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Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
| Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | |
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| Premiere | pilot December 30, 2000 series September 2, 2001 |
| Finale | July 22, 2007 |
| Creator | Michael Ouweleen, Erik Richter |
| Network/Provider | Adult Swim |
| Style | 15-minute animated comedy |
| Company | J.J. Sedelmaier Productions (pilot)
Allied Arts & Science (episodes 2-4) Cartoon Network Studios (episodes 5-9) Turner Studios (episodes 10+) |
| Seasons | 4 |
| Episodes | 39 |
| Origin | USA |
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law began as one of the founding series of Adult Swim. Its pilot aired during the days of Toonami: Midnight Run, but carried over into an actual series when the cartoon network adult-oriented block came into its own.
The story revolves around characters from the 1967 Hanna-Barbera cartoon series Birdman and the Galaxy Trio. Harvey Birdman, an ex-superhero and current defense attorney/litigator takes on cases from fellow Hanna-Barbera stars from the 1960s and 1970s including George Jetson, Yogi Bear, Fred Flintstone and even obscure characters like Ernie Devlin and Inch High Private Eye. In the series, Birdman faces off against former villains like Reducto in the court of law, often presided over by either Mentok (the Mind-Taker) or Mightor.
The series is defined by its extremely fast machine-gun approach at comedy where more comedy is hurled at the viewer in 15 minutes than an entire episode of a more conventional cartoon does in 30. This makes for an extremely rewatchable show as the viewer is bound to miss things in the first airing.
Although the series initially was produced using traditional cel animation (and was the only Williams Street show to do so), due to the massive delays between episodes caused by errors in Korean animation and the inability for the animators to nail down the fast pace of the show the series was moved in-house and done with Flash at Williams Street. However, they stay true to their roots by creating new characters and new backgrounds for many of their episodes, as opposed to fellow throwback series Sealab 2021 and Space Ghost Coast to Coast which used the same general background for the entire series.
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Cast
| Actor | Character | Duration | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billed Cast | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Gary Cole | Harvey Birdman | * | * | * | * |
| Judge Mightor | * | * | * | * | |
| Stephen Colbert | Myron Reducto, Esq. | * | * | * | * |
| Phil Ken Sebben | * | * | * | * | |
| John Michael Higgins | Mentok the Mindtaker | * | * | * | * |
| Thomas Allen | Peanut | * | * | * | * |
| Frank Welker | Avenger | * | * | * | * |
| Paget Brewster | Judy Sebben | * | * | ||
| Supporting/Recurring Cast | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Chris Edgerly | Peter Potamus | * | * | * | * |
| Michael McKean | Spyro | * | * | * | |
| Phil LaMarr | Black Vulcan | * | * | ||
| Peter MacNicol | X, The Eliminator | * | * | * | |
| Lewis Black | Elliott the Deadly Duplicator | * | * | ||
Seasons
| Season | Premiere | Finale | # | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Swim | ||||||
| Season One | December 30, 2000 | June 8, 2003 | 9 | |||
| Season Two | January 1, 2004 | November 2, 2004 | 11 | |||
| Season Three | July 24, 2005 | October 16, 2005 | 12 | |||
| Season Four | October 1, 2006 | July 22, 2007 | 7 | |||
Specials
| Title | Provider | Release Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Birdman, Attorney General | Adult Swim | October 14, 2018 | ||||
In-Depth
- At a Glance: Additional information about the series
DVD Releases
| Title | Release | Discs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode Collections (Region 1) | ||||||
| Volume One | April 12, 2005 | purchase | 2 | |||
| Volume Two | October 10, 2006 | purchase | 2 | |||
| Volume Three | July 24, 2007 | purchase | 2 | |||
