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 Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter, 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
In order of appearance:

Mentioned and non-speaking characters are in italics


 * General
 * Reducto (Stephen Colbert)
 * Birdman/Harvey Birdman (Gary Cole)
 * Avenger
 * Falcon Seven/Phil Ken Sebben (Stephen Colbert)
 * Vulturo (Neil Ross)
 * Mentok the Mindtaker (John Michael Higgins)
 * Mamie Van Doren
 * X, the Eliminator (Peter Mac Nicol)
 * Birdman's date
 * Mr. Peebles
 * Mr. Dibble
 * Fred MacMurray
 * Barbara Stanwyck
 * Frank Capra
 * Lucille Reyburn
 * Frank Fay
 * 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

Music
The music is composed by Michael Kohler.

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title and opening of the episode is parody of Turner Classic Movies, hosted by Robert Osborne at the time.
 * 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.

Home availability

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