Garfield in Paradise (1986) (TV)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

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:

Hawaii | Volcano | Garfield The Cat | James Dean | Cartoon Cat

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)

Directed by
Phil Roman

Writing credits
Jim Davis		(comic strip)
Jim Davis		(writer)

Produced by
Jay Poynor	....	executive producer
Phil Roman	....	producer

Original Music by
Ed Bogas
Desirée Goyette

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

Art Department
Don Foster	....	graphics

Camera and Electrical Department
Ted T. Bemiller	....	camera operator
Gene Orozco	....	camera operator

Animation Department
Ellie Bogardus	....	color designer
Dave Burgess	....	key animator (as David Burgess)
Patricia Capozzi	....	ink and paint supervisor: Libby Simon Animation (as Pat Capozzi)
Bob Carlson	....	animator
Utit Choomuang	....	assistant animator
Ed Ghertner	....	layout designer (as Ed Gherther)
Edgar Gutierrez	....	xerox
Tricia Keener-Blaha	....	assistant background artist
Al Kirsten	....	ink and paint supervisor: C & D Ink and Paint
Fran Kirsten	....	ink and paint supervisor: C & D Ink and Paint (as Frances Kirsten)
Bill Littlejohn	....	animator
Shannon Meyer	....	ink and paint supervisor: C & D Ink and Paint
Barrie Nelson	....	animator
Sam Nicholson	....	animator
Al Pabian	....	assistant animator
Art Roman	....	key assistant animator
Robert Taylor	....	animator
Lloyd Vaughan	....	animator
Dick Williams	....	assistant animator
Bob Zamboni	....	animator

Other crew
Wendy Milici	....	production assistant

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)
• CBS/Fox
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (original airing)

Other Companies

• Libby Simon Animation  ink and paint
• C & D Ink and Paint  ink and paint
• Hollywood Sound Recorders  recording
• Russian Hill Recording  music recording
• Glen Glenn Sound  dubbing (as Glen Glenn)

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:

[Odie has stowed away in Jon's suitcase]
Garfield: Well, this is just ducky.
[Odie licks Garfield's face]
Garfield: One minute, I'm sitting happily at home minding my own business, next thing I know, I'm traveling third class with a fourth-class owner to a fifth-class motel to sleep with a *sixth*-class mutt.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Garfield's Fun Fest (2008) (V)

Soundtrack:

When I Saw You

Great summer classic

"Garfield" is one of the classic comic strips of all time, and it spawned several classic TV series and specials. This is one of them.

Okay, the idea of taking the usual gang of people and sending them to Hawaii for some fun in the sun is not a new idea for sequels. Not even the idea of having the gang get mixed up with a forgotten tribe of polynesians who worship the volcano god and want to toss people into the pit of lava as a sacrifice is new. Having the lost tribe of Polynesians be a bunch of neo-1950's beatniks and surfer dudes is possibly a new spin on the old premise, however, and the humor is up to the usual Garfield standards.

Yes, this is a bunch of corporate-created commercial fluff, but for what it is, it's still pretty darn funny.