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.
The rest is history.