Garfield's Babes and Bullets

Garfield's Babes and Bullets
Garfield's Babes and Bullets title card
Created by	Jim Davis
Written by	Jim Davis Ron Tuthill (original story)
Directed by	Phil Roman Co-directors Bob Nesler John Sparey
Starring	Lorenzo Music Thom Huge Gregg Berger Desirée Goyette Julie Payne Lindsay Workman Nino Tempo
Narrated by	Lorenzo Music
Theme music composer	Desirée Goyette and Ed Bogas (music and lyrics) Lou Rawls (vocals)
Country of origin	United States
Production
Executive producer(s)	Phil Roman
Producer(s)	George Singer
Editor(s)	Sam Horta (supervisor) Tim Borquez Mike Gollum Julie Gustafson Brian Mars
Running time	24 minutes
Production company(s)	Film Roman United Media Paws, Inc.
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	May 23, 1989
Chronology
Preceded by	Garfield: His 9 Lives
Followed by	Garfield's Thanksgiving

Garfield's Babes and Bullets is a half-hour animated television special based on a segment from the book Garfield: His 9 Lives. It once again featured Lorenzo Music as the voice of Garfield. The special was first broadcast May 23, 1989 on CBS. It has been released on both VHS and DVD home video.

Storyline

On a sunny day, Garfield goes to a closet and opens it out of boredom, only to hear saxophone music burst out of it. He shuts it quickly, then opens it again; the music starts up again, and Garfield finds a trenchcoat and fedora. Garfield decides to go with it, admitting that it "might be fun".

He then enters a fantasy world in which he is Sam Spayed, a private investigator in a film noir atmosphere. Sam receives a visit from Tanya O'Tabby, a beautiful woman who hires Sam to investigate the death of her husband Professor O'Tabby. Sam initially suspects foul play, believing Tanya murdered the professor either for his money or because he was unfaithful (and insisting that both are the 'oldest shams in the book'), but O'Tabby appears to have simply fallen asleep at the wheel of his car and driven over a cliff. Tanya, however, believes it to be murder. Sam agrees to take the case.

Nothing suspicious comes to light when Sam visits the morgue, although he notes that O'Tabby's shirt, chest and stomach hairs have yellowish-brown stains on them and secretly pockets a mysterious, painted 'stone' that the coroner overlooked. After an encounter with a thug (who turns out to be Sam's landlord chasing up late rent), Sam goes to the university where O'Tabby worked and meets the late man's colleague/advisor Professor O'Felix. He tells Sam how O'Tabby was on his way to visit an elderly benefactress the night he died, but dismisses Sam's idea that the professor was having an affair. It is revealed that O'Tabby was a frequent coffee drinker.

Sam phones Tanya to tell her what he knows so far, only for his secretary Kitty (who he hired only yesterday) to spill coffee on him when he mentions talking to O'Felix about O'Tabby's "woman trouble". While cleaning himself up, Sam realises that the 'stone' is actually a piece of broken coffee mug and the stains on the late professor's clothing and body must have been coffee. Also, O'Felix mentioned earlier that a girl employed at the university to make coffee recently left and Kitty appears to know the O'Tabby's phone number without Tanya having ever mentioned it. Sam realises that Kitty and the professors' recent employee are one and the same.

Sam accuses Kitty of O'Tabby's murder (believing her motive was that she was in love with O'Tabby and he did not love her), but a tearful Kitty insists that she didn't kill the professor, having simply left the university out of being unable to bear not having him. She also explains that she did more than make coffee for O'Tabby - his constant coffee drinking meant that he required heavy sleeping pills to fall asleep. Armed with this new information, Sam heads out to confront the suspect he now knows is guilty.

Sam finds Professor O'Felix in the university chapel, repenting his sins. O'Felix was jealous of his former student's success and murdered him by spiking his coffee with some sleeping pills, causing O'Tabby to fall asleep at the wheel and drive off the cliff to his death. Tanya visits Sam one last time, making it very clear that the romance he had hoped to have with her will never happen.

Kitty starts to seduce Sam, only for reality to intrude via Jon asking Garfield what he's doing in the closet. "Gettin' ready to roll the credits, pal." replies Garfield, and, back in the fantasy, he and Kitty kiss.

