The Garfield Show
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| The Garfield Show | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Jim Davis Philippe Vidal |
| Developed by | Philippe Vidal Robert Rea Steve Bullvout |
| Directed by | Philippe Vidal |
| Voices of | (English) Frank Welker Gregg Berger Wally Wingert Jason Marsden Audrey Wasilewski Julie Payne (French) Gerard Surugue Bruno Choel Philippe Bozzo Marc Saez Veronique Soufflen Gilbert Levy |
| Composers | Laurent Bertaud Jean-Christophe Prudhomme |
| Country of origin |  France United Kingdom United States |
| Original languages | English French |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 103 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jim Davis Robert Rea |
| Producers | Kim Campbell Marie-Pierre Moulinjeune Mark Evanier (Supervising Producer) |
| Running time | 22 minutes (2 x 11 minute episodes) |
| Production companies | Dargaud Media Paws, Inc. |
| Original release | |
| Network | France 3 Boomerang Cartoon Network |
| Release | December 22, 2008 May 5, 2009 November 2, 2009 |
| Release | TheGarfieldShow.com |
| Release | TheGarfieldShow.com |
| Release | TheGarfieldShow.com |
| Release | TheGarfieldShow.com |
| Release | TheGarfieldShow.com |
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The Garfield Show is a CGI animated television series that premiered in France 3 on December 22, 2008 and premiered in the US on Cartoon Network and online at TheGarfieldShow.com, the official website. English-language episodes started airing on Boomerang UK on May 5, 2009 and Cartoon Network on November 2, 2009. Based on the American comic strip Garfield, the series is executive produced by Garfield creator Jim Davis; and co-written and voice directed by Mark Evanier, who also wrote most of the episodes for the Garfield and Friends series. Returning from Garfield and Friends are the voice actors Julie Payne, and Gregg Berger. Frank Welker replaces the late Lorenzo Music as the voice of Garfield, whereas Thom Huge as the voice of Jon Arbuckle is replaced by Wally Wingert. Also returning is David Lander, reprising his role as Doc Boy from earlier Garfield specials. The show is produced by the studios Dargaud Media, Paws Inc., Ellipsanime Productions, Ellipse Films, Dreamwall, Mediatoon, and Citel Video.[1] The show is directed by Philippe Vidal and the music is done by Laurent Bertaud and Jean-Christophe Prudhomme.
In Indonesia, The Garfield Show scheduled aired on MNCTV. In China, The Garfield Show （加菲猫的幸福生活）is shown daily at CCTV-Kids.
Plot
The Garfield Show picks up, mainly, on Garfield's usual antics and frolics, usually in function of his laziness and gluttony. It focuses on his quirky misadventures, while always highlighting the fat cat's love for lasagna. Garfield lives with his owner, Jon Arbuckle, and his owner's dog, Odie, in a detached 2-story house (as opposed to the one-story house in the comics and Garfield and Friends). The 1950s-era television set in the living room still has a rabbit-ears antenna, but it now has a converter box so the family can now watch television in HDTV (in fact, several allusions to 21st-century technology are made in the series). The premise of the show, which is comedic slapstick, lies mainly in the events of each single episode. Usually Garfield has to solve problems that he himself causes, but always tries to skive off, and actually solves them in the end.
Main Characters
- Garfield - a lazy, lasagna eating, Monday-hating, dog-mocking fat orange tabby cat.
- Jon Arbuckle - Garfield's nerdy and clumsy owner.
- Eddie Gourmand - A fast-talking food critic and professional cook, Gourmand makes various cameo-appearances throughout the show.
- Professor Bonkers - Bonkers is a scientist who creates un-realistic inventions.
- Doc Boy, Mom & Dad - Mom and Dad have so far only appeared in Home For The Holidays and With Four You Get Pizza. However Doc Boy has starred in five episodes; Home For The holidays, Down On The Farm, Heir Apparent, Farm Fresh Feline and With Four You Get Pizza.
Episodes
Season 1 (2009)
1: "Pasta Wars" (November 2, 2009)
It's Garfield's birthday and Jon forgets. He later remembers, and makes 8 lasagnas but is one short. Meanwhile, an unusual type of Alien which looks like lasagna and can speak English with an Italian accent arrives on Earth. They plan to invade the Earth, but are quickly scared away by Garfield's ravenous appetite. This is the space lasagne's first appearance.
