I Don't Like Mondays

August 31, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/31 Episode 74! The return of Poomp! That's what we should have called it tbh. We discuss crisps and the sizes thereof, the difficulty in sharing something you love with someONE you love, and Guy briefly realises that he might be producing a listenable podcast with his wife. Imagine. Also, yes, Guy does call it episode 75 at the end. Don't w...

August 30, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/30 Oh good. Another Garfield comic about being on a diet. At least Sisyphus got to look at a cool rock. In this episode we discuss LARP snowball fights, design our dream motorway service station, and Guy attempts to ingratiate himself with an ironmonger.

August 29, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/29 Here we go! This episode skates around diet talk briefly, because it's Garfield, and so occasionally the comic is predictably "the cat is large and I wish him less so", so if that's not your cup of tea, the first and last five minutes or so can be skipped, I reckon. Like, we don't go into detail or anything, but it's good to flag these t...

August 28, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/28 Guy's changing room misadventures, Dark Souls circus art, and bird ranking. In this episode, Guy and Cat are once again weirdly into a drawing of Garfield. This is not a pattern that bodes well. Also we talk about this episode of TechMoan, which is worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqzrm_4_B94

August 27, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/27 We actually took two goes at this, because we started the first one off discussing A Dread Aspect of the comic and it dealt such intense psychic damage that we had to bin off 20 minutes of hot nonsense and start again after a stretch and a cup of tea. In this episode of the Garfield review podcast, Cat interviews a fishman, we ruminate o...

August 26, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/26 Merry sexnumber, everybody. It's the 69th episode of the show, and as a result things get PRETTY HOT AND HEAVY. Well. They don't, really. Though we do talk about woodland pornography, enhancing jazz mags with some nice facts about nature, and hiding a scotch egg amongst a dried flower arrangement, if any of those happen to get you going....

August 25, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/25 Cor there's a lot going on in this one. Crawdad boils, valuing one's art, using fine motor control to twitch your butthole for sculpting purposes. You name it. And that's before we even get to the mysteriously beguiling Garfield that absolutely captures Guy's attention. Named wossnames/mentioned things of note: BLIT / Langford's Basilisk...

August 24, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/24 How would YOU trick Alan Sugar? Were the dinosaur bones actual bones? What if YOUR bones glowed in the dark? Has Allo Allo permanently damaged this country's psyche? Why did Guy need a folder for his X-Factor magazine? All of these questions and more are answered in this perfectly reasonable Garfield podcast. Bit of a content warning on...

August 23, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/23 We're back! The first episode of the new year! A discussion on chocolates rapidly becomes an exploration of societal conventions and neurodivergence (to no one's surprise), Guy risks cancellation by asking Cat to say "let me finish" slightly differently, traditional 70s muffs are briefly touched upon (ooh err), and audience feedback is a...

August 22, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/22 Crumbly Mustards, Garfs and Odes, what did Father Lasagna bring YOU this year? I have no idea where I'm going with this and now it's time to stop. Here is episode 65! Festive cheer! Cat bodying Guy in a whole new way! Immersive robin distraction simulation! A different Die Hard conversation than you might otherwise expect! As is traditio...

August 21, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/21 Once again, two people who really should no better sit on opposite sides of a microphone and let sounds tumble out until nothing is left. This episode covers the poor programming choices displayed in the discordant pairing of Fraiser and Bulldog's radio shows, Catherine's deep-seated fear of bells, and an extended discussion as to whethe...

August 20, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/20 What is the best goose? Where does Cat's dad work and what is his job? (it's not what you think!) Who has opinions, should they have them, and how do we determine the difference? Additionally, Cat aims to annoy every nerd listening with her Cake Is A Lie Reckon. Finally, a Cat is discussed, and Guy frantically attempts to end the podcast...

