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| Episode: | 53 |
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| Title: | Dam |
| Original Air Date: | December 4, 1997 |
| Guest Star: | Charlton Heston |
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| BEGIN TRANSMISSION | |
| (Space Ghost is flying in the Phantom Cruiser, listening to a self-help tape) | |
| Voice: | And so it's easy to see why superheroes are at a crossroads. Driven to succeed, yet encumbered by images of the traditional superhero icon, increasingly at odds with today's societal structure. |
| Space Ghost: | Tell me about it. |
| Voice: | Following are my seven superhero salvos for success. Repeat these at will. |
| Space Ghost: | Alright. |
| Voice: | Number one: I am in charge. |
| Space Ghost: | I am in charge. |
| Voice: | Number two: Mine is an energy that I choose to share. |
| Space Ghost: | Mine is an energy that I choose to share. |
| Voice: | Number three: Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. |
| (Phantom Cruiser starts making strange noises) | |
| Space Ghost: | Oh, what's that? |
| Voice: | Number four: There's no telling when your time will come. |
| Space Ghost: | ????. come on. Come on, baby, don't do this to me today. I can't handle it. |
| Voice: | Number five: love the moment... |
| Space Ghost: | Shut up, you stupid tape! |
| (Opening theme & titles) | |
| Space Ghost: | (invisos in) Greetings, citizens! I'm Space Ghost. Joining me tonight is Acadamy Award winning actor, Charlton Heston. |
| Zorak: | (in background) I'm coppin' an attitude! |
| Space Ghost: | What? |
| Zorak: | Tonight! I'm coppin' an attitude! |
| Space Ghost: | Fine, go ahead. |
| Moltar: | I'm coppin' one too! |
| Space Ghost: | Oh, really. |
| Moltar: | You bet! I am coppin' an attitude! (monitor shows text:) |
| BOAKE TACKMAN RUBY GENTRY '52 | |
| Space Ghost: | That's good. |
| Moltar: | I've had enough, and I'm not takin' anymore! |
| Zorak: | That's right! We're layin' it down! |
| Moltar: | And ain't no way, no how are you gonna tell me different! |
| Space Ghost: | Okay. |
| Zorak: | We're settin' the tone, baby! |
| Moltar: | That's right! That is the way it's gonna be, friend! And if you don't like it... |
| Zorak: | You know what you can do! |
| Moltar: | (evil laugh) I heard that! |
| Zorak: | Oh yeah! |
| Space Ghost: | I'm gonna go to the desk, okay? |
| Zorak: | Go on, try, see what you get! |
| Space Ghost: | (invisos to desk) Here I am now, at the desk. |
| Moltar: | You got lucky, pal! (monitor shows text:) |
| COLT SAUNDERS THREE VIOLENT PEOPLE '56 | |
| Zorak: | You try it next time, you see what you get! |
| Space Ghost: | Villains, listen to me. |
| Zorak: | No. |
| Space Ghost: | Try as you may, you will not knock my moon out of orbit and upset my tides of well-being-ness. |
| Moltar: | What are you talking about? |
| Space Ghost: | Space Ghost of the Cosmos is now perfect... serene... (monitor shows text:) |
| CHRYSAGON THE WAR LORD '65 | |
| Zorak: | Stupid! |
| Space Ghost: | ... and centered. Let's all synchronize our hearts. |
| Zorak: | No! |
| Space Ghost: | Moltar? I am ready to receive my guest. |
| Moltar: | (mutters) All right. (throws lever, sends Charlton to studio monitor) |
| Space Ghost: | Greetings, citizen. |
| Charlton Heston: | (lowering from ceiling) Greetings, Space Ghost. |
| Space Ghost: | Go on, tell everyone who you are. |
| Charlton Heston: | (silent) |
| Space Ghost: | Come on. |
| Charlton Heston: | I am Charlton Heston. |
| Space Ghost: | Yes! Our first Academy Award winner. |
| Charlton Heston: | Really? |
| Space Ghost: | Really. |
| Charlton Heston: | Wow. |
| Space Ghost: | You think the Academy would honor me for my talk show work? |
| Charlton Heston: | Um... let me be honest with you. I don't think so. |
| Space Ghost: | I want one of those trophies, Carlton. |
| Charlton Heston: | Okay, you do? |
| Space Ghost: | I want your trophy. Get it! |
| Charlton Heston: | Okay, okay. |
| Space Ghost: | Wooooo!! All right! Look at me! Oscar winner Space Ghost! Woo Hoo! |
| Voice: | (The vain man glorfies himself, while the self-actualized individual glorifies others.) |
