Garfield in Paradise (1986) (TV)

Director:

Phil Roman

Writers:

Jim Davis (comic strip)
Jim Davis (writer)

Release Date:

27 May 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Comedy

Plot:

The Garfield gang is in Hawaii with a 1957 Chevy.

Plot Keywords:

Cartoon Cat | James Dean | Volcano | Cat | Hawaii

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Lorenzo Music	...	Garfield (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gregg Berger	...	Pigeon / Odie (voice)
Desirée Goyette	...	Owooda (voice)
Thom Huge	...	Jon Arbuckle (voice)
Wolfman Jack	...	Chief (voice)
Frank Nelson	...	Hotel Clerk / Salesman (voice)
Julie Payne	...	Mai-Tai / Stewardess (voice)
Hal Smith	...	Off Camera Voice (voice)
Nino Tempo	...	Monkey (voice)

Runtime:

24 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

South Korea:All | UK:U

Company:

Film Roman Productions

Trivia:

The concierge's reference to "the Jack Benny suite" and the subsequent gag surrounding its third-world condition are tips of the hat to both Jack Benny and Frank Nelson. Benny's TV persona was that of a miser who would have gleefully jumped at a room that cheap (and on his radio show, often did), while Nelson (who plays the concierge) was a frequent comic foil of Benny's.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the tribe and their chief, Garfield, Jon, Mai-Tai, and Owooda are at the volcano mourning Odie and Monkey's death, Owooda takes off her lei and throws it into the volcano. However, when Odie and Monkey climb out and everyone cheers for them, Owooda has her lei back again.

Quotes:

Hotel Clerk: [gesturing toward the new car] And there she is!
[we hear a dramatic guitar]
Hotel Clerk: Well, what do you think?
Jon Arbuckle: [mesmerized] She's beautiful!

Movie Connections:

Follows Garfield in the Rough (1984) (TV)

The thinnest Garfield special

I was never too keen on Garfield in Paradise, there is just something about it that doesn't gel. Garfield TV specials are always great but there's a couple of annoying things in this one.

Jon has taken Garfield (and a stowaway Odie) to Hawaii for a vacation, staying in a lousy hotel after a third class plane ride. Everything about their trip reeks of sleaze. Soon they happen upon a native village (containing a very irritating, gibberish-talking short guy showing asscrack that belongs in something like The Simpons) and have to drive their 1957 vintage rentacar into a volcano to plug the hole.

There's not much more to it than that I'm afraid. Though seeing as how I'm trying to plan a sunny beach holiday it did kinda put me off booking a cheap hotel and flight.