{"id":35246,"date":"2021-05-17T17:41:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T21:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=35246"},"modified":"2021-05-17T17:41:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T21:41:17","slug":"tv-on-dvd-garfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/17\/tv-on-dvd-garfield\/","title":{"rendered":"TV On DVD: Garfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>After Viacom acquired Paws Inc. Jim Davis\u2019 orange feline icon has been getting his due on DVD thanks to PBS of all places. For the last few years, PBS has taken it upon themselves to give Garfield fans the treatment of the character that they\u2019ve been asking for, for a long time. The long hard to find releases of the original series are now readily available in crisp transfers. Thankfully, the series is about as good as ever. Even without the nostalgia goggles, \u201cGarfield and Friends\u201d is hilarious and Garfield at his best.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>\u201cGarfield: Garfield And Friends, Season 3<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> contains all eighteen episodes from the season, uncut, and it features the unfairly forgotten \u201cUS Acres,\u201d the barnyard shots that played in between Garfield shorts on the program. At seven hours total, Season Three includes some great episodes and the same sharp wit that made the Saturday Morning series so edgy. Garfield\u2019s humor is thankfully tailored to just about everyone, even if kids will primarily enjoy it, and the animation compliments the newspaper strip\u2019s style brilliantly.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m still a huge fan of the series, as I\u2019ve always had a weakness for Garfield, and it\u2019s great to see the show once again. There doesn\u2019t seem to be any changes to the original episodes, thankfully, and nothing seems to be lost in the new release. The release from PBS doesn\u2019t include much for fans that love their bells and whistles. The discs come in standard gray shell casings, while the DVDs feature zero extras, or even a list of episodes for exploring. That said, it\u2019s tough to really say no to the set, considering how tough it\u2019s been to find the episodes on physical media for purchase.<\/p>\n

Perhaps we\u2019ll get an HD Blu-Ray release of the individual seasons down the line, but I wouldn\u2019t place any bets on that possibility. Upping the ante on the \u201cGarfield\u201d releases, PBS delivers the \u201c<\/strong>Garfield Cartoon World: Two Movie Collection<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> DVD, over two hours of with a pair of CGI Garfield movies. While the CGI Garfield just isn\u2019t for me, there\u2019s a lot of value to the newer generation that appreciate and enjoy Garfield with less nitpicks. These movies don\u2019t have the same comic timing and wit that \u201cGarfield and Friends\u201d does, but it\u2019s at least faithful to the material, and they\u2019re written by original creator Jim Davis.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In \u201cGarfield Gets Real\u201d Garfield (voiced by Frank Welker) is fed up with living and working in his cartoon world, and dares to explore the “real” world outside the funny papers. When Garfield decides to take advantage of a tear in the viewing screen to his comics, he’s immediately sucked into the “real” world, where he now operates under normal laws of physics – unlike when he was a cartoon character.<\/p>\n

\u201cGarfield Gets Real\u201d is surprisingly somber and not much fun, but the animation is charming, while Frank Welker is always good. \u201cGarfield\u2019s Fun Fest\u201d isn\u2019t all that good and wastes the opportunity to give us something much more raucous and entertaining. Garfield and Jon still work at Cartoon World<\/em>, a factory that produces comic strips by filming the cartoon characters live. It’s a special time at Cartoon World<\/em>, because the annual Fun Fest talent competition is coming up, and everyone wants to get in on the act.<\/p>\n

\u201cGarfield\u2019s Fun Fest\u201d is further realization of the goofy \u201cCartoon World\u201d concept and it\u2019s a shame that the movie is so hopelessly clunky and dull. I wish we could get some of the old Garfield back who quips and gives his owner Jon a hard time.<\/p>\n

The DVD from PBS doesn\u2019t include any extras, but there\u2019s at least the pair of movies at a modest pricing.<\/p>\n

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After Viacom acquired Paws Inc. Jim Davis\u2019 orange feline icon has been getting his due on DVD thanks to PBS of all places. For the last few years, PBS has taken it upon themselves to give Garfield fans the treatment of the character that they\u2019ve been asking for, for a long time. The long hard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,71,99,219,340,580],"class_list":["post-35246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collectors-den","tag-adaptation","tag-adventure","tag-animation","tag-comedy","tag-family","tag-kids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35249,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35246\/revisions\/35249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}