Its weird how Snoopy talks in the strip but not...

[Vice honcho room temperature]

... in the cartoons. Or am I the only one who thinks that?

[Tiger Millionaire]

I thought it was thought bubbles like Garfield?

[bigalbass86 AKA Smokin Vokoun]

Yeah, they're just thought bubbles. I think he "talked" in a few specials, especially the musical ones.

[Vice honcho room temperature]

Dec 25, 2013 22:17:46 GMT -5 Tiger Millionaire said:

I thought it was thought bubbles like Garfield?

He seems to at least talk to Woodstock.

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Snoopy just has an inner voice, which sounds like Leonardo. But no, he doesn't "talk" talk.

[fw91]

wait Garfield doesn't talk?

[James Fabiano]

Dec 25, 2013 22:29:47 GMT -5 fw91 said:

wait Garfield doesn't talk?

Exactly. THE HORRIBLE MOVIES NEVER HAPPENED. It was Bob Holly: The Movie, and Bob Holly: A Tale of Two Sparkies.

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Dec 26, 2013 9:06:28 GMT -5 James Fabiano said:

Dec 25, 2013 22:29:47 GMT -5 fw91 said:

wait Garfield doesn't talk?

Exactly. THE HORRIBLE MOVIES NEVER HAPPENED. It was Bob Holly: The Movie, and Bob Holly: A Tale of Two Sparkies.

What about the cartoon?

[James Fabiano]

Dec 26, 2013 9:11:34 GMT -5 @shadowcage said:

Dec 26, 2013 9:06:28 GMT -5 James Fabiano said:

Exactly. THE HORRIBLE MOVIES NEVER HAPPENED. It was Bob Holly: The Movie, and Bob Holly: A Tale of Two Sparkies.

What about the cartoon?

The Holly Show on Cartoon Network.

[Lupin the Third]

Dec 25, 2013 22:28:45 GMT -5 Clash, Never a Meter Maid said:

Snoopy just has an inner voice, which sounds like Leonardo. But no, he doesn't "talk" talk.

I'm gonna be the Big Bow Wow! Wait'll they see the old dog now. Stealing the show, my mom wouldn't know her pup.

Class? Yes!
Style? Yes!
Out front by a mile? Yes!
Look me up in the dog's Who's Who!

Gonna be hearing from Snoopy.
Pardon my beagle, but WHOOPEE!!!
Now I'm the Biiiiiig Bow Wooooooow.

Oh yeah!

[James Fabiano]

On a related topic: I saw a local production of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, and because Snoopy was played by a girl, they made his character female in general.

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Garfield does not talk. You're hearing his thoughts. Without a voice actor putting his thoughts into audible words, the strip wouldn't work in animated form because so much of it center's around Garfield's inner monologue. If he is able to communicate something to Jon while "talking," it's because Jon picks up on his body language. This is why from time to time, he can "say" something and have a human character act completely oblivious to it.

[Lupin the Third]

Dec 26, 2013 10:14:41 GMT -5 James Fabiano said:

On a related topic: I saw a local production of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, and because Snoopy was played by a girl, they made his character female in general.

That's just wrong on so many levels.




Well maybe one level but it's still wrong.

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Dec 26, 2013 10:14:41 GMT -5 James Fabiano said:

On a related topic: I saw a local production of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, and because Snoopy was played by a girl, they made his character female in general.

That seems highly unnecessary, like it would just draw more attention to "hey, keep in mind, this is really a human here."

[A Platypus Rave]

Dec 26, 2013 13:28:02 GMT -5 @wvguitar said:

Garfield does not talk. You're hearing his thoughts. Without a voice actor putting his thoughts into audible words, the strip wouldn't work in animated form because so much of it center's around Garfield's inner monologue. If he is able to communicate something to Jon while "talking," it's because Jon picks up on his body language. This is why from time to time, he can "say" something and have a human character act completely oblivious to it.

Yeah, you'll notice Garfield's mouth never (or almost never) moves in Garfield and Friends when he's talking...

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Dec 26, 2013 14:38:30 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

Dec 26, 2013 13:28:02 GMT -5 @wvguitar said:

Garfield does not talk. You're hearing his thoughts. Without a voice actor putting his thoughts into audible words, the strip wouldn't work in animated form because so much of it center's around Garfield's inner monologue. If he is able to communicate something to Jon while "talking," it's because Jon picks up on his body language. This is why from time to time, he can "say" something and have a human character act completely oblivious to it.

Yeah, you'll notice Garfield's mouth never (or almost never) moves in Garfield and Friends when he's talking...

I guess it's worth noting that he can communicate with other animals that way, though.

[James Fabiano]

Dec 26, 2013 15:36:14 GMT -5 @wvguitar said:

Dec 26, 2013 14:38:30 GMT -5 A Platypus Rave said:

Yeah, you'll notice Garfield's mouth never (or almost never) moves in Garfield and Friends when he's talking...

I guess it's worth noting that he can communicate with other animals that way, though.

That is a weird trope...it happens in the Look Who's Talking movies too.

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Dec 25, 2013 22:28:45 GMT -5 Clash, Never a Meter Maid said:

Snoopy just has an inner voice, which sounds like Leonardo. But no, he doesn't "talk" talk.

I remember seeing this when I was younger and thinking it was an offense to God to hear Snoopy "speak" on an animated special.

Also, "sounds like Leonardo"........

......*checks imdb*.....

....yup, he sure does.

[Lupin the Third]

[HMARK Center]

Dec 25, 2013 22:28:45 GMT -5 Clash, Never a Meter Maid said:

Snoopy just has an inner voice, which sounds like Leonardo. But no, he doesn't "talk" talk.

Sounds like Leonardo...AND I think this answers the question for me concerning who Disney hires whenever they can't get Matthew Broderick to play Simba in any Lion King-related stuff.