Gone Efficien...t

Gone Efficien...t
Premiere date	June 13, 2004
Story by	Erik Richter and Michael Ouweleen
Writer(s)	Erik Richter
Director(s)	Richard Ferguson-Hull

"Gone Efficien...t" is the ninth episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law season two, and the eighteenth overall. It aired on June 13, 2004 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by Erik Richter, based on a story by Richter and Michael Ouweleen, and directed by Richard Ferguson-Hull. The Hanna-Barbera guest character ridiculed in this episode is Yakky Doodle.

Because of efficiency cutbacks, Harvey is forced to split his time between helping Yakky Doodle change his name and working as a waiter at his office-turned Greek deli.

Memorable quotes

Harvey: I'm Harvey Birdman. And you are?
Yakky: Yakky Doodle!
Harvey: I'm sorry? What?
Yakky: Yakky Doodle!
Harvey: I'm having a little trouble understanding. Can you tell me--.
Yakky: Yakky Doodle! You stupid simp!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Harvey Birdman	Gary Cole
Avenger	N/A
Phil Ken Sebben	Stephen Colbert
Dvd	Chris Edgerly
Peter Potamus	Chris Edgerly
Peanut	Thomas Allen
Debbie
X the Eliminator	Peter MacNicol
Janitor	N/A
Bob E Doodle
Brian de Tagyos Doodle
Brier Bingham Doodle
Bruno K Doodle
Buck R Doodle
Bud W Doodle
Burke A Doodle
Buffy A Doodle
Butch S Doodle
Buzz A Doodle
Byron J Doodle
Carlos M Doodle
Cathy S Doodle
Chris Timmons Doodle
Crabface Doodle
Daniel Bodinof Doodle
Darrel Phillips Doodle
Jamie Waters-Maduri Doodle
Jeffrey Brody Doodle
Joe Peery Doodle
Jon Henshaw Doodle
Kevin Desmarais Doodle
Larry Gilbert Doodle
Les Harper Doodle
Mario Orlando Doodle
Meg Gural Doodle
Michelle Fabio Doodle
Pamela Edwards Doodle
Rich Ferugson-Hull Doodle
Sam Layja Doodle
Sam Layja Doodle
Steve Vitale Doodle
Terry White Doodle
Stavros	Steve Blum
Stavros	Fred Tatasciore
Yakky Doodle	Steve Blum
Inch High	N/A
Lawyer	Fred Tatasciore
Judge Mentok	John Michael Higgins
Mr. Tappet	N/A
Bailiff	N/A
Quintus Horiatis Flaccus
George Washington (drawing)	N/A
Myron Reducto	Stephen Colbert
Squiddly Diddly	N/A
Doctor Quincy	N/A
Blue Falcone	N/A

Organizations

• Sebben & Sebben
  • Stavros Greek Deli
• Ursus
• AOL
• Time Warner
• Freezoid, Zarog, & Skon
• Birdman Times

Locations

• United States
  • Sebben & Sebben offices
  • Funky Street
  • Javalux
• Greece (mentioned)
  • Athens (mentioned)

Objects

• Wrongs 'n Rights for Lawyers
• X's death ray
• Supercalifragalisticexpiefficaceous
• Birdman Times newspaper

Vehicles

• None

Music

The music is composed by Michael Kohler.

Behind the scenes

• Peter has a painting that says, "Reaching For That Thing."
• The janitor is removing the AOL part of the AOL-Time Warner logo at the entrance to Sebben & Sebben HQ, due to that merger no longer existing in real life, having ended the previous year.
• Both the PDA and Yakky's court order paper say the month of June.

Errors

• The nametags both say Stavros, although the role played by Fred Tatasciore is changed to Nikos in the voice credits.

Home availability

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