2: "A Game Of Cat And Mouse" (November 6, 2009)
Squeak and his family move in to Jon's house while Jon and Odie are out. Garfield allows Squeak's family to remain in the house on the condition that they be his servants. Jon comes back and Garfield has to remove Squeak and his family before Jon called Rat-Tator Pest, who's hefty bill would have meant that Jon would not be able to afford lasagna for years. This is Squeak's first appearance.
3: "Perfect Pizza" (November 6, 2009)
Garfield gets an awful tasting Pizza from Mama Meany's Pizza Palace, Vito's rival. Mama Meany is putting Vito out of business through coupons, contests and discounts and plans to expand the restaurant to take over Vito's. Garfield arranges for Eddie Gourmand to compare Mama Meany pizza with Vito's, bringing the closure of Mama Meany, and resumed success of Vito. This is Eddie Gourmand and Vito's first appearance.
4: "Mother Garfield" (November 2, 2009)
A Bluebird gets trapped in Garfield's neighbor's garage leaving her eggs abandoned, forcing Garfield to look after them. The eggs hatch, and call Garfield mother. This episode marks the first appearance of Garfield's rival Harry, who is determined to eat the chicks but gives up after the mother bird attacks Harry. This is Harry's first appearance.
5: "Pup In The Pound" (November 18, 2009)
Odie gets taken to the dog pound as he's not wearing his license tag Collar. Garfield disguises himself as a dog to rescue Odie. This is the dogcatchers' first appearance.
6: "Odie In Love" (November 18, 2009)
Odie falls in love with a shower brush. Garfield gets jealous as Odie is no longer paying attention to him and throws the brush in the recycling bin without Odie knowing it.
7: "Not So Sweet Sound Of Music" (November 16, 2009)
Jon finds his old Accordion but Garfield does not like him playing it nor the very sound of it. Garfield tries to get rid of it, but in the end, the Accordion breaks and Jon gets bagpipes instead.
8: "Turkey Trouble" (November 16, 2009)
Jon wins a turkey in a competition, which he plans to cook for Liz. However, when it is delivered it is still alive. Garfield disguises himself as a turkey to get rid of the real one.
9: "Catnap" (November 5, 2009)
Garfield and Odie watch a movie about a villain named Silent Jack and mistakenly believe Jon, with recent tooth surgery, to be Silent Jack. In the end Garfield, Odie and Squeak find out they were attacking Jon, but the real Silent Jack robs them.
10: "Agent X" (November 5, 2009)
Nermal finds a cat called "Agent X" who claims to be a Secret Agent, but really a runaway cat. Garfield becomes jealous as Agent X tells everyone about his adventures, so Garfield tries to prove he is a house cat named "Fluffykins".
11: "Orange And Black" (November 3, 2009)
Garfield disguises himself as "Catzilla" for Halloween, but people mistake him for the real Catzilla, a deadly creature who escaped from the zoo.
12: "Freaky Monday" (November 3, 3009)
Garfield and Odie get their bodies swapped by a Saturnian alien when it finds out Odie is tormented by Garfield. Odie wanders off to all the people who hate Garfield without knowing they will hurt him so Garfield must protect his body from the neighborhood dogs, Herman Post and the Chef. This is Nimbus's first appearance.
13: "King Nermal" (November 12, 2009)
Nermal lives with Garfield for 10 days because his owner is out of town. Nermal fakes a leg injury and Jon feels pity for Nermal, making Garfield and Odie do whatever he requests. Garfield and Odie get rid of him so they could enjoy their normal house and lives once again.
14: "Desperately Seeking Pooky" (November 12, 2009)
Garfield searches for his teddy bear Pooky after he is stolen by a dog named Hercules. This is Hercules's first appearance.
15: "Curse Of The Were-Dog" (November 20, 2009)
Odie becomes a monster-dog in the middle of the night and eats a lasagna that was for Jon and Liz. Jon thinks that Garfield is responsible, and blames him. This is Dr. Bonkers's first appearance. This is also Rock Oil's first appearance.
