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[snoring] [clock ringing]

[upbeat music]

[cheerful music]

Garfield! Breakfast is ready!

[laughter]

-While you eat, I'll go to the market. -[laughter]

Did I hear someone laughing?

I made pancakes.

-[laughter and applause] -Whoa!

Something is seriously wrong here. You can tell because I'm not eating.

-[laughter and applause] -[Odie panting]

Odie! What's going on here?

[Odie whimpers]

[laughter]

All right. I'm going to get to the bottom of this.

Here. Either eat these or bury them in the backyard.

[Odie whining]

Where's the boss?

He's in his office. But we haven't finished the scene.

Later.

All right, everyone. Take five!

Now, behind this door is the studio where we film The Garfield Show.

How many people here watch The Garfield Show? Show of hands?

Oh, yeah. I've seen that show.

I like the dog. You know, the one with the tongue.

One side. No autographs.

[dramatic music]

It's simple. We gave your show a laugh track.

"Laugh track?"

That's right. We do it in television all the time.

We add in recorded laughter and applause.

Makes the show seem...

well, more deserving of laughter and applause.

Isn't that cheating?

We like to think of it as enhancing reality.

Allow me to demonstrate.

Here's a comedian we recently had on one of our shows.

Ha ha! No, but I wanna tell you. A man walks into a doctor's office.

He says, "It hurts when I do this."

The doctor says, "Well, don't do that."

Not too humorous.

But watch what happens when we add the laugh track.

A man walks into a doctor's office.

He says, "Doc, it hurts when I do this." The doctor says, "Don't do that!"

[laughter]

Wouldn't it be easier to make it funny?

Let's get one thing straight, Garfield.

We don't tell you how to eat and annoy puppies.

You don't tell us how to run a TV show. All right?

[nervously agreeing]

You can meet Rosie.

"Rosie?"

Rosie. Right in here.

Hello, Rosie.

Hi, boss. Wait, here's some applause for you.

[applause]

And I believe you know our star,

Garfield Cat.

Garfield! Here's some applause for you.

[booing]

-Oops! Wrong button, sorry. -[applause]

Rosie adds in all the laughter, applause and even sound effects for the show.

I sure do.

[assorted sound effects]

Great, huh?

I don't approve of putting phony laughter and applause on my show.

But if you do, make sure I get more of it than anyone.

The episode we're doing today,

it wouldn't happen to have Nermal in it, by any chance?

Let me see...

Why, yes. Nermal is guest-starring.

Oh, I love Nermal. He's my absolute favorite.

I guess I was kind of rude to that tour group I passed earlier.

I'll make it up.

I apologize, folks.

Whip out your autograph books and any 8x10 glossies

you carry around of me. I'll be glad to sign them.

Now, the next stop on our tour is... Oh, look who's coming. Nermal!

Sorry, my public. No autographs!

Well, maybe one or two

or thirty.

-I just love him on that show he's on. -That's my show.

-I'm sorry? -The show Nermal's on.

That's The Garfield Show and I'm Garfield.

I'm the star of that show.

Funny. I watch it all the time. I just don't recall seeing you on it.

[dramatic music]

Aargh!

[soft music]

-Ready to roll again, G.C.? -Get the dog and let's resume.

[bell ringing]

I need Odie on the set.

There's a big slurp in this scene, so he'll need tongue makeup.

Garfield Show, Show 55, episode entitled "Laugh in a Can."

Take two.

And we're rolling. Action!

Ahh!

Line!

"Something is seriously wrong here. You can tell because I'm not eating."

Oh, right.

Something is seriously wrong here. You can tell because I'm not eating.

[harrumphing]

[applause]

Hi, Odie. Ready for breakfast?

[barking]

[laughing]

[slurping]

[laughing]

[laughing and applause]

We'll have to wait until Jon gets back from the market. I'll be napping.

[doorbell ringing]

Here comes Nermal's scene. I'll give him a big entrance.

[laughter]

[loud applause]

[loud applause continues]

That's enough, Rosie!

Well, look who's here!

That's right.

It's me! Nermal, the most adorable feline on this planet.

[loud applause]

I can't take this.

Thank you. Thank you.

You're beautiful. Not as beautiful as I am.

But beautiful in your own way.

[loud applause]

This has got to stop. And I think I know how to make that happen.

Rosie! The boss wants to see you right away.

But I'm putting in laughs and applause on this episode.

I'll handle it for you while you go see him.

Oh. All right.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

And now, since I seem to have the show to myself,

I thought I'd sing a song.

[booing]

All right, settle down. I don't have to sing.

I could do a dance number for you.

[cows mooing]

[ducks quacking]

[horn honking]

Dance number, huh? Well then, you'll need a little music.

[classical music]

A little slow, don't you think?

[the rhythm quickens]

[gasping]

Hi, boss?

[classical music sped up]

[music stops]

[laughter]

Boss?

Hey, I know when I'm not wanted.

Since when?

[sirens wailing]

What's going on?

[through speakerphones] We know you're in there. Come out with your hands up.

My hands up? No, no!

Hiding place! I need a hiding place!

They'll never find me under here.

[cows mooing]

That sounds like... A stampede of cattle? In here?

[screaming]

[roaring]

Now it's grizzly bears! Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!

What does this one do?

"Left-handed zombie pigeons

attacking with ray blasters from the planet Tralfazz."

Hey, why not?

[panicked screaming] Left-handed zombie pigeons attacking with ray blasters

from planet Tralfazz!

I'd know that sound anywhere!

Help! Help!

Left-handed zombie pigeons with ray blasters

from planet Tralfazz! Help!

Save my adorable self! Help!

[lively music]

Garfield! What are you doing at my laugh machine?

And Rosie! What are you doing leaving your post?

I didn't. He said that you asked me--

No excuses. No excuses. You're fired.

And take that stupid machine with you.

After this, I don't wanna see any more canned laughter on The Garfield Show.

Guess I got you fired?

It's my fault... I wasn't doing my work properly.

Now, the question is: Where do I find a new job?

-[whimpering] -Rosie got fired.

[sadly whining]

Odie, she got fired and it's all my fault.

-I tricked her into leaving her post. -[whining]

I may just know a good place for you and that machine...

Good evening. This is the news at this hour.

Unemployment reached new heights.

[laughter and applause]

The air we breathe is worse than it has ever been...

[laughter and applause]

...and scientists say the Earth is hurtling towards the sun.

[laughter]

Now, the news. There's something that needs laughter.

[barking]

Hey, Rosie. How about some applause to end this cartoon?

Coming right up.

[laughter and applause]

Join me in a bow, Odie?

[barking]

[applause]

Thank you! You're a beautiful recorded audience!

Thank you! Thank you!

[applause]

[upbeat music]

Subtitling : ECLAIR