Garfield and Friends
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Garfield and Friends was an animated television series, based on the popular comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis. This show was originally produced by Film Roman, and ran on CBS Saturday mornings from 1988 to 1994. In the United States it is currently syndicated on Toon Disney, while in the United Kingdom it is on Boomerang.
Regular segments featured both Garfield and U.S. Acres, a lesser-known comic strip created by Davis. The latter was retitled Orson's Farm in all countries except the United States.
Voice actors and their characters
- Lorenzo Music: Garfield
- Gregg Berger: Odie, Orson Pig, Mailman, The Weasel, Floyd Mouse
- Thom Huge: Jon Arbuckle, Roy Rooster, Binky the Clown
- Julie Payne: Dr. Liz Wilson, Lanolin Lamb
- Desiree Goyette: Nermal
- Victoria Jackson: Penelope
- Howard Morris: Wade Duck, Wart
- Frank Welker: Bo Lamb, Booker, Fred Duck, Mort, Sheldon
242 Garfield episodes and 121 U.S. Acres episodes were produced. There were two "Garfield" segments on each show, and in between was a "U.S. Acres" segment. A total of 121 half-hours were produced, and as of April 2005, the first 72 have been released on three DVD sets.
For a complete listing of episodes, see List of episodes of Garfield and Friends.
Trivia
- When the show was originally broadcast on CBS, the episodes usually had three Quickies (30-second gags), usually two "Garfield Quickies" and one "US Acres Quickie". During the second season, "Screaming with Binky" Quickies were added. However, in the syndicated reruns, only one Quickie is shown per episode, and it's always at the end rather than around the shorts.
- The first season aired in a half-hour format. In the second season, it switched to an hour-length format, showing two episodes each week. However, in the show's last season, the second half-hour of the show featured either an episode from the previous season or one of Garfield's TV specials.
- The show has had three different theme songs. The first one was used only during the first two seasons, but was also occasionally hummed or sung by the characters within the show. The second theme song first appeared in the third season and was used through the sixth season. This theme song is the only one used in the syndicated reruns, and some of the show's fans believe the show had jumped the shark when it started using this theme song. During the seventh and last season, a rap-based theme song was used.
- For reasons unknown, the last two seasons are never shown in the syndicated reruns.
- Mark Evanier, co-creator of Groo the Wanderer and other comic books, has often spoken highly of to his time as a writer and director on the show.
External links
- POV Online: Garfield and Friends (Mark Evainer) (http://www.povonline.com/Garfield.htm)zh:加菲猫