59-1 - Space Ghost: Coast To Coast - Season 3 Episodes 11-12

One episode wraps up the runaway-director storyline with a visit from Metallica. The other was written by two former Late Show with David Letterman writers and turns Space Ghost’s show into a conventional talk show.

This week on Toonami Absolution, Alyx, Jon, and Sam cover Episodes 11 and 12 of Space Ghost: Coast to Coast Season 3: “Jacksonville” and “Late Show.”

“Jacksonville” (October 16, 1996) picks up right where “Glen Campbell” left off. Moltar is still on the run, so Space Ghost recruits Tansut as a stand-in director while he searches. Tansut sets up the Metallica interview, and James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett appear (though they don’t seem to be aware of it). Lokar, Brak, Commander Andy, and the Council of Doom also turn up, and the episode closes out the Moltar storyline by resetting the status quo.

“Late Show” (October 23, 1996) was written by Spike Feresten and Steve O’Donnell, and Space Ghost tries to turn his show into a proper talk show. Janeane Garofalo reveals her secret power, hypnotist Flip Orley joins the desk, before Zorak’s incantation turns him into Dave Grohl. John Popper sits in on harmonica. The Original Way Outs and Mom Ghostal also appear, and the series switches to a new CGI opening, all while skewering every late night talkshow knowing.

We discuss why Metallica seemed out of their depth, what the Letterman writers bring to a parody of late-night TV, how the new opening changes the show’s look, and where these two episodes sit in Season 3.

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📌 Topics covered this episode:

– Space Ghost: Coast to Coast S3E11 “Jacksonville” (feat. James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett of Metallica) recap & review

– Space Ghost: Coast to Coast S3E12 “Late Show” (feat. Janeane Garofalo, Dave Grohl, Flip Orley & John Popper) recap & review

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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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