Скачать или смотреть 🕵️‍♂️ *Garfield: Babes and Bullets* (1989) – Full Animated TV Special 🐱📺 Starring Lorenzo Music

🐱 Genre: Animation, Mystery, Comedy
📅 Original Air Date: May 23, 1989
📺 Network: CBS Television
🎨 Animation Style: Traditional 2D Hand-Drawn
⏱️ Runtime: Approximately 24 minutes
🌐 Language: English
🇺🇸 Country of Origin: United States

📖 Overview:

Garfield: Babes and Bullets is an animated television special featuring characters from the Garfield universe created by cartoonist Jim Davis. This special originally aired on CBS in 1989 and is the seventh entry in a series of twelve Garfield TV specials produced between 1982 and 1991.

Unlike other Garfield specials that are typically comedic in nature, this installment is structured as a noir-style mystery. The story is presented as a dream sequence in which Garfield imagines himself as a hard-boiled private investigator named Sam Spayed. The narrative is a parody of 1940s and 1950s detective fiction, featuring classic noir tropes such as a mysterious femme fatale, hidden motives, and a shadowy urban backdrop.

🎙️ Voice Cast:

Lorenzo Music as Garfield / Sam Spayed

Thom Huge as Jon Arbuckle / Lt. Washington

Gregg Berger as Odie / Various Roles

Julie Payne as Tina Ravoli

Nino Tempo as Tony

📌 Lorenzo Music, the long-time voice of Garfield, narrates the special in the stylized voice of a film noir detective, providing internal monologues throughout the story.

📚 Production Details:

Creator: Jim Davis

Director: Phil Roman

Writer: Jim Davis (story)

Animation Studio: Film Roman

Music Composer: Ed Bogas

Executive Producers: Lee Mendelson, Bill Melendez

The special was produced by Film Roman, a studio that handled the majority of Garfield’s animated content during the 1980s and early 1990s. The direction by Phil Roman and the noir-style narration distinguish this special from others in the Garfield series.

🎞️ Plot Summary:

In the story, Garfield, taking on the persona of detective Sam Spayed, is approached by a woman named Tanya O'Tabby who claims her husband has been murdered. As Sam investigates, he encounters a range of suspicious characters including club owners, shady associates, and police detectives.

The case leads him through a stylized cartoon version of a noir landscape, featuring alleyways, jazz clubs, and shadow-filled apartments. The resolution reveals the real circumstances behind the “murder,” with a final twist typical of the noir genre. The entire story is ultimately revealed to be a fantasy occurring while Garfield naps in his living room.

🏆 Awards and Recognition:

Garfield: Babes and Bullets received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (One Hour or Less) in 1989.

The special was recognized for its unique stylistic approach and departure from standard children’s cartoon themes.

🧠 Educational Notes:

The special introduces viewers to the aesthetic and storytelling techniques of classic film noir, adapted for a family audience.

Its use of genre parody provides a reference point for understanding tropes such as the unreliable narrator, internal monologue, and femme fatale.

The Emmy win situates this special among the more critically noted Garfield animated works.

It also exemplifies a shift in late 1980s animated programming toward more experimental and genre-blending narratives.

📂 Technical Details:

Format: NTSC

Aspect Ratio: 4:3 (standard for 1980s television)

Sound Mix: Stereo

Runtime: 24 minutes

Medium: Originally broadcast television; later released on VHS and DVD in compilation sets

📡 Distribution & Availability:

Garfield: Babes and Bullets was released for home viewing on VHS and included in the Garfield as Himself DVD collection. It is part of the twelve-episode Garfield prime-time TV specials collection that aired on CBS between 1982 and 1991.

The special is also available in some digital formats and has been broadcast on cable animation blocks and retro cartoon programming in the United States.

📺 This upload is provided for educational and archival purposes. It may be of interest to students of animation, television history, or genre studies, and those researching late-20th-century adaptations of comic strip characters in prime-time television. 🎬🐾