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The Big Talker is an episode from the second season of Garfield and Friends.

Synopsis[]

Garfield endeavors to get back at a superstitious cat hater.

Plot[]

Jon is watching TV and finds the program he is watching to be boring. While he is looking to see what else is on, the TV gets lassoed away by Odie who is pulling it in so Garfield can watch TV in bed. One show comes on starring Joe Palaver, who states that cats are good for nothing. Garfield wants Jon to go on the show to defend all cats, despite the fact that the man is a rude and condescending talk show host.

On the show, Joe asks Jon if there is anything particularly special about Garfield. Garfield tries in vain to act cute and playful to up the ante and show them that there is more to him; the two of them are shot out of the studio. Jon ends up going home to forget about everything, whilst Garfield is not willing to give up so easily.

Garfield hears that Joe is superstitious and does not want to take chances with things like a mirror while getting his makeup done. To help with that, Garfield paints himself black and crosses Joe's path, making him panic. Joe tries to get his good luck charms, then finds Garfield among them. He tries to hide in the control room, where Garfield is on every monitor. Garfield follows Joe wherever he goes.

On the next show, Joe apologizes on camera for all the rotten things he said about cats. The audience wants him gone for what he has done and Garfield pulls the lever, removing him from the set. Joe runs off in fear of the supposed black cat. His job done, Garfield thinks about washing the paint off before he runs into a superstitious pizza delivery guy, who drops a pizza he is delivering when he sees Garfield. Garfield catches it and has second thoughts.

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Cultural references[]

  • Joe Palaver's show is a parody of The Morton Downey Jr. Show, which pioneered "trash TV".


Garfield and Friends
Episodes

"Pest of a Guest / The Impractical Joker / Fat & Furry" • "Rip Van Kitty / Grabbity / The Big Catnap" • "The Great Getaway / Scrambled Eggs / Hansel and Garfield" • "The Sludge Monster / Fortune Kooky / Heatwave Holiday" • "One Good Fern Deserves Another / Goody-Go-Round / The Black Book" • "The Legend of the Lake / Double Oh Orson / Health Feud" • "Binky Gets Cancelled! / Show Stoppers / Cutie and the Beast" • "The Lasagna Zone / Sleepytime Pig / Yojumbo" • "Pros and Cons / Rooster Revenge / Lights! Camera! Garfield!" • "Polecat Flats / Hogcules / Brain Boy" • "Maine Course / No Laughing Matter / Attack of the Mutant Guppies" • "Robodie / First Aid Wade / Video Victim" • "The Curse of Klopman / Mud Sweet Mud / Rainy Day Dreams" • "Basket Brawl / Origin of Power Pig / Cactus Jake Rides Again" • "Binky Goes Bad! / Barn of Fear / Mini-Mall Matters" • "Attention-Getting Garfield / Swine Trek / It Must Be True!" • "Arrivaderci, Odie! / Gort Goes Good / Feeling Feline" • "The Bear Facts / Nothing To Be Afraid Of / The Big Talker" • "Cactus Makes Perfect / Hogcules II / Crime and Nourishment" • "T.V. of Tomorrow / Little Red Riding Egg / Well Fed Feline" • "Invasion of the Big Robots / Shelf Esteem / Housebreak Hotel" • "First Class Feline / Hamelot / How to Be Funny!" • "Mystic Manor / Flop Goes the Weasel / The Legend of Long Jon" • "China Cat / Cock-a-Doodle Dandy / Beach Blanket Bonzo" • "Lemon Aid / Hog Noon / Video Airlines" • "The Mail Animal / Peanut-Brained Rooster / Mummy Dearest"

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