыл бұрын

Most of the reused animations come from these episodes: ▪Zorak ▪The Lizard Slavers ▪The Web ▪Creature King ▪The Energy Monster ▪Nightmare Planet ▪Homing Device ▪The Robot Master ▪Space Sargasso ▪The Schemer ▪Lokar - King of the Killer Locusts ▪The Challenge ▪The Deadly Trap ▪The Molten Monsters of Moltar That's all I remember and/or caught wind of. If there's any I missed, feel free to let me know.

@jtwc10 3 жыл бұрын

Another would be from the council of doom episodes. I know part 3 used frames of Zorak when he said "I have destroyed Space Ghost" when he tried to destroy the Phantom Cruiser.

@andy-roob6945 3 жыл бұрын

@@jtwc10 thanks.

@darklightstudio 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Andy!

@BryonYoungblood Жыл бұрын

There was some used too from “The Sandman” used.

@morphunkown 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine getting so many electronic mails that you have to hire a guy just to answer them!

@darklightstudio 3 жыл бұрын

Operator says what? ;)

@decidingdifferent272 3 жыл бұрын

it's kinda cool to put a face to the person who responded to all the electronic mail messages that i sent! that show was inspiring, inspired, and something else that starts with "in..."

@illitero Жыл бұрын

(Zorak rubs his hands together in thought, surrounded by keys.) "Incest!"

@andrewmoser5539 6 ай бұрын

6:50 wild to see an IRL news crew pulling off a Space Ghost gag

@channeldrap316 5 ай бұрын

You can tell this was a labor of love for the station. This aired during the February ratings period, and they were clearly proud of it.

@Weatherman4Eva Жыл бұрын

I like how soulless the newsman and woman are on the right and just froze up when they were asked who their mortal enemies were

@edub9930 8 ай бұрын

That's the most they have ever had then, or since 😂😅

@helloofthebeach 6 ай бұрын

Their mortal enemy: improvisation.

@musad20 4 ай бұрын

3:27 That tape he’s holding is a 90-minute Betacam SP tape. Those kinds of tapes were used for professional video production, broadcasting, and archiving, and they were still used well into the 2010s and a little bit in the early 2020s along with Digital Betacam or DigiBeta and HDCAM which existed around the same time in the 90s. Nowadays everything is more so stored on digital video files, hard drives, cloud severs, or Video Discs/DVDs.

@koolyman 4 жыл бұрын

I first watched SGC2C when I was like 6, had no idea what it was but I loved it. I started rewatching it lately and it's a real blast from the past. I read that the guests had interaction with the characters....... but how and with what?????

@peoplemanearth 3 жыл бұрын

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@mattwilliams4222 3 жыл бұрын

I was 18 and a high school senior in '96 so.. yeah.. I'm super old. But i have some great memories of the Cartoon Network early days.

@Floweramon 2 жыл бұрын

There were a few methods they used for the guest interviews. I don't remember what order they tried these methods, but I remember some included: -A normal style of interview, either with the interviewer in the same room or outside over an intercom. -The person conducting the interview would dress up like Space Ghost and be in the same room as the guest (I think this method was quickly dropped because it was hard for the guests to stop laughing or something) -They used cut-outs of the characters positioned in the interview room so if the guest wanted to interact with a specific character they knew where to turn their heads. If you want I believe there are some raw interviews uploaded to youtube, just search: Space Ghost raw interview

@houserhouse 2 жыл бұрын

@@Floweramon I pray I come across some footage of any of these processes sometime in the future

@clavius0131 9 ай бұрын

5:43 to everyone who sent those emails... you rock lol

@dante04srt 3 жыл бұрын

The highlight of my childhood in the mid-90s was staying up late on Friday nights and waiting for SGC2C to come on! It resonated with me and stuck with me all these years. I've even got a Zorak sticker on my car window. Ah, memory lane... hehe. Thanks for the show!!!

@unclesporkums 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks SO much for sharing another gem from the SG vaults, Tom! Much appreciated!

@lowkee33 3 жыл бұрын

This was awesome to see! I’m revisiting the series as we speak. I love it still and I’m 42 now. I wish so much Aqua Teen and Space Ghost would come back !!!

@mattwilliams4222 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the first time i stumbled across ATHF. I was completely like, WTF? I knew it must have something to do with stoners (this was 2002 i believe) so asked my younger brother.. he said he didn't even know non stoners knew about the show lol. I was hooked after that.

@darklightstudio 3 жыл бұрын

@@mattwilliams4222 lol

@hereinmyroom 2 жыл бұрын

good news for you, aqua teen is getting a movie this year

@nrom5960 3 жыл бұрын

I watched this show when I was 10 LMAO Thank you Mike for creating this masterpiece!

@thenon-binaryneckbeard675 4 ай бұрын

"The Space Ghost Utility Research Kitchen" A Frank Zappa reference, perhaps?

@Julian-ev8ub 3 жыл бұрын

"Space Ghost utility research kitchen" - nice Zappa reference!

@Makoto03 11 ай бұрын

This was fascinating. Thank you. I've always wondered how the interviews on Space Ghost were done and if the people knew it was for an animated talk show or not.

@AnAngelle 6 ай бұрын

So cool to watch this during the 30th anniversary

@pp-ng9cw 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for posting this, love this video

@Gsantana2k Ай бұрын

this show was so ahead of its time

@jimmymontoya4458 2 жыл бұрын

This show is pure genius🙌🏻

@HumblyArtsy 4 жыл бұрын

This is fantastic! Thank you for this, been a coast to coast fan for years!

@carlbeatty1486 4 ай бұрын

One of the interview methods was retro-scripting Space Ghost after the guest interviews. Brilliant

@MyToasterIsMoist 5 ай бұрын

I love hearing them say “The Cartoon Network”

@DeeBellwether 5 ай бұрын

Tom, you're a bloody legend.

