Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law Volume One

Whilst on Holiday in America, I brought real (obsessive amount) lot of DVDs and a couple where Adult Swim cartoons (Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Brak Show, Home Movies etc) but Harvey Birdman was the first title I made it through.

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is a near perfect creation, mixing the "classic" Hanna Barbara cartoons with adult situations- of course the more memorable episodes are probably the episodes featuring the best known HB characters: Shaggy Busted (Scooby and Shaggy are stopped by the police and there natural gibberish leads the police to believe there under the influence), Death By Chocolate (Boo-Boo is a revolutionary who sends boobytrapped gift baskets and cookie bouqets to the heads of corporate America) and The Dabba Don (Is Fred Flintstone a Mafia Don) there are many good episodes in the set, the creators go back into the Hanna Barbara archive and mix the old cartoons in (and it's hard to tell sometimes where one stops and one ends).

There is a lot of genius in the surronding characters creations including Harvey's assissant Peanut (he is a ***** creation), his boss Phil Ken Sebben (Ha! Ha!) and paranoid lawyer Reducto (who carries a shrink ray)- all in all a wonderful little show, every episode is short (they come in at about 12 minutes) so there is never chance of them staying at there welcome.

I recommend this to any fan of animation, people who like the more "adult" friendly cartoons and people who have a special place of Hanna Barbara cartoons will both more then love this.

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