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November 28, 2015

GARFIELD AND FRIENDS

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GARFIELD AND FRIENDS
(CBS, September 17, 1988-December 10, 1994)


Film Roman, Paws, Inc., United Features Syndicate



MAIN CAST:
Lorenzo Music – Garfield, Bertie Buddy Bear, Charlie
Thom Huge – Jon Arbuckle, Roy, Binky the Clown, Bobby Buddy Bear, Gort, various
Gregg Berger – Odie, Orson, Herman Post, Billy Buddy Bear, Irving Burnside, Rudy, Moe the Cat Burglar, Madman Murray, the Weasel, the Wolf, various
Desiree Goyette – Nermal, various
Frank Welker – Bo, Booker, Sheldon, Dr. Garbanzo Bean, Mort, Fred Duck, Edward R. Furrow, Plato, various

Gary Owens – Introduction, various






















EPISODE GUIDE:
Season 1:
“Quickie / Peace and Quiet / Quickie / Wanted: Wade / Quickie / Garfield Goes Hawaiian” (9/17/88) – Garfield makes fun of Odie’s sweater until he gets his own outdoor outfit. / After watching TV all night, all Garfield wants to do is sleep—and Binky won’t let him. / Bo shows Wade a bug he found. / Wade rips the tag off of a couch and believes he’s now a fugitive. / Garfield ends up squashing more than a spider. / Garfield contracts Hawaiian Cat Flu and goes into a hula whenever someone mentions something related to Hawaii.

“Quickie / Box O’ Fun / Quickie / Unidentified Flying Orson / Quickie / School Daze” (9/14/88) – Garfield dresses as a giant bee in order to enjoy some flowers. / Garfield uses his imagination in Jon’s box. / Lanolin and Roy get into a screaming match. / After reading a book, Orson’s imagination runs away with him over a prank by Roy. / Garfield hangs out on the screen door waiting for something to happen. / Jon sends Garfield to obedience school.

“Quickie / Nighty Nightmare / Quickie / Banana Nose / Quickie / Ode to Odie” (10/1/88) – Jon is too tired to let the pets out. / Garfield gets a nightmare from devouring Jon’s entire pizza. / Wade plants some dangerous mystery seeds. / Fed up with his practical jokes, the animals call Roy banana nose, causing him to leave the farm. / Jon discovers Garfield’s habit of sticking food to the ceiling. / Garfield raps about Odie.

“Quickie / Fraidy Cat / Quickie / Shell Shocked Sheldon / Quickie / Nothing to Sneeze At” (10/8/88) - Jon tries to trick Garfield into jogging. / The electricity goes out during a horror movie leading the pets to think Jon’s been captured by a monster. / A game of tag on the farm. / Orson tries to hatch Sheldon, leading to the fox abducting him. / Jon tasks Garfield to learn something new every day. / Jon uses Garfield’s sneeze to get a date with Liz.

“Quickie / Garfield’s Moving Experience / Quickie / Wade: You’re Afraid / Quickie / Good Mousekeeping” (10/15/88) – Garfield tries to get Odie to dive into his water bowl. / Garfield leaves Jon to live with a rich girl. / Orson and Booker try to get the tractor started. / Garfield accidentally eats Jon’s sweat socks. / When mice learn Garfield doesn’t eat mice they invade his house.

“Quickie / Identity Crisis / Quickie / The Bad Sport / Up a Tree” (10/22/88) – Garfield thinks Odie is sleeping in his bed. / Garfield’s dog impression puts him at odds with the dogcatcher. / Roy helps Wade become tough to stand up to Lanolin. / Roy replaces the rules to a new game with his own. / Garfield climbs a tree to get away from Nermal and gets stuck.

“Quickie / Weighty Problem / Quickie / The Worm Turns / Quickie / Good Cat, Bad Cat” (10/29/88) – Garfield stops Odie’s howling. / Garfield tampers with Jon’s new scale. / The animals ask Orson to read them a scary story. / Orson tells the viewers why Booker stopped chasing worms. / Garfield plays fetch with Odie. / Garfield is conflicted when Jon asks him to leave the mailman alone.

“Quickie / Cabin Fever / Quickie / Return of Power Pig / Fair Exchange” (11/5/88) – Jon teaches the pets fire safety. / Garfield and Odie get snowed in at a cabin. / Booker and Orson try to rescue Sheldon from being Lanolin’s yo-yo. / Sheldon’s fright from Orson’s story leads to rumors around the farm. / Garfield and Jon dream they live each other’s lives.

“Quickie / The Binky Show / Quickie / Keeping Cool / Quickie / Don’t Move” (11/12/88) – Odie loses party invitation in the wind. / Garfield goes on a Binky-hosted game show to win Jon a birthday present. / Orson gives horsie rides. / Orson’s brothers visit the farm. / Garfield chases after food-themed trucks. / Garfield stopping for some fish leads to Odie being captured by the dogcatcher.

“Quickie / Magic Mutt / Short Story / Quickie / Monday Misery” (11/19/88) – Odie locks himself in the car. / Garfield gets into it with a dog at a magic shop. / Booker saves the others from Orson’s brothers. / Garfield disguises himself as a bird bath. / Garfield tries to avoid the usual Monday bad luck.

“Quickie / Best of Breed / National Tapioca Pudding Day / All About Odie” (11/26/88) – Garfield ridicules Odie until his antics get him food. / Garfield enters a talent show to show-up Nermal’s awards. / Roy invents a holiday as part of his spring-loaded tapioca pudding box prank. / Garfield teaches a university class on Odie.

“Quickie / Caped Avenger / Quickie / Shy Fly Guy / Quickie / Green Thumbs Down” (12/3/88) – Garfield and Odie put in a swimming pool. / While Jon’s cartoons are reviewed, The Caped Avenger searches for a missing Pooky. / Detective Pig investigates the dark side of the barn. / Wade vows to fly when his brother makes fun of his inability to. / Jon installs a plastic flower garden. / Jon decides to save money by growing his own food.

“Quickie / Forget Me Not / Quickie / I Like Having You Around! / Quickie / Quickie / Sales Resistance” (12/10/88) – The Caped Avenger rides Odie. / Garfield contracts amnesia and a reversed personality. / Booker follows the worm into his hole. / Bo leaves the farm after a fight with Lanolin. / Garfield questions his love of the first snow of the year. / Jon ran out of Garfield’s regular cat food. / Jon threatens Garfield with no more lasagna if he continues to buy useless junk from infomercials.

