Merrill, along with "Coast to Coast" friend and co-star George Lowe, wrote on social media that their friend and co-star C. Martin Croker died on September 17, 2016. It was then revealed that Adult Swim would play the first produced episode of "Space Ghost Coast to Coast" aired 12:30 eastern, 11:30 central that night in honor of Croker's contribution not only to "Space Ghost", but many Adult Swim shows in both animation and voice overs. The three of them, along with Dave Willis, Dana Snyder, and Carey Means had been friends since their earliest Cartoon Network days.