It's Garfield's 40th Birthday So We Talked To Creator Jim Davis (HBO)

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VICE News nice 👍🏻

[@brandname6]

Should have asked him about what he thinks of Calvin and Hobbes and bill waterson approach to licensing

[@martian_2876]

But She Plays Despacito when I say "play Despacito" *Prove it*

[@midnight_lol]

I got a *”Oops, something went wrong”*

[@stephenlaurent2997]

VICE News is it because Siri dumb

[@GravyStoneTV]

Shame on you, VICE. How could you not ask Jim what's his favorite episode of Lasagna Cat ?

[@katakisLives]

What about Garfelo?

[@MatthewFriends]

Garfield

[@ClaudioFalsenn]

garfielf

[@taeylaufh]

Goofy ahh

[@lowstaar]

Interview would be cancelled

[@danroemer2552]

I legitimately wonder what he thinks of Lasagna Cat.

[@SlipsSC]

Congratulations for your cat cartoon.

[@reals5524]

I'm not eating that

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Now where could my pipe be?

[@joaquinanimations8786]

Dan Roemer I also wonder too

[@jimmythegamer2231]

He'd hate it

[@yhormthejollygiant4327]

I wonder if Jim Davis has seen the masterpiece that is lasagna cat.

It's nice to see a cartoonist making a huge fortune. That's really, really rare.

[@abelmantor2449]

Been a huge fan since my elementary days. I've always wanted to meet Jim Davis so i can tell him how much i love Garfield.

[@amarguitar]

I wonder if Jim Davis has ever read Garfield Minus Garfield

[@lowsparkoflyman1496]

He has, and he likes it.

[@MrMynameisjonaz]

I just ordered it off Amazon... Gotta love a good impulse buy. (This is why I'm broke)

[@Mesterius1]

Jim Davis is the whole reason the Garfield Minus Garfield book exists. He worked out a deal with Dan Walsh after seeing (and liking) Garfield Minus Garfield on the web, and had the book published through Ballantine Books, the company which publishes all his Garfield books.

[@PuppetShaggus]

Garfield, stuffing his face as usual since 1978.

[@buzzytrombone4353]

He's still gotta have good meal

[@katakisLives]

its time to kick Odie off the table

[@bbruhman1258]

GARFIELF, YOU FAT CAT

[@B10KPlaysGames]

I hate ay-larm clocks

[@texhnocolor]

i'm a cat who loves to snooze

[@Kevin-ie5zx]

so impressive that such a cartoon legend is still alive and working on the strip.

[@reitrace]

Garfield is 40 years old in human years In cat years he's *DEAD*

[@joselourenco5542]

He is 42 now and in cat years is 252!!!

[@diaquallo]

He’s 46

[@hotbulletslug]

Lasagna cat!

[@dasalekhya]

The ONLY reason why I started eating Lasagna because I saw Garfield !! and now it is one of my favorite food!

[@deadmeme1399]

The cat has your pipe

[@elevatormaniacgames]

lasaga

[@LustigelGC]

100th like

[@young7931]

We did it for You, jim

[@Mario87456]

Jim Davis seems to be a genuinely nice man and very humble guy I can’t understand why people would hate on him solely for being a “sellout” in their eyes (I am not against using the terms sell out and selling out and in fact I usually use them to but I don’t believe Jim Davis counts as one)

[@Tigerparadise]

I loved having Jim Davis as a professor. He spoke to me alot about Garfield and my own art a few times and I will never forget it. He is truly a great guy.Living in Muncie....I never knew he had a garfield building at all!! I wish I had this much garfield merch heck XD

[@jackson5116]

I can already see this going the way of Peanuts after Davis dies, because it's going to lose that thing that makes it truly special. Garfield will easily survive, but his essence will be gone.

