Here Comes Garfield
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Here Comes Garfield was the first half-hour animated televised special based on the Garfield comic strip. It features the voices of Lorenzo Music as Garfield and others who later went on to voice their characters in future Garfield specials and the television series Garfield and Friends. Here Comes Garfield premiered in 1982 and was nominated for seven Emmy awards. The songs in the special are performed by Lou Rawls and Desirée Goyette, both of whom did songs for future Garfield specials. Desiree Goyette later voiced Nermal in the Garfield and Friends television series.
Storyline
Garfield and Odie are outside harassing a neighbor's dog when the owner Hubert (also from the Garfield strip) decides to call the pound. When the dog catcher arrives, Garfield flees but Odie is too stupid to run away and is taken. Garfield decides to go home but realizes how boring life is without Odie around and that night, he goes to rescue him. However Garfield is caught and thrown into the pound himself where he finds Odie. Garfield learns from his cellmate that Odie was going to go in the morning. Morning comes and after Odie is taken down the hall, a girl arrives at the pound to adopt a pet. She chooses Garfield. When the cage opens Garfield leads a stampede of cats and dogs out of the cage. They go to rescue Odie and break down the pound door. As the dogs and cats run amok in the street Garfield and Odie run home knocking down Jon's front door.Songs in Here Comes Garfield
- "Here Comes Garfield" performed by Lou Rawls
- "Long About Midnight" performed by Lou Rawls
- "So Long Old Friend" performed by Desiree Goyette
- "Together Again" performed by Desiree Goyette and Lou Rawls
| Garfield |
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| Television specials |
| A Garfield Christmas > Garfield Gets a Life | Garfield Goes Hollywood | Garfield in Paradise | Garfield in the Rough | Garfield on the Town | Garfield's Babes and Bullets | Garfield's Feline Fantasies | Garfield's Halloween Adventure | Garfield's Thanksgiving | | Here Comes Garfield |
| Video games |
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| Other media |
| Am I Cool or What? > Garfield | | Garfield As Himself | Garfield and Friends | List of Garfield and Friends episodes | Garfield's Holiday Celebrations |
| Other |
| Jim Davis | U.S. Acres | List of Garfield characters |
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