Garfield usually takes place in Muncie, IN, where Jim Davis works as faculty at Ball State University. Grandma Arbuckle makes mention of a gravy competition in Greene County, IN, which is west of Bloomington, Indiana. This suggests the Arbuckle farm is in Greene County.
Doc Boy was voiced by David L. Lander, who also played Squiggy in the sitcom Laverne & Shirley (1976). Grandma was voiced by Pat Carroll who played Shirley Feeney's mother.
Doc Boy's and Grandma's turns at the piano are deleted from the version on Amazon Prime.
This special includes the final animation contributions from animator Lloyd Vaughan, who died five months after the special premiered on TV.