Garfield: His 9 Lives (1988) (TV)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Directors:

Phil Roman
Doug Frankel (co-director) (segment "Lab Animal") (segment "Diana's Piano")
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Writers:

Jim Davis (written and created by)
Jim Davis (book)
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Release Date:

22 November 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Music

Plot:

Garfield plays multiple roles including ancient Egyptian royalty, a fairyland kitten, a movie 'stunt cat" and more! |

Plot Keywords:

Egyptian | Kitten | Cat | Stunt | Royalty

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Lorenzo Music	...	Garfield (voice)
Thom Huge	...	Jon / Jester (voice)
Gregg Berger	...	Odie (voice)
Desirée Goyette	...	Chloe (voice)
Nino Tempo	...	(voice)
Hal Smith	...	(voice)
Heather Kerr	...	(voice)
Sandi Huge	...	(voice)
Carolyn Davis	...	(voice)
Frank Welker	...	Mendelsen (voice)
Ed Bogas	...	(voice)
C. Lindsay Workman	...	(voice) (as Lindsay Workman)

Directed by
Phil Roman
Doug Frankel		(co-director) (segment "Lab Animal") (segment "Diana's Piano")
Ruth Kissane		(co-director) (segment "In the Garden")
Bill Littlejohn		(co-director) (segment "Stunt Kat")
Bob Nesler		(co-director) (segments "Stunt Kat", "Garfield" and "Space Cat")
Bob Scott		(segment "Court Musician")
George Singer		(co-director) (segment "Cave Cat")
John Sparey		(co-director) (segments "King Cat", "Garfield" and "Space Cat")

Writing credits
Jim Davis		(written and created by)
Jim Davis		(book)
David Kuhn		(segment "In the Garden")
Jim Clements		(segment "Space Cat")
George Herriman		character "Krazy Kat" (uncredited)

Produced by
Phil Roman	....	producer

Original Music by
Ed Bogas
Desirée Goyette

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

Sound Department
Mark R. Crookston	....	sound effects editor (as Mark Crookston)
George Thompson	....	voice recording engineer
Mark L. Mangino	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

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

Animation Department
Edy Benjamin	....	assistant animator
Ellie Bogardus	....	background artist (segment "Garfield")
Chris Chu	....	assistant animator
Phyllis Craig	....	color designer
Gary Eggleston	....	background artist (segments "Cave Cat", "King Cat" and "Space Cat")
Ralph Eggleston	....	animator (segments "Court Musician", "Diana's Piano" and "Lab Animal")
Ralph Eggleston	....	background artist (segments "Court Musician" and "Lab Animal")
Ralph Eggleston	....	character designer (segment "Diana's Piano")
Ralph Eggleston	....	layout artist (segments "Court Musician", "Diana's Piano" and "Lab Animal")
Sam Ewing	....	animator (segment "Lab Animal")
Suzie Ewing	....	key assistant animator (as Suzy Ewing)
Doug Frankel	....	animator (segments "Court Musician", "Diana's Piano" and "Lab Animal")
Doug Frankel	....	character designer (segments "Diana's Piano" and "Lab Animal")
Ed Ghertner	....	layout artist (segments "Cave Cat", "Garfield" and "Space Cat")
Sandy Henkin	....	assistant animator
Ruth Kissane	....	animator (segment "In the Garden")
Ruth Kissane	....	layout artist (segment "In the Garden")
David Kuhn	....	background artist (segments "In the Garden" and "Diana's Piano") (as Dave Kuhn)
Bill Littlejohn	....	animator (segment "Stunt Kat")
Wendell Luebbe	....	background artist (segment "Court Musician")
Wendell Luebbe	....	layout artist (segment "Court Musician")
Michael L. Oliva	....	assistant animator (as Mike Oliva)
Phil Ortiz	....	layout artist (segment "King Cat")
Kevin Petrilak	....	animator (segments "Cave Cat", "King Cat", "Garfield" and "Space Cat")
Art Roman	....	key assistant animator
Chris Sanders	....	animation stylist (segment "Diana's Piano")
Mitch Schauer	....	background artist (segment "Stunt Kat")
Mitch Schauer	....	layout artist (segment "Stunt Kat")
Jim Schumann	....	assistant animator
Bob Scott	....	animator (segments "Court Musician", "Diana's Piano" and "Lab Animal")
Bob Scott	....	character designer (segments "Court Musician", "Diana's Piano" and "Lab Animal")
Cole Shortt	....	layout artist (segment "Lab Animal")
Gregg Vanzo	....	animator (segment "Lab Animal") (as Greg Vanzo)
Dick Williams	....	assistant animator
Kevin Wurzer	....	animator (segments "Garfield" and "Space Cat")
Glenn Zimmerman	....	animator (segment "Lab Animal")

Editorial Department
Kevin Spears	....	editorial supervisor

Music Department
Timothy Borquez	....	music editor (as Timothy J. Borquez)
Gary Clayton	....	music recording engineer
Brian F. Mars	....	music editor (as Brian Mars)

Other crew
Lizabeth Aguiar	....	production coordinator
John Cawley	....	production coordinator
Lori Flora	....	production assistant
Richard Roman	....	production assistant

Production Companies

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

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• CBS/Fox Home Video (????-????) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• C & D Productions Inc.  ink and paint
• C & D Ink and Paint  ink and paint (as C & D Ink and Paint Service)
• Horta Editorial & Sound  editing (as Sam Horta Editorial)
• Buzzy's Recording Services  voice recording (as Buzzy's)
• Russian Hill Recording  music recording
• AME  video transfer

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

South Korea:All | UK:U

Company:

Film Roman Productions

Quotes:

Garfield: To this day, every time I look at a test tube, I throw up.

Movie Connections:

References The Plague Dogs (1982)

Great show, book was good, too

The book that this animated special was based on came out in...84 or 85. Reading it was a BIG surprise for me, although a lot of it is the same artistic and writing style as the comic, it contains some stories and art that are decidedly NOT the usual Garfield thing, including some rather twisted segments. Only one of those really oddball segments made the TV special (the part where he's a laboratory cat, escapes the military facility, and changes into a dog before the guard dogs can catch him). One of the other segments from the book that does not appear in the show is called Babes and Bullets, which was of course later made as its own stand-alone (slightly rewritten) Garfield special. The show did include at least one segment that was not in the book (Diana's Piano).

If you ever come across the book, give it a read, but don't expect the entire thing to be typical Garfield. The part called "Primal Urges" contains some very...disjointed art, a la a comic book graphic novel (not the same style, but just as freaky as, say, Batman - The Arkham Asylum).