Garfield and Friends: Volume Five

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Since DVDs will have gone the way of the recordplayer by the time this volume is put out in downloadable format (Seasons 1&2 are only just out now…), I highly recommend picking up Volume Five of Garfield & Friends. While Binky the Clown doesn’t appear in this set (yes, this means no Screaming With Binky mini-cartoons), nobody complains much. Also gone are a number of the early characters- Cactus Jake, Ralph Mouse & his incessant Have Me On The Show More Often whining…so this isn’t really a bad thing. Most of Victoria Jackson’s appearances as “Penelope”- Davis’ inexplicable substitute for Arlene in the G&F show- are on this set, as are great moments in Garfield cartooning like “Sit On It”, a Barney knock-off and “The Legend of Johnny Ragweedseed”. Great conclusion to a great show- and vastly superior to the awful French-designed “Garfield Show” now plaguing discount racks near you.

– Curmudgeonly Grammarian

This is the final season of Garfield and Friends. I was disappointed that the final shows are not as imaginative and fun as the earlier shows. Several episodes include aliens and monsters, something that really doesn’t match up with the theme of earlier shows, and doesn’t reflect the humor that Garfield had in the past. Several of the “plot lines” were repetitive, as if the writters had run out of ideas. This season is ok, but I would recommend spending your money on one of the four earlier seasons if you want a good laugh.

– BookBuyer2

One of the best cartoons ever IMO. I grew up on this show, and the dvd’s are all great. The chapter breaks are between mini-episodes, so it’s very convenient to click through episodes looking for the mini you want to watch. Really nothing to complain about in these dvd’s, and I can’t think of anything more I’d ask for (other than not having the FBI warning and all that crap you can’t skip through at the beginning)

-Mats

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Actors: Lorenzo Music, Thom Huge, Gregg Berger, Howard Morris, Frank Welker
Writers: Jim Davis
Format: Animated, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Dubbed: English, Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 3
Rated: Unrated , Not Rated
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Release Date: December 6, 2005
Run Time: 30 minutes