Guitar Control

Guitar Control
Premiere date	November 2, 2004
Run time	11:39
Writer(s)	Michael Ouweleen and 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 series and guest character ridiculed in this episode are both Quick Draw McGraw.

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

Memorable quotes

Quick Draw: Get your paws off me, you damn dirty kids!

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. Simpson'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	[[]]
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

• Dalton Gang
• Sebben & Sebben
• Green Day (mentioned)
• Freezoid, Zarog, & Skon
• National Guitar Association
• ATF

Locations

• United States
  • Washington, D.C.
    • Sebben & Sebben offices
    • The Guitar Lobby
    • Courthouse
    • United States Capitol
  • Baba Looey's residence
  • Jellystone (photo)
  • Smurf village
  • Rugg residence
• Caribbean (indirectly mentioned)
  • Grenada (mentioned)
• Italy (indirectly mentioned)
  • Tuscany (mentioned)

Objects

• Rifles 'n Bullets
• Reducto's shrink gun

Vehicles

• None

Music

The music was composed by Michael Kohler.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 2, 2004 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

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.

Errors

• Phil LaMarr is credited for voicing Black Vulcan, although he doesn't appear.
• The voice credits list Baba Looey as Baba Louie.

Home availability

• In the United States, it was first released onto DVD as part of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Volume Two on October 10, 2006, by Warner Home Video.
• In the UK, Revolver Entertainment released the same DVD set on December 7, 2009, and also on the same day, the episode was collected together with the rest of the series in Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: Seasons 1,2 & 3.
• In Australia, Madman Entertainment released the same set on December 12, 2007, then re-released the episode as part of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: The Complete Cases on November 28, 2012.