Episode 72 - Judgement Day
August 29, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/29 Here we go! This episode skates around diet talk briefly, because it's Garfield, and so occasionally the comic is predictably "the cat is large and I wish him less so", so if that's not your cup of tea, the first and last five minutes or so can be skipped, I reckon. Like, we don't go into detail or anything, but it's good to flag these things up, eh? We also talk about Terminators 1&2, blokey blokes being blokes, Guy's brother's bee murder mystery, and Guy gets radicalised by Facebook videos.
6 Maalis 20231h 19min
Episode 71: Oh I Don't Know
August 28, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/28 Guy's changing room misadventures, Dark Souls circus art, and bird ranking. In this episode, Guy and Cat are once again weirdly into a drawing of Garfield. This is not a pattern that bodes well. Also we talk about this episode of TechMoan, which is worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqzrm_4_B94
27 Helmi 20231h 7min
Episode 70: A Terrible Thing Is Witnessed
August 27, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/27 We actually took two goes at this, because we started the first one off discussing A Dread Aspect of the comic and it dealt such intense psychic damage that we had to bin off 20 minutes of hot nonsense and start again after a stretch and a cup of tea. In this episode of the Garfield review podcast, Cat interviews a fishman, we ruminate on videogames that attempt to explore the consequences of the player's actions, and we learn why Optimus Prime is holding a hot dog. Garfield!
20 Helmi 202358min
Episode 69: NICE, WE SAY, DON'T WE? WE SAY NICE
August 26, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/26 Merry sexnumber, everybody. It's the 69th episode of the show, and as a result things get PRETTY HOT AND HEAVY. Well. They don't, really. Though we do talk about woodland pornography, enhancing jazz mags with some nice facts about nature, and hiding a scotch egg amongst a dried flower arrangement, if any of those happen to get you going. And it's fine if they do, just please don't tell us.
13 Helmi 20231h 13min
Episode 68: It’s pretty standard cat science.
August 25, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/25 Cor there's a lot going on in this one. Crawdad boils, valuing one's art, using fine motor control to twitch your butthole for sculpting purposes. You name it. And that's before we even get to the mysteriously beguiling Garfield that absolutely captures Guy's attention. Named wossnames/mentioned things of note: BLIT / Langford's Basilisk: http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/blit.htm Qntm's wonderful LENA story: https://qntm.org/mmacevedo
6 Helmi 20231h 11min
Episode 67: Guy just did a smooth thing with his finger
August 24, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/24 How would YOU trick Alan Sugar? Were the dinosaur bones actual bones? What if YOUR bones glowed in the dark? Has Allo Allo permanently damaged this country's psyche? Why did Guy need a folder for his X-Factor magazine? All of these questions and more are answered in this perfectly reasonable Garfield podcast. Bit of a content warning on this one - Because it's a Garfield podcast, this episode talks about soldiers returning from the second world war, and the psychological effects that had on people, including suicide. Not in detail, of course, but do be aware that 13.40 - 14.00 has a suicide mention.
31 Tammi 20231h 12min
Episode 66: Burning down an orphanage IS problematic, actually
August 23, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/23 We're back! The first episode of the new year! A discussion on chocolates rapidly becomes an exploration of societal conventions and neurodivergence (to no one's surprise), Guy risks cancellation by asking Cat to say "let me finish" slightly differently, traditional 70s muffs are briefly touched upon (ooh err), and audience feedback is addressed. And there's a comic strip. Somewhere. In this HOUR AND THREE QUARTER episode. Sheesh.
16 Tammi 20231h 45min
Episode 65: A Hitherto Undiscovered New Concentration of Disrespect
August 22, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/22 Crumbly Mustards, Garfs and Odes, what did Father Lasagna bring YOU this year? I have no idea where I'm going with this and now it's time to stop. Here is episode 65! Festive cheer! Cat bodying Guy in a whole new way! Immersive robin distraction simulation! A different Die Hard conversation than you might otherwise expect! As is traditional, it ends with a guff anecdote. Garfield.
26 Joulu 20221h 9min
