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47-448: The film features the song "Pig Power in the House" by Tag Team . A music video was produced for the song, featuring clips from the film. A piglet named Gordy lives a happy life on Meadow Brook Farm somewhere near Hope, Arkansas . However, after the farmer goes bankrupt, he is forced to sell everything, starting with Gordy's family. Two men arrive in a truck to take Gordy's father, but Gordy

94-471: A captain at the age of 20. He attended Yale's Drama Department following the war. His first play Bullfight starring Hurd Hatfield opened off Broadway in 1954. It was followed by The Champagne Complex the following year. His play The Lovers (1956), starring Joanne Woodward , was later filmed as The War Lord (1965). He wrote the Broadway comedy The Marriage-Go-Round (1956), which he adapted to

141-527: A budget of $ 6–7 million. The film was released on two screens in Tucson, Arizona on November 4, 1994 and was released nationwide on May 12, 1995. The film was released on VHS on November 8, 1995 by Walt Disney Home Video . It was released on DVD on June 4, 2002 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment , along with a simultaneous VHS re-release on the same day. It was re-released on DVD on April 12, 2011 by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment . A second re-release by Lionsgate

188-447: A decade. "Whoomp! (There It Is)" and, by extension, Tag Team itself, began to see a resurgence in 2003 when the song appeared in Elf . Over the next couple of years, it turned up in other movies and TV shows as well. Glenn and Gibson were invited to several corporate events to perform their hit as it experienced its renaissance, but neither had plans to revive Tag Team. Tag Team performed at

235-706: A heart attack. The McAllisters return Hanky and Gordy to the Royce building in St. Louis, Missouri where an attorney reveals Henry has left his company to Gordy and Hanky. Cousin Jake, upon learning Gordy's family is missing, organizes a giant countrywide search to locate them and also a country music concert in Branson, Missouri in Gordy's name. Jim Stafford , Moe Bandy , Boxcar Willie , Cristy Lane , Buck Trent , and Mickey Gilley perform, as well as

282-613: A hub of Atlanta hip-hop and rap music. Glenn played the track in the club on the same day it was mixed. "Whoomp!" received the biggest crowd response he had ever seen as a DJ. The single was shopped to and rejected by multiple record labels because executives were unfamiliar with southern bass and were unsure if the sound would sell well around the country. Glenn instead borrowed $ 2,500 from his parents to press 800 records. The singles quickly sold out in Atlanta on word of mouth alone. A representative from Mercury Records ultimately pointed them in

329-452: A portion of the publisher's income derived from the exploitation and any future sale of the rights to "Whoomp!" They were also granted the right to recover performance royalties from third parties. Amid these circumstances, Glenn returned to DJing at Atlanta clubs. Though they never formally ended their partnership and intended to take only a brief hiatus in the mid-90s, Glenn and Gibson stopped recording and performing as Tag Team for nearly

376-425: A settlement in a lawsuit claiming that Tag Team had sampled Kano's "I'm Ready" without permission. When Bellmark's assets were split up, the ownership rights to "Whoomp!" were in question. After 24 years, a long and contentious dispute regarding the song's ownership rights and related copyright infringement damages was finally settled in bankruptcy court. Tag Team retained 100 percent of the writers' share and received

423-502: A surprise speech from President Bill Clinton (voiced by Jim Meskimen ), who unveils a new stamp of Gordy. Gilbert sends Dietz and Krugman to kidnap Gordy, tie him in a sack, and toss him in a river, but Gordy is saved by Cousin Jake, who returns him to Hanky and Jinnie Sue. Everyone learns from someone who calls into the telethon that Gordy's family is going to be slaughtered at an unidentified slaughterhouse in Nebraska. Gilbert tries to hide

470-421: A talking pig's mission to find his family has a few fun elements -- some lively country music, a brush with fortune and fame, a bit of suspense, and lots of comically dodged mishaps. Kids will no doubt be entertained by the talking animals, cute pigs, and loads of adventure. Parents, however, should note the parent and child separation and the death of a grandparent as key concerns, as well as the scariness factor of

517-428: Is alerted of this by Richard, the farm's rooster. Gordy tries to stop his father from leaving by following the truck taking him, but he tells Gordy to go home and look after the family. Upon returning to the farm, Gordy finds that his mother and siblings were taken in another truck while he pursued his father. Determined to locate his family and return to the farm, Gordy sets out alone to find them. He eventually ends up in

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564-481: Is determined to remove Gordy and then take control of the company. Gilbert sends his henchmen, Dietz and Krugman, to kidnap Gordy, but Gordy and Hanky escape by boarding a school bus, which Dietz and Krugman pursue. Gordy and Hanky escape onto a feeding truck and soon unexpectedly meet up with the McAllisters, who learn from the radio that Hanky has apparently run away. Another bulletin follows, revealing Henry has died of