[@atherahmed6397]

This is just my opinion, but I've always felt Jim Davis doesn't get any respect as a cartoonist. The attitude within certain circles is 'Garfield' has no artistic substance and is simply a bland, anodyne vehicle for mass market merchandise. The interviewer's stumbling, cumbersome question at 4:26 was an attempt to address this, before he aborted and followed with a truly odd and puzzling question about Garfield being a deity. (Truth: You would bail out of a question too, if you were going to call a really kind guy a hack to his face in his home.) Think whatever you want about Garfield, but do acknowledge, Jim Davis is great at business. He knows it's not high art. There are other comic strips that fall in that category. The only similarity between the two is the medium itself. Jim Davis is in the knick-knack business. He knows it, and he's masterful at it. For 40 years.

[@VinceCanWin]

You guys wasted an opportunity to ask Jim Davis about Jon drinking dog jizz in that one Garfield strip

[@c-gcoconutgun2577]

Say what now

[@SheilaDeBonis]

What about the one where he forgot to take a vibrator out of his ass? garfield.com/comic/2015/11/08

[@EthanBradburyVlogs]

Wintericed it isn't protein dumbfuck and it isn't beneficial.

[@DoodleWill]

I wonder what Jim's thoughts on Lasaga Cat is.

[@katakisLives]

Lasaga cat? is that another name for Garfelo?

[@enthusiastisch1922]

@@katakisLives No it's a channel; uploading weird stuff.

[@katakisLives]

@@enthusiastisch1922 Oh I see.

[@icantthinkofaname1009]

i ate those food

[@animock3051]

icantthinkofaname GARRRRFIELF

[@mynameismmandimheretosay7979]

Where did all the hamburger helper go

[@TheCokeClown]

BRUPPPP

[@bbruhman1258]

Where did the three cheese pizzahs go?

[@shminkelshmoink678]

gerald the sea lion. I ate those food

[@jessbragg1]

i feel honored, me and Garfield have the same birthday, year and everything. i used to read Garfield books alot back in the day and the only other one that even came close to matching the wit was "Calvin and Hobbs". Thanks for the memories jim!

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Now this is why im subbed to Vice

[@devilhunterred]

So you are subbed to Vice because of irrelevant pointless topics?

[@hmw3928]

Real news! : ))

[@jacobfleming565]

Midnite Reveries you got it

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Midnite Reveries it’s possibly the most unbiased fact based video they’ve put out in ages

[@DjAdam16]

anything but Trump

[@rolandkatsuragi]

This "report" primarily focuses on the merchandising of Garfield, with less than a minute of footage actually discussing the strip itself. Given Davis' motivation for the strip is licensing potential, I wonder what his stance is regarding Garfield's appropriation by meme culture similarly to Shrek or the Minions?

[@BboyCorrosive]

Thomas looks like he slept on the side of the road before this interview

[@drmariopepper4354]

Garfield > Heathcliff

[@Tacom4ster]

DrMario Pepper Hobbes > Garfield To paraphrase Bill Watterson, Jim Davis's a hack

[@scottdrangsholt7575]

Dr Pepper + Garfled = Splatoon hell

[@uttergarbage3851]

Heathcliff > Garfield but that’s just my opinion, ik its unpopular

[@I_WANT_MY_SLAW]

Adrian Dezendegui Bill Watterson is a petty guy. Bill Watterson is worth $100 million, yet he acts like he's the "little guy," and bashes cartoonists that are more successful than him. I felt the same way about Anthony Bourdain when he bashed Rachael Ray, Guy Fieri and Paula Deen. I'm all like, why are you bashing other chefs? Because they're more popular than you? Then we found out that Bourdain had a lot of demons, and issues he had been dealing with internally. I feel the same about Watterson. Not that he's gonna kill himself. But he's a recluse, and seems to have personal battles he deals with. To attack another cartoonist shows the type of person you truly are. He seems like an angry guy.

[@LouieMeekin]

I WANT MY SLAW!! He isn’t,that paragraph is 100% bullshit sorry,and I’m willing to get no one is going to agree with you..

[@Soda88]

Garfield will become a political/cultural weapon within a month of Jim Davies' death.

