Here it is, the episode that started it all about the episode that started it all about the strip that started it all. These twenty-three unpretentious minutes and forty-six seconds became the germ of an empire. Join us as we bathe in all the multi-faceted glory that is the very first Being Jim Davis episode.

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Episode 1313 - Thursday, January 21, 1982

Being Jim Davis is the world's premiere daily Garfield chrono-cast. Our mission is to review and discuss each and every strip of the long-running syndicated comic series before eventually dying of old age. We hope you'll come along with us on this journey, and share in the laughter as we catalogue the daily adventures of everyone's favorite indolent feline through a lens of history, humor, and heuristics. Each episode will be a thorough examination of a single strip. We'll place it in its historical context, then attempt to unravel the morals and meanings hidden under the surface. Finally, we'll consider the question of whether the strip stands the test of time. Above all, we promise to always present you with our sincere, personal, reaction to each Garfield comic strip. Our only thought is to entertain you.