- Weighty Problem
Infobox Television episode
Title = Weighty Problem
Series =Garfield and Friends
Caption =
Season = 1
Episode = 19
Airdate =October 29 ,1988
Production = G007-A
Writer =Mark Evanier
Director = John Walker
Steve ClarkJohn Sparey
Guests =
Episode list =List of Garfield and Friends episodes
Prev =Up a Tree
Next =The Worm Turns "Weighty Problem" is an episode of "
Garfield and Friends ". It originally aired onOctober 29 ,1988 .Episode recap
Jon brings home a talking bathroom scale that also tells people their fortune. He decides to slip out of his heavy clothes before he tests it.Garfield tries it out before Jon does. The
Scale said to Garfield that he's20 pounds overweight and his fortune was he will get splutted by abanana cream pie which happened a few seconds later. Then Garfield sneakilytamper s with thescale and didn't tell Jon that he hadtamper ed with it. Jon tries it out and learns that he was50 poundsoverweight and his fortune was he will go on a strictdiet . After lunch Jon was going toworkout and asks Garfield to join him. Jon started with somejogging (but he fell right through amanhole .). Then they tried liftingweight s (and Jon crashed into the wall and looked like he was a huntedGrizzly Bear .). Then they triedJumping Jacks (and Garfield sped up theRecord Player and almost made Jon fly. Garfield turned theRecord Player off, and Jon fell to the ground. Ker-Boom!).... Garfield decided that Jon worked so hard that he'll put thescale back to normal weight after testing it. When Jon tested it, the bathroom scale declared that it was Garfield all along who made him think that he was50 poundsoverweight and that he will punish Garfield. Jon chased Garfield away outside and into thesunset , The Scale remarked that Jon and Garfield lived heavily ever after.Notes
*Odie does not appear in this episode.
*Jon’sboxer shorts have little hearts on them.
*Jon’s dietbook is called "Dieting Made E-Z."Goofs
*The back cover of Jon’s diet book is treated as the front cover.
*Garfield says that he will set the scale back to accurate weight, but he never actually does -- yet the scale still gives accurate weight measurements for himself and Jon.Quotes
["Garfield steps onto scale"]
Scale: One at a time, please.
["Garfield steps onto scale again"]
Scale: I don’t do trucks.
["Garfield steps onto scale" again]
Scale: Let me guess…you’re anocean liner , right?External links
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* [http://www.tv.com/episode/85295/summary.html Weighty Problem] atTV.com
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