Here Comes Garfield

Garfield and Odie harass a neighbor's dog when the owner, Hubert, angrily calls the pound to capture them.

Garfield manages to see his chance to escape and when the cell finally opens, he leads the other animals down the hall and past the little girl.

Jon bets that Garfield and Odie were having fun during the night "singing on the fence, chasing cars," while he sat home and worried himself sick about them.

In 1981, Davis was working in a California studio on how to convincingly depict this, as in previous comics, the fictional cat always walked on all four feet.

Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz was in the same studio that day, and redrew Davis' work, advising him, "The problem is, you've made Garfield's feet too small.

[4] Lou Rawls, who had just completed a USO tour at army bases, joined the Garfield franchise with this project, and finished recording the soundtrack in mid-1982.

"[5] Besides her contribution to the music, Desirée Goyette was also the performance model for Garfield's dance during the title song.

[6] Here Comes Garfield was first aired by CBS,[7] on October 25, 1982,[8] along with the 1966 Peanuts special It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

[14] In 2004, DVD Talk critic Randy Miller judged the Garfield as Himself specials to be "quite enjoyable," highlighting "a daring dog pound rescue".