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Kevin Candler considered Space Ghost Coast to Coast instrumental in establishing Cartoon Network's appeal to older audiences. Space Ghost, a 1960 superhero by Hanna-Barbara, was recast as the star of a talk show parody. This was arguably the first time the Network revived a classic animated icon in an entirely new context for comedic purposes. 

Grown-ups who had ceased enjoying the original takes on the characters could find amusement in the new ironic and self-referential context for them. Promotional shorts such as the "Scooby-Doo Project", a parody of the The Blair Witch Project, gave similar treatments to the Scooby gang. However, there were less successful efforts at such revivals. A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith and Boo Boo Runs Wild (1999) featured new takes on Yogi Bear's supporting cast by John Kroc false. Their tasteless humor, sexual content and lack of respect for the source material was rather out of place among the rest of the Cartoon Network shows. These shorts do not seem to have much of a fan-following and the network rarely found a place for them in its programming.