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Jon and Odie
Published since June 19, 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character, the cat Garfield ( named after Davis's grandfather ); his owner, Jon Arbuckle ; and Arbuckle's dog, Odie.
The strip's focus is mostly on the interactions among Garfield, Jon, and Odie, but recurring minor characters appear as well.
Jon Arbuckle came from a coffee commercial from the 1950s, and Odie was based on a car dealership commercial written by Jim Davis, which featured Odie the Village Idiot.
He enjoys destroying things, mauling the mailman, tormenting Odie, kicking Odie off the table ; he also makes snide comments, usually about Jon's inability to get a date ( in one strip, when Jon bemoans the fact that no one will go out with him on New Year's, Garfield replies, " Don't feel bad Jon.
In one strip when Garfield and Jon are out of the house, Odie is seen reading War and Peace and watching a television program, An Evening With Mozart.
Many of the gags focus on Garfield's obsessive eating and obesity ; his hate of Mondays, diets, and any form of exertion ; his constant shedding ( which constantly annoys Jon ); and his abuse of Odie and Jon as well as his obsession with mailing Nermal to Abu Dhabi.
Jon has a grandmother who, in a strip, kicked Odie ; Garfield subsequently hugged her.
Jon's parents once visited Jon, Garfield, and Odie in the city.
Ever since Jon and Liz began to go out more frequently, Jon has started hiring pet sitters to look after Garfield and Odie, though they don't always work out.
Jon notices Garfield has been gone too long, so he sends Odie out to find him.
Jon starts to get lonely, so he offers a reward for the return of Garfield and Odie.
Deep down, Garfield loves Jon and Odie.
* First Garfield Cartoon: This is a general Garfield episode taking on a more domestic nature mostly involving Jon and Odie.
In the motion picture, Odie was adopted by Jon at a veterinarian center.
" When Jon took Odie for a run down a street, Odie ( Garfield ) said tiringly " I had enough sport for a lifetime!
Garfield and Jon then gets suspicious when Odie turns on the radio and the lights and start eating chips, smiling while Jon and Garfield were trapped outside with no food or shelter during a thunderstorm.
Another time, when Garfield and Jon were out, Odie was reading a huge book, smoking a pipe, and listening to classical music.

Jon and Garfield
Davis later realized that Garfield and Jon could " communicate nonverbally ".
Consider that Jon, according to Garfield canon, cannot hear his cat's thoughts.
Still another approach to editing the strips involves removing Garfield and other main characters from the originals completely, leaving Jon talking to himself.
Gags in the strips commonly deal with Garfield's obesity ( in one strip, Jon jokes, " I wouldn't say Garfield is fat, but the last time he got on a Ferris wheel, the two guys on top starved to death "), and his hatred of any form of exertion or work.
However, it is mentioned in more than one strip that Jon cannot understand Garfield.
Jon loves ( or occasionally hates ) Garfield and all cats.
Many gags focus on this ; his inability to get a date is usually attributed to his lack of social skills, his poor taste in clothes ( Garfield remarked in one strip after seeing his closet that " two hundred moths committed suicide "; in another, the " geek police " ordered Jon to " throw out his tie "), and his eccentric interests which range from stamp collecting to measuring the growth of his toenails to watching movies with " polka ninjas ".
In a 2008 strip that appeared at June 8 and also in Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties, it is implied that Jon and Liz will eventually marry.
Most trips end up embarrassing because Garfield will pig out, or Jon will do something stupid, including wearing an ugly shirt, which happened one night when he took Liz on a date.
When Jon does take Liz on a date, Garfield always tags along, and he once ate all the bread, along with all the rest of the food in the place.
Frequently, the characters break the fourth wall, mostly to explain something to the readers, talk about a subject that often sets up the strip's punchline ( like Jon claiming that pets are good for exercise right before he finds Garfield in the kitchen and chases him out ), or give a mere glare when a character is belittled or not impressed.
The longest one of these lasted for over a month ( in 1986 August 25 to September 28 ); it began with Jon telling Garfield to go get the newspaper.
Another story involved Jon going away on a business trip around Christmas time, leaving Garfield a week's worth of food ( it was more like 11 second's worth of food ) which he devoured instantly, so Garfield leaves his house and gets locked out.

