Link Hogthrob



Link Hogthrob is the egotistical, cleft-chinned pig on The Muppet Show. Introduced during the show's second season, Link's main claim to fame was as the not-so-fearless captain of The Swinetrek in the "Pigs in Space" sketches, where he often aroused the ire of First Mate Piggy. Link was often paired with Piggy in other sketches, singing opera in Episode 213: Rudolf Nureyev and as part of her motorcycle gang in the "I Get Around" sequence from Episode 415: Anne Murray. Outside of the pig troupe, Link was regularly seen as the patrol chief in the "Bear on Patrol" sketches.

Link has occasionally displayed his talents as a soloist, performing "Macho Man" and "Sonny Boy".

He was one of the few classic Muppet Show characters to be used regularly in the control room on The Jim Henson Hour. Though largely retired after Jim Henson's death, Link appeared occasionaly in silent cameos in such productions as The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppets Tonight. His most recent appearance was in the game Muppets Party Cruise (a vocal cameo by Steve Whitmire).

Link's voice came from the voice Jim Henson would use with his family when performing a stereotypical fatherly task, such as carving the Thanksgiving turkey.

Casting History

 * Jim Henson - from The Muppet Show (1977) to The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990)


 * Steve Whitmire - Muppet Race Mania video game (2001), Muppet Party Cruise video game (2003)