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.
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."
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
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.
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?”
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".
@@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
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
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
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.
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!
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 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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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).
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!
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 🐜
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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 😂😂😂
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.
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
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.
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
This sequence broke my brain back in 1999 by defying all the rules of entertainment that I thought I knew.
I got an eviction notice for "disturbing the peace" I was laughing too loud!
It feels like an animated segment from Monty Python’s Flying Circus
@@ManateeMentality It does feel very Gilliam-esque.
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.
God bless y’all
Reminder this aired with commercial breaks.
Look up all red eyed..."yo is this guy still following this ant!??"
@@CatAndOrHatManhahaha. I was a kid and fell asleep, woke up and he was still following this ant. Blew my mind 😂
@@ChadGrindstaff makes you think you hit a time warp or something 🤣 some daring time wasting they did with national airtime they did there 🤣
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."
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
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.
@@landonletterman831 no
@@landonletterman831no
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?”
What I've heard is he absolutely loves people.
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".
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.
Lol, he knows.
@@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
“Then he followed an ant for 11 minutes. Funniest shit I’ve ever seen.”
“You wanna do anything?” “Nah, I’ve done it all”
They had the best answers for the most simple questions
I would D:
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
anything goes with Space Ghost, it is the way it is done that is funny, not WHAT is done.
"No one has always been dead, Space Ghost!"
This is actually the second half of an episode.
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
@@landonletterman831no
The fact that this was the last Space Ghost episode to air on Cartoon Network before it moved to Adult Swim.
nah, that was King Dead
“where you goin?”
“this ant”
Watching this after seeing the cut version from the Space Ghost Coast to Coast 30th Anniversary Live stream makes me feel whole again.
Same 😩
they're playing it now too
@@bryson0206 I literally just left from that episode haha
Them cutting this from the live stream pissed me off.
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.
i dunno if it is a seperate episode or whatever, but yea it ruins the entire joke
"YOUR SON IS A MORON!" Worth the wait!
11:03
* me at the PTA meeting *
This scene has been living rent free in my brain for YEARS
I say "It's his brother... it's his twin brother!" at least once a year.
I remember watching this with my brother and his friends when it aired and we couldn't believe it was really happening. Incredible.
me too. i love space ghost.
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!
I envy you.
“ants are so stupid…. brrrrb brrrb brrrb brrb brrrrr ….”
Omg, I thought he said pants are so stupid. And I laughed hysterically bc I agreed with him.
Never heard of this superhero, but I like how he realizes a fire ant is more interesting than Conan.
Man they actually aired the whole thing unedited for April Fools. Awesome.
Seeing the nearly 30 minute version return at all was amazing
They aired it unedited for 4-20 as well one year, just as a goof.
Yeah I was thinking what's going on? Am I too high?
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.
This was before Sealab too so I’m guessing it was unintentional. Still pretty cool though
@@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.
They made the Sealab 2022 pilot in 1999,so...
Sealab 2020 exists you know....
@@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.
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
4:35 Notice when they continue, he's following the ant at the same exact distance. The ant actually stopped to stare, too.
If you happened to be baked out of your mind watching this, it was the greatest hour of television of all time.
an hour?
@@smaptey1 felt like it.
I find this funny sober im built wrong lol
imagine the voice actor's face when he read the script for the first time lmao
This is George Lowe we're talking about here. The man probably chuckled and said "Is that all?"
Knowing George Lowe he probably improved the entire idea in the sound booth.@@emissaryofcharybdis105
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.
SIBLING!
Do you also say it about any annoying bug in a building?
@@Pyre I don't, sadly 😂 Maybe I should!
The fact that this is the Cartoon Network original, and not the adult swim reboot makes this more hilarious
90s baby the best decade.
i mean it became an adult swim show around 01 i think
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.
@@togepiss fun fact: children aren’t actually the intended audience demographic for Adult Swim
@@DissociatedWomenIncorporated read the comment dude. this originally aired on cartoon network then was moved to adult swim.
Him following the ant is so iconic that I always completely forget that Conan was the guest
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.
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).
That's pretty cool. My dad would never want to watch this with me 😂
i like how the ant just crossed a giant lake. on the bottom.
The sea, given that was Sealab that they passed.
"Maybe if I go into the water he'll go away...........Shit...."
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!
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.
No, kid you was right.
“Your son is a moron!” 😂😂😂
When I first saw this episode on TV, I was pissed. Now looking back on it, I appreciate this kinda of comedy.
The 1 dislike is from Conan O'Brien.
2 dislikes? Two Conan's? IT'S HIS TWIN BROTHER!
@@tekgeekster It's probably a Self-Repeating Immortal FrankenConan XD
Some say he's still waiting on the set. For somebody to come back.
