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Garfield Goes Hollywood is the seventh half-hour animated special based on the Garfield comic strip. It features the voice and music talent common in Garfield animated specials, including Lorenzo Music (the voice of Garfield) and Lou Rawls (provides the songs). The special premiered in 1987.

Storyline

Garfield and Odie believe their dance routines (as performed on the fencetop at night) can't be beat and so does Jon. They happen to be watching Pet Search (a pet's version of Star Search) when they come up with a great idea to go on the show. Jon is hoping to win the $1,000 prize, which Garfield is not really impressed by. They perform as an Elvis style trio called "Johnny Bop and the Two-Steps" (rather reluctantly, because they did not really want Jon involved in their act). Garfield believes it is embarrassing because they all have to wear Elvis-like costumes. Despite how embarrassing it felt to perform their rock 'n roll number, the gang are in for a big surprise... they win! Which means they can go to Hollywood and try their luck at the nationals. They hit the road to Hollywood and arrive at their fancy hotel. Garfield and Odie are concerned that their act is too mediocre to win first prize, so they destroy Jon's guitar when he isn't looking. This allows Garfield and Odie to come up with a better act for the show. Garfield and Odie compete in the finals as a tango dancing duo. They see all these fabulous prizes being offered to the winner. Jon is now much more serious, saying that he thinks being able to return to their old life would be the best prize of all. Garfield is focused on fame and thinks Jon has lost it. Unfortunately their act loses to an opera singing cat. Jon wins a boat as second place prize. The moral being that even though they didn't strike fame, at least they didn't get over their heads, right?

Songs in Garfield Goes Hollywood

Trivia

  • Desirée the Classical Cat is clearly a nod to Desirée Goyette, who also provided the singing voice.
  • In Garfield's fantasy about being a big star, he finds himself acting like Fred Astaire and Judy Garland.
This special is available on the Garfield: Travel Adventures DVD.
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Here Comes Garfield | Garfield on the Town | Garfield in the Rough | Garfield's Halloween Adventure | Garfield in Paradise | A Garfield Christmas | Garfield Goes Hollywood | Happy Birthday, Garfield | | Garfield's Babes and Bullets | Garfield's Thanksgiving | Garfield's Feline Fantasies | Garfield Gets a Life
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'Gnorm Gnat'
Followed by 'U.S. Acres' Garfield is a daily-syndicated comic strip created by Jim Davis. It chronicles the life of the title character, Garfield, a tabby cat, his owner, Jon Arbuckle, and the dog, Odie.
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Lorenzo Music

Birth name Gerald David Music
Born May 2 1937(1937--)
Brooklyn, New York
Died July 4 2001 (aged 64)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was a Chicago-born American soul music, jazz, and blues singer. Known for his smooth vocal style, Frank Sinatra once said that Rawls had "the classiest singing and silkiest chops in the singing game.
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1984 1985 1986 - 1987 - 1988 1989 1990

Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII
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Star Search is a television show from 1983 to 1995 hosted by Ed McMahon, which also appeared as a remake in 2003-2004. The show was originally filmed at the old Earl Carroll Theatre at 6230 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood and later at the Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida.
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Elvis Aaron Presley[1][2] (January 8, 1935–August 16, 1977), was an American singer, musician, actor, writer, and producer. He is a cultural icon, often known as "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", or simply "The King".
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Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles, California, situated west-northwest of Downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word "Hollywood" is often used as a metonym for the Cinema of the United States.
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Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was a Chicago-born American soul music, jazz, and blues singer. Known for his smooth vocal style, Frank Sinatra once said that Rawls had "the classiest singing and silkiest chops in the singing game.
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Thom Huge (pronounced "HEW-gee") is a voice actor. He voices Jon Arbuckle, Roy Rooster and Binky the Clown on the cartoon series "Garfield and Friends".

