Topic: Garfield & Friends - Volume 1

[Dragonfire]

Garfield And Friends: Volume One Get set for the first Garfield & Friends collection, featuring 24 episodes of the hilarious animated Saturday morning TV series starring that fat and sassy feline who lives for lasagna and can't stand diets, exercise and Mondays! Along with his not-too-bright pooch pal, Odie, and gullible owner, Jon, Garfield coughs up a hairball of humor that every human will love. Each episode contains a Garfield sandwich, featuring two slices of Garfield & Friends and a chewy center of U.S. Acres, the show featuring Garfield's farm-fresh friends, also created by comic genius Jim Davis. This set contains the first 24 original full three part episodes spanning all of season one and part of season two. My Thoughts I use to watch the cartoon Garfield and Friends all the time when it first aired.  I thought it was cute and entertaining and it featured a character that I liked.  Once I found this DVD set marked down, I decided to go ahead and get it.  I still really enjoy the show and think the stories have held up well and are still entertaining.  The animation does look a bit dated, but that doesn't make the show less entertaining.  Garfield, Odie, Jon and all the other supporting characters look like they did in the comic strip.  The characters act like they do in the comics as well.  There are 2 Garfield segments in each episode along with one U.S. Acres - or Orson's Farm - segment.  The cases say U.S. Acres, but titles shown during the episodes say Orson's Farm which is a bit odd.  Those parts are based on another comic strip by Jim Davis and are set on a farm.  There are no continuing stories between segments.  Things that come up are things that have been in the comics, like Garfield not wanting to go on a diet and Jon taking him to the vet.  Everything that happens is simple, but it is still entertaining.  The humor is a bit silly, but it works for the cartoon, and there isn't a lot of gross humor like happens in a lot of newer cartoons.  There aren't any extras with the DVD set. I enjoyed these episodes when I watched them again and I'm glad I decided to pick up this set.  It is a good one for fans of Garfield. I did post a longer review on Epinions recently. Garfield & Friends - Volume 1

[snowcat]

It was always called Orson's Farm when it was show here.... Ive never heard of it being called U.S Acres 

[Dragonfire]

I read something about the name being changed when it aired in other countries. 
Still seems odd to me since I've always known it as U.S. Acres...and the cases call it that..yet it is Orson's Farm during the cartoons.