Post by theyoshistate on Mar 24, 2019 2:44:10 GMT
US Acres was a segment in the old Garfield & Friends animated series that was based on a comic strip of the same name by Garfield creator Jim Davis. As you'll read, it wasn't always intended to be this way.
I recently found this ancient forum thread where Garfield & Friends writer Mark Evanier mentioned the original idea for US Acres to get a standalone animated series.
From what we know, the standalone series was to be targeted towards a preschool audience and that it was being done to promote the comic strip. However, none of the networks would greenlight the series, as they more favored a Garfield show. As a result, the decision was made to shift the US Acres project to a segment within what would become Garfield & Friends, and songs from the original standalone series production were carried over. This meant that the US Acres segments suddenly gained an older target audience and the songs didn't fit too well into this new demographic, and after a season or two, they were dropped.
It is possible that there was additional ideas in the standalone series production, we just currently do not know exactly which, which is why I made this thread to hopefully help you guys into finding them.
Also, I am well aware that this isn't the only lost media related to US Acres - a number of title cards for the Garfield & Friends segment, including the US Acres Quickies remain lost.
