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Fantastic Funnies is a one-hour special on comic strips, which first aired in 1980 on CBS. It was produced by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson.
The special features live action segments- with Loni Anderson hosting as well as Charles Schulz (Peanuts), Dik Browne (Hagar the Horrible), Hank Ketcham (Dennis the Menace), Johnny Hart (B.C.), and other comic strip creators interviewed- and animated sequences- showcasing comic strips, among them Peanuts, Hagar the Horrible, B.C., Broom Hilda, and Doonesbury.
Garfield is represented with a brief animated scene in the special. Comic strips from June 21, 1978, July 2, 1979, and August 2, 1978 are adapted.
Major Characters
- Garfield (voiced by Scott Beach)
- Jon Arbuckle
Minor Characters
- Mouse
Trivia
- The Garfield segment in this special is the earliest official animated feature of Garfield.
- It would later appear in Happy Birthday, Garfield.