August 19, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/19 Once more into the garfield, folks. Once more. 62 episodes! That's a silly amount! And the cat STILL dislikes the dog! The worst thing is, one of us rather likes this strip. Is it actually any good, or have we just been ground down? Also, what was our wedding like, do cheeses posess rotational symmetry, and what would happen if you showe...

August 18, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/18 Oh Garfield, you naughty cat. You don't like the dog and so you tried to put a murder on him with a big bone. This week we talk about Uri Geller, why Cat would be a terrible magician's assistant, and where ghosts come from, we reckon. Guy also briefly gets some ointment out of a tube and puts it in his pocket. For later.

August 17, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/17 Episode 60! Six-tee! That's so many! Good grief! To celebrate the occasion, there is some Intermittent Drilling, though luckily it doesn't sound too bad. Today we talk about tropical holidays, the anxieties of trying to speak a foreign language, The Bin Men, what Guy's dad meant by "Venice", and the difficulties of living with a partner...

August 16, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/16 Episode 59 is here! We talk about satire, integrity, and how different the olympic hurdles would be if every athlete had a remote-controlled buttplug up in them that was controlled by one of the opposing teams. You know, like you would expect from a Garfield podcast?

August 15, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/15 Episode 58 is here! Some slime toy digressions, Guy's tragic realisation that he wouldn't be that much use at a sex party, more of the inevitable neurotypical v neurodivergent chat, Sondheim slander, new microphone settings, and a Garfield strip that Catherine genuinely hates. This truly is the podcast that has it all*

August 14, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/14 As I type this I am honestly not sure whether this recording worked. This is very exciting to me. This episode is a SpOOooOOkkYY Halloween spectacular! Unless you're a patreon backer in which case this episode is just an episode with lots of slightly-too-early remarks about scary things. In this episode we discuss The Best Ghost, which T...

August 13, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/13 Once again, we go all round the houses. In this episode, Guy approaches the point of seriously enraging Cat by insisting that this is a Poptarts podcast, the concept of irritating compound swears is briefly raised before never being actually discussed, and there is an extended discussion about being creative, and working hard to quiet th...

August 12, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/12 Here we are again! In this episode Cat and Guy discuss how landscapes can become re-haunted through communal art, the transformative and democratising powers of shitposts on corporate intellectual properties, whether Ronald McDonald was a man or a Clown, and the dangers of accidentally willing John Constantine into being and him giving y...

August 11, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/11 Honestly, there were many things that I wanted to touch on in this episode, and predictably not a single gosh darn thing was discussed. There was the briefest bit of Bigfoot chat, but honestly not enough to satiate. In this episode we talk about artistic integrity, the nature of criticism, and Guy and Cat have a "spirited debate" which e...

August 10, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/10 Fifty three episodes in, and what have we learned? Nothing, if I have anything to say about it. This weeks episode covers Guy and Cat being formlessly mardy, Guy's treatment for a Muppets Bond movie, the value and purpose of a Batman, the concept of "Uncle Jokes", and Cat needing to go to her oil painting class. Honourable mention also g...

August 09, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/09 Episode 52! A whole calendar year (if you listen to one episode per week) of Garfield review podcasting! If only my teachers who said I'd never amount to anything could see me now. I'm sure they'd be delighted to be proven correct in ways they'd never imagined. This episode discusses Why Do Parents Make You Think Someone Has Died By Leav...

August 08, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/08 Episode 51 and it's Cat's minus sixth birthday. As with all August 8ths, something terrible is brought into the world. In this episode, a new game of fruits and colours is played, point-and-click adventure games are ruminated upon, the Flintstones movie is danced around, and the comic sees the very first appearance of Odie The Dog.

August 07, 1978 https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/07 Episode 50! Bloody hell! Fifty whole episodes, and we celebrate by...having Catherine slander Guy about his taste in food. If you're not a fan of food discussion, skip to about 40m to avoid the majority of it. In this episode we also cover: A dog stealing a slice of cake, briefly touch on the idea of fooling Alan Sugar, and the introduct...