| Space Ghost: | Oh, okay. Chuck, you too are pretty good. I... can call you Chuck, can't I? |
| Charlton Heston: | You bet, you bet. |
| Space Ghost: | How about Chuckles? |
| Charlton Heston: | If you insist. |
| Space Ghost: | Oh, oh oh, wait wait wait, how about Cheston? See, it's a cross between your first name, which is Charlton, and your second name... |
| Charlton Heston: | Um, no. I don't think so. |
| Space Ghost: | (pause) Never say "no, I don't think so". Try saying "yes, I think so". |
| Charlton Heston: | Oh, I see. |
| Space Ghost: | The word "impossible" is a mistake, Chuck. It's really "I'm possible". (smile sparkles) |
| Charlton Heston: | You're all by yourself? |
| Space Ghost: | I've got my enemies here. But... you know... no friends. |
| Moltar: | That's right! |
| Zorak: | I ain't his friend! (monitor shows text:) |
| PEER GYNT '41 | |
| Moltar: | If you were to ask me if I were his friend, I would say "No!" to you. |
| Zorak: | I heard that! |
| Charlton Heston: | Doesn't it get lonely? |
| Space Ghost: | I go to parties. |
| Charlton Heston: | Oh, you go to parties? |
| Space Ghost: | In my head. |
| Charlton Heston: | Yeah, I sense there's a hidden identity there. |
| Space Ghost: | There's a party all the time there. Sometimes the neighbors up there complain, so I try to turn down the music. Only I can't. Because there are no knobs there. |
| Charlton Heston: | No, no, I understand, I'm, that's, that's fine. That.. let's let it pass. |
| Space Ghost: | What's wrong? What's that? We're out of punch? I'll be right back. |
| Moltar: | Uh, who're you talkin' to? |
| Space Ghost: | I'm back. It turns out I have an unlimited supply of punch. |
| Moltar: | I want some punch. |
| Space Ghost: | For the parties. |
| Charlton Heston: | Okay. |
| Space Ghost: | In my head. |
| Zorak: | (sighs) Get on with the show! |
| Space Ghost: | Are you gettin' enough oxygen, Chuck? |
| Charlton Heston: | Absolutely, I breathe very well in many atmospheres. |
| Space Ghost: | Including the Planet of the Apes? They say there's nothing more fragrant than a hot ape. |
| Charlton Heston: | The odd thing about that movie, was all the gorillas sat at lunch... |
| Space Ghost: | (starts laughing) |
| Charlton Heston: | This is no kidding, this is honest truth. |
| Space Ghost: | Oh, really? |
| Charlton Heston: | All the gorillas sat at one table at lunch, and all the chimpanzees sat at another, and all the orangutans sat at another. |
| Zorak: | (while Charlton is talking) Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! |
| Space Ghost: | (to Zorak) Hey, cut it out! |
| Charlton Heston: | And, uh, the humans were ????... |
| Moltar: | (while Charlton is talking) Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! |
| Space Ghost: | Stop it!! I'm afraid my sidekicks are copping an attitude, Chuck. |
| Charlton Heston: | Oh, I see. |
| Zorak: | (continues making noise) |
| Moltar: | (does the same) |
| (continue to make noises as they talk) | |
| Space Ghost: | Been doin' this all day in here. |
| Charlton Heston: | Yeah, that's clear, that's clear. |
| Space Ghost: | Breathe with me, Charlton. |
| Charlton Heston: | Okay. |
| Space Ghost: | (takes deep breath, then exhales) Weather the storm. |
| Charlton Heston: | Okay. |
| Voice: | (Away with confusion.) |
| Space Ghost: | Aaaaaaa! (aims his power band at Zorak) |
| Zorak: | Aa aa aa aa! Remember, vengeance is the refuge of the weak. |
| Voice: | (He's right, Space Ghost.) |
| Space Ghost: | Let me just give him one. |
| Voice: | (No, rise above the fray.) |
| Zorak: | Listen to her. |
| Voice: | (You're not trying.) |
| Space Ghost: | Can I just... |
| Voice: | (No.) |
| Space Ghost: | Just one? |
| Voice: | (No.) |
| Space Ghost: | (sighs) Fine. |
| Charlton Heston: | (gets zapped by Zorak) Oh, oh! Don't do that, don't do... |
| Space Ghost: | Little green freak! (blasts Zorak) |
| Zorak: | Hey, what, no... Aaaah!! (Blam!) |
| Voice: | (Vengeance is the refuge of the weak.) |
| Space Ghost: | (puts his hand over his face) I know. |
| Zorak: | (crisped) (coughs) Idiot! (coughs) |
| Space Ghost: | All existence is chaos, Chuck. The self-empowered man realizes this... |
| Charlton Heston: | Uh huh. |
