Garfield television specials | |
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![]() Title cards for all twelve Garfield television specials | |
Genre | Comedy |
Created by | Jim Davis |
Based on | Garfield created by Jim Davis |
Written by | Jim Davis |
Screenplay by | Jim Davis |
Story by | Jim Davis |
Directed by | Phil Roman |
Voices of | Lorenzo Music |
Theme music composer | Ed Bogas and Desirée Goyette (music and lyrics) Lou Rawls, Gregg Berger, Desirée Goyette and Lorenzo Music (vocals) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Producers | Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez (1982–1983) Phil Roman (1984–1991) |
Running time | 24 minutes 48 minutes (Garfield: His 9 Lives) |
Production companies | Mendelson/Melendez Productions (1982–1983) Film Roman (1984–1991) United Media Paws, Inc. |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | October 25, 1982 May 8, 1991 | –
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The Garfield television specials are a series of twelve half-hour long American animated television specials based on the Garfield comic strip of the same name created by Jim Davis. Most specials were directed by Phil Roman, written by Davis, and featuring the voice of Lorenzo Music as the character. The specials were originally broadcast on CBS from 1982 to 1991. Although the first two specials were produced by Lee Mendelson Films, this boutique studio was fully committed to the production of the Peanuts animated specials and could not allocate resources for the Garfield specials. All of the remaining Garfield specials were produced by Roman's own production company and namesake Film Roman.[1]