{"id":1221,"date":"2013-11-25T13:53:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T18:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicholaswaters.com\/beautifulcuteness\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2016-11-18T20:35:40","modified_gmt":"2016-11-19T01:35:40","slug":"the-story-of-when-pigs-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beautifulcuteness.com\/beautifulcuteness\/the-story-of-when-pigs-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of&#8230;When Pigs Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of <i>The Daily Show<\/i>. For those of you who may not know, <i>The Daily Show<\/i> is a comedy news show that also includes celebrity interviews. One celebrity who was on the show was Fred Thompson of <i>Law and Order <\/i>fame. He appeared on <i>The Daily Show<\/i> because he was promoting a book he wrote titled, <i>Teaching A Pig to Dance<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I began to wonder, what would a dancing pig look like? For some reason, a pig doing ballet stuck in my mind. And that&#8217;s how the ballerina pig of When Pigs Dance was born! Isn&#8217;t she cute?<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/when_pigs_dance_magnet-147250741692574971?rf=238264968534703054\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" alt=\"When Pigs Dance Magnet\" src=\"http:\/\/rlv.zcache.com\/when_pigs_dance_magnet-r50fb214e10f947738918f74560751fbe_x7js9_8byvr_325.jpg\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/when_pigs_dance_magnet-147250741692574971?rf=238264968534703054\">When Pigs Dance Magnet<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/valeriesgallery*\">ValeriesGallery<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Did You Know:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The title came about because for one reason or another I had a mind blurp and temporarily thought the saying was When Pigs Dance instead of When Pigs Fly. I liked the title, so I kept it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ballerina Pig is also the basis for Christmas Ballet Pig<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>When Pigs Dance is available on Valerie&#8217;s Gallery at <a title=\"When Pigs Dance on Valerie's Gallery at Zazzle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/valeriesgallery\/gifts?cg=196455121080223226&amp;useTermPositions=False&amp;rf=238264968534703054&amp;tc=cute\" target=\"_blank\">Zazzle,<\/a> <a title=\"When Pigs Dance on Valerie's Gallery at Red Bubble\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redbubble.com\/people\/valeriesgallery\/works\/8081885-when-pigs-dance\" target=\"_blank\">Red Bubble<\/a>, and <a title=\"When Pigs Dance at Valerie's Gallery on Skreened\" href=\"http:\/\/skreened.com\/valeriesgallery\/when-pigs-dance\" target=\"_blank\">Skreened<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Christmas Ballet Pig is also available on Valerie&#8217;s Gallery at <a title=\"Christmas Pig on Valerie's Gallery at Zazzle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/valeriesgallery\/gifts?cg=196956772695581282&amp;rf=238264968534703054&amp;tc=cute\" target=\"_blank\">Zazzle<\/a>, <a title=\"Christmas Pig Valerie's Gallery at Red Bubble\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redbubble.com\/people\/valeriesgallery\/works\/9258594-christmas-ballet-pig?p=t-shirt\" target=\"_blank\">Red Bubble<\/a>, and <a title=\"Christmas Pig at Valerie's Gallery at Skreened\" href=\"http:\/\/skreened.com\/valeriesgallery\/christmas-ballet-pig\" target=\"_blank\">Skreened<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A Christmas Ballet Pig Christmas Card is also available at Valerie&#8217;s Gallery at Greeting Card Universe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m not sure why I put sunglasses on her. It just seemed like the thing to do. Maybe because she thinks she&#8217;s a star!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Has a book, television show or interview ever inspired your artwork? Tell us about it in the comments!<\/p>\n<p>If ballet pigs aren&#8217;t your thing, here are some artwork by other talented artist:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table><!--Dancing--><\/p>\n<tbody>\n<tr><!--Dancing Elephant--><\/p>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/amazing_grace_mousepad-144135472428406963?rf=238264968534703054\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" alt=\"amazing grace mousepad\" src=\"http:\/\/rlv.zcache.com\/amazing_grace_mousepad-r3d2aaa95a7984fbebc74a761825aa471_x74vi_8byvr_200.jpg\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/amazing_grace_mousepad-144135472428406963?rf=238264968534703054\">amazing grace mousepad<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/greendeer?rf=238264968534703054\">greendeer<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<p><!