Garfield’s Halloween Adventure

<p>Put out the oars and surrender yourself to the mercy of the rivers of time as they take us back to the terrifying 1985 TV special, “Garfield’s Halloween Adventure.”</p><hr /><h4>On This Episode</h4><ol><li><strong>Mike Westfall</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/fallwestmike">@fallwestmike</a>), 110-year-old cabin boy turned living nightmare.</li><li><strong><a href="http://sommerjam.com">Jeff Somogyi</a></strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/sommerjam">@sommerjam</a>), <a href="http://talkinchopp.libsyn.com">Talkin’ Chopp</a> podcast co-host wearing a mask over his face depicting a perfect replica of his actual face.</li></ol><hr /><h4>Topics and Tangents</h4><ol><li><a href="https://tv.avclub.com/jim-davis-wanted-garfield-s-halloween-adventure-to-at-1798273385">“Jim Davis wanted ‘Garfield’s Halloween Adventure’ to ‘at least scare 4-year-olds,’”</a> a 2014 interview with the A.V. Club with some insight into the making of this special.</li><li>Samples of the comic book adaptation, called “Garfield in Disguise,” from <a href="https://rottenink.wordpress.com/2018/09/22/garfield-vs-the-ghost-pirates-on-halloween-night/">Rotten Ink</a> and <a href="http://goodwillhunting4geeks.blogspot.com/2013/10/halloween-countdown-day-18-garfield-in.html">Goodwill Hunting 4 Geeks</a>, including even creepier drawings of the old man and pirate ghosts.</li><li>The first appearance of Binky the Clown!</li><li>Jon’s head going through the bottom of a falling jack-o’-lantern could have killed him at worst and concussed him at best.</li><li>We ponder how many kids in the history of trick-or-treating got suckered into getting double the candy for their siblings.</li><li>The time a raccoon broke into Jeff’s attic and left a hornet’s nest inside a Nativity scene shepherd.</li><li>Speaking of attics, here’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4taFESkVrE">the Pink Panther advertising Owens Corning fiberglass insulation</a>, in example.</li><li>The Roy Ogle of the very random passing reference “Roy Ogle’s roots” was a <