16: "Meet The Parents" (November 20, 2009)
Liz introduces Jon to her parents. Liz's father (voiced by Jason Marsden) is a grumpy man, while Liz's mother has a canary named Petey - who Garfield tries to eat. This is the first appearance of Liz's parents.
17: "Down On The Farm" (December 2, 2009)
Garfield goes to visit Jon's little brother Doc Boy. But with no TV and no pizza, Garfield shows the farm animals how to live life his way. This is Doc Boy's first appearance.
18: "The Pet Show" (December 2, 2009)
Garfield is rejected from The Pet Show because he's too fat to enter, so Odie takes his place and competes against Nermal for lasagna.
19: "Pet Matchers" (November 19, 2009)
Jon and Garfield fight so much against what to watch on TV that they decide to go on a TV show called Pet Matchers.
20: "Lucky Charm" (November 19, 2009)
Garfield gets rich after a Leprechaun gives him some good luck.
21: "Bone Diggers" (November 4, 2009)
Odie digs up some bones and finds that they are from the very rare Brachiosaurus. Garfield tries to sell them to the local museum, but the museum curator instead wants to compulsory purchase and demolish Jon's house to search for more dinosaur bones.This the museum owner and the security guards' first appearance.
22: "The Robot" (November 4, 2009)
Jon tests a cleaning robot but becomes too violent around Garfield and Odie.
23: "High Scale" (November 13, 2009)
Jon and Liz put Garfield on a diet and force him to exercise when an electronic talking scale tells him that he's overweight.
24: "Jon's Night Out" (November 13, 2009)
Jon has difficulty sleeping, so a Hypnotist attempts to put Jon under hypnosis to make him fall asleep at the sound of a horn. However, Jon hears Odie's bark before the horn, making Odie the hypnosis trigger.
25: "Curse Of The Cat People" (December 3, 2009)
Garfield and Odie get taken to another land through a magic mirror where Neferkitty (voiced by Susan Silo) and her Egyptian colony of cats live, planning their revenge on humans.
26: "Glenda And Odessa" (December 3, 2009)
Garfield and Odie are mistakenly accused of stealing barbecued ribs (really stolen by neighborhood pets) when they run away from Jon's twin girl cousins. This is Drusilla and Minerva's first appearance.
27: "It's A Cat's World" (December 11, 2009)
Garfield gets sucked into a parallel universe where cats act like humans and humans act like cats where he meets the human-like Garfield.
28: "Extreme Housebreaking" (December 14, 2009)
Garfield is enrolled on the Dr. Whipple's Pet obedience course after Jon secretly tapes him misbehaving, but Garfield eventually discovers the doctor as a sham artist fraudulently using his course to launder money for himself; the doctor is then ruined when Garfield sneaks a microphone backstage as the Doctor says the public is stupid. This is Dr. Whipple's first appearance.
29: "Time Twist" (December 8, 2009)
When an Alien stops at a Super-Market in earth, Garfield mistakenly enters his Space Ship and travels through different planets but it becomes hard for him to survive. The space ship and the alien are very similar to Doc Brown and the Flying DeLorean Time Machine from Back to the Future.
30: "Fame Fatale" (December 10, 2009)
Garfield switches lives with a celebrity, Sir Leo, who is also Liz's cat claiming that the life of a super star is great. Sir Leo looks just like Garfield but speaks with a British accent. This is similar to Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties.
31: "Underwater World" (December 4, 2009)
When Jon takes Garfield and Odie on a fishing trip, Garfield and Odie discover talking fish in the sea.
32: "Fish To Fry" (December 9, 2009)
When Jon reluctantly agrees to look after Liz's fish, Garfield cannot resist eating them.
33: "Little Yellow Riding Hood" (December 9, 2009)
When Garfield, Jon, Odie, and Liz go on a picnic, Odie sneaks a baby wolf into the house and sends the Mom after Jon and Garfield.
34: "Time Master" (December 8, 2009)
Garfield finds a Pocket watch which can stop time but panics when it breaks and time is frozen.
35: "Family Picture" (December 4, 2009)
Jon tries to take the "perfect family picture" for Liz's birthday present but people always come and disturb everything.
