| The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | |
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 The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh title card |
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| Format | Children's Animated series, Comedy, Adventure |
| Created by | Walt Disney Television |
| Starring | Jim Cummings Paul Winchell John Fiedler Peter Cullen Ken Sansom Nicholas Melody Patricia Parris Michael Gough Hal Smith Tim Hoskins |
| Country of origin |  United States Japan (Animated) |
| No. of episodes | 83 (List of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh episodes) |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original run | September 10, 1988 – December 14, 1991 |
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is an American animated television series made by The Walt Disney Company, and inspired by A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories.
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Overview
The series first aired from 1988 to 1991 on ABC. Reruns continued to air on ABC until Fall 2002 and then went on to air on Disney Channel, airing until September 4, 2006. It also aired on Toon Disney from the channel's launch in 1998 until 2004 (returning briefly in mid-2007). In the UK, the program continues to air daily on the Playhouse Disney channel.
Prior to the TV series
Prior to the TV series, Disney had produced four Pooh short films (Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! and Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore), one film which combined the first three shorts (The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh) and a TV puppet show (Welcome to Pooh Corner).
New characters
In addition to the characters who had already been established in the above media (Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, Owl, Piglet, Christopher Robin and Gopher), the TV series introduces a plethora of new characters including Christopher Robin's mother *whose face was unseen à la Nanny of Muppet Babies), Owl's cousin Dexter, Kessie the Bluebird, Junior Heffalump (and his parents), Skippy the Sheepdog, Stan Woozle, and Heff Heffalump.
In the television program, Christopher Robin speaks with a distinctly American accent, for the first time since the Pooh short Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. In the more recent shorts, he had a British accent.
Other appearances
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger were two of the cartoon characters featured in Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.
Additionally, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet, Gopher, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo, Owl, Christoper Robin were featured in House of Mouse and Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse.
Darker moments
As with some 1980s cartoons at the time, the show had its share of dark undertones compared to the 1977 film The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh or Welcome to Pooh Corner. It occasionally has moments of peril, such as Piglet being caught alone in a thunderstorm, as indicated in the intro. There is one episode where the characters go under Christopher Robin's bed and are attacked by anthropomorphic crayons. Another has Piglet rescuing his shadow from the monstrous shadows of two creepy trees. The intro itself has a few scary moments.
Episodes
Season 1: 1988-1989
- Pooh Oughta Be in Pictures (Pilot)
- Friend in Deed / Donkey for a Day
- There's No Camp Like Home / Balloonatics
- Find Her, Keep Her
- The Piglet Who Would Be King
- Cleanliness Is Next To Impossible
- The Great Honey Pot Robbery
- Stripes / Monkey See, Monkey Do Better
- Babysitter Blues
- How Much is That Rabbit in the Window?
- Gone with the Wind / Nothing But the Tooth
- Paw and Order
- Honey for a Bunny / Trap as Trap Can
- The Masked Offender / Things That Go Piglet in the Night
- Luck Amok / Magic Earmuffs
- The Wishing Bear
- King of the Beasties / The Rats Who Came to Dinner
- My Hero / Owl Feathers
- A Very, Very Large Animal / Fish Out of Water
- Lights Out / Tigger's Shoes
- The "New" Eeyore / Tigger, Private Ear
- Party Poohper / The Old Switcheroo
- Me and My Shadow / To Catch a Hiccup
- Bubble Trouble / Groundpiglet Day
- Rabbit Marks the Spot / Good-bye, Mr. Pooh
- All's Well That Ends Wishing Well
Season 2: 1989
- Un-Valentine's Day
- No Rabbit's a Fortress / The Monster Frankenpooh
- Where Oh Where Has My Piglet Gone? / Up, Up and Awry
- Eeyore's Tail Tale / Three Little Piglets
- Prize Piglet / Fast Friends
- Pooh Moon / Caws and Effect
Season 3: 1990
- Oh, Bottle / Owl in the Family
- Sham Pooh / Rock-a-Bye Pooh Bear
- What's the Score, Pooh? / Tigger's House Guest
- Rabbit Takes a Holiday / Eeyi Eeyi Eeyore
- Pooh Skies
- April Pooh / To Bee or Not to Bee
- A Knight to Remember
- Tigger is the Mother of Invention / The Bug Stops Here
- Easy Come, Easy Gopher / Invasion of the Pooh Snatchers
- Tigger Got Your Tongue? / A Bird in the Hand
Season 4: 1991
- Sorry, Wrong Slusher
- Grown, But Not Forgotten
- A Pooh Day Afternoon
- The Good, the Bad, and the Tigger
- Home Is Where the Home Is
- Shovel, Shovel, Toil and Trouble / The Wise Have It
- Cloud, Cloud Go Away / To Dream the Impossible Scheme
- Piglet's Poohetry / Owl's Well That Ends Well
- Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too (Series Finale)
DVD Release
Between 2005 and 2006, five DVDs were released as part of the "Growing Up with Winnie-The-Pooh" series. Each DVD would feature 4 episodes, and sometimes it would include a double-length episode. These DVDs were targeted for preschoolers.
External links
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh at the Internet Movie Database
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh at TV.com
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh on Big Cartoon Database
- Growing Up with Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery DVD Review with Pictures
- Growing Up with Winnie the Pooh: Friends Forever DVD Review with Pictures
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