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'''''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law''''' is an adult animated television series produced by [[Williams Street]] and [[Allied Art & Science]] for [[Cartoon Network]]'s late night programming block, [[Adult Swim]]. It ran from 2000 | {{Infobox TV | ||
|title_card= [[File:AAL title card.png|300px]] | |||
|caption= On-screen title card. | |||
|creators= [[Michael Ouweleen]]<br />[[Erik Richter]] | |||
|network= [[Adult Swim]] ([[Cartoon Network]]) | |||
|prodcompany= [[Williams Street]]<br />[[Allie Art & Science]] | |||
|distributor= Warner Bros. Television | |||
|released= [[December 30]], [[2000]]—[[July 22]], [[2007]] | |||
|run_time= 11-12 minutes | |||
|starring= [[Gary Cole]]<br />[[Stephen Colbert]]<br />[[Thomas Allen]]<br />[[John Michael Higgins]]<br />[[Peter MacNicol]] | |||
|execs= | |||
|producers= [[Matthew Charde]]<br />[[Jeffrey Goldstein]]<br />[[Fred Macdonald]]<br />[[Franny Reynolds]]<br />[[Brandi Young]] | |||
|music= [[Michael Kohler]] | |||
|writer= Michael Ouweleen<br />Erik Richter | |||
|director= [[Vincent Waller]]<br />[[Richard Ferguson-Hull]] | |||
|previous= Birdman (segments) | |||
|next= Birdgirl (TV series) | |||
}} | |||
'''''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law''''' is an American adult animated superhero/courtroom drama spoof television series created by [[Michael Ouweleen]] and [[Erik Richter]]. It was produced by [[Williams Street]] and [[Allied Art & Science]] for [[Cartoon Network]]'s late-night programming block, [[Adult Swim]]. It ran from [[2000]] to [[2007]], airing a total of 39 episodes that spanned four seasons. | |||
The series is a spin-off spoof of the more kid-friendly [[Hanna-Barbera]] series from the 1950s-80s, with [[Birdman]] from ''[[Birdman and the Galaxy Trio]]'' as a starting point, who has gone from fighting crime as a superhero to serving justice in a | The series is a spin-off spoof of the more kid-friendly [[Hanna-Barbera]] series from the [[1950s]]-[[1980s|80s]], with [[Birdman]] from the ''[[Birdman (segments)|Birdman]]'' segments of ''[[Birdman and the Galaxy Trio]]'' as a starting point, who has gone from fighting crime as a superhero to serving justice in a courtroom, representing the law firm [[Sebben & Sebben]], with the staff mostly comprised of the heroes of ''Birdman'', while his rivals are made up of past villains. Birdman's clientele is made up of usually warped stars from Hanna-Barbera series that either predate or came after ''Birdman''. The primary object of this is to poke fun at the adult innuendos in Hanna-Barbera's many shows that were usually aired in Saturday morning blocks for children. | ||
The entire series has been released on DVD. | |||
==Production== | ==Production== | ||
===Development=== | ===Development=== | ||
==Music== | ==Music== | ||
The music was composed by [[Michael Kohler]] at [[Bluetube]]. | |||
==Episodes== | ==Episodes== | ||
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! Episode | ! Episode | ||
! Number | ! Number | ||
! | ! Original air date | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Bannon Custody Battle]]" | | "[[Bannon Custody Battle]]" | ||
| 1x01 | | 1x01 | ||
| December 30, 2000 (preview)<br />September 2, 2001 | | [[December 30]], 2000 (preview)<br />[[September 2]], [[2001]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Very Personal Injury]]" | | "[[Very Personal Injury]]" | ||
| 1x02 | | 1x02 | ||
| September 23, 2001 | | [[September 23]], 2001 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Shaggy Busted]]" | | "[[Shaggy Busted]]" | ||
| 1x03 | | 1x03 | ||
| July 7, 2002 | | [[July 7]], [[2002]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Death by Chocolate]]" | | "[[Death by Chocolate]]" | ||
| 1x04 | | 1x04 | ||
| July 14, 2002 | | [[July 14]], 2002 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Shoyu Weenie]]" | | "[[Shoyu Weenie]]" | ||
| 1x05 | | 1x05 | ||
| July 21, 2002 | | [[July 21]], 2002 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[The Dabba Don]]" | | "[[The Dabba Don]]" | ||
| 1x06 | | 1x06 | ||
| July 28, 2002 | | [[July 28]], 2002 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Deadomutt | | "[[Deadomutt Part 1]]" | ||
| 1x07 | | 1x07 | ||
| May 25, 2003 | | [[May 25]], [[2003]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Deadomutt | | "[[Deadomutt Part 2]]" | ||
| 1x08 | | 1x08 | ||
| June 1, 2003 | | [[June 1]], 2003 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[X, the Exterminator]]" | | "[[X, the Exterminator]]" | ||
| 1x09 | | 1x09 | ||
| June 8, 2003 | | [[June 8]], 2003 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[SPF]]" | | "[[SPF]]" | ||
