Dream Date
- 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, trying to find a date, goes on a crooked dating show. The beautiful woman he is set up with, as a goal with the network executives, was going to dump Jon at the point when Jon proposes to marry her, which would be a huge network ratings grabber. One of the female secretaries who was against this devious scheme tries to warn Jon but it's too late, but warns Garfield and Odie about it. Garfield manages to make Jon and the woman's date a living hell, and succeeds. The woman admits the devious dumping scheme that would make ratings shoot up, and Jon is left empty handed, until the network employee who warned Garfield and Odie shows up and states how sorry she was about the whole thing. Garfield things Jon should go for her, and he does! Garfield states that there's a new rule, "Every nine weeks we do a happy ending!"
Characters
Garfield, Jon, Odie
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Jeff Hall
Producing
- Producer
- Vincent Davis
- Executive Producer
- Phil Roman, Lee Mendelson, Jim Davis
Writing
- Writer
- Mark Evanier, Sharman Divono
Voices
- Voice
- Lorenzo Music (Garfield), Thom Huge (Jon), Gregg Berger (Odie), Frank Buxton, Gary Owens, Greg Berg, Susan Silo, Dick Gautier Richard Gautier
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
The syndication package ends with this episode.
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.