Season 2:
“Quickie / Pest of a Guest / Quickie / The Impractical Joker / Fat and Furry” (9/16/89) – Garfield uses charades to tell Jon something. / Garfield is determined to get rid of a cat Jon takes in for the winter. / Booker mistakes Orson’s tail for the worm. / Orson fires Roy. / Garfield wins the lottery and they end up on Lifestyles of the Fat and Furry.

 “Quickie / Rip Van Kitty / Quickie / Grabbity / The Big Catnap / Quickie” (9/16/89) – Garfield shows up Jon’s physique. / Jon allows Garfield to sleep all he wants, and he ends up sleeping for 20 years. / Orson and Roy help Booker and Sheldon play teeter totter / Roy pranks Wade when he wonders what would happen if the law of grabbity was repealed. / Jon tries to hide his mother’s cookies from Garfield. / Garfield and Odie come in out of the rain.

“Quickie / The Great Getaway / Quickie / Scrambled Eggs / Hansel and Garfield” (9/23/89) – Garfield disguises himself as a bird house. / Garfield follows Jon on his NYC vacation. / A weed turns out to be connected to a magic rabbit. / Orson relates how Sheldon was mistaken for a turtle’s egg. / Garfield tells Nermal a twisted version of Hansel and Gretel.

“Quickie / The Sludge Monster / Quickie / Fortune Kooky / Heatwave Holiday / Quickie” (9/23/89) – Garfield makes like a fountain to wake up Jon. / When they end up stranded in a hotel, Jon tells Garfield and Odie a scary story. / The animals plan to dress up for a parade. / Fortune cookies make Wade superstitious. / Beating the heat with cold thoughts ends up spreading throughout the town. / Garfield sees what happens when he puts all the money into a soda machine at once.

“Quickie / One Good Fern Deserves Another / Quickie / Goody-Go-Round / The Black Book” (9/30/89) – Garfield and Jon have an eating contest. / Jon is accidentally sold a meat-eating fern. / Sheldon and Booker invite Wade swimming. / Orson sets out to get Bo a record player. / Jon has Garfield hide his black book.

“Quickie / The Legend of the Lake / Quickie / Double oh Orson / Health Feud” (9/30/89) – Garfield performs stand-up on the fence. / Garfield gives a tour of the National Cat Museum. / Orson warns Roy about eating corn close to a warm stove. / Orson reads a spy story, turning him into “Double-oh-Orson.” / When Jon becomes obsessed with a fitness show, Garfield sets out to destroy it.

“Quickie / Binky Gets Cancelled! / Quickie / Show Stoppers / Cutie and the Beast” (10/7/89) – Jon proclaims everything is normal to his mother. / Garfield tells the audience about Binky’s cancellation. / Wade sings “Home on the Range” and the lyrics come true. / A talent show on the farm gets plagued by bouts of stage fright. / Garfield’s prank causes Nermal to think he’s ugly and run away.

“Quickie / The Lasagna Zone / Quickie / Sleepytime Pig / Quickie / Yojumbo” (10/7/89) – Garfield uses lookalikes to appear everywhere. / Garfield spills lasagna on the new satellite dish and is transported into the TV shows. / Orson teaches Booker and Sheldon about imagination. / Orson needs a nap, and everyone’s help ends up more of a hindrance. / Garfield wonders what it’d be like to be a zoo animal. / Jon takes karate lessons after a run-in with a bully.

“Quickie / Pros and Cons / Quickie / Rooster Revenge / Lights! Camera! Garfield!” (10/14/89) – Garfield fights boredom by creating his own country club. / Odie is cheated out of grocery money by an alley cat. / The animals have a race. / Roy worries Orson will retaliate with his own prank. / Garfield takes a job as a stunt double.

“Quickie / Polecat Flats / Quickie / Hogcules / Brain Boy” (10/14/89) – Garfield gives Jon not-quite-food. / Jon takes Garfield to a dude ranch. / Roy enjoys his work. / Orson dreams about being Hercules. / Garfield is framed for misdeeds by Jon’s seemingly-innocent second cousin.

“Quickie / Maine Course / No Laughing Matter / Screaming with Binky / Attack of the Mutant Guppies / Quickie” (10/21/89) – Garfield entertains Jon as he eats all the apples. / Jon and the pets befriend a lobster they were sent. / Anti-joke aliens invade the farm. / Binky scares a diamond cutter. / Garfield tries to set Nermal’s mind at ease over a scary story he told him. / Wade wants to make a wish in the well.

“Quickie / Robodie / Quickie / First Aid Wade / Video Victim” (10/21/89) – Garfield unravels the world’s largest ball of twine. / Odie is kidnapped to be a model for robot toys. / Power Pig tries to rescue Booker, who learns voice throwing. / Wade fears Roy and Orson will operate on his hurt leg. / Jon bets Garfield he’ll stop using the vacuum if Garfield can swear off TV for 24 hours.

“Quickie / Curse of Klopman / Quickie / Mud Sweet Mud / Quickie / Rainy Day Dreams” (10/28/89) – Indiana Garfield ends up in quicksand. / Garfield inherits the cursed Klopman Diamond. / The worm beats up Booker. / Orson explains the sentiment behind his waller. / Odie and Garfield have an animal-sound contest. / A rainy day has Jon dating at home and Garfield and Odie using their imaginations.

“Quickie / Basket Brawl / Quickie / Origin of Power Pig / Cactus Jake Rides Again” (10/28/89) – Garfield gets caught in the window shade. / Mice watch as the others try to load a picnic basket without Garfield eating the food first. / Orson helps Wade change his life with a book. / Orson tells Wade the origin of Power Pig as his brothers plot a crop theft. / Jon and the pets regret inviting Cactus Jake to stay with them while he’s in town.

“Quickie / Binky Goes Bad! / Quickie / Barn of Fear / Screaming with Binky / Mini-Mall Matters” (11/4/89) – Jon wonders why Garfield is so destructive. / Binky is framed for theft. / Snowtime fun on the farm. / The animals stay at an abandoned barn where Orson’s brothers have some fun. / Binky scares a brain surgeon at work. / Garfield educates viewers about mini-malls.

“Quickie / Attention-Getting Garfield / Quickie / Swine Trek / Quickie / It Must be True!” (11/4/89) – Jon forgets his pants. / Garfield tries to win back some attention from Odie. / Wade is struck by lightning. / While sick, Orson dreams he and the others are the crew of Swine Trek. / Garfield reads Odie the ingredients of his food. / Garfield hosts a show where everything said on television has to be true.

