This show is remembered as the funny cartoon talk show where they made celebrities look stupid but it really was an artistic achievement and as important and influential as stuff like Twin Peaks
>>219778025Everyone kept telling me this show was great but I never thought it was that funnyMaybe I just wasn't stoned enough
>>219778087It’s a show that’s an acquired taste unironically, it was easier when you would just randomly catch it on tv a couple times and understand the characters and their dynamic
>>219778025it's true
>>219778178I disagree
>>219778025A roommate told me about this show back in the day. He absolutely loved it, and even though I personally found it pretty hit and miss with the guest interactions, the scenes just with Space Ghost, Zorak and Moltar were pure genius.
>>219778025i love this show but i dont see how it ended up being that influential
>>219778025It’s a masterpiece of absurdist comedy.
>>219778025>>219779322It influenced/ is responsible for athf which in turn influenced a ton of stuff.
It's cliche but I really do love the Bjork/Thom Yorke episode
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>>219779290when you see the list of guests, its pretty impressive. some of them you wonder how they even agreed to be on the show
>>219778025It was kino all right.
>>219779470ah yes world shattering celebrities like carrot top
It's insane that Brak got his own show.
>In this series premiere, Space Ghost declares his fondness for Mexican food to Susan Powter. In addition, comedian Kevin Meaney tells Space Ghost about his dislike of tight pants.>Space Ghost interviews the cast of Gilligan's Island and tries to find out if the show is real.kek even the episode descriptions have me cracking up
>>219779527educate yourself https://www.listchallenges.com/every-guest-on-space-ghost-coast-to-coast
>>219778025This is better than twin peaks
>>219779527David Byrne, Jim Carrey, Hulk Hogan, Alice Cooper, Dave Grohl, Mark Hamill, Buzz Aldren, Ben Stiller, Michael Moore, Thom Yorke, Bjork
really it's downstream of letterman
I never once found Space Ghost funny. Absolutely adore Sealab and ATHF though. I think its a "you had to have been there" thing.
>>219779397Yeah, it paved the way for irreverent, borderline nonsensical adult cartoons.
the whole "interview is prerecorded and then they dub cartoon voices over it" shit was just so awkward and cringenothing funny or interesting about it, it just sounds super wooden and poorly made
>>219779637>dude the show is super important because it shows up in the interview circuits of these people who have done literally thousands of interviews in their lifereally, millennoom?
>>219779290It's the entire reason Adult Swim exists.
>>219779883the main draw of adult swim was anime
>>219779397Aqua Teen didn't really influence anything. There's still no show that's even close to similar.
>>219779322There was nothing on tv like it at the time. And it’s probably the first thing to do the american absurdist comedy like it that so much stuff does now.
>>219779901I'm not saying that the Adult Swim seasons kept Adult Swim afloat, I'm saying that the Cartoon Network seasons (and add Cartoon Planet as well) are THE reason that Adult Swim was ever made in the first place. Andy Merrill and Mike Lazzo were working at Cartoon Network before Dexter's Lab and Johnny Bravo existed.
>>219779901They had only one anime when it started, and most of the ratings went to Family Guy.
>>219780065having cartoons isn't what made it special, having anime is what made it special
https://youtu.be/OchdP9Kdv4Q
>>219780106We’re talking about general influence though.
>>219780106Toonami predates it. Stop larping you embarrassing child.
>>219779846>the whole "interview is prerecorded and then they dub cartoon voices over it" shit was just so awkward and cringeSome of them were genuine, i.e. the guest was in on the joke and would actually be interviewed by George Lowe over the phone while doing his Space Ghost voice.>nothing funny or interesting about it, it just sounds super wooden and poorly madeWooden and poorly made was part of the appeal, sounds like it's not for you.>>219779901>>219780106Zoomer shut up, anime was incidental and meant to fill time. The main point was to have a space for more adult oriented cartoons like Space Ghost and keep them divorced from main CN content for kids.>>219780065They actually started with a number of them (YYH, Bebop, Candidate for Goddess, and Outlaw Star), but they were mainly to fill time on Saturday nights.
>>219780106Anime was Toonami
>>219779996>And it’s probably the first thing to do the american absurdist comedyJesus fucking christ watch more tv.Or no, don't, that's fucking stupid, but christ so are you.
>>219780144Even Toonami was mainly to have a space for action oriented American cartoons that turner owned like Johnny Quest and other Hanna Barbara slop. It wasn't until 1998 they started really ramping up the anime when CN got Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z.
