The Mrs Piggle Wiggle Show

The Mrs Piggle Wiggle Show is an American educational musical series based on the books by Betty Macdonald. The show first aired on PBS in 1993 and is one of the most recognisable kids shows ever aired on PBS. The series was produced by GAME, an entertainment company notable for producing various shows for syndication.

Synphosis
Mrs Piggle Wiggle is very old, but that doesn't mean she isn't smart. She lives in an upside down house inhabited by children with bad habits.

Mrs Piggle Wiggle has a chest with a lot of magical cures from her deceased husband, she uses those cures to teach her inhabitants a lesson. The show as a whole is meant to teach kids how to break bad habits by doing the right thing (such as being respectful to others, or to live a healthy lifestyle.)

Human Characters

 * Mrs Piggle Wiggle (Voiced by June Foray), the caretaker of kids with bad habits, she is very smart and is very polite. She has a chest of cures given to her by her deceased husband, these cures are used to teach her inhabitants a lesson.
 * Mary Lou Robertson (Voiced by Carrie Eton) A girl who hates washing dishes
 * Kitty Wheeling (Voiced by Tara Meyer) A girl who hates making beds
 * Hubert Prentiss (Voiced by Matthew Geczy) A boy who hates picking up his toys
 * Molly O'Toole (Voiced by Rachel Miner) A girl who is always rude
 * Dick Thompson (Voiced by Jason Woliner) A boy who doesn't want to share
 * Patsy Waters (Voiced by Tracey Moore) A girl who doesn't like baths
 * Susan Gray (Voiced by Jaclyn Linetsky) One of the three Gray children. Being the Oldest who doesn't like bedtime
 * Bobby Gray (Voiced by Richard DiCiccio) The middle child of the Gray children. He doesn't like bedtime
 * Larry Gray (Voiced by Sonja Ball) The youngest of the Gray children who doesn't like bedtime
 * Allen (Voiced by Jesse Milton) The slow eater.
 * Anne Russell (Voiced by Holly Gauthier-Frankel) One of the Russel twins, she is extremely argumentative.
 * Joan Russell (Voiced by Holly Gauthier-Frankel) One of the Russel twins, she blames everything, even if she knows that she's done it.
 * Darsie Burbank (Voiced by Cree Summer) One of the Burbank children, being the youngest who dislikes being sensitive.
 * Alison Burbank (Voiced by Janie Long) One of the three Burbank children, being the youngest who's cheeky but also quite kind.
 * Bard Burbank (Voiced by Jaleel White) The oldest of Burbank children, who's way smarter than his sisters.
 * Wendy Hamilton (Voiced by Hayley Sanchez) The oldest of the Hamilton children, she's a tattletail.
 * Timmy Hamilton (Voiced by Danny Sanchez) The youngest of the Hamilton children who's also a tattletail.
 * Christopher Brown (Voiced by Daniel DeSanto) A boy who has bad table manners.
 * Benji Franklin (Voiced by Kristin Fairlie) One of the Franklin triplets who's always interrupting.
 * Sally Franklin (Voiced by Andrea Libman) One of the Franklin triplets who's interrupting most of the time.
 * Stevie Franklin (Voiced by Vanessa King) One of the Franklin triplets who sometimes interrupts others.
 * Sharon Rogers (Voiced by Lisa Yamanaka) A girl who's very clumsy.
 * Jody Jones (Voiced by Daniel DeSanto) A boy who doesn't like knowledge.
 * Lee Wharton (Voiced by Daisy Brighton) One of the Wharton sisters who's quite adventurous.
 * Mimi Wharton (Voiced by Chantal Strand) One of the Wharton sisters who loves anything and everything.

Animal Characters

 * Lester the pig (Voiced by Mike Pollock) One of Miss Piggle Wiggle's animal friend, he is gentle, but a bit of a scaredy-cat.
 * Wag the dog (Voiced by Ty Olsson) A beagle who is the smartest out of all the animals.
 * Lala the cat (Voiced by Wendy Schaal) A cat who doesn't like trees, but loves fish.
 * Diana the cow (Voiced by Joy Tanner) A cow who loves cooking.
 * Sheldon the rooster (Voiced by Len Carlson) A rooster who wakes up Miss Piggle Wiggle and the other inhabitants.
 * Lillith the Owl (Voiced by Linda Kash) An owl who usually appears at night.
 * Penelope the Parrot (Voiced by Cheryl Chase) A very rude parrot.

Production
Production for the Mrs Piggle Wiggle show came around 1990 when GAME bought the rights to the book series. Originally, this show and the Adventures of Big Nate were originally going to be on a cancelled block titled: "the bookworm club". But was later turned down by Leanne Pearson, eventually, Big Nate aired on Amazin' Adventures and the Mrs Piggle Wiggle show aired on PBS' PBS Kids block (later PTV).

This is the only PBS show to have the PBS kids 1994 ident as a closing logo.

Reception
The Mrs Piggle Wiggle Show was an instant classic when it first came out as there were many reports about kids breaking bad habits because of that show.

The show was given a 5 star rating on common sense media noting that the format of the show encourages kids to break bad habits and teaches them how they can change their ways. The show was also praised for it's animation and it's music.

Home Video releases
In the United States, Mrs Piggle Wiggle VHS tapes and DVDs were released by PBS Distribution along with GAME home entertainment from 1994 to 2003. The show was then re-released in 2014 on a 3-disc DVD with bonus episodes of Humbly Pig, Winnie the Witch and Daisy!.

In the year 2016, the show was released on a one-disc DVD with the same bonus episodes.