@@DemonicAdj😂😂😂😂😂
"I'm gonna follow him home."- Space Ghost
“Kill his whole family.”
If you fast forwarded this scene you missed the true experience
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 🐜
Was lucky enough to see this on April Fools a few years back in college.
Truly transcended.
It’s called Space Ghost: Coast to Coast cuz that’s the distance he followed the ant.
Conan Obrien the super COP of the 1990s daytime TV spot, his epic, quasi legal Celtic shenanigans will never be forgotten!
Here after April Fool's glad Adult Swim brought this classic back in full!
I sent my sister a link to this episode through Facebook and all she said was "NO" 😂
Great use of Frank Welker's monster noises for the giant ants.
Don't think I've seen this since it aired. Holds up perfectly.
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.”
When the show went full Andy Kaufman
Honestly, over half of these noises he makes are just noises I make when understimulated.
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.
very good andrei tarkovsky vibes on this bit
Finally, someone calls him out for that shit. I fell asleep during Stalker.
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.
"Isnt it"?
Dead
Me @ 6:07 - "NOT SeaLab 2021!" 😂
LMAO! @ 11:00 when Space Ghost looked up.
LOL @ 11:11 - Space Ghost: "your SON IS a moron!"
Seeing this live the first time was wild. It just kept going. It doubled the length of a normal episode.
Shows like this are why I've never taken "respect the audience's time" seriously as a critique.
Because of this one time he follows an ant? This show has overall a good pacing and never felt like it wasted my time
I can’t believe I sat through this whole thing again.
Totally committed to the bit.
6:07 nice reference to fellow Adult Swimmer "Sea Lab 2021" now it is 2022!
“This time tomorrow you’ll be dead…
You down with that, cause it’s gonna happen”
-Space Ghost
Well, at least they didn't have you waiting for 17 minutes. I watched that one syndicated
Beat that Family Guy
Don’t temp them. They’re give us 15 minutes of Conway Twitty or Peter signing after hurting his knee.
I'm over here from the live stream to watch the original 10 minute clip where he follows an ant
Stoners will watch anything. Props to the audio team who did most of the work on this one. :0
HBO MAX EDITED THIS PART OUT OF THE EPISODE
I mean I kinda get it
@@aderose We have fast forward technology though, leaving it uncut shouldn't be that big of an issue.
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.
You dodged a bullet.
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 😂😂😂
If you ever need to define meta comedy for someone, point them to this clip.
that's not meta
@@oaschloch-reuploads4423 Yeah, except that it is, if you understand what constitutes meta humor.
@SJReid82 meta humor is something else, or does he always chase fire ants?
@@oaschloch-reuploads4423I agree this is not meta
this is the kind of stuff you can do when NOT caring about being marketable.
That’s a fast ant.
This was a good ASMR vid
It actually is surprisingly relaxing. I could easily just close my eyes and chill to it.
Almost dozed off
It works!
I was so high when I watched this.
It’s pretty calming could
Def sleep to this
"Where are you going?" ...... The sand.
Do you know much patience you would need to do this? XD Space Ghost was dedicated.
anyone who has ever had an ant problem has done it before lol
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.
9:14 Clearly Space Ghost is a big Led Zeppelin fan. 😂
*-Black Dog*
YOURNSONSAMORON!
Space Ghost why are you running?! You can fly!
6:20 Sealab 2021 makes a cameo
They re-aired the full version of this today at 1:00.
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
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.
9:02 trumpets! I can hear trumpets!
How did the episode that I hated the most as a kid, then become one of my favorites!? 🤔
It’s like supreme pizza, you have to grow up before you can enjoy it.
Best episode - bananas concept and I love it
This is Space Ghosts ASMR
Everyone who see’s this spam HBOmax #Fireantdirectorscut.
So ahead of it’s time
It was just so sophisticated.
I don’t know why they don’t keep the original versions of this and Warren available for purchase.
Whats the story on the uncut warren episode?
@@SilverSpade92it looped three times in the original airing
This is the funniest thing I‘ve ever seen.🤣
Hey, your son just bit me here. I wanna know what you're gonna do about it.
One of the first episodes to that aired that launched off Adult Swim for what it is today! 😂
This is the famous fire ant scene I kept hearing about!
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
even at 2x speed the crawl is so slow
It took me 20 years to notice his hand cut off when he bends back up
lol
The payoff is beyond my wildest dreams! I laughed until my wife handed me divorce papers 😢
This probably inspired those 10 hour looping videos.
Pure kino
This needs to be out on dvd or blu-ray or 4k.
THE PAYOFF WAS WORTH IT XDDDDD
11:03
* Me at the PTA meeting *
I remember this was on.. I went somewhere and it was on as well, with Space Ghost still following the ant
"YOUR SON IS A MORON!"