Space Ghost and the Fire Ant

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@l4ndst4nder 3 жыл бұрын

This sequence broke my brain back in 1999 by defying all the rules of entertainment that I thought I knew.

@fucheduck Жыл бұрын

I got an eviction notice for "disturbing the peace" I was laughing too loud!

@ManateeMentality Жыл бұрын

It feels like an animated segment from Monty Python’s Flying Circus

@LetsGetDerpy Жыл бұрын

@@ManateeMentality It does feel very Gilliam-esque.

@deplorabledegenerate2630 3 ай бұрын

The show was widely popular among insomniacs and stoners. Imagine being fatigued, drunk or high and waking up the next morning and asking yourself "was that real?" I was sick with a 102 fever when I first saw this and had been sucking down nyquil and hot totties. I thought it was an alcohol induced fever dream for a few days until I went online and asked around.

@jesussaves21 3 ай бұрын

God bless y’all

@Owlmeatsandbeaks Жыл бұрын

I asked Mr Lowe at Dragoncon how much he remembers and he told me it’s basically all a blur. He also greeted me to the booth with “are you one of those kids whose sense of humor I warped?”

@MeowthRocket Жыл бұрын

What I've heard is he absolutely loves people.

@falsehero2001 11 ай бұрын

If this is what having a warped sense of humor is, then I'd hate to be a normal person. I got more amusement at watching Space Ghost stalk a fire ant for 10 minutes then an entire season of some popular modern "comedies".

@Xbalanque84 11 ай бұрын

Joke's on George, I was warped by Ren & Stimpy long before SGC2C first aired. That said, the stuff he produced I drank in like fine wine.

@NoriMori1992 11 ай бұрын

Lol, he knows.

@thesocialmediagame 3 ай бұрын

@@falsehero2001 some people might downplay this joke for its poor visual quality, but the idea is undoubtedly pure genius, either you marry the idea that following an ant is more interesting than hearing Conan (or any guest) talk, or you just won't get half the joke, just following the ant without the set up is just not as funny if you get hooked, the screenplay and Lowe's intervention is just as funny as any fun modern comedy, I'm not too much into TV but I had say "The office" has bits as good as this one, very high chances producers or screenwriters liked this show too, Michael Scott gives me high Space Ghost vibes as a character, Dwight easily could be Zorak or Moltar

@ClaremyJarkson 3 жыл бұрын

“Then he followed an ant for 11 minutes. Funniest shit I’ve ever seen.”

@lopey5035 4 ай бұрын

Reminder this aired with commercial breaks.

@CatAndOrHatMan 3 ай бұрын

Look up all red eyed..."yo is this guy still following this ant!??"

@ChadGrindstaff Ай бұрын

@@CatAndOrHatManhahaha. I was a kid and fell asleep, woke up and he was still following this ant. Blew my mind 😂

@CatAndOrHatMan Ай бұрын

@@ChadGrindstaff makes you think you hit a time warp or something 🤣 some daring time wasting they did with national airtime they did there 🤣

@marlesimms 3 жыл бұрын

Some of the funniest stuff on this show was when they were able to get pretty well-known people like Conan on and then just use 45 seconds of them and piss the rest of the episode off. God I miss television like this

@fucheduck Жыл бұрын

anything goes with Space Ghost, it is the way it is done that is funny, not WHAT is done.

@ValerieCH1 Жыл бұрын

"No one has always been dead, Space Ghost!"

@MultiBeerme Жыл бұрын

This is actually the second half of an episode.

@landonletterman831 Жыл бұрын

You know this was a product of Conan's help in the writers room, and the whole thing screams, too me Conan: "What can we do to get everyone done in 15 minutes to an hour of work, and knock-off for the weekend? _I won't tell if _*_YOU_*_ won't!"_ You would be surprised how often laziness pays off in creativity (if not quality) Let's face it, this is (otherwise) an ADD/ADHD test

@KingLich451 11 ай бұрын

@@landonletterman831no

@thesmirkingwolf 3 жыл бұрын

I once asked George Lowe how long this sequence went on in-studio. He said "On Fire Ant, I think I 'doo dee doo'd' roughly 15 minutes. I was young then."