Jon and get
That same year was the first year of Suicidal ’ s four year recording hiatus and Mike Muir and bassist Louiche Mayorga formed the Label “ Suicidal Records ” as well as the band Los Cycos Jon Nelson left the group and Suicidal Tendencies were banned from playing L. A. shows from an Incident at Perkins Palace ( their fans tore out ten rows of seats and promoters couldn ’ t get the proper insurance to hire them ) Muir was also about to try his hand at producing as well as starting the new label.
The contest was formally launched on 14 May 2007 after the resignation of incumbent Deputy leader John Prescott, Benn had some initial difficulties securing the necessary 45 nominations required to get on the ballot paper but he acquired the support needed to join five other candidates-Hazel Blears, Harriet Harman, Alan Johnson, Peter Hain and backbencher Jon Cruddas.
In 2007, Oliva denied any rumours of a Savatage reunion and tour, as the Trans-Siberian Orchestra has become a year-round commitment, adding that Jon Oliva's Pain is " as close to Savatage as you can get ".
Jon Tester believes it will not be hard to get Democrats of the State to the polling booths in early November 2012.
After dropping Michael off, Jon goes to a rehearsal for SUPERBIA, but not before stopping to get a snack of Twinkies (“ Sugar ”).
The idea of Road Rules came to mind, when Real World castmates Jon, Tami and Dominic traveled in an RV across the United States to get to their The Real World: Los Angeles house in the first two episodes of the second season.
Jon also has a mission set before him: get Garfield to do the right thing.
* Madman Murray ( Voiced by Gregg Berger ) and Demented Dave ( Voiced by Rip Taylor ): Similar to Mr. Swindler, both try to get Jon to buy some cheap junk.
Unfortunately for Cronin, San Jose had two very competent goalkeepers in front of him, 2003 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Pat Onstad and Jon Conway, and the young keeper did not get any playing time in the 2004 season.
He and 2 new recruits: Sergeant Rhys and Private Emmamo get in the Warthog to search for Jon, but it crashes, killing the recruits, and getting Kelly stuck in a bumbleberry tree outside Green Base, where he is hit by a rock knocking him unconscious.
Upon their return, Garfield tries to warn Jon of the danger but Jon insists that there is nothing to worry about and refuses to move while Garfield tries desperately to convince Odie to get into the car.
For a cheap price, Jon, Garfield, and Odie get a really nice 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air and hit the beach and later decide where to go when their car mysteriously swerves into a jungle on its own, stopping in the middle of a native village.
If a catcher drops the third strike but successfully throws to first base before the hitter, announcer Jon Miller will say ' Sometimes those get by you and turn games around, shades of Mickey Owen in the ' 41 World Series — the whole Series got turned around when one got by him on strike three.
When Jon Kavanaugh launched an investigation into the Strike Team after arresting Lem for stealing drugs, Vic went to great lengths to try to save him, even trying to strike up a deal with Antwon to get Lem protection in prison.
* Jan. 1, 2011-Disgraced, former CPD Commander Jon Burge was sentenced to four-and-one-half years in federal prison, after being convicted of all charges in relation to perjuring himself and obstructing justice in a federal investigation as to whether he was torturing innocent citizens to get false confessions to crimes those citizens didn't commit.
Garfield wakes up to see Jon dressed as an elf, who says it is Christmas and Garfield must be treated to a large amount of lasanga and get his gift, which consists of a robotic Santa which reads minds and produces whatever Garfield wants, pleasing him.
But Jon wanted Sancious to get some real exposure so he included one of David's solo works in the set.

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