611-683: Is made up of Cecil Glenn ( DC, the Brain Supreme ) and Steve Gibson ( Steve Rolln ). In the early 1990s, Tag Team broke stereotypes about the hip-hop genre by demonstrating that there is more to hip-hop than inflammatory lyrics. The success of "Whoomp! (There It Is)" represented a milestone in the history of hip-hop because it has been enjoyed by culturally and generationally diverse audiences. DC Glenn and Steve Gibson grew up in Denver, Colorado . They met at Manual High School in 1982, where both pursued their musical interests. Gibson played drums in

658-479: Is shut down just in time. To Gordy's happiness, his family has survived, and he is reunited with his father, who was also about to be killed at the slaughterhouse. The pigs are moved back to the farm, which Luke and Jessica decide to buy with most of the Royce Company profits; they marry and Hanky, Jinnie Sue, and Cousin Jake move in too. Gordy and his family are finally reunited. The script for Gordy started under

705-644: Is the piglet's determination to reunite with his family, and that part of the convoluted plot develops into a folksy comic effort as Jinnie Sue, her dad, Hanky and Gordy race to save the family of pigs from becoming sausages. One would think the pork industry would be livid about this film as it portrays pig slaughter as an outrageous evil. The highlight comes when Gordy jumps into a backyard swimming pool—piglets really are cutest when they put their little trotters together and dive—and saves Hanky from drowning. Generally speaking, time would be better spent with Charlotte's Web than this forgettable hogwash." Chris Hicks of

752-529: The Deseret News reviewed the film saying that "This may have sounded like a cute idea on paper, but as kids pictures go this is the worst to come along in memory. Charmless, humorless and dull as drying paint, Gordy is the kind of movie parents should save for video punishment. But if they take their kids to a theater, they'll be punishing themselves." Dave Kehr of the New York Daily News described

799-539: The Washington Post called the film a "peculiar, seemingly pro-vegan tale". She later went on to say that "It's fairly obvious that Gordy's performance was inspired by Arnold Ziffel's precedent-setting work on the old TV series Green Acres . But then so was the movie, which was penned by series alumni Jay Sommers and Dick Chevillat. Their screenplay is as bland as an afternoon in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood , though

846-769: The San Francisco 49ers ' Halftime Show and the 2019 Hammer House Party Tour. Most recently, they performed at the halftime show of the Seahawks' season opener game against the Denver Broncos, in Seattle, WA in September 2024. Tag Team's role in the popularization of Atlanta's version of Miami bass, Southern bass, contributed to the rise of Atlanta as a home for unique alternatives to the established "East Coast/West Coast" hip-hop identities, including DJ MZH (aka Marcus Holbert). Around

893-609: The United States Navy . But the Broadway theater intrigued him more than a military career, and he headed for New York as a fledgling writer. He sold his play The Mechanical Rat , to Orson Welles 's Mercury Theatre and ran away from home to join the troupe before being returned home by truant officers. During World War II , he repudiated family tradition by serving in the United States Army Air Forces , becoming

940-408: The age of 74. There is nothing wrong with being a hack writer. I would point with pride to the inspired hacking of Shakespeare, Michelangelo—you can go through a big list. As a playwright, I achieved the rank of night clerk in a hotel at 22, night-ward attendant in a New York psychiatric hospital at 25 and the exalted status of copy boy for Time magazine at 28. These jobs paid my room rent while I

987-495: The care of Jinnie Sue McAllister, a young country singer who lives in a camper van with her father, Luke, and their "manager", Cousin Jake. Not knowing Gordy's name, Jinnie Sue calls him Pinky. They travel to a dinner party, where Luke performs for the governor of Arkansas. Also attending are rich businessman Henry Royce, his daughter Jessica, her scheming fiancé Gilbert Sipes, and her lonely young son Hanky. Hanky wanders off on his own and meets Gordy and Jinnie Sue. Hanky falls into

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1034-415: The director, Australian animal-mockumentary-maker Mark Lewis, adds a touch of menace by using extreme close-ups, bizarre angles and other stylish camera work. One thing's for sure, Gordy will put little pea-pickers off their pork." Walter V. Addiego of The Examiner Staff stated that "The film tosses a few mild, satirical darts at public relations and advertising , but otherwise it's strictly hokum from

1081-489: The end of 2020, Tag Team appeared in a GEICO commercial parodying "Whoomp!" with an ice cream scenario and the substituted lyric "Scoop!". Leslie Stevens Leslie Clark Stevens IV (February 3, 1924 – April 24, 1998) was an American producer, writer, and director. He created two television series for the ABC network, The Outer Limits (1963–1965) and Stoney Burke (1962–63), and Search (1972–73) for NBC . Stevens

