Garfield and Friends

Trivia

• When the show was originally broadcast on CBS, the episodes usually had three Quickies (30-second gags), usually two "Garfield Quickies" and one "US Acres Quickie". Midway through the second season, "Screaming with Binky" Quickies were added. However, in the syndicated reruns, only one Quickie is shown per episode, and it's always at the end rather than around the shorts.
• The first season aired in a half-hour format. In the second season, it switched to an hour-length format, showing two episodes each week. However, in the show's last season, the second half-hour of the show featured either an episode from the previous season or one of Garfield's TV specials.
• The U.S. Acres episode "Much Ado About Orson" is mentioned several times in the second season, but never actually appears. An episode titled "Much Ado About Lanolin" does appear in the third season, however.
• The show has had three different theme songs. The first one was used during the first two seasons, and was also occasionally hummed or sung by the characters within the show. The second theme song first appeared in the third season and was used through the sixth season, during which some of the clips in the sequence were changed. This theme song is the only one used in the syndicated reruns. During the seventh and last season, a rap-based theme song was used.
• For reasons unknown, the last two seasons are never shown in the syndicated reruns.
• The show often broke the fourth wall and made references to the idea that it was a live-action sitcom, which, of course, it wasn't.
• The show makes frequent references to the Klopman Diamond, a fictional diamond which was originally an old Johnny Carson joke.
• Mark Evanier, co-creator of Groo the Wanderer and other comic books, has often spoken highly of his time as a writer and director on the show.
• The show has aired in syndication on TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and Fox Family (later named ABC Family).