Harvey

Harvey

Of all the "re-imagining" wreaked upon the Hanna-Barbera animated catalog by Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programs, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law is probably their most deliriously creative effort. The series revives second-string '60s avian hero Birdman, and via a combination of old clips and new animation, recasts him as a crusading lawyer (voiced by Gary Cole) who defends the rights of other cartoon characters. That Harvey is pitted in the courtroom against old supervillain foes, who have followed his lead and become prosecutors and judges, is one problem--but even more challenging are the pickles his fellow Hanna-Barbera creations find themselves in: Harvey must clear Fred Flintstone of organized crime charges ("The Dabba Don," perhaps the first season's most clever episode); prove that Boo Boo is not the notorious bomber known as the "Unabooboo" ("Death by Chocolate"); and on a more personal note, contend with an addiction to self-tanning cream ("SPF"). Obviously, Harvey Birdman's humor isn't for every viewer, but for those with a taste for the offbeat, the frequently hilarious scripts (mostly by show creators Michael Ouweleen and Eric Richter) and terrific vocal performances by Cole, Stephen Colbert (as evil prosecutor Reducto) and John Michael Higgins's Judge Mentok the Mind-Taker (as well as guests like Michael McKean, Spongebob Squarepants' Tom Kenny, and Peter MacNicol) make the show a cracked delight. Volume 1's two-disc set compiles all nine episodes of the first season and four from season 2 (the episodes are presented in order of production--"Blackwatch Plaid" is not included here); extras include deleted scenes, a faux movie trailer, and commentary by Ouweleen, Richter, and director Richard Ferguson-Hull on five episodes, with the option on "The Dabba Don" to also hear representatives from the network's legal and Standards and Practices departments comment on the validity of Harvey's legal decisions. --Paul Gaita

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Production: MCA Universal Home Video
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
PASSED
Year:
1950
104
2,360 Views

Dr. Sanderson:
I want you to telephone this Elwood P. Dowd right away. His sister's condition is serious.

Miss Kelly:
Uh — but, Doctor, I —

Dr. Sanderson:
He'll have to sign these commitment papers for her.

Miss Kelly:
But I didn't know the woman needed the treatment! She said it was her brother!

Dr. Sanderson:
Of course she did! That's the oldest dodge in the world. Always used by a cunning type of psychopath. She knew her brother was about to commit her so she came down here to discredit him. Get him on the phone, please.

Miss Kelly:
But, Doctor, I thought the woman was all right, so I had Wilson take the brother up to Number Twenty-four — South Wing, G. He's there now.

Dr. Sanderson:
You had Wilson take the brother in?! Come on, Miss Kelly, no gags, please!You're not serious, are you?

Miss Kelly:
Oh, I did, Doctor, I — I did. Doctor, I'm terribly sorry.

Dr. Sanderson:
Oh, you're terribly sorry! Well, that's fine! That — that fixes everything! That's just wonderful! No — oh, no! Kelly! Kelly, do you realize what you've done? This man Dowd can sue us for false commitment! He can own the whole sanitarium — and I'll be kicked out of here faster than you can say stupid, incompetent and inefficient!

...

Miss Kelly:
Oh, I'll tell Dr. Chumley you had nothing to do with it — it was all my fault! You're the last person in the world I'd ever want anything like this to happen to. You know that, don't you, Dr. Sanderson?

Dr. Sanderson:
Miss Kelly, this is hardly the time or place to go into the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet!

Miss Kelly:
Lately, Doctor, there's never any time or place!

Dr. Sanderson:
Jeepers! They may be putting him in the hydro room right now! Get up there quick and see if you can get him down here! I'll break the news gently to Dr. Chumley. He may want to handle this himself.

Miss Kelly:
Well what shall I say to Mr. Dowd? What do I do? He'll probably be so furious he'll refuse to come down here.

Dr. Sanderson:
Look, Miss Kelly. He's probably fit to be tied, but he's a man, isn't he?

Miss Kelly:
I guess so. His name's Mister!

Dr. Sanderson:
Well, then, go into your old routine. You know, the eyes, the swish, the works. I'm immune to it, but I've seen it work on some people, some of the patients out here. Now, you get him down here, Kelly, if you have to do a striptease!


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