Piggsburg Pigs!

*Piggsburg Pigs!*
Piggsburg Pigs!
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Melissa Silverman
Written by	Ralph Sanchez; Gary Greenfield
Directed by	Bill Hutten; Tony Love
Voices of	Tara Strong; 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
Theme music composer	John Debney
Country of origin	United States; Canada
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producers	Joe Ruby; Ken Spears; Fred Silverman; Stacy McLaughlin; Sy Fischer
Producer	Larry Huber
Production companies	The Fred Silverman Company; Ruby-Spears Productions; The Sy Fischer Company
Original release
Network	Fox Children's Network
Release	September 15 –; December 15, 1990

Piggsburg Pigs! is a Fox Kids animated comedy series from Ruby-Spears Productions, which originally aired in 1990.^[1]

Despite most of the pre-1991 Ruby-Spears library being owned by Warner Bros. after merging with Turner Entertainment, ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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.^[5]^[6]

Cast

Len Carlson as Rembrandt Proudpork
Tara Strong as Dotty, Prissy (credited as Tara Charendoff)
Keith Knight as Portley Bacon
Jonathan Potts as Bo Bacon
Norm Spencer as Puff
John Stocker as Huff
Susan Roman as Lorelei

Additional

Harvey Atkin
Robert Bockstael
Robert Cait
Don Francks
Catherine Gallant
Rex Hagon
Elizabeth Hanna
Dan Hennessey - Police Officer (in "Carnival of Evil")^[7]
David Huband
Gordon Masten
Ron Rubin
Greg Spottiswood
Allen Stewart Coates
Peter Wildman

Crew

Stu Rosen - Voice Director, Sound Design
Butch Hartman - Key Model Designer

Episodes

No.	Title	Written by	Original air date
1	"Mummies from Outer Space"	Gary Greenfield & Ralph Sanchez	September 15, 1990 (1990-09-15)
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 (1990-09-22)
3	"Curse of the Ancient Skull"	Ted Pedersen (story) Michael Allen (teleplay)	September 29, 1990 (1990-09-29)
4	"Pighead's Brain"	Gary Greenfield & Cliff Roberts	October 6, 1990 (1990-10-06)
5	"Pigs on the Lam!"	Gary Greenfield & Cliff Roberts	October 13, 1990 (1990-10-13)
6	"Vampire Dogs from Mars"	Richard Merwin	October 20, 1990 (1990-10-20)
7	"Creatures"	Gary Greenfield & Cliff Roberts (story) Michael Allen (teleplay)	October 27, 1990 (1990-10-27)
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 3, 1990 (1990-11-03)
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 & Cliff Roberts	November 10, 1990 (1990-11-10)
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"	Unknown	November 17, 1990 (1990-11-17)
11	"Nightmare Wish"	Unknown	December 1, 1990 (1990-12-01)
12	"Raid on the Forbidden Zone"	Unknown	December 8, 1990 (1990-12-08)
13	"A Beast for Rembrandt"	Unknown	December 15, 1990 (1990-12-15)

Home 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.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 460. ISBN 978-1538103739.
^ "U.S. Copyright Public Records System".
^ "Disney+ and Missing Saban Entertainment & Fox Kids-Jetix Worldwide Library - StreamClues". 14 September 2022. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
^ "Liste - BVS Entertainment | Séries".
^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 613. ISBN 978-1476665993.
^ Bob Leszczak (2018). Single Season Sitcoms of the 1990s: A Complete Guide. McFarland. p. 146. ISBN 9781476631981.
^ https://deadline.com/2024/11/dan-hennessey-dead-voice-actor-care-bears-inspector-gadget-x-men-tv-series-director-1236182060/

External links

Piggsburg Pigs! at IMDb

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[Perlmutter-1] Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 460. ISBN 978-1538103739.

[2] "U.S. Copyright Public Records System".

[3] "Disney+ and Missing Saban Entertainment & Fox Kids-Jetix Worldwide Library - StreamClues". 14 September 2022. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

[4] "Liste - BVS Entertainment | Séries".

[5] Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 613. ISBN 978-1476665993.

[6] Bob Leszczak (2018). Single Season Sitcoms of the 1990s: A Complete Guide. McFarland. p. 146. ISBN 9781476631981.

[7] ttps://deadline.com/2024/11/dan-hennessey-dead-voice-actor-care-bears-inspector-gadget-x-men-tv-series-director-1236182060/

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