| 2x01 | | 2x01 | ||
| January 1, 2004 | | [[January 1]], [[2004]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Trio's Company]]" | | "[[Trio's Company]]" | ||
| 2x02 | | 2x02 | ||
| April 18, 2004 | | [[April 18]], 2004 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[The Devlin Made Me Do It]]" | | "[[The Devlin Made Me Do It]]" | ||
| 2x03 | | 2x03 | ||
| April 25, 2004 | | [[April 25]], 2004 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[High Speed Buggy Chase]]" | | "[[High Speed Buggy Chase]]" | ||
| 2x04 | | 2x04 | ||
| May 2, 2004 | | [[May 2]], 2004 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Back to the Present]]" | | "[[Back to the Present]]" | ||
| 2x05 | | 2x05 | ||
| May 9, 2004 | | [[May 9]], 2004 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Blackwatch Plaid]]" | | "[[Blackwatch Plaid]]" | ||
| 2x06 | | 2x06 | ||
| May 16, 2004 | | [[May 16]], 2004 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Grape Juiced]]" | | "[[Grape Juiced]]" | ||
| 2x07 | | 2x07 | ||
| May 30, 2004 | | [[May 30]], 2004 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Peanut Puberty]]" | | "[[Peanut Puberty]]" | ||
| 2x08 | | 2x08 | ||
| June 6, 2004 | | [[June 6]], 2004 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Gone Efficien...t]]" | | "[[Gone Efficien...t]]" | ||
| 2x09 | | 2x09 | ||
| June 13, 2004 | | [[June 13]], 2004 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Droopy Botox]]" | | "[[Droopy Botox]]" | ||
| 2x10 | | 2x10 | ||
| July 18, 2004 | | [[July 18]], 2004 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Guitar Control]]" | | "[[Guitar Control]]" | ||
| 2x11 | | 2x11 | ||
| November 2, 2004 | | [[November 2]], 2004 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Booty Noir]]" | | "[[Booty Noir]]" | ||
| 3x01 | | 3x01 | ||
| July 24, 2005 | | [[July 24]], [[2005]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Harvey's Civvy]]" | | "[[Harvey's Civvy]]" | ||
| 3x02 | | 3x02 | ||
| July 31, 2005 | | [[July 31]], 2005 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[X Gets the Crest]]" | | "[[X Gets the Crest]]" | ||
| 3x03 | | 3x03 | ||
| August 7, 2005 | | [[August 7]], 2005 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Bird Girl of Guantanamole]]" | | "[[Bird Girl of Guantanamole]]" | ||
| 3x04 | | 3x04 | ||
| August 14, 2005 | | [[August 14]], 2005 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Turner Classic Birdman]]" | | "[[Turner Classic Birdman]]" | ||
| 3x05 | | 3x05 | ||
| August 21, 2005 | | [[August 21]], 2005 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Beyond the Valley of the Dinosaurs]]" | | "[[Beyond the Valley of the Dinosaurs]]" | ||
| 3x06 | | 3x06 | ||
| August 28, 2005 | | [[August 28]], 2005 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Evolutionary War]]" | | "[[Evolutionary War]]" | ||
| 3x07 | | 3x07 | ||
| September 4, 2005 | | [[September 4]], 2005 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Free Magilla]]" | | "[[Free Magilla]]" | ||
| 3x08 | | 3x08 | ||
| September 11, 2005 | | [[September 11]], 2005 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Return of Birdgirl]]" | | "[[Return of Birdgirl]]" | ||
| 3x09 | | 3x09 | ||
| September 18, 2005 | | [[September 18]], 2005 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Mindless]]" | | "[[Mindless]]" | ||
| 3x10 | | 3x10 | ||
| September 25, 2005 | | [[September 25]], 2005 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Sebben and Sebben Employee Operation]]" | | "[[Sebben and Sebben Employee Operation]]" | ||
| 3x11 | | 3x11 | ||
| October 16, 2005 | | [[October 16]], 2005 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Identity Theft]]" | | "[[Identity Theft]]" | ||
| 3x12 | | 3x12 | ||
| October 23, 2005 | | [[October 23]], 2005 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Shazzan (episode)|Shazzan]]" | | "[[Shazzan (episode)|Shazzan]]" | ||
| 4x01 | | 4x01 | ||
| October 1, 2006 | | [[October 1]], [[2006]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Incredible Hippo]]" | | "[[Incredible Hippo]]" | ||
| 4x02 | | 4x02 | ||
| October 8, 2006 | | [[October 8]], 2006 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Babysitter]]" | | "[[Babysitter]]" | ||
| 4x03 | | 4x03 | ||
| October 15, 2006 | | [[October 15]], 2006 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Birdnapped]]" | | "[[Birdnapped]]" | ||
| 4x04 | | 4x04 | ||
| October 22, 2006 | | [[October 22]], 2006 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Grodin]]" | | "[[Grodin]]" | ||
| 4x05 | | 4x05 | ||
| October 29, 2006 | | [[October 29]], 2006 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Juror in Court]]" | | "[[Juror in Court]]" | ||
