Harvey Birdman: Attorney General
2018 animated American television special
Harvey Birdman: Attorney General is a 2018 American adult animated television special written by Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter, and directed by Richard Ferguson-Hull. Harvey Birdman: Attorney General is a continuation of the animated television series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, created by Ouweleen and Richter, that originally aired on Adult Swim from 2001 to 2007. The special was originally released on the Adult Swim website on October 12, 2018, before making its official television debut on October 15, 2018, at 12:00 midnight. In the special Harvey Birdman is appointed assistant-U.S. attorney general and attempts to have now-President Phil Ken Sebben impeached on his own request.
The special took a year to produce. It features the same cast members from the original series reprising their respective roles. It has received generally positive reviews from critics. It was followed by the spin-off television series Birdgirl in 2021.
Plot
Phil Ken Sebben awakes to find that he has been elected the 46th-and-a-half (46.5) President of the United States, without having any memory of being elected. His first act as president is to bring Peter Potamus, who runs a radio show, HippoWars (a parody of Infowars), into his cabinet as Senior Advisor to the President of the United States.
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