Garfield Gets a Life (1991) (TV)

Director:

John Sparey

Writers:

Jim Davis (creator) and
Jim Davis (writer)

Release Date:

8 May 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Plot:

Garfield and his owner are in a rut. Jon cannot seem to get a date, until a school for the personality impaired opens a new window of opportunity for Jon, but is shut tight for Garfield.

Plot Keywords:

Garfield | Boredom | Disco Dancing | Library | Blues Singing

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Lorenzo Music	...	Garfield (voice)
Thom Huge	...	Jon Arbuckle (voice)
Gregg Berger	...	Odie (voice)
Julie Payne	...	Library Girl, Receptionist (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Lorenzo / Gunner (voice)
June Foray	...	Mona, Librarian (voice)
Kim Campbell	...	(voice)
Kevin Campbell	...	(voice)

Directed by
John Sparey

Writing credits
Jim Davis		(creator)
Jim Davis		writer

Produced by
Jim Davis	....	executive producer
Phil Roman	....	producer

Original Music by
David Benoit
Desirée Goyette

Film Editing by
Timothy Borquez		(as Tim Borquez)
Brian F. Mars		(as Brian Mars)

Production Management
Lolee Aries	....	production manager
Barbara Beck	....	post-production supervisor
John Cawley	....	production manager
Bill Schultz	....	executive in charge of production

Art Department
Don Foster	....	graphics

Sound Department
George Thompson	....	voice recording engineer: Buzzy's Hollywood

Animation Department
Russell Calabrese	....	animator
Phyllis Craig	....	ink and paint coordinator
Adam Dykstra	....	animator
Leslie Gorin	....	animator
Jeff Hall	....	sequence timer
Jack Heiter	....	background artist
Gary Hoffman	....	layout artist
Jean-Guy Jacques	....	animator
Jeff LaFlamme	....	animator
Jeff LaFlamme	....	key assistant animator
Lin Larsen	....	models
Larry Miller	....	key assistant animator
Michael Mitchell	....	layout artist (as Mike Mitchell)
Bob Nesler	....	sequence timer
Kevin Petrilak	....	animator
Art Roman	....	animator
Art Roman	....	key assistant animator
Joanna Romersa	....	animator
Dean Thompson	....	layout artist
Bonita Versh	....	animator
Cliff Voorhees	....	layout artist
Glenn Zimmerman	....	animator (as Glen Zimmerman)
Glenn Zimmerman	....	layout artist

Editorial Department
Julie Gustafson	....	picture editor
Sam Horta	....	editorial supervisor
Angela Ousey	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
David Benoit	....	conductor
David Benoit	....	music arranger
Clark Germain	....	music recording engineer: Group IV
B.B. King	....	vocals
Lou Rawls	....	vocals
The Temptations	....	vocals

Production Companies

• Film Roman Productions
• United Media Productions (in association with)
• Lee Mendelson Productions (in association with)
• Paws (in association with)

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• CBS/Fox Home Video (1990s) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Other Companies

• GRP Records  soundtrack
• Wang Film Productions Company  animation production
• Cuckoo's Nest Studios  animation production
• Buzzy's Recording Services  voice recording (as Buzzy's Hollywood)
• Group IV Recording  music recording (as Group IV)

Runtime:

45 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

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

Company:

Film Roman Productions

Quotes:

Jon Arbuckle: There's more to life than just socks.
Garfield: There's underwear.

Movie Connections:

Spin off from "Garfield and Friends" (1988)

Soundtrack:

Monday Morning Blues

Running Out of Luck

I never hoped that this cartoon series would run out of ideas, hopefully...until I saw "Garfield Gets A Life." What started out as a typical classic, with cool music and good characters, but it turned out to be the worst. This must have been on the edge of the SEINFIELD Era of comedy. Let's face it, you can't make a cartoon out of nothing.

This should have been GARFIELD MEETS THE SUPPORT GROUP. Jon decides to join a support group to get "a life". Garfield also goes and that's where I'll stop. The supporting characters are NNOOTT FFFUUNNYYY!!! Even Garfield's humor doesn't make sense!!

How could they do this to Garfield??!!!