| Space Ghost: | ... and rises like an eagle above the tangled teaming masses. |
| Charlton Heston: | Wow. |
| Space Ghost: | Talons out, ready to swoop. |
| Charlton Heston: | You're very perceptive, Space Ghost, I wouldn't have... |
| Space Ghost: | ... thought that I had a new age spirituality? Well, surprise, Chuck, I'm a 90's guy. |
| Charlton Heston: | Did you have any, uh... |
| Zorak: | Talent? |
| Charlton Heston: | ... how can I put it... |
| Zorak: | Class? Intelligence? |
| Charlton Heston: | Formal education? |
| Space Ghost: | Define "formal" |
| Charlton Heston: | I don't want to... |
| Moltar: | (throws lever, Charlton starts talking at double speed, monitor shows text:) |
| SAT 12 DATA ALGORITHM COMPRESSION | |
| Zorak: | (laughs) |
| Moltar: | (laughs) |
| Space Ghost: | Oh, that's mature! |
| Zorak: | Slow him down! Make him sound creepy! |
| Moltar: | (throws lever again, monitor text changes to |
| SAT 12 DATA ALGORITHM EXPAND | |
| and Charlton starts talking at half speed) | |
| Zorak: | (continues laughing) |
| Moltar: | (continues laughing) |
| Space Ghost: | (as Charlton moves his mouth in slow motion) Man, look at those teeth! Hey, wait a minute, is that... |
| Zorak: | Spinach! |
| Space Ghost: | (zaps Charlton on monitor, returning him to normal speed) Ya don't floss, do you, Chuck? |
| Charlton Heston: | You caught me. Not regularly. |
| Space Ghost: | Busted! I can spot an unflossed mouth from two miles away! That's one of my powers. |
| Charlton Heston: | I suppose, yeah, okay, okay, no, I don't floss as regularly as I should. |
| Space Ghost: | I don't talk about that power much. Not really one of my good powers, but still a power all the same. |
| Charlton Heston: | Uh, you're, you seem perfectly fluent in English, can you read? |
| Zorak: | No. |
| Space Ghost: | I like books on tape. |
| Charlton Heston: | Oh, no no no no, we can do better than that, what about Shakespeare? |
| Space Ghost: | What about books on tape? |
| Zorak: | No. |
| Charlton Heston: | No, nope. Shakespeare, that's the best of them all. You know Shakespeare. |
| Zorak: | Nope. |
| Space Ghost: | Not personally. |
| Charlton Heston: | No... (puts his hand to his face) You know the writings of Shakespeare. |
| Space Ghost: | We didn't have the theatre when I grew up, Chuck. We had hard work. Long days, mending the nets. Scaling the fish. No part of the fish was wasted, Chuck. We used the entire fish. |
| Charlton Heston: | You sure, really, no kidding? |
| Space Ghost: | (laughs) Of course I'm kidding! |
| Charlton Heston: | Oh. |
| Space Ghost: | (laughs) Fishing in space! Tell me, Chuck, ever thought of starring in a sequel to "The Ten Commandmants"? |
| Zorak: | No. |
| Charlton Heston: | Uh, I don't think so. |
| Space Ghost: | Not a sequel man, eh? |
| Zorak: | No. |
| Charlton Heston: | What other commandments are we gonna write? |
| Zorak: | Thou that smelled it thine own self dealt it. |
| Space Ghost: | (laughs) Thou that smelled it thine own self dealt it. |
| Zorak: | (fake laugh) Jerk. |
| Charlton Heston: | Yeah, well... |
| Moltar: | Thou shalt not... hesistate. |
| Charlton Heston: | I'm kinda committed to the first ten. |
| Zorak: | Thou shalt not be committed to old commandments! |
| Space Ghost: | Zorak, one more commandment out of you, and thou shalt be blasted. |
| Moltar: | Thou shalt not mess with Zorak, or thou shalt have to mess with me! |
| Space Ghost: | All right, everybody, just calm down! |
| Moltar: | Thou shalt not calm down! |
| Charlton Heston: | I hesitate... |
| Moltar: | Thou shalt not hesitate!! |
| Space Ghost: | (blasts Moltar with his power bands) |
| Moltar: | (laying on his back) Ohhhhh boy... |
| Zorak: | Uh oh, now you've done it! |
| Moltar: | We're now going to initiate the silent treatment. (monitor shows text:) |
| CHRYSAGON THE WAR LORD '65 | |
| Zorak: | I ain't saying jack! |
| Space Ghost: | Fine. Good. |
| Moltar: | As of right now, my friend... silence. (monitor shows text:) |
| COLT SAUNDERS THREE VIOLENT PEOPLE '56 | |
| Space Ghost: | (waits for them to say something) |
| Zorak: | (silence) |
| Space Ghost: | You guys aren't really gonna do this? (total silence) Come on, guys! |
