Pingu and The Barrel Organ
Pingu is spending time with a stranger who is playing a barrel organ, which makes him feel upset because of how poor he is. He is more upset when arrogant penguins just walk past refusing to give money. First, a male penguin just walks around the organ. Secondly, a female Penguin walks past the organ. Pingu tries to stop her, but she pushes him away with her belly. Pingu asks another male penguin for some money, but he gets a fish instead. Pingu gives the fish to the busker and tries the organ. Pingu asks another penguin for some money. They both look up and the penguin walks away. Seething with rage, Pingu turns the organ's handle quickly. The penguin doesn't look where he's going and falls into a fishing hole Pingu laughs at the progress. Pingu is even more upset when he follows him home to find it an old, broken down, messy ruin. Feeling sorry for the busker, he borrows the barrel organ and goes around town playing it in front of a tailor, bakery, tavern and a fishmonger, the pleased owners of which give him free supplies. He then goes back to the busker's place and sets out for him a nice meal with the supplies, and goes outside to make some repairs to the house. The pleased busker then rewards him with a harmonica.
- Features Pingu and a poor penguin who has a Barrel Organ. Four passers-by and four other people have brief appearances.
- The early version of this episode features the largest amount of English within Penguinese phrasing. When Pingu arrives at the Fishmonger, the Fishmonger says in English "Do you want to buy fish?" and "Buy that" in an Italian accent. The busker also says "Why, thank you", Pingu says "Come, Come, Come!" shortly after he gives the Busker a coin, "I'm here!", "Do you want the table there?" and "Bye Bye" at the Buskers house. "Bread" and "Money" can also be heard once or twice.
- This episode used the same bar that was used in Little Accidents, but with a different bartender.
- Aired on December 3, 1990.
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