1979-05-01

Garfield: (gasp! choke!)

Garfield: (brack! cough! hack!)

Garfield: (flop!)

Jon: Can the melodramatics, Garfield, and finish your liver

1979-05-02

Garfield: Burp!

Jon: That was rude and crude, Garfield. Cats are more sophisticated than to submit belching at the dinner table

Garfield: BRAACK!

1979-05-03

Jon: Tell me what you think of my new poem, Garfield

Jon: “MY BUDDY” / I have a buddy. / My buddy's a toad. / He's kind of muddy, he's flat on the road. / But, he is my buddy, my buddy to stay. 'Til he's peeled up / and sailed away

Jon: Garfield?

1979-05-04

Garfield: Uh-oh, here comes Jon

1979-05-05

Garfield: Are you hungry, Odie?

Garfield: Here, have some celery and tomatoes and radishes

Jon: GARFIELD!

1979-05-06

Garfield: (purrrr)

Garfield: (PURRR)

Garfield: (tappity, tappity, tappity, tappity, tappity, tappity)

Garfield: (scratch! scratch! scratch! scratch!)

Garfield: Good morning, sunshine. Welcome to another glorious, fun-filled day with your favorite pet!

Jon: I'm so happy to own a cat. I could just throw up

1979-05-07

Jon: Hey, Lyman. Where's my bread knife?

Garfield: (slash!)

Jon: Never mind

1979-05-08

Garfield: This is too good to be true

Garfield: That was too good to be true

1979-05-09

Garfield: (gobble! gobble!)

Garfield: With all respect to Will Rogers

Garfield: I never met a lasagna I didn't like

1979-05-10

Garfield: (crash!)

Garfield: Uh-oh! Here comes Jon

1979-05-11

Jon: Hello, Julie? How about a movie tonight? Oh, I see. Okay, goodbye

Jon: Darn, she said she was just walking out the door to visit her brother in Tokyo (click)

Jon: That's what I call bad timing

Garfield: That's called getting shot out of the saddle, you turkey

1979-05-12

Jon: Garfield, you're getting too fat

Garfield: I am not getting too fat

Garfield: I'm just ready for then next size kitty bed, that's all

1979-05-13

Jon: Eat up ol' buddy

Garfield: Hmmmm

Garfield: YOU WON'T GET RID OF THAT EASILY!

Garfield: Now what did I do?

1979-05-14

Garfield: Boy, what a great meal

Garfield: Uh-oh!

1979-05-15

Garfield: It was bound to happen. My stomach finally outgrew my legs

Garfield: Worse things could happen, I guess

Garfield: Like this, for instance

1979-05-16

Jon: Well, you've finally done it, Garfield. Your belly's bigger than your legs. Now hat are you going to do?

Garfield: I'll show you what I'm going to do

Garfield: If you'll just roll me over to that lasagna there