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Garfield Gets a Life is a 22-minute television cartoon special of the Garfield series. It first aired on May 8, 1991 on CBS.

Plot

Jon now recognizes that he needs a life, an escape from his boring existence as the guy who arranges his sock drawer. Garfield found a book called "How To Make Friends And Fool The Rest". He tries to find some girls around town, but none of them are impressed, and they all find him to be a dweeb. One night, he sees an ad on TV for "Lorenzo's School for the Personality Impaired" and decides to go there.

He goes to a class which teaches people how to make a good impression, and he meets a lady named Mona (her full name is "Mona Lisa") and starts a friendship with her without using any of the techniques they learned in class. Garfield starts feeling left out and jealous of Jon's friendship with Mona. Garfield then starts to get scared, because Jon and Mona's friendship could easily lead to dating, which in turn could easily lead to them getting married. And if Jon and Mona get married, they could easily end up having children, which Garfield would hate, because he assumes that the kid (or kids) would torture him.

Garfield tries to warn Jon to stop before he multiplies, but only annoys him. Mona scratches Garfield's back, but then she breaks into a sneezing fit and reveals to Jon that she's allergic to cats (although she does like Garfield). Jon asks Mona if she can do anything to prevent an allergic reaction, such as taking a medication---Mona tells Jon that she has tried that, but it's never worked.

Realizing that a relationship between them might not work out due to Mona's allergy to cats, Jon decides to give her a ride home---and Garfield chaperones them by sticking onto the back window of Jon's car with suction cups.

Characters

Songs

"Monday Morning Blues" by B.B. King
Theme Song by Lou Rawls
"Shake Your Paw" by The Temptations

Trivia

This was the only Garfield special that was not directed by Phil Roman (who still served as producer), with John Sparey directing the special instead.
An instrumental version of the theme song by David Benoit would also be included on Am I Cool or What?, along with the other two songs.
The way Garfield attaches himself via suction cups to the car is similar to the "Stuck On You" toy.

Two Different Women

An infamous scene during "Shake your Paw" when Jon asked a women to dance, the women is given two different designs.

- 1. When Jon asked her she was shown to have long blond hair with a purple dress, pearl necklace, purple stocking and purple heels.
- 2. As Jon is dancing to the song, the women is shown to have her hair in a ponytail, hoop earnings, and different shoes.