@alltheworldsacattoy 4 жыл бұрын

What fun! Thanks for sharing this. I have such fond memories of SGC2C.

@jamesragsdale3069 4 жыл бұрын

Great segment! Well done! Glad it got preserved so well!

@evenleven 5 ай бұрын

I liked the culture confused 1978 guy editing. he was just happy to be on board.

@jmcieslak0 6 ай бұрын

Some teams lost, but others won. Alrighty!

@Mechanicaa 7 ай бұрын

3:16 Theyre Zappa fans?? No wonder I loved this show and Zappa as a kid !

@_gorezone_ 4 ай бұрын

The greatest television show of the modern era. It influenced comedy in ways we srill don't fully grasp.

@TheCartoonGamer8000 4 жыл бұрын

What a find! Thanks for sharing!

@IanEllisLLC 4 жыл бұрын

You’re my favorite editor love the upload thanks for the decades of laughs 🤙

@JacobCanote 2 жыл бұрын

I do wish they covered the interview portion more. I am curious about the actual interview is performed.

@Floweramon 2 жыл бұрын

@MrEScience 2 жыл бұрын

Dude right before the end putting his best deepest news voice on hoping to get picked up for the show...

@patrick4land Жыл бұрын

tiene que volver space ghost cost to cost!! live on youtube! seria genial!

@tkia1979 3 жыл бұрын

bless you for posting this. The legend of SG lives on and so glad WAGA was able to be there

@A-Gut-of-the-Past 4 ай бұрын

3:14 shoulda figured those guys for zappa fans

@confuseatronica Жыл бұрын

My youtube name is still a SGC2C reference of course. I've been dealing with heavy family tragedy in the last couple weeks and I've had to spell CONFUSEATRON to a lot of serious solemn people. ODIN!!!!!! (ted turners brother-in-law explodes)

@DemonicAdj 4 ай бұрын

You're not Peter, are you... Peter?

@ClassicBentobox Жыл бұрын

I was born in February 1996, so this is nice

@dwiggins1 4 ай бұрын

Space ghost was popular again in the 80s on space stars where he teamed up with The Herculoids and The Teen Force.

@Lethgar_Smith 2 ай бұрын

I knew George Lowe when he worked in Tampa. He had a very natural humor so that he was funny even when he wasnt trying to be. He also had hair back then

@Blackirish619 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Tom

@Mario500NOW 4 жыл бұрын

(sees text of, "C. Martin Crocker" in the video (between these points of its length: 5:34 - 5:43); believes it should had been "C. Martin Croker" in accordance with certain other texts of, "C. Martin Croker")

@andyrose5616 6 ай бұрын

The newscast mislabelled editor Tom Roche as “Tim Roche.”

@monorail0 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Tom!

@TimothyMischka 2 жыл бұрын

I never knew I needed SG following up WAGA's slogan with random words beginning with "D" or Brak shouting "FIVE IS FOX, FIVE IS NEWS."

@Felinefenom 2 жыл бұрын

My question is how are the celebrities able to see spqce ghost? Dumb question i know but Ive always wondered. It really seems like they can see him

@BASEDSAKRI 2 жыл бұрын

same

@hereinmyroom 2 жыл бұрын

first season or two some interns would dress in a space ghost costume and interview them in em but the interviewees kept laughing and giggling during said interviews so they weren’t able to do it like that anymore i think that after that george lowe just interviewed em from some sort of speaker

@solitaryman777 5 ай бұрын

@@hereinmyroom right. Saw an extra on a SGC2C DVD that had Matt Groening in a studio with George Lowe riffing over a speaker, getting sound bites that would be cut up and edited into the show format later.

@osamashatat 4 жыл бұрын

Cool stuff

@someodyssey 2 жыл бұрын

They were insanely ahead of their time

@jujubean1185 Жыл бұрын

6:51 was Doug just talking some shit to these two?? Anybody know if Russ and Lisa were arch-enemies??

@koltrane70 Жыл бұрын

How have they not rebooted Space Ghost CTC?

@paklaselt2198 7 ай бұрын

George is retired. He isn't doing any consistent voice work anymore. Clay passed away. I'm sure Andy would be down but he can't do it alone. The other thing is WB doesn't want to do anything with their old shows anymore, and are on a bloodbath of budget cuts. Even their biggest AS Hit, ATHF couldn't get more than a 5 episode run in 2023 and that was from some extra money they found in the budget. It was basically a one time favor.

@koltrane70 7 ай бұрын

@@paklaselt2198 haggard but facts

@solitaryman777 5 ай бұрын

@@paklaselt2198 somebody should root around in the couches of Musk and Bezos to make something worthwhile happen

@SadamHusssein Жыл бұрын

Who are your archenemies?

@snager80 5 ай бұрын

What was the email correspondent's name did they even introduce him?

@beanerama9 4 ай бұрын

They just hired someone to reply fan-emails back in 1996, now that's pretty proto-AdultSwim-esque

@YujiUedaFan Жыл бұрын

Why did people back then call Cartoon Network "The car-TOOHN Network"?

@CapoElChivo 9 ай бұрын

When the emphasis is on the focus of the channel the pronunciation is different than if its perceived as a “name,” imo. Back in the day a lot of channels with a specific focus or connected to a brand (the Disney Channel, the *insert* News, the Shopping Channel) used to be pronounced with emphasis on the descriptor. But now they’re more ubiquitous and pronounced as if they’re a single proper noun You can compare the old commercial breaks to now and see this; “You’re watching *the* Disney Channel” vs “You’re watching Disney Channel” or “You’re watching *the* Cartoon Network” vs “Right here on Cartoon Network”