How Garfield Lost His Magic

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  • @ballsofsalsa01
    @ballsofsalsa01 5 лет назад +5545

    Garfield no longer is a cat
    He's a Lovecraftnian deity
    *Bullets don't work Jon*

  • @Squimpleton
    @Squimpleton 5 лет назад +3422

    "There's more to life than socks."
    "There's underwear."
    Best joke 10/10

  • @cannibalisticrequiem
    @cannibalisticrequiem 4 года назад +2327

    Garfield is basically the cat version of "Sir this is an Arby's."

  • @genericname2747
    @genericname2747 3 года назад +640

    Lyman may be gone, but he's still in our hearts.
    And Jon's basement.

    • @ascotcult
      @ascotcult 3 года назад +15

      lmao

    • @ze_rubenator
      @ze_rubenator 3 года назад +55

      Oh my God. Lyman was tied up on the wall in the basement in that old Garfield haunted house game, wasn't he? You've just unlocked an ooold memory.

  • @shadepizza4217
    @shadepizza4217 5 лет назад +3311

    _"Garfield, I want to save the world!"_
    *_"Jon, I'm a cat"_*

    • @Noah-vo1vw
      @Noah-vo1vw 5 лет назад +19

      Your basically plagiarizing the most popular comment (Plagiarism means copy if you didn’t know). >:(

    • @Noah-vo1vw
      @Noah-vo1vw 5 лет назад +6

      It may but the reason would be my kind, CATS!

    • @figotheanimator4883
      @figotheanimator4883 5 лет назад +12

      more like... *JON, IM A LOVECRAFTIAN CREATURE, JON*

    • @0ING0_B0ING00
      @0ING0_B0ING00 5 лет назад +3

      "your crazy jon".

    • @GarfieldDaCat
      @GarfieldDaCat 5 лет назад +4

      I'm also right here

  • @captainshyguy3175
    @captainshyguy3175 5 лет назад +1210

    I agree
    Garfield is meant to be a slice of life comic. Sure he can go outside, but not an adventure...like
    Garfield can go to the park and make fun of the people.
    Not save a baby from a kidnapper

    • @notaraven
      @notaraven 4 года назад +104

      I believe garfield can be in exciting stories just that it has to be rather completely accidental or he is being dragged through the story without any say or wish to continue save for maybe the end for some moral.
      so if he does save a baby from a kidnapper he didn't mean to do it and hates the baby every step of the way as he tries to dispose of his burden every chance he gets. ironically this would lead to him getting into more complicated situations.

    • @jadenbryant9283
      @jadenbryant9283 4 года назад +16

      Alan Hagerty agreed

    • @anarchimation1448
      @anarchimation1448 4 года назад +21

      The franchise at its best seems to work as a sitcom...

    • @nicegoatdoctor8224
      @nicegoatdoctor8224 2 года назад +15

      @@notaraven Unintentional heroics/doing the right thing for the wrong reasons. I could totally get behind that!

    • @victorgaminglounge3967
      @victorgaminglounge3967 2 года назад +3

      What about a road trip? Does that count as an adventure?

  • @jameshamilton6381
    @jameshamilton6381 4 года назад +395

    Garfield died with Lorenzo Music. It was never the jokes for me, it was his vicious deadpan delivery.

    • @FireRising86
      @FireRising86 3 года назад +40

      Lorenzo Music could read the phone book and I'd laugh, he was that great

    • @theexisitingfour1850
      @theexisitingfour1850 3 года назад +19

      Lorenzo Music was the best Garfield in my opinion. His voice was amazing.

    • @EpikBirb
      @EpikBirb Год назад +1

      He got hit in the leg when Garfield and Friends ended.

  • @caustic9947
    @caustic9947 4 года назад +1442

    *slams fist on table*
    I demand a gritty live-action Garfield where the entire movie is Jon slowly delving into insanity and I want Garfield to constantly be smoking a pipe

  • @ZuperNEZ
    @ZuperNEZ 5 лет назад +983

    No style, no people skills, owns an overweight cat.
    Yep, that is also my life.

    • @filletofish2200
      @filletofish2200 5 лет назад +4

      And smokes

    • @kouham420
      @kouham420 5 лет назад +20

      Do you even sexually harassed your veterinarian like in 3:25?

    • @Ferz2006
      @Ferz2006 5 лет назад +1

      Same here - minus the cat....

    • @RihamkamalK
      @RihamkamalK 5 лет назад

      @@kouham420 OH SHIT
      **Go abuse Table**

    • @kevinzhu6417
      @kevinzhu6417 5 лет назад +3

      im sure ur a nice guy

  • @knightwing5169
    @knightwing5169 5 лет назад +594

    11:09 Once I realized Jim Davis himself wrote that movie, it became overwhelmingly obvious to me that Garfield's thoughts and feelings are the exact things Jim Davis himself must have been feeling at that point in time. I think Davis was jaded with having to do Garfield for a living, and in spite of his own success, was wondering what the point of all of it was. He likely wanted to do something different creatively, and Garfield as a comic strip and as a business empire was standing in the way of that. Of course, ultimately he got to have newfound enjoyment out of Garfield that he had struggled to find before. Have a good day, my fellow commenters.

    • @diskdem0n
      @diskdem0n 3 года назад

      :D

    • @dr.coomer789
      @dr.coomer789 3 года назад +18

      @@diskdem0n that's deep, now pass me the pipe

    • @nicholasholden8139
      @nicholasholden8139 3 года назад +1

      @Pragmaticist Than light up a joint. lol

    • @mattcintosh2
      @mattcintosh2 3 года назад

      Does anyone remember "us acres" it ran in some paperd

    • @kekero540
      @kekero540 3 года назад

      Possessions enslave us, you must let go of your attachment to them

  • @Aveture
    @Aveture 3 года назад +265

    I still theorize that the main reason Liz started dating John was to figure out the secret to Garfield's abnormally long life, despite his poor diet.

    • @GinKiraz
      @GinKiraz 3 года назад +21

      Damn, that's a good theory :0

  • @futurecoplgf
    @futurecoplgf 5 лет назад +447

    "I need a life."
    "Yep."
    "There's more to life than socks!"
    "There's underwear."
    I don't know why, but I laughed really hard at this. Guess I still have somewhat of a sweet spot ever since I found my first Garfield way back in my formative years.