External link

  • Thom Huge at the Internet Movie Database

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Desirée Goyette (married name Desirée Goyette-Bogas) is a singer, composer, lyricist and voice-over artist. She has been nominated for two Grammy Awards and has voiced such characters as Betty Boop, Barbie, Nermal, Petunia Pig, Honey Bunny and numerous others for radio,
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Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was a Chicago-born American soul music, jazz, and blues singer. Known for his smooth vocal style, Frank Sinatra once said that Rawls had "the classiest singing and silkiest chops in the singing game.
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Desirée Goyette (married name Desirée Goyette-Bogas) is a singer, composer, lyricist and voice-over artist. She has been nominated for two Grammy Awards and has voiced such characters as Betty Boop, Barbie, Nermal, Petunia Pig, Honey Bunny and numerous others for radio,
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Fred Astaire

Birth name Frederick Austerlitz Jr.
Born May 10 1899(1899--)
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Died May 22 1987 (aged 88)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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Judy Garland

from the trailer for A Star Is Born
Birth name Frances Ethel Gumm
Born May 10 1922(1922--)
Grand Rapids, Minnesota, U.S.
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'Gnorm Gnat'
Followed by 'U.S. Acres' Garfield is a daily-syndicated comic strip created by Jim Davis. It chronicles the life of the title character, Garfield, a tabby cat, his owner, Jon Arbuckle, and the dog, Odie.
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Garfield is a fictional character in the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis. He is a lazy, fat, selfish, orange, anthropomorphic tabby cat who enjoys eating, sleeping, stealing Jon's meals, and being mean to Odie by kicking him off the table.
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Jonathan Q. "Jon" Arbuckle is a fictional character from the Garfield comic strip by Jim Davis. He has also appeared in Garfield and Friends and two live-action feature films.

A nerdy and clumsy man, Jon is the owner of Garfield and Odie.
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Odie is a fictional character in the Jim Davis comic strip Garfield. He has also appeared in Garfield and Friends and two live-action feature films.

He is a kind but dumb yellow-furred, brown-eared beagle.
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Nermal is a fictional character in the comic Garfield. Nermal is a small grey kitten, self-proclaimed "The world's cutest kitten." He frequently makes unannounced visits into Garfield's home, where he flaunts his cuteness and becomes the focus of Jon's attention for the
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Arlene may refer to:
  • Hurricane Arlene
  • Arlene, fictional character in Garfield.

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Here Comes Garfield was the first half-hour animated televised special based on the Garfield comic strip. It features the voices of Lorenzo Music as Garfield and others who later went on to voice their characters in future Garfield specials and the television series
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Garfield on the Town is the second half-hour animated special based on the Garfield comic strip. It features the voice and music talent common in Garfield animated specials including Lorenzo Music (the voice of Garfield) and Lou Rawls (provides the songs).
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Garfield in the Rough is the third half hour animated special based on the Garfield comic strip. It features the voice and music talent common in Garfield animated specials including Lorenzo Music (the voice of Garfield) and Lou Rawls (provides the songs).
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Garfield's Halloween Adventure (originally titled "Garfield in Disguise") is a 1985 Halloween animated television special. Garfield's Halloween Adventure is the fourth half-hour special based on the Garfield
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Garfield in Paradise is the fifth half-hour animated special based on the Garfield comic strip. It features the voice and music talent common in Garfield animated specials including Lorenzo Music (the voice of Garfield) and Lou Rawls (provides the songs).
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A Garfield Christmas is the sixth half-hour animated special based on the Garfield comic strip. It features the voice and music talent that is common in Garfield animated specials including Lorenzo Music (the voice of Garfield) and Lou Rawls (provides the songs).
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Happy Birthday, Garfield is a 60 minute Garfield television special celebrating the tenth birthday anniversary of the creation of the Garfield comic strip. The special originally aired on CBS in North America on May 17, 1988 and was hosted by Jim Davis who gives the
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Garfield's Babes and Bullets is a half-hour animated special based on a segment of the same name from the book . It features the voice of Lorenzo Music as Garfield, and premiered in 1989 as the final Garfield special winning an Emmy for outstanding animated program.
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Garfield's Thanksgiving is the least-known holiday special of Garfield history. It aired on Wednesday, November 23, 1989.

Plot

Garfield is put on a diet just after Jon bought a boatload of food home on the day before Thanksgiving.
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