Merrill joined Cartoon Network within several months of its inception in 1992, coming over from sister company CNN.

To date, the show has had over 90 episodes aired on television, and was one of the motivating forces behind the creation of the Adult Swim programming bracket started in 2001.

The three of them, along with Dave Willis, Dana Snyder, and Carey Means had been friends since their earliest Cartoon Network days.

The show featured new animation, and new songs with celebrity guests and fellow Space Ghost villain Zorak.

Merrill left Atlanta briefly, moving to New Jersey for a year and joining the programming department of Boomerang, an asset of the Turner Broadcasting System.