History Trivia / USAcres

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** Creator/MarkEvanier wanted to include the ''U.S. Acres'' cast in ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'', but the closest he got was a cameo by Orson in the episode "Down on the Farm" that had to be cut because of international laws prohibiting cartoons from featuring talking pigs out of concerns of offending Malaysian audiences.

* SoMyKidsCanWatch: [[https://thehundreds.com/blogs/bobby-hundreds/stripes-bobby-hundreds-interviews-jim-davis According to this interview]], Jim Davis created the comic for his son so that he could write a kid-friendly comic strip for him.

** Mark Evanier wanted to include the ''U.S. Acres'' cast in ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'', but the closest he got was a cameo by Orson in the episode "Down on the Farm" that had to be cut because of international laws prohibiting cartoons from featuring talking pigs out of concerns of offending Malaysian audiences.

** There were two characters named [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5wg5WNYACGg/TR5YqKCSCpI/AAAAAAAABqM/vXtuOEhPr6o/s1600/usacresindy1.jpg Chuck the calf and Jodie the horse]] that were marketed but dropped from the strip before it started. Nothing is known about their personalities or why they never appeared. Both Chuck and Jodie (albeit with the former character being recolored black) appeared along with the rest of the ''U.S. Acres'' gang in the banner of the ''Garfield'' [[https://garfield.com/comic/2016/08/07 August 7, 2016 strip]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Before the official ''Garfield'' website reran the comic, the majority of the strips were archived [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/usacres1.html here]], courtesy of Website/PlatypusComix. Now it's only good for the [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/chickens3.JPG original version]] of the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/2/25/Usa1986-10-13.gif/revision/latest?cb=20181022082832 October 13, 1986 strip]], the covers to the collections and the final few Sunday strips, which Paws has declined to republish... however, after Viacom decided to move the Garfield website to the Nickelodeon website, they neglected to move U.S. Acres with it, once again plunging the comics into this territory.

** Mark Evanier wanted to include the ''U.S. Acres'' cast in ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'', but the closest he got was a cameo by Orson in the episode "Down o the Farm" that had to be cut because of international laws prohibiting cartoons from featuring talking pigs out of concerns of offending Malaysian audiences.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Before the official ''Garfield'' website reran the comic, the majority of the strips were archived [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/usacres1.html here]], courtesy of Website/PlatypusComix. Now it's only good for the [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/chickens3.JPG original version]] of the [[http://garfield.com/us-acres/1986-10-13 October 13, 1986 strip]], the covers to the collections and the final few Sunday strips, which Paws has declined to republish... however, after Viacom decided to move the Garfield website to the Nickelodeon website, they neglected to move U.S. Acres with it, once again plunging the comics into this territory.

** The sequel to the live-action ''Film/{{Garfield}}'' film was originally going to be a ''U.S. Acres'' crossover, but the project was instead reworked into ''A Tale of Two Kitties'' due to the death of Howard Morris, Wade's voice actor in the ''U.S. Acres'' segments of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends''.

** The sequel to the live-action ''Film/{{Garfield}}'' film was originally going to be a ''U.S. Acres'' crossover, but the project was instead reworked into ''A Tale of Two Kitties'' due to the death of Howard Morris, Wade's voice actor in ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were two characters named [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5wg5WNYACGg/TR5YqKCSCpI/AAAAAAAABqM/vXtuOEhPr6o/s1600/usacresindy1.jpg Chuck the calf and Jodie the horse]] that were marketed but dropped from the strip before it started. Nothing is known about their personalities or why they never appeared. Both Chuck and Jodie (albeit with the former character being recolored black) appeared along with the rest of the ''U.S. Acres'' gang in the banner of the ''Garfield'' [[https://garfield.com/comic/2016/08/07 August 7, 2016 strip]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Before the official ''Garfield'' website reran the comic, the majority of the strips were archived [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/usacres1.html here]], courtesy of Website/PlatypusComix. Now it's only good for the [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/chickens3.JPG original version]] of the [[http://garfield.com/us-acres/1986-10-13 October 13, 1986 strip]], the covers to the collections and the final few Sunday strips, which Paws has declined to republish.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were two characters named [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5wg5WNYACGg/TR5YqKCSCpI/AAAAAAAABqM/vXtuOEhPr6o/s1600/usacresindy1.jpg Chuck the calf and Jodie the horse]] that were marketed but dropped from the strip before it started. Nothing is known about their personalities or why they never appeared. Both Chuck and Jodie (albeit with the former character being recolored black) appeared in the banner of the ''Garfield'' [[https://garfield.com/comic/2016/08/07 August 7, 2016 strip]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were two characters named [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5wg5WNYACGg/TR5YqKCSCpI/AAAAAAAABqM/vXtuOEhPr6o/s1600/usacresindy1.jpg Chuck the calf and Jodie the horse]] that were marketed but dropped from the strip before it started. Nothing is known about their personalities or why they never appeared.
** ...This is only guessing, but one possible reason Jodie the horse never made it was because in the same year that the strip debuted, 1986, ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' put out [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie its first movie]] and started [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends the cartoon series]]. No idea why Chuck never made it, though.
*** The name was probably too morbid. Think about it. [[IncrediblyLamePun Ground Chuck.]]
** Both Chuck and Jodie (albeit with the former character being recolored black) also appeared in the banner of... the ''Garfield'' [[https://garfield.com/comic/2016/08/07 August 7, 2016 strip]].