Cast

Lorenzo Music - Garfield / Sam Spayed the detective
Thom Huge - Jon Arbuckle, Landlord
Gregg Berger - Odie, Burt Fleebish the coroner
Desiree Goyette - Tanya
Julie Payne - Kitty the secretary
Nino Tempo - Lt. Washington the cop
Lindsay Workman - O'Felix
Lou Rawls - Singing voice

Songs

"Babes and Bullets" Vocals by Lou Rawls

Awards

1989 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program

External links

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program

1970s

Halloween Is Grinch Night (1978)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979)

1980s

Carlton Your Doorman (1980)
Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown (1981)
The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (1982)
Ziggy's Gift (1983)
Garfield on the Town (1984)
Garfield in the Rough (1985)
Garfield's Halloween Adventure (1986)
Cathy (1987)
A Claymation Christmas Celebration (1988)
Garfield's Babes and Bullets / DuckTales ("Super DuckTales") (1989)

1990s

The Simpsons ("Life on the Fast Lane") (1990)
The Simpsons ("Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment") / Tale Spin ("Plunder & Lightning") (1991)
A Claymation Easter (1992)
Batman: The Animated Series ("Robin's Reckoning: Part I") (1993)
The Roman City (1994)
The Simpsons ("Lisa's Wedding") (1995)
Pinky and the Brain ("A Pinky and the Brain Christmas") (1996)
The Simpsons ("Homer's Phobia") (1997)
The Simpsons ("Trash of the Titans") (1998)
King of the Hill ("And They Call It Bobby Love") / Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1999)

2000s

Program (Less Than One Hour)	The Simpsons ("Behind the Laughter") (2000) The Simpsons ("HOMR") (2001) Futurama ("Roswell That Ends Well") (2002) The Simpsons ("Three Gays of the Condo") (2003) Samurai Jack ("The Birth of Evil") (2004) South Park ("Best Friends Forever") (2005) The Simpsons ("The Seemingly Never-Ending Story") (2006) South Park ("Make Love, Not Warcraft") (2007) The Simpsons ("Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind") (2008) South Park ("Margaritaville") (2009)

Program (One Hour or More)	Walking with Dinosaurs (2000) Allosaurus: A Walking With Dinosaurs Special (2001) Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2002) Chased by Dinosaurs (2003) Star Wars: Clone Wars (Volume 1: Chapters 1-20) (2004) Star Wars: Clone Wars (Volume 2: Chapters 21-25) (2005) Before the Dinosaurs (2006) Camp Lazlo ("Where's Lazlo?") (2007) South Park (Imaginationland: The Movie) (2008) Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends ("Destination: Imagination") (2009)

2010s

Prep & Landing (2010)
Futurama ("The Late Philip J. Fry") (2011)
The Penguins of Madagascar ("The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole") (2012)
South Park ("Raising the Bar") (2013)
Bob's Burgers ("Mazel-Tina") (2014)
Over the Garden Wall (2015)
Archer ("The Figgis Agency") (2016)

Garfield by Jim Davis

Characters	Garfield Jon Arbuckle Odie

Television	Here Comes Garfield Garfield on the Town Garfield in the Rough Garfield's Halloween Adventure Garfield in Paradise Garfield Goes Hollywood A Garfield Christmas Happy Birthday, Garfield Garfield: His 9 Lives Garfield and Friends (Episodes) Garfield's Babes and Bullets Garfield's Thanksgiving Garfield's Feline Fantasies Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (cameo appearance) Garfield Gets a Life The Garfield Show (Episodes)

Films and DVDs	Garfield home media Garfield: The Movie Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties Garfield Gets Real Garfield's Fun Fest Garfield's Pet Force Garfield and Friends: Behind the Scenes

Books	Garfield At Large: His First Book Pet Force

Video games	Garfield Garfield: Big Fat Hairy Deal Garfield: Winter's Tail A Week of Garfield Garfield Labyrinth Garfield: Caught in the Act Garfield's Mad About Cats Garfield: The Search for Pooky Garfield and His Nine Lives Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties Garfield's Nightmare Garfield Gets Real Garfield's Fun Fest The Garfield Show: Threat of the Space Lasagna

Other	Lorenzo Music U.S. Acres Gnorm Gnat Comic strip switcheroo Klopman diamond Garfield Minus Garfield Am I Cool or What? Paws, Inc. Film Roman Muncie, Indiana

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