[@bobdylan5056]

Soda88 (sighs), yeah

[@epiccool5082]

He's dead? 0_o

[@edwardpark8293]

No he is not. It’s just a comment of what happens for Jim’s death. But Lorenzo music was cats 🐱 voice. He died somehow. Voice actor of garfields is a person who died but Jim Davis is not he is just a creator for the franchise.

[@joshboi2428]

I hope ur wrong but sadly it might be true

[@broannoying8765]

You would be wondering why the most widely sold "orange" cat ? Why not most widely sold cat itself ? Because Hello Kitty is the 2nd most sold merchandise ever 💀💀

[@liselottehildegarde5367]

I went here right after I watched SuperEyepatchWolf's documentary on the Garfield fandom.

[@BrittishAnger]

Has he seen LasagnaCat?

[@DekuStickGamer]

He'd probably end the interview 😂, they did him major disrespect

[@thelordofcancer10yearsagoe68]

@@DekuStickGamer he actually kinda hates Garfield, because he commercialized it. He would love the vulgar, uncommercializable Garfielf!

[@drmariopepper4354]

Happy Birthday Garfield! I hate Monday’s too!

[@jelly1393]

His birthday is my birthday! As a child, I used to collect all the comic books. I still have a bucket full of them.

[@YepOkay]

"We can talk all day and not see the same thing" is a pretty good line

[@ChawkletStudios]

That Garfield toy in the thumbnail is in the first minutes of Falling Down [1993]

[@trevorthefilthyrat3742]

John: What happened to the three cheese pizzas? Garfinkle: I ate those foods. John: What happened to the hamburger helper? Garsheckle: I ate those foods. John: What happened to the taco shells? Garfstink: !-B-U-R-P-!

[@annguerrero9988]

Lasagna cat better post something today

[@krahen7236]

Ann Guerrero sadly, I don't think they are uploading ever again :'(

[@supmaidoods8753]

@@krahen7236 why? •~•

[@krahen7236]

@@supmaidoods8753 well, its been a few years. im pretty sure those test results were the last video. its been a while since i heard from their creators, too

[@supmaidoods8753]

@@krahen7236 True

[@thebreadboy2936]

@@krahen7236 there was a 9 year break between lasagna cat uploads. Give it 7 more years

[@thegrimyeaper]

The Vice guy is like a cross between the midget in Twin Peaks and the stapler guy in Office Space.

[@ir10031981]

Jim Davis, David Letterman, Mike Pence, fellow Indiana natives, and no doubt Colts fans.

[@talbotter632]

Say what about Garfield, but Jim Davis has the balls to admit he´s just doing it for the money. What a Chad.

[@mauropereira187]

we better not lose Jimbo McDavis (Jim Davis), without Garfield, Monday's will be lo-loved...

[@jerrysmooth24]

gotta have a good meal

[@AllusernamesgoneFUCK]

"Somehow president" Vice still hasn't caught on yet, they're gonna need 6 more years to think about it .

[@dwightk.schrute6743]

6 years from now we'll be halfway through the next president's two terms. He's not going to win, he barely won against shitty candidate Hillary Clinton. America isn't going to make the same mistake twice and those who stayed home are going to come out in the millions. Trump, he's done.

[@AllusernamesgoneFUCK]

You have no cards on the table buddy!

[@justsomerandomperson]

*HAPPY BIRTHDAY GARFIELD!!!!!!!!* 🎉🎊🎁🎂🎈 Never clicked on a notification so fast in my life!!

[@MemeGuy6900]

0:38 *GARFIELD INSURANCE*

[@Plustooner]

God bless this man who inspired every animators, and cartoonist in every generation.

[@melissacooper4282]

Happy 40th birthday, Garfield! May you have many more!

[@NoahTheArtist511]

It must be cool to see something you created on toys, mugs,and signs.

[@Lukedub]

HE ATE DOSE FOOD FOR 40 YEARS

[@SmallPoxRobot]

I eat Jon, it's what I do

[@bbruhman1258]

GARFIELF, YOU FAT CAT

[@winkertune]

At 1:25 is that a picture of Trump with a pig nose and the word "corruption" on a poster behind the artist?