    • @ARCHIVED9610
      @ARCHIVED9610 3 года назад +7

      im glad i discovered this years ago, it was hilarious and idk why it was in the school library

    • @sensationalmedia9505
      @sensationalmedia9505 3 года назад +7

      Nah, that was genuinely funny. It's good comedic timing.

  • @Defunctland
    @Defunctland 6 лет назад +4264

    Fair enough. But Garfield and Friends was incredible and I will fight anyone that disagrees.

    • @launoah
      @launoah 6 лет назад +63

      Before this video I was watching your mac tonight video

    • @reinhardtdirethunder7122
      @reinhardtdirethunder7122 6 лет назад +136

      Garfield was good... the "& Friends"... not so much. (But thats just how I felt, anyway ;D )

    • @vinnie3731
      @vinnie3731 6 лет назад +53

      Defunctland YOU SAID YOU WOULD FIGHT ANYONE WHO DISSAGREES!!!!!

    • @ev8n
      @ev8n 6 лет назад +18

      VinnieDog yes, he did say that.

    • @helpahoe920
      @helpahoe920 6 лет назад +17

      Fight me

  • @WolfestoneManor
    @WolfestoneManor 6 лет назад +2129

    JON WAS THE ORIGINAL NICE GUY

    • @sjh5465
      @sjh5465 5 лет назад +65

      OH MY GOD HE WAS DRJKYDGSFGHJGDFBGFFGNHGF

    • @AWormsPurpose
      @AWormsPurpose 5 лет назад +98

      He's make the ultimate Tik Tok Bad Boy

    • @CONGTHEGUERILLA
      @CONGTHEGUERILLA 5 лет назад +14

      man i hate monday

    • @FistMeDaddy
      @FistMeDaddy 5 лет назад +88

      Jon was the original incel

    • @shigeon2668
      @shigeon2668 5 лет назад +37

      M'garfield

  • @gigan2444
    @gigan2444 4 года назад +620

    My favorite Garfield quote is -"When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use."

    • @verbulent_flow6229
      @verbulent_flow6229 3 года назад +21

      YES COMRADE

    • @SandsBros
      @SandsBros 3 года назад +15

      @@verbulent_flow6229 gay

    • @alexcarter8807
      @alexcarter8807 3 года назад +73

      My favorite is, "All your fears about socialism have been realized under capitalism" Garfield is WOKE.

    • @gigan2444
      @gigan2444 3 года назад +4

      @@SandsBros how did you know?

    • @gigan2444
      @gigan2444 3 года назад +36

      @@alexcarter8807 jon: Garfield do you think Liz likes me?
      Garfield: Jon the bourgeoisie has torn away from the family its sentimental veil, and has reduced the family relation to a mere money relation.

  • @Trackmaster_Tehachapi
    @Trackmaster_Tehachapi 4 года назад +131

    “Our only thought is to entertain yo-“
    *FEED ME*
    -John And garm 1978 ish

  • @Mario_Angel_Medina
    @Mario_Angel_Medina 5 лет назад +388

    Do you remember that episode of "Garfield & Friends" in wich Garfield says that the people who produce the cartoon are implementing a system for the audience to decide the plot of the episodes, and the joke is that Garfield is a lazy coward who only wants to stay at home but the public wants him to go on adventures and fight bears and whatnots? ... Modern Garfield movies remind me of that episode for some reason

    • @BrosephStalin1914
      @BrosephStalin1914 5 лет назад +9

      Oh my god! That sounds so surreal. What’s the episode called?

    • @willcarroll3712
      @willcarroll3712 5 лет назад +11

      The Human Trash can Star Struck

    • @EpikBirb
      @EpikBirb Год назад +1

      Unlike Garfield and Friends, those weren't funny

  • @debbiegraund1783
    @debbiegraund1783 5 лет назад +728

    Damn i didn't realise how blessed we are that Calvin and Hobbes was never marketed heavily and didnt have any awful reboots, it aged like fine wine compared to Garfield.

    • @dantheman8103
      @dantheman8103 5 лет назад +59

      Yeah, I mean Calvin and Hobbs probably could have continued to this day, and Watterson left 10's of millions maybe 100's of millions on the table never licensing it out (with a few tiny exceptions). But there is definitely something special to it that has come from it never getting over exposed, compromised his vision, or sticking around long enough to wear out it's welcome.

    • @jacoblyman9441
      @jacoblyman9441 5 лет назад +51

      No kidding. The humor of Garfield has never really seemed to stick with me, and I tend to skip it anytime I see it in a newspaper. Calvin and Hobbes though was like a right of passage. It seemed everyone I knew picked up Calvin and Hobbes at least once sometime in Junior High or High School and voraciously read it. Its amazing that a comic strip, nearly two decades after it was cancelled like Calvin and Hobbes still resonates so strongly a generation after it was written; while the ongoing Garfield really seems to only be celebrated (or spoofed) via the internet shitposting community. Kudos to Mr. Watterson.

    • @georgecoventry8653
      @georgecoventry8653 5 лет назад +5

      Absolutely! Watterson did the right thing.

    • @missmoxie9188
      @missmoxie9188 5 лет назад +15

      I have a great deal of respect for Bill Watterson for valuing the artistic integrity of his creation

    • @MyRegardsToTheDodo
      @MyRegardsToTheDodo 5 лет назад +1

      Hobbes and Bacon was kind of nice, though, sadly only very few strips exist and it's not really official.

  • @cognology604
    @cognology604 4 года назад +279

    This is the most anyone has ever thought about Garfield, including the people who write Garfield
    .

    • @daman7805
      @daman7805 3 года назад +29

      No. Look up lasagna Cat. Watch any of their videos and you’ll be changed.

    • @johnspambuckle3813
      @johnspambuckle3813 2 года назад +6

      @@daman7805 *laughs in 1 hour long pipe strip documentary

    • @Jammet
      @Jammet Год назад +4

      And that's kinda sad, isn't it. I don't want Garfield to disappear, but his presence in the world today is already thread thin.