@landonletterman831 Жыл бұрын

The whole episode wreaks of Conan's help in the writing room to be like, "Ok, so what can we do that's simple for everyone, wrap up in 15 minutes to an hour of work, and then knock-off early for the weekend?" Lowe "doo-dee-doo's" for 15 minutes Everybody else does their lines The animators make Space Ghost chase an invisible thing across a bunch of pre made backgrounds for a few visual gags Miller time

@mostverticalproductions4808 11 ай бұрын

Table Read aired before this and basically is a rought cut of what this episode would be like. Conan is played by someone from William's Street, and Dave Willis is shirtless. They don't mention that ant section, so maybe they gave George a six pack and told him to wing it and that it will be cool.

@madhatter8508 11 ай бұрын

@@landonletterman831 no

@iDrunkRS 6 ай бұрын

@@landonletterman831no

@mizar1676 3 жыл бұрын

“You wanna do anything?” “Nah, I’ve done it all”

@thesocialmediagame 3 ай бұрын

They had the best answers for the most simple questions

@furydeath 2 ай бұрын

I would D:

@TippiGordon 3 ай бұрын

True story: I had a second date, and we were just chilling on the couch after, well, you know, and we were flipping through channels. "Oh, cool, ever watch 'Space Ghost'?" I asked. "It's hilarious! It's crazy!" I promised. It was this episode. There was not a third date. This is still hilarious, though.

@SilverSpade92 2 ай бұрын

You dodged a bullet.

@ryanbowen9718 2 ай бұрын

I now believe god made the universe with all it’s good and misery just so you could have that moment on a second date 😂😂😂 I cannot think of a funnier scenario 😂😂😂

@BlackKnight03 3 ай бұрын

Watching this after seeing the cut version from the Space Ghost Coast to Coast 30th Anniversary Live stream makes me feel whole again.

@WxIxLxLxIxAxMxS 2 ай бұрын

Same 😩

@bryson0206 2 ай бұрын

they're playing it now too

@WxIxLxLxIxAxMxS 2 ай бұрын

@@bryson0206 I literally just left from that episode haha

@sethzimmerman281 2 ай бұрын

Them cutting this from the live stream pissed me off.

@christofyre 2 жыл бұрын

I was legitimately mad when I bought the entire series on Apple TV that they cut this part out. It’s just the short version. Every time I watch it I have to cut it short and watch this instead.

@aaronbuffalo7769 Жыл бұрын

i dunno if it is a seperate episode or whatever, but yea it ruins the entire joke

@lorenbaker479 Жыл бұрын

The fact that this was the last Space Ghost episode to air on Cartoon Network before it moved to Adult Swim.

@mergieismoronic 10 ай бұрын

nah, that was King Dead

@robertcloonan6346 3 жыл бұрын

"YOUR SON IS A MORON!" Worth the wait!

@landonletterman831 Жыл бұрын

11:03 * me at the PTA meeting *

@NoriMori1992 Жыл бұрын

This is the only segment of this show I ever saw. I didn't remember any of the surrounding details, but "I'm gonna follow him home. Kill his whole family" has lived rent-free in my head for over a decade.

@Pyre 11 ай бұрын

SIBLING! Do you also say it about any annoying bug in a building?

@NoriMori1992 11 ай бұрын

@@Pyre I don't, sadly 😂 Maybe I should!

@SpencerGreenfield Жыл бұрын

I remember watching this with my brother and his friends when it aired and we couldn't believe it was really happening. Incredible.

@dudleyvasausage7879 Жыл бұрын

me too. i love space ghost.

@EmperorFred Жыл бұрын

Almost as incredible as this being allowed to air on Cartoon Network was the fact that the whole episode, this whole sequence and the Conan interview beforehand, aired fully uninterrupted, commercial-free. As did the "long version" of Warren, which was fully even longer than Fire Ant!