36: "Virtualodeon" (December 10, 2009)
Garfield discovers a new 3-D format TV channel and ends up in the TV. Jon enlists the help of a scientist, Dr Bonkers, to help him get out. Meanwhile Garfield goes into commercials, a parade show, educational shows, cooking shows, game shows, and movies including Dr. No and Alien.
37: "Mailman Blues" (December 11, 2009)
Garfield torments Mailman Stu while Herman's on vacation in Hawaii.
38: "Heir Apparent" (December 14, 2009)
Jon and Doc Boy might inherit their cousin's haunted estate but to take custody must stay there longer than the other.
39: "From The Oven" (December 15, 2009)
Jon is watching a cooking show to make Odie's birthday cake when Jon accidentally switched the channel, leaving Jon to mistake the directions from the horror movie as being from the cooking show. It becomes a Frankenstein-like monster cake.
40: "Neighbor Nathan" (December 16, 2009)
Odie runs away from home, sick of Garfield's cruelty towards him, but the new house he runs off to is the residence of a boy with the personality of a mad scientist named Nathan, who plans to use his new invention to transform Odie into a cockroach. Now it is up to Garfield to save Odie. This is the first appearance of Nathan.
41: "History Of Dog" (December 16, 2009)
Garfield tells us about history of dogs, but puts them in a negative light. When Odie and his dog friends save Garfield's favorite Italian restaurant from a kitchen fire, Garfield is forced to admit that even dogs are not that stupid.
42: "Up A Tree" (December 17, 2009)
Odie becomes friends with the garden squirrels after he helps one recover from an accident.
43: "It's A Cheese World" (December 17, 2009)
Garfield tries to take Squeak and his friends to Eddie Gourmand's Cheeseland, but Harry is in charge of keeping mice out.
44: "Nice To Nermal" (December 18, 2009)
Nermal steals Pooky after Garfield is mean to him, and Garfield must be nice to Nermal to get Pooky back.
45: "Out On A Limb" (December 18, 2009)
Garfield, Odie, Nermal and Jon all get stuck in a tree, so they try to get help.
46: "Super Me" (December 21, 2009)
Garfield imitates a superhero so that Nermal will reward him with food, but gets caught up with the real superhero and a bank robbery.
47: "Mastermind" (December 21, 2009)
Garfield gets a device that reads people's minds and saves the world from Pizza-Craving Aliens.
48: "The Amazing Flying Dog" (December 22, 2009)
Odie dreams that he's a super-dog who can fly.
49: "The Last Word" (December 22, 2009)
Nermal bets Garfield he cannot last an hour without eating.
50: "Iceman" (December 23, 2009)
Garfield helps Oga, the ice cream lady, find a prehistoric mate.
51: "Caroling Capers" (December 15, 2009)
After hearing children go door to door singing carols on TV, Garfield tries to go around singing carols for food, but all of his attempts are futile.
52: "T3000" (December 23, 2009)
After the dog catchers get fired for failing to stop Garfield and Odie from robbing a Deli, Garfield helps the dog catchers defeat the robotic dog catcher.
Season 2 (2010-2011)
- Note: The Dates Are Different For The UK. They aired from October 2010 to February 2011.
53 and 54: "Home For The Holidays" (December 13, 2010)
Garfield is looking forward to the holidays and all its joys. Arlene gives Garfield a reason to stop and remember the true meaning of the season, so Garfield decides to help some homeless Cats and Dogs by finding them homes. This is the first appearance of Jon's parents. This is the first double length (22 minute) episode.
55: "Planet Of Poultry" (March 9, 2011)
Aliens from another planet plan to turn all the earth creatures into chickens. This is the first appearance of Vito's pizza boy.
56: "History Of Cats" (March 16, 2011)
Garfield tells a small yet untrue history about his own species, and the mice are upset because Garfield is making it seem as though cats actually did everything in history.
57: "Ticket To Riches" (February 28, 2011)
Jon wins the lottery, but is unable to find his ticket.
58: "Gravity Of The Situation" (February 28, 2011)
An alien from a planet with no gravity lands on earth to recharge his ship. While in Jon's house he cancels out gravity, causing household object to float around the house. This is Nimbus's second appearance, though he's been redesigned and has a higher pitched voice.