  • @Booga04Minecraft
    @Booga04Minecraft 5 лет назад +198

    "that cat is the only person"
    Say that again, but slower

  • @xingcat
    @xingcat 6 лет назад +2370

    I think it's important to remember that Garfield is a 40-year-old comic, and in 1978, a comic strip that employed sarcasm and snark in the way that Garfield did was really not the norm. It was really quite funny because it was different, and that continued through much of the 1980s, but the late 80s and early 90s brought sarcasm/snark into the forefront of comedy, especially children's comedy, and Garfield became pretty tame as a concept, and thus was then thought of as bland.
    The fact that it continued past 1986 or so is a minor miracle, considering how 1970s hip it started out.

    • @88michaelandersen
      @88michaelandersen 6 лет назад +175

      It's a lot like the Simpsons that way. The Simpsons was super edgy in the 1990s, but now its really pretty tame.

    • @Odinsday
      @Odinsday 6 лет назад +71

      The Simpsons changed the landscape of American comedies forever. Tho, it was far from edgy. Duck Man was 50x more edgy than Simpsons.

    • @rayvenkman2087
      @rayvenkman2087 6 лет назад +43

      88michaelandersen Victim of Success. Happens to the best of us.

    • @TallicaMan1986
      @TallicaMan1986 6 лет назад +11

      88michaelandersen Simspons became edgy when they started competing with Family Guy.

    • @darthjesus420
      @darthjesus420 6 лет назад +16

      What about the national lampoon mag? I mean I know they’re definitely different but Garfield just seems like a more one noted version of that type of humor

  • @boreragnarok4522
    @boreragnarok4522 5 лет назад +760

    The reason Garfield lost his magic was because he no longer needed it as he has ascended and become an eldritch god of death

    • @wolframban
      @wolframban 5 лет назад +1

      yes

    • @Alemphonix
      @Alemphonix 4 года назад +12

      YOU WONT ESCAPE MY WRATH JON.
      I STILL REQUIRE MY LASAGNA. THOSE BULLETS WILL NOT WORK ON ME.

    • @dasutanehineri
      @dasutanehineri 4 года назад

      more like. l. B. mor. more l
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    • @garfieldarbuckle9375
      @garfieldarbuckle9375 4 года назад +1

      *EHEM* That’s the Monday universe. Like the other me said

    • @eoghansailer5048
      @eoghansailer5048 4 года назад

      *LASAGA*

  • @ghost_type_gaming670
    @ghost_type_gaming670 4 года назад +310

    Literally every garfield comic
    Garfield: i hate mondays
    Jon: Why doesn't liz like me garfield?
    Garfield: shut up and make me lasagna jon

  • @katbird2699
    @katbird2699 4 года назад +76

    I'm actually dying over, "oh no, it's Splut Week," but probably not for the reason that was intended.

  • @alpacasmafia9265
    @alpacasmafia9265 6 лет назад +175

    Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes creator) refused to merchandise. He turned down hundreds of millions of dollars to keep the integrity of his comic strip.

    • @smugalice6206
      @smugalice6206 6 лет назад +32

      AlpacasMafia He’s also quite the recluse.

    • @jenneacoleman-cubero2365
      @jenneacoleman-cubero2365 6 лет назад +24

      It's understandable since merchandising can make people loose sight of the source's material's purpose. Though, there not really anything bad about merchandising. Even Charles Schultz had done some for "The Peanuts". Granted he had some hiccups here and there but still, merchandising isn't bad as long as you remember to put creativity first.

    • @KizulEmeraldfire
      @KizulEmeraldfire 6 лет назад +10

      Though he DID do a few pieces as a guest artist in Pearls Before Swine recently. :D It was pretty great.
      It was a year or two or three ago, I b'lieve.

    • @smugalice6206
      @smugalice6206 6 лет назад

      Kizul Emeraldfire Yeah I remember those sold for a shit-ton of money

    • @Celio19891
      @Celio19891 6 лет назад +1

      lose - to lose a bet or to lose a sock in the wash
      loose - synonym for easy or the opposite of tight

  • @brigandboy1425
    @brigandboy1425 6 лет назад +229

    One of the best strips from Garfield is a black and white strip where Garfield wakes up, surly as ever, and discovers that Jon and Odey are not there. He looks around for them, but the house is empty. The windows are boarded up, there are holes in the walls, cobwebs on the couch. The fridge is completely empty. He goes outside, and it is dark out. The grass is tall and has not been mowed in a long time, and you can clearly see the state of disrepair that the house is in. The whole neighborhood is completely in a shambles, and there is no one for Garfield to "talk" to at all. He panics, and tries to find someone, runs around screaming.
    Then he wakes up from the nightmare, tangled in his blanky. He immediately goes and hugs both the dog and the human, and is awarded for his gratefulness with cuddles and petting. It's just about the one time in like 40 years in which the fat cat is nice to his family, but it sticks with me to this day. That strip (or series of them) scared the hell out of me as a kid, and it actually made me realize I needed pay more attention to the people I love because one day they will be gone.
    I love this comic, even if it has aged about as well as milk left out on a sunny sidewalk.

    • @GuineaPigDan
      @GuineaPigDan 6 лет назад +26

      Brigand Boy you might like the story Garfield’s Judgement Day. Davis originally intended to make it into a movie around 1988-89, but it was rejected for being too dark and it was turned into a kid’s book instead. I met Desiree Goyette (the original voice of Nermal and song writer for the Garfield TV specials) earlier this month and asked her about GJD and she added that a lawsuit over the rights to Garfield between Davis and CBS also contributed to preventing the movie.

    • @brianbread7698
      @brianbread7698 6 лет назад +4

      GuineaPigDan Interesting.

    • @TheRyan4778
      @TheRyan4778 5 лет назад +6

      @@GuineaPigDan I remember that the Garfield 10th anniversary special had a segment advertising this movie, and even had a demo of a song that was to be included in it. I was always confused as a kid as to why it was never mentioned again, aside from the publishing of the book. It's unfortunate, because not only would it have seen the return of Garfield's brother Raoul, it would have also featured the animated debut of Arlene, who, for whatever reason, was never in Garfield and Friends.

