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''Cartoon Planet'' is an animated variety show that originally ran from 1995 to 1998, March 30, 2012 to February 8, 2014 (in a different format) on Cartoon Network. A spin-off of the animated ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' talk show, the original premise was that Space Ghost had recruited his imprisoned evil nemesis Zorak and his loud and dimwitted archenemy Brak to assist him in hosting a variety show. ''Cartoon Planet'' began as an hour-long block of cartoons hosted by Space Ghost, Zorak, and Brak. They would introduce full cartoons from the Turner Entertainment library, such as old theatrical shorts and Hanna-Barbera cartoons, including the original 1960s ''Space Ghost'' episodes. The host segments were often original songs and ad libbed skits. New material ceased being made in 1997, and most of the songs and skits were re-packaged into 22 half-hour episodes without classic cartoon clips. ==Original series== Regular segments featured on the show included Brak's School Daze, Zorak's Horror Scopes, Poets' Corner, Brak's Monday Ratings Report, The Top 5 Cartoon Countdown (discontinued in 1997 after the show's slot on Saturday mornings was shortened from an hour to half an hour), Vacation Spots Around the Universe (pieced together from clips of ''Ultra 7'' episodes), Messages from Outer Space (also pieced together from the aforementioned ''Ultra 7'', and starring the nefarious Hot Dog Men), Mailbag Day, readings from the Cartoon Planet Storybook, messages from Count Floyd (Joe Flaherty's local Public-access television cable TV horror movie host from ''SCTV''; the segments were originally shown on Hanna-Barbera's ''The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley''), Learning to Talk Italian, Nuggets of Joy from Zorak, Zorak's Helpful Hints, and Cooking with Brak. The show also had short live-action segments featuring producer Andy Merrill wearing an ill-fitting Space Ghost costume doing various things like visiting a petting zoo, getting a haircut (although he kept his mask on), playing tennis, or visiting a gift shop. Intros of the show during the early years featured Andy in the costume dancing (very badly) to the mambo-style theme music or sitting in a chair reading a newspaper, falling asleep to lullaby baby music. For the first season of the show (on TBS), the opening and closing theme songs were instrumental excerpts from "No One Knows My Plan" and "The End of the Tour" by They Might Be Giants. Clips of numerous cartoons from the Turner library would often pop up spontaneously during segments of the show, especially during the music videos. These included ''Tom and Jerry'', ''Popeye'', Tex Avery cartoons, early ''Looney Tunes'' shorts, ''Two Stupid Dogs'', ''The Flintstones'', ''The Jetsons'', and other classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Head writer/producer Pete Smith gave this official description of ''Cartoon Planet'' when the show was still new: "''Cartoon Planet'' can best be described as a cross between 'The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour,' 'The Electric Company,' and recess at the Richard M. Nixon School for Wayward Boys. ''Cartoon Planet'' spawned three soundtrack albums: ''Modern Music for Swinging Superheroes'' in 1996 (a non-commercial promotional album, now out of print) ''Space Ghost's Musical Bar-B-Que'' in 1997, and ''Space Ghost's Surf & Turf'' (both commercial albums published by Rhino Entertainment) in 1998. The albums consisted of songs and dialogue skits with different background music not used in the show. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cartoon Planet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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