Loved watching this show on Animal Planet. I was sad it only seemed to last for about a month before disappearing, and at weird show times so it was hard to catch it. This particular bit was one of my favorite segments of all time. It’s so honest and so cute.

I thought the piggy mom was really adorable, myself. The only thing she says that might be considered negative is the part about the make-up. Yeah, she agrees with the daughter’s “under the fat” comment, but not with any great enthusiasm, and really what do you say to that, especially when it’s probably not the first time they’ve had that conversation?

My mother used to tell me to put on some make-up too. Now, I believe it’s a woman’s own choice whether or not to wear make-up, but you can tell the mom pig thinks her daughter is lovely and the message, to me, she is trying to send is “honey you’re so pretty, you should WORK IT!” The daughter pig has some obvious body issues and her mom seems to be telling her to love what she’s got and rock the look, so to speak. The part that made me laugh the most was when the mom says “oh, the best part about her is her shape… her big boobs-” and then the daughter cuts in “MOTHER!” I guess having her mother talk about her breasts on television was just too much for her discomfort with herself to handle. I loved them both.

Those rabbits are probably my very fave, though. They’re so funny, cute, and kind of raunchy in other episodes (in a way I thought was refreshing and charming in a world where most people are afraid to be open about their sexual selves). It’s always nice to see affectionate married couples, since the more popular thing to do on movies and TV is have couples who fight all the time. Real couples always trump sitcom stereotypes. ;)

I believe they did a version called “Creature Discomforts” that had people with disabilities from the UK talking about prejudice and discrimination. What I’ve seen of that was really good, too (not good that it exists — you know what I mean).

One thing that I found interesting, watching this again from the perspective of body issues, is that with a few exceptions the interviewees’ companions liked their bodies better than they did. Like the rabbit who loved his wife’s big nose. And I actually kind of liked the mother pig – she thought that her daughter’s body was her best feature, it was the daughter who felt the need to add “under the fat”.

I’d seen something like this with British accents so I must’ve caught an episode of the BBC version once. But it’s hilarious.

You just want to hug them all.

Weirdly I think my favorite Aardman characteristic is the teeth…