The Screaming With Binky "Pizza" segment has remained at the top of my Garfield "wants" list since I began this blog. A copy eventually turned up on YouTube, but the quality was poor and the last several seconds were missing. This was also the only Binky quickie I couldn't find any other trace of. I'd given up all hope...
Then, a fan unexpectedly reached out on a Patreon I've started for an unrelated project, and lo and behold... there it was, sitting among a trove of several dozen Garfield and Friends recordings, almost entirely from the CBS broadcasts. It's not the entire series, but it's given me a lot to write about!
The long lost "Pizza" segment is easily among Binky's best screams. The real highlight is the impressive tongue twister in Garfield's narration:
"Here at Portofino Pizzacato's Pepperoni Pizza Parlor, Portofino Pizzacato prepares pepperoni pizza. Practicing pepperoni pizza pitching requires almost as much skill as reading this page of script."
I can't tell who's showing off more -- Mark Evanier or Lorenzo Music? Probably both.
Enjoy this relic from Garfield's past, and please, whatever you do... don't put anchovies on your pizza. Even if Portofino has that as an option. That's just wrong, man.
Happy to have been of assistance! I know of some other people who have recordings of Garfield and Friends but because I wasn't aware of the fact that some quickies were inserted into other episodes in reruns i'd previously only been looking for the episodes that had the missing quickies in their premieres. But now that i'm aware of this rerun practice i'm going to see about trading for those other recordings and see if I find any more hidden gems there. I'll let you know as soon as I do.
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