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Rio Ghosto
Rio Ghosto
Season 5, Episode 7
Airdate September 18, 1998
Production Number 9808-64
Written by Mark Banker
Directed by C. Martin Croker
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Space Ghost Coast to CoastSeason Five

Rio Ghosto is the seventh episode of the fifth season of Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and is the sixty-fourth episode overall.

Guest Stars: Ben Stiller (Himself), Kevin Smith (Himself), Jim Jarmusch (Himself)

Contents

Plot Overview

The episode opens with Space Ghost writing the script to what appears to be a movie starring Mr. White, Mr. Black and a giant space worm. He doesn't appear in this sequence, but instead narrates over a static image of the entrance to the "International House of Pain Cakes."

Space Ghost fades in and tells Zorak about how great his screenplay is and declares that if the guests on the show are lucky and play their cards right, they'll get attached to his movie. Moltar asks why Space Ghost won't let him direct his movie, and Space Ghost puts him down, saying that he only knows cartoons and isn't right for the part. The first of these guests is Ben Stiller, who suggests that Space Ghost star in Cable Guy 2. After conferring, Zorak and Moltar make Space Ghost pass on the idea. End Transmission.

The second guest, Kevin Smith, appears, interrupting Space Ghost on the phone. Space Ghost attempts to have Kevin sign on to direct his movie and start principal photography in ten minutes. But, because Kevin can't seem to take Space Ghost seriously (and even has the gall to ask about Blipp, Space Ghost's monkey), Space Ghost has Moltar set Kevin on fire. The final guest, Jim Jarmusch, appears on screen and is nearly also set on fire. Space Ghost demands that he help with the movie or leave. Jim doesn't help much so Moltar also sets him on fire and Space Ghost decides to direct the movie himself.

Notes

Guests

  • Ben Stiller: Ben Stiller is an actor, director and comedian who has appeared in many films and television shows, including at one point The Ben Stiller Show. At this point in time, Stiller had directed Reality Bites and The Cable Guy. He would later go on to direct and star in Zoolander.
  • Kevin Smith: Most famous for his independent hit, Clerks, Kevin Smith is a New Jersey writer and director who focuses mainly on the absurdity of normal life. After Clerks, he wrote and directed (as well as starred in, briefly) Mallrats and Chasing Amy, which took place in the same continuity as Clerks. Smith went on to gain a considerable cult fan-base from films like Dogma.
  • Jim Jarmusch: Jim Jarmusch is the director of an ongoing series of short films entitled Coffee and Cigarettes which feature various actors, musicians and comedians in short vignettes filmed in black and white in an unusual style. He also directed mainstream films like Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai and Stranger Than Paradise.

Trivia

The Show

  • Trailer: The last few second of the episode are a live action segment with a man dressed in a Space Ghost costume putting his hand on a holstered gun.

Behind the Scenes

Allusions and References

  • Cable Guy: Cable Guy 2 would be the sequel to the 1996 Jim Carrey vehicle, The Cable Guy, which Ben Stiller also appeared in and directed. The movie stars Carrey as a psychotic Cable Guy who hooks up Matthew Broderick's cable for free in trade for friendship. The movie is often regarded as Jim Carrey's worst.
Ben Stiller: Yeah, "Cable Guy 2", starring Space Ghost.

Memorable Moments

Quotes

  • Space Ghost: Listen, Kevin, if you're not going to take this seriously...
Kevin Smith: I've got a question now, where is the monkey?
Space Ghost: That's it.
Kevin Smith: Monkey can't get a break in this business.
Space Ghost: Moltar!
Moltar: Cue fire. (throws a lever and Kevin is enveloped in flames)