Garfield and Friends

Garfield and Friends
A graphic showing seven of the characters from the cartoon Garfield and Friends, surrounding the text "Garfield and Friends", on a blue background.
Promotional picture for Garfield and Friends, showing most of the show's primary characters (clockwise from bottom-left: Sheldon, Wade, Orson, Odie, Garfield, Roy and Booker)
GenreComedy
Animated sitcom
Slapstick
Created byJim Davis
Based onGarfield and U.S. Acres
by Jim Davis
Written by
Directed by
  • Jeff Hall (1989–1991)
  • Tom Ray (1989–1990)
  • Dave Brain (1992–1994)
  • Vincent Davis (1991–1994)
  • Ron Myrick
StarringLorenzo Music as the voice of Garfield
Voices of
Opening theme
  • "Friends Are There" (seasons 1–2)
  • "We're Ready to Party" (seasons 3–7)
Composers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes121 (363 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • George Singer (Seasons 1–2)
  • Mitch Schauer (Season 2)
  • Bob Curtis (Seasons 2–3)
  • Bob Nesler (Seasons 3–4)
  • Vincent Davis (Seasons 4–7)
Production locations
Running timeapprox. 22 minutes
7 minutes (as segments)
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 17, 1988 (1988-09-17) –
December 10, 1994 (1994-12-10)
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Garfield and Friends is an American animated television series based on the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis. The show aired on CBS as part of its Saturday morning children's lineup from September 17, 1988 to December 10, 1994.

The show features animated story lines adapted from the comic strip Garfield and Davis's other comic strip U.S. Acres. Mark Evanier was the show's head writer. Lorenzo Music provided the voice of Garfield the cat, the strip's title character, as he had done since Here Comes Garfield in 1982. Other voices present on the show included Thom Huge as Jon Arbuckle,[3] Garfield's human owner, and Gregg Berger as Odie the dog. Berger and Huge also respectively voiced Orson Pig and Roy Rooster in the U.S. Acres segments. 121 episodes were made, each consisting of two Garfield segments and one U.S. Acres segment and a "Garfield Quickie" at the end. All episodes have been released in the U.S. on five DVD sets by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

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  3. ^ "The Original Garfield Cartoon Voices Were Seasoned Veterans of Classic TV". MeTV.com. Archived from the original on 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2023-03-01.