Sunday, June 7, 2009

"Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law" [Ouweleen-Richter, 2000] Season 3 [July-Oct. 2005] [TV-PG/TV-14]

This nostalgically animated (and thereof satirical), decidedly weird show follows the legal history of lawyer Harvey Birdman, who was a character in 1960s animated show Birdman and the Galaxy Trio. It is weird primarily from the perspective of how it satirizes the aforementioned classic animated shows- this rather-difficult-to-describe weirdness pervades the show continuously. However, this weirdness (sorry, I can't call it anything else) is to the show's humorous detriment- it diminishes the amount of humor that can show through. Preciesly how much, you ask? Enough- but no more- for me to decrease its grade from what would probably be an A or something to a... Grade: B

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