Beyond the Valley of the Dinosaurs

"Beyond the Valley of the Dinosaurs" is the sixth episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season three, and the twenty-sixth overall. It aired on August 28, 2005 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by Michael Ouweleer and Erik Richter, and directed by Richard Ferguson-Hull. The Hanna-Barbera series ridiculed in this episode is Valley of the Dinosaurs.

Harvey and Peter Potamus get sent back in time to the stone age after they take a dip in the latter's hot tub. While there, they take on the world's first divorce.

Characters
In order of appearance:

Mentioned and non-speaking characters are in italics


 * Birdman (Gary Cole)
 * Peter Potamus (Chris Edgerly)
 * Peanut (Thomas Allen)
 * Avenger
 * Sentcha
 * Gorak (Chris Edgerly)
 * Phil Ken Sebben (Stephen Colbert)
 * Prince
 * Tana (Mary Birdsong)
 * Gokk (Erik Richter)
 * Grok (Steve Landesberg)
 * Chibo (Mary Birdsong)
 * Dick Cheney
 * Chunga (Erik Richter)
 * Inch High
 * Tundro
 * Captain Caveman

Organizations

 * Sebben & Sebben

Locations

 * Sebben & Sebben offices
 * CSU Long Beach

Objects

 * Hot tub time machine

Vehicles

 * None

Music
The music is composed by Michael Kohler.

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a combination of the film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and aforementioned TV series Valley of the Dinosaurs.
 * Phil brings along an red-shirted Ensign-esque character from Star Trek, the kind of insignificant character who'd go along with Kirk and Spock on away missions, just to be the first to be killed.
 * There's a character at the wedding, who resembles Mr. Finkerton from Inch High, Private Eye, but he has black hair instead of gray.
 * Presumably to keep the realm devoid of civilization (outside of Gorak's apparent college education), the modern family from Valley of the Dinosaurs are absent. Perhaps being set before they even came.
 * The ending of the episode sets up Phil's minor C-plot in the next episode.
 * Ouweleer, Richter, and Edgerly provide audio commentary for this episode on DVD releases.
 * In 2010, there happened to be a full length movie called Hot Tub Time Machine.

Home availability

 * This is free to watch on the US geo-restricted Adult Swim website.