Original subtitles

[snoring] [clock ringing]

[upbeat music]

[alien engine]

[keys beeping]

[ring tone]

[alien speaking]

I'm on my way to Gamma Quadrant Nine, Murray.

-[alien speaking] -My generator bank is low.

I need to find a place I can stop off and recharge.

[alien speaking]

Earth? What's to do on Earth?

Most boring planet in the galaxy!

It makes Tri-Sector Blue seem like

a bleen festival, if you know what I mean.

[alien speaking]

I guess it'll do.

I mean, it's on the way.

[snoring]

[Odie muttering]

Jon will be home any minute and he'll make dinner.

I wish he'd hurry.

I haven't eaten in...

...two hours, fifteen minutes and three seconds.

Four seconds. Five seconds. [horn]

Here's Jon.

He went to apply for cartooning work.

You can tell by the look on his face

if he got hired or not.

Oh, that looks like a "not" to me.

I'll have dinner on the table soon, guys.

Soon is not soon enough.

Can you make soon sooner?

I don't know why we're rushing him.

Have you noticed how bad Jon's cooking's been lately?

Especially when he's out of work and dejected.

Sometimes, it's hard to tell what it is he's serving.

What do you think it is, boy?

Meat, fish or pasta?

[sniffing]

I'm thinking chicken chow mein

or maybe chocolate pudding.

Or both mixed together.

I think I need an emergency banana.

Somebody must want to hire a cartoonist.

[phone rings]

Jon Arbuckle.

Arbuckle? Eddie Gourmand here.

You know me.

The world's greatest food critic and all-around cool person.

Now listen, I was told you are a cartoonist.

Yes, I was.

I mean, I am.

I need one I can pay a fabulous salary to

to do drawings in my cookbook.

Fabulous salary?

But I have to ask, Arbuckle. Are you a good cook?

You want to know if I'm a good cook?

I have some thoughts on the matter.

Yes, I'm an excellent cook.

Those are not my thoughts.

Tell you what, I'll come to dinner at your house.

If I like what you serve,

the job and the fabulous salary are yours.

You have my address?

Good. See you tonight at eight.

Garfield! I'm going to get a job with a fabulous salary!

I knew you could do it!

All I have to do is cook a great dinner!

I knew you couldn't do it.

What do I need?

Oh! Ingredients!

I have to go to the market and buy ingredients!

See you soon!

[chirping]

Even his bananas aren't that good.

[laughing]

[alien engine]

I forgot!

They have gravity on this planet.

Let's see what's around here.

House.

Trees.

I'd better hide my spacecraft.

You know how bad this is?

Yuo and I won't eat it.

[Odie muttering]

You're darn right that's pretty bad.

That smell!

That smells just like the corrugated uranium my mother used to make.

[gobbling] Oh, delicious!

You like it, fella?

Highly obese cat!

Best food I've had in the galaxy!

Well, if you want more, the dog's not going to eat his, either.

Let me at it!

You know, I've been hungry.

But I don't think I've ever been that hungry.

Let's see if Jon left more of that stuff on the stove.

The more of it our friend eats,

the less we'll have to finish. [keys beeping]

Murray? I could get to like this Earth place,

if only it didn't have all this gravity.

Yeah, gravity. Earth is lousy with it!

We interrupt this Garfield cartoon

to bring you this educational moment.

Tell them not to worry. It'll be quick.

Don't worry. It'll be quick.

Thank you.

This is for those of you who don't know what gravity is.

Gravity is a natural phenomenon

by which objects with mass attract one another.

I'll repeat that because I don't understand it, either.

It has something to do with how big objects attract littler objects.

The Earth is a big object, so smaller objects are attracted to it.

History says that gravity was first figured out

by a man named Isaac Newton, back in the 17th century.

They say it happened when an apple fell on his head.

Well, that's not exactly how it happened.

[snoring]

I say, old chap!

How about a spot of dinner for your pussycat?

It would seem I have to take matters into my own paws.

Apples.

Well, they're not exactly lasagna, but they'll do.

There we go. [branch breaking]

What happened?

I was asleep and...

you fell down, my fine pussycat?

Hmm...

I wonder why you did not fall up?

Could it be... the force of gravity?

And so, in conclusion,

gravity is why things fall down and go boom.

And so, Isaac Newton formulated his theory of how gravity worked.

And why we do not all float away from this planet.

He became world famous and, of course,

his cat didn't get a bit of credit.

So, that's what gravity is and why it's a good thing to have.

This concludes the educational portion of our program.

Don't worry, we won't have another until next season

or maybe the one after that.

Our story resumes.

I don't like this gravity,

all this walking on the floor.

Without gravity, I feel so free.

Time to use the old portable gravity elimination device.

[key beeping]

[whirring noise]

[laughing] Great!

This is just like home!

[Odie muttering]

Jon had a cake in the oven?

His last one was like lead.

I hope this one is light.

Hey, not bad.

Odie! Stop kidding around!

You're a dog, Odie. Dogs can't fly.

[Odie muttering]

No, you can't, any more than cats can fly,

which we can't do either.

So, stop... floating around like that!

Odie!

Is this one of those hockey dream sequences

we do on the show every once in awhile?

[Odie muttering]

I don't either.

[intriguing music]

[Odie muttering]

Hey, Odie, look!

I'm not falling!

Give it a try.

[Jon] I lost track of time and spent too long at the market.

I won't get home in time to cook

a meal that will get me that fabulous salary.

Maybe Garfield and Odie will entertain him until I get there.

[intriguing music]

[doorbell] Odie,

would you float over there and see who that is?

[doorbell] Open up, Arbuckle, It's me!

It's eight and I don't like being kept waiting at mealtime.

[scared] Oh! [doorbell]

Oh no! Mr. Gourmand is here already!

[doorbell]

I'll run around and go in the back door!

[doorbell]

[mimicking airplane sounds]

Garfield!

Hey, Jon.

I found something almost as much fun as sleeping or eating.

My tomatoes! My carrots!

My rutabagas!

I think Jon's too heavy to float like this.

Ah...

I wonder if my generator bank is recharged yet.

Arbuckle? What is going on?

Arbuckle? Is my dinner ready?

This place is getting crowded.

This might be a good time to go check.

I'll turn off the old gravity eliminator.

Oh! What a beautiful job of setting the table.

What a fine way of tossing a salad!

What a bad way of landing on your head.

Oh, and look at this stir fry!

I can see how perfectly yummy it will be after you heat it up.

Heat it up? Oh, yes! Heat it up!

I'm about to heat it up, Mr. Gourmand.

Good, and I'll start on your splendid salad while you do.

All charged up and ready to go.

[Odie muttering]

I told you, Odie.

I have no idea what happened.

But I think I know who does.

Hey, you! Yoo hoo!

I thought it might be you.

What happened in the house? That was your doing.

Guilty! Hope you enjoyed it.

Hey, the food was great.

If I come back some day, can I have that again?

Can you make us float again?

It's a deal! Bye.

Bye!

Wow, that was amazing.

I never would have believed it.

[Odie muttering] No, not floating.

Somebody liking Jon's cooking.

[Mr. Gourmand] Arbuckle, this is delicious!

The stir-fry's ready, Mr. Gourmand.

Oh, and smells divine.

You are so hired.

I won't just pay you a fabulous salary.

I'll pay you a super-fabulous salary.

[Odie muttering]

Yeah, two somebodies like Jon's cooking.

[sighs] Well, it just goes to show, Odie.

Sometimes, it all works out.

Hurry back, my friend.

[upbeat music]

Subtitling: ECLAIR