@Xbalanque84 9 ай бұрын

I envy you.

@landonletterman831 Жыл бұрын

My favorite part is the silent _"and I'll _*_be back for you,"_* I hear in my head, when he bumps his against that rock 4:33

@drabulusdael9329 4 ай бұрын

“where you goin?” “this ant”

@andrewv.9142 3 жыл бұрын

imagine the voice actor's face when he read the script for the first time lmao

@emissaryofcharybdis105 3 жыл бұрын

This is George Lowe we're talking about here. The man probably chuckled and said "Is that all?"

@davidandersson7642 11 ай бұрын

Knowing George Lowe he probably improved the entire idea in the sound booth.@@emissaryofcharybdis105

@WakoDoodle 4 ай бұрын

This was the first episode I ever saw as a kid. I was very confused since I saw it from the middle. It made me wonder if all the adult swim shows were this strange and mysterious. Coming back decades later, it was both with a touch of insanity. I love every moment of it!

@Naatoyiipiiksii 3 жыл бұрын

“ants are so stupid…. brrrrb brrrb brrrb brrb brrrrr ….”

@joesilva1553 2 жыл бұрын

Omg, I thought he said pants are so stupid. And I laughed hysterically bc I agreed with him.

@robertschris82 2 жыл бұрын

I love how he passes by the Sealab 2021 Base. Thats why I love William Street shows so much, they are all connected to each other, in the same universe and do cross-overs from time to time.

@ratking9577 2 жыл бұрын

This was before Sealab too so I’m guessing it was unintentional. Still pretty cool though

@mostverticalproductions4808 Жыл бұрын

@@ratking9577 likely just because they had access to the backlog of Hanna Barbera cartoons and Mike Lazzo has stated Sealab 2020 is the worst cartoon ever. Wouldnt put it past the staff to throw it in for the fuck of it.

@oLeozaoTV Жыл бұрын

They made the Sealab 2022 pilot in 1999,so...

@nankinink Жыл бұрын

Sealab 2020 exists you know....

@robertschris82 Жыл бұрын

@@nankinink Yes, but that was the original 70s version. Im talking about how all the parody remakes of Hannah Barbara shows do crossovers…Search up “Adult Swim New Years Eve Party 2003” and youll see what im talking about.

@cleon24769 3 жыл бұрын

4:35 Notice when they continue, he's following the ant at the same exact distance. The ant actually stopped to stare, too.

@cassie.m.0723 3 жыл бұрын

This scene has been living rent free in my brain for YEARS

@mahna_mahna 3 ай бұрын

I say "It's his brother... it's his twin brother!" at least once a year.

@aderose Жыл бұрын

Man they actually aired the whole thing unedited for April Fools. Awesome.

@l0o53r8 Жыл бұрын

Seeing the nearly 30 minute version return at all was amazing

@MeowthRocket Жыл бұрын

They aired it unedited for 4-20 as well one year, just as a goof.

@ximeraxerxes1028 10 ай бұрын

Yeah I was thinking what's going on? Am I too high?

@1skcusebutuoy1 3 ай бұрын

If you happened to be baked out of your mind watching this, it was the greatest hour of television of all time.

@smaptey1 3 ай бұрын

an hour?

@1skcusebutuoy1 3 ай бұрын

@@smaptey1 felt like it.

@Komrade_Otaku 2 ай бұрын

I find this funny sober im built wrong lol

@Bacchante Жыл бұрын

This was the only episode of Space Ghost that I got to watch with my dad. I remember very clearly him watching the entire thing with me…and being fairly amused (if not a little confused).

@APPEALtoFEAR Жыл бұрын

That's pretty cool. My dad would never want to watch this with me 😂

@pixilatedink.7920 4 ай бұрын

The fact that this is the Cartoon Network original, and not the adult swim reboot makes this more hilarious

@anthonydelke3193 3 ай бұрын

90s baby the best decade.

