The Book of Pooh
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| Book of Pooh (2001) | |
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| Written by | Mitchell kriegman Jymn Mogon Claudia Silver Mark Zaslove |
| Starring | Jim cummings Peter Cullen Ken Samson John Fiedler Nikita Hopkins Kath Soucie |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Home Video |
| Release date(s) | 2001 |
| Running time | 30 minutes (USA) |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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The Book of Pooh is a puppetry show aimed at preschoolers that aired on the Disney Channel. In the UK, the show now airs daily on the Playhouse Disney Channel. It is the third television series to feature the characters from the Disney franchise based on A. A. Milne's works; the other two were the live-action Welcome to Pooh Corner (to which this series bears resemblance) and the animated The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh in the 1980s.
The series appears to take place some time after the events of Milne's original stories since Christopher Robin (whose face was never seen) is clearly a child of school age. The series departs from many of the established facts of Milne's books; for example, Tigger resides in the Hundred Acre Wood from the start, and Kanga and Roo are later introduced as newcomers. Neither Christopher nor his mother speak with a British accent.
The show can be viewed as non-canonical in other ways. For example, Tigger likes - or at least is shown to eat - honey (compared with most other versions of the Winnie the Pooh stories where "Tiggers don't like honey!") and can climb up - but more importantly climb DOWN from trees. In addition, Rabbit lives in a tree, as opposed to living in a burrow in other versions. However it is explained why in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh .
The style of puppetry is based on Japanese bunraku puppetry, and this - along with the cut-out style backgrounds gives the show the look of a pop-up book - hence "The Book of Pooh".
Characters in the show regularly sing and dance in ways that enhance the story being told. Many of the episodes do not have much basis in the main A.A. Milne stories, excepting the characters.
The characters who appear most regularly are:
Conspiculously, on Independence Day, Playhouse Disney aired a The Book of Pooh commercial just saying THE BOOK OF POOH - HAPPY JULY 4TH without a date and time. That could have been stock footage or just extra stuff that Disney put on because The Book of Pooh would return in the future under a new title (see: My Friends Tigger & Pooh)
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[edit] Opening Theme
The opening theme song is as follows:
Pooh:Oh, Tum Cuddly-dee now.
Piglet: Who could that be now?
Pooh: Humming a melody.
Tigger: Could it be who there?
Piglet: Maybe it's Pooh Bear!
Pooh: Pooh ? Well, that's me!
All: He's Winnie the Pooh!
Pooh: Come and find me.
All: He's Winnie the Pooh!
Piglet: He's in the book.
All: He's Winnie the Pooh!
Eeyore: No need to remind me(!)
Kessie: Everyone knows he's Winnie the Pooh.
All: He's Winnie the Pooh!
Pooh: All my friends are here.
All: He's Winnie the Pooh!
Pooh: Come have a look.
All: He's Winnie the Pooh!
Pooh: The fun never ends here.
All: Everyone knows he's Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh!
[edit] Final Song
The final song, at the end of the show, is as follows:
Pooh: Now's the time to close the book.
Piglet: Though we've just begun, it's true.
Tigger: We'll say 'Goodbye!', until another day,
Pooh and Piglet : Another day with new adventures on the way...
Tigger:They're on the way...
Pooh and Piglet: We're on our way.
All Characters join in: So off we go, we won't be far. We'll be waiting here for you.
Pooh: With tales to run,
Tigger: And higher trees to climb,
Piglet: And someone there to catch you,
All: In the nick of time. So it's goodbye for now, to all of you. We'll meet again when you all come, into the Book of Pooh.
