"Garfield and Friends" (1988) TV series 1988-1995

Creator:

Jim Davis
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

17 September 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Comedy

Plot:

Stories about either Garfield and Odie and the trouble they get into, or Orson the Pig and his adventures on a farm with fellow farm animals.

Plot Keywords:

Farm | Pig | Rooster | Veterinarian | Cartoon Dog

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Lorenzo Music	...	Garfield / ... (121 episodes, 1988-1994)
Thom Huge	...	Jon Arbuckle / ... (121 episodes, 1988-1994)
Gregg Berger	...	Odie / ... (121 episodes, 1988-1994)
Howard Morris	...	Wade Duck / ... (121 episodes, 1988-1994)
Frank Welker	...	Bo / ... (118 episodes, 1988-1994)
Julie Payne	...	Lanolin / ... (84 episodes, 1988-1994)

Series Directed by
Jeff Hall		(45 episodes, 1989-1991)
Dave Brain		(45 episodes, 1992-1994)
Ron Myrick		(44 episodes, 1991-1994)
Vincent Davis		(40 episodes, 1991-1994)
James West		(27 episodes, 1993-1994)
Tom Ray		(26 episodes, 1989-1990)
Steve Clark		(21 episodes, 1988-1989)
Bob Curtis		(21 episodes, 1988-1989)
John Walker		(21 episodes, 1988-1989)
Paul Gruwell		(18 episodes, 1989)
Allen Foster		(16 episodes, 1992-1994)
John Sparey		(14 episodes, 1988-1994)
Tom Tataranowicz		(14 episodes, 1989-1990)
Bernard Wolf		(13 episodes, 1990-1991)
Karen Peterson		(12 episodes, 1989)
Mitch Schauer		(8 episodes, 1989)
Bob Nesler		(5 episodes, 1993-1994)
Brian Hogan		(5 episodes, 1994)
Marija Miletic Dail		(4 episodes, 1989)
Becky Bristow		(4 episodes, 1992)
Carole Beers		(2 episodes, 1989)
Cullen Blaine		(2 episodes, 1993)

Series Writing credits
Jim Davis		(121 episodes, 1988-1994)
Mark Evanier		(121 episodes, 1988-1994)
Sharman Divono		(48 episodes, 1988-1991)

Series Produced by
Phil Roman	....	executive producer (121 episodes, 1988-1994)
Jim Davis	....	executive producer (64 episodes, 1991-1994)
Lee Mendelson	....	executive producer (64 episodes, 1991-1994)
Vincent Davis	....	producer (52 episodes, 1991-1994)
Mark Evanier	....	co-producer (48 episodes, 1992-1994)
Bob Curtis	....	producer (34 episodes, 1989-1990)
Bob Nesler	....	producer (34 episodes, 1990-1991)
John Cawley	....	associate producer (32 episodes, 1992-1993)
Kim Campbell	....	associate producer / associate producer: Paws Inc. (32 episodes, 1993-1994)
George Singer	....	producer (21 episodes, 1988-1989)
Mitch Schauer	....	producer (18 episodes, 1989)
Thom Huge	....	associate producer (16 episodes, 1992)
Jim Wyatt	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Ed Bogas		(121 episodes, 1988-1994)
Desirée Goyette		(57 episodes, 1988-1990)

Series Film Editing by
Timothy J. Borquez		(47 episodes, 1989-1994)
Julie Gustafson		(46 episodes, 1989-1994)
Sam Horta		(44 episodes, 1989-1990)
Brian F. Mars		(32 episodes, 1989-1994)
Tim Terusa		(12 episodes, 1990)
Jennifer Mertens		(4 episodes, 1994)
Thomas Syslo		(4 episodes, 1994)
Les Wolf		(4 episodes, 1994)
Mark R. Crookston		(2 episodes, 1994)
Julie Ann Lau		(2 episodes, 1994)

Series Production Management
Bill Schultz	....	executive in charge of production (107 episodes, 1989-1994)
Barbara Beck	....	post-production supervisor / post-production manager / ... (48 episodes, 1991-1993)
Anne Luiting	....	studio production manager / post-production supervisor (31 episodes, 1993-1994)
Lizabeth Aguiar	....	post-production supervisor (18 episodes, 1990)
Noel-Quinn Roman	....	post-production supervisor (16 episodes, 1994)
Jim Wyatt	....	production manager (16 episodes, 1994)
John Cawley	....	production manager (11 episodes, 1991-1994)
Barbara Cordova	....	production manager (11 episodes, 1991)
Carmen Brooks	....	production manager (4 episodes, 1991)
David Honicky	....	post-production supervisor (4 episodes, 1991)
Ted C. Bemiller	....	production manager (3 episodes, 1994)
Stephanie Elliott	....	production manager (3 episodes, 1994)

