The Garfield Shorts (partially found animated television shorts; 2009-2012)
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
- Odie Oh! (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 | Found on | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheesy Letters | Odie Oh! (2010) | Found | |||
| Boxer Shorts | Odie Oh! (2010) | Lost | |||
| Snooze Control | Odie Oh! (2010) | Found | |||
| Return to Sender | Odie Oh! (2010) | Lost | |||
| Say Cheese | Odie Oh! (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 | |||
| Christmas | TheGarfieldShow-Diary.com (Wayback Machine) | Found | 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 | |||
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| 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].
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|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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Gallery
Special Feature screen in the DVD of Spooky Tails (2011)
References
- ↑ https://mediatoon-distribution.com/en/programme/garfield-shorts/
- ↑ https://youtu.be/i_IbsQgYeUg
- ↑ https://youtu.be/aH5yQtF5JLQ
- ↑ https://youtu.be/hDA8AFN077E
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=equqem12XlY
- ↑ https://dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/250/1327679883_2.jpg
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J0AWxWlVOo
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140213112525/http://garfield.com/video/the-garfield-show-vol-8-pizza-dreams
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnEXfS--lys&feature=youtu.be
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140429065822/http://garfield.com:80/video/the-garfield-show-vol-10-its-showtime
- ↑ Anti-Grumpy Song - Garfield Shorts
- ↑ https://youtu.be/OXVYofgR2W0
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140128082547/http://www.thegarfieldshow-diary.com/?p=2992
