Garfield at Large

Like every great lasagna Garfield was born in the kitchen of an Italian restaurant on a winter's night in 1978 while outside snow fell like grated Parmesan cheese. He weighed five pounds six ounces at birth--that's big for a kitten!--and right from the start showed a passion for Italian food. The restaurant owner forced to choose between Garfield and closing his doors for lack of pasta sold Garfield to a pet store. Garfield thought he was a goner until Jon Arbuckle walked in the door. <br><br> The rest is history.