; ▁he ▁and ▁Thomas ▁quickly ▁red es igned ▁the ▁Gar field ▁pu ppet . ▁ ▁Although ▁Brown ▁was ▁still ▁an ▁art ▁student ▁and ▁had ▁no ▁previous ▁experience ▁as ▁a ▁pu pp ete er ▁when ▁Thomas ▁h ired ▁him ▁for ▁the ▁show , ▁Brown ' s ▁tal ents ▁for ▁this ▁type ▁of ▁work ▁were ▁quickly ▁visible . ▁ ▁Years ▁after ▁the ▁program ▁had ▁left ▁the ▁air , ▁Brown ▁talked ▁about ▁his ▁time ▁working ▁with ▁Thomas , ▁whom ▁he ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁per fection ist . ▁ ▁During ▁those ▁years ▁of ▁working ▁together , ▁Thomas ▁granted ▁Brown ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁be ▁cre ative ▁with ▁the ▁show ' s ▁characters ; ▁Brown ▁discovered ▁a ▁slight ▁hand ▁movement ▁which ▁made ▁it ▁appear ▁as ▁if ▁Gar field ▁Go ose ▁was ▁sm iling . ▁ ▁Thomas ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁con verse ▁with ▁the ▁show ' s ▁characters ▁as ▁if ▁they ▁were ▁friends ▁or ▁neighb ors , ▁and ▁to ▁talk ▁with ▁his ▁young ▁audience ▁without ▁talking ▁down ▁to ▁them . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁working ▁chem istry ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁men ▁which ▁made ▁the ▁show ▁memor able ▁and ▁allowed ▁it ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁longest - running ▁pu ppet ▁show ▁on ▁television . ▁ ▁The ▁program ▁was ▁popular ▁enough ▁with ▁Chicago ▁area ▁children ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁to ▁insp ire ▁Fra z ier ▁Thomas ▁and ▁Roy ▁Brown ▁to ▁collabor ate ▁for ▁a ▁book , ▁Gar field ▁Go ose ▁Memory ▁Book , ▁with ▁Thomas ▁writing ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁Gar field ▁Go ose ▁and ▁Brown ▁doing ▁the ▁illustr ations ▁for ▁it .