Health Feud

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“Health Feud”
Garfield and Friends episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 57
Guest stars	Stan Freberg as Rick Deltoid
Written by	Mark Evanier Sharman DiVono
Directed by	John Walker Steve Clark
Production no.	G019-C
Original airdate	September 30, 1989
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Health Feud is an episode of Garfield and Friends. It originally aired on September 30, 1989.

1 Episode recap
2 Notes
3 Trivia
4 Quotes
5 External links

[edit] Episode recap

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Garfield wakes up one morning expecting breakfast; instead, he finds Jon jogging back and forth in the kitchen. Garfield then goes to the refrigerator to get food, but he finds the refrigerator empty. He finds Jon exercising in the living room while watching a fitness program by Rick Deltoid, and Jon explains that he cleaned out the fridge according to Rick’s health advice. At the end of the program, Rick suggests that people come down to his gym for a real workout.

Jon drags Garfield to the gym, and Rick leads them on a strenuous exercise regimen. At the end, Rick announces that he’s leaving for the television studio so that he can film his show, and Jon states how determined he is to get in shape just like Rick. He then suggests that he and Garfield jog home, but he soon discovers Garfield stuck to Rick’s back window (à la the Garfield Stuck On You toy), stating that Jon shouldn’t miss the show.

After learning where Rick’s cue cards are located, Garfield mixes them up with cue cards from other shows. During the show, Rick follows the cards, which have him honking like a goose and then wearing a black dress, imitating Binky the Clown, and eating pizza. The station manager soon fires him, which Garfield thinks is unfair because he is sure that home audiences wouldn’t do everything Rick said. He then goes home and finds Jon wearing a black dress and honking like a goose.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Notes

The WBOR station manager makes his first appearance in this episode.
Odie does not appear in this episode.
The ingredients in the protein smoothie are: wheat germ, yogurt, asparagus, raisins, cod liver oil, organically-grown mud, “green stuff” and refried soy beans.
The cue cards from other television shows actually have “this one’s from a cooking show” and “this one’s from Binky’s Birthday Bash” on them.

[edit] Trivia

Jon suggests that he and Garfield jog home from the gym, which arises the question of how they arrived at the gym (whether they jogged there or if Jon drove). If the latter persists, the question also arises as to why Jon would leave his car at the gym.
Garfield mimicks the Stuck on You doll in this episode

[edit] Quotes

Garfield: [The refrigerator’s] empty! And I didn’t empty it!

Jon: You’ve gotta get in shape!
Garfield: I am in shape! Round is a shape!

Garfield: I’d like all thirty-two flavors [of ice cream] on a sugar cone piled up in alphabetical order, please.