Piggsburg Pigs!
Piggsburg Pigs! is a Fox Kids animated comedy series from Ruby-Spears Productions, which aired in 1990.[1]
| Piggsburg Pigs! | |
|---|---|
 Title card of Piggsburg Pigs! | |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Melissa Silverman |
| Written by | Ralph Sanchez Gary Greenfield |
| Directed by | Charles A. Nichols (supervising) Bill Hutten Tony Love |
| Voices of | Tara Charendoff Harvey Atkin Robert Bockstael Robert Cait Len Carlson Don Francks Catherine Gallant Rex Hagon Dan Hennessey David Huband Elizabeth Hanna Keith Knight Gordon Masten Jonathan Potts Susan Roman Ron Rubin Norman Spencer Greg Spottiswood Allen Stewart Coates John Stocker Peter Wildman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Joe Ruby Ken Spears Fred Silverman Stacy McLaughlin Sy Fischer |
| Producer(s) | Larry Huber |
| Production company(s) | The Fred Silverman Company Ruby-Spears Productions Fox Children's Productions |
| Distributor | 20th Television (Original airings) Saban International (Remastered airings) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox Kids |
| Original release | September 15, 1990 – January 26, 1991 |
Plot
Located behind the world's largest pig farm, the city of Piggsburg is a swine-only habitat. Here, the Bacon Brothers: Bo, Portley, and Pighead as well as their pet duck Quackers fight the evil plans of the hungry, carnivorous Wolf brothers Huff and Puff as well as the supernatural forces from the Forbidden Zone outside of Piggsburg. Other pig buddies of the Bacon Brothers include Dotty, Lorelei, the children Piggy, Pokey, and Prissy, and the snobby Rembrandt Proudpork. When not fighting off evil plots, the boys unwind at nearby Newpork Beach.[2]
Needless to say, Piggsburg Pigs! is a comedy, and pig puns are often the humor of choice.
List of episodes
| Ep# | Title | Written by | Airdate | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mummies from Outer Space | Gary Greenfield and Ralph Sanchez | September 15, 1990 | As a gala called the Pig Sty Slop Hop is near, a race of mummy-like creatures from another planet crash into the Forbidden Zone where they cause havoc in Piggsburg. |
| 2 | Mystery of the Swamp Mansion | Rowby Goren | September 22, 1990 | |
| 3 | Curse of the Ancient Skull | Ted Pedersen (story) Michael Allen (teleplay) |
September 29, 1990 | |
| 4 | Pighead's Brain | Gary Greenfield and Cliff Roberts | October 13, 1990 | |
| 5 | Pigs on the Lam! | Gary Greenfield and Cliff Roberts | October 20, 1990 | |
| 6 | Vampire Dogs from Mars | Richard Merwin | October 27, 1990 | |
| 7 | Creatures | Gary Greenfield and Cliff Roberts (story) Michael Allen (teleplay) |
November 10, 1990 | Two small furry monsters (greatly resembling the ones from the film Critters) are adopted by Portly and Pighead as pets. The pigs are unaware the monsters are planning to hatch their brood and destroy Piggsburg. |
| 8 | Carnival of Evil | Douglas Booth | November 17, 1990 | The monstrous owner of the Carnival of Night uses his powers to turn all of Piggsburg's law enforcement into powerless forms in a plan to get every monster in the Forbidden Zone to invade the town. |
| 9 | Case of the Troublesome Monster | Gary Greenfield and Cliff Roberts | December 1, 1990 | A benign monster accidentally discovers the magic words to animate a giant gargoyle statue and approaches the Bacon brothers to be his bodyguards when a pair of gargoyles who want the statue's power for themselves hunt him down to learn the secret. |
| 10 | Day of the Creeping Fog | December 8, 1990 | ||
| 11 | Nightmare Wish | December 15, 1990 | ||
| 12 | Raid on the Forbidden Zone | January 19, 1991 | ||
| 13 | A Beast for Rembrandt | January 26, 1991 |
Voice cast
- Len Carlson as Rembrandt Proudpork
- Tara Charendoff as Dotty, Prissy
- Keith Knight as Portley Bacon
- Jonathan Potts as Bo Bacon
- Norm Spencer as Puff
- John Stocker as Huff
Additional voices
- Harvey Atkin
- Robert Bockstael
- Robert Cait
- Don Francks
- Catherine Gallant
- Rex Hagon
- Elizabeth Hanna
- Dan Hennessey
- David Huband
- Gordon Masten
- Susan Roman
- Ron Rubin
- Greg Spottiswood
- Allen Stewart Coates
- Peter Wildman
Crew
- Stu Rosen - Voice Director, Sound Design
- Butch Hartman - Key Model Designer
- John Debney - Music
Home Media releases
The series has not been released on VHS or DVD in the United States, but a set of 3 DVDs containing 2 episodes each was released by Boulevard Entertainment in the United Kingdom in 2007.
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References
- Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 460. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 613. ISBN 978-1476665993.
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