Garfield and Friends (1988)★ 7.2/10

TV-G · US,CA,AU,TW · 30 min · September 17, 1988 · 7 seasons

Animation
Comedy
Family

Directed by: Marija Miletic Dail, Mitch Schauer, Ron Myrick, Tom Tataranowicz, Tom Ray

Written by: Jim Davis, Mark Evanier, Sharman Divono

Stories about Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, their owner Jon and the trouble they get into, and Orson the Pig and his adventures on a farm with fellow farm animals.

Original title

Garfield and Friends

Storyline

The star of the series was Garfield, a lazy feline whose only desires in life were lasagna, catnaps and kicking his hapless canine companion, Odie, off the table. The show also starred Garfield's hopelessly-single owner, Jon Arbuckle. Each Garfield adventure featured Garfield's adventures and run-ins with the cast of semi-regulars (including Neurmal, an irksome kitty; Binky the Clown and the mice which inhabited Jon's house); most were satires on American life and pop culture. Each show also featured "U.S. Acres," another of Davis' strips; this strip was set in a barnyard and featured the adventures of such characters as Orson Pig, Wade Duck, Roy Rooster, Bo and Lanolin the sheep, Booker the chick and Sheldon, an unhatched egg.

Rating

7.2 / 10 · 15,263

Companies

Film Roman Productions, United Media Productions, Lee Mendelson Productions, Paws, Children's Television Workshop (CTW), The Jim Henson Company, Viacom Enterprises, CBS, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 9 Story Media Group, ABC Family, Alter, Anderson Digital, Boomerang, CBS/Fox, Canal 5, Cartoon Network, Channel 5, Cool TV, Eleven, FOX8, Fox Family Channel, General Mills, ITV - Independent Television, JOJO, Kids Central, Luk Internacional S.A., M-Net, Missing in Action (MIA), Moviemax Family, Network Ten, Nickelodeon Network, Peacock, Pluto TV

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