--Groom Mom--><\/p>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greetingcarduniverse.com\/thank-you-cards\/wedding-attendants-bridal-party\/parents-of-the-groom\/mother-of-the-groom\/thanks-mom-of-groom-312467?gcu=46750629119\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: none;\" alt=\"Thanks Mom of Groom card by Sandra Rose Designs\" src=\"http:\/\/images.greetingcarduniverse.com\/images\/csphoto\/1107\/00\/00\/13\/32\/29\/312467_TN_shadow.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thanks Mom of Groom card<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by <a title=\"Sandra Rose Designs on Greeting Card Universe\" href=\"http:\/\/artist.greetingcarduniverse.com\/SandraRoseDesigns\" target=\"_blank\">Sandra Rose Designs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<p><!--Breakdance--><\/p>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/mens_breakdance_t_shirt-235363890510951099?rf=238264968534703054\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" alt=\"Mens breakdance T Shirt\" src=\"http:\/\/rlv.zcache.com\/mens_breakdance_t_shirt-rc2d714caa2c246bc8f5e828cf24e9f2a_va6lr_200.jpg\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/mens_breakdance_t_shirt-235363890510951099?rf=238264968534703054\">Mens breakdance T Shirt<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/evart_production?rf=238264968534703054\">Evart_production<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p><!--Pigs--><\/p>\n<tr><!--BBQ Shirt--><\/p>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/funny_pig_annual_family_bbq_cookout_party_custom_tshirt-235171694370601443?rf=238264968534703054\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" alt=\"Funny Pig Annual Family BBQ Cookout Party Custom Tee Shirt\" src=\"http:\/\/rlv.zcache.com\/funny_pig_annual_family_bbq_cookout_party_custom_tshirt-r278aac5e6d7f4a529c6e0b83c6ba8bb4_va6lr_200.jpg\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/funny_pig_annual_family_bbq_cookout_party_custom_tshirt-235171694370601443?rf=238264968534703054\">Funny Pig Annual Family BBQ Cookout Party Custom Tee Shirt<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/alleyshirts?rf=238264968534703054\">alleyshirts<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<p><!--Pig Card--><\/p>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greetingcarduniverse.com\/miss-you-cards\/animals-pets\/farm-animals\/miss-you-hogs-kisses-947133?gcu=46750629119\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.greetingcarduniverse.com\/images\/csphoto\/1107\/00\/00\/14\/29\/94\/\/947133-1_TN_shadow.png\" \/><\/a>Miss you, Hogs &amp; Kisses, Cute Pig Cardby <a title=\"Kerri Joseph on Greeting Card Universe\" href=\"http:\/\/artist.greetingcarduniverse.com\/tinydoodles\" target=\"_blank\">Kerri Joseph<\/a><\/td>\n<p><!--Pig Water Bottle--><\/p>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/cute_funny_grumpy_pink_pig_character_small_bottle_water_bottle-126099689434980267?rf=238264968534703054\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" alt=\"Cute Funny Grumpy Pink Pig Character Small Bottle Water Bottle\" src=\"http:\/\/rlv.zcache.com\/cute_funny_grumpy_pink_pig_character_small_bottle_water_bottle-r6a91b139da7142f2ab47a629d214a776_vbpf0_8byvr_200.jpg\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/cute_funny_grumpy_pink_pig_character_small_bottle_water_bottle-126099689434980267?rf=238264968534703054\">Cute Funny Grumpy Pink Pig Character Small Bottle Water Bottle<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/tashatzazzle?rf=238264968534703054\">tashatzazzle<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p><!--Dance002--><\/p>\n<tr><!--Keep Calm Dance--><\/p>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/keep_calm_ballet_dancers_t_shirt-235824848766883408?rf=238264968534703054\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" alt=\"Keep Calm Ballet Dancer's T-Shirt\" src=\"http:\/\/rlv.zcache.com\/keep_calm_ballet_dancers_t_shirt-r4ecb0c063e814e75b72e8d33c7c6071f_8nhme_200.jpg\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/keep_calm_ballet_dancers_t_shirt-235824848766883408?rf=238264968534703054\">Keep Calm Ballet Dancer&#8217;s T-Shirt<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/hannahscloset?rf=238264968534703054\">Hannahscloset<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greetingcarduniverse.com\/holiday-cards\/teacher-appreciation-day-cards\/dance-teacher\/ballet-dancing-bears-59256?gcu=46750629119\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.greetingcarduniverse.com\/images\/csphoto\/1107\/00\/00\/13\/14\/73\/59256_TN_shadow.png\" \/><\/a> Ballet, Dancing Bears card<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by <a title=\"Lori DeLeonardis-Aman\" href=\"http:\/\/artist.greetingcarduniverse.com\/zachbear\" target=\"_blank\">Lori DeLeonardis-Aman<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<p><!