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The Origins of Garfield


all right no kidding around let me have
it straight you are 20 pounds overweight
or nine inches under tall your fortune
is you will be spluttered spluttered
what does it means blooded don’t worry
he’d rather pig out then work out
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be taking a look at the origins of
Garfield Here I am in the morning
I am in the afternoon Here I am in the
evening Here I am on my day off
Garfield arrived on the scene on June 19
1978 and was the star of the self-titled
comic strip by Jim Davis this cartoon
cat served up tons of laughs one-liners
and of course lasagna and was the
follow-up to Davis’s earlier comic strip
norm gnat Garfield was crafted after
Davis received feedback for that comic
and realized that no matter how well
written and drawn insects were not
relatable Davis then created the title
character as a composite of cats he knew
growing up he also paid tribute to his
own grandfather who was a large
argumentative man named James egg
Garfield Davis the Garfield comic
centered on the life of the cynical and
extremely lazy orange cat the character
was given the nonverbal ability to
communicate with his owner Jon Arbuckle
who was a character that originated in a
1950s coffee commercial one of the
things I always like to do for
Thanksgiving right before the meal is to
reminisce on the real meaning of
Thanksgiving are you serious
rounding out the primary cast was Odie
this lovable long-eared beagle boasted a
large slobbering tongue and below
average intelligence and was a major
source of laughs he also paid tribute to
a comedic persona from a car commercial
that Davis had written years earlier
called Odie the village idiot this tiny
piece of the pie represents Odie’s
brains
and this piece represents Odie’s common
sense when this piece represents Odie’s
tong this series also spawned several
side characters
these included Garfield’s veterinarian
dr. Liz Wilson who became John’s love
interest and nermal another cat that
Garfield continuously mailed to Abu
Dhabi this calls for drastic action
Garfield originally appeared in just 41
newspapers but quickly became the
fastest-growing and most widely
syndicated comic strip of all time this
popularity stemmed from the fact that
audiences associated with the cartoon
cat especially his love of television
and hatred of Monday’s Garfield
eventually appeared in over 2,500
newspapers spawned his own website and
amassed a loyal audience of over 263
million readers from around the globe
during this time he also underwent an
evolution where he slimmed down learned
to walk on his hind legs and stop
squinting his eyes these changes were
meant to help him convey emotions
torment Odie and reach for food Garfield
became the most popular comic strip
character of all time he also starred in
12 primetime specials from 1982 onward
and his own animated TV show called
Garfield and friends this program ran
from 1988 to 1995 and spawned several
other specials in series Garfield was
not restricted to newspapers and
television he has also been featured on
hundreds of other products including
clothing toys and books he appeared in
his very own live-action film as a
computer-generated character voiced by
actor Bill Murray in 2004’s Garfield the
movie hi hey Monday’s only two years
later he returned to the silver screen
in Garfield a tale of two kitties fat
lazy and lovable this cartoon icon lives
the life most people wish they could
only get away with luckily for us
Garfield will continue to defend our
right to eat junk food and take
afternoon
apps for years to come that was a great
lunch I wish I could eat it all over
again
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