“Quickie / Arrivaderci, Odie! / Quickie / Gort Goes Good / Screaming with Binky / Feeling Feline” (11/11/89) – Garfield kills Jon’s plant. / Garfield believes he got Jon to kick Odie out. / Orson has a bad cold. / Gort claims to have turned over a new leaf, but Wade’s not so sure. / Binky interrupts the world record for standing on each other’s shoulders. / Jon and Garfield dismiss the notion that owners become like their pets.

“Quickie / The Bear Facts / Nothing to be Afraid Of / The Big Talker” (11/11/89) – Jon tries to get a cookie while Garfield is sleeping. / A dancing bear shows up during a camping trip. / The animals try to find something Wade isn’t afraid of. / Garfield gets revenge on a TV host that hates cats.

“Cactus Makes Perfect / Hogcules II / Crime and Nourishment” (11/18/89) – Cactus Jake recounts encountering a cat similar to Garfield. / Orson daydreams about being Hogcules while cleaning up a grain mess. / Garfield tracks down a stolen picnic basket and finds a race of small creatures.

“T.V. of Tomorrow / Little Red Riding Egg / Well-Fed Feline” (11/18/89) – TV shopping yields some bizarre results. / Orson finds a video camera and films a production of Little Red Riding Hood. / An activist forces Jon to feed Garfield as much as he wants.

“Invasion of the Big Robots / Shelf Esteem / Housebreak Hotel” (11/25/89) – Garfield wakes up to find himself in the wrong cartoon. / Orson cleans up his library and Roy and Lanolin bet if he’ll finish in the same day. / Jon puts the pets in a kennel that keeps them all in cages and neglects them.

“First Class Feline / Hamelot / How to be Funny!” (11/25/89) – Jon decides to teach Garfield a lesson about sending Nermal to Abu Dhabi. / Retrieving a bucket causes Orson to fall and dream he was in Camelot. / Garfield lectures on humor.

“Mystic Manor / Flop Goes the Weasel / The Legend of Long Jon” (12/2/89) – Garfield tries to retrieve Odie from Mystic Manor. / Fame goes to Wade’s head when he’s heralded as a hero for accidentally stopping the weasel. / Jon discovers he has a pirate ancestor.

“China Cat / Cock-a-Doodle Dandy / Beach Blanket Bonzo” (12/2/89) – A Chinese legend features a bad luck cat resembling Garfield. / Roy tries to figure out how to give his wake-up call without disturbing a bear. / Love hits the beach for Jon and Garfield.

“Lemon-Aid / Hog Noon / Video Airlines” (12/16/89) – Jon gets conned into buying a lemon car by Al Swindler. / Orson prepares for his old bully to visit the farm. / Jon and the pets try to find a movie to watch.

“The Mail Animal / Peanut-Brained Rooster / Mummy Dearest” (12/16/89) – Garfield tries to help the mailman get his job back. / Roy becomes obsessed with peanuts and Orson’s brothers steal the crop. / Garfield gets knocked out in a museum and dreams he’s in ancient Egypt.

Season 3:
“Skyway Robbery / The Bunny Rabbits is Coming! / Close Encounters of the Garfield Kind” (9/15/90) – Al Swindler gets Jon a deal on a flight to Miami. / Everyone is confused over a message about rabbits coming. / Jon lets a cute alien stay with them.

“Astrocat / Cock-a-Doodle Duel / Cinderella Cat” (9/15/90) – Garfield tells Odie about his uncle, the first cat in space / A new rooster causes Roy to leave the farm. / Garfield gains a dishonest fairy godfather.

“Ship Shape / Barn of Fear II / Break-a-Leg” (9/22/90) – Garfield finds ways to avoid the captain of a cruise ship. / Orson plans a harvest party while his brothers plan to steal the harvest. / Jon has to prove to a girl that  he’s a great skier.

“Twice Told Tale / Orson Goes on Vacation / Wedding Bell Blues” (9/22/90) – Jon and Garfield recount how the house got filled with yogurt. / Orson goes on vacation and leaves Wade in charge. / Jon’s cousin Marian is getting married and Garfield thinks it’s to Jon.

“Clean Sweep / Secrets of the Animated Cartoon / How the West was Lost” (9/29/90) – Jon buys a machine to give Odie a bath. / Orson explains cartoon physics. / Jon tries to find Cactus Jake a new job.

“Binky Gets Cancelled Again! / Orson’s Diner / Flat Tired” (9/29/90) – Lack of educational material gets Binky replaced by the Buddy Bears. / Roy takes advantage of Orson’s promotion for his new restaurant. / Garfield is tired, so Odie fills in for a cartoon.

“Return of the Buddy Bears / Much Ado About Lanolin / Reigning Cats and Dogs” (10/6/90) – The Buddy Bears show up to give Garfield a solution on how to clean the house. / Orson puts on an imaginary play of The Taming of the Shrew. / Garfield explains why cats are better than dogs.

“Fit for a King / Ben Hog / Dessert in the Desert” (10/6/90) – A duke provides a fat cat as a king’s food taster in a kingdom where the king’s weight determines how much gold he’ll get. / Orson’s brothers distract him from guard duty with a copy of Ben-Hur. / Garfield and Odie get lost in the desert.

“Hound of the Arbuckles / Read Alert / Urban Arbuckle” (10/13/90) – Garfield plays Watson in a dream sequence set in The Hound of the Baskervilles. / Orson’s imagination goes awry and wrangles in Roy and Wade. / Cactus Jake fixes up Jon with his daughter.

“Odielocks and the Three Cats / Quack to the Future / Beddy Buy” (10/13/90) – Garfield tells Odie a story while waiting for his lasagna to cool. / After yelling at Wade Orson dreams he has a time machine that will let him see the future. / Garfield goes bed shopping with Jon.

“Count Lasagna / Mystery Guest / Rodent Rampage” (10/20/90) – Jon pitches a comic about Dracula’s cat. / Roy hosts a gameshow for a new tractor, which Orson’s brothers want to steal. / Floyd’s cousin visits.

“The Feline Felon / The Legal Eagle / The Cactus Saga” (10/20/90) – Garfield steals a charity pie Jon baked. / Orson asks Roy to uphold the farm laws he discovered. / Cactus Jake explains the origins of his name.

“D.J. Jon / Cornfinger / Five Minute Warning” (10/27/90) – Jon becomes a radio DJ. / Double-oh-Orson investigates the missing hay. / Jon bets Garfield can’t go without food for 5 minutes.

“Wonderful World / The Orson Awards / The Garfield Workouts” (10/27/90) – Jon takes the pets to an amusement park run by Al Swindler. / Orson’s brothers and Roy want to win something at the 32nd Annual Orson Awards. / Garfield hosts an exercise program.

