The Italian title 'Garfield en difficoltà' translates as 'Garfield In Difficulty'.
When Garfield briefly fantasizes about a trip to Hawaii, he imagines a volcano erupting and a beautiful islander asking for help in saving her tribe. This would later be used as part of the plot of a subsequent special, "Garfield in Paradise."
'Garfield In The Rough' was first broadcast on American television on October the 26th 1984 on CBS.
Won the 1985 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program.
Despite a prolific career in musicals, 1961 Tony Award nominee Orson Bean (who voices Billy the sardonic rabbit) is one of the few characters who does not sing.