This is such an underrated series. I know that many modern viewers dislike Garfield due the two horrible live-action movies that were made based on the character, but those movies didn't made any justice to the characters created by Jim Davis.
If you are looking for a good adaptation of the "Garfield" comic strip, then you should watch this cartoon, which not only captured the essence of the original comic strip, even improving it adding lots of satirical elements, the same that were present in many cartoons that came later, such as "The Simpsons" or "Family Guy": Even when this was a show for kids, it was brilliantly written, having many interesting criticism to modern society, cinema, television, and even some elements of meta-humor
"Garfield and Friends" was ahead of its time, being one of the best (and one of the most underrated, too) animated series ever made. Personally, I think that without this cartoons, we won't have many of those satirical cartoons aimed to adults. In many aspects, this series was much better than the comic strip in which it was inspired.
If you are looking for a good adaptation of the "Garfield" comic strip, then you should watch this cartoon, which not only captured the essence of the original comic strip, even improving it adding lots of satirical elements, the same that were present in many cartoons that came later, such as "The Simpsons" or "Family Guy": Even when this was a show for kids, it was brilliantly written, having many interesting criticism to modern society, cinema, television, and even some elements of meta-humor
"Garfield and Friends" was ahead of its time, being one of the best (and one of the most underrated, too) animated series ever made. Personally, I think that without this cartoons, we won't have many of those satirical cartoons aimed to adults. In many aspects, this series was much better than the comic strip in which it was inspired.