“All Things Fat and Small / Robin Hog / Hare Replacement” (11/5/90) – Garfield encounters animal thieves on a camping trip. / A walnut bump causes Orson to fantasize about being Robin Hog. / Garfield becomes the replacement bunny in Jon’s magic act.

“Stick to It / Orson in Wonderland / For Cats Only” (11/10/90) – Garfield throws a stick as far as he can to get rid of Odie. / Fetching a croquet ball causes Orson to dream he’s in Wonderland. / Garfield reveals cats were once aliens bent on world domination.

“Mistakes Will Happen / The Well Dweller / The Wise Man” (11/17/90) – Garfield tries to convince viewers his show doesn’t have any mistakes. / Orson discovers strange creatures while drilling for water. / Jon takes in a Maharishi for peace and tranquility.

“Star Struck / Election Daze / Dirty Business” (11/17/90) – Garfield writes his own episode. / The weasel tricks Roy into taking over the farm from Orson. / Things tend to disappear in Jon’s cousin’s store.

Season 4:
“Moo Cow Mutt / Big Bad Buddy Bird / Angel Puss” (9/14/91) – Garfield tricks Odie into thinking he’s a cow. / Roy quits the show and joins the Buddy Bears. / An angel tries to get Odie and Garfield to get along.

“Trial and Error / An Egg-Citing Story / Supermarket Mania” (9/14/91) – Mice steal Garfield’s pie and he accuses Odie. / Orson gives the origin of Sheldon. / A new supermarket steals all the customers from the small neighborhood market.

“The Legend of Cactus Jupiter / Birthday Boy Roy / Jukebox Jon” (9/21/91) – Cactus Jake tells Garfield how to see the future in fire. / Roy’s pocket watch present is one of many items to go missing. / Jon has to quit nail-biting for a job and tries a hypnosis record.

“Squeak Previews / Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Wade / A Tall Tale” (9/21/91) – Two mice review a movie about mice. / Wade hypnotizes himself into turning into a monster. / Nermal tells his version of Paul Bunyan.

“Frankenstein Feline / Weatherman Wade / Fill-in Feline” (9/28/91) – Jon dreams about an insatiable Frankenstein monster cat. / Wade seemingly stops the rain with a wish. / Nermal fills in for a sick Garfield.

“Polar Pussycat / Over the Rainbow / Remote Possibilities” (9/28/91) – A napping Garfield ends up on a plane to the South Pole. / Roy finds out the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow needs to be won on a gameshow. / Garfield ends up with an experimental remote.

“Night of the Living Laundromat / Fast Food / Cash and Carry” (10/5/91) – Jon ends up with a clothes-eating washing machine. / Roy creates a fast food restaurant to counter Bo’s slow cooking. / Jon gives up his credit cards and goes cash-only.

“Speed Trap / Flights of Fantasy / Castaway Cat” (10/5/91) – Jon gets a speeding ticket from a shady cop. / Orson convinces Wade to use his imagination. / Garfield becomes engrossed in Robinson Crusoe.

“Mind Over Matter / Orson at the Bat / The Multiple Choice Cartoon” (10/12/91) – Jon is taken by a fortune teller. / Orson is hit by a baseball and dreams he’s in Casey at the Bat. / Garfield lets the audience direct the cartoon.

“Galactic Gamesman Garfield / Sly Spy Guy / The Thing That Stayed…Forever!” (10/12/91) – Garfield gets hooked on video games. / Double-oh-Orson searches for the missing spy novel. / Jon’s uncle Ed stays with them and takes over.

“Bouncing Baby Blues / The Ugly Duckling / Learning Lessons” (10/19/91) – Garfield and Odie accidentally bring a baby home from the market. / Orson tells the story of The Ugly Duckling. / The Buddy Bears are assigned to give educational information about anything Garfield says.

“Robodie II / For Butter or Worse / Annoying Things” (10/19/91) – A giant robot of Odie is accidentally made. / Orson becomes Power Pig to prove Roy stole all the butter. / Garfield is pressured by a dog not to say anything mean about dogs.

“Guaranteed Trouble / Fan Clubbing / A Jarring Experience” (10/26/91) – Jon buys a new TV from Madman Murray. / Roy and Wade fight to have the barn for their fan club. / A mouse believes Garfield is to blame for his missing mother.

“The Idol of Id / Bedtime Story Blues / Mamma Manicotti” (11/2/91) – Garfield and Odie’s brains are swapped by an idol. / Booker and Sheldon keep making changes while Orson reads them Cinderella. / Jon and the pets help make Mamma Manicotti famous.

“The Pizza Patrol / The Son Also Rises / Rolling Romance” (11/9/91) – Garfield takes advantage of a pizza promotion. / Wade tries to be brave for his father’s visit. / Jon’s new computerized car is attracted to him.

“The Automated, Animated Adventure / It’s A Wonderful Wade / Truckin’ Odie” (11/9/91) – Garfield is used in a demonstration of computer animation. / A guardian angel shows Wade what the farm would be like without him. / Garfield sings about Odie’s adventures with trucker Billy Bob.

Season 5:
“Home Away From Home / Rainy Day Robot / Odie the Amazing” (9/19/92) – Garfield runs away and gets smothered by his new owner. / Roy buys a weather-controlling robot. / Odie finds a magic wand he and Garfield believe is a stick.

“Taste Makes Waist / The Wolf Who Cried Boy / Day of Doom” (9/19/92) – Jon buys a phony health food meal package. / Roy constantly gives false alarms about a wolf. / Garfield wishes Mondays away.

“Home Sweet Swindler / Forget-Me-Not Newton / The Great Inventor” (9/26/92) – Al Swindler cheats Jon out of his house. / Wade’s forgetful cousin comes to the farm for work. / Garfield tells the story of the Roman cat who invented lasagna.

“Country Cousin / The Name Game / The Carnival Cruise” (9/26/92) – Jon hires his cousin to do repairs on the house. / The animals make changes to Rumpelstiltskin as Orson reads it to them. / Garfield is cursed by a fortune teller he has busted.

“The First Annual Garfield Watchers Test / Stark Raven Mad / The Record Breaker” (10/3/92) – Garfield hosts a quiz show. / Orson tells his own version of The Raven while his brothers steal the crops. / Jon has to find a new record player for his date.

“Renewed Terror / Badtime Story / Tooth or Dare” (10/3/92) – Jon is stalked by a salesman to renew his magazine subscription. / The others read Booker and Sheldon Chicken Little when Orson is sick. / A sabre-toothed tiger trades places with Garfield.

