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Lasagna Cat

Prospero — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:57:49 -0800

(Quicktime required.)

By: phrontist

phrontist — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:02:51 -0800

What the fuck.

By: aftermarketradio

aftermarketradio — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:03:59 -0800

This is so bizarre.

By: Item

Item — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:04:37 -0800

I weep for humanity.

By: brownpau

brownpau — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:05:15 -0800

I'm in pain. Pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain.

By: stifford

stifford — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:05:49 -0800

Can the internet jump the shark?

By: never used baby shoes

never used baby shoes — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:05:50 -0800

Somebody needs a new hobby.

By: empath

empath — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:06:07 -0800

I did not expect it to be that fucking wierd.

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:06:33 -0800

Oh man. The Final Fantasy parody was hilarious. On preview- NO WONDER- these are by Fatal Farm, who did the funny/creepy/etc remakes of classic television show intros... I'm sure it's been covered on MeFi before, but I'm failing to find a link.

By: empath

empath — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:06:47 -0800

I used to think Garfield was the funniest thing ever when I was 11 or 12. I don't understand it now.

By: Stunt

Stunt — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:07:14 -0800

I haven't been able to get the videos to load for me, but since I notice the Fatal Farm logo going on I expect a very surreal overall experience once I do. Now, to make quicktime stop being such a lazy bastard.

By: Admiral Haddock

Admiral Haddock — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:07:33 -0800

This is the most amazing thing I've ever seen, if based on nothing other than making Garfield funny again (the only reason it was funny in the first place was I was eight, I swear). They should do Cathy next! Ack! Also: does anyone else think Jon looks like a male Mel from Flight of the Conchords?

By: Greg Nog

Greg Nog — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:07:44 -0800

Pony request: a button that simultaneously favorites and flags and stops this shivering

By: mmascolino

mmascolino — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:10:29 -0800

WTF WTF WTF....i don't know where to begin. My stomach hurts so bad.

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:11:20 -0800

Ahhh finally. Previously.

By: billysumday

billysumday — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:12:06 -0800

This one by far is the greatest work of art I've yet seen - though you must watch the entire thing, specifically the Alan Jackson music video.

By: HuronBob

HuronBob — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:13:28 -0800

if you visualize the internet as just little xxx's and ooo's it isn't as scary...... (but you also miss all the porn). I would also like to suggest that, although this will probably remain, we should kill anyone who does a double of it.

By: milkrate

milkrate — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:14:16 -0800

The Mary Worth ones don't make me feel sick.

By: davey_darling

davey_darling — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:16:47 -0800

this is FUCKING AWESOME.

By: scrump

scrump — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:16:55 -0800

But...why?

By: jefbla

jefbla — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:17:56 -0800

This stuff is great. The tribute with the Taxi theme was my fave.

By: Sticherbeast

Sticherbeast — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:18:00 -0800

I didn't want to like it, but now I love it. I want a word for this feeling.

By: carter

carter — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:18:57 -0800

This is actually a pretty close representation of how Garfield strips play out in my head. Well, the first parts, anyway.

By: Stunt

Stunt — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:22:08 -0800

Right then, so, I was able to watch them. Yeeeaaah....I'm with HuronBob. Torches and pitchforks if this ever gets posted again. I don't think my brain could cope with seeing this again at some point in the future, and even if it could it will undo the intensive therapy I see in my future. Also, yeah, that final fantasy one was fantastic. The skills bit at the end led to my cat thinking I'm insane. Well, more so than usual at any rate.

By: Uther Bentrazor

Uther Bentrazor — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:24:46 -0800

Holy shit! I was about to say, finally, something to fill the void that was left behind since Permanent Monday stopped updating, but I checked and they've started updating again!!!! Holy shit!

By: Stunt

Stunt — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:24:52 -0800

Also, Sticherbeast: Substance Addiction. Although, I guess, if you want ONE word the germans probably have something that fits even better. I also desire this word; we should pool our resources and put a bounty out on it.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:30:47 -0800

I can die now. Thank you.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:33:03 -0800

Well, it's a pretty weird cartoon anyway: One storyline, which ran the week before Halloween in 1989 (Oct 23 to Oct 28), is unique among Garfield strips in that it is not meant to be humorous. It depicts Garfield awakening in a future in which the house is abandoned and he no longer exists. In tone and imagery the storyline for this series of strips is very similar to the animation segment for Valse Triste from Allegro non troppo, which depicts a ghostly cat roaming around the ruins of the home it once inhabited. There was some speculation about what these strips meant, including the possibility that Garfield was either dead or starving to death in an abandoned house, imagining future strips in a state of denial. I know Jim Davis has denied that this was the point of the strip, but I continue to imagine that the entirety of Garfield is the deathbed dream of a starving and abandoned cat.