>>219779901>>219780106Here’s some proof of people watching more than animehttps://youtu.be/JTt_Hku-dEU?si=W5WpU1BaxA9CYSadhttps://youtu.be/6_wYdye3F8g?si=dqUN_qIOmlPSP7o6
>>219780141>it's le bad... on purpose!!Yep definitely not for me. Or anyone not rerarded.
>>219780195They actually had several bumps saying that enough people weren’t watching more of the anime they put on the air lol.
>>219780204Correct you stupid nigger, the show that looks cheap because it had literally zero money for budget and did what it could to be even remotely watchable...looks cheap.You seem to be under the impression they had all the money to make something slick. But they didn't, because CN was originally made just to show reruns of Looney Toons, MGM, and Hanna Barbara show and SGC2C was literally their first original show and wanted to spend as little money as possible, not to mention cable still got jackshit in ratings compared to network TV.
>>219778025It’s one of those things that’s more influential than remembered.
>>219779417cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut
MY GODWOODEN EELS
>Grandpa Macho Man Randy SavageFucking amazing
>>219778025luved this and Harvey Birdman
>>219778025What does it all mean
>>219778087You had to be there.
contort your body!
Now stand for the Ghost Planet National Anthem:https://youtu.be/71WxCZGfkrI
Do you like sulphur?
>>219778087It is definitely a you had to be there kind of thing. Xoomers just thought seeing Hannah Barbera cartoons curse and smoke weed was the funniest shit
>>219779901If that were true then anime would have been most of the schedule block, it was important. But the main draw was seeing reruns of funny shows that were canceled too early like Family Guy and Futurama and Home Movies
>>219779901Weird ass anime lol I watched Tenchi Muyo and Joss Whedon ripped off Outlaw Star.Falling asleep to the Outlaw Star outro music is my ludokino dream state
>>219779551Now he works as an Amazon driver, and has a YouTube channel that struggles to get a thousand views.
>>219783956https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yizuPav8E_EIT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE A DOCUMENTARY
I have 6 art prints of the OG AS shows. Only like 100 made and have never seen them ever on ebay or on the internet. I also have a space ghost shirt which is kinda sad now because the tag line on it is space ghost is dead. Both items are from the opening of their web store like 25 years ago. About to get the shirt framed.
Twin Peaks invented prestige television and Space Ghost invented internet humor.
>>219778025>important and influential as stuff like Twin PeaksBut that trash is not important or influential. Are you saying Space Ghost was bad?
>>219778025Randy Savage as the Grandpa was inspired
Early [as] was a meeting of creative minds that probably won't be repeated in american history.
>>219779901>the main draw of adult swim was animehahahahahahahahahahahttps://youtu.be/J9JzKo-EJ2w?t=405never let it be said that zoomers aren’t funny.
Anyone find a copy of the George Lowe doc? We still only have the trailer.https://vimeo.com/386369426?turnstile=1.wc9zlD2jGf438Osinp6GG8Qe08aj2gETlAp2WDFpRShEc2Y0LlFGPKPb49-WiPq7F7px4TFrXwLZEIc037Vf2LghH90f2Iw_0DLv8jIvxfk1d2fRQN8zdW9c0jZVMo3yE29DbRwdwF1S2ySDE8Th8-D54r8AwYTLK4Cw7KmHa1-cd5AbWokFdPXeLgYwyFEpyzFgL_rDPF--p0_utUdUa_1m0923-YNIwthweGjqexUhXG53UL8PoHpr9g4qIruaTa5snyz0oNaBE0Rii63hPpYe3dU7BI-9ycERg9TEU87K0Q0xp7vCspUp0CHCMxPVioiFMZQ9zqcvXIGpdtIT2JA0pyX4x8dBoAr4pJrTgkqVUv1NrTsNjkWOWTHBjDhdCQOfOMxquB4t5LoQ8QA2E9ymTES6B340Za8-4IhZQMYvDxpRP1NW1BErqW5nBsKe97U2kVa8dNfCO3GHF1NvVQ.73HQ1BkQSX-2q95Ls-mVeg.7b20a97f6e0d254cdf67240fbeabff407a71d672fc195a48d8a7405d6ecc9507>>219783956Practically everyone from the early AS era got fucked and essentially worked for free. They all got swindled.
>>219786192So Titan Maximum DID get good ratings, and they still canned it.
>>219778025Frisky Dingo only having 2 short seasons is a crime
