Garfield Holiday Celebrations

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Summary: Finally on DVD!!!!
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All three Garfield Holiday specials on one disc! the first is a definite halloween classic " Garfield's Halloween Adventure" about Garfield and Odie going trick of treating to find a haunted house of evil pirate spirits. Then my personal fave " Garfield's Thanksgiven" has Jon with a crush named " Dr. Liz Wilson" whom is invited for thanksgiven dinner while Garfield is on a diet by the doctor's orders and finally " A Garfield Christmas" has Jon with Odie & Jon to have a great holiday time with his family on the farm.

All three classic holiday TV Specials on DVD at last, if you love Garfield then you must own this DVD.

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Summary: I'm the same kid who wrote the kid reiview on Garfield ashim
Review: As a kid growing up i loved garfield and every year i waited for his holiday specials, the Halloween special always stuck with me and i have wanted to see it for years, the ghosts, the songs..oh what a joy.


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Summary: Great for Garfield lovers, beware of Halloween ep 4 toddlers
Review: I bought this DVD for myself. I love Garfield Christmas and wanted it on DVD, lucky for me they had 2 more holiday ep's on it. In my opinion the whole DVD's great, I love it. I played it every day until Christmas watching every episode no matter if it had passed or not.

The only reason I gave it 4 stars is because the Halloween ep is kinda scary for toddlers. My son is 2.5 and was basically shaking, hiding behind me when the ghosts were swirling around when they got to the haunted house and he didn't like the man who told the story either.

When my son's around I just play the Thanksgiving and Christmas ep's, When he's gone I play them all. "Nice touch"...

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Summary: Finally, the best cartoons ever on DVD!
Review: I have always loved the Halloween special and the Christmas special. I really looked forward to watching these every year growing up. I've missed them so much over the years, and now I can see them again. I had never seen the Thanksgiving special until I watched this DVD, but it's a good addition to my Garfield holiday specials. The next Garfield show I can't wait to see on DVD is Garfield in Paradise. That one and the Halloween special are my absolute favorites!

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Summary: Love Garfield!
Review: I was only a kid when I first saw "A Garfield Christmas", though I don't recall the other two specials on this DVD release. My taped version wore out quickly, yet somehow I still remember Garfield in all his glory. From the start of "Gimme Gimme Gimme" to DotBoy and Jon getting up in the middle of the night to pester Mom and Dad to open presents-grown men, mind you-to Odie's thoughtful secret gift for Garfield to Grandma's eccentric laugh. It's all still in my trap-and rather vivid for having not seen in it in over a decade! A must-have for the holidays.

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Summary: The PERFECT xmas gift
Review: I'm really beginning to enjoy these DVD releases of the Garfield TV specials. In this one we are treated to the Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas shows. And their all great.

'Gimme!' Such a wonderful way to ask for candycandycandycandy. Well it's Garfield's way. And candy he certainly gets in this wonderful Halloween Special. It all starts on one cozy Halloween morn with Garfield waking to the sound of the TV. Normally he'd be irate at waking so early but when he learns what day it is he cannot wait to go trickortreating and get his paws on some candycandycandycandy!

He and Odie dress as pirates and go off on an adventure that happens to involve the ghosts of REAL pirates and real buried treasure. In the course of these brilliant 25 minutes we get the typical assortment of great Garfield humor and wonderful songs.

If only the movie were this good.

As for the incredibly sweet Thankgiving episode, once again, Garfield proves he can pull off more in 25 minutes than movies that take 4 times that long. It's Thanksgiving and Jon loves to make a huge deal of it. On a trip to the vet (keep a lookout for Orson the Pig in the waiting room) he manages to pluck up enough courage to ask out Dr. Liz on a date. Amazed? Well she actually accepts, how crazy is that? If only she knew what she was getting in to.

Jon doesn't plan the Thanksgiving dinner very well. He's got NO clue how to work a kitchen. And he's on the verge of blowing his big chance with Liz. But Grandma Arbuckle comes to the rescue. And so John, Liz, Garfield and Odie sit together at the table for lovely evening in which Jon actually manages to impress Liz. Well, will wonders never cease?

Finally there is the Christmas Special. Is it just me or do the Garfield TV specials seem to have a real emotional touch to them that gives the whole series higher integrity than the average children's animation.

It's Xmas time once again and Jon takes Garfield and Odie back home to the farm for a good, old-fashioned country Xmas. Originally against the idea, Garfield quickly becomes accustomed when he remembers how much he likes Grandma. John and brother Doc-Boy behave like kids again and can barely contain their excitement at the forthcoming prezzies (who can?) and what on earth is Odie up to in the barn?

The Garfield Christmas Special is a warm, sentimental and meaningful cartoon with great songs (once again) and the kind of everlasting charm most would kill for. Highly recommended!

The episodes are presented in 1.33:1 full frame, as drawn, with Dolby Mono sound and no extras. NOTE: The R2 version replaces the Thanksgiving episode with Garfield in the Rough.

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Summary: The House that Garfield Built
Review: In 1985, producer Phil Roman, and his cleverly-named animation company, Film Roman, won an Emmy for Garfield's Halloween Adventure. Two years later, A Garfield Christmas Special, an Emmy nominee, became an annually looked-for seasonal tradition. 1989 brought another Emmy for Garfield's Thanksgiving Special. That was also the year Jim Davis redesigned his comic cat. Film Roman would bring the new Garfield to life in a an ambitious weekly series, the wonderful Garfield and Friends, now out on DVD. Setting milestones in every area of animation, the carefully crafted, wittily written, winningly-voiced, subtle, amiable, ground-breaking show would establish Film Roman as a leading studio that would take animation to new heights with The Simpsons. Break out this DVD to warm the winter months. Like the Peanuts specials, these Garfield classics are best saved for the seasons, as a long-awaited part of the annual celebrations.

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Summary: I got one
Review: This is one of the best holiday dvds to date. I got mine a week before it came out. I got it from walmart, and when I got home I put it in and watched it.