  • @airconditioning5351
    @airconditioning5351 5 лет назад +287

    Garfield lived longer than any cat so far. This confirms my theory on Garfield being a secret god of destruction evil that will bring the end of the world as we know it

  • @OhNotThat
    @OhNotThat 4 года назад +48

    6:26 - the pipe strip, that pipe strip.... I was 18 when it all began

  • @anakin9355
    @anakin9355 5 лет назад +1476

    2018: Garfield lost his magic
    2019: Gorefield and Garfield Gameboy’D

  • @RNJ142
    @RNJ142 6 лет назад +845

    Hey look its GARFILD in the background

  • @tomtomtrent
    @tomtomtrent 3 года назад +94

    When I was in elementary, they had books full of Garfield comics at the school library, and I think they had the older comics from the 70s and 80s. I would read them and I remember thinking they were so funny. Later, in about high school in the early 2010s, I would sometimes read the comics in the paper (yes, my parents still get the paper) and I thought Garfield was terribly unfunny. I was kind of embarrassed at my younger self for thinking it was funny, but I’m glad to see that it was the humor of the comics that changed, not my own sense of humor

  • @nOPE-fs3du
    @nOPE-fs3du 4 года назад +60

    "Garfield peaked 6 years in production."
    I would say some point in the early 90s it started to go down. The whole 80s decade was solid for Garfield.
    Also, the old cartoon is awesome - lots of quotable material.

    • @EpikBirb
      @EpikBirb Год назад

      Garfield and Friends is awesome

  • @mmmapplesauce1673
    @mmmapplesauce1673 5 лет назад +251

    “Where smoking tube???” “ORANGE FELINE!!!”

  • @loganhoffner4178
    @loganhoffner4178 6 лет назад +530

    "There's more to life than socks"
    "There's underwear"

    • @komodoguy152
      @komodoguy152 5 лет назад +4

      Logan Hoffner and undershirts

    • @PygmalionFaciebat
      @PygmalionFaciebat 5 лет назад +2

      I understood :
      Jon : 'There are more things than life which sucks'
      Garfield (to the audience) : 'His underwear'

    • @thegardenofeatin5965
      @thegardenofeatin5965 5 лет назад +1

      Garfield And Friends was my introduction to Garfield, so I always hear Garfield speak in that voice, even reading the comics.

    • @Flowtail
      @Flowtail 5 лет назад

      ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  • @clogadong
    @clogadong 3 года назад +48

    “WE GOTTA SAVE THE UNIVERSE GARFEILD”
    “Jon I’m a cat.”

  • @WasatchWind
    @WasatchWind 3 года назад +35

    Garfield in animation I think is much more funny than the comic, as it can have the intonation of voice, and snappy timing can be controlled, so it's almost in a subtle way.

  • @HLeeV99
    @HLeeV99 6 лет назад +265

    Personally, if I could reboot Garfield, I think I would make him a therapy cat that absolutely HATES being a therapy cat for a nobody called John. John is a complete nervous wreck that had no people skills and he needs a fuzzy companion to feel "normal" in this reboot. This would explain Garfield being taken EVERYWHERE with him and most people find this very weird. Then he get Oddie, who is a therapy dog in training and Garfield doesn't like the idea of being replaced, thus a lot of infighting.

    • @steamedanimations
      @steamedanimations 6 лет назад +29

      HLeeV99 That's a good idea for a reboot.

    • @atarii
      @atarii 6 лет назад +24

      dark but that could work

    • @Johnny0lovely69
      @Johnny0lovely69 6 лет назад +12

      HLeeV99 I was thinking a "faithful" Garfield live action movie would be a romantic comedy about Jon and Liz with Garfield being the audience surrogate.

    • @billybarnett9518
      @billybarnett9518 6 лет назад +6

      There is reportedly already an animated Garfield film in the works for theaters.

    • @Alienrun
      @Alienrun 6 лет назад +3

      Pretty good! lol

  • @rustedcan9313
    @rustedcan9313 6 лет назад +127

    That "I need a bigger cat suit" joke is pure genius, it caught me so off guard

  • @FletcherReedsRandomness
    @FletcherReedsRandomness 5 лет назад +30

    I still occasionally go read Garfield strips in the newspaper. I don't really find it that funny anymore, but I enjoy it in that, "Oh, that's what Garfield and Jon are up to," kind of way.

  • @lillianward2810
    @lillianward2810 3 года назад +30

    Honestly your punchline in the cartoon you drew is funnier than any Garfield strip I’ve seen in years.

  • @sarche696
    @sarche696 6 лет назад +45

    Garfield just became Western Hello Kitty. You could say that it's a backwards Hello Kitty and also a mirror image of it. Hello Kitty was a design made for merchandise which eventually became a character and Garfield is a character which devolved into a merchandise design.

  • @daddymememeister921
    @daddymememeister921 6 лет назад +578

    Jon: "A blind date at a monster truck rally, what was i thinking?"
    Jon: "She had long, red hair, running down her back."
    Jon: "None on her head.... Just on her back."
    Garfield: "Okay, you can stop right there."

  • @witchypoo7353
    @witchypoo7353 3 года назад +82

    I always really liked Jon, especially in the early days. Because I find him to be very relatable. He’s lonely, awkward, & has cat who is best friend who probably doesn’t even like him lol

  • @Ishygog
    @Ishygog 4 года назад +36

    Can we all just reflect for a moment about how perfect Lorenzo Music was as the voice of Garfield?

    • @EpikBirb
      @EpikBirb Год назад +1

      He is *the* Garfield. In my opinion, at least

  • @Sheerspeechcraft
    @Sheerspeechcraft 6 лет назад +1281

    *oh no, it's splut week*

    • @hhoop3876
      @hhoop3876 6 лет назад +40

      PyroTheCat oh no it’s the *school shooter*

    • @CONGTHEGUERILLA
      @CONGTHEGUERILLA 5 лет назад +12

      man i hate monday

    • @satan2583
      @satan2583 5 лет назад +27

      *oh no, it's no nut november.*

    • @golucid745
      @golucid745 5 лет назад +19

      No splut November

    • @M0nkeBreaad
      @M0nkeBreaad 5 лет назад +4

      damn it i was gonna say that

  • @galacticghostgg9305
    @galacticghostgg9305 5 лет назад +175

    The garfield silently judging you in the back debunks the whole video.