@somecallmesean_ 3 ай бұрын

i mean it became an adult swim show around 01 i think

@togepiss 2 ай бұрын

I can't believe this was ever a cartoon network show. CN is so mainstream now that it feels like they could never put something like this out to children of all people.

@DissociatedWomenIncorporated 2 ай бұрын

@@togepiss fun fact: children aren’t actually the intended audience demographic for Adult Swim

@togepiss Ай бұрын

@@DissociatedWomenIncorporated read the comment dude. this originally aired on cartoon network then was moved to adult swim.

@terieri1462 3 жыл бұрын

kid!me watched this and thought "what are they doing-- they can't do this?? This can't be the whole episode. WHY." Cuz it's great.

@KnightRaymund 2 жыл бұрын

No, kid you was right.

@Yoshiinite 3 ай бұрын

Anyone out here watching the full Fire ant experience and come from the 30th anniversary stream? They air the cut version Enjoy the full ant goodness 🐜

@Koleniko707 Жыл бұрын

Him following the ant is so iconic that I always completely forget that Conan was the guest

@robertschris82 2 жыл бұрын

When I first saw this episode on TV, I was pissed. Now looking back on it, I appreciate this kinda of comedy.

@dudleyvasausage7879 Жыл бұрын

i like how the ant just crossed a giant lake. on the bottom.

@DemonicAdj 11 ай бұрын

The sea, given that was Sealab that they passed.

@tailedgates9 2 ай бұрын

"Maybe if I go into the water he'll go away...........Shit...."

@sonotleet 3 жыл бұрын

The 1 dislike is from Conan O'Brien.

@tekgeekster 2 жыл бұрын

2 dislikes? Two Conan's? IT'S HIS TWIN BROTHER!

@channelonecrapheap 2 жыл бұрын

@@tekgeekster It's probably a Self-Repeating Immortal FrankenConan XD

@DemonicAdj 8 ай бұрын

Some say he's still waiting on the set. For somebody to come back.

@shaylalauren 5 ай бұрын

@@DemonicAdj😂😂😂😂😂

@SushiLord89 3 ай бұрын

for an april fool's day prank. They should just play this entire thing on loop for 8 hours. Just space ghost following an ant.

@cibby6155 Жыл бұрын

If you fast forwarded this scene you missed the true experience

@moman1998 Жыл бұрын

Here after April Fool's glad Adult Swim brought this classic back in full!

@omittedforclarity 3 ай бұрын

Don't think I've seen this since it aired. Holds up perfectly.

@botgod6264 Жыл бұрын

Conan Obrien the super COP of the 1990s daytime TV spot, his epic, quasi legal Celtic shenanigans will never be forgotten!

@cartooncentral263 Жыл бұрын

“Your son is a moron!” 😂😂😂

@GodKill123 2 жыл бұрын

Was lucky enough to see this on April Fools a few years back in college. Truly transcended.

@APPEALtoFEAR Жыл бұрын

I sent my sister a link to this episode through Facebook and all she said was "NO" 😂

@GoldenAngelis Жыл бұрын

Honestly, over half of these noises he makes are just noises I make when understimulated.

@voices4dayz469 3 ай бұрын

Whenever this show came on when I was a kid I just sorta heard them talking and making noise and eventually changed the channel until something I knew came on. Now I watch this and see I needed it to age like a fine wine and allow it to ripen fully, so I could enjoy those beautiful two seconds at 11:10 and hear "YOUR SON isamoron" as spaceghost fades away running stupidly fast. I love everything about this show, the voices and so on. Brings me so much joy.

@jeremyhammond8280 Жыл бұрын

very good andrei tarkovsky vibes on this bit

@Rubyofthedead 9 ай бұрын

Finally, someone calls him out for that shit. I fell asleep during Stalker.

