harvey birdman

[Guest Mana]

Who's a fan of harvey birdman on adult swim. It's really hilarious, and I think it's even funnier than Family Guy. I haven't watched it a lot, but man do I love it! What does everyone think about this show I'm curious? Give it a rating on a scale of 10. I'm interested in what people think of this show.

[Brasil]

Cartoon Network has really struck gold with its Late-Night Adult Swim line-up. Its selection of cartoons has some of the most biting and satirical ones I've ever seen. Some episodes of Harvey Birdman are of Simpsons quality, I think, and that's incredibly hard to do, especially when you're looking at The Simpsons' best stuff.

Harvey Birdman was a horrid cartoon at first. It was just a boring superhero cartoon, with little to distinguish itself in the seemingly infinite number of superhero cartoons at the time.

Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law, however, is awesome, because it's taking familiar and often boring characterization and putting a very intelligently-conceived spin on that characterization. That's why Birdman: Attorney works, really, because it's so irreverent.

I mean, what other cartoon in the history of cartoons would have The Jetsons traveling back in time to sue the present day inhabitants for polluting the Earth? Or Shaggy and Scooby being investigated for Possession? We all knew that was coming sometime...I mean, just look at those two, lol. I remember another episode where Race Bannon was suing Dr. Quest for custody of Johnny and Hadji. A child custody battle, for chrissakes!

That's what puts Birdman: Attorney a cut above so many of the "adult" cartoons of its ilk. The show's creators aren't afraid to skew pop culture like that...to take familiar material and suppose what would happen if Johnny Quest's family were brought into the "Real" world.

I don't think I could choose, however, between Birdman, Family Guy, Futurama, or Sealab 2021. They're all excellent in their different ways. If I had to choose a weaker show...I'd say Sealab 2021, [i]only[/i] because it's a very, very specific type of humor that many won't "get" or be able to appreciate.

The best show...if I absolutely had to choose one, I'd say Birdman, because it consistently entertains and is probably the most biting out of the four, even though Family Guy and Futurama are both fairly sarcastic, I've found that much of the humor in Family Guy is "vulgar," and Futurama's, as well.

[Guest ChapterBlack888]

Family Guy is definitely the best out of those four because they just say random funny as crap stuff.

[Brasil]

[quote name='ChapterBlack888']Family Guy is definitely the best out of those four because they just say random funny as crap stuff.[/quote]
So...

[quote=From Sealab 2021]
[url="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0333100/"]Captain Murphy[/url] : Did they say why they want to terminate my command?
[url="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0261805/"]Marco[/url] : They told me that you had gone totally insane, and that your methods were unsound.
[url="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0333100/"]Captain Murphy[/url] : Are my methods unsound?
[url="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0261805/"]Marco[/url] : I don't see any method at all, sir.
[url="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0333100/"]Captain Murphy[/url] : Are you an assassin?
[url="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0261805/"]Marco[/url] : I'm a soldier.
[url="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0333100/"]Captain Murphy[/url] : You're neither. You're an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill. SO WET WILLIE FOR YOU![/quote]
...or what about

[quote=Sealab 2021]
Captain Murphy: [referring to a "sick" child] Your lymph nodes must be as big as cats![/quote]
...hell,

[url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278877/quotes]Sealab 2021 quotes[/url].

How can you say that Sealab 2021 characters [i]don't[/i] say "random funny as crap" stuff? The "lymph nodes as big as cats" line had me in tears, lol.

[Guest ChapterBlack888]

I think Sealab does to but I think Family Guy does it alot more and the way they say it is hilarious

[Brasil]

[quote name='ChapterBlack888']I think Sealab does to but I think Family Guy does it alot more and the way they say it is hilarious[/quote]What "way" do they say it that's different than Sealab? When you look at the characters, especially Peter Griffin and Captain Murphy, who are essentially the leads of their respective shows, and are both utterly dense. In fact, if you were to compare them on simple, pure, unadulterated incompetence, Murphy is far superior.

The only characters on Family Guy that [i]may[/i] give it an advantage over Sealab are Brian, Stewie, or Chris, but then you look at the secondary characters on Sealab, Hesh and Debbie, specifically, and, again, Sealab wins out in terms of character delivery. Who doesn't enjoy Hesh screaming, "I want some SEX," or Debbie running around, "I need to have a baby!"

Maybe it's just me, but the character delivery is far nuttier and loony on Sealab.

EDIT: Oh, he's banned now. Guess he shan't be replying.

[Delta]

Yay! Harvey Birdman!
Finally a show that seeks to bring to light Scooby Doo's true nature!