Garfield television specials

Garfield television specials
Title cards for all twelve Garfield television specials
GenreComedy
Created byJim Davis
Based onGarfield
created by Jim Davis
Written byJim Davis
Screenplay byJim Davis
Story byJim Davis
Directed byPhil Roman
Voices ofLorenzo Music
Theme music composerEd Bogas and Desirée Goyette (music and lyrics)
Lou Rawls, Gregg Berger, Desirée Goyette and Lorenzo Music (vocals)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes12
Production
ProducersLee Mendelson and Bill Melendez (1982–1983)
Phil Roman (1984–1991)
Running time24 minutes
48 minutes (Garfield: His 9 Lives)
Production companiesMendelson/Melendez Productions (1982–1983)
Film Roman (1984–1991)
United Media
Paws, Inc.
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseOctober 25, 1982 (1982-10-25) –
May 8, 1991 (1991-05-08)
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The Garfield television specials are a series of twelve half-hour long American animated television specials based on the Garfield comic strip of the same name created by Jim Davis. Most specials were directed by Phil Roman, written by Davis, and featuring the voice of Lorenzo Music as the character. The specials were originally broadcast on CBS from 1982 to 1991. Although the first two specials were produced by Lee Mendelson Films, this boutique studio was fully committed to the production of the Peanuts animated specials and could not allocate resources for the Garfield specials. All of the remaining Garfield specials were produced by Roman's own production company and namesake Film Roman.[1]

  1. ^ Demosthenes (2017-05-18). "Reel History: Film Roman". Reel History. Retrieved 2018-07-06.