1128-422: The eponymous single, was certified gold , and two more singles were released from it. However, neither could recapture the popularity of the four-time platinum "Whoomp!" single. Tag Team's 1995 follow-up album, Audio Entertainment , sold poorly, in part as a consequence of their label's looming legal and financial troubles. In 1997, Tag Team's record label, Bellmark Records, filed for bankruptcy after paying out

1175-417: The fact that it is owned by the Royce family. However, a battle ensues between Gilbert and Luke, with Jessica and Luke knocking him out with the suitcase of Brinks, the family attorney. Gordy, Hanky, Jinnie Sue, Jessica, Luke, Cousin Jake, and Brinks race to stop the slaughterhouse from killing Gordy's family, but a train slows them down. Hanky successfully rings the love-struck supervisor, and the slaughterhouse

1222-446: The feature film Incubus (1966), which was filmed entirely in the constructed language Esperanto . Through Daystar Productions, Stevens created the television series Stoney Burke , followed by The Outer Limits which he supervised as executive producer and wrote or directed a handful of episodes, including the pilot The Galaxy Being in which Stevens supplied the voice of the extraterrestrial. His longest-lasting relationship

1269-536: The film 2 out of 4 stars, writing: "This is not the kind of film that rewards deep analysis. I rate it at two stars, but I'd recommend it for kids. I can't recommend it for people like me, but there are many other kinds of people in the world, some of them children who believe that pigs can talk, and for them, Gordy is likely to be very entertaining. You know who you are." Peter Stack of the San Francisco Chronicle claimed that " Gordy ' s strongest suit

1316-409: The film as "a particularly dull and inept family film". Caryn James of The New York Times opined that "It is possible that some children will be tickled at the very idea of a talking pig, even one as bland as Gordy. They will probably be children who have never seen any movie, ever. Gordy is the film that asks, How you gonna keep them down on the farm after they've seen Simba ?" Rita Kempley of

1363-722: The film is filled with minor characters who nicely round things out; my young companion watched the film from beginning to end, loving it. This is not a date movie." In its opening week in Tucson, the film grossed $ 19,000. It went on to gross $ 3.9 million in the United States and Canada. Tag Team (group) Tag Team is an American hip-hop / pop-rap duo residing in Atlanta, Georgia . They are known almost solely for their 1993 single " Whoomp! (There It Is) ", which appeared in numerous advertisements, films, and television series. The duo

1410-578: The film premiered on a limited release in Tucson in November 1994 and had its nationwide release a few months before Babe , Gordy was far less successful critically and commercially. Meanwhile, Babe was both a critical and commercial success, won several awards (including an Academy Award for Visual Effects ) and spawned a sequel titled Babe: Pig in the City . Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave

1457-598: The first-season Tony Franciosa episodes of The Name of the Game and the short-lived 1972–73 NBC science fiction series Search . Although only credited as supervising producer of " Saga of a Star-World " (the 1978 pilot episode of the Larson-produced Battlestar Galactica ), director Alan J. Levi has alleged that "Stevens wrote the original script. Leslie was one of my best friends. I do know that Leslie had told me at one time way before he ever got into

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1504-514: The heartland. The director, I'm sorry to say, is Mark Lewis, the Australian responsible for the strange and funny documentary Cane Toads: An Unnatural History , which enlivened the S.F. Film Festival in 1988. Gordy will not enhance his résumé. It's surprisingly amateurish, due in no small part to clumsy scripting by Leslie Stevens." Tracy Moore of Common Sense Media gave the film two out of five stars, saying that "This fast-moving adventure about

1551-472: The impending violence of the slaughterhouse, which is teased throughout the movie. If the audience is old enough to handle that potentially squeamish subject, Gordy is otherwise a passable 90 minutes of animal-talking antics." TV Guide gave the film 1½ stars out of four. However, Louis Black of The Austin Chronicle wrote a favorable review of the film concluding that "A lot happens, it moves quickly, and

1598-636: The jazz band and attended audio engineering classes at an early college education program, while Glenn sang as a tenor in Manual High School's Bolt Vibrations Chorus. They began to develop as hip-hop artists in their youth, but the musical style of Tag Team originated after they moved to Georgia and were exposed to the southern bass genre. In 1988, Gibson enrolled at the Art Institute of Atlanta to study studio engineering. Glenn followed shortly after; he had been attending Sacramento State University . It

1645-399: The phrase is about "anything that one agrees with on a positive level." "Whoomp! (There It Is)" also has a unique beat and bassline that fans sometimes refer to as "whoomping". "Whoomp" has been called "Da Bomb Party Song" of the 90s by Atlanta Magazine and "among the country's most commercially successful singles of all time". Tag Team's album, Whoomp! (There It Is) , which spawned

