DVD Review - Garfield Holiday Collection: Collector's Edition

Garfield: Holiday Collection
Director: Phil Roman
Voice Cast: Lorenzo Music, Thom Huge, Gregg Berger
Studio: Anderson Digtial
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Retail: $14.99
Running Time: 150 minutes
Rating: TV-Y
Buy Link: Walmart

Review:

From 1982 to 1991, twelve animated specials based on Jim Davis' comic strip Garfield aired on CBS. All of the specials have been released on DVD over the last decade, but are now out-of-print. Luckily for Garfield fans, five of the specials will appear on the Garfield Holiday Collection: Collector's Edition DVD exclusively at Walmart. As an added bonus there is a brand new featurette "The House that Garfield Built: A Visit with Jim Davis."

The five Garfield specials on the DVD are:

A Garfield Christmas (1987) - Jon drags Garfield and Odie to his family's farm to celebrate Christmas. After befriending Grandma (voiced by Pat Carroll), Garfield learns the true meaning of Christmas.

Garfield's Thanksgiving (1989) -After a visit to veterinarian, Dr. Liz Wilson, Garfield is put on a diet and somehow Jon convinces Liz to join him for Thanksgiving dinner. Jon may know how to make a dish of lasagna, but he has no clue how to make a turkey dinner. Garfield comes up with the idea to ask Grandma to help them cook the meal.

Garfield's Halloween Adventure (1985) - After hearing about Halloween on the Binky the Clown Show, Garfield is determined to go trick-or-treating, so he can get all the candy, candy, candy that he can get his paws on. He grabs some of Jon's old clothes from the attic and goes as a pirate. He brings along Odie, so he can have twice the candy, candy, candy, but he makes a mistake by crossing the river by a boat, as their are ghost pirates not to far behind them.

Garfield On The Town (1983) -When being driven to the veterinarians, Garfield accidentally falls out of Jon's car. At first he likes living on the streets that is until he meets a gang of stray cats.

Garfield In Paradise (1986) -Jon, Garfield and Odie can't afford to take a vacation to Hawaii, so they fly to Paradise World. Jon buys a Chevrolet Bel Air, so he can take Garfield and Odie to the beach that is until the car takes a wrong turn into the jungle. There the meet native villagers who think the car once belonged to the Cruiser. Suddenly, a volcano begins to erupt and the only way to stop it is for someone to sacrifice theirself by jumping into the volcano.

I've been a fan of Garfield since I was a little kid. Actually, remember watching most of the specials when they originally aired on televison in the '80s. While all the specials are wonderful to watch, my favorite would be Garfield's Halloween Adventure, as it is one of the best Halloween specials ever produced. The featurette The House that Garfield Built: A Visit with Jim Davis runs about 22 minutes and centers on Jim Davis giving a tour of Paws Inc. and he talks about making the holiday specials. Overall, Garfield Holiday Collection: Collector's Editon is a delight to watch and I recommend it to others.