Jim Davis’ Garfield the cat first appeared in animated form in The Fantastic Funnies (1980), a strange special hosted by Loni Anderson.
It was produced by Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez who produced the Peanuts specials, and who did the first few Garfield specials afterward. Garfield was played by Scott Beach, who voiced “The Death Star plans are not in the main computer” in Star Wars, among other things.
The animation adapts a few early strips which had a fatter design for Garfield, and the thinner design here isn’t quite right. They’re still figuring out how to draw the cat. This follows a Tumbleweeds segment, which Jim Davis also worked on.
Jim Davis (August 26, 1915 – April 26, 1981) Physique:Average Build Height: 6’ 2½" (1.89 m)
Jim Davis was an American actor, best known for his role as Jock Ewing in the CBS primetime soap opera, Dallas, a role he continued until he was too ill from a terminal illness to perform. Davis died at his home in Northridge, California, on April 26, 1981, aged 71.
The tall, rangy silver-haired actor made dozens of movies and more than 300 television appearances during his long career, but failed to reach stardom until he appeared in Dallas. I have nothing to base this on, but I think Davis could give a good fuck. What rugged, real life cowboy couldn’t.
