The closest Cartoon Network got to adult programming in its nascent days was showing reruns of the All in the Family rip-off Wait ‘Till Your Father Gets Home. There was nothing even remotely resembling Adult Swim. There was no original content save for a few one-off specials, just a bunch of reruns of classic Warner Brothers and Hanna-Barbera cartoons. In 1993, Cartoon Network was a very different channel than it is today. Today we look back at Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and how it’s the secret game-changer in the world of modern comedy. He leaves behind a legacy of maniacal laughter, torturing talk show hosts, and taking perfectly timed sips from mugs. He started animating promos for TNT then made his way over to Cartoon Network, before getting roped into the network’s first show for adults. Unfortunately, in September, that feeling changed.Ĭlay Croker, animator and voice actor, passed away last month at the age of 54.
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Or there’d be a web series to promote video games online.
Or his co-stars Brak and Zorak would show up on their own show. Episodes always appeared in sporadic bursts, and even after they stopped, suddenly Space Ghost would pop up in an ad on Adult Swim to interview Zoe Saldana for Avatar, or Steve Nash while saying the words “Vitamin Water” a few times. There hasn’t been a new episode of Space Coast: Coast to Coast in twelve years, but for whatever reason, it never felt completely dead to me.