  • @OnlyInDr3ams
    @OnlyInDr3ams 4 года назад +70

    He might've lost his magic, but he never lost his godlyness.

  • @Mostawesomeflyer
    @Mostawesomeflyer 3 года назад +15

    “Garfield is a constant that will never burn out”
    I’m eternal, Jon

  • @Fallingwithstyle1995
    @Fallingwithstyle1995 6 лет назад +138

    Excellent analysis. I remember being so invested in the "Jon and Liz finally get together" arc that I cut out all the daily strips from the newspaper and taped them together until it was complete. I thought that was such a fulfilling conclusion to Garfield... and then it kept going.

    • @gunwingeagle1096
      @gunwingeagle1096 6 лет назад +21

      That would have been a good place to end it tbh

    • @nicholaspeters1400
      @nicholaspeters1400 6 лет назад +10

      Maybe it IS the conclusion, and the rest are Jon and Liz’s future child spending their early years trying to make comics based off of their father’s silly stories about his past, thus the general degradation of quality.

    • @phantomboba
      @phantomboba 9 месяцев назад

      @@nicholaspeters1400 that probably wasn’t intended, but the good thing about books is that they’re open to interpretation, so it’s canon to ME.

  • @sexhaie
    @sexhaie 6 лет назад +898

    *"where pipe?"*
    *"CAT."*

    • @cherry9353
      @cherry9353 6 лет назад +92

      Sexhaie "location of smoke apparatus"
      "FELINE"

    • @niydfass1060
      @niydfass1060 6 лет назад +19

      | | ( -?) O- (o!)

    • @SHIGUFEVER
      @SHIGUFEVER 6 лет назад +52

      Cherry Black "placement of device used to inhale the plant called tobacco into the lungs and exhale smoke"
      "DOMESTICATED FURRY ANIMAL"

    • @sexhaie
      @sexhaie 6 лет назад +20

      This shit is getting out of hand

    • @reallytheguy
      @reallytheguy 6 лет назад +15

      “Pipe?”
      “Oh!”

  • @moose200
    @moose200 4 года назад +138

    So...
    *John is a self-insert?*

    • @L0RDK3Y
      @L0RDK3Y 2 года назад

      Hun gggg

  • @Yourhatedquestion
    @Yourhatedquestion 4 года назад +21

    This video made me look up "Tom&Jerry The magic ring" and I've never seen a Wikipedia page with a more detailed plot "summary"

  • @Blacksmith__
    @Blacksmith__ 6 лет назад +444

    I've hardly ever read Garfield in the newspaper. I got the books of all the comic strips in chronological order when I was a kid and really enjoyed them because the strips actually tied into one another and made basic storylines

    • @MediaMunkee
      @MediaMunkee 6 лет назад +32

      Garfield has actually gotten so stale in recent years that he's been pulled from the local funnies. The same local funnies that continued to publish Peanuts reruns for a few years after its ending (and for some godforsaken reason continues to publish Family Circus).

    • @stonefree7973
      @stonefree7973 6 лет назад

      MediaMunkee That's to be expected

    • @dontyouhateitwhen...8312
      @dontyouhateitwhen...8312 6 лет назад +8

      I remember discovering 'comic books' for the first time and I checked out the Garfield books in my school library. It's what got me interested in comic books in the first place.

    • @Dargonhuman
      @Dargonhuman 6 лет назад +6

      I remember once when I was a very, very young child (I'm talking like between 5 and 7 years old - I'm 36 now), I was at my grandfather's house with my mom and sister and I found a bunch of Garfield books that were collections of some of the earliest strips, but I didn't realize back then how old Garfield actually was, and initially was really confused about how different the art and tone were, but when I realized that all of the strips connected to each other and formed a sort of story, I got past that and really enjoyed them.
      That just makes the empty, soulless shell that modern Garfield comics have become all the more sad and depressing.

    • @seannolan9857
      @seannolan9857 6 лет назад +7

      I own the first 41 books. I love 80's and 90's Garfield. But by the turn of the millennium I was getting fewer and fewer laughs out of each book. Eventually I stopped buying the new ones so that I can hold onto the good days only.

  • @SirPonicus
    @SirPonicus 6 лет назад +66

    You missed the perfect opportunity to title the video “How Garfield lost his groove”

    • @lucapeyrefitte6899
      @lucapeyrefitte6899 6 лет назад

      SirPonicus haha yeah cuz Garfield will never get his groove back

  • @mr.smileytm
    @mr.smileytm 4 года назад +24

    "Have these costumes gotten small around the legs?" Is actually a pretty good idea for a Garfield strip.

  • @Kinzokugia
    @Kinzokugia 3 года назад +12

    "Jon, why would you bring your cat on dates?"
    You gotta know upfront. If the cat is a dealbreaker, find out on date 1.

    • @cymond
      @cymond 2 года назад +3

      I have a pet rabbit. I love her very, very much. When looking for an apartment, you might be shocked how many places cannot tell you if they will accept a pet rabbit or not ("I'll have to ask my manager") but will continue to try to convince you to rent from them. Like, seriously lady, I don't care if you have a pool, tennis court, golf course, and clubhouse: no rabbit, no deal.
      One landlord asked "is this a prank?" No dude, I seriously do have a pet rabbit. He thought it was hysterical.
      Oh, I won't even get started on the assholes who think it's funny to "joke" about killing and eating my pet.

  • @nerdcity
    @nerdcity 6 лет назад +743

    The Lasagna Titans episode I’ve been craving

    • @cian2168
      @cian2168 6 лет назад +5

      Yo that's finna woke

    • @conomer8229
      @conomer8229 6 лет назад +3

      Eyyy just came from your newest vid!

    • @CGoody564
      @CGoody564 6 лет назад +3

      Stop stalking creators i like and start making a video!
      Jkkk

    • @mrtannzr
      @mrtannzr 6 лет назад +1

      So when you gonna do thot patrol on Quinton?

