According to Deadline, Lowe was born in Dunedin, Florida on November 10, 1957, and grew up in nearby Brooksville. His first radio gig came at age 15 when we worked for local station WWJB. In 1975, Lowe graduated out of Hernando High School and attended the Radio Engineering Institute of Sarasota as well as Pasco–Hernando Community College, clearly the former college experience landed him various radio gigs throughout Florida as well as the Atlanta area, including Superstation TBS on television.

Lowe’s first voice over gig was in 1991 for the animated series Beetlejuice as “Super Ego” in the episode “Super Zeroes,” and shortly after, in 1994 scored the role as everyone’s beloved galactic superhero-turned talk show host, Space Ghost, as well as on Cartoon Planet which ran from 1995-1998 on both Cartoon Network as well as the aforementioned TBS (where I first got a taste of SG and the crew).

The original run of the CtC aired from 1994 up until the end of 1999. When Adult Swim launched, the show was resurrected for a short stint from 2001 until 2004, as well as a short run on Turner Network’s GameTap gaming service shortly after. Besides that, Space Ghost would appear in various programs, commercials, etc. such as Perfect Hair Forever, Robot Chicken, The Brak Show, commercial breaks during 2012’s The Room (where he interviews Tommy Wiseau), and the first Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie. Suffice to say, Space Ghost alone is engrained in Adult Swim popular culture.

Besides SG, you could hear Lowe in various shows (as well as commercials). I personally was surprised hearing him in a Lego ad that would run in the mid-2000s. Lowe lent his voice to shows such as Sealab 2021, Robot Chicken, American Dad, and as the patriarchal “Dad” (aka The Hump, aka The Condor) on The Brak Show.

Speaking of The Brak Show, it was here where George Lowe became a staple on this site/Swimcast. Jeff who worked on Aqua Teen Central started “The Dad Shrine” a site dedicated to Brak’s Dad, with info, downloads, etc. Jeff ended up reaching out to George Lowe and conducting an interview with him, eventually culminating in loaning his voice to intro/outro each episode of the Swimcast, which you can still hear to this day.

Though he’s left us physically, Lowe’s humor and quick wit will be remembered and celebrated for years to come.

Rest in Power, Sir.

Some video clips of George Lowe below:

Programming Notes:

The Upfronts – As I’ve mentioned many times before (and will continue to), every year networks on TV and streaming head to NYC to entice advertisers with their upcoming next 12 months of programming. Previously, Adult Swim held a separate one themselves and included an after part with some random musical act and or guest (of which we tried to get into for over a decade but were sadly never invited). Since the merger with AT&T, and later Discovery, the Warner Bros Discovery family have been consolidated into one full-blown presentation, showcasing Adult Swim, TNT, TBS, Food Network, Discovery, HBO and the rest of the gang (including Max). This year’s takes place tomorrow morning at 10am East and as always, we’re left wondering what will be mentioned, if anything.

Last year, we had the privilege of alleviating the AS Twitter Fandom’s uncertainty of a report by site CordCutters where the Chairman/CEO of WBD US stated they were adding an extra hour of the network on the success of a previously added hour, potentially for American Dad reruns and/or Rick and Morty: The Anime, the latter of which has yet to air. Ultimately this announcement would evolve into, yet another additional hour added, and the creation of the Checkered Past block on weekdays starting at 5pm. Hopefully we will have a better idea tomorrow morning and will have an update. For what they COULD announce, check out these two links to info from last year’s New York Comic Con as well as the Annecy Animation Festival in France.

Annecy – Speaking of Annecy, our friend and resident internet genius on all things WBD Animation, RegularCapital posted recently that this year’s Annecy will feature another WBD Adult Animation Panel on June 14th at Noon CEST, featuring panelists Peter Girardi (Head of Production: WB Animation), Suzanna Makkos (EVP Original Comedy and Adult Animation: Max) and Michael Ouweleen (President: Cartoon Network/Adult Swim). Post-Upfronts, it remains to be seen as to what they plan on discussing, but as previously noted, there have been a number of programs announced previously that are currently in production.

New Smiling Friends

Moving on to current programming… in case you didn’t know: Smiling Friends Season Two is now on Sundays at midnight (next day on Max) for your watching pleasure. First two episodes aired last Sunday (including the April Fools episode). Do yourself a favor and watch them both and every episode thereafter. As with the first season you’re in for a ride. Gwimbly Mania has hit the interwebs.

P.S.: As previously mentioned, S2 of My Adventures with Superman will be out in a few short weeks!

Space Ghost: The Comic Book!

In an analog media surprise on May 1st, Dynamite Comics has released the first issue of the (IMHO) well-awaited Space Ghost, written by David Pepose (Moon Knight: City of the Dead, The Punisher) and illustrated by Jonathan Lau (Red Sonja, Vampirella Strikes). Dynamite, as well as Pepose himself have been giving us some great sneak peeks at the upcoming issues, and they look just as amazing (if not more amazing) as issue #1.

In addition, Former Marvel Comics head, Joe Quesada has lent his talents and illustrated a variant cover for the upcoming issue #2 (in comic shops on June 5th – put in your order today!) I purchased #1 for Free Comic Book Day (support your local comic shops AND your comic book writers/artists) and I have to say it’s a great trip down both the OG Space Ghost cartoon as well as Coast to Coast, with the characters us fans know so well. I’ve already added this to my pull list and can’t wait for more!

New ATHF Talent Have Arrived on Social Media

And speaking of talented people behind Space Ghost, Aqua Teen, and more… he has arrived! The legendary Matt Maiellaro of the aforementioned, plus your favorite AS classics like 12 oz. Mouse and Perfect Hair Forever is now on Twitter to give you all kinds of behind the scenes musings, show you exclusive merch, and a whole lot more. He also has a YouTube you should check out, featuring some pilots and other animated awesome for your eyes and ears.

Also worth noting: Animation/Art Director for ATHF, Brak Show and more, Matthew Jenkins has joined Twitter as well with his awesome character designs, art cels, and much more!

Also also! Our long-time friend and ATHF (among many other shows) animator Todd Redner has opened his very own website. Go check it out at ToddRedner.com!

That is everything I can type without passing out for the evening. Will be back for the Upfront News and whatever else comes up in the near future. Stay tuned!

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