page_title: Garfield in Paradise
section_title: Reception
hierarchical_section_title: Garfield in Paradise / Reception
caption_attribution_description: Cropped screenshot of James Dean in the trailer for the film East of Eden
context_page_description: Garfield in Paradise is a 1986 animated television special directed by Phil Roman, based on the Garfield comic strip by Jim Davis. It features Lorenzo Music as the voice of Garfield the house cat, other regulars Thom Huge and Gregg Berger, and guest star Wolfman Jack. It originally aired on CBS on May 27, 1986.
  This was the fifth of twelve Garfield television specials made between 1982 and 1991. The story concerns the characters visiting a tropical vacation destination. The special was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program and has been released on DVD.
context_section_description: The special was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program in 1986. The only other nominee was another Garfield special, Garfield's Halloween Adventure, which won.
  In his 2005 DVD Talk review, Randy Miller III complimented the special on "memorable characters" specifically the James Dean doppelganger and Wolfman Jack's character, concluding, "Plus, Jon gets some action." In 2008, Dan Walsh, creator of the website Garfield Minus Garfield recalled watching the specials and claimed, "I can still do a perfect rendition of 'Hello Hawaii,' from Garfield in Paradise." In 2014, Jim Davis identified Garfield in Paradise as "absolutely one of my favorites. It’s bright, funny, [there’s] rock n’ roll in it."
caption: The special features a character reminiscent of James Dean.
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