    • @magik_man1775
      @magik_man1775 6 лет назад

      *Lasaga

  • @NyscanRohid
    @NyscanRohid 5 лет назад +112

    So it turns out that all of those _really bad_ comic strips from back in the day, like the cat-smoking-pipe strip, were just the author making fun of in-the-day cartoon marketing gimmicks and were actually really clever?

    • @Mnnvint
      @Mnnvint 5 лет назад +39

      If you look at Peanuts, it's often not exactly laugh out loud funny. It's just kind of bleak, wry, cute and vaguely mirthful. It has a lot of stale jokes replayed endlessly. Like Garfield, it was merchandised to death, and has TV/Movie adaptions that vary from "Vaguely off, but nice in its own way", to "completely off the charts terrible".
      I think Garfield was always a sarcastic piece of performance art. Like all notable modern art, the artist getting rich was part of the plan.

    • @Alejandro-er7rp
      @Alejandro-er7rp 5 лет назад +12

      Yes.
      Just look up the hour long video of a guy analyzing that same strip

  • @blue.productions
    @blue.productions 4 года назад +36

    I love how we didn't talk about the Garfield show

    • @vanroyal244
      @vanroyal244 3 года назад

      I don't think it's an entertaining show.

    • @ARCHIVED9610
      @ARCHIVED9610 3 года назад +9

      i used to watch it and it was a fever dream, garfield went to the fly dimension and got chased out of that place and then there was an underwater place and garfield did something

  • @jimwalsh2001
    @jimwalsh2001 4 года назад +14

    I think this is precisely the kind of thing Bill Watterson wanted to avoid.

  • @reviewanythingexcepttechus6630
    @reviewanythingexcepttechus6630 5 лет назад +244

    But let’s be honest, those Chia Garfields were scary af

  • @plumberchoochooman
    @plumberchoochooman 11 месяцев назад +4

    That voice for Garfield is absolutely Perfect.
    Also, "Oh no, *I T ' S S P L U T W E E K* "

  • @1oace768
    @1oace768 3 года назад +17

    I called my cat Garfield and he looked at me like It was a racial slur.

  • @OMGITZRUFFLZ
    @OMGITZRUFFLZ 5 лет назад +143

    "That joke didn't age well"
    Yeah I remember being a kid in middle school and reading that and saying that's not okay lol
    I remwber these long panel comics where garfeild went camping fighting a panther THAT is worth reading

  • @Simjorfeo
    @Simjorfeo 6 лет назад +77

    No work of art has influenced me more than the "Pipe Strip". I can't grasp how deep just that one garfield strip comments on things like life and reality itself.
    This is true art.
    Thank you Jim Davis, thank you.

  • @graphitetailgrace3870
    @graphitetailgrace3870 4 года назад +23

    8:15 Watching Garfield evolve is oddly satisfying.

  • @PedroBenolielBonito
    @PedroBenolielBonito 3 года назад +5

    9:52 one of the best episodes of Garfield and Friends parodied this. You know - the one where Garfield keeps trying to write adventure plots for himself, to prove he can do more than sleep and eat, but no matter how far-fetched and all-out he makes his stories, they always end up with him eating a plate of lasagna and taking a nap? That episode is amazing.

  • @Jaies_
    @Jaies_ 6 лет назад +105

    8:14 - That time lapse of Garfield changing is pretty insane tbh

  • @Jonathonson
    @Jonathonson 5 лет назад +392

    Wonder if Quinton is aware of “Garfield becomes god and vores the universe”

    • @MrCastorarkantos
      @MrCastorarkantos 5 лет назад +41

      I'm sorry, Jon... I was so hungry.

    • @AceTheEgg
      @AceTheEgg 5 лет назад +15

      Jon, You have to let me rest! Cats dont live for 40 years. Im sorry Jon

    • @iyunganam3885
      @iyunganam3885 5 лет назад +14

      Or when he becomes a lovecraftian creature that tortures jon

    • @themarioperson1895
      @themarioperson1895 5 лет назад

      vore

    • @honziksmisery58145
      @honziksmisery58145 5 лет назад +2

      Its older than gorefield became real ( lovecraft garfield)

  • @angeleaterstudios1004
    @angeleaterstudios1004 5 лет назад +10

    Garfield becomes extremely sad when you remove Garfield, and realize Jon is slowly going insane and talking to himself.

  • @Lynn17
    @Lynn17 3 года назад +16

    I collected all of the older Garfield books and there was definitely something special that I found the later strips lacked. On the other hand, I did ship Jon/Liz based on the few positive interactions they had, so I was happy to hear they got together.
    As for the non-comic adaptations, Garfield and Friends and the holiday specials > all. I have zero interest in the live-action movies or CG specials/TV shows.

  • @sandydegener6436
    @sandydegener6436 5 лет назад +100

    So Garfield likes to smoke Jon's pipe...so THAT explains why he's always hungry.
    On the "elongated feet" thing. Cats and dogs when they "sit" are actually kneeling. In ths REAL early days, Jim Davis wanted Garfield to walk and stand like a real cat, but he thought it looked strange. So he called up Charles Schultz and ask him for advice. CS told Jim that he too had the same problem when developing Snoopy. His final solution was to make the foot from everything below the knee. It worked for Snoopy and Garfield. On other famous drawn felines such as Heathcliff and Hobbes, where the front of the foot is not so pronounced, they compensate by having a larger "heel" which is actually the animal's knee. When they walk there may be some bending but that is to avoid the "Southpark Effect".

  • @pokepress
    @pokepress 6 лет назад +1008

    I think Garfield is responsible for about 50% of my sense of humor.

    • @Dargonhuman
      @Dargonhuman 6 лет назад +53

      Same. Growing up my parents never had less than 10 or 12 Garfield strips on the fridge that they found particularly funny or relatable, and I know seeing those constantly every day during my tender developmental years had an impact.

    • @catgod7924
      @catgod7924 6 лет назад +24

      Then it appears you sire have a crappy sense of humor.