“The Kitty Council / The Bo Show / Bad Neighbor Policy” (10/10/92) – Garfield is put on trial for being a poor cat. / Bo has to save the episode when the others are captured by Orson’s brothers. / Garfield’s neighbor goes to court over his antics.

“Canvas Black Cat / Make Believe Moon / The Creature That Lived in the Refrigerator, Behind the Mayonnaise, Next to the Ketchup and to the Left of the Coleslaw” (10/10/92) – The Masked Mauler challenges Jon to a wrestling match. / Two weasels raid the farm while Orson imagines he, Wade and Roy are on the moon. / A creature attacks Jon and the pets.

“Cute for Loot / The Caverns of Cocoa / Dream Date” (10/17/92) – Garfield uses Nermal to get food. / Wade, Roy and Orson discover a chocolate mine. / Jon goes on a rigged dating show and Garfield tries to ruin the date.

“The Worst Pizza in the History of Mankind / Jack II: The Rest of the Story / The Garfield Opera” (10/24/92) – Garfield tells the story of a terrible pizza maker. / Booker, Sheldon, Wade and Roy try to fix Jack and the Beanstalk.  / A musical about Garfield’s eating habits.

“Airborne Odie / Once Upon a Time Warp / Bride and Broom” (10/24/92) – Odie finds a magic lamp and wishes to fly. / Orson helps Wade reclaim his $5 from Roy. / A witch wants Jon as her husband.

“The Cartoon Cat Conspiracy / Who Done It? / The Picnic Panic” (10/31/92) – Garfield makes his own animated feature about cats. / Three dogs named Who, What and Where work on the farm. / Garfield tries to save the picnic from ants.

“Sound Judgement / Gross Encounters / The Peril of Penelope” (10/31/92) – Garfield puts Odie in charge of sound effects. / The wolf plays on everyone’s interest in aliens to get at the chickens. / Penelope dumps Brick for Garfield, and Brick threatens Garfield.

“Ghost of a Chance / Roy Gets Sacked / Revenge of the Living Lunch” (11/7/92) – A ghost has to scare Garfield. / Roy quits again and goes back to The Buddy Bears. / A meteor lands on Earth and finds its way to the Arbuckle house.

“Supersonic Seymour / A Mildly Mental Mix-Up / The Garfield Rap” (11/7/92) – To get organized, Jon hires a salesman to get him to work faster. / Psychiatrist badger Edward R. Furrow counsels Wade while the wolf gets rid of Roy. / Garfield sends in a music video to Meow TV.

Season 6:
“A Vacation From His Senses / The Incredibly Stupid Swamp Monster / Dread Giveaway” (9/18/93) – Garfield tricks Jon out of his vacation until he’s forced to participate in housework. / A giant robot falls into the mud while the weasel tries for the chickens. / Nermal dreams Garfield is giving him away on TV.

“The Wright Stuff / Orson Express / Safe at Home” (9/18/93) – Garfield reveals the real origin of the airplane. / Orson and Booker have to deliver a package to a reclusive hermit. / A security system keeps Jon and the pets out of their house.

“Jon the Barbarian / Uncle Roy to the Rescue / The Kitten and the Council” (9/25/93) – Garfield tells a story about Jon being in love with another warriors wife. / Roy prefers to date than to spend time with his visiting niece. / Nermal is charged with being too cute.

“Next-Door Nuisance / What’s It All About, Wade? / Bigfeetz” (9/25/93) – The Arbuckles get a new neighbor who constantly sings. / Orson and Roy bring Wade to an expert about his phobias. / Jon takes the pets on the hunt for Bigfeetz for a reward.

“Canine Conspiracy / Snow Wade and the 77 Dwarfs (Part 1) / The Genuine Article” (10/2/93) – Odie is framed for stealing a purse. / Orson casts the farm in a retelling of Snow White. / Garfield meets his double.

“The Best Policy / Snow Wade and the 77 Dwarfs (Part 2) / Fishy Feline” (10/2/93) – Jon gets scammed after his car is wrecked. / Everyone argues over who has to kiss Snow Wade. / Garfield is stuck in a dream a s acatfish.

“The Pie-Eyed Piper / Fine-Feathered Funny Man / Sweet Tweet Treat” (10/9/93) – Garfield spins his own version of The Pied Piper. / Roy gives up joking. / Garfield feels guilty about eating a bird.

“The Floyd Story / How Now, Stolen Cow? / The Second Penelope Episode” (10/9/93) – Floyd’s wife wants him to get more airtime while Garfield deals with Jon’s aunt. / Orson and Bo look for the missing cow. / Penelope becomes jealous of Garfield’s new girlfriend.

“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse / Payday Mayday / How to Drive Humans Crazy” (10/16/93) – Garfield’s version of the story starring a mouse. / A fox swindles everyone out of their pay. / Garfield teaches kittens how to drive people crazy.

“Date of Disaster / A Little Time-Off / The Longest Doze” (10/16/93) – Monica asks Jon out in revenge against her father. / Orson treats Lanolin to a pretend vacation. / Garfield tries to get the title of world’s longest nap.

“Stairway to Stardom / Return of the Incredibly Stupid Swamp Monster / The Life and Times of the Lasagna Kid” (10/23/93) – Garfield recounts his time as part of a comedy team. / The swamp monster returns as its owner looks for it. / Old West hero The Lasgna Kid has to save a damsel.

“Magic, Monsters and Manicotti / The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere’s Duck / Unreal Estate” (10/23/93) – Jon dreams about playing a game. / Roy uses Wade’s perceived higher profile to get himself some more attention with a poem. / Jon ends up buying a haunted vacation house.

“Lost and Foundling / Winter Wonderland / Films and Felines” (10/30/93) – Odie finds a girl who wants a dog. / Orson uses his imagination to keep warm. / Garfield talks about cats in films.

“The Garfield Musical / Mind Over Melvin / Madman Meets His Match” (10/30/93) – Penelope falls in love with a rock star cat. / An alien gives Orson mental powers. / Demented Dave and Madman Murray battle over who will sell to Jon.

“Knights and Daze / Holiday Happening / Jailbird Jon” (11/6/93) – Jon sends a letter for tickets an ends up accidentally challenging a knight to a duel. / Wade creates a holiday to get revenge on Roy. / A prison inmate switches places with Jon.

“The Third Penelope Episode / Hare Force / Garfield’s Garbage Can and Tin Pan Alley Revue” (11/6/93) – Garfield and Penelope imagine married life. / Orson, Booker and Sheldon come-up with a sci-fi version of The Tortoise and the Hare. / Jon is kept awake by Garfield’s revue show.