By: Item

Item — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:40:53 -0800

AZ, do you have a link to the starvation storyline strips?

By: MaryDellamorte

MaryDellamorte — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:42:05 -0800

The Final Fantasy parody was pure fucking genius; if you've never played the game, you'll miss out on the subtleties. I spent a good part of my childhood obsessively playing Final Fantasy IV and VI. I think that was the climax of my life, it's all downhill from here...

By: Item

Item — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:42:15 -0800

Ah. Never mind.

By: Item

Item — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:43:24 -0800

Looks like Jim Davis got into the DMT...

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:43:32 -0800

Garfieldiana!

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:45:25 -0800

Very faithful indeed, because the originals weren't funny, either.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:47:25 -0800

Seriously, the final fantasy thing is the gem. Specifically when Jim Davis joins the party and in the menu the little white gloved hand scrolls down to the "Skills" menu and then selects the Jim Davis character only to receive the "does not apply" buzz.

By: MaryDellamorte

MaryDellamorte — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:52:16 -0800

Yes, schmegegge, that nice ending put me over the edge.

By: psmealey

psmealey — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:53:52 -0800

The Mary Worth one is near genius. Thanks, milkrate! One storyline, which ran the week before Halloween in 1989 (Oct 23 to Oct 28), is unique among Garfield strips in that it is not meant to be humorous. The author of that sentence has a much different understanding of the meaning of the word "unique" than I do.

By: flatluigi

flatluigi — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:56:06 -0800

psmealey: it's unique in the fact that it's not meant to be humorous -> nearly all Garfield strips are meant to be humorous, these are the very few that aren't.

By: mr_roboto

mr_roboto — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:56:22 -0800

They managed to match the backgrounds of the strips perfectly. Such meticulous fidelity...

By: ericb

ericb — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:58:51 -0800

Garfield the Movie and Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties -- two modern classics of film, I tell ya'! Oh my -- the official Garfield website.

By: rouftop

rouftop — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:01:43 -0800

/humbled

By: ericb

ericb — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:02:22 -0800

What next? 'Garfield: The Broadway Musical' (ala 'You're a Good Man Charlie Brown: The Broadway Musical').

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:07:04 -0800

This shit is funnel cakes.

By: starman

starman — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:07:47 -0800

How can you even have a discussion of "classic" Garfield cartoons without including 8/13/80?

By: Moistener

Moistener — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:12:24 -0800

Quicktime Suck Displacement: When the content is worthless, the media streams flawlessly.

By: psmealey

psmealey — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:13:18 -0800

nearly all Garfield strips are meant to be humorous, these are the very few that aren't. You mean to say that all those comics were intended to be funny? Holy fuck!

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:24:51 -0800

sweet jesus.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:27:45 -0800

Speaking as someone who once FPP'd a collection of U.S. Acres strips.... When is the supposed suck of Garfield going to stop being of interest to us? There's been several posts along these lines by now. I'm surprised people aren't complaining Garfilter....

By: AbnerDoon

AbnerDoon — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:30:32 -0800

Anyone who fails to see that these are the most brilliant and entertaining video clips available on the interwebs today has my truest and deepest sympathy. 'Read at a Lirbary.' I'll never know if that was an accident, or if it's some deeply impressive and meaningful hidden comedy... (04/20/2007 sketch)

By: veggieboy

veggieboy — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:30:42 -0800

This is really great. Or bad. It's really something, at any rate. Thank you.

By: Dr. Curare

Dr. Curare — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:34:41 -0800

The Final Fantasy one is genius, and is the first one I watched. Does any other one not end with a music video?

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:46:00 -0800

When is the supposed suck of Garfield going to stop being of interest to us? Garfield is mediocrity perfected—Jim Davis our Ike, the Syndicate our Wynand, Bill Watterson our Cameron and Darby Conley the young Roark and oh god I'm making a Fountainhead allegory kill me now

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:47:58 -0800

My one and a half year old girl is loving this. She claps at the end of every one. I'll ask her if she wants to see another one and she nods so hard, she nearly falls off my lap. My child may be mentally challenged.

By: grouse

grouse — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:49:40 -0800

I used to think Garfield was the funniest thing ever when I was 11 or 12. I don't understand it now. I was thinking the same thing as I watched a couple of these. The little DAVIS skills gag in the first one was mean.

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:28:02 -0800

Fucking brilliant.

By: ardgedee

ardgedee — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:29:47 -0800

In the 02/24/79 episode, where the music video starts up and Spandau Ballet is singing 'True' and a montage of Jon's face bearing his long-suffering, wistful look repeatedly pans across the camera, I had to close the window. I am not fit for this website.