| Zorak: | (silence) |
| Space Ghost: | Hey, come on! |
| Moltar: | (silence) |
| Space Ghost: | Chuck, you're not doin' this too, are ya? |
| Charlton Heston: | (nods) |
| Space Ghost: | Oh, man! (pause) Anybody want ice cream? Zorak? Ice cream? |
| Zorak: | (silence) |
| Space Ghost: | My treat. Moltar? |
| Moltar: | (silence) |
| Space Ghost: | Pistachio. Butter pecan. (as he speaks, monitor shows text:) |
| PEER GYNT '41 | |
| Moltar: | (silence) |
| Space Ghost: | Want some gum? |
| Zorak: | Gu-- (wide eyed, then looks away) |
| Voice: | (What are you doing?) |
| Space Ghost: | (quietly) Silent treatment. |
| Voice: | (You don't have time for this. You must destroy the Hoover Dam. It is your destiny.) |
| Space Ghost: | What if I get caught? |
| Voice: | (You're Space Ghost, superhero to millions. Who would suspect you?) |
| Space Ghost: | Yeah, I am Space Ghost. It's my destiny. |
| Voice: | (You better hurry up!) |
| Space Ghost: | What about my pants? |
| Voice: | (What?!) |
| Space Ghost: | My, my, my pants. |
| Voice: | (Your pants are fine. Hurry!) |
| Space Ghost: | Let me just say goodbye to Charlton, okay? |
| Voice: | (Uh uh! Someone's going to beat you to it!) |
| Space Ghost: | All right, all right! (aloud) Uh, Charlton, I gotta go. Pick up the kids. Who are, nnnot in Nevada. |
| Charlton Heston: | Okay, Space Ghost. (waves) Absolutely. |
| Space Ghost: | (flies off) |
| (Aerial shot, closing in on Hoover Dam, accompanied by dramatic sting music) | |
| INTERRUPT TRANSMISSION | |
| RESUME TRANSMISSION | |
| (Shots of extreme flood damage, police sirens in background) | |
| Space Ghost: | (bounds back to his desk; test pattern is on studio monitor) Well, goodnight, everybody, I, I, I gotta split. (flies off again) |
| (Credits roll) | |
| (Police car screechs up, door opens) | |
| Police Officer: | (through bull horn) Hey you! |
| Space Ghost: | No! |
| Police Officer: | Hey, get over here. All right, we're gonna put ya... |
| Space Ghost: | (struggling sounds) Ow! |
| Police Officer: | Take your hands away from your sides. |
| Space Ghost: | It was my destiny, can't you see? |
| Police Officer: | I will not ask you again, sir, please take your hands away from your sides, please. |
| Space Ghost: | This is my inviso belt. |
| Police Officer: | Yeah, right, buddy. |
| Space Ghost: | You're all blind! |
| Police Officer: | Don't struggle with me! You understand? |
| Space Ghost: | Blind pawns, blinded by government and the mass media. |
| Police Officer: | Do not struggle with me, sir. |
| Space Ghost: | You're so blind. |
| Police Officer: | Spread your legs and put your hands on the side of the vehicle, away from the belt. |
| Space Ghost: | (starts crying) |
| Police Officer: | You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. Take the cape from over your face, please. |
| GUEST STAR Charlton Heston |
| WRITERS Randolph Heard Alan Laddie |
| EDITORS Jay Edwards Baco Bryles (inverted) Tom Roche |
| MUSIC Sonny Sharrock Eddie Horst |
| MUSICIANS Sonny Sharrock Lance Carter Eddie Horst Alfrieda Gerald |
| VOICES George Lowe C. Martin Croker Cheryl Barbour Dave Willis |
| DESIGN COMPANY Big Deal Cartoons |
| ANIMATION DIRECTOR C. Martin Croker |
| 3D ANIMATOR Derald Hunt |
| ART DIRECTOR Randall Lane |
| DIGITAL COMPOSITOR Dave Sillman |
| ON-LINE CONFORM Jay Bellissimo |
| AUDIO CONFORM Mark Coddington |
| EDIT ASSIST James Dansereau |
| RE-RECORDING MIXER Roy Clements |
| PRODUCTION MANAGER Kaili Rubin |
| PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Vishal Roney |
| TALENT COORDINATOR Isabel Gonzalez |
| PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Gus Jordan Maya McClure |
| INTERNS James Huffman John Schimansky |
| SPACE GHOST'S FORMER MALE SECRETARY Nathan Cook |
| SPECIAL THANKS Mark Francis Ben Edlund Townsend Coleman Pat Coddington Ashley Manos Renee King Steve Tseckares |
| ORIGINAL SPACE GHOST DESIGN Alex Toth |
| LINE PRODUCER Jim Fortier |
| PRODUCER Pete Smith |
| PRODUCER Andy Merrill |
| PRODUCER Chip Duffey |
| SUPERVISING PRODUCER Dave Willis |
| EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Keith Crofford |
| SHOES Michael Lazzo |
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