Grabbity

"Grabbity" is an episode of U.S. Acres from the series Garfield and Friends. It originally aired on September 16, 1989. Orson reads a story about an astronaut landing on a planet in outer space, and he mentions the planet’s low gravitational pull. Booker asks why one would float in outer space, and Orson begins to explain the law of gravity until Roy interrupts him and explains it instead. Even though Roy’s explanation is thorough, he calls the p... more

"Grabbity" is an episode of U.S. Acres from the series Garfield and Friends. It originally aired on September 16, 1989. Orson reads a story about an astronaut landing on a planet in outer space, and he mentions the planet’s low gravitational pull. Booker asks why one would float in outer space, and Orson begins to explain the law of gravity until Roy interrupts him and explains it instead. Even though Roy’s explanation is thorough, he calls the phenomenon “grabbity”. Booker begins to question how grabbity could make things go down when his kite would go up. Just before he begins to fly it, a worm ties the tassel to his foot, which eventually sends him flying up into the air with the kite. Meanwhile, Wade begins to worry that the law of grabbity may be repealed, and he tries to anchor himself to the ground. This gives Roy the idea to stage a phony newscast stating that just that has happened. Wade runs off in terror just before Orson comes up and puts an end to Roy’s prank. Orson... less