Season 7:
“The Legend of Johnny Ragweedseed / Grape Expectations (Part 1) / Catch as Cats Can’t” (9/17/94) – Jon plants ragweed. / With the big Cock-A-Doodle coming to check on Roy, he becomes panicked when grapes he’s guarding get eaten. / Garfield must save Ludlow from another cat.

“A Matter of Conscience / Grape Expectations (Part 2) / Top Ten” (9/17/94) – A cricket serves as Garfield’s conscience. / Roy is put on trial over a missing grape. / Jon heads out for a date and a robber sacks the house.

“Change of Mind / Temp Trouble / The Perfect Match” (9/24/94) – Nermal and Garfield switch personalities. / Orson puts his cousin in charge of the farm. / Jon finds his ideal match—or does he?

“My Fair Feline / Double Trouble Talk / Half-Baked Alaska” (9/24/94) - Garfield gets kicked out and ends up as part of a bet to be trained. / Roy buys a CD to help him get around doing work. / Garfield and Odie hire the conscience cricket to give Jon bad advice about his new job.

“Puss in High-Tops / Egg Over Easy (Part 1) / The Beast From Beyond” (10/1/94) – Garfield gives his take on the classic tale. / Wade becomes inspired by Sheldon to live in a shell. / A dinosaur plots to take over the present through TV.

“Model Behavior / Egg Over Easy (Part 2) / Another Ant Episode” (10/1/94) – Jon’s date really wants Garfield. / Wade ends up captured by the weasel. / The singing ants invade Garfield’s house.

“The Guy of Her Dreams / The Discount of Monte Cristo / The Fairy Dogmother” (10/8/94) – Penelope imagines Garfield as the perfect guy. / Orson’s cousin warns The Count of Monte Cristo is an expensive story. / Odie’s fairy dogmother grants his wish to attend a ball.

“The Stand-Up Mouse / Daydream Doctor / Happy Garfield Day” (10/8/94) – A new mouse in the house uses Garfield as comedy material. / Orson thinks he’s spending too much time reading books. / The world reminds Jon about Garfield’s birthday.

“Sit On It / Kiddie Korner / Brainwave Broadcast” (10/15/94) – Garfield refuses to get off of Jon’s book. / The Network forces the animals to perform nursery rhymes. / Garfield explains how pets communicate with humans.

“Suburban Jungle / The Thing in the Box / The Feline Philosopher” (10/22/94) – Jon’s niece sneaks off to the mall. / Everyone wonders what’s in Bo’s box. / A feline philosopher talks Garfield into stealing a pie.

“Thoroughly Mixed-Up Mouse / The Old Man of the Mountain / Food Fighter” (10/29/94) – Garfield makes Floyd’s friend think he’s a cat. / Wade needs advice to get Gort out of his bed. / Jon is hired as the cook for a boxer.

“The Jelly Roger / The Farmyard Feline Philosopher / Dogmother 2” (11/5/94) – A pirate steals food. / The Feline Philosopher gives Orson, Roy, Wade and the weasel advice. / The dogmother forgets what wish she was to grant, so she just grants every wish the Arbuckle house makes.

“Alley Katta and the 40 Thieves / If It’s Tuesday This Must Be Alpha Centauri / Clash of the Titans” (11/19/94) – Garfield gives his own twist on the tale. / The animals take an imaginary trip through space while Orson’s brothers lurk about. / Garfield ends up in the wrong cartoon again.

“Canned Laughter / Déjà vu / The Man Who Hated Cats” (11/26/94) – Jon’s comedy robot goes nuts. / Déjà vu runs rampant on the farm and Wade can’t pronounce the weasel’s name. / Garfield tries to find out why their new neighbor hates cats.

“The Horror Hostess (Part 1) / Newsworthy Wade / The Horror Hostess (Part 2)” (12/3/94) – Garfield and Odie set Jon up with a horror movie hostess. / Wade appears on the TV news. / Garfield and Odie have to rescue Jon from Vivacia.


“Arbuckle the Invincible / The Monster Who Couldn’t Scare Anybody / The Ocean Blue” (12/10/94) – An alien force field device ends up in Jon’s pocket. / Orson tells Booker and Sheldon about a monster who couldn’t scare anyone. / A vacation to the beach turns into shark trouble.

November 14, 2015

HEATHCLIFF AND DINGBAT/HEATHCLIFF AND MARMADUKE

HEATHCLIFF AND DINGBAT/
HEATHCLIFF AND MARMADUKE
(ABC, October 4, 1980-September 18, 1982)


Ruby-Spears Productions, McNaught Syndicate, United Features Syndicate (season 2)


MAIN CAST:
Mel Blanc – Heathcliff, Spike, Mr. Schultz, milkman, various
Frank Welker – Dingbat, various (season 1)
Paul Winchell – Marmaduke, Phil Winslow, various (season 2)
Henry Corden – Clem, Digby, dogcatcher
June Foray – Iggy, Muggsy, Grandma, Sonja, Marcy, various
Don Messick –Nobody, Sparerib (season 1), Mr. Post, Mr. Snyder (season 2)
Russie Taylor – Barbie Winslow, Dottie Winslow, various (season 2)


When you think about a fat orange cat in comic strips, chances are you think of a certain lazy Italian-food loving one. But, there was actually one that came five years before.

The first Heathcliff strip.

Heathcliff was created by George Gately and debuted on September 3, 1973 through the McNaught Syndicate. The strip stars the titular cat who resides in the port town of Westfinster. Heathcliff has a troublemaking demeanor, often stealing food from Mr. Schultz at the Elite Fish Market, performing acrobatics over or just kicking around garbage cans to irk the sanitation workers, tricking the milkman into losing some (or all) of his milk, or abusing the local dogs--particularly bulldog Spike--either physically or by ratting them out to the dog catcher. Typically, Heathcliff runs as a single panel strip during the week with multiple panels on Sunday; with one of those panels dedicated to cat ownership tips called “Kitty Corner.”

Heathcliff with Iggy, Mr. Nutmeg and Mrs. Nutmeg.


Heathcliff’s supporting cast includes his girlfriend Sonja and her owner, Herb Jablonski, who hates Heathcliff; Crazy Shirley, a female cat obsessed with him; Mr. Nutmeg, the owner of the house he lives in and whom he’s often at odds with; Mrs. Nutmeg, who adores Heathcliff; Iggy, Nutmeg’s grandson who loves Heathcliff despite occasionally being the target of his annoyance; Willy, Iggy’s best friend; Marcy, a neighborhood girl Heathcliff plays doll carriage with by being dressed as a baby; Muggsy Faber, the local bully who owns Spike; Chauncey, a friendly neighborhood dog that Heathcliff tolerates; and Heathcliff’s father, who resembles him except for a stripped prison jumpsuit.

