Box O' Fun
- Studio
- Film Roman
- Animation studio
- Wang Film Production Co., Ltd., Cuckoo's Nest Studios.
- Distributor
- United Media Productions.
Synopsis
Jon has to study for a test. Garfield and Odie pretend various adventures in a cardboard box.
Characters
Garfield, Jon, Odie
Credits
Directing
- Director
- John Walker, Steve Clark, John Sparey
- Supervising Director
- Bob Curtis
Producing
- Producer
- George Singer
- Executive Producer
- Phil Roman, Jim Davis
Writing
- Writer
- Mark Evanier
- Created By
- Jim Davis
Voices
- Voice
- Lorenzo Music (Garfield), Thom Huge (Jon), Gregg Berger (Odie), Gary Owens (Announcer), Frank Buxton, Greg Berg
Music
- Music
- Ed Bogas, Desirée Goyette, Timothy J. Borquez
- U.S. Acres Song By
- Thom Huge, Jon Barnard
Animation
- Key Layout
- Bob Nesler, Bob Givens
- Main Title Animation
- Kevin Pertilak
Art Department
- Storyboards
- Mitch Schauer, Gary Conrad, Brett Koth, Bob Nesler
- Key Background
- Ellie Bogardus, Dick Thomas
- Models
- Mitch Schauer, Ken Hughart
- Color Design
- Phyllis Craig
- Ink and Paint
- Paint Service
- Ink and Paint Supervisor
- Shannon Meyer
Visual Effects
- Effects
- Pat Foley, Tim Terusa
Editing
- Editor
- Sam Horta Editorial
- Editing Supervisor
- Sam Horta
Music Department
- Music Recording
- Russian Hill Recording, Gary Clayton
Casting
- Voice Recording
- Buzzy's George Thompson
Production Management
- Production Coordinators
- John Cawley, Lizabeth Aguiar
Companies and other credits
- Ink and Paint: C & D Ink
- Video Transfer: AME
- Video Transfer: Inc
- Animation Produced by: Wang Film Productions Co
- Animation Produced by: Ltd
- Animation Produced by: Cuckoo's Nest Studio
- A Film Roman Production
- Produced In Association With
- United Media and Paws
- Inc
- © 1988 United Feature Syndicate
Production notes
Following in the footsteps of Peanuts, Jim Davis' Garfield began as a syndicated newspaper comic strip (1978) before moving on to primetime TV specials and then to a Saturday morning series.
Garfield was an overweight, exceedingly lazy tabby cat who usually became enthusiastic only over the promise of lasagna. He also took great pleasure in irking his dopey owner Jon, vacant-minded dog Odie, and Nermal, the impossibly cute kitten.
Garfield's sarcastic commentary, expressed through thought bubbles in the paper, were here done via voiceover. Lorenzo Music, previously Carlton the Doorman on the sitcom Rhoda, supplied the cat's superbly deadpan voice.
The "And Friends" portion of the show centered on the characters from another Davis comic strip, the underrated U.S. Acres. Taking place on a farm, the segments featured a menagerie of highly colorful personalities: the leader, Orson, a kindly pig who was often the brunt of the jokes; Sheldon, a baby chicken who refused to hatch all the way, and so remained with all but his legs in the shell; Booker, his brother, who did make it out; Wade, a nervous duck who persistently wore an inflatable tube around his waist; and Roy, the wisecracking rooster.
The show enjoyed a successful seven-year run on CBS, and Garfield continues to be one of the most popular strips in the funny pages.
Garfield was an overweight, exceedingly lazy tabby cat who usually became enthusiastic only over the promise of lasagna. He also took great pleasure in irking his dopey owner Jon, vacant-minded dog Odie, and Nermal, the impossibly cute kitten.
Garfield's sarcastic commentary, expressed through thought bubbles in the paper, were here done via voiceover. Lorenzo Music, previously Carlton the Doorman on the sitcom Rhoda, supplied the cat's superbly deadpan voice.
The "And Friends" portion of the show centered on the characters from another Davis comic strip, the underrated U.S. Acres. Taking place on a farm, the segments featured a menagerie of highly colorful personalities: the leader, Orson, a kindly pig who was often the brunt of the jokes; Sheldon, a baby chicken who refused to hatch all the way, and so remained with all but his legs in the shell; Booker, his brother, who did make it out; Wade, a nervous duck who persistently wore an inflatable tube around his waist; and Roy, the wisecracking rooster.
The show enjoyed a successful seven-year run on CBS, and Garfield continues to be one of the most popular strips in the funny pages.