| 4x06 | | 4x06 | ||
| July 15, 2007 | | [[July 15]], 2007 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[The Death of Harvey]]" | | "[[The Death of Harvey]]" | ||
| 4x07 | | 4x07 | ||
| July 22, 2007 | | [[July 22]], 2007 | ||
|} | |||
==Special== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! Title | |||
! Number | |||
! Original air date | |||
|- | |||
| ''[[Harvey Birdman: General Attorney]]'' | |||
| 1 | |||
| October 15, [[2018]] | |||
|} | |} | ||
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* [[Stephen Colbert]] as [[Falcon Seven|Phil Ken Sebben]] and [[Reducto|Myron Reducto]] | * [[Stephen Colbert]] as [[Falcon Seven|Phil Ken Sebben]] and [[Reducto|Myron Reducto]] | ||
* [[Thomas Allen]] as [[Birdboy|Peanut]] | * [[Thomas Allen]] as [[Birdboy|Peanut]] | ||
* [[John Michael Higgins]] as [[Mentok the | * [[John Michael Higgins]] as [[Mentok the Mindtaker|Judge Mentok]] | ||
* [[Peter MacNicol]] as [[X the Eliminator]] | * [[Peter MacNicol]] as [[X, the Eliminator]] | ||
==Legacy== | |||
[[File:HBJA title card.png|thumb|Fake title card.]] | |||
A one-off "reunion special" called ''[[Harvey Birdman: Attorney General]]'' aired in [[2018]]. Then, in [[2019]], Cartoon Network/Adult Swim commissioned a spin-off in the form of ''[[Birdgirl (TV series)|Birdgirl]]'', which debuted in [[2021]]. | |||
For April Fools Day 2021, Adult Swim advertised they would be making regressed versions of their cartoons, such as ''Harvey Birdman, Junior Associate''. | |||
==In popular culture== | |||
* In the ''[[Drawn Together]]'' episode "Wooldoor Sockbat's Giggle-Wiggle Funny Tickle Non-Traditional Progressive Multicultural Roundtable!," Clara appoints Harvey Birdman as her defense lawyer. | |||
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Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | |
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On-screen title card. | |
Created by | Michael Ouweleen Erik Richter |
Network | Adult Swim (Cartoon Network) |
Production company | Williams Street Allie Art & Science |
Distributor | Warner Bros. Television |
Original release | December 30, 2000—July 22, 2007 |
Run time | 11-12 minutes |
Starring | Gary Cole Stephen Colbert Thomas Allen John Michael Higgins Peter MacNicol |
Producer(s) | Matthew Charde Jeffrey Goldstein Fred Macdonald Franny Reynolds Brandi Young |
Music composed by | Michael Kohler |
Writer(s) | Michael Ouweleen Erik Richter |
Director(s) | Vincent Waller Richard Ferguson-Hull |
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Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is an American adult animated superhero/courtroom drama spoof television series created by Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter. It was produced by Williams Street and Allied Art & Science for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim. It ran from 2000 to 2007, airing a total of 39 episodes that spanned four seasons.
The series is a spin-off spoof of the more kid-friendly Hanna-Barbera series from the 1950s-80s, with Birdman from the Birdman segments of Birdman and the Galaxy Trio as a starting point, who has gone from fighting crime as a superhero to serving justice in a courtroom, representing the law firm Sebben & Sebben, with the staff mostly comprised of the heroes of Birdman, while his rivals are made up of past villains. Birdman's clientele is made up of usually warped stars from Hanna-Barbera series that either predate or came after Birdman. The primary object of this is to poke fun at the adult innuendos in Hanna-Barbera's many shows that were usually aired in Saturday morning blocks for children.
The entire series has been released on DVD.
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Michael Kohler at Bluetube.
Episodes
Special
Title | Number | Original air date |
---|---|---|
Harvey Birdman: General Attorney | 1 | October 15, 2018 |
Cast
- Gary Cole as Harvey Birdman and Judge Mightor
- Stephen Colbert as Phil Ken Sebben and Myron Reducto
- Thomas Allen as Peanut
- John Michael Higgins as Judge Mentok
- Peter MacNicol as X, the Eliminator
Legacy
A one-off "reunion special" called Harvey Birdman: Attorney General aired in 2018. Then, in 2019, Cartoon Network/Adult Swim commissioned a spin-off in the form of Birdgirl, which debuted in 2021.
For April Fools Day 2021, Adult Swim advertised they would be making regressed versions of their cartoons, such as Harvey Birdman, Junior Associate.
In popular culture
- In the Drawn Together episode "Wooldoor Sockbat's Giggle-Wiggle Funny Tickle Non-Traditional Progressive Multicultural Roundtable!," Clara appoints Harvey Birdman as her defense lawyer.