[@angryteapod1765]

one golden rule 1. *NO POLITICS* man thats awesome

[@scoodoop7203]

*_Stuffing your face as usual_*

[@phillemon7664]

Tttt Yttt I gotta have a good meal

[@scoodoop7203]

Mr Incognito *_GARFIELD YOU F A T CAT_*

[@thealaskanbullworm1442]

I eat Jon, it’s what I do.

[@Terminal777]

It's time to kick odie off the table

[@TripletsBornTheThroneAwaits]

No Garfield that’s our pet dog, Odie

[@jhh162]

Loved the cartoon from the 90s

[@SpongyMemeSauce]

It's possible the digital archive contains some footage of garfields judgement day

[@I_WANT_MY_SLAW]

Some of it exists somewhere. But I don't think any finished footage was made. But I wonder if they have any voice recordings. I would love to hear Lorenzo Music voice again.

[@mynameismmandimheretosay7979]

Hi spongio’s cereal.

[@GuineaPigDan]

I WANT MY SLAW!! I also doubt any animation exists for GJD. I met Desiree Goyette (Nermal’s original voice and songwriter for Garfield) last month and I asked her about GJD since there’s footage of her recording a song for the movie in Garfield’s 10th anniversary special. She told me asides from the movie being considered too dark by multiple studios, another factor in its cancelation was CBS demanding more money when they learned Davis wanted to make a movie, which led to Davis filing a lawsuit against CBS to take the rights to Garfield back. Goyette said the lawsuit cost so much that it took Davis a couple years afterward to recover financially. This makes me doubt any animation was ever done, though I do wonder if maybe there’s some storyboards that were used as reference for the illustrations in the GJD book.

[@I_WANT_MY_SLAW]

GuineaPigDan I would love to hear any voice recording Lorenzo Music did. He had such an amazing and unique voice. Nobody has been able to do Garfield justice ever since Music died. All the voices of Garfield since Music died, have been absolutely horrendous.

[@bruceaskew2107]

WE'RE ,READY ,TO ,PARTY, i hope you bring lots of spaghetti

[@merpo2806]

"I can tell by my watch....." "That it's time to......." "WONDER WHY I'M WEARING A WATCH!!!" OOOOOOOOOOOOO (That is a real Garfield comic strip by the way)

[@majamystic256]

Friday the 13th Garfield: I sleep Monday the 16th Garfield: Oh Shit

[@LupinxJigenTTV]

You are eating is out of house and home Garfield

[@phillemon7664]

trickyhero Garmfield*

[@rajavlitra]

I gotta have a good meal

[@mynameismmandimheretosay7979]

Enugh wit da chichat letsegtzum grubgoim

[@bbruhman1258]

You self depracious pansy

[@IamGruntonHGH]

That is a very small man.

[@chitownbud4769]

Happy birthday Garfield! You always start my sundays off great!

[@hdofu]

thumbs up if you hear Lorenzo Music making comments when you think of Garfield commenting

[@marcelltoing8363]

haha I love orange kitty. he eats the lasagne and John gets mad at the fat cat!

[@vickymc9695]

Garfield is great. It's been a part of my family's reading material for 3 generations.

[@sephyfan]

Ah I've loved garfield since I catched reruns of his show In the mid 90's. I own many buttons,pins, and book collections of the strip. Thanks so much Mr. Jim Davis♡

[@InstrumentManiac]

Cool behind the scenes look at the garfield world :D but....... that couch at 1:52 needed to be replaced like 15 years ago

[@burnbird16]

I'm sorry, Jon.

[@holdmybeer]

Amazing how Mr Davis actually looks like Garfield.

[@Laufield]

I'm big fan of Garfield. I have tattoo Garfield! My fursona Laufield is Garfield's daughter

[@RigbyIsTheMan]

Who ate all the three cheese pizzas?

[@katakisLives]

I ate those food.

[@alejandraescobar5733]

I love Garfield that I don't even know how long I've been watching him! Can't wait for my Garfield birthday! :3

[@DoxxDiamond]

Thomas Morton was definitely high the entire time

[@DarkAngelEU]

More like nutting, srsly creaming in that chair as well.

