Turner Classic Birdman

"Turner Classic Birdman" is the fifth episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season three, and the twenty-fifth overall. It aired on August 21, 2005 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by series creators, Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter, produced by Evan W. Adler, and directed by Richard Ferguson-Hull. The Hanna-Barbera series ridiculed in this episode is Birdman itself.

Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies presents "Busy Day for Birdman," which bridges the gap between Birdman and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Live-action Robert Osborne
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| General
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Reducto
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stephen Colbert
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Birdman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gary Cole
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Avenger
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Falcon 7
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stephen Colbert
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Vulturo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Neil Ross
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mentok the Mindtaker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Michael Higgins
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mamie Van Doren
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mentok the Mindtaker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Peter MacNicol
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Birdman's date
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harvey Birdman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gary Cole
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mr. Peebles
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mr. Dibble
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Fred MacMurray
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Barbara Stanwyck
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Fred Capra
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Lucille Reyburn
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Frank Fay
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Robert Taylor
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harvey Birdman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gary Cole
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mr. Peebles
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mr. Dibble
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Fred MacMurray
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Barbara Stanwyck
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Fred Capra
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Lucille Reyburn
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Frank Fay
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Robert Taylor
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Barbara Stanwyck
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Fred Capra
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Lucille Reyburn
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Frank Fay
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Robert Taylor
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Frank Fay
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Robert Taylor
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Robert Taylor
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Robert Taylor

Organizations

 * United States Army
 * United States Coast Guard
 * Sebben & Sebben

Locations

 * Virginia
 * Arlington
 * The Pentagon
 * Birdman's lair
 * Reducto's lair
 * Mentok's lair
 * X's lair
 * Washington, D.C.
 * Sebben & Sebben offices

Objects

 * Reducto's shrink gun
 * Contro-Ray
 * Tab
 * Vice Ray

Vehicles

 * X's jet

Music
The music was composed by Michael Kohler.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: August 21, 2005 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title and opening of the episode is a parody of Turner Classic Movies, hosted by Robert Osborne at the time.
 * As Osbourne talks about Birdman's past superhero career, the title cards of the Birdman episode "Morto the Marauder", and the Galaxy Trio episode "Revolt of the Robots" are displayed on screen.
 * The whole episode except for the final scene with Harvey, is presented in the original style of Birdman, even the end credits. The only time it's indicated that it's still a Harvey Birdman episode is from Osborne.
 * This is the fourth episode to get a title card, although it is done for the "Busy Day for Birdman" segment.
 * Birdman asking for "Threepio" to shut down the trash compactors on the detention level, is taken from a line said by Luke Skywalker in the film Star Wars Episode V: A New Hope.
 * Double Indemnity is a real film released by Paramount Pictures in 1944, which Osbourne suddenly starts talking about at the end of the episode.

Errors

 * Peter MacNicol is credited as Peter Mac Nicol.

Home availability

 * In the United States, it was first released onto DVD as part of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Three on July 24, 2007, by Warner Home Video.
 * In the UK, Revolver Entertainment first released the episode onto DVD as part of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Seasons 1,2 & 3 on December 7, 2009, then separately put out the same volume 3 set on April 12, 2010.
 * In Australia, Madman Entertainment released the same set on August 6, 2008, then re-released the episode as part of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: The Complete Cases on November 28, 2012.