The Garfield Shorts (partially found animated television shorts; 2009-2012): Difference between revisions

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Poster of The Garfield Shorts used in Mediatoon Distribution's site.

Status: Partially Found

The Garfield Shorts is an animated show of 40 second episodes that served as promotional content for each season of The Garfield Show, produced by Dargaud Media and distributed by Mediatoon Distribution. The shorts aired on Boomerang in the EMEA regions. Produced in tandem with The Garfield Show, each season of the latter contains their own set number of shorts. According to Mediatoon’s website^[1], there are 54 shorts and 80 songs: Season 1 contains twenty-six shorts, revolving around a running theme of visual gags. Season 2 contains twenty-eight shorts that serve as public service announcements (PSAs). For seasons 3 and 4, eighty shorts were produced, each one a unique song.

As the shorts in season 1 contain no dialogue, Boomerang in EMEA regions aired the shorts with English text. In France, the shorts aired on France 3 with French text. The shorts were included on both the American releases of The Garfield Show, released by Vivendi Entertainment and Cinedigm, and the French releases of Garfield & Cie, released by Citel Video.

Shorts

Each DVD from the United States contains five shorts. Of the first season, only twenty-five out of the twenty-six shorts were released on DVD. Of the second season, only twenty-five shorts of twenty-eight were officially released. No shorts from season 3 or season 4 were ever released within the United States

Oh Odie! (2010)^[2]
All You Need is Love (and Pasta) (2011)^[3]
Spooky Tails (2011)^[4]
Private-Eye Ventures (2011)^[5]
Dinosaur & Other Animal Adventures (2012)^[6]
Spring Fun Collection (2013)^[7]
Pizza Dreams (2013)^[8]
A Purr-Fect Life! (2013)^[9]
It’s Showtime! (2014)^[10]
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Short Name	DVD where appears	Status
Cheesy Letters	Oh Odie (2010)	Found
Boxer Shorts	Oh Odie (2010)	Lost
Snooze Control	Oh Odie (2010)	Found
Return to Sender	Oh Odie (2010)	Lost
Say Cheese	Oh Odie (2010)	Found
Take 5	All you need is love (and pasta) (2011)	Found
Lasagna Vs. Garfield	All you need is love (and pasta) (2011)	Found
Spaceship Switch	All you need is love (and pasta) (2011)	Found
Alarm Clock Army	All you need is love (and pasta) (2011)	Found
Giant Alarm	All you need is love (and pasta) (2011)	Found
Smash	Private-Eye Ventures (2011)	Found
Trigger Problem	Private-Eye Ventures (2011)	Found
Revenge Smash	Private-Eye Ventures (2011)	Found
Fake Out	Private-Eye Ventures (2011)	Found
Dance Partners	Private-Eye Ventures (2011)	Found
Monster Mash	Spooky Tails (2011)	Lost
Changing Partners	Spooky Tails (2011)	Partially Lost
Boo-Tiful photos	Spooky Tails (2011)	Lost
Spider tricks	Spooky Tails (2011)	Found
Spider Golf	Spooky Tails (2011)	Lost
Spider Meditation	Dinosaur & Other Animal Adventures (2012)	Lost
Spider yo-yo	Dinosaur & Other Animal Adventures (2012)	Found
Spider boomerang	Dinosaur & Other Animal Adventures (2012)	Lost
Pajama fall	Dinosaur & Other Animal Adventures (2012)	Lost
Spider balloon	Dinosaur & Other Animal Adventures (2012)	Lost
Unknown	Summer Adventures (2012)	Lost
Unknown	Summer Adventures (2012)	Lost
Unknown	Summer Adventures (2012)	Lost
Unknown	Summer Adventures (2012)	Lost
Unknown	Summer Adventures (2012)	Lost
Eat Right	Pizza Dreams (2013)	Lost
Lunch Time	Pizza Dreams (2013)	Lost
Exercise	Pizza Dreams (2013)	Lost
Learn to Cook	Pizza Dreams (2013)	Lost
Shopping List	Pizza Dreams (2013)	Lost
Rest Well	A Purr-Fect Life! (2013)	Found (1 2)
Prepare for the Day	A Purr-Fect Life! (2013)	Found
Get Out There	A Purr-Fect Life! (2013)	Found
Party Plan	A Purr-Fect Life! (2013)	Found
Play Together (only in French)	A Purr-Fect Life! (2013)	Partially Lost
Look Both Ways	It's Showtime (2014)	Found
Dirty Dog	It's Showtime (2014)	Found
Internet Safety	It's Showtime (2014)	Found
Rainy Days	It's Showtime (2014)	Lost
Loud Music	It's Showtime (2014)	Found
Recycle!	Best Friends Forever (2014)	Lost
Clean Up	Best Friends Forever (2014)	Found
Group Talk	Best Friends Forever (2014)	Lost
Chores	Best Friends Forever (2014)	Lost
Organize	Best Friends Forever (2014)	Lost
Unknown*	Unknown	Found
Unknown	Unknown	Lost
Unknown	Unknown	Lost
Unknown	Unknown	Lost

*This short is from 2008. It may be part of one DVD released before 2013, but no name on the list matches the Christmas theme, so it was set apart until new information shows up.

