Something Aweful does the impossible: they make Garfield funny

If you've read Garfield for a period longer than a week, you'll come to the conclusion that millions of readers have: it's not funny. I, like the rest of you have always wondered how a boring man and his unfunny sarcastic cat has become an American cartoon touchstone for all of us. When was the last time Garfield made you laugh? Did you cry when Jon put down Odie when he got rabies? Don't mind me, I'm ranting.
When Something Aweful isn't taking the piss out of Tim Roger's writing, they work magic on photoshop. Sometimes you people photoscop scrotums onto the face of the president, other times you get more surreal work. Garfield, for example. By taking out Garfield's thought balloons it changes from an unfunny script to a pschological examination of Jon and his existential rantings caused by utter loneliness.

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2 Comments:
Awesome.
To be fair, the Garfield and Friends cartoon was actually funny - but then it wasn't written by Jim Davis (go Mark Evanier!).
I still wonder how those Garfield books could have amused me when I was 6-8.
By
Davíd, at February 28, 2006 11:22 AM
Yeah, I loved the cartoon too.
The specials were great as well.
I saw this a few weeks ago and just about pissed myself laughing at the deranged manic-depressive ramblings of Jon. You really step back and realize how big a loser he is w/o the dialogue of Garfield.
By
Mike, at March 01, 2006 12:05 AM
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