Year First Aired: 1989
Song: Woodchuck Breakdown (Guitar instrumental)

Summary

Stephan Lesch

It's the day before the opening of Schaeffer's cafe. While he and the gang are preparing the place, they're holding a hearing for musicians/entertainers for the next evening. After a ridiculous stage appearance by the pigs, a guitarist shows up, introducing himself as Hill Bailey (sp?), but Bert and Cedric soon recognize him as their long lost and forgotten idol, Woodchuck Berry. Schaeffer hires him for the show.

The pigs think, why not act as Woody's "agents" and gain some profit without actually doing anything... they manage to trick Woody into signing a contract.

It's revealed that Cyril and Woody are friends of old. In their youth, they were practising together (we find out Cyril's a saxophone player), until they were to play on stage for the first time. Cyril fled from the stage, unable to bear with the audience.

Meanwhile, the pigs nearly screw up Woodie's appearance by hiring him to another place for the same evening, but Cyril manages to bring him back in time. At the end of the episode, when Woody's standing on the stage and should begin playing, he acts as if he was terribly afraid of the audience, and about to flee any moment - and that's Cyril's second chance to jump in, support Woody, Woody and play in front of the public. (He takes that chance.)