Garfield and friends
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Garfield and friends |
| Original title | Garfield and Friends |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1988-1994 |
| length | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 121 in 7 seasons |
| genre | Comedy |
| idea | Jim Davis |
| First broadcast | September 17th, 1988 on CBS |
| German-language first broadcast |
June 8, 1991 on ZDF |
Garfield and Friends (Original title: Garfield and Friends ) is an American cartoon series that was produced from 1988 to 1994. It is based on the comic book Garfield by Jim Davis .
content
Each episode consists of two Garfield stories and an episode of Orson's Farm (originally US Acres ), another comic series by Jim Davis. In addition, so-called quickies are played, the number of which varies: While there were initially three short stories per episode (two about Garfield and one about Orson's Farm ), there is only one quickie per episode from the third season. In addition, Binky the clown, who only plays a minor role in the comic, has his own quickie called Laächter mit Binky ( Screaming with Binky ) in the series .
characters
Figures in Garfield
Most of the characters in Garfield were previously known from the comic (more information here ). One of the exceptions is Garfield's friend Penelope, who takes Arlene's place on the series.
Figures in Orson's Farm
- Orson is a kind and smart pig. Orson enjoys reading books and is the boss of the farm because of his cleverness.
- Roy is an extremely self-centered rooster who loves to trick the other farm people with his pranks.
- Wade is a duck. Wade is scared of just about anything and always wears a swim ring. The head of the swim ring always moves like Wade's head does.
- Bo is usually a happy sheep with a positive attitude.
- Lanolin is Bo's sister. Most of the time, she is in a bad mood and arguing with her brother. Lanolin appears to be secretly in love with Orson.
- Booker is a little chick. It is always on the hunt for a specific, nameless worm. Booker got its name because of Orson's fondness for books.
- Sheldon is Booker's brother. In contrast to Booker, however, he has not yet managed to fully hatch; only his legs can be seen. Sheldon seems to have all kinds of things in his shell.
- Mort, Gort and Wart are Orson's big brothers who keep trying to steal vegetables from the farm. Their role in the series is much bigger than in the comic strips, in which they only appear nameless in the earlier strips and then never appear again.
- The weasel tries again and again to steal the farm's chickens. However, it is always prevented by Roy, Orson and once also Wade. The weasel is a character made up especially for the television series and does not appear on the newspaper trips.
- The fox is another antagonist, but one who is a lot smarter than the weasel and more intelligent than Orson's brothers. He likes to try Sheldon into an omelette. However, his attempts fail again and again. Like the weasel, the fox only appears in the television series.
synchronization
| role | English speaker | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Garfield | Lorenzo Music | Andreas Mannkopff |
| Odie | Gregg Berger | |
| Orson | Gregg Berger | Klaus Sunshine |
| Jon Arbuckle | Thom Huge | Mathias Einert |
| Roy the rooster | Thom Huge | Celso Adrian (season 1 to middle of season 3), Wilfried Herbst (middle of season 3 to season 7) |
| Binky the clown | Thom Huge | Gerd Duwner |
| Dr. Liz Wilson | Julie Payne | Marianne Lutz |
| lanolin | Julie Payne | Edith Hancke |
| Wade Duck | Howard Morris | Erwin Schastok |
| Wait | Howard Morris | |
| Bo | Frank Welker | Eberhard Prüter |
| Mort | Frank Welker | Heinz-Theo branding |
| Booker | Frank Welker | Janina Richter |
| Sheldon | Frank Welker | Santiago Ziesmer |
| Nermal | Desirée Goyette | Philine Peters-Arnolds |
| Penelope | Victoria Jackson | |
| announcer | Gary Owens |
Guest speakers included Paul Winchell , Don Knotts and former world boxing champion George Foreman .
Awards
In 1989 the series won the Young Artist Award in the Best Animation Series category .
DVD
In the USA, all episodes were released between July 2004 and December 2005 in a total of five DVD boxes. In Germany, the first 24 episodes are available in a DVD box and on 3 individual DVDs.
Web links
- Garfield and his friends in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Information and episode list