Series Art Department
Gary Conrad	....	storyboard artist / models (79 episodes, 1988-1994)
Lin Larsen	....	models / storyboard artist (60 episodes, 1989-1994)
Mitch Schauer	....	models / storyboard artist (51 episodes, 1988-1991)
Karl Toerge	....	storyboard artist / models (48 episodes, 1989-1994)
Salene Weatherwax	....	models (45 episodes, 1990-1994)
Bob Boyle	....	storyboard artist / models (42 episodes, 1991-1994)
Bob Curtis	....	storyboard artist / models (35 episodes, 1990-1994)
Floyd Norman	....	storyboard artist / models (31 episodes, 1988-1994)
Bill Riling	....	storyboard artist / models (27 episodes, 1991-1994)
Scott Shaw	....	storyboard artist / models (27 episodes, 1991-1994)
Jim Schumann	....	models / storyboard artist (25 episodes, 1992-1994)
Art Roman	....	models / storyboard artist (25 episodes, 1993-1994)
Bob Nesler	....	storyboard artist (24 episodes, 1988-1992)
Norman Quebedeau	....	storyboard artist / models (24 episodes, 1992-1994)
Monte Young	....	storyboard artist / models (19 episodes, 1993-1994)
Gary Hoffman	....	storyboard artist / models (17 episodes, 1988-1994)
Peter Alvarado	....	storyboard artist (17 episodes, 1989-1991)
Cullen Blaine	....	storyboard artist (13 episodes, 1988-1993)
Bob Onorato	....	models (13 episodes, 1989-1990)
Kurt Conner	....	storyboard artist (13 episodes, 1989)
Carol Lay	....	storyboard artist (11 episodes, 1990-1991)
Davis Doi	....	storyboard artist (10 episodes, 1988-1989)
Victor Cook	....	storyboard artist / models (10 episodes, 1989)
Ron Hughart	....	models (9 episodes, 1988)
Brett Koth	....	models / storyboard artist (9 episodes, 1988)
Michael Swanigan	....	storyboard artist (9 episodes, 1989-1994)
Don Dougherty	....	storyboard artist / models (9 episodes, 1993-1994)
Nora Johnson	....	models / storyboard artist (9 episodes, 1994)
Marty Murphy	....	storyboard artist (8 episodes, 1988-1989)
Ron Maidenberg	....	storyboard artist (8 episodes, 1989)
Jeff LaFlamme	....	models (8 episodes, 1993)
Dave Brain	....	models / storyboard artist (6 episodes, 1994)
Dan Haskett	....	storyboard artist (5 episodes, 1988-1989)
Chris Jenkyns	....	storyboard artist (5 episodes, 1989)
Brad Landreth	....	storyboard artist / models (5 episodes, 1992-1994)
Jeff Hall	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 1988-1989)
Karl Fischer	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 1989)
Elaine Hultgren	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 1989)
Scott Jeralds	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 1989)
Robert Dranko	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 1990)
Tom Owens	....	models (4 episodes, 1990)
Al Zegler	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 1991)
Robin Steele	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 1992-1994)
Brian Hogan	....	models (4 episodes, 1994)
Libby Reed	....	color designer / color assistant (3 episodes, 1989-1994)
Allen Foster	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 1992-1993)
Lance Kramer	....	models / storyboard artist (3 episodes, 1992-1993)
Vincenzo Trippetti	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1989)
Leslie Gorin	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1990)
Elayne Shiina	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1990)
Gary Goldstein	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1991)
Liz Holzman	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1993)
Bob Miller	....	models (2 episodes, 1993)

Series Sound Department
Tom Amelotte	....	sound re-recording mixer / voice recording mixer (47 episodes, 1992-1994)
Thomas Syslo	....	supervising sound editor / sound editor (45 episodes, 1992-1994)
George Thompson	....	voice recordist (39 episodes, 1988-1989)
Timothy J. Borquez	....	re-recording mixer / dialogue editor (22 episodes, 1988-1991)
Mark R. Crookston	....	sound editor / sound effects editor (19 episodes, 1988-1993)
Thomas A. Harris	....	sound editor (16 episodes, 1991)
John O. Robinson III	....	sound editor (16 episodes, 1991)
Timothy J. Garrity	....	sound editor (16 episodes, 1993)
Julie Gustafson	....	sound editor (16 episodes, 1993)
Sam Horta	....	supervising sound editor (16 episodes, 1993)
Stephen Janisz	....	sound editor (16 episodes, 1993)
Chris Rabideau	....	sound editor (16 episodes, 1993)
Tom Jaeger	....	sound editor (15 episodes, 1993)
Greg LaPlante	....	sound editor (15 episodes, 1993)
Kenneth Young	....	sound editor (15 episodes, 1993)
Jennifer Mertens	....	sound editor (13 episodes, 1994)
Les Wolf	....	sound editor (13 episodes, 1994)
Patrick J. Foley	....	sound effects editor (8 episodes, 1988)
Tim Terusa	....	sound effects editor (7 episodes, 1988)
Brian F. Mars	....	sound effects editor (4 episodes, 1988)
Michael Gollom	....	sound effects editor (2 episodes, 1988)
Paul J. Diller	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Ted C. Bemiller	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1994)
Gene Orozco	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1994)

