He shoves the date into Odie's mouth hoping to make Jon forget and then notices that tomorrow is Thanksgiving.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Jon starts to get lonely, so he offers a reward for the return of Garfield and Odie.

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.

Originally researched by Dr. Jon Parmentola for the U. S. Army, it has grown into a very plausible successor to a standard solid propellant tank gun.

The website has also been described by Jimmy Fallon on the Opie and Anthony radio show, on Chelsea Handler's TV show Chelsea Lately, Michael J. Nelson from Rifftrax. com during the Rifftrax for Avatar Rifftrax and by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show.

Jon ( Jonathan Q. Arbuckle ) is Garfield's owner, usually depicted as an awkward clumsy geek who has trouble finding a date.

In the December 23, 1980 strip, Jon states that he is 30 years old ( meaning he is 61 years old as of January 2012, although he has not aged physically ).

However, in many books and interviews, Jim Davis reveals that he has no definite plans for a Jon / Liz marriage.

William Hurt ( at Circle Rep Off-Broadway, memorably performing " To Be Or Not to Be " while lying on the floor ), Jon Voight at Rutgers, and Christopher Walken ( fiercely ) at Stratford CT have all played the role, as has Diane Venora at the Public Theatre.

Early punk had an abundance of antecedents and influences, and Jon Savage has described the subculture as a " bricolage " of almost every previous youth culture that existed in the West since the Second World War " stuck together with safety pins ".

As an actress, Crow has appeared on various television shows including NBC's 30 Rock, ABC's GCB and Cougar Town, Disney Channel's Hannah Montana Forever, and Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity and / or Fear.

TLC has announced that Jon & Kate Plus 8 will continue under the new title Kate Plus Eight.

In addition, Jon has stated that they are " in talks " regarding ensuring the children's happiness, and that there is no truth to any reports that the children have been hurt by the series.

* Jon Turley ( born 26 April 1971 ), an author who writes children's books, has lived in Kidderminster since the mid 1990s and was born some fifteen miles away in Worcester.

This file is the only film fragment Jon Lech Johansen has saved on his computer.

A June 2012 interview with Squire had this: " Yes has a new vocalist in Jon Davison who has turned out to be really fantastic.

This still happens to a degree ( Jason Alexander, Jon Stewart, Brad Garrett, Jonah Hill, Winona Ryder and Natalie Portman for instance ), but the growing acceptance of ethnic performers in the performing arts has made this occurrence less frequent.

Producer, Jon Naismith has said that " As befits such an irreplaceable character, he has never been formally replaced.

" In 2004, Classic Rocks Jon Hotten wrote: " That genre thing has been a bugbear of Marillion's, but it no longer seems relevant.

Hence drama has been overshadowed by prose and poetry, with one exception: Jon Fosse.

Bon Jovi has worked on behalf of the Special Olympics, the American Red Cross, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, Covenant House, Project H. O. M. E., The Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation ( formerly the Philadelphia Soul Charitable Foundation ), and other groups.

Additionally a novel, Jon Lellenberg's Baker Street Irregular, has been announced for publication in Nov 2011.