59: "The Art Of Being Uncute" (March 1, 2011)
Eddie Gourmand is the judge for the Cutest Cat Of The Year award and decides for the new cute to be the opposite of cute, and the prize is six months in Greenland, so Garfield decides to make Nermal a mess in order to get some peace and quiet.
60: "Night Of The Bunny Slippers" (March 1, 2011)
A pair of bunny slippers comes to life, and everyone must join forces to defeat them. This is Aunt Ivy's first appearance.
61: "Blasteroid" (March 2, 2011)
The Aliens previously seen in "Pasta Wars" send an asteroid made of meatballs to destroy Earth, Garfield and Odie travel in a spaceship to stop the Blasteroid.
62: "The Big Sneeze" (March 2, 2011)
Jon sneezes every time he is near Garfield, and his doctor explains that he must get rid of Garfield, however when Garfield does something nice for Jon, he uncovers a shocking secret.
63: "The Spy Who Fed Me" (March 3, 2011)
Garfield has to lose ten pounds, but Jon discovers he has been snacking between meals. Liz gives him a robot that will follow Garfield everywhere he goes to endure he sticks to his diet.
64: "Meet Max Mouse" (March 3, 2011)
Squeak's relative, Max, moves into Garfield's home, but he hates cats. Meanwhile, Jon calls an exterminator to come rid his house of mice. This is Max's first appearance.
65: "The Haunted House" (March 4, 2011)
Jon spends the day in a vacation house to come up with a comic book idea. The only trouble is, the house is haunted.
66: "Which Witch" (March 4, 2011)
The twins, Dresilla and Minerva, come to visit, and end up like Hansel and Gretal in an evil witch's lair.
67: "Cyber Mailman" (March 7, 2011)
The scientist Dr Bonkers creates a cyber mail man to deliver the post but some taco sauce falls into the central computer, making the cyber mail man deliver the next days news paper. Jon sees this as an opportunity to make money, using tomorrow's lottery numbers also printed in the paper.
68: "Odie For Sale" (March 7, 2011) Jon is in debt, and decides he must sell some of his possessions to pay the bill. When Garfield puts Odie on the stall for two cents, he is bought by the person Jon is being sued by, and it is up to Garfield to get him back.
69: "Honey I Shrunk The Pets" (March 14, 2011)
Nathan (from "Neighbor Nathan") returns and shrinks Garfield with his shrink ray, and Garfield must find a way to return to normal size.
70: "Night Of The Apperatuses" (March 17, 2011)
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71: "The Land Of Hold" (March 18, 2011)
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72: "Farm Fresh Feline" (March 8, 2011)
Jon, Garfield, and Odie visit Doc Boy on the farm. While there, Dr. Whipple hypnotizes Garfield into doing farm work.
73: "Inside Eddie Gourmand" (March 10, 2011)
After Eddie Gourmand gives a bad review about Vito's Pizzaria on TV, Jon, Garfield, and Odie go see him to find out why he's so cranky lately and help him reunite with his mother.
74: "With Four You Get Pizza" (March 9, 2011)
Jon goes out on a date with Liz to Vito's Pizzaria and Garfield wants to go along, but Vito banned animals from entering the restaurant. So Garfield and Odie disguise themselves as Jon's "daughters" to get into Vito's, but Jon and Liz's date turns into disaster.
75: "The Guest From Beyond" (TBA)
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76: "Dogs Day" (March 8, 2011)
After Odie helps their friend, Nimbus the space alien, he gives him a forever doggie cookie. Odie licks Jon after eating it, and Jon starts acting like a dog. Then Jon licks Liz and the condition spreads.
77: "Garfield Astray" (March 14, 2011)
After Garfield plays a mean trick on Nermal, a bowling ball falls on his head and loses his memory. Then, Nermal tricks Garfield into thinking he's a stray cat named Ichabod. Then Garfield meets a couple of stray cats named Tino and Gino. This is Tino and Gino's first appearance.
78: "Master Chef" (TBA)
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79: "Black Cat Blues" (March 16, 2011)
A miserable, black cat named Jonah passes by Garfield outside, and Garfield is given a curse and has bad luck all the time. Garfield must figure out how to lift the curse.