1692-602: The right direction, suggesting that the best person to promote music from the southern bass genre was Stax Records mogul Al Bell. Glenn reached out to Bell, who agreed to sign Tag Team. Within months, "Whoomp!" reached the top position on the Billboard Hot R&;B/Hip-Hop chart and the Hot 100 Single Sales chart. The record held the #2 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks straight and reached platinum status, signifying

1739-504: The sale of at least a million copies. In February 1994, it received its fourth platinum certification. The song came to be used at sports events and in motion picture productions, such as Elf , Shark Tale , Beverly Hills Chihuahua , and D2: The Mighty Ducks . A similar song, " Whoot, There It Is ", was released by the Miami-based group 95 South a month prior to Tag Team's "Whoomp!" Both groups' record companies maintained that

1786-454: The screen, and produced, as a starring vehicle for Susan Hayward , which was released in 1961. He wrote the screenplay for the film The Left Handed Gun (1958) directed by Arthur Penn and starring Paul Newman . Other films which Stevens produced, and directed and wrote included Hero's Island (1962) starring James Mason , and Private Property (1960) starring Corey Allen , Warren Oates and his then-wife Kate Manx . He also directed

1833-592: The script that he had this great idea for a script that he was going to take to Glen Larson and talk about." Stevens also wrote for the revival show of The Outer Limits between 1996 and 1997. Stevens's contributions to the New Age Movement, and its relationships to The Outer Limits are discussed in the book Taoism for Dummies (John Wiley and Sons Canada, 2013). Stevens died from complications of an emergency angioplasty in 1998 in Los Angeles, California at

1880-491: The similarities were a coincidence, as the phrase "Whoomp (or whoot), there it is" was a common expression used by dancers in Atlanta and Miami nightclubs where members from both groups spent a lot of time. Arsenio Hall hosted both groups on his show to perform their versions of the songs and let viewers vote on their favorite by calling a 900 number to donate money to the relief effort for the 1993 Midwest Floods . Lyrically and musically, critics and listeners have pointed out

1927-455: The song's positive and uplifting vibe. The phrase "Whoomp! There it is!" has come to mean something similar to "Look at that!" It is intended to encourage "positive partying." In interviews, Glenn and Gibson discussed the conversation in which they decided to use the phrase. Glenn said, "Oh, man, we need to do a song called, 'Whoomp, there it is". Gibson was on board immediately, replying simply, "How do you spell it?" Tag Team has explained that

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1974-443: The swimming pool, but cannot swim. Just as Jinnie Sue rushes off to get help, Gordy dives into the pool with an inflatable tube, and saves Hanky. Due to Gordy's bravery, he is given to Hanky as a pet, and also becomes suddenly famous. Henry and Gilbert have alternate decisions on who the new mascot of the Royce Company should be: Gordy or Jessica. In the end, Gordy wins, due to a switched camera lens used on Jessica's promotion. Gilbert

2021-527: The title of Waldo and was written by veteran TV comedy writers Jay Sommers and Dick Chevillat with Arnold the Pig from Green Acres in mind for Waldo, but remained unproduced for several years. In January 1993, it was announced Sybil Robson's newly formed Robson Entertainment had acquired the Waldo script which was re-written by Leslie Stevens with the new title Gordy . Pre-production took place in Atlanta on

2068-426: Was film composer Dominic Frontiere , who served many years working with Daystar Productions as production executive. Stevens was writer, director and executive producer of the pilot film and major episodes of It Takes a Thief and McCloud and wrote and produced installments for the series The Invisible Man and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (which he co-developed with Glen A. Larson ). He also produced

2115-604: Was in the South that the two were inspired by artists such as Success N Effect and Kilo Ali as they explored the roots of the Southern hip-hop genre. In 1990, Gibson and Glenn released their first 12-inch single, "Strictly Political", as The Tag Team Crew. In August 1992, Tag Team recorded "Whoomp! (There It Is)". At that time, Glenn was working as the main DJ at a gentleman's club in Atlanta called Magic City , which would later become recognized as

2162-477: Was released on October 7, 2014, which includes a digital copy. A third re-release by Miramax was released on February 23, 2021. Along with generally negative reviews, Gordy was eclipsed by Babe , another family film about a talking piglet who becomes famous while avoiding being slaughtered for food. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that the film received a 21% approval rating with an average rating of 4.1/10 based on 19 reviews. Although

2209-605: Was the director of the horror film Incubus (1966), which stars William Shatner , and was the second film to use the Esperanto language. He wrote an early work of New Age philosophy, est: The Steersman Handbook (1970). Stevens was born in Washington, D.C. His interest in science was sparked when he studied for the United States Naval Academy at the behest of his father, Leslie Clark Stevens III, an admiral in

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