Garfield & Friends was an animated television series, based on a popular comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis. This indicate was originally by Film Roman, and ran in CBS Saturday mornings from 1988 to 1995. In the United States, it is presently syndicated in Toon Disney, while in the United Kingdom, it is in Boomerang.

Regular segments featured two Garfield and U.S. Acres, a lesser-known comic strip created by Davis. A latter was retitled ''Orson's Domestic altogether countries except a United States.

Both hundred forty-2 Garfield episodes & 121 U.S. Acres'' episodes were produced. There were deuce "Garfield" segments around every indicate, & in between was the "U.S. Acres" section. The amount of 121 half-hours were produced, & when of August 2005, the 1st 96 use been freed in quadruplet DVD sets by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment; a odd seasons come planned for release in December 6, 2005. A go DVD placed is freed thereon date.

For the complete list of episodes, understand List of episodes of Garfield and Friends.

Voice actors and their characters
Lorenzo Music: Garfield Gregg Berger: Odie, Orson Pig, Mailman, A Weasel, Floyd Mouse Thom Huge: Jon Arbuckle, Roy Rooster, Binky a Clown Julie Payne: Dr. Liz Wilson, Lanolin Lamb Desiree Goyette: Nermal Victoria Jackson: Penelope Howard Morris: Wade Duck, Wart Frank Welker: Bo Lamb, Booker, Fred Duck, Mort, Sheldon The cast

"Garfield"

Garfield a Cat: The fill out, sleeping cat (when described in the comic strip by his creator Jon as "an orange meatball with stripes") world health organization wants nothing extra away from life than to eat & sleep. Enjoys tormenting Odie & likes trying to mail Nermal to Abu Dhabi. Odie a Mutt: The beagle who used to belong to Jon's previous roomate Lyman (world health organization never appeared on the indicate, however was the character world health organization appeared in the earliest comic strips). Is typically kicked off a kitchen table by Garfield. Looks improbably dazed & gullible, however is actually lot extra cunning & smarting than he lets in. Jon Arbuckle: The bachelor cartoonist who has poor luck by owning women & the somewhat nerdy demeanor. Typically annoyed by a few of Garfield's prank. Binky a Clown: The aloud, objectionable clown world health organization appeared the couple of days in the strip prior to becoming a regular on the indicate. In a series, Binky has his have TV indicate that Garfield & Jon try to keep away from watching. Binky another time got his have section on the series known as "Screaming With Binky" that was the length of a Band aid. (Virtually all one segments were flushed within syndication.) Nermal a Kitty: The cute gray kitten who's the self-proclaimed "World's Cutest Kitten". Nermal seems variety & playful, however likes to annoy Garfield & brag all about how else good deal cuter than him he is. Garfield typically tries (typically unsuccessfully) to mail him to Abu Dhabi as a result. His high frequency voice & hanker eye-lash led numbers of viewers to take a look at that he was female. Herman Post: The mailman who loves delivering a mail. Is constantly a victim of booby traps set by Garfield. Dr. Liz Wilson: Garfield's veterinarian and long-time crush of Jon Arbuckle. She on occasion dates him, however these backpacking universally get disasters (typically thanks to Garfield tagging along for the ride). Cactus Jake: A foreman of the Polecat Flats dude ranch; behaves in the manner of an old-fashioned cowboy. Al G. Chiseller: When his title suggests, he occurs as man of affairs & con artist who constantly swindles Jon, but is sooner or later outwitted by Garfield. A Buddy Bears (Bobby, Billy, Bertie): 3 talking bears who spew various propaganda in the form of song and dance. Their messages include "never have an opinion of your own" & "if you ever disagree, it means that you are wrong". Their tv program another time replaced Binky's, & Roy Rooster of U.S. Acres another time appeared in their indicate when a "Big Bad Buddy Bird". Penelope a Cat: Penelope is Garfield's girlfriend world health organization will require a place of his love interest Arlene from either a comedian. A reasons how come Arlene doesn't pop up around Garfield & Friends come unknown.

"U.S. Acres"

Orson Pig: The friendly pig whose favorite pursuit is reading books & imagining himself into numbers of scenarios, the la Walter Mitty. Roy Rooster: The self-egoistical rooster who prides himself on his practical jokes. Wade Duck: A duck who wears a no-good flotation tube, & is avowedly afraid of all about, irrespective how else trivial. Bo Sheep: An cordial sheep with the caring, placed-mellow attitude, whose mannerisms & vernacular come rather a California beach bum. Lanolin Sheep: The loud-mouthed sheep world health organization lives virtually all of her instance disagreeing by using her brother, Bo. Booker Chick: The little chick who is constantly in pursuit of an unknown worm. Sheldon Chick: Booking agent's brother, world health organization is however an egg, though his feet have popped out. Mort, Gort, & Wart Pig: Orson's older brothers, world health organization come constantly trying to steal vegetables from either a domestic & torment Orson. A Weasel: One of numerous predators world health organization tries to steal a chickens. A Worm: The cunning worm who occasionally talks. Constantly pursuited per wretched Booking agent.

Trivia
After a indicate was originally broadcast in CBS, a episodes unremarkably experienced trey Band aid (30-2nd gags), normally ii "Garfield Quickies" & 1 "US Acres Quickie". Midway through the 2nd year, "Screaming with Binky" Quickies were added. All the same, in the syndicated reruns, exclusively of these Quick fix is shown by the episode, & it's universally at a prevent like than in a shorts. the number one year aired around a half-30 minutes format. In the 2nd year, it switched to an hour-length format, showing 2 episodes hebdomadally. Still, in the indicate's endure year, a last half-30 minutes of a indicate featured either an episode from either the last year or even one of Garfield's TV specials. A U.S. Acres episode "Much Ado About Orson" is mentioned many days in the 2nd year, however never actually appears. An episode titled "Much Ado About Lanolin" does pop up in the third year, all the same. A indicate has got 3 different theme songs. A foremost a single was utilized when you took a number 1 2 seasons, & was as well on occasion hummed or even sung per characters in a indicate. A 2nd theme song number one appeared in the third year & was utilized through the sixth year, when you took which a few of the clips in the sequence were changed. This theme song is the just of these utilized in the syndicated reruns. In the period of the seventh & go year, a rap-depending theme song was utilized. For reasons unknown, a endure deuce seasons come never shown in the syndicated reruns. A indicate typically broke a fourth wall and made information to the idethe that it was a survive-action sitcom, which, course, it wasn't. A indicate makes frequent information to the Klopman Diamond, a fictitious diamond which was originally an old Johnny Carson joke. Mark Evanier, co-creator of Groo the Wanderer and other comic books, has often spoken extremely of his instance as a writer & director on the indicate. A indicate has aired within syndicatiin on TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and Fox Family (later known as ABC Family).