Series Animation Department
Phyllis Craig	....	color designer (118 episodes, 1988-1994)
Libby Reed	....	color designer / color assistant (82 episodes, 1989-1994)
Cliff Voorhees	....	key layout artist (70 episodes, 1989-1994)
Lynn Hoag	....	overseas supervisor (69 episodes, 1990-1994)
Robert Givens	....	key layout artist (65 episodes, 1988-1992)
Al Budnick	....	key background artist (34 episodes, 1992-1994)
Don Watson	....	key background artist (32 episodes, 1993-1994)
Gloria Wood	....	key background artist (29 episodes, 1989-1991)
Serge Michaels	....	key background artist (26 episodes, 1989-1994)
Richard H. Thomas	....	key background artist (25 episodes, 1988-1989)
Ellie Bogardus	....	key background artist / color designer (23 episodes, 1988-1994)
Mark Whiting	....	key background artist / key layout artist (21 episodes, 1991-1994)
Rolando Oliva	....	key background artist (20 episodes, 1989-1990)
Paul Gruwell	....	overseas supervisor (16 episodes, 1990)
John Koch	....	key layout artist (16 episodes, 1991-1994)
Kevin Petrilak	....	animator: main title animation / animator (15 episodes, 1988-1994)
Warren Marshall	....	key layout artist / key background artist (14 episodes, 1990-1994)
Shannon Meyer	....	ink and paint supervisor: C&D Ink & Paint Service (13 episodes, 1988)
Lin Larsen	....	key layout artist (12 episodes, 1988-1994)
Bari Greenberg	....	key background artist / key layout artist (12 episodes, 1991)
Deborah Mark	....	color designer (12 episodes, 1992)
Nora Johnson	....	key layout artist (12 episodes, 1994)
Norly Paat	....	key background artist / key layout artist (11 episodes, 1992-1994)
Gary Hoffman	....	key layout artist (10 episodes, 1993-1994)
Dean Thompson	....	key layout artist (9 episodes, 1990-1994)
Ed Ghertner	....	key layout artist (8 episodes, 1988-1994)
Brad Landreth	....	key layout artist (8 episodes, 1993-1994)
Don Dougherty	....	key layout artist (7 episodes, 1993-1994)
Monte Young	....	key layout artist (7 episodes, 1994)
Jeff LaFlamme	....	key layout artist (6 episodes, 1992-1994)
Bob Curtis	....	key layout artist (6 episodes, 1993)
Gary Eggleston	....	key background artist (6 episodes, 1994)
Dan McHugh	....	key layout artist (5 episodes, 1988-1989)
Kevin Wurzer	....	key layout artist / animator (5 episodes, 1989-1994)
Jim Fletcher	....	key layout artist (4 episodes, 1989)
Elaine Hultgren	....	key layout artist (4 episodes, 1989)
Michael Small	....	key background artist (4 episodes, 1989)
Cullen Blaine	....	key layout artist (4 episodes, 1993)
Art Roman	....	key assistant animator (4 episodes, 1994)
Alvaro Arce	....	key layout artist (3 episodes, 1988)
Bob Nesler	....	key layout artist (3 episodes, 1988)
Phil Ortiz	....	key layout artist (3 episodes, 1988)
Alan Bodner	....	key background artist (3 episodes, 1989-1994)
Bill Littlejohn	....	animator (3 episodes, 1994)
Rasoul Azadani	....	key layout artist (2 episodes, 1988)
Alberto De Mello	....	key layout artist (2 episodes, 1993)
Bob Miller	....	key layout artist (2 episodes, 1993)
Bob Boyle	....	key layout artist (2 episodes, 1994)
Dave Burgess	....	supervising animator (2 episodes, 1994)
Bob Carlson	....	animator (2 episodes, 1994)
Jim Mueller	....	key layout artist (2 episodes, 1994)
Barrie Nelson	....	animator (2 episodes, 1994)
Sam Nicholson	....	animator (2 episodes, 1994)
Bob Zamboni	....	animator (2 episodes, 1994)

