Guitar Control

"Guitar Control" is the eleventh and final episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season two, and the twentieth overall. It aired on November 2, 2004 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 character ridiculed in this episode is Quick Draw McGraw, as well as his self-titled series.

Quick Draw is put on trial for carrying a concealed weapon--his guitar.

Memorable quotes
Quick Draw: Get your paws off me, you damn dirty kids!

Quick Draw: Out there, guitars like this didn't encore the law, they were the law. I didn't write that, it was on some asshole's website. I.... wish I had written it.....It's a good line....They....were the law. They...were the law. Out there...they didn't enforce the law...they...were....the law. Oh, God, that's good.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Quick Draw McGraw
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#clear"| El Kabong
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice LaMarche
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Cop
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Phil LaMarr
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Harvey Birdman
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gary Cole
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Avenger
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Peanut
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Thomas Allen
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Baba Looey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Rob Paulsen
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Bear
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Peter Potamus
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Chris Edgerly
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Debbie
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Elroy Jetson
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| O.J. Simpson
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| O.J. Simpson's lawyer
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tom Clancy (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tom Selleck (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Phil Ken Sebben
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stephen Colbert
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Pat Robinson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Way Out member
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jet Screamer
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bailiff
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Judge Mentok
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Michael Higgins
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Yngwie J. Malmsteen
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Washington
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| X the Eliminator
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Myron Reducto
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stephen Colbert
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Edgar Winter
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Funky Phantom
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Judge Mightor
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gary Cole
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Betty Rubble
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mentok's nephew
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mentok's brother
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Clown
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Joseph Stalin
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Benito Mussolini
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mao Tse-Tung
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ranger Smith (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ranger Smith (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Yogi Bear (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Boo Boo Bear (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Paw Rugg
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maw Rugg
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shag Rugg
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Floral Rugg
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Wilma Flintstone
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Betty Rubble
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mentok's nephew
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mentok's brother
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Clown
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Joseph Stalin
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Benito Mussolini
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mao Tse-Tung
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ranger Smith (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ranger Smith (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Yogi Bear (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Boo Boo Bear (photo)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Paw Rugg
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maw Rugg
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shag Rugg
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Floral Rugg
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Wilma Flintstone
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Paw Rugg
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Maw Rugg
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shag Rugg
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Floral Rugg
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Wilma Flintstone
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Floral Rugg
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Wilma Flintstone
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * Dalton Gang
 * Sebben & Sebben
 * Green Day (mentioned)
 * Freezoid, Zarog, & Skon
 * National Guitar Association
 * ATF

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Washington, D.C.
 * Sebben & Sebben offices
 * The Guitar Lobby
 * Courthouse
 * United States Capitol
 * Baba Looey's residence
 * Jellystone (photo)
 * Smurf village
 * Rugg residence
 * Caribbean (indirectly mentioned)
 * Grenada (mentioned)
 * Italy (indirectly mentioned)
 * Tuscany (mentioned)

Objects

 * Rifles 'n Bullets
 * Reducto's shrink gun

Vehicles

 * None

Music
The score was composed by Michael Kohler.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: November 2, 2004 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title and theme of the episode is a parody on gun control, with guitars being treated as guns, and guns being treated as inoffensive items.
 * Harvey's middle initial is "T," just like it was in the previous episode, "Droopy Botox."
 * Phil's application form for a medal of honor says August.
 * Harvey mentions the Green Day song "Time of Your Life."
 * Quick Draw's line, "Get your paws off me, you damn dirty kids" is a paraphrase of Taylor/Charlton Heston's famous line, "Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty apes," in the film Planet of the Apes.
 * Baba Looey being killed by a guitar is a possible nod to how most gun deaths are due to guns not being safely put away.
 * Ranger Smith raiding Yogi and Boo Boo's closet is a reference to the imfamous photo taken during the Ellan Gonzales case.
 * Quick Draw retains his American influenced accent in the Spanish dub for this episode.

Errors

 * Phil LaMarr is credited for voicing Black Vulcan, although he doesn't appear.
 * The voice credits list Baba Looey as Baba Louie.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * October 10, 2006: Warner Home Video releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Two on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * December 12, 2007: Madman Entertainment releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Two on DVD.
 * November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: The Complete Cases on DVD.
 * In the United Kingdom:
 * December 7, 2009: Revolver Entertainment releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Two on DVD.
 * December 7, 2009: Revolver Entertainment releases Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Seasons 1,2 & 3 on DVD.