The Bat is Out of the Bag February 4, 2021|
There has never been a time in the entertainment business when there has been such a saturation of comic book characters on the screen – Hollywood blockbusters, network TV, and cable TV. Superheroes are hot. Whether it’s the sexy bodies in tight spandex or the need for us to escape our social and political roller coaster with some heightened fantasy and the belief that there are good heroes out there, the demand for more caped content is high. Though entertainment critics and die-hard comic book fans might not love all the filmed content, there is no denying that the box office doesn’t care.
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For those tuning in to the Adult Swim O.G. cartoon show,
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, you may hear a familiar voice. No, you’re not hearing things that is late night show host, Stephen Colbert, voicing villains with ray guns or judges with gavels. Colbert, who took part in myriad comedic gigs before landing his major hosting job on CBS, was one of many standout voice actors on
Birdman in the show’s history.
Birdman, which was perhaps Adult Swim’s most highly produced and slickest of the original block of four, featured the winged former superhero defending his cartoon peers in a court of law. The show led to classic episodes like “The Dabba Don,” in which Fred Flintstone stands trial as a mob boss might. Other episodes feature Scooby-Doo and crew and more 1960s Hanna-Barbera superheroes. We caught up with