@SilverSpade92 2 ай бұрын

My favourite part of that film is when they finally reach the threshold to the room they’ve been musing about for the last two hours, only to sit down and say “Wait! There’s no rush.” I watched it with some buddies who had this movie roulette thing going on, and that part got a good laugh out of us, though I don’t think that was meant to be a joke. I’m probably missing something, but that movie was such navel-gazing tripe, IMO. It’s not that I’m averse to philosophy, but I think a movie should tell a story that provokes the viewer to philosophise. To have some characters we barely know just walk around delivering half-baked filibusters for 3 hours just felt pretentious and a bit manipulative.

@Deadman1000 2 жыл бұрын

"I'm gonna follow him home."- Space Ghost

@amovieguy14 11 ай бұрын

“Kill his whole family.”

@Launchpad05 Жыл бұрын

Great use of Frank Welker's monster noises for the giant ants.

@RavTokomi 5 ай бұрын

Seeing this live the first time was wild. It just kept going. It doubled the length of a normal episode.

@MasterL9 2 жыл бұрын

When the show went full Andy Kaufman

@jakeladislaus4175 4 ай бұрын

Beat that Family Guy

@geraldbrooks8507 2 ай бұрын

Don’t temp them. They’re give us 15 minutes of Conway Twitty or Peter signing after hurting his knee.

@eldertcg 2 жыл бұрын

HBO MAX EDITED THIS PART OUT OF THE EPISODE

@aderose Жыл бұрын

I mean I kinda get it

@AltName7 Жыл бұрын

@@aderose We have fast forward technology though, leaving it uncut shouldn't be that big of an issue.

@jodiebagwell2639 11 ай бұрын

"Isnt it"? Dead

@Kortlandt Жыл бұрын

First time watching this. As a kid, never got into Space Ghost: Coast to Coast. Now as a man who listens while he works and have patience, I now say, “Worth it.”

@fucheduck Жыл бұрын

6:07 nice reference to fellow Adult Swimmer "Sea Lab 2021" now it is 2022!

@StormsandSaugeye 3 ай бұрын

I'm over here from the live stream to watch the original 10 minute clip where he follows an ant

@DijaVlogsGames 2 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe I sat through this whole thing again.

@NobodyYouKnow01 Ай бұрын

Never heard of this superhero, but I like how he realizes a fire ant is more interesting than Conan.

@sephirothwhite Жыл бұрын

Me @ 6:07 - "NOT SeaLab 2021!" 😂 LMAO! @ 11:00 when Space Ghost looked up. LOL @ 11:11 - Space Ghost: "your SON IS a moron!"

@LordQuadros 3 ай бұрын

Shows like this are why I've never taken "respect the audience's time" seriously as a critique.

@oaschloch-reuploads4423 2 ай бұрын

Because of this one time he follows an ant? This show has overall a good pacing and never felt like it wasted my time

@markbyers9762 3 жыл бұрын

Well, at least they didn't have you waiting for 17 minutes. I watched that one syndicated

@Foxxorz 2 ай бұрын

Stoners will watch anything. Props to the audio team who did most of the work on this one. :0

@yuncelluz8709 3 ай бұрын

“This time tomorrow you’ll be dead… You down with that, cause it’s gonna happen” -Space Ghost

@ZeacorZeppelin 2 жыл бұрын

Totally committed to the bit.

@lindenba 2 жыл бұрын

6:20 Sealab 2021 makes a cameo

@blakejames9743 3 жыл бұрын

YOURNSONSAMORON!

@pfunk7889 3 жыл бұрын

9:02 trumpets! I can hear trumpets!

@lairdcummings9092 11 ай бұрын

I wonder if this wasn't a deliberate attempt to see just exactly how long they could yank the audiences' collective chains without lising share numbers.

@tailedgates9 2 ай бұрын

Do you know much patience you would need to do this? XD Space Ghost was dedicated.

@Prodmullefc 2 ай бұрын

anyone who has ever had an ant problem has done it before lol

@ericrscastillo5358 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, your son just bit me here. I wanna know what you're gonna do about it.

@ximeraxerxes1028 3 жыл бұрын

I was so high when I watched this.

@SJReid82 3 ай бұрын

If you ever need to define meta comedy for someone, point them to this clip.

