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Gone Efficien...t
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Premiere date	June 13, 2004
Starring	Gary Cole; Stephen Colbert; Thomas Allen; Chris Edgerly; Steve Blum; John Michael Higgins; Fred Tatasciore
Music composed by	Michael Kohler
Story by	Erik Richter; Michael Ouweleen
Writer(s)	Erik Richter
Director(s)	Richard Ferguson-Hull
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"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 series creators, Erik Richter and Michael Ouweleen, produced by Evan W. Adler, 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.

Detailed summary

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

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Sebben & Sebben offices
  - Funky Street
  - Javalux
- Norway (mentioned)
- Greece (mentioned)
  - Athens (mentioned)

Objects

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

Vehicles

None

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Michael Kohler.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: June 13, 2004 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

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. They're both called Stavros and Stavros in "Sebben & Sebben Employee Operation."

Critical reception

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 and Ireland:
- 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.

References

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 ** [[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:
+* In the United Kingdom and [[Ireland]]:
 ** [[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.
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 ==References==
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+[[Category:2004]]
+[[Category:Adult Swim]]
 [[Category:Attorney at Law episodes]]
 [[Category:Birdman episodes]]
 [[Category:Birdman]]
+[[Category:Directed by Richard Ferguson-Hull]]
 [[Category:Episodes]]
 [[Category:Williams Street]]
+[[Category:Written by Erik Richter]]
+[[Category:Written by Michael Ouweleen]]