Ship Shape
- Studio
- Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman
- Animation studio
- Wang Film Production Co., Ltd., Cuckoo's Nest Studios.
- Distributor
- United Media Productions.
Synopsis
Jon is going to go on a cruise, especially to try to find a romantic relationship with the women on board. He cannot take Garfield due to their "no cats" policy, claiming they're bad luck. Garfield, knowing that mostly what you do is eat and rest, decides to sneak on board anyway. He tries to raid the buffet but everyone else gobbles it up before he can get a bite. He wreaks havoc and makes the captain of the cruise mad, throwing him overboard, and taking over the intercom. Eventually, the captain takes Jon and Garfield and sends them both to a desert island with food and shelter, until the ship can pick them up again. Jon is a wreck, and lonely and wants to stay that way, however, the island isn't so deserted after all, as Garfield notices. He gets the royal treatment during a luau at a resort by some beautiful women.
Characters
Garfield, Jon, Captain
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Jeff Hall
Producing
- Producer
- Bob Curtis, Bob Nesler
- Executive Producer
- Phil Roman, Lee Mendelson, Jim Davis
Writing
- Writer
- Mark Evanier, Sharman Divono
Voices
- Voice
- Lorenzo Music (Garfield), Thom Huge (Jon), Sharman Divono (Captain), Frank Buxton, Gary Owens, Greg Berg
Music
- Music
- Ed Bogas, Desirée Goyette
- U.S. Acres Song By
- Thom Huge, Jon Barnard
- Garfield Theme Song By
- Desirée Goyette
Editing
- Editor
- Sam Horta, Tim Terrusa, Tim Borquez, Julie Gustafson
Crew
- Created By
- Jim Davis
- Storyboards
- Karl Toerge, Pete Alvarado, Robert Dranko, Gary Conrad
- Models
- Lin Larsen, Bob Curtis, Mitch Schauer
- Key Layouts
- Cliff Voorhees, Bob Givens, Warren Marshall
- Key Backgrounds
- Serge Michaels, Rolando Oliva
- Color Design
- Phyllis Craig, Libby Reed
- Voice Recording
- Buzzy's Recording Services
- Music Recording (Russian Hill Recording)
- Gary Clayton
- Video Transfer
- Complete Post
- Overseas Supervisor
- Paul Gruwell
- Executive in Charge of Production
- Bill Schultz
- Pre-Production Coordinator
- John Cawley
- Post-Production Supervisor
- Lizabeth Aguiar
- Post-Production Coordinator
- Richard Roman
Companies and other credits
- Animation Production by: Wang Film Productions Co
- Animation Production by: Ltd
- Animation Production by: Cuckoo's Nest Studio
- Produced In Association With
- © 1990 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.