This is a series that, as with Robot Chicken and Metalocalypse and other Cartoon Network programs, never overstays its welcome. Even when not all of its silly jokes connect there's still a charm to the program, not as crude as 'Chicken' but with a similar aim: make it quick and fast and try and fill up the time with gags that are for anyone who has watched Hannah Barbera or Superfriends or any given number of 60s - 70s cartoons. Harvey Birdman is a cool kind of attorney who doesn't sweat the big case or challenge, even if it's Yogi Bear's Boo-Boo as the Unabomber (or "Unaboo-boo", ho-ho, really) or a divorce between... two "partner" characters? We get characters quite familiar (Scooby Doo) and kind of not well known (that "Huge" Indian is a great big genital joke if we've ever seen one, and it works). It also has some creative voice work to go with the animation (Stephen Colbert is fantastic as Birdman's boss for one), and we get some classic moments of awkward tension broken with the over-extended laughing by the characters or some totally zany shenanigans.
In short, watch it in its present state, which is an episode or two in-between longer programs, and you'll get some way better than average filler. Or, if you want that slightly twist on the repetitiveness of Law & Order, check out the warped and not-quite kid friendly spoofing going on with the resident Birdman.
In short, watch it in its present state, which is an episode or two in-between longer programs, and you'll get some way better than average filler. Or, if you want that slightly twist on the repetitiveness of Law & Order, check out the warped and not-quite kid friendly spoofing going on with the resident Birdman.