By: cowbellemoo

cowbellemoo — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:36:45 -0800

‼!!‼‼!!‼‼!!‼‼!!‼‼!!‼‼!!‼‼!!‼

By: empath

empath — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:00:50 -0800

Holy Christ the Head Like a Hole one is un fucking real.

By: empath

empath — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:03:59 -0800

Man, these guys are Fucked Up.

By: six-or-six-thirty

six-or-six-thirty — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:16:54 -0800

I have no idea what is going on right now but oh god my chest hurts

By: whir

whir — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:21:18 -0800

This is possibly one of the strangest web sites I've ever seen. I like the holy trinity of Garfield at the end of 5/16/87.

By: tellurian

tellurian — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:33:09 -0800

This is terribly good. Thank you Prospero.

By: Sticherbeast

Sticherbeast — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:28:24 -0800

It just occurred to me that I know one of the guys behind this site. We went to college together. He was (is!) really cool. I have a feature script of his on my hard drive. Weird. Just shot him an email...definitely a guy to watch!

By: sellout

sellout — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:29:03 -0800

I really, really like this.

By: Thorzdad

Thorzdad — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:48:48 -0800

Jesus fucking christ...the flashbacks. The god fucking damned FLASHBACKS!!!!!!!!!

By: systematic

systematic — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:14:16 -0800

Major props for the Head Like a Hole one. It's just the right amount of twisted.

By: graventy

graventy — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:10:51 -0800

I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around the fact that someone has made something so downright disturbing and funny from something so boring. The Final Fantasy one was awesome, though. They're all awesome.

By: roll truck roll

roll truck roll — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:34:30 -0800

I think that the humor of these videos comes much closer to the humor of the comic strips than the crappy movies do. The painful silences, the dour worldview, the infinitely long table; it's all here.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:42:59 -0800

I wanna go live on the FatalFarm.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:33:15 -0800

WHAT IN THE FUCKING FUCK!? I'm so confused. Which way is the floor? If I can find the floor, I probably can find my bed, or the closet, or someplace else to hide from the terror. Oh, the fucking burning, it does not end. Upside? Someone finally made something more disturbing than 2girls1cup.

By: speicus

speicus — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:37:31 -0800

GARFIELD IS ON A DIET HE ATE A PURSE YOU CANNOT EAT A PURSE A PURSE IS NOT FOOD

By: Admiral Haddock

Admiral Haddock — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:58:24 -0800

That Duck Tales video is insane.

By: rmless

rmless — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:02:14 -0800

I was only going to watch one or two, and then I saw the Red Light/Green Light... and now its 1 am EST and I've watched all of them twice.

By: mr_roboto

mr_roboto — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:12:25 -0800

Admiral Haddock writes "That Duck Tales video is insane." Holy shit. Yes, it is insane.

By: painquale

painquale — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:24:15 -0800

I almost skipped this because it sounded so damn dumb. But it is MASTERFUL.

By: mullacc

mullacc — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:14:57 -0800

I couldn't watch this earlier in the day while I was at work for fear that I'd become "the guy who watches live action Garfield comics in his cubicle." It was worth the wait. Now I want to plaster my cubicle in Garfield comics.

By: humannaire

humannaire — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:23:57 -0800

Garfield: Insanely Great?

By: Mocata

Mocata — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:34:22 -0800

This is a brilliant, brilliant post - and thanks to Uther Bentrazor for the return-of-Permanent-Monday heads-up.

By: Laugh_track

Laugh_track — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:25:40 -0800

This reminds me of Tim and Eric awesome show great job. It's like these people are really weird, but totally at home with it, and not self-conscious at all. Down-home, comfortable insanity.

By: dogbusonline

dogbusonline — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:04:34 -0800

I'm torn between being amazingly impressed with the amount of time and effort put into these videos and being amazingly depressed with the same thing.

By: christopherious

christopherious — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:10:46 -0800

Haven't watched much of this yet but got a lot of mileage out of the Infinite Solutions stuff. Anyone visited the phony sites? Some URLs are displayed right on the screen, some are only found if you google the phony people and company names. And some of these sites have hidden video content. Fun!

By: aftermarketradio

aftermarketradio — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:03:22 -0800

This is one of the things that almost depresses me watch. No matter what I do, no matter what I witness henceforth, it will never be as good as these videos. My wife's going to wonder why I am not excited at the birth of our child, and I am going to have to solemnly look her in the face and say, "The Garfield videos, honey...it was those fucking videos."

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:18:04 -0800

If they'd hired David Lynch to make the Garfield movies, this is what I would expect it to be like.

By: Prospero

Prospero — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:43:23 -0800

Behind-the-scenes pictures.