--Glad Dance--><\/p>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/top_dance_tshirt-235334480445650370?rf=238264968534703054\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" alt=\"TOP Dance Tshirt\" src=\"http:\/\/rlv.zcache.com\/top_dance_tshirt-r01f1d85a5d8d413bb176d53537096af3_8nhmi_200.jpg?bg=0xffffff\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/top_dance_tshirt-235334480445650370?rf=238264968534703054\">TOP Dance Tshirt<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/teepossible?rf=238264968534703054\">teepossible<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p><!--Pig002--><\/p>\n<tr><!--Pig Clock--><\/p>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/little_pink_pigs_pattern_wall_clock-256160942670082037?rf=238264968534703054\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" alt=\"Little Pink Pigs Pattern Wall Clock\" src=\"http:\/\/rlv.zcache.com\/little_pink_pigs_pattern_wall_clock-r79203d51082440ce9cebb00d8cd6447a_fup13_8byvr_200.jpg\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/little_pink_pigs_pattern_wall_clock-256160942670082037?rf=238264968534703054\">Little Pink Pigs Pattern Wall Clock<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/clockette?rf=238264968534703054\">Clockette<\/a><br \/>\nBrowse <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/cute+clocks?rf=238264968534703054\">Cute Wall Clocks<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<p><!--Llama Birthday--><\/p>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greetingcarduniverse.com\/humor-birthday-cards\/funny-birthday-animals-rudy-pig-moody-936606?gcu=46750629119\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.greetingcarduniverse.com\/images\/csphoto\/1107\/00\/00\/19\/41\/83\/\/936606-1_TN_shadow.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Funny Birthday Animals &#8211; Rudy Pig &amp; Moody Cow &#8211; Dalai Llama card by <a title=\"Imagination by Design on Greeting Card Universe\" href=\"http:\/\/artist.greetingcarduniverse.com\/imaginationbydesign\" target=\"_blank\">Catherine Roberts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<p><!--Cute Pig Phone--><\/p>\n<td>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/cute_pig_blue_pink_swirls_case-179781289406661113?rf=238264968534703054\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" alt=\"Cute Pig - Blue &amp; Pink Swirls Cover For iPhone 5\/5S\" src=\"http:\/\/rlv.zcache.com\/cute_pig_blue_pink_swirls_case-rb1a05889e3ca411da6276190381b96c0_80c4n_8byvr_200.jpg?bg=0xffffff\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/cute_pig_blue_pink_swirls_case-179781289406661113?rf=238264968534703054\">Cute Pig &#8211; Blue &amp; Pink Swirls Cover For iPhone 5\/5S<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zazzle.com\/sweetnsourgrits?rf=238264968534703054\">SweetnSourGrits<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of The Daily Show. For those of you who may not know, The Daily Show is a comedy news show that also includes celebrity interviews. One celebrity who was on the show was Fred Thompson of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/beautifulcuteness.com\/beautifulcuteness\/the-story-of-when-pigs-dance\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[27,118,13,418,419,421,433,434,432,415,427,428,422,423,417,420,19,425,426,36,117,414,435,429,416,430,9,25,424,431,8],"class_list":["post-1221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thestoryof","tag-animal","tag-animals","tag-art","tag-ballet","tag-ballet-pig","tag-ballet-pigs","tag-cartoon-pig","tag-cartoon-pigs","tag-christmas-pig","tag-dance","tag-dance-pig","tag-dance-pigs","tag-dancer","tag-dancers","tag-dancing-pig","tag-dancing-pigs","tag-design","tag-farm-animal","tag-farm-animals","tag-greeting-card-universe","tag-inspiration","tag-pig","tag-pig-cartoon","tag-pig-dance","tag-pigs","tag-pigs-dance","tag-red-bubble","tag-skreened","tag-the-daily-show","tag-when-pigs-dance-2","tag-zazzle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beautifulcuteness.com\/beautifulcuteness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beautifulcuteness.com\/beautifulcuteness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beautifulcuteness.com\/beautifulcuteness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beautifulcuteness.com\/beautifulcuteness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beautifulcuteness.com\/beautifulcuteness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1221"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/beautifulcuteness.com\/beautifulcuteness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1237,"href":"https:\/\/beautifulcuteness.com\/beautifulcuteness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221\/revisions\/1237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beautifulcuteness.com\/beautifulcuteness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beautifulcuteness.com\/beautifulcuteness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beautifulcuteness.com\/beautifulcuteness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}