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!
GenreComedy
Created byMelissa Silverman
Written byRalph Sanchez
Gary Greenfield
Directed byCharles A. Nichols (supervising)
Bill Hutten
Tony Love
Voices ofTara 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 originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producersJoe Ruby
Ken Spears
Fred Silverman
Stacy McLaughlin
Sy Fischer
ProducerLarry Huber
Production companiesThe Fred Silverman Company
Ruby-Spears Productions
The Sy Fischer Company
Distributor20th Television (Original airings)
Saban International (Remastered airings)
Release
Original networkFox Children's Network
Original releaseSeptember 15 (1990-09-15) –
December 15, 1990 (1990-12-15)

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 6, 1990
5 Pigs on the Lam! Gary Greenfield and Cliff Roberts October 13, 1990
6 Vampire Dogs from Mars Richard Merwin October 20, 1990
7 Creatures Gary Greenfield and Cliff Roberts (story)
Michael Allen (teleplay)		 October 27, 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 3, 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 November 10, 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 November 17, 1990
11 Nightmare Wish December 1, 1990
12 Raid on the Forbidden Zone December 8, 1990
13 A Beast for Rembrandt December 15, 1990

Voice cast

Additional voices

Crew

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.

International broadcast
Country Channel
Australia Ten Network
United Kingdom CITV
New Zealand TV2
United States of America Fox Kids

References
  1. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 460. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. 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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