    • @punmasterluke841
      @punmasterluke841 6 лет назад +40

      Cat God Humor is subjective tho

    • @f.4w
      @f.4w 6 лет назад +4

      lasaga

    • @perspii2808
      @perspii2808 6 лет назад +6

      Tem bobs and lasagna

  • @theidknetworkowo4721
    @theidknetworkowo4721 4 года назад +15

    Garfield minus Garfield:
    John: *picks up phone* hello? Do I have a cat? No.

  • @foolishmuleth6757
    @foolishmuleth6757 3 года назад +8

    There are 3 certainties in life:
    -Death
    -Taxes
    -Garfield

  • @Feepis
    @Feepis 6 лет назад +366

    Idk if this is an unpopular opinion or not, but I miss the original style of Garfield. To me, the rough, roundness is extremely charming. I believe it also adds more to the humor

    • @nenshi.
      @nenshi. 6 лет назад +1

      Yeah, same

    • @ghoulbuster1
      @ghoulbuster1 6 лет назад +14

      yup, I like Garfield more when he actually looks like a fat cat

    • @officialgoogleyoutube
      @officialgoogleyoutube 6 лет назад +15

      Isn't the current style too round? I like how misshapen the older designs are, but they're bulkier. Now Garfield looks like a Disney character along the likes of Mickey Mouse.

    • @Muchacho1994
      @Muchacho1994 6 лет назад +2

      17:39-17:41 is best Garfield

    • @donnylurch4207
      @donnylurch4207 6 лет назад +1

      BlueDiamond That is the talented Brendaniel speaking.

  • @prowlingmonkey
    @prowlingmonkey 6 лет назад +88

    "There's more to life than socks" (there's underwear)
    That one really got me. The voice acting in those old cartoons were spot on.

  • @gezi5927
    @gezi5927 3 года назад +11

    Honestly the different styles all had their own charm, the first few years were classics, the 80s and 90s was the defining style, and the early 2000s, while different, was cool because the focus was on Jon and Liz too

  • @thelouster5815
    @thelouster5815 5 лет назад +6

    I think Garfield has remained so relevant and is still so loved because the core of his character and his universe in general is the dry humor. It's the kind of humor that appeals to everyone, and can be placed in such a wide variety of settings.

  • @michaelmartingorman
    @michaelmartingorman 6 лет назад +607

    I just watched a 18 minute video about Garfield.

    • @PockyChoco23
      @PockyChoco23 5 лет назад +31

      how about a nearly 1 hour video about a single garfield comic strip?

    • @CornmanC
      @CornmanC 5 лет назад +8

      How about 5 hours repainting that comic strip?

    • @CONGTHEGUERILLA
      @CONGTHEGUERILLA 5 лет назад +3

      man ih ate monday

    • @PockyChoco23
      @PockyChoco23 5 лет назад +2

      @@CONGTHEGUERILLA Did it taste good?

    • @lilamjazeefa9466
      @lilamjazeefa9466 5 лет назад +5

      *an 18 minute video.

  • @skyflier8955
    @skyflier8955 6 лет назад +210

    “There’s more to life then socks”
    *”There’s underwear”*

  • @spookyscaryskeletonsmith2840
    @spookyscaryskeletonsmith2840 4 года назад +7

    “garfield, i want to save the world.”
    “Not so fast, Jon, you must get past me. bullets dont work, jon. there’s no way out, you or me.”

  • @francism9782
    @francism9782 5 лет назад +7

    Every time I see a Garfield comic, show, whatever...I thank God that Calvin and Hobbes ended nicely the way it did.

  • @Rexdrinkredbull
    @Rexdrinkredbull 5 лет назад +175

    "This cat has had a major glowup and no one has the compassion to tell him" is forever my favorite Quinton joke

  • @DammitSinged
    @DammitSinged 6 лет назад +3016

    _Lasaga_

    • @InternetMameluq
      @InternetMameluq 6 лет назад +22

      Is that what a French Viking calls his Sage?

    • @bul13ts
      @bul13ts 6 лет назад +62

      Lasaga Continues...

    • @ajorsomething4935
      @ajorsomething4935 6 лет назад +11

      BEST BY 07 SEP 18

    • @dani1999n
      @dani1999n 6 лет назад +81

      *_I ate those food_*

    • @Sarum9nich
      @Sarum9nich 6 лет назад +62

      "Hey John! Whats gucci my niggah?"

  • @duzacsp1372
    @duzacsp1372 3 года назад +6

    I've never really paid attention to Garfield, as the only reference i had of him was the newest tv shows, but I gotta say that the original Garfield sounds so relatable and similar to real cats that I'm starting to love it. Nice video!

  • @Pooky1991
    @Pooky1991 3 года назад +7

    This is reminding me how much I loved the older strips and the older cartoons. I also think it is wholesome that eventually Liz and Jon got together.

  • @armintor2826
    @armintor2826 5 лет назад +309

    Garfields change in his design makes him look like hes evolving into a human

  • @raph2954
    @raph2954 6 лет назад +205

    *Jon has no style, Jon has no grace*

    • @imchipjames
      @imchipjames 6 лет назад +38

      Raph c-j this John has a funny face

    • @zztalk646
      @zztalk646 6 лет назад +13

      I KNOW WHERE YOU GOT THAT FROM

    • @imchipjames
      @imchipjames 6 лет назад +8

      Zachary Silviera my man

    • @LilyTengoku
      @LilyTengoku 6 лет назад +4

      HE HANDSTAND WHEN HE NEEDS TO AND STRETCH HIS ARMS OUT
      JUST FOR YOU
      INFLATE HIMSELF
      JUST LIKE A BALLOON
      THIS CRAZY JON JUST DIGS THIS TUNE
      HUUUUUH
      Coconut gun

