Garfield Gets a Life is a half-hour animated television special based on the Garfield

Garfield

Garfield is a comic strip created by Jim Davis. Published since June 19, 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character, the cat Garfield ; his owner, Jon Arbuckle; and Arbuckle's dog, Odie...

comic strip. It once again featured Lorenzo Music

Lorenzo Music

Lorenzo Music was an American actor, voice actor, writer, television producer and musician. His best-known roles include voicing the animated cartoon cat Garfield, and Carlton the doorman on the CBS sitcom Rhoda...

 as the voice of Garfield. The special was first broadcast May 8, 1991 on CBS

CBS

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. It has been released on both VHS

VHS

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 and DVD

DVD

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 home video. It was Garfield's final television special, Odie briefly appears in this show.

Plot

At 1st, Jon recognizes so fast, he needs a life-an escape from his boring existence as the guy who arranges his sock drawer. However, Garfield is suffering the same way, even he grows bored with watching his favorite TV show; "Yukon Stinky". Jon tries to read a book called "How to make friends and fool the rest" and He tries to find some girls around town, but none of them are impressed, and they all find him to be a dweeb even a giant thug hates his singing and music playing. One night, he sees an advertisement on TV about "The Lorenzo School for the Personality Impaired" and decides to go there. He meets a lady named Mona and starts a friendship with her without using any of the techniques they learned in class. Garfield, however, knows that their companionship could soon turn into marriage, and that will mean a kid, which Garfield hates. Lisa scratches his back and, when she breaks into a sneeze fit (with her tickled nose), she remembers that she's allergic to cats. Jon decides to take her back to her house, and Garfield chaperones them by sticking on the back window of Jon's car using suction cups, à la the Garfield "Stuck On You" plush toy.

Cast

• Lorenzo Music
  Lorenzo Music
  Lorenzo Music was an American actor, voice actor, writer, television producer and musician. His best-known roles include voicing the animated cartoon cat Garfield, and Carlton the doorman on the CBS sitcom Rhoda...
  
   - Garfield
• Thom Huge - Jon Arbuckle
• Julie Payne
  Julie Payne
  Julie Payne may refer to:*Julie Payne , American actress whose career lasted from 1959 to 1967...
  
   - Library Girl / Receptionist
• Frank Welker
  Frank Welker
  Franklin Wendell "Frank" Welker is an American actor who specializes in voice acting and has contributed character voices and other vocal effects to American television and motion pictures.-Acting career:...
  
   - Lorenzo / Gunner
• June Foray
  June Foray
  June Foray is an American voice actress, best known as the voice of many animated characters...
  
   - Mona Lisa / Librarian
• Kim Campbell- Additional Voices
• Kevin Campbell- Additional Voices

Trivia

This was the only prime-time Garfield special that was not directed by Phil Roman

Phil Roman

Philip Roman , is an animator. He is the founder of animation studios Film Roman and Phil Roman Entertainment. Roman is of Mexican American descent....

. It was instead directed by John Sparey

John Sparey

John Sparey , was a cartoon animator and director. His first credit was Calvin and the Colonel. Sparey died on December 15, 2010.-External links:...

, although Roman still served as producer.