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Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is the first animated legal drama/comedy. It currently appears as part of the Adult Swim adult-oriented cartoon block on.
Dec 18, 2020 By Jake Uitti Adult Swim
I was a sophomore in college when I stumbled upon Adult Swim on the Cartoon Network Sunday nights. It may have been an old friend who turned me onto the programming someone, like me, who enjoyed basements and glowing televisions and the occasional giant bong rip. But there was much more than just goofy humor to the original Adult Swim shows that quartet of cartoons I’ll call the “First Four.” Namely,
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Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.
The shows, which first aired in December 2000 in the middle of the night, were aired in earnest on September 2nd, 2001 nine days before one of the greatest tragedies on U.S. soil, 9/11. The world turned topsy-turvy and it took some time for Adult Swim to catch hold of its audience, as a result. If the “First Four” were made in the image of the original adult cartoon,