# So I go to pick up the new DVD of Garfield: The Movie for my kids... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-go-to-pick-up-the-new-dvd-of-garfield-the-movie-for-my-kids/270217 "2004-10-20T14:19:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-go-to-pick-up-the-new-dvd-of-garfield-the-movie-for-my-kids/270217/21 "2004-10-20T21:02:02Z")
“Practicing for Halloween? _Practicing?_ I’ll have you know Halloween’s my middle name. Gar… Halloween… field.” “Arrr, I think you be havin’ a bit too many peg legs there, matey!” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-go-to-pick-up-the-new-dvd-of-garfield-the-movie-for-my-kids/270217/22 "2004-10-20T21:02:24Z")
> [@chorpler](#): > > Okay, here’s a quick plot summary: (big-ass spoiler snipped out of compassion for hamsters – **kd99** ) Man, you ought to print that out and submit it to _TV Guide_. Maybe they’ll hire you to write listing descriptions. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Naz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@Naz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Naz)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-go-to-pick-up-the-new-dvd-of-garfield-the-movie-for-my-kids/270217/23 "2004-10-20T21:58:30Z")
> [@Jenny Haniver](#): > > Is _Garfield’s Halloween Adventure_ the one where: > > Jon takes Garfield and Odie camping, and they get lost, and then Garfield gets left behind and winds up living on the streets? And there’s this really scary feral cat who hates him? > > That’s all I remember…we used to have this, on Beta (!), and it freaked me out as a kid. No, I think that’s Garfield On The Town, or something like that. I always kinda liked that one, 'cause you got to see Garfield’s Mom. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-go-to-pick-up-the-new-dvd-of-garfield-the-movie-for-my-kids/270217/24 "2004-10-20T22:07:10Z")
Sure enough, **chorpler**. _A Wish For Wings That Work_ was…pretty good. It wouldn’t be fair to call it an animated _Bloom County_, since it was done during the _Outland_ years, and it shows. It was about a good as _Outland_, which while not nearly as good as _Bloom County_ was, it was still better than most others out there. If I’m remembering this right, [_Gary Larson’s Tales From The Far Side_](http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004D008/202-7543128-1495846) sucked rocks, plain and simple. I don’t recall much of the show, just that I was _very_ disappointed. Not quite sure why I can only find it at [amazon.uk](http://amazon.uk) and not on the US site. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-go-to-pick-up-the-new-dvd-of-garfield-the-movie-for-my-kids/270217/25 "2004-10-21T02:34:50Z")
> [@Naz](#): > > No, I think that’s Garfield On The Town, or something like that. I always kinda liked that one, 'cause you got to see Garfield’s Mom. _Now_ I remember this! I remember being depressed about seeing his mom, and wondering why the adult Garfield never got to see her. Or something. I _barely_ remember this. ---
**Author:** ![Naz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@Naz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Naz)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-go-to-pick-up-the-new-dvd-of-garfield-the-movie-for-my-kids/270217/26 "2004-10-21T04:03:38Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > _Now_ I remember this! I remember being depressed about seeing his mom, and wondering why the adult Garfield never got to see her. Or something. I _barely_ remember this. :smack: You know, this thread reminded me that I bought a small lot of three Garfield VHS specials off ebay sometime ago. Sure enough, there’s Garfield On The Town right on top of the stack. I gotta watch this stuff again! ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-go-to-pick-up-the-new-dvd-of-garfield-the-movie-for-my-kids/270217/27 "2004-10-21T06:52:21Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Sure enough, **chorpler**. _A Wish For Wings That Work_ was…pretty good. It wouldn’t be fair to call it an animated _Bloom County_, since it was done during the _Outland_ years, and it shows. It was about a good as _Outland_, which while not nearly as good as _Bloom County_ was, it was still better than most others out there. > > If I’m remembering this right, [_Gary Larson’s Tales From The Far Side_](http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004D008/202-7543128-1495846) sucked rocks, plain and simple. I don’t recall much of the show, just that I was _very_ disappointed. > > Not quite sure why I can only find it at [amazon.uk](http://amazon.uk) and not on the US site. Thanks for the information. I take it that AWfWtW was a Christmas special of some kind? Too bad about the Far Side thing not being good – but I’d still like to see it anyway, at least once. 😉 So I sure hope they both come out on DVD someday… ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-go-to-pick-up-the-new-dvd-of-garfield-the-movie-for-my-kids/270217/28 "2004-10-21T07:05:00Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Man, you ought to print that out and submit it to _TV Guide_. Maybe they’ll hire you to write listing descriptions. > > 😛 🙂 I think for TV Guide I’d have to condense it down to “On a stormy Halloween night, Garfield and Odie get more than they bargain for while trick-or-treating.” You know, it always seemed to me that reviewing books and/or movies would be a great job. I wonder how you go about becoming a reviewer… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-go-to-pick-up-the-new-dvd-of-garfield-the-movie-for-my-kids/270217.md?page=1)