    • @josephcygan9991
      @josephcygan9991 6 лет назад

      John has no GREECE

  • @jermfanaccount
    @jermfanaccount 2 года назад +3

    so, i'm smackbang in the middle of my Garfield hyperfixation at the moment, and yeah, i gotta say that i really do agree with a lot of what you said. i grew up with 80s Garfield, watching Garfield And Friends and reading the 80s strips that my dad collected, and Garfield has always been, well, a cat to me. the thing you said at the beginning about Garfield being about Jon and his cat also resonates with me in a weird way, because the reason my whole Garfield hyperfixation even happened was because of Jon Arbuckle himself.
    Jon's my favourite character because of many reasons. he's incredibly relatable, interesting, funny and i always enjoy seeing him onscreen or on a strip. i always have. he's the reason i still enjoy reading Garfield because i like seeing what misadventures he gets up to, even if it's something as simple as failing horribly at social skills or just him walking around in silly clothes. he's a nice presence to have around. and like you said, it's comforting that the Garfield strip is still running after 44 years at the time of writing, because i know that Jon, someone i relate to, someone i resonate with deeply, and as silly as it sounds, someone i can even call a friend, is still appearing along with Liz and his pets. it's such a simple thing yet it brings me a lot of joy as a "crazy Garfield fan".
    TL;DR, Quinton's really agreeable on this subject and Jon brings me a lot of joy and comfort :)

  • @Ambipie
    @Ambipie 3 года назад +2

    Garfield loves Jon. He hates mondays. He goes outside and does the chores on mondays.

  • @wienerschnitzel1739
    @wienerschnitzel1739 5 лет назад +125

    Hey, but you can’t deny the voice actor for Garfield Gets Real and the Garfield Show is pretty perfect
    That’s exactly how I would imagine he would sound like

    • @gman4736
      @gman4736 5 лет назад +27

      I unironically loved the Garfield show

    • @The-kr9rb
      @The-kr9rb 4 года назад +7

      @@gman4736 the nostalgia

    • @Imfernolistico
      @Imfernolistico 4 года назад +5

      I'm sorry, but compared to Music's work in Garfield & Friends, it's kinda meh.

    • @FireRising86
      @FireRising86 3 года назад +7

      @@Imfernolistico Lorenzo Music WAS Garfield to me, and when he passed, so did the magic of the character

    • @spitgorge2021
      @spitgorge2021 3 года назад +1

      the new york sounding text to speech voice a lot of people use for garfield seems to fit really well to me

  • @tm100pct7
    @tm100pct7 5 лет назад +371

    Everything has it's natural end.
    The Simpsons, Garfield, and even Family Guy are past their life span.
    A good cartoonist knows when to quit. Mike Judge is a perfect example , and so is Gary Larson. Even Bill Waterson knew when to quit.

    • @CW-up7xv
      @CW-up7xv 5 лет назад +9

      The difference is the Simpsons is still hilarious, and garfield was never funny. The only funny thing about garfield is the lasagna cat RUclips channel created to make fun of it.

    • @tm100pct7
      @tm100pct7 5 лет назад +85

      @@CW-up7xv The Simpsons haven't been funny in fifteen years. The only reason they are still on is because Groening is very heavily connected into the in group.

    • @magma1264
      @magma1264 5 лет назад +65

      The creators of Family Guy want the show to end but Fox wont let them. It makes them too much money

    • @syrupwaf
      @syrupwaf 5 лет назад +2

      -The Simpsons- Futurama

    • @Cinko420
      @Cinko420 5 лет назад +8

      CarterK25
      Futurama ended years ago.

  • @sunfishensunfishen2271
    @sunfishensunfishen2271 3 года назад +8

    I remember ever since I saw that documentary about the beach in Europe that to this day has old Garfield cable phones wash up on after like several years of this shipping container falling into the ocean and I’ve always wanted to have a Garfield phone in my house somewhere

  • @anone.mousse674
    @anone.mousse674 4 года назад +7

    Coming back here after the Garfield Vacation video feels like watching Iron Man 1.

  • @cumbrap
    @cumbrap 6 лет назад +601

    Damn this is the first time I've ever seen someone talk about Garfield Gets Real.

    • @tyrisjones6557
      @tyrisjones6557 6 лет назад +7

      Excited for your next vid man.

    • @cumbrap
      @cumbrap 6 лет назад +42

      I dunno if we watched the same video, what SJW shit did he talk about?

    • @MELLMAO
      @MELLMAO 6 лет назад +7

      That was the movie that really made me realise that garfield as we know it is dead and nothing more than a milking cow to big corporations

    • @Den-pw3jt
      @Den-pw3jt 6 лет назад +4

      MultiTarded yeah, err sure if you want to project some of your fantasies on this video then freely do so but please dont write this in the comments and show that you dont watch the same video as the rest of us.
      but if you accuse someone of doing something then why not write some examples or is that too productive?

    • @Den-pw3jt
      @Den-pw3jt 6 лет назад +2

      Obeycap sorry, forgotten this as well.
      but you can say that garfield has cartoons as well and i dont know the age of Quinton so yeah but still another stupid things in this comment
      but honestly this comment from that guy/girl shouldnt be taken seriously.

  • @Medachod
    @Medachod 6 лет назад +219

    I wish Garfield & Friends lasted just a little longer. One of the few cartoons that was ended of the creator's own volition. Not due to low ratings.

    • @ShogunX11
      @ShogunX11 6 лет назад +7

      Medachod by the final season it has some of the highest ratings too

    • @starbutterfly9036
      @starbutterfly9036 6 лет назад +1

      I like The Garfield Show

    • @johnwaltonn725
      @johnwaltonn725 6 лет назад +13

      Medachod i liked Garfield and friends too , along with the comics...just didnt care for the cgi toon or the movies

    • @olipolygon
      @olipolygon 6 лет назад +7

      actually, if i recall, CBS wanted to cut the budget and so they dropped the show

    • @CONGTHEGUERILLA
      @CONGTHEGUERILLA 5 лет назад

      i hate mponday

  • @butterknifepatten4455
    @butterknifepatten4455 5 лет назад +8

    i remember one time when i was about 10 years old, and i was reading through old garfield strips, i decided to make my own garfield comic. later i found a comic that i hadn’t yet read with the exact same punchline that i had created. that i had spent like ten seconds on. when i was 10 years old. even i didn’t think the punchline was good.

  • @deadweight4887
    @deadweight4887 5 лет назад +10

    I actually started loving Garfield because of the live actions, I used to cry during that scene that Odie ran away from home, but I never really consumed his comics (just in school books) so maybe that's why I liked The Garfield Show as well