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|premiere= November 2, 2004
|channel= [[Adult Swim]] ([[Cartoon Network]])
|premiere= [[November 2]], [[2004]]
|run_time= 11:39
|run_time= 11:39
|writers= [[Michael Ouweleer]] and [[Erik Richter]]
|cast= [[Gary Cole]]<br />[[Stephen Colbert]]<br />[[Thomas Allen]]<br />[[Chris Edgerly]]<br />[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />[[Rob Paulsen]]<br />[[John Michael Higgins]]<br />[[Phil LaMarr]]
|music= [[Michael Kohler]]
|writers= [[Michael Ouweleen]]<br />[[Erik Richter]]
|directors= [[Richard Ferguson-Hull]]
|directors= [[Richard Ferguson-Hull]]
|previous= Droopy Botox
|previous= Droopy Botox
|next= Booty Noir
|next= Booty Noir
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'''"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 [[Michael Ouweleer]] and [[Erik Richter]], and directed by [[Richard Ferguson-Hull]]. The [[Hanna-Barbera]] series and guest character ridiculed in this episode is both ''[[Quick Draw McGraw]]''.
'''"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 (character)|Quick Draw McGraw]], as well as his [[Quick Draw McGraw (segments)|self-titled series]].


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


==Detailed summary==
==Detailed summary==
==Memorable quotes==
==Memorable quotes==
'''Quick Draw:''' Get your paws of me, you damn dirty kids!
'''Quick Draw:''' Get your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty kids!


==Characters==
In order of appearance:


''Mentioned and non-speaking characters are in italics''
'''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.


* [[Quick Draw McGraw|Quick Draw McGraw/El Kabong]] ([[Maurice LaMarche]])
==Characters==
* Cop ([[Phil LaMarr]])
{{CastTop}}
* [[Birdman|Harvey Birdman]] ([[Gary Cole]])
|-
* [[Avenger]]
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Quick Draw McGraw (character)|Quick Draw McGraw]]
* [[Birdboy|Peanut]] ([[Thomas Allen]])
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Maurice LaMarche]]
* [[Baba Looey]] ([[Rob Paulsen]])
|-
* ''The Bear''
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Quick Draw McGraw (character)|El Kabong]]
* [[Peter Potamus]] ([[Chris Edgerly]])
| style="background-color:#clear"| Maurice LaMarche
* ''[[Debbie (Harvey Birdman)|Debbie]]''
|-
* ''[[Elroy Jetson]]''
| style="background-color:#clear"| Cop
* ''[[O.J. Simpson]]''
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Phil LaMarr]]
* ''O.J. Simpson's lawyer''
|-
* ''[[Tom Clancy]]''
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Harvey Birdman]]
* ''[[Tom Selleck]]''
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Gary Cole]]
* [[Falcon Seven|Phil Ken Sebben]]
|-
* ''Pat Robinson''
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Avenger]]
* Way Out member
| style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
* ''[[Jet Screamer]]''
|-
* ''Bailiff''
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Peanut]]
* [[Mentok the Mindtaker|Judge Mentok]]
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Thomas Allen]]
* [[Yngwie J. Malmsteen]]
|-
* ''[[George Washington]]''
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Baba Looey]]
* [[X, the Eliminator]]
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Rob Paulsen]]
* [[Reducto]] (Stephen Colbert)
|-
* ''Edgar Winter''
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[The Bear]]
* ''[[Jonathan Wellington Muddlemore|Funky Phantom]]''
| style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
* [[Mightor|Judge Mightor]]
|-
* ''[[Betty Rubble]]''
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Peter Potamus]]
* ''Mentok's nephew''
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Chris Edgerly]]
* ''Mentok's brother''
|-
* ''Clown''
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Debbie (Harvey Birdman)|Debbie]]
* ''Joseph Stalin''
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
* ''Benito Mussolini''
|-
* ''Mao Tse-Tung''
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Elroy Jetson]]
* ''[[Ranger Smith]]''
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
* ''[[Yogi Bear]]''
|-
* ''[[Boo Boo Bear]]''
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[O.J. Simpson]]
* ''[[Paw Rugg]]''
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
* ''[[Maw Rugg]]''
|-
* ''[[Shag Rugg]]''
| style="background-color:#clear"| O.J.'s lawyer
* ''[[Floral Rugg]]''
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
* ''[[Wilma Flintstone]]''
|-
| 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"| [[The Way Outs|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"| [[List of unnamed Birdman characters|Bailiff]]
| style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
|-
| style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mentok, the Mindtaker|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"| [[Mightor|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 (character)|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
|-
{{CastBottom}}