Heathcliff at odds with the milkman.

After several years of syndication, Ruby-Spears Productions decided to try and bring Heathcliff to life with his own animated series. The decision was made that even though Heathcliff never spoke, not even in thought bubbles ala Snoopy or Garfield, he would be voiced by venerable actor Mel Blanc in what would be his final new character role (his remaining projects involved characters he had already done previously). Otherwise, the series stayed fairly true to the strip and Heathcliff’s antics while keeping to the standards set for Saturday morning television. 

The Creeps: Dingbat, Sparerib and Nobody.

For the first season, Heathcliff shared the spotlight with an original group of characters known as The Creeps. The Creeps were Halloween-themed characters who could never seem to save a buck and bounced from one odd job to another, which is why they worked under the combined label of “Odd Jobs, Inc.” Comprising the crew was the vampire dog Dingbat (Frank Welker, impersonating Bela Lugosi), who could turn into a bat and usually ate things through a straw with bat wings; Sparerib (Don Messick, doing a close approximation of Curly Howard), an overweight skeleton who wore pants with suspenders and a plunger for a hat that could change into various useful items; and their leader Nobody (Messick, verging on Jimmy Durante), a pumpkin with a hat and sneakers who stored a variety of items inside himself. It was interesting that Dingbat was the headliner for their segments as he played more of a supporting character.

The Creep Mobile.

They rode around on a 3-wheeled motorcycle called the Creep mobile, which was reminiscent of the Creepy Coupe from Hanna-Barbera’s Wacky Races. It had a belfry on the back and a storm cloud constantly following that could provide a burst of speed with lightning power. It was typically powered by two mice running on a treadmill, but occasionally they’d upgrade to dragon-powered. A lot of times they carried around a case shaped like a small coffin, from which a mummy or gorilla hand would emerge holding an item they’d need. 

Marmaduke, Phil and Dottie Winslow.

The series premiered on ABC on October 4, 1980 as Heathcliff and Dingbat and ran for thirteen episodes. Each episode would be comprised of four segments, alternating between a Creep story and a Heathcliff one. The series was written by Buzz Dixon, Paul Haggis, Elana Lesser, Michael Maurer, Sandy Sandifer, Gordon Kent, Tony Benedict, Tom Dagenais and Cliff Ruby with Jerry Eisenberg handling the character design and Dean Elliott the music. After the season ended, the show was revamped for its second season. The Creeps were removed and replaced by fellow comic strip star Marmaduke (Paul Winchell), distributed by United Features Syndicate.

Marmaduke on Phil, with Dottie, Barbie and Billy.

Marmaduke was created by Brad Anderson, with help from Phil Leeming, Dorothy Leeming and his son, Paul Anderson. The strip debuted in 1954 and featured the Winslow family, Phil (also Winchell), Dottie, Barbara (both Russi Taylor) and Billy, and their giant Great Dane, Marmaduke. Marmaduke’s size and child-like demeanor were often the driving force behind the jokes of the strip, and Anderson took additional inspiration from the routines of Laurel and Hardy. Like Heathcliff, the strip runs as a single panel gag during the week and expands on Sundays. The Sunday strip also includes a panel called “Dog Gone Funny,” in which readers send in letters about their own goofy pets. The strip quickly grew from its original eight papers to 500, to over 1,000 in 20 countries.



The second season, renamed Heathcliff and Marmaduke, debuted on September 12, 1981 with a new theme song sung by Scatman Crothers. The intro and credits were the only times the two characters saw any screen time together. Despite having top billing, Heathcliff only had one segment per episode sandwiched between Marmaduke’s two. Marmaduke also had the 30-second bumper “Marmaduke’s Riddles”, which featured a quick gag, and an animated version of “Doggone Funny” (with that spelling). Benedict, Dagenais, Haggis, Kent, Maurer and Sandifer were joined by Jack Enyart, Jack Hanrahan, Mark Jones, Don Jurwich, Kayte Kuch, Jim McNamara and Mark Shiney on writing duties. The season ran for another 13 episodes, but it failed to generate any kind of sustainable success resulting in its cancellation. 

Marmaduke helping with the kids' lemonade stand.


Worldvision Home Video released several VHS tapes containing episodes from the second season. To date, only the first season had been completely released to DVD by Warner Bros. through their Warner Archive Collection. While Heathcliff went on to have another short-lived series, Marmaduke was relegated to the comic pages and reprint collections until 2010, when 20th Century Fox released the largely-panned Marmaduke to theaters. There have been attempts to cancel the strip, but each time the effort was met with strong protest from readers. In August of 2015, Anderson died suddenly, putting the strip’s future in question. Unlike other strips who have continued on with new creators mimicking the established style, known as a zombie strip, Anderson had not trained any replacements.  



EPISODE GUIDE:
Season 1:
“Health Nutz / Doggone Dogcatcher / U.F. Oafs / Feline Fugitive” (10/4/80) - The Creeps take charge of a health spa. / The dogcatcher is after Heathcliff. / The Creeps are abducted by an alien for tests. / Spike frames Heathcliff for robbing the fish store.

“French Fried Fracas / Cat in the Beanstalk / Treasure Haunts / The Great Chase” (10/11/80) – The Creeps take jobs as waiters in a French restaurant. / Heathcliff’s climbs a magic beanstalk and encounters a giant Spike. / The Creeps go after a treasure in a haunted mansion. / Spike and Heathcliff compete for a man’s lunch.

“Window Washouts / Angling Anglers / Prized Pooch / Cake Flakes” (10/18/80) – The Creeps have to wash almost 7,000 windows in one day. / A cleaned-out Schultz goes fishing, and Heathcliff decides to join him. / A man plans to capture Dingbat in order to win a dog show. / Muggys and Spike plan to steam Grandma’s cake from Iggy and Heathcliff.

“Detective Ding-a-Lings / Red Hot Riding Hooded Heathcliff / Showbiz Shenanigans / The Great Milk Factory Fracas” (10/25/80) – The Creeps take a filing job at a detective’s agency and end up taking a case. / Woodsman Heathcliff saves Red Riding Sonja from the wolf. / The Creeps take jobs as Hollywood stuntmen. / Heathcliff raids the milk factory.

