Polecat Flats
- Studio
- Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman
- Animation studio
- Wang Film Production Co., Ltd., Cuckoo's Nest Studios.
- Distributor
- United Media Productions.
Synopsis
Garfield imagines that he is a man named Polecat Flats and will disconnect a bridge to make a flowing river to the country.
Characters
Garfield, Jon, The Odies over Jon's Head, Cactus Jake
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Marija Miletic Dail, Mitch Schauer, Tom Ray, Karen Peterson, Jeff Hall
- Supervising Director
- Paul Gruwell
Producing
- Producer
- Bob Curtis, Mitch Schauer
- Executive Producer
- Phil Roman, Lee Mendelson, Jim Davis
Writing
- Writer
- Mark Evanier, Sharman Divono
- Created by
- Jim Davis
Voices
- Voice
- Lorenzo Music (Garfield), Thom Huge (Jon), Gregg Berger (The Odies over Jon's Head), Pat Buttram (Cactus Jake), Gary Owens (Announcer)
Music
- Music
- Ed Bogas, Desirée Goyette
- U.S. Acres Song By
- Thom Huge, Jon Barnard
Animation
- Key Layouts
- Cliff Voorhees, Bob Givens, Dan McHugh, Elaine Hultgren
Art Department
- Storyboards
- Mitch Schauer, Chris Jenkins, Gary Conrad, Davis Doi, Lin Larsen, Karl Toerge, Michael Swanigan
- Models
- Mitch Schauer, Lin Larsen, Bob Onorato
- Key Backgrounds
- Gloria Wood, Dick Thomas
- Color Design
- Phyllis Craig
Editing
- Editor
- Sam Horta, Brian Mars, Tim Borquez, Julie Gustafson
Music Department
- Music Recording (Russian Hill Recording)
- Gary Clayton
Casting
- Voice Recording (Buzzy's Hollywood)
- George Thompson
Production Management
- Executive in Charge of Production
- Bill Schulz
- Pre-Production Coordinator
- John Cawley
- Post Production Coordinator
- Lizabeth Aguiar
Crew
- Color Assistant
- Libby Reed
- Video Transfer
- Complete Post
Companies and other credits
- Animation Production by: Wang Film Productions
- Animation Production by: Co. Ltd
- Animation Production by: Cuckoo's Nest Studio
- Video Transfer: Inc
- Produced In Association With
- © 1989 United Feature Syndicate
Production notes
Beginning with season two, the Garfield and Friends show was expanded to an hour-length format, allowing six episodes to air each week.
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.
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.