Series Editorial Department
Julie Gustafson	....	picture editor (47 episodes, 1991-1993)
Angela Ousey	....	post-production coordinator (32 episodes, 1991-1994)
Stephen P. Arkle	....	video services / video transfer (32 episodes, 1992-1994)
Sam Horta	....	editorial supervisor / editorial consultant / ... (27 episodes, 1988-1994)
Lizabeth Aguiar	....	post-production coordinator (27 episodes, 1989-1994)
Richard Roman	....	post-production coordinator (18 episodes, 1990)
Kevin Spears	....	picture editor / editorial supervisor (15 episodes, 1988-1991)
Noel-Quinn Roman	....	post-production coordinator (15 episodes, 1993)
Thomas Syslo	....	picture editor (15 episodes, 1993)
Barbara Beck	....	director of post-production (15 episodes, 1994)
Julie Ann Lau	....	picture editor (11 episodes, 1994)

Series Music Department
Gary Clayton	....	music recordist (91 episodes, 1988-1994)
Jon Barnard	....	songs: "U.S. Acres" (49 episodes, 1988-1990)
Thom Huge	....	songs: "U.S. Acres" (49 episodes, 1988-1990)
Desirée Goyette	....	composer: theme music (46 episodes, 1991-1994)
William Griggs	....	music editor (29 episodes, 1991-1993)
Brian F. Mars	....	music editor (18 episodes, 1992-1994)
Chris Rabideau	....	music editor (16 episodes, 1994)
Timothy J. Borquez	....	music editor (13 episodes, 1988)
J.R. Johnston	....	composer: theme song (12 episodes, 1994)
Neil Panton	....	composer: theme song (12 episodes, 1994)

Series Other crew
Kristy Mendelson	....	production coordinator (60 episodes, 1991-1994)
John Cawley	....	pre-production coordinator / production coordinator (55 episodes, 1988-1990)
Lizabeth Aguiar	....	production coordinator (13 episodes, 1988)
Lolee Aries	....	pre-production coordinator (6 episodes, 1990)
Mark Evanier	....	voice director (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Film Roman Productions
• United Media Productions (in association with) (1988-1993)
• Lee Mendelson Productions (in association with) (1989-1994)
• Paws (in association with)

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2004-) (USA) (DVD)
• CBS/Fox Home Video (????-????) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1988-1995) (USA) (TV)
• Cool TV (2008) (Hungary) (TV) (re-release)
• Luk Internacional S.A. (19??) (Spain) (all media)
• Sat.1 (1989) (West Germany) (TV)
• Sorozat (2008-) (Hungary) (TV) (re-release)
• The Program Exchange
• Toon Disney (2003-2005) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Horta Editorial & Sound  editing
• Buzzy's Recording  voice recording
• Russian Hill Recording  music recording
• Wang Film Productions Company  animation production
• Cuckoo's Nest Studios  animation production
• C & D Ink and Paint  ink and paint (1988) (as C&D Ink & Paint Service)
• AME  video transfer (1988)
• Complete Post  video services (1994)
• Complete Post  video transfer (1989)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

Argentina:30 min | USA:30 min (1988-1989) | USA:60 min (1989-1995)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo | Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | USA:TV-Y | Singapore:G | South Korea:All | Australia:G

Company:

Film Roman Productions

Trivia:

At the end of opening theme song, Garfield always says something different.

Quotes:

Garfield:[on show intro] Eat and be lazy, kids, and someday you'll have your own show, too.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Nostalgia Critic: Drug Cartoon Special (#1.2)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Garfield and Friends

The Best Cartoon of the Time from Jim Davis

I definitely remember this cartoon as one of the bests out there along with the Pink Panther. I mean, who could forget those episodes? There was one where Garfield, Jon, and Odie go out to get a car from the high-bargaining, high-convincing salesman Mr. Swindler (It's getting tougher and tougher to make an honest dollar). There was also the one where Garfield wakes up on the wrong cartoon with a He-man/Transformers atmosphere (See them to find out what Gafield does). Otherwise, Garfield is just another world's laziest cat.

There's also the U.S. Acres (Orson's Farm) segments, based on another strip by Jim Davis preferably for young children (which explains why it aims toward a younger audience). They were great as well, and I liked all the characters (especially Bo and Roy). It was yet another masterpiece in there. And to conclude, there would be a Garfield Quickie based on the comic strips Jim Davis made. I also heard of hidden, or unsyndicated, episodes that never seemed to air on television (but they might appear on the videos/DVDs) All in all, this is most definitely the best cartoon show ever made! Unlike all that violent and vulgar cartoons they're crowding up with nowadays, especially anime, or Japanese animation shows

Still this is my favorite one of cartoons shows in all!!! See if you can find it!