s ▁wishes , ▁Bruce ▁and ▁Cla ire ▁Newton ▁mounted ▁a ▁live , ▁travel ing ▁Gar field ▁Go ose ▁Tele pu ppets ▁show ▁at ▁neighborhood ▁events ▁for ▁many ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁series ▁had ▁gone ▁off ▁the ▁air , ▁alongside ▁other ▁non - G ar field ▁Go ose ▁pu ppets ▁built ▁and ▁performed ▁by ▁the ▁pair ▁for ▁other ▁shows . ▁ ▁To ▁Thomas ▁and ▁Brown ' s ▁ch agr in , ▁W GN - TV ▁management ▁chose ▁not ▁to ▁purs ue ▁the ▁matter . ▁ ▁Although ▁Bruce ▁Newton ▁would ▁later ▁claim ▁his ▁travel ing ▁show ▁featured ▁the ▁first ▁Gar field ▁Go ose ▁pu ppet ▁used ▁on ▁W B KB - TV , ▁a ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁news ▁story ▁described ▁this ▁pu ppet ▁as ▁a ▁prototype . ▁After ▁Thomas ' ▁death , ▁Newton ▁attempted ▁to ▁claim ▁that ▁Gar field ▁Go ose ▁was ▁entirely ▁his ▁idea . ▁ ▁The ▁general ▁manager ▁of ▁W B KB - TV ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁the ▁program ▁first ▁went ▁on ▁the ▁air , ▁Ster ling ▁" Red " ▁Qu in lan , ▁says ▁it ▁was ▁Fra z ier ▁Thomas ▁who ▁came ▁up ▁with ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁Gar field ▁Go ose . ▁ ▁As ▁often ▁happened ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁( such ▁as ▁with ▁The ▁Ton ight ▁Show ▁St arring ▁Johnny ▁Car son ▁or ▁the ▁first ▁Super ▁Bowl ▁game ), ▁Gar field ▁Go ose ▁and ▁Fri ends ▁a ired ▁live ▁for ▁much ▁of ▁its ▁history . ▁W GN ▁did