==Organizations==
==Organizations==
* [[Dalton Brothers|Dalton Gang]]
* [[Dalton Brothers|Dalton Gang]]
* [[Sebben & Sebben]]
* [[Sebben & Sebben]]
* Green Day
* Green Day (mentioned)
* [[Freezoid, Zarog, & Skon]]
* [[Freezoid, Zarog, & Skon]]
* National Guitar Association
* National Guitar Association
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==Locations==
==Locations==
* Sebben & Sebben offices
* [[Earth]]
* [[The Guitar Lobby]]
** [[United States]]
* Courthouse
*** [[Washington, D.C.]]
* Tuscany
**** Sebben & Sebben offices
* [[Washington, D.C.]]
**** [[The Guitar Lobby]]
** [[United States Capitol]]
**** Courthouse
* Baba Looey's residence
**** [[United States Capitol]]
* [[Jellystone]]
*** Baba Looey's residence
* Smurf village
*** [[Jellystone]] (photo)
* Rugg residence
*** Smurf village
*** [[Rugg residence]]
** [[Caribbean]] (indirectly mentioned)
*** Grenada (mentioned)
** [[Italy]] (indirectly mentioned)
*** Tuscany (mentioned)


==Objects==
==Objects==
* ''[[Riffles 'n Bullets]]''
* ''[[Rifles 'n Bullets]]''
* Reducto's shrink gun
* Reducto's shrink gun


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==Production==
==Production==
===Development===
===Development===
===Filming===
===Filming===
==Music==
The music was composed by [[Michael Kohler]].


==Release==
Dates are in order of release:


==Music==
* [[United States]]: November 2, 2004 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)
The music is composed by [[Michael Kohler]].


==Behind the scenes==
==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.
* 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]]."
* 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''.
* 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==
==Errors==
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* The voice credits list Baba Looey as Baba Louie.
* The voice credits list Baba Looey as Baba Louie.


==Critical reception==
==Home availability==
==Home availability==
* This is free to watch on the US geo-restricted [https://www.adultswim.com/videos/harvey-birdman-attorney-at-law/guitar-control Adult Swim website].
* 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==
==References==
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[[Category:Adult Swim]]
[[Category:Attorney at Law episodes]]
[[Category:Birdman episodes]]
[[Category:Birdman]]
[[Category:Directed by Richard Ferguson-Hull]]
[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episodes]]
[[Category:Williams Street]]
[[Category:Written by Erik Richter]]
[[Category:Written by Micahel Ouweleen]]

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Guitar Control
Police confiscate El Kabong's guitar.png
Network Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)
Premiere date November 2, 2004
Run time 11:39
Starring Gary Cole
Stephen Colbert
Thomas Allen
Chris Edgerly
Maurice LaMarche
Rob Paulsen
John Michael Higgins
Phil LaMarr
Music composed by Michael Kohler
Writer(s) Michael Ouweleen
Erik Richter
Director(s) Richard Ferguson-Hull
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"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.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Quick Draw: Get your stinking 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

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

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


Organizations

Locations

Objects

Vehicles

  • None

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Michael Kohler.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

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.

Critical reception

Home availability

References

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