Here Comes Garfield

Here Comes Garfield (1982)

The first TV special starring the rotund comic strip staple Garfield the Cat. Here, he and his dull-witted canine cohort Odie end up at the pound.

Date of release
1982-10-25
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (28)
Runtime
24m
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Family, TV Movie
Director
Phil Roman
Collection
Garfield TV Specials Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Garfield

Here Comes Garfield is a 1982 animated television special based on the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis. It was the first half-hour Garfield TV special. It is directed by Phil Roman and features Lorenzo Music as the voice of Garfield the house cat, as well as the voices of Sandy Kenyon, Henry Corden and Gregg Berger.

Production

Here Comes Garfield was Garfield creator Jim Davis' first television special, coming after his 1980 book Garfield at Large topped The New York Times bestsellers list. For the opening sequence, Garfield dances to the theme song. In 1981, Davis was working in a California studio on how to convincingly depict this, as in previous comics, the fictional cat always walked on all four feet. Peanuts creator Charles M.

Lou Rawls, who had just completed a USO tour at army bases, joined the Garfield franchise with this project, and finished recording the soundtrack in mid-1982. He explained his decision, "I figured if Bill Cosby could do Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids and live forever on the earnings, why can't I do Garfield?"

Besides her contribution to the music, Desirée Goyette was also the performance model for Garfield's dance during the title song.

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