Garfield Goes Hollywood (1987) (TV)

Director:

Phil Roman

Writer:

Jim Davis (creator)

Release Date:

8 May 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Plot:

Jon, Garfield and Odie audition for the talent show "Pet Search" in hopes of winning the $1000 prize and a chance at the finals in Hollywood. |

Plot Keywords:

Cartoon Cat | Muncie Indiana | Garfield The Cat | Character Name In Title

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Lorenzo Music	...	Garfield (voice)
Thom Huge	...	Jon Arbuckle (voice)
Gregg Berger	...	Odie / Announcer / Bob / Grandma Fogerty (voice)
Nino Tempo	...	Herbie (voice)
Frank Welker	...	M.C (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Desirée Goyette	...	Desirée (voice)

Directed by
Phil Roman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jim Davis		creator

Produced by
Phil Roman	....	producer

Film Editing by
Timothy Borquez		(as Timothy J. Borquez)
Mark R. Crookston
Sam Horta

Production Management
Ted C. Bemiller	....	production manager (as Ted Bemiller)

Art Department
Don Foster	....	graphics

Sound Department
Scott D. Jackson	....	foley editor
Mark L. Mangino	....	sound effects editor
Les Wolf	....	dialogue editor
Les Wolf	....	foley editor

Animation Department
Ellie Bogardus	....	color designer
Dave Burgess	....	supervising animator (as David Burgess)
Ed Ghertner	....	layout designer
Sandy Henkin	....	assistant animator (as Sandra Henkin)
John Kafka	....	animator
Al Kirsten	....	ink and paint supervisor: C & D Productions
Fran Kirsten	....	ink and paint supervisor: C & D Productions (as Frances Kirsten)
Bill Littlejohn	....	animator
Shannon Meyer	....	ink and paint supervisor: C & D Ink and Paint Service
Laura Nichols	....	assistant animator
Sam Nicholson	....	animator
Kevin Petrilak	....	animator
Art Roman	....	key assistant animator
Lloyd Vaughan	....	animator
John Walker	....	animator
Dick Williams	....	assistant animator
Bob Zamboni	....	animator
Bob Scott	....	character designer (uncredited)

Other crew
Lizabeth Aguiar	....	production assistant (as Lizabeth Elliott)

Production Companies

• Film Roman Productions
• United Media Productions (in association with)

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• CBS/Fox Home Video (????-????) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1987) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• C & D Productions Inc.  ink and paint
• C & D Ink and Paint  ink and paint (as C & D Ink and Paint Service)
• Hollywood Sound Recorders  recording (as Hollywood Sound Services)
• Russian Hill Recording  music recording

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

South Korea:All | Australia:G | Canada:G | UK:U

Company:

Film Roman Productions

Trivia:

When Garfield, Jon and Odie are on stage at the national competition, they are said to come from "Muncie, Indiana" - the real life home of Garfield creator Jim Davis. He lives and writes the strip in Muncie.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the announcer of the first competition mentions that the dog plays five instruments, he has five fingers. A few seconds later, his fifth finger disappears.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Garfield: Hello, folks, how do you do? Garfield here to entertain you.
[brief moment of silence]
Garfield: Thank you for that large round of indifference.

Movie Connections:

References Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Prizewinning pets

Jon watches some braindead TV show about folks with pets who can do amazing tricks. Garfield and Odie, desperate for love and attention, prove to Jon that they're even better when they do their own little act for him. So Jon takes them on TV where they win the competition(by default).

The success goes to Jon's head and the gang go off to Hollywood to compete in the final round for bigger prizes. Now all the other acts are more sophisticated and better. All Garfield and Odie can do is their best.

It's not the best Garfield TV special but it's still quite good and the cozy image of the Hollywood Hills is rather cute.