80: "The Bluebird Of Happiness" (March 10, 2011)
One of the baby bluebirds from "Mother Garfield" return and Garfield saves him from Harry. But Nermal accidentally lets Harry have it and Garfield, Nermal, and Odie must save it.
81: "Penny Henny" (March 18, 2011)
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82: "Pirate Gold" (March 23, 2011)
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83: "Great Pizza Race" (March 21, 2011)
Jon goes out on a big date with Liz and orders Garfield a pizza for dinner from Vito's Pizzaria. Garfield uses a tape recorder to record Jon's ordering the pizza, and uses it to get free pizza.
84: "Love And Lasagna" (March 28, 2011)
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85: "Fido Food Feline" (March 11, 2011)
After eating dogfood, Garfield is convinced he's turning into a dog.
86: "Mind Over Mouse" (TBA)
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87: "A Gripping Tale" (March 22, 2011)
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88: "Jumbo Shrimpy" (March 23, 2011)
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89: "Everything's Relative" (March 11, 2011)
Aunt Ivy's house is being rid of mice and she has to stay at Jon's home for a week. Then, Drusilla and Minerva show up, and Jon is so annoyed with them that he tries to get them to stay at Doc Boy's farm. But Doc Boy doesn't want to put up with them either. This is Aunt Esther, Lucretia, and Tabitha's first appearance.
90: "Stealing Home" (March 25, 2011)
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91: "Cuter Than Cute" (March 21, 2011)
Nermal comes over for a visit and the space lasagna (from "Pasta Wars" and "Blasteroid") return once again and send a spy disguised as a cute kitten over to Garfield's home. The "kitten" is way cuter than Nermal, gets jealous.
92: "Pampered Pussycat" (TBA)
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93: "Depths Of A Salesman" (March 17, 2011)
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94: "Detective Odie" (March 24, 2011)
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95: "Wicked Wishes" (March 22, 2011)
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96: "Full Of Beans" (March 25, 2011)
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97: "Me, Myself, Garfield, And I" (March 24, 2011)
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98: "The Big Sleep" (TBA)
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99: "True Colors" (March 28, 2011)
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100: "The Mole Express" (TBA)
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101: "Rain Or Shine" (TBA)
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102: "Parrot Blues" (TBA)
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103 - 104: "Unfair Weather" (TBA)
TBA. This is a double length (22 minute) episode.[2]
Voice Cast
English Voices
- Frank Welker - Garfield, Eddie Gourmand, Additional Voices
- Gregg Berger - Odie, Squeak, Harry, Herman Post, Additional Voices
- Wally Wingert - Jon Arbuckle
- Audrey Wasilewski - Arlene, Newscaster
- Jason Marsden - Nermal, Vito, Liz's Father, Additional Voices
- Laura Summer - Drusilla & Minerva the Twins, Additional Voices
- Julie Payne - Dr. Liz Wilson, Additional Voices
- Laraine Newman - Aunt Ivy
French Voices
- Gérard Surugue - Garfield, Additional Voices
- Bruno Choël - Jon, Additional Voices
- Gilbert Levy - Squeak, Additional Voices
- Véronique Soufflet - Arlène, Dr. Liz Wilson, Additional Voices
- Marc Saez - Nermal, Additional Voices
- Philippe Bozo - Harry, Additional Voices
Guest Cast
- Stan Freberg - Dr. Whipple, Fluffykins, Additional Voices
- David Lander - Doc Boy Arbuckle
- Tress MacNeille - Esmeralda (Owner of the Museum)
- Susan Silo - Neferkitty
Reception
Common Sense Media gave the show 3 stars, saying "Infamous cat's antics are fun, if not exactly message laden."
Video Game
A party video game titled "The Garfield Show: Threat of the Space Lasagna", was released in July 2010 for the Wii. It includes over 12 minigames and supports the Wii Balance Board and Wii Motion Plus.
References
- ^ "The Garfield Show – Studios". The Garfield Show Diary.
- ^ www.newsfromme.com
External links
- TheGarfieldShow.com - Watch full episodes of The Garfield Show
- The Garfield Show at Internet Movie Database