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Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

ian-1211 I liked (not loved) this cartoon when I saw this on Children's ITV back in the early 90's. I adore the comic strip thought, the wit and purity of the comic strip still appeals to everyone to this day and even going into 2009, Garfield still proves he is going to be very popular (just check out Borders for calenders!). The animation of the strip has also improved. Garfield looks cleaner and a lot more believable and Odie is now playing more of a part in the comic strip than he used to (but the days when Jon is not going around searching for a date anymore since Liz actually love him now but at least he's finally happy!). Mealtime jokes for now on! Anyways, about this cartoon, is was good for watching something to come home from school for, but there was something about that never gelled! There was a lot of comic strips turn T.V. cartoon back in the day like Snoopy, Hagar and Heathcliff, so I guess this was only really being a money-spinner. First off, why is the animation in the Garfield sketches cruder than the Orson's Farm ones? It's weird! Where they trying to develop styles or something? Because I find this really strange. I really didn't like the Orson's Farm segments. They were boring and not funny. The appealed to a CbeeBies audience than anyone else. And another that bothers me is Garfield's dry wit. He is just a one joke character who does nothing more than fools his foolish owner Jon, eat the house out and humiliate the dog while making sarcastic side remarks! The animation was not up to standards either and the voices grated quickly. And where was Odie for most of the episodes? Mind you, the Garfield stories were good fun, if they were original enough. I did like this when it first came out but I lost interest as this went on, especially when it change the theme tune and became more like trying to compete with Tiny Toons or Animanics! My final words: If you are looking for a good cartoon on a Friday afternoon and there is nothing on the other side, than this will do. But if you want to capture the pure wit and charm of Garfield in all his flavour, you're better off reading the newspaper each day!

General_G Man do I miss this show. One of the best cartoons ever made! I used to watch this when it was on the air and even after it went off I watched the re-runs until stupid UPN stop showing them in 1997! Great kids show. I actually like the show better then the Garfield comics. The thing that really the show kick off was that Lorenzo Music, aka Carlton the doorman on Rhoda, did the voice of Garfield! He is thee perfect person to do his voice. It was so upsetting when he died. He wasn't in The Garfield Movie and that made it suck not to mention they totally changed Jon in it. I always wanted Odie to talk. Garfield and Nermal can "talk" so why can't Odie? I also liked the barnyard animals. My favorite was Wade, so scared of everything. Poor duck. I wish this show never went off. Why did it? It was so successful. Bring it back! Come on Jim Davis! Bring back Garfield and Friends!

CSGarfield I definitely remember this cartoon as one of the bests out there along with the Pink Panther. I mean, who could forget those episodes? There was one where Garfield, Jon, and Odie go out to get a car from the high-bargaining, high-convincing salesman Mr. Swindler (It's getting tougher and tougher to make an honest dollar). There was also the one where Garfield wakes up on the wrong cartoon with a He-man/Transformers atmosphere (See them to find out what Gafield does). Otherwise, Garfield is just another world's laziest cat. There's also the U.S. Acres (Orson's Farm) segments, based on another strip by Jim Davis preferably for young children (which explains why it aims toward a younger audience). They were great as well, and I liked all the characters (especially Bo and Roy). It was yet another masterpiece in there. And to conclude, there would be a Garfield Quickie based on the comic strips Jim Davis made. I also heard of hidden, or unsyndicated, episodes that never seemed to air on television (but they might appear on the videos/DVDs) All in all, this is most definitely the best cartoon show ever made! Unlike all that violent and vulgar cartoons they're crowding up with nowadays, especially anime, or Japanese animation shows Still this is my favorite one of cartoons shows in all!!! See if you can find it!

newkidontheblock Garfield and Friends in my opinion is the quintessential Saturday morning television program. It was silly, it was funny, and it was smart. CBS made a great choice in 1988 by picking up this Jim Davis creation. But not only did this show have the Garfield crew, Davis also brought along his other creation, U.S. Acers, another hilarious strip that ran along Garfield during the 80's and 90's.The plot of Garfield and Friends is that there's this orange cat by the name of Garfield (named after Davis' great uncle). He's fat, cranky, and he has some sort of lasagna fetish. He lives with his hapless, hopeless, loveless owner John Arbuckle, who is a cartoonist. In the strip and the cartoon, he's betrayed as a geeky and sometimes creepy man, who is really a nice guy, but just has no luck when it comes to having a life. Also in the Arbuckle residence is the beloved yellow dog of America: Odie. Odie is kind of...how should I put this? and idiot. He has no known thought and he paints a lot, thats about it. But Odie has his moments, and he's a good dog. They go thought life as kind of a weird family in crazy situation, and at the end, there always together in there little suburban homeAlso, we have the tales from our barn yard friends at U.S. Acers. U.S. Acers is about animals that run a farm. The leader of the group is a pig named Orson. Orson is a really good guy, he keeps everything in order, he helps everyone with there problems, and makes sure that U.S. Acers is safe from predators. We also have Roy who happens to be a rooster. To be completely frank, Roy is an a** hole. He's egotistical, and he's just a jerk. Usually, hes the cause of the problems at the farm. There's also Wade the duck. He's scared of everything, you name it, he'll run away from it, whether its weasels or demerit's, when danger reveals its ugly head, wades outta there. Bo and Landlen are the resident sheep of the farm. Bo is kind of a ambiguous stoner of the bunch. He talks a bit like Tommy Chong, and he's eyes are always half open. He doesn't really do anything, but he's always there. Landlen is the only female on the farm. She wears lots of blue eye shadow and always has a smart comment (shes a lot like Mimi Bobeck Carey from the Drew Carey Show). Landlen isn't afraid to kick some ones butt if there out of line, she usually keeps Roy in check and she has a heart of gold. The last patrons of U.S. Acers are Booker and Sheldon. There young bird brothers and they really don't do much of anything. Sheldon is still in his egg (thus the name). Like the Arbuckle clan, the animal-people of U.S. Acers are just one strange family who genuinely care for each otherIn conclusion, I believe more shows should be like Garfield and Friends. Because Saturday morning t.v. is in a dark age of really crappy show with horrible animation. The days of Anamainiacs, School House Rock, Histaria, Freakazoid, Bugs and Tweety, and Freakazoid are finished! Please save Saturday morning from these mindless piece of crap programs and lets get back to what its really about, laughing so hard that you wake up your parents.