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December 25, 2010 6:23 PM Subscribe
It just isn't Christmas without Space Ghost.
A big part of the joy (yes, joy) I get from this show is Don Kennedy's kindly voice opening and closing it. The man has the friendliest possible voice!
posted by JHarris at 6:33 PM on December 25, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by JHarris at 6:33 PM on December 25, 2010 [1 favorite]
barely could stand it, listening to that butchered awful christmas song was hard on my ears.
posted by tustinrick at 6:44 PM on December 25, 2010
posted by tustinrick at 6:44 PM on December 25, 2010
tustinrick, I wouldn't doubt at all that that was what the Space Ghost guys were going for.
posted by JHarris at 6:48 PM on December 25, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by JHarris at 6:48 PM on December 25, 2010 [1 favorite]
why was Brakk so funny until he got his own show?
posted by Redhush at 6:58 PM on December 25, 2010 [5 favorites]
posted by Redhush at 6:58 PM on December 25, 2010 [5 favorites]
Redhush, The Brak Show was actually the third show devoted to Brak. Cartoon Planet is arguably about Brak. The second, "Brak Presents The Brak Show Starring Brak," is genius from start to finish (IMO), but it only got two episodes.
The Brak Show was actually the sanest of the Adult Swim productions of the time, but it didn't use Brak very well.
posted by JHarris at 7:09 PM on December 25, 2010
The Brak Show was actually the sanest of the Adult Swim productions of the time, but it didn't use Brak very well.
posted by JHarris at 7:09 PM on December 25, 2010
Not the best that Cartoon Network has to offer.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 7:17 PM on December 25, 2010
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 7:17 PM on December 25, 2010
I should probably explain... for a long while, watching this was the high point of the holiday season for me. Still is if I can catch it, but I don't think Cartoon Network airs it anymore, although with the Adult Swim guys who knows.
posted by JHarris at 7:29 PM on December 25, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by JHarris at 7:29 PM on December 25, 2010 [1 favorite]
To this day, every time I hear "Deck the Halls," I still sub in Zorak's "gabba hey gabba hey HEY HEY HEY."
click click click
posted by bakerina at 7:38 PM on December 25, 2010 [3 favorites]
click click click
posted by bakerina at 7:38 PM on December 25, 2010 [3 favorites]
This is OK.
My favorite episode of Space Ghost ever ever ever ever is the one with Bjork and Thom Yorke.
My friends and I still quote it constantly.
"It's a mouth, Thom" is an acceptable answer to most questions.
posted by kbanas at 8:22 PM on December 25, 2010 [1 favorite]
My favorite episode of Space Ghost ever ever ever ever is the one with Bjork and Thom Yorke.
My friends and I still quote it constantly.
"It's a mouth, Thom" is an acceptable answer to most questions.
posted by kbanas at 8:22 PM on December 25, 2010 [1 favorite]
Oh, 1997, come back; all is forgiven.
I loved Brak, but possibly loved Locar more; he was almost never on, though. <3 Andy Merrill.
posted by Countess Elena at 8:31 PM on December 25, 2010 [2 favorites]
I loved Brak, but possibly loved Locar more; he was almost never on, though. <3 Andy Merrill.
posted by Countess Elena at 8:31 PM on December 25, 2010 [2 favorites]
To be honest, I thought Cartoon Planet was the best of the of these shows, simply because they were sneaking some of the most insane stuff into the middle of a clip show made for children. SG:CTC and The Brak Show, while they had some high awesomeness at times, some of the charm was lost because they were deliberatley targeted at an older audience. Sometimes I felt like they were trying a little too hard to be absurdist at times You can't force Weird. It comes off as Ironic-Hipper-Than-Thou when you do.
posted by KingEdRa at 8:39 PM on December 25, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by KingEdRa at 8:39 PM on December 25, 2010 [1 favorite]
I agree KingEdRa, I think Cartoon Planet was the apex not just of the Space Ghost stuff, but of the Adult Swim hyper-non-linear thing as well. Aqua Teen, Sealab, Harvey Birdman, none of those shows that followed it have measured up. Some of the outside shows like Venture Bros. are great, but they seems like outsiders.
posted by JHarris at 8:42 PM on December 25, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by JHarris at 8:42 PM on December 25, 2010 [1 favorite]
. . . they were sneaking some of the most insane stuff into the middle of a clip show made for children
"Oh, he'd love to blast me, wouldn't you, Space Ghost? But he can't, you know why? Because I'm not animated to explode!"
posted by Countess Elena at 8:46 PM on December 25, 2010 [6 favorites]
"Oh, he'd love to blast me, wouldn't you, Space Ghost? But he can't, you know why? Because I'm not animated to explode!"
posted by Countess Elena at 8:46 PM on December 25, 2010 [6 favorites]
On Don Kennedy, it turns out he has a radio show dedicated to big band music, Big Band Jump, that plays on some NPR stations. Imagine how surprised I was to turn on the radio a few months back and hear the voice of Tansit telling me about the likes of Count Ellington.