Songs

It is not known where the songs were first aired, but it is probable that they were shown between commercials as the shorts were. There is not much information about them, other than there are 80 songs in total and that they are songs from the show, using different clips of the show as well. From the 80 only 9 have been found. Most of these songs’ copyright year is from 2011, meaning they could be part of season 2 or released between season 2 and 3 of the show. All the songs have been found on unofficial YouTube channels.

In one of them, the description says that the short is from a French DVD of the show^[11], showing that they are also available in French DVDs, although this hasn’t been confirmed yet. Similarly, in one of the found songs^[12], the intro announces the song as part of the website of thegarfieldshow.com. It is confirmed that they were found there as well^[13].

Song Name	Status	Song Name	Status
Care and Share	Found	Unknown	Lost
Happy Together	Found	Unknown	Lost
Christmas for all	Found	Unknown	Lost
A difficult choice	Found	Unknown	Lost
Right Man	Found	Unknown	Lost
Tomorrow is another year	Found	Unknown	Lost
Good Resolution	Found	Unknown	Lost
Anti-grumy Song	Found	Unknown	Lost
Spotlight: Dance, dance Garfield	Found	Unknown	Lost
Unknown	Partially Found	Unknown	Lost
Unknown	Partially Found	Unknown	Lost
Unknown	Lost	Unknown	Lost
Unknown	Lost	Unknown	Lost
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Gallery

Special Feature screen in the DVD of Spooky Tails (2011)

References

[:0-1] ttps://mediatoon-distribution.com/en/programme/garfield-shorts/

[2] ttps://youtu.be/i_IbsQgYeUg

[3] ttps://youtu.be/aH5yQtF5JLQ

[4] ttps://youtu.be/hDA8AFN077E

[5] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=equqem12XlY

[6] ttps://dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/250/1327679883_2.jpg

[7] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J0AWxWlVOo

[8] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20140213112525/http://garfield.com/video/the-garfield-show-vol-8-pizza-dreams

[9] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J0AWxWlVOo

[10] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20140429065822/http://garfield.com:80/video/the-garfield-show-vol-10-its-showtime

[11] Anti-Grumpy Song - Garfield Shorts

[12] ttps://youtu.be/OXVYofgR2W0

[13] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20140128082547/http://www.thegarfieldshow-diary.com/?p=2992

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 Each DVD from the United States contains five shorts. Of the first season, only twenty-five out of the twenty-six shorts were released on DVD. Of the second season, only twenty-five shorts of twenty-eight were officially released. No shorts from season 3 or season 4 were ever released within the United States
-It is unknown if all the DVDs have been found yet, but the ones confirmed to include shorts on them are:
 *Oh Odie! (2010)<ref>https://youtu.be/i_IbsQgYeUg</ref>
-*All you need is love (and Pasta) (2011)<ref>https://youtu.be/aH5yQtF5JLQ</ref>
+*All You Need is Love (and Pasta) (2011)<ref>https://youtu.be/aH5yQtF5JLQ</ref>
 *Spooky Tails (2011)<ref>https://youtu.be/hDA8AFN077E</ref>
+*Private-Eye Ventures (2011)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=equqem12XlY</ref>
 *Dinosaur & Other Animal Adventures (2012)<ref>https://dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/250/1327679883_2.jpg</ref>
-*Spring Fun Collection (2013)<ref>https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/33/apparel/rcxgs/tile._CB483369929_.gif</ref>
+*Spring Fun Collection (2013)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J0AWxWlVOo</ref>
-*Pizza Dreams (2013)<ref>https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/nAoAAOSwcpViNk8t/s-l1600.jpg</ref>
+*Pizza Dreams (2013)<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140213112525/http://garfield.com/video/the-garfield-show-vol-8-pizza-dreams</ref>
-*A purrfect Life! (2013)<ref>https://youtu.be/WnEXfS--lys</ref>
+*A Purr-Fect Life! (2013)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J0AWxWlVOo</ref>
-*It’s showtime (2014)
+*It’s Showtime! (2014)<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140429065822/http://garfield.com:80/video/the-garfield-show-vol-10-its-showtime</ref>
-*Best friends Forever (2014)<ref>http://lifewithkathy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/IMG_2135.jpg</ref>
+*Best Friends Forever (2014)<ref></ref>
-According to Mediatoon’s website<ref name=":0" />, production of the shorts began in 2010. However, the copyright on the first shorts was released in 2008. They may have been released alongside the seasons of The Garfield Show. This would make sense because of the different themes they have by year: the 2008 shorts, being a visual comedy, that would have been produced with season 1 (released in 2009) and the 2010 shorts, being real-life advice from Garfield, which would have been produced with season 2 (released in 2010 and 2011). No shorts have been found after 2010, although the songs that have been found are from 2011. This could mean that the 14 shorts remaining to confirm are from season 3 or 4.
-From the 54-episode list, only 23 have been found or found in part (in bad quality). 9 shorts' names remain unknown.
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