** Those two characters appeared in the back of the 1991 Annual.

** One episode however did have Roy mention buying a faulty stereo from a horse.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were two characters named [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5wg5WNYACGg/TR5YqKCSCpI/AAAAAAAABqM/vXtuOEhPr6o/s1600/usacresindy1.jpg Chuck the calf and Jodie the horse]] that were marketed but dropped from the strip before it started along with an unnamed puppy and kitten. Nothing is known about their personalities or why they never appeared.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were two characters named [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5wg5WNYACGg/TR5YqKCSCpI/AAAAAAAABqM/vXtuOEhPr6o/s1600/usacresindy1.jpg Chuck the calf and Jodie the horse]] that were marketed but dropped from the strip before it started. Nothing is known about their personalities or why they never appeared.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Before the official ''Garfield'' website reran the comic, the majority of the strips were archived [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/usacres1.html here]], courtesy of PlatypusComix. Now it's only good for the [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/chickens3.JPG original version]] of the [[http://garfield.com/us-acres/1986-10-13 October 13, 1986 strip]], the covers to the collections and the final few Sunday strips, which Paws has declined to republish.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Before the official ''Garfield'' website reran the comic, the majority of the strips were archived [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/usacres1.html here]], courtesy of PlatypusComix. Now it's only good for the [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/chickens3.JPG original version]] of the [[http://garfield.com/usacres/vault.html?yr=2010&addr=101013 October 13, 1986 strip]], the covers to the collections and the final few Sunday strips, which Paws has declined to republish.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Before the official Garfield website reran the comic, the majority of the strips were archived [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/usacres1.html here]], courtesy of PlatypusComix. Now it's only good for the [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/chickens3.JPG original version]] of the [[http://garfield.com/usacres/vault.html?yr=2010&addr=101013 October 13, 1986 strip]], the covers to the collections and the final few Sunday strips.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were two character name [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5wg5WNYACGg/TR5YqKCSCpI/AAAAAAAABqM/vXtuOEhPr6o/s1600/usacresindy1.jpg Chuck the calf and Jodie the horse that were marketed]] but never made to the strip before it even started. Nothing is known about their personalities who why they never appeared in the strip.
** ...This is only guessing but one possible reason Jodie the horse never made it, was because in the same year, 1986, when the U.S.Acres strip was made, there was also a movie and new cartoon series of (first generation) "My Little Pony 'N Friends" made. No idea why Chuck never made it, though.
** The name was probably too morbid. Think about it. [[IncrediblyLamePun Ground Chuck.]]
** Those two characters appeared in the back of 1991, Orson's farm Annual.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Before the official Garfield website reran the comic, the majority of the strips were archived [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/usacres1.html here]], courtesy of PlatypusComix. Now it's only good for the [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/chickens3.JPG original version]] of the [[http://garfield.com/usacres/vault.html?yr=2010&addr=101013 October 13, 1986 strip]] and the covers to the collections.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Before the official Garfield website reran the comic, the majority of the strips were archived [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/usacres1.html here]], courtesy of PlatypusComix. Now it's only good for the [[www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/chickens3.JPG original version]] of the [[http://garfield.com/usacres/vault.html?yr=2010&addr=101013 October 13, 1986 strip]] and the covers to the collections.

** ...This is only guessing but one possible reason Jodie the horse never made it, was because in the same year, 1986, when the U.S.Acres strip was made, there was also a movie and new cartoon series of (first generation) "My Little Pony 'N Friends" made. No idea why Chuck never made it, though.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Before the official Garfield website reran the comic, the majority of the strips were archived [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/usacres1.html here]], courtesy of PlatypusComix. Now it's only good for the original version of the [[http://garfield.com/usacres/vault.html?yr=2010&addr=101013 October 13, 1986 strip]] and the covers to the collections.

** ...This is only guessing but one possible reason Jodie the horse never made it, was because in the same year, 1986, when the U.S.Acres strip was made, there was also a movie and new cartoon series of (first generation) "My Little Pony 'N Friends" made. No idea why Chuck never made, though.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Before the official Garfield website reran the comic, the majority of the strips were archived [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/usacres1.html here]], courtesy of PlatypusComix. Now it's only good for the original version of the [[http://garfield.com/usacres/vault.html?yr=2010&addr=101013 October 13, 1986 strip]] and the covers to the collections.