Garfield on the Town (1983) (TV)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Phil Roman

Writers:

Jim Davis (comic strip)
Jim Davis (written by) ...
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Release Date:

28 October 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Family

Plot:

Garfield escapes from the car on a trip to the vet and finds the place where he grew up. |

Plot Keywords:

Garfield | Cartoon Cat | Mother | Fight | Garfield The Cat

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Lorenzo Music	...	Garfield (voice)
Thom Huge	...	Jon Arbuckle (voice)
George Wendt	...	Ràoul (voice)
Gregg Berger	...	Odie / Ali Cat (voice)
Sandi Huge	...	Garfield's Mom (voice)
Julie Payne	...	Dr. Liz Wilson (voice)
C. Lindsay Workman	...	Garfield's Grandfather (voice) (as Lindsay Workman)
Allyce Beasley	...	Girl Cats 2 and 3 (voice)
Desirée Goyette	...	Girl Cat 1 (voice)

Directed by
Phil Roman

Writing credits
Jim Davis		(comic strip)
Jim Davis		(written by) &
Lorenzo Music		(written by)

Produced by
Bill Melendez	....	producer
Lee Mendelson	....	producer
Jay Poynor	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Ed Bogas
Desirée Goyette

Cinematography by
Nick Vasu

Film Editing by
Richard C. Allen
Roger Donley
Michael Tomack

Production Design by
Evert Brown
Utit Choomuang

Production Management
Carole Barnes	....	production manager

Animation Department
Ellie Bogardus	....	background artist
Bob Carlson	....	animator
Janette Downs	....	checking
Eve Fletcher	....	checking
Colene Gonzales	....	ink and paint artist
Jane Gonzales	....	checking
Leslie Gorin	....	animator (as Leslie Margolin)
Valerie Green	....	ink and paint artist
Evelyn Hairapetian	....	ink and paint artist
Lee Hoffman	....	ink and paint artist
Karin Holmquist	....	ink and paint artist
Sam Jaimes	....	animator
Roubina Janian	....	ink and paint artist
Mickey Kreyman	....	ink and paint artist (as Micky Kreymann)
Elsa La Baw	....	ink and paint artist
Joanne Lansing	....	ink and paint supervisor
Larry Leichliter	....	animator
Bill Littlejohn	....	animator
Cheri Lucas	....	ink and paint artist
Julie Maryon	....	ink and paint artist
Al Pabian	....	animator
Joan Pabian	....	ink and paint artist
Marjorie Roach	....	checking
Joe Roman	....	animator
Emalene Seutter	....	ink and paint artist
Hank Smith	....	animator
Teale Wang	....	ink and paint artist
Karen Webb	....	ink and paint artist
Susan Wileman	....	ink and paint artist (as Sue Wileman)

Editorial Department
Chuck McCann	....	supervising editor

Other crew
Sandy Claxton Arnold	....	production assistant
Barbara Hiestand	....	production assistant
Sheryl Mason	....	production assistant
Glenn Mendelson	....	production assistant
Lynda Mendelson	....	production assistant
Lorenzo Music	....	consultant
Carol Neal	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Lee Mendelson/Bill Melendez Production
• United Media Productions

Distributors

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

Other Companies

• Nick Vasu  camera
• Glen Glenn Sound  dubbing
• Glen Glenn Sound  voice recording
• Russian Hill Recording  music recording
• Devonshire Studios  music recording
• Technicolor  color

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

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

Company:

Lee Mendelson/Bill Melendez Production

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At the end, when Garfield watches his mom walking behind a bush, her tail doesn't completely disappear, the animation simply freezes.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Garfield: [waking up] Good morning, Morning. Guess I'll get up, wake Jon, exercise... unless, of course, that floor is cold. I hate cold floors. I'm not getting out of bed if that floor is the slightest bit chilly.
[He places one finger on the floor ever so slightly and cringes]
Garfield: Yii! It's freezing! Too bad.
[pause]
Garfield: I'm hungry.

Movie Connections:

References West Side Story (1961)

Soundtrack:

Home

Down and out cat.

We all know how much Garfield hates going to the vet. So after wrecking Jon's house the fat cat is dragged, kicking and screaming, into the car. But even on the way there Garfield can't sit a peace. Until he falls out of the window and into the busy street.

He quickly learns that freedom from Jon and life on the streets isn't all fun and games. No one is kind to him, he's cold and quickly hungry. So when he dips into a smelly garbage can he's met with hostility from a punk alley cat.

Being house cat and used to home comforts, Garfield cannot match the aggression of this alley cat. More so when a hundred of them (looking more like the Critters from the movie of the same name, than alley cats) come after him.

Garfield takes refuge in an old building which just happens to be Italian Restaurant where he was born. There he meets him mother and the rest of his family. Tho he doesn't belong. And Garfield learns that his real family is Jon and Odie.

It's a very sweet natured story and the ending is cute and touching. There is a good reason why it won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program.