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[snoring] [clock ringing]

[upbeat music]

[cheerful music]

Hello there.

If you're waiting for something exciting to happen, forget it.

This is an eleven and a half minute cartoon

and I'm gonna take an eleven and a half minute nap.

Oh, and Odie's not here.

He's visiting Jon's brother out at the farm.

[yawning]

And Jon's at work, so nothing can bother me.

[snoring]

[Jon] Garfield!

Wait 'til you see what I've got here!

I don't know what it is, but I'll bet it's a storyline.

I brought you a new friend.

You can use the company while Odie is at Doc Boy's farm.

Jon thinks I'm missing this...

[slurp]

And this...

And this...

My editor is out of town, he's letting me take care of...

Ta-dah!

His parrot, Paxton!

Aren't you excited, Garfield?

Paxton talks.

Go ahead, Paxton, say something.

Ah! You call this is a house?

It looks like it was built to store fertilizer.

[forced laugher]

And this furniture, if you want to get rid of it,

you'll have to have it reupholstered before the dump will accept it.

My editor left the country and didn't take Paxton along.

I can see why.

Well, I'll let you guys get to know each other.

I have work to do.

So, Garfield,

what do you do all day?

A lot of this.

[snoring]

At first, I didn't know that was a cat.

I thought it was a hairy basketball.

Yes, I'm taking care of my boss's parrot, Doc Boy.

How's Odie?

[happy barking]

As you can hear, he's doing great.

So what's this parrot like?

Well, he's kind of funny in his own, odd way.

He's probably spreading joy all over the neighborhood.

[intriguing music]

Did you know that 62.3% of all mail

contains bad news.

No, I didn't know.

I've been delivering mail for 37 years.

Well, don't worry.

You won't have that job much longer.

E-mail is already making you obsolete.

It is?

I'll bring Odie home later today.

[mooing]

Okay, I gotta go.

I think my mail's here.

See you later, Doc Boy.

[hangs up]

-[phone ringing] -Hello?

[yelling] Don't call me Doc Boy!

[mooing]

[hangs up]

What was I going to do next?

Oh, right! The mail.

[Herman sobbing]

Herman, what's wrong?

Here's your mail, Mr. Arbuckle.

I'm sorry, 62.3% of it is bad news.

But don't worry, I won't have this job much longer.

I'm obsolete...

-[sobbing] -[sad saxophone]

[crying sounds]

Did you hear something?

If I didn't know better, I'd think it sounds like mice crying.

Have you seen what they're putting in cheese, these days?

Plus, they're building better mousetraps.

I'm just saying--

-[Garfield groans] -And remember:

even though Garfield won't eat you,

there are plenty of cats out there who will.

Paxton,

why do you always look at the bad side of everything?

Why? Why? Come on.

I'll show you why.

Watch this.

Good afternoon.

It's 4:00 and I'm Sylvia Tubaplayer with the 6:00 News.

Our top headlines:

Today, in the world, this happened.

[gasp]

And in another part of the world,

this happened!

[terrified gasp]

And in several other parts of the world,

this happened...

[Garfield and Jon scream]

Meanwhile, in the stock market...

[voice breaking] Just trust me, you don't want to know.

[Garfield and Jon sobbing]

That's so depressing.

I'll call Liz and see what she recommends.

Haven't you ever had fun?

Haven't you ever laughed?

Well, I'm going to do it. I'm going to make you laugh!

Music, maestro!

[circus music]

[fly buzzing]

[soft music]

[panting] So? Wasn't I hilarious?

Laugh?

I thought I'd never start.

Leave comedy to the pros

and stick to what you do best.

You are about to become an ex-parrot!

Liz suggests we take him to Dr. Whipple.

You're not taking me to any doctor.

[dramatic music]

[Jon] Wait! Come back!

Good riddance, having him around was too depressing.

Oh, if I lose my boss's parrot, he'll fire me.

That's even more depressing.

[lively music]

Search the neighborhood. I'll go this way, you go that way!

[Herman sobbing]

We just need to follow the trail of depressed people.

[Eddie crying]

Oh, it's awful.

A parrot told me that, I, Eddie Gourmand,

with a capital G,

the world must famous food critic, is grossly overweight.

Maybe a few pounds?

[sobbing] It's awful!

A parrot just told me that I'm putting on so much weight,

I'm starting to look like Eddie Gourmand,

the world-famous food critic.

Oh, it's awful!

A parrot just told me that I'm annoying and conceited,

and that it makes some people physically sick just to have me around.

Hey, when he's right, he's right.

[all sobbing]

And there's so much mercury in our fish,

you can take your temperature with a halibut.

I never knew everything was so awful!

Oh, not only that but the air... Ha!

We're taking you to see Dr. Whipple!

And if you're nice, Jon will buy us some ice cream.

Oh, great!

I'm lactose intolerant.

[lively music]

[Dr. Whipple] All right.

Just lie there and tell me how you got to be

so utterly and totally negative.

Well, I guess it all started when I was an egg.

[nodding]

My mother started passing out recipes for omelets.

What?

That's awful...

Dr. Whipple will cure Paxton's down in the mouth outlook.

He's a brilliant man and very strong.

[sobbing] Here.

Take his poor parrot home.

I can't help him.

I can't even help myself.

[sobbing]

Oh... This is... this is terrible!

Hey, if you really feel like crying,

wait 'til you see the bill you're gonna get for this.

[sobbing]

[lively music]

[Odie barks]

...and not only is this planet doomed,

but have you seen the Fall TV schedule?

Even massive quantities of lasagna couldn't cheer me up now.

Can't you think good thoughts about anything?

What?

Name me one thing in this world that's pure and innocent and happy.

-[Doorbell] -[happy barking]

Jon! I brought Odie back!

[cuckoo]

[Jon laughs]

Hey, I'm glad to see you too, boy.

-[happy barking] -[Garfield laughs]

Hey, and even I'll admit I'm glad to see you, too.

[interrogative moan]

Odie, this is our new friend, Paxton the Parrot.

Hey, knock it off, mutt!

You don't know where that tongue's been!

It's unsanitary! It's messy! It's...

It's kind of nice in a way...

Hey, is he always this happy?

You think this is happy, try throwing a stick he can fetch.

He'll be your best friend forever.

Gee... I never had a best friend.

I never had a friend of any kind.

[Odie mutters]

Looks like you've got one now.

[giggling]

What's this all about, Jon?

I'm not sure...

[cuddling sounds]

It's about a parrot who's finding a whole new way

to look at the world.

Wow.

It's been six months since my boss took Paxton back.

And now I can't believe that parrot has his own TV show.

What's so odd about that?

I have my own TV show.

And a darn good one, at that.

[TV] And now, here he is!

The most popular motivational-speaker parrot in the entire world!

Paxton!

-[applause] -[cheering]

Thank you, thank you!

You're beautiful.

And you know what else is, people?

Life is.

You just have to know where to look.

I'll be talking about that on today's show,

about how there's wonderment and love and happiness out there

if you'll just let it in.

But first, I want to dedicate tonight's show to my best friend forever,

Odie the Puppy.

Hiya, Odie!

[Odie barks]

Odie, that's you!

Well, the eleven and a half minutes is almost up,

so this is the end of the cartoon.

I'll just add that Paxton's right.

Life is great.

[eating sound]

But it's even better with pizza.

[Paxton] Consider how amazing the Earth is,

how fascinating each and every person on it can be!

[croaks]

[upbeat music]

Subtitling: ECLAIR