“Service Station Screwballs / Kitty a la Carte / Beach Blanket Bozos / Mystery Loves Company” (11/1/80) – The Creeps encounter thieves at the service station they had to rebuild. / Heathcliff goes after a fancy salmon to impress a wealthy cat. / An earring thief ruins the Creeps’ day at the beach. /  Heathcliff finds a diamond hidden in a garbage can on his turf.

“Nautical Noodnicks / Gold-Digger Daze / Bungling Baby Sitters / Hives” (11/8/80) – A desire for a nautical vacation leads the Creeps to taking jobs on the wrong ship. / A prospector throws his gold claim map at a singing Heathcliff. / The Creeps take a babysitting job. / Heathcliff drives one of the garbage men to develop hives.

“Batty Boo-ticians / Robinson Cruise Ho / Door to Door Sales Creeps / Lion Around the House” (11/15/80) – The Creeps mistake an escaped gorilla for their client. / A marooned man makes Heathcliff his servant. / The Creeps are selling a cleaning robot door-to-door. / An escaped lion interrupts Heathcliff’s date.

“Creep Crop Crack-Ups / Heathcliff & the Sleeping Beauty / Retail Ruckus / The Mouse Trapper” (11/22/80) – The Creeps try to help save a farm. / Prince Heathcliff has to save Princess Sonja from a sleeping spell. / The Creeps have to sell something in order to keep their jobs. / Heathcliff has to save the resident mouse from an exterminator.

“Carnival Cut-Ups / Rodeo Dough / LeMans-ter Rally / Pinocchio Rides Again” (11/29/80) – A carnival strongman resents losing his job to Sparerib. / Heathcliff and the dogcatcher enter a rodeo to win the prize money. / The Creeps enter a race with a cheating opponent. / Heathcliff reads his fan club the story about his uncle Pinocchio.

“High Flying Fools / Star Trick / No News is Ghoul News / The Big Fish Story” (12/6/80) – Jewel thieves take the airline the Creeps work at. / Heathcliff goes on a television audition. / The Creeps have to get a story on a cat burglar in order to keep their reporter jobs. / Heathcliff is after Schultz’s giant cod.

“Nutty Knights / Pumping Irony / Safari Saps / The Watch Cat” (12/13/80) – Fixing a clock sends the Creeps back in time where they have to rescue a princess. / A jilted Heathcliff tries to take in the female cats at the cat show. / The Creeps head to Africa to retrieve a lost elephant. / Heathcliff has to protect his house from a burglar.

“Heir Today Gone Tomorrow / Mascot Rumble / It’s a Snow Job for a Creep / Heathcliff of Sherwood Forest” (12/20/80) – Dingbat needs to prove how brave he is in order to gain an inheritance. / Heathcliff and Spike are mascots for rival teams. / The Creeps help revive a failing ski lodge. / Heathcliff has to stop the evil sheriff.

“Football Flunkies / Milk Run Mayhem / Lumbering Loonies / Great Cop ‘n Cat Chase” (12/27/80) – The Creeps fill in for injured players. / The milkman tries to keep his job in spite of Heathcliff. / The Creeps end up taking a lumberjack’s job accidentally. / A cop gives chase when Heathcliff steals his hotdog.

Season 2 (* denotes rerun):
“Home Run Rover / Gator Go-Round / Play Grounded” (9/12/81) – Marmaduke disrupts the kids’ baseball game. / A hungry gator sets his sights on Heathcliff. / Marmaduke and the kids put on a show to save their playground.

“Missy Mistique / Crazy Daze / Shuttle Off to Buffalo” (9/19/81) – Marmaduke tries to woo a female bulldog away from her boyfriend. / Crazy Shirley chases Heathcliff around the carnival. / Marmaduke chases a cat into a space shuttle.

“Wish Bones / Caught Cat Napping / Wondermutt” (9/26/81) – Maramduke finds a cat genie at the beach. / NO SYNOPSIS AVAILABLE. / Marmaduke fantasizes about being a superhero.

“Gone with the Whim / Dud Boat / Seagoing Watchdog” (10/3/81) – The Winslows rehearse a play causing Marmaduke to think he’s no longer wanted. / NO SYNOPSIS AVAILBLE. / Marmaduke sneaks along on Phil and Dottie’s cruise.

“Beach Brawl / Of Mice and Menace / Tricky Treat” (10/10/81) – Marmaduke enters a fishing contest for a chance at a hotdog prize. / Heathcliff goes after a giant mouse for a reward. / Marmaduke goes Trick-or-Treating.

“Ghostly Goof Up / A Briefcase of Cloak and Dagger / Fret Vet” (10/17/81) –  A ghost tries to get Marmaduke out of his house. / Heathcliff is sent on a secret mission to deliver an important letter. / The Winslows are invited to a barbeque and Marmaduke thinks he’s going to the vet.

“Bearly Camping / Tabby and the Pirate / Gold Fever Fracas” (10/24/81) – The family camping trip is interrupted by a bear. / Heathcliff reminisces about his pirate anscestor. / A prospector wants the Winslows’ claim.

“Police Pooch / Mush, Heathcliff, Mush / Bone to Pick with Marmaduke” (10/31/81) – Marmaduke joins the police force. / Heathcliff pulls Iggy in a sled race for a pizza prize. / The neighbor tries to keep Marmaduke from burying bones on his property.

“Suburban Cowboy / A Close Encounter / Marmaduke of the Movies” (11/7/81) – Marmaduke imagines he’s a deupty in the old west. / An alien attempts to abduct Heathcliff. / Marmaduke interrupts the filming of several movies.

“Baby Sitting Shenanigans / A New Kit on the Block / Kitty Sitter” (11/14/81) – Marmaduke babysits a valuable dog and has to keep him from being dognapped. / Heathcliff recalls his first meeting of Spike. / Marmaduke becomes caretaker for a littler of kittens.

“Leapin’ Leprechaun / Clonin’ Around / School Daze” (11/21/81) – A leprechaun torments Marmaduke. / NO SYNOPSIS AVAILABLE. / Marmaduke accidentally crashes a pet show-and-tell in class and causes chaos.

“Caper Cracker / Cat Kit / Barking for Dollars” (11/28/81) – Bank robbers steal the Winslows’ car with Marmaduke in it. / NO SYNOPSIS AVAILBLE. / Marmaduke is mistaken for a wealthy woman’s dog.

“The Lemonade Kid / The Great Milk Factory Fracas* / Double Trouble Maker” (12/5/81) – Marmaduke has to retrieve the kids’ lemonade money from the local bully. / Marmaduke chases after two gophers in their garden.


Originally posted in 2015. Updated in 2020.