orson pig (voiced by gregg berger): a bossy naïve pig whose work ethic makes him the functional leader. his good humor being tested is one of the common gags in the cartoons. in 1986, orson had long eyelashes (to represent him as a young piglet) until they disappeared on january 3, 1988, and booker and sheldon called him mom (though it was inconsistent because at other times they just call him orson). being the runt of his litter, orson's original owner intended to get rid of him. orson fell from the pick-up taking him away from his birthplace and moved to the farm known as u.s. acres. and was later found by a farm girl who persuaded orson to follow her to her father's farm.