Space Ghost Coast to Coast/Urges

Urges
Season 2, Episode 7
Airdate	October 20, 1995
Production Number	9509-18
Written by	Nell Scovell Joel Hodgson
Directed by	—
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Space Ghost Coast to Coast — Season Two

Urges is the seventh episode of the second season of Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and is the eighteenth episode overall.

Guest Stars: Matthew Sweet (Himself), Catherine Bach (Herself)

Plot Overview

The show opens to Zorak behind the desk watching a live feed of mantis mating season. Moltar complains about how every seven years, it's the same thing. Zorak, however manages to find the "girl of his dreams" in the fray. Music resembling the theme to That Girl plays throughout the opening.

Space Ghost fades in, fades out again (we hear a zipping sound), and fades back in. Disgusted, Moltar switches to the lava network instead. Zorak attempts to end the show early by playing the end them music and Moltar, not paying attention, switches to the credits. Space Ghost nearly falls for it, but his superhero sense tells him that Zorak is lying. Space Ghost shames Zorak for his urges and brings out Catherine Bach. The interview is obviously hacked up and edited to be as awkward and bizarre as possible. She spends most of the interview talking about the black rhino. Zorak continues to go stircrazy, until Moltar explains to him that the female devours the male after mating. Space Ghost blasts Catherine Bach after she wouldn't stop laughing at Zorak.

Space Ghost insists that Zorak go to his planet to mate, but Zorak starts to refuse now that he knows that certain death awaits him. He changes the subject by making Matthew Sweet appear on the monitor. While the interview goes on, Zorak recants and freaks out behind the keyboard, demanding the ability to leave. After Matthew Sweet tells him to "have a good time all the time" he escapes in the Phantom Cruiser.

With no music, Space Ghost makes Matthew Sweet tell a sad story so that he can play the blues harp in order to cover up for Zorak not being around. Meanwhile, on Zorak's home planet, he has found his girl. Space Ghost realizes that Zorak is going to die and cancels the rest of the interview with Matthew Sweet, blasting him. While Space Ghost is eulogizing Zorak, he comes back to the show. He explains that the lady mantis was actually a part of the male resistance movement who had Zorak wait until the urge passed, saving his life.

Notes

Guests

• Catherine Bach: Catherine Bach was most famous for her portrayal of Daisy Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard. She spent much of the rest of her career in privacy until her popularity surged once again after reruns of the series began to be featured prominently on TNN.

• Matthew Sweet: Matthew Sweet is a solo recording artist who gained popularity in the early 1990s with the album Girlfriend. Sweet's style was straight pop-rock that began as easily accessible until it changed suddenly with his second album to be diverse, yet still poppy.

Trivia

Behind the Scenes

• Writer Credit: It should be noted that this episode was written by Mystery Science Theatre 3000 creator, Joel Hodgson.

Allusions and References

• That Girl: That Girl was a sitcom on ABC that ran between 1966 and 1971 about an aspiring actress attempting to make it in the big city. "That Girl" was played by Marlo Thomas and is oftenly parodied because of its iconic opening.

Memorable Moments

• Zorak nearly convinces Space Ghost that the show is over only a few minutes after he appeared.

Quotes

• Moltar: See, in the mantis marital act, the female typically eats the head and brain of the male.
  Zorak: You're kidding!
  Moltar: You didn't know that?
  Zorak: : That's not what my mother told me!

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