@oaschloch-reuploads4423 2 ай бұрын

that's not meta

@SJReid82 2 ай бұрын

@@oaschloch-reuploads4423 Yeah, except that it is, if you understand what constitutes meta humor.

@oaschloch-reuploads4423 2 ай бұрын

@SJReid82 meta humor is something else, or does he always chase fire ants?

@ryanbowen9718 2 ай бұрын

@@oaschloch-reuploads4423I agree this is not meta

@zer0deaths862 2 жыл бұрын

9:14 Clearly Space Ghost is a big Led Zeppelin fan. 😂 *-Black Dog*

@estherastudillo8647 Жыл бұрын

They re-aired the full version of this today at 1:00.

@micheljavert5923 3 ай бұрын

I don’t know why they don’t keep the original versions of this and Warren available for purchase.

@SilverSpade92 2 ай бұрын

Whats the story on the uncut warren episode?

@LoganTheDevilMayCryFan 2 ай бұрын

@@SilverSpade92it looped three times in the original airing

@somestaples1129 4 жыл бұрын

This was a good ASMR vid

@PC2000 2 жыл бұрын

It actually is surprisingly relaxing. I could easily just close my eyes and chill to it.

@thisiswhatilike54 3 ай бұрын

Almost dozed off It works!

@SpunkyDunk 2 ай бұрын

It’s called Space Ghost: Coast to Coast cuz that’s the distance he followed the ant.

@mercurymangonada 3 жыл бұрын

It’s pretty calming could Def sleep to this

@LOS_NEGRITOS 5 ай бұрын

this is the kind of stuff you can do when NOT caring about being marketable.

@christmas6666 3 жыл бұрын

"Where are you going?" ...... The sand.

@mizuko6132 2 жыл бұрын

Everyone who see’s this spam HBOmax #Fireantdirectorscut.

@xcloudx01alt 7 ай бұрын

I can't believe how funny this scene is. It conveys a wide range of emotions. Ranging from such thoughts such as "How is this still going?!" and "Is this really what this skit is" to such joy such as "lmfao what the f its STILL going" "omg STILL, he's gonna- yes! yes he's walking upside down! HES STILL GOING!" lmfao

@PassiveDissimulation 3 жыл бұрын

That’s a fast ant.

@robertsides3626 11 ай бұрын

I remember being compelled to watch this all the way through. Without interruption. I was sure something.. ANYTHING would happen. Those 10 minutes of life force.. gone forever.

@joshr1476 3 жыл бұрын

Best episode - bananas concept and I love it

@Outnumbered001 Жыл бұрын

One of the first episodes to that aired that launched off Adult Swim for what it is today! 😂

@RobInPlaid 3 жыл бұрын

How did the episode that I hated the most as a kid, then become one of my favorites!? 🤔

@geraldbrooks8507 2 ай бұрын

It’s like supreme pizza, you have to grow up before you can enjoy it.

@robertschris82 Жыл бұрын

This is Space Ghosts ASMR

@boredkid1235 3 жыл бұрын

even at 2x speed the crawl is so slow

@haesuslipbalm 2 ай бұрын

It took me 20 years to notice his hand cut off when he bends back up lol

@ghiblinerd6196 11 ай бұрын

So ahead of it’s time

@DemonicAdj 3 ай бұрын

It was just so sophisticated.

@QuickAlbumReviews 2 ай бұрын

This is the famous fire ant scene I kept hearing about!

@cartooncentral263 Жыл бұрын

Space Ghost why are you running?! You can fly!

@downeastbeast6448 3 ай бұрын

Pure kino

@rezthemediaruler3768 4 ай бұрын

This is the funniest thing I‘ve ever seen.🤣

@curtissimpkins 2 ай бұрын

This needs to be out on dvd or blu-ray or 4k.

@ChadGrindstaff Ай бұрын

I thought I made this story up but here’s the evidence. Watching this on tv I fell asleep to him following this ant and woke up like “he’s still following this ant?” Haha amazing. This show is legendary