As of July 2026, Garfield and Friends Season 1 aired in 1988 with 39 episodes — streaming now on Paramount Plus Premium. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Garfield and Friends Season 1

1988 39 Episodes Animation · Comedy ⭐ 7/10

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, Garfield and Friends Season 1 is available on and right now. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. 402 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Lorenzo Music sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Garfield and Friends Season 1 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. Garfield and Friends Season 1 does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. Season 1 of Garfield and Friends includes 39 episodes. It aired from September 1988 to December 1988. This season stars Lorenzo Music, Gregg Berger and Thom Huge. Lorenzo Music and Gregg Berger lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1988. Garfield and Friends Season 1 earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

For viewers who want something light without wanting something stupid, Garfield and Friends Season 1 respects your intelligence. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Lorenzo Music is funny in a way that holds up on rewatch. Put it on when you need something guaranteed to land.

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🎬 Garfield and Friends Season 1 — Episode Guide

E1
Peace & Quiet
1988-09-17
After staying up all night watching TV, Garfield tries to get some sleep. Binky the Clown mistakenly believes that he is meant to sing a birthday song at Garfield's address, and refuses to leave until he can perform.
E2
Wanted: Wade
1988-09-17
Wade believes that the police will arrest him after he rips the tag off the bottom of a couch.
E3
Garfield Goes Hawaiian
1988-09-17
Garfield is diagnosed with the Hawaiian Cat Flu, an unusual disease that causes him to dance the hula whenever somebody mentions Hawaii or anything Hawaiian. Jon uses Garfield's ailment to win money on a TV show featuring funny animal stunts.
E4
Box o' Fun
1988-09-24
Garfield plays in a cardboard box, imagining himself driving a race car and flying an airplane. When Odie joins, he and Garfield imagine themselves stranded in the ocean.
E5
Unidentified Flying Orson
1988-09-24
Roy takes advantage of Orson's overactive imagination to pretend that Earth is being invaded by aliens that resemble cheese danishes. While most of the farm panics, Lanolin investigates Roy's prank.
E6
School Daze
1988-09-24
After Garfield is mean to Nermal, Jon sends him to a strict obedience school, where he is treated as a prisoner.
E7
Nighty Nightmare
1988-10-01
Overeating leads Garfield to have a nightmare that his appetite runs out of control, prompting him to balloon into a massive, insatiable giant. The military is eventually called in to continue feeding him.
E8
Banana Nose
1988-10-01
When Roy accuses the others of not being able to take a joke, they begin to call him "Banana Nose", which hurts his feelings to the point where he leaves the farm. When he relies on his sense of smell to save Booker from a trap, he gains appreciation of his nose.
E9
Ode to Odie
1988-10-01
In a poem rapped by Garfield, Odie wanders around the neighborhood and meets a tough dog named Butch and his flunkies.
E10
Fraidy Cat
1988-10-08
Garfield watches a horror movie during a thunderstorm while Jon goes out shopping. The electricity goes out and Garfield thinks Jon has been captured by a monster.
E11
Shell Shocked Sheldon
1988-10-08
Orson and Booker think that it is time for Sheldon to hatch, so Orson sits on him for a night. A fox comes and kidnaps Sheldon while Orson is away.
E12
Nothing to Sneeze At
1988-10-08
While Jon goes on a date with Liz, Garfield's allergies act up, and he cannot find out what is making him sneeze.
E13
Garfield's Moving Experience
1988-10-15
Garfield feels mistreated by Jon, so he looks for a new home. A rich girl finds him and takes him to her giant manor.
E14
Wade: You're Afraid
1988-10-15
Orson uses a book on psychology to hypnotize Wade into being "the bravest duck in the world." Wade begins to act extremely reckless, to the point of disturbing a large bull.
E15
Good Mousekeeping
1988-10-15
A mouse named Floyd realizes Garfield does not chase mice, so he informs a mouse clan about the situation. They end up invading the house.
E16
Identity Crisis
1988-10-22
Garfield is being chased by a dog when he runs into Floyd. The three animals meet and show each other their imitations of the other's sounds (Garfield barks, Floyd meows, and the dog squeaks), and the trick helps them evade an animal catcher from the pound.
E17
The Bad Sport
1988-10-22
The gang is bored, so Orson inspires them to play a game called "Pig Ball" that he found in an old book. Roy pranks the group by making a list of ridiculous rules and swapping them with the real ones.
E18
Up a Tree
1988-10-22
Nermal visits Garfield's house and Garfield gets jealous of the attention Nermal receives. Garfield ends up climbing a tree, eventually becoming too scared to come back down.
E19
Weighty Problem
1988-10-29
After Garfield messes with the scale to say that Jon is overweight, he is dragged into doing an exercise routine with Jon.
E20
The Worm Turns
1988-10-29
Orson narrates a story about how the worm chasing-obsessed Booker turned over a new leaf.

🎭 Cast of Garfield and Friends Season 1

Lorenzo Music
Lorenzo Music
Garfield (voice)
Gregg Berger
Gregg Berger
Odie / Orson (voice)
TH
Thom Huge
Jon Arbuckle / Roy / Binky the Clown (voice)
Howard Morris
Howard Morris
Wade (voice)
Frank Welker
Frank Welker
Bo / Booker / Sheldon (voice)
Julie Payne
Julie Payne
Dr. Liz / Lanolin (voice)
Desiree Goyette
Desiree Goyette
Nermal (voice)

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