The Great Garfield-Green Acres Crossover

Episode 7: The Taxi Driver in New York (oh yeah, and the Head of the Department of Construction)

"That's MacGyver!" Jon said, pointing to the taxi driver ID. "Shh! Don't tell anyone!" MacGyver said at the next red light. "Hey, aren't you Jon Arbuckle, and isn't that your cat, Garfield?" "Meow." Garfield said. "MacGyver? Who's 'MacGyver'!?" Mr. Douglas demanded. "I'm MacGyver." The taxi driver said, pulling over in front of a small, almost run-down building.

"I was making toast when I was suddenly sucked into this time- dimensional vortex into your 70s sitcom dimension." Jon was astounded, MacGyver was actually talking to him. He quickly fumbled for his wallet and pulled out MacGyver's picture. "C-could I h-have your autograph?" he stumbled. "Sure." MacGyver said, and handed Jon the autographed photo. "Now then, I do believe we're here."

Oliver looked out the window, stunned. "Wha? But, it's just an old abandoned building!" he said, being helped out of the car by Jon. "This is the place, alright." MacGyver said.

"Hey, Mac, I can call you 'Mac' right?, if you're stuck in this dimension with us, why don't you come with us?" Jon asked. "Sure, alright." Mac said, getting out of the car as well. They entered the old, rust-crusted building. It looked like it had been through many years of storms and rain, but this office was just new. They stepped into the lobby (nicely furnished and carpeted, contrary to its exterior) and saw the secretary behind her desk.

"Um, excuse me, but is a Mr.-" Mr. Douglas glanced back at the letter Ralph had given him, "Is a Mr. Vinegaroon here?" The lady (the nameplate on her desk read 'Shirley Melevolent') flipped through her clipboard and typed in the code on her computer. "Yes, he's in office 3, just down the hall." she replied.

The four walked down the hall (nicely decorated with colourful pictures) and into office 3. "Why, hello, was I expecting you?" the man behind the desk asked, apparently Mr. Vinegaroon. "Yes, Mr. Vinegaroon, I'm Oliver Wendell Douglas. I've come to talk to you abou-" Vinegaroon cut him off when he recognized Garfield. "Why isn't it my favourite cat, Garfield!" he shouted, roughly petting the poor fat cat. Vinegaroon chuckled. "And Mr. Arbuckle!"

"Um, nice to meet you, but I really think Mr. Douglas would like to talk to you." Jon said. The Head of the Department of Construction turned to Oliver, the smile fading off his face. "What is it?" "Well, I've come to complain about these stupid requirements for the walls of my bedroom." Oliver finally said.

"Let me take a look at those rules." Mr. Vinegaroon said, reading it over carefully, adding some 'hmms', and 'I sees' in there. He finally handed the paper back to Mr. Douglas and chuckled. "Those were the requirements before I became Head of the Department of Construction. I thought they were quite silly, too, so I changed them. And did you notice this was dated about two years ago? It's out of date, now." he replied.

"Then, what are the requirements?" Mr. Douglas asked. Mr. Vinegaroon handed Oliver a list of the newer rules and threw away the old one. "Well, I have a meeting soon, so why don't you run along." Vinegaroon said, rushing them out the door. "Well, we've got the rules now." Mac said. "Yeah, but- the Monroe Bros. are tearing up my bedroom!" Oliver said, seemingly dazed in horror.

"Come on, why don't we go home. I'm sure Arnold made a new portal by now!" Jon said. They all went to the train station and boarded the next one to Hooterville. "Aww, Garfield's not such a bad cat!" MacGyver said, scratching the cat's tummy, sitting in the train. Jon sat next to him and sighed. "You're lucky, most strangers he meets-nevermind." said the tired owner.

"Jon, Mac's different!" Garfield said, purring. "He's got a Swiss Army Knife that has a can opener, and if I ask nicely, he could open a can of cat food ANYWHERE! Think of the possibilities!" Mr. Douglas sighed, thinking about his poor house. He would more than likely blow his top at the Monroe Bros., after their guests had left. (later-at the Douglas Residence) Garfield, Mac, Jon, and Mr. Douglas returned to the ol' Haney place. "Oh, hello, Oleevahr!" Lisa said, coming out on the front porch.

"Who eez your friend?" "This is MacGyver. He's been sucked from his dimension, too." Garfield explained, walking up the steps. "Velcome to our home, Mr. MacGyver!" Lisa said, then went over to hug her husband. "Come on, dahling, you can see vhat the Monroe Bros. have done!" Oliver began to remember how angry he was. He walked right in (almost stepped on Garfield and would've asked for it) and slammed open the bedroom door.

"Here is the new list of requirements official from the Head of the Department of Construction!" he said, handing it to Ralph. He looked around the room. Two walls were down, and another was at an awkward angle. "Yep, these are official, all right." She said. "Come on, Alph, we've got some fixing up to do!" Lisa rushed into the room and said, "Oleevahr, the phone's ringing!" Oliver went outside (where at that moment, MacGyver and Jon, Garfield, & Odie came out and saw him) and climbed up the phone pole to answer the phone.

"I remember that! They always had to climb the pole to answer the phone!" Jon said, and Mac agreed. "Hello? Hi, Mr. Ziffel!" Mr. Douglas said. "What was that? Oh that's wonderful! Okay, we'll be right over!" He then climbed down the pole and was asked by Mac, "So, what's up?"

"Mr. Ziffel said that Arnold created a new portal. We better get going." "Oh, but do you really have to go, Garfield?" Lisa asked. "Oh, all right. But take shees." She put a $34k diamond studded collar around the striped cat's neck. "Thanks, Mrs. Douglas!" Garfield replied. They then said good bay and parted. Half way down to the Ziffels', Mr. Haney appeared.

"Why, who is your friend here, Mr. Douglas?" he asked. "You're Mr. Haney, right? Hey, I'm MacGyver." He replied, shaking Haney's hand. "Well, we better get going!" Oliver said, rushing them all away from the salesman. "But don't you want a gen-u-ine alleegator skin watch? Only two hunerd plus shippin and handlin!" But Mr. Haney's cries weren't heard as the group walked into the Ziffels' place.

Will our heroes return home? Or will they end up using even more chapters than necessary? Will Jon and Odie ever get their toast? And what will Celestial destroy with her staff next? Tune in next time for the last episode of...The Great Garfield-Green Acres Crossover (MacGyver theme music plays)

Celestial: Why I made Mac a taxi driver, I don't know. I guess just to stall time and use up space and blah, blah, blah. Why I even added MacGyver into the story is still a mystery to me. o.0 shrugs shoulders So yeah, tune in for the last episode of THE best Garfield-Green Acres crossover EVER!!!!

(member of audience): Boo! I hate coffee! And this is the WORST Green Acres-Garfield Crossover EVER! Celestial: WHAT!? (pulls out mighty annoyance destroying staff for (the last time?) ) Take that! (zaps a bolt of blue lighting at the member from the staff) Anyone else? Good! Then I'll see you next chapter! Byeee!