[@rayblack2004]

So many so called celebrities are high on the job. Pisses me off.

[@butchgazer]

High on Garfield.

[@communistjesus]

Mountain Davis bring back Garfield and Friends original cast

[@NoahRecendez]

Jim if you're looking at these comments I just want to say that your comic strip is amazing and I love Garfield 😸 keep doing what you're doing as long as you can ❤❤❤

[@someguyontheinternet8793]

Garfield is 280 if we go by cat years, that is one old cat

[@xcx005]

"I'm sorry Jon."

[@BreadandFaxes]

Yo, Jim has a great point with reason #1. I never really thought about that and how basically any political artist is hamstringing themselves to their country. Very interesting perspective into syndicated media like that.

[@tagone05]

That man is a genius. God Bless Jim Davis.

[@MannyDer]

I love Garfield, but have never seen Jim Davis. I almost didn't watch it, glad I did

[@buzzytrombone4353]

Does anyone remember that cancelled Garfield movie? "Garfield's Judgment Day"?

[@HokeyBugle]

Thank you for this content

[@AsianLovePotato]

Finally a good content (not a sarcasm)

[@drawnhavok]

Where did all the hamburger helper go?

[@screenwatcher949]

How did this video manage to bring politics into Garfield?

[@toledotoledo3620]

Happy 45th anniversary Garfield

[@jeffreyandrewwinters3719]

Love Garfield !!!! Long Live Jim Davis !!

[@bluetarantulaproductions6179]

Love Garfield since I was a kid & is one of the inspiration(s) for my comic strip known as Coffee Monster (Facebook/Coffee Monster comic strips). I post one or two peices of art a week.

[@TheDirtysouthfan]

Should've asked about r/imsorryjon

[@saltedfish8077]

i thought this dude was dead.

[@904czv4]

Salted Fish lol me too! Damn.

[@roxynano]

Salted Fish Wow. He better not read that comment.

[@young7931]

He better be

[@I_WANT_MY_SLAW]

No you're thinking of Charles Schulz. The guy who did Peanuts. He died in 2000.

[@mynameismmandimheretosay7979]

James Rallison from you know who said that he was dead.

[@sweetlildevil7597]

The guy working on this story is horrific. He's not ready for the field nor for a story of even this small size. He is unlikeable, asks horrific questions, and makes completely disrespectful remarks. He needs about 10 more years behind the desk working for a REAL journalist.

[@904czv4]

2:25 I want that Garfield bench!!

[@I_WANT_MY_SLAW]

I want everything in the video lol

[@Crit-Chance]

Could it be just a regular bench, but with Garfield sitting on it?

[@planetX15]

@@Crit-Chance I apologise for not knowing the interviewers name, but If you look closely at 2:20 it seems that he's leaning quite firmly on it, so it somehow would have made some sort of movement, so don't think it is an actual bench, I think Garfield is actually glued on there.

[@brandname6]

Should have asked him about what he thinks of Calvin and Hobbes and bill waterson approach to licensing

[@drgonzo1971]

This man is a genius!!!!

[@robertolanderos5308]

“Congratulations on your Cat Cartoon” -Lasagna Cat

[@jamesconnolly344]

*L A S A G A*

[@erinwalker6185]

I ❤️ Garfield

[@Glumbus1]

garfield has changed alot

[@fedvvvv]

Really nice building. I had no idea Garfield moved that kind of money. Damn!

[@Crit-Chance]

"How often do you have to reject something?" If you look at what Garfield was originally, and then at some of the Garfield-related things you see out there today, the answer is not often enough.

[@PsychoJosh]

How do I get my hands on one of those jumbo garfield plushies I'll do anything

[@Hunni_Gummi]

Congrats to the talking cat cartoon

[@sured1342]

GrimZANs̶ Garfield

[@channelusedforcommenting3738]

Happy late birthday Garfielf i hope you consume the lasagas

[@nicholassetters9053]

Garfield is 40 now praise the lasaga lord

[@GPflashclass]

Woody Allen looks good for 82.