54-1 - Space Ghost: Coast To Coast - Season 3 Episodes 3-4

"Lovesick" and "Transcript." One episode about Space Ghost losing the love of his life. One episode that is almost entirely a Jonathan Richman concert.

Alyx, Jon, and Sam cover Space Ghost: Coast to Coast Season 3, Episodes 3 and 4 this week, and it's worth noting upfront that "Lovesick" exists because the show's creator Mike Lazzo went through a breakup.

"Lovesick" aired on Valentine's Day, 1996, which tells you everything about the intent. Space Ghost has been dumped and refuses to engage with the show in any meaningful way. Carrot Top appears to do Carrot Top things. None of us here understand how Carrot Top was able to sustain a career in comedy, so if you understand Carrot Top, please send an email to the usual address.

Then "Transcript" is its own strange thing: Jonathan Richman, founder of The Modern Lovers appears on the show and plays songs and has very weird conversations with Space Ghost. The episode is called "Transcript" because it essentially is one, a fairly faithful record of whatever happened between George Lowe and Jonathan Richman on the day of recording. It’s one of the oddest episodes of the show, especially if you’re not familiar with Jonathan Richman.

We discuss what Coast to Coast is doing right in season 3, why "Transcript" is one of the show's most interesting episodes, and debate if Carrot Top is a way of punishing us.

📌 This episode covers:

– Space Ghost: Coast to Coast S3E3 "Lovesick" (feat. Carrot Top)

– Space Ghost: Coast to Coast S3E4 "Transcript" (feat. Jonathan Richman)

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Toonami Absolution is a weekly podcast where Alyx, Jon, and Sam revisit the Toonami and Adult Swim shows that made them, and you, you.

From the block's early days with shows like Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and Transformers: Beast Wars to the imported anime that made Toonami and Adult Swim appointment television for a generation of kids, such as Cowboy Bebop, Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball.

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