Gripping story with well-crafted characters

A Disappointing Continuation

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Out of all of the Adult Swim shows this one is one of the best. It follows Harvey Birdman, a superhero gone attorney who went to a 3-hour law school, works with a purple hippo, and whose boss can't wait to fire him. Some situations show Shaggy and Scooby-Doo smoking pot, Race Bannon fighting for custody, and Secret Squirrel flashing people. All of these situations are handled masterfully and couldn't have been done better. If you're looking for a fun Hanna Barbera attorney romp you're in the right place. My recommendations for episodes are The Dabba Don, Blackwatch Plaid, and Bannon Custody Battle.

Harvey Birdman started out with high hopes. Episodes like "Dabba Don", "Very Personal Injury" and "Deadomutt" (my personal favorite) were pure genius. Then, horrible things started to happen, which just ruined the whole show.Somewhere in the middle of the second season, they forgot all about the "Attorney at Law" part, and the writers started throwing in tons of non-sequiturs between scenes, like characters popping in randomly for cheap laughs, the Bear doing dumb stuff for no reason, Peter Potamus's libido jokes, all kinds of lame one-shot gags.It didn't bother me at first because the courtroom bits took a backseat to stuff that was actually FUNNY, like that one ep where Peanut starts to gain his superpowers and the adults treat the whole thing like puberty. But then that stupid Yakky Doodle episode with the efficiency guy comes along, and that's when I knew this show was officially done for.

The first show that ever aired on Cartoon Network's revolutionary Adult Swim lineup, this series of 11-minute episodes has aired sporadically over the last six years. It will probably only work for those who, like me, were raised on cheap, awful Hanna-Barbera cartoons. The premise is that superhero Birdman has now retired from fighting crime and has become a defense attorney. Most of his clients are Hanna-Barbera characters. The appeal of the show is its quick wit. The lines and visual jokes are delivered at such a rapid speed, it can be difficult to keep up. Look away for a second, and you might miss the funniest joke in the episode. Which is actually cool, because it makes the episodes worth watching multiple times. The best character in the show is Peter Potamus, who was originally a hippo who could travel through time in his magical balloon. Now he's a lawyer working at the same firm as Birdman. His character is that of a total lecher, and he often pops up randomly asking characters in a suggestive manner: "Didja get that thing I sent ya?" I have no clue why that's so damn funny, but it cracks me up every time.

Living in the comedic wasteland which is otherwise known as present-day Australia, I've only watched a couple of episodes of Harvey but already want to buy the DVD's when they become available. Haven't laughed so hard in long time. Trust SBS to put this on, they really must be commended for giving shows like this airtime. None of the other stations are screening any comedy at the moment, and when they do ie 'Arrested development', they put it on in as late a time slot as possible. Anyway, bring back (or start making) shows like 'Fast forward' and 'the Late show' I say! I want a HB T-shirt, where can I get one?! To think that Lumbergh could be so funny...