: ▁blood h ound ▁Be a ure g ard ▁Burn side ▁III , ▁who ▁was ▁the ▁chief ▁of ▁Gar field ' s ▁secret ▁service ▁and ▁who ▁readily ▁fell ▁as leep , ▁prompt ing ▁Thomas ▁to ▁pick ▁up ▁one ▁of ▁Beau ' s ▁ears ▁and ▁call ▁out ▁" hot ▁dogs , ▁h amb urg ers , ▁sp agh etti ▁and ▁meat ball s !" ▁to ▁r ouse ▁him ; ▁ ▁Mac int osh ▁Mouse , ▁who ▁was ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁the ▁castle ' s ▁mail room . ▁ ▁Some ▁of ▁Gar field ' s ▁relatives ▁visited ▁regularly , ▁including ▁nep hew ▁Christmas ▁" Chr is " ▁Go ose ▁and ▁season al ▁visitor ▁" M ama " ▁Go ose ▁( act ually ▁the ▁Gar field ▁Go ose ▁pu ppet ▁with ▁a ▁w ig ▁and ▁gran ny ▁glass es ). ▁Since ▁only ▁Thomas ▁could ▁understand ▁what ▁Rom berg ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁characters ▁communic ated , ▁Thomas ▁would ▁repeat ▁what ▁the ▁pu ppets ▁" sa id " ▁for ▁view ers ▁to ▁understand . ▁Gar field ▁would ▁also ▁go ▁down ▁into ▁his ▁castle ▁and ▁type ▁a ▁note ▁( view ers ▁would ▁hear ▁the ▁sound ▁of ▁a ▁type writer ), ▁bringing ▁it ▁up ▁for ▁Thomas ▁to ▁read ▁al oud . ▁ ▁The ▁program ▁was ▁both ▁entertain ing ▁and ▁subt ly ▁educational . ▁ ▁Gu ests ▁from ▁the ▁Museum ▁of ▁Science ▁and ▁Indust ry , ▁Lincoln ▁Park ▁Z oo , ▁and ▁the ▁show ' s ▁own ▁view ers ▁with ▁their ▁h ob by ▁projects ▁made ▁learning ▁interesting ▁and ▁also ▁fun