Peanut-Brained Rooster
- Studio
- Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman
- Animation studio
- Wang Film Production Co., Ltd., Cuckoo's Nest Studios.
- Distributor
- United Media Productions
Synopsis
Orson is eating his lunch when the Viewer (AKA You) eats lunch with Orson. Orson hopes you haven't brought any peanuts after what happened the other day with Roy.
Characters
Orson Pig, Weasel, Roy Rooster, Gort, Wade Duck, Wart, Lanolin, Bo, Booker, Sheldon, Fred Duck, Mort, Edward R. Furrow
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Tom Ray, Mitch Schauer, Marija Dail, Jeff Hall, Karen Peterson
- 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
- Gregg Berger (Orson Pig, Weasel), Thom Huge (Roy Rooster, Gort), Howie Morris (Wade Duck, Wart), Julie Payne (Lanolin), Frank Welker (Bo, Booker, Sheldon, Fred Duck, Mort, Edward R. Furrow), Gary Owens (Announcer), Neil Ross, Carl Ballentine Carl Ballantine, Frank Buxton, Greg Berg
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.
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.
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.