Garfield on the Town

Garfield on the Town

"Garfield on the Town" is the second half-hour animated special based on the Garfield comic strip. It features the voice and music talent common in Garfield animated specials including Lorenzo Music (the voice of Garfield) and Lou Rawls (provides the songs). The special premiered in 1983 and like its predecessor "Here Comes Garfield", also won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program.

A story similar to the special ran in the comic strip beginning December 3, 1984 and ending on December 25. [http://www.garfield.com/comics/comics_archives_strip.html?1984-ga841203]

Storyline

Jon becomes concerned about Garfield's behavior after he messes up the house. Somewhere in between being dragged out of the house and being driven to the vet, Garfield falls out of the car and is lost in the city. He tries to make the most of it until he runs into a group of unfriendly alley cats that call themselves The Claws. Garfield runs away and ends up in an abandoned restaurant where he is reunited with his long lost mother. The building they are in used to be "Mama Leone's", Garfield's birthplace and also where he discovered a love for lasagna. Garfield's mother takes him to see the rest of the family including his tough grandpa and half brother Raoul. Garfield is appalled to learn that everyone in the family are mousers. The Claws have tracked Garfield down and have surrounded the building. The family decides to fight instead of giving up Garfield to The Claws. Garfield hides cowardly while the family fights and finally chases The Claws away. Garfield's grandfather demands that Garfield leave. Reassured by his mother that they all envy his easy life at Jon's home, Garfield says goodbye and leaves. Out in the soaking rain Garfield collapses until Jon and Odie find him and bring him home. Garfield thinks the whole day's experience may have been a dream, but he knows that his mother is still looking out for him.

ongs in "Garfield on the Town"

* "Just Another Crazy Day" performed by Lou Rawls
* "Startin' from Scratch" performed by Lou Rawls
* "Home Again" performed by Desirée Goyette
* "The Claws" performed by Desirée Goyette and Lou Rawls
* "Home Again (reprise)" performed by Desirée Goyette

This special was first released on video by CBS/FOX video in 1992 (along with several other "Garfield" specials) and is now available on the "Garfield: As Himself" DVD.


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