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List Price: $19.98Amazon.com's Price: $14.99 You Save: $4.99 (25%)Prices subject to change.
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543119906
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 27, 2004
Running Time: 576 minutes
Sales Rank: 5535
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: September 17, 1988
Editorial Review:
Description:
Get set for the first Garfield & Friends collection, featuring 24 episodes of the hilarious animated Saturday Morning TV series starring that fat and sassy feline who lives for lasagna and can't stand diets, exercise and Mondays! Along with his not-too-bright pooch pal, Odie, and gullible owner, Jon, Garfield coughs up a hairball of humor that every human will love. Each episode contains a Garfield sandwich, featuring two slices of Garfield & Friends and a chewy center of U.S. Acres, the show featuring Garfield’s farm-fresh friends, also created by comic genius Jim Davis.
Amazon.com:
Garfield, the newspaper cartoon strip by Jim Davis, was such a hit when adapted to occasional animated specials on CBS in the 1980s that the network built a Saturday morning series, Garfield and Friends, around the portly, sardonic cat. The new show, wrapped within its winning programming formula, also proved successful. Episodes of Garfield and Friends featured two eight-minute stories starring Garfield, the airhead pooch Odie, and their owner, bachelor Jon Arbuckle, that were joined by one short, delightful new cartoon called U.S. Acres, concerning the misadventures of a group of barnyard animals led by a clever pig called Orson. Garfield and Friends expanded to an hour by season 2 and lasted seven years; several members of the vocal cast also had leading roles on U.S. Acres, and both shows attracted such celebrity guests as Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, and Debra Messing.
As with the CBS specials, Garfield and Friends fortunately found Jim Davis in a hands-on, production capacity. But if the new shorts prove not quite as soulful as those longer, prior productions, they are nonetheless witty, well-written, and spirited. The 24 episodes (48 individual Garfield 'toons in all) included in Garfield and Friends, Volume 1 are full of fresh ideas and good laughs. Among the highlights are 'Box o' Fun,' in which Garfield proves to have a Snoopy streak when an ordinary cardboard box becomes (courtesy of Garfield's imagination) a vessel for numerous, wild-eyed adventures. In 'Nothing to Sneeze At,' Liz the veterinarian consents to a mercy date with Jon, only to find Garfield jealously tagging along. The slapstick 'Magic Mutt' finds Garfield and a dog dueling in a magic shop, turning one another (and poor Jon) into a variety of animal and human forms. About U.S. Acres: It may take an episode or two to catch on, but once it does, the show proves to have a sweet sophistication similar to Garfield. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Good deal
I loved Garfield & Friends as a kid and was excited to see it as low as $15. It's an excellent deal for a full season of this show. The one knock on it is that on my HD-tv, the picture quality is just okay. You can tell they didn't bother enhancing the cartoon much to make it look better on dvd. Besides that, I'm very satisfied.
Rating: - The first of many Garfield sets
This was one of the best sets and seasons, it was fresh and funny. The characters are memorable and lovable. I watch this at least twice a month, and just cant get enough of it. One thing I love about watching this, is the fact that it can make you laugh even when your down. Watching Garfield and Friends is another way for anyone to relax and catch up on classical cartoons. US Acres is the part I dont like as much but I love watching that anyway, the quickies are really funny some of which I can ... Read More
Rating: - Season One Filled With Orginal Fun
If you're a fan of Garfield, you're absolutely going to love the television fun that Jim Davis, the creator of Garfield, originally created for what Saturday mornings were meant for. Original, clean and classically funny, almost twenty years later I am still enjoying what my brother and I use to adore on Saturday mornings. It's well worth the price and you'll find yourself referring to the set time and time again, for what modern day cartoons cannot even compare to.
Rating: - Garfield Rules, Odie Drools!
If you love Garfield, you really need these DVD boxed sets in your collection! The wonderful thing about this show is that everyone in the family--mom, dad, and kids--can sit down and watch the show, and end up laughing hysterically. My kids can watch these DVDs over and over again, which makes it a wonderful value to get the separate volumes that are available. The show is funny, sarcastic (in a good-natured way), and just plain good old-fashioned entertainment. A real winner!
Rating: - Great Videos
These shows are really nice...they are funny without being vulgar, and there is a blessed absence of violence.
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