Made him even more awesome in my book.
posted by JHarris at 9:05 PM on December 25, 2010 [1 favorite]
Made him even more awesome in my book.
posted by JHarris at 9:05 PM on December 25, 2010 [1 favorite]
S'about time we had a himynameisbrak tag on the blue.
posted by Spatch at 9:30 PM on December 25, 2010
posted by Spatch at 9:30 PM on December 25, 2010
My favorite episode of Space Ghost ever ever ever ever is the one with Bjork and Thom Yorke.
Me too. With "Kentucky Nightmare" a very close second. "Oh, so now there's a liquor store involved."
posted by Lazlo at 9:49 PM on December 25, 2010 [2 favorites]
Me too. With "Kentucky Nightmare" a very close second. "Oh, so now there's a liquor store involved."
posted by Lazlo at 9:49 PM on December 25, 2010 [2 favorites]
The best of Adult Swim produced in-house was the Sealab 2021 episode "Splitsville"
Do I not rival Ronnie James Dio in my rock ability?
posted by Quonab at 12:47 AM on December 26, 2010
Do I not rival Ronnie James Dio in my rock ability?
posted by Quonab at 12:47 AM on December 26, 2010
My favorite episode of Space Ghost ever ever ever ever is the one with Bjork and Thom Yorke.
>Me too. With "Kentucky Nightmare" a very close second. "Oh, so now there's a liquor store involved."
Those episodes that trickled out in 2000-2001 after the series proper had ended were some of the best.
"Moltar, are you aware of the health risks caused by tallboys?"
posted by anazgnos at 9:47 AM on December 26, 2010
>Me too. With "Kentucky Nightmare" a very close second. "Oh, so now there's a liquor store involved."
Those episodes that trickled out in 2000-2001 after the series proper had ended were some of the best.
"Moltar, are you aware of the health risks caused by tallboys?"
posted by anazgnos at 9:47 AM on December 26, 2010
JHarris, that's a nice surprise, because I find myself listening to Big Band Jump on a jazz internet radio station at least once a week. I knew there was some reason I recognized that kindly voice.
posted by Countess Elena at 12:00 PM on December 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Countess Elena at 12:00 PM on December 26, 2010 [1 favorite]
I was a huge Cartoon Planet fanboy. Loved Brak, loved everything about it and all of the nonsense. Several years ago, I had the chance to interview Andy Merrill for my radio show. And in the course of the interview, I explained to him how "I'm a sock that's dirty" was such an incredible piece of genius and how all of my kids know all of the words to it because their daddy has sung it around the house, usually while doing exceedingly stupid dances, and how did you come up with it and can you sing us a bit of it right now?
And of course, he replied something like, "Dude, I don't really know, I made it up, I don't really remember what it was."
So, then, here for posterity, is "I'm a Sock That's Dirty" by Brak:
I'm a sock that's dirty,
So I jump into the washing machine
where I tumble, around, and round!
And now I'm clean and dry,
but all alone am I ...
Where is my other sock?
Where is my other sock?
I don't want to be all alone.
(No oh oh oh.)
Oh look! He's over there!
Once again we are a pair!
And now it's into the sock drawer we go!
Where tomorrow we will meet ...
... your stinky feet!
posted by jbickers at 6:30 PM on December 26, 2010 [2 favorites]
And of course, he replied something like, "Dude, I don't really know, I made it up, I don't really remember what it was."
So, then, here for posterity, is "I'm a Sock That's Dirty" by Brak:
I'm a sock that's dirty,
So I jump into the washing machine
where I tumble, around, and round!
And now I'm clean and dry,
but all alone am I ...
Where is my other sock?
Where is my other sock?
I don't want to be all alone.
(No oh oh oh.)
Oh look! He's over there!
Once again we are a pair!
And now it's into the sock drawer we go!
Where tomorrow we will meet ...
... your stinky feet!
posted by jbickers at 6:30 PM on December 26, 2010 [2 favorites]
Someboddddyyyy left a cake out in the rainnnnn. OHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOO
posted by fusinski at 11:44 AM on December 31, 2010
posted by fusinski at 11:44 AM on December 31, 2010
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