My Friends Tigger & Pooh
My Friends Tigger & Pooh | |
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Created by |
A. A. Milne (characters) Bobs Gannaway |
Presented by |
Kay Hanley (Season 1) Chloë Grace Moretz (Season 2-3) |
Starring |
Jim Cummings Dee Bradley Baker Travis Oates Peter Cullen Ken Sansom Kath Soucie Max Burkholder Kyle Stanger |
Theme music composer | Andy Sturmer |
Opening theme |
"My Friends Tigger & Pooh Theme Song" (performed by Kay Hanley) (Season 1) Chloë Grace Moretz (Season 2-3) |
Ending theme | "My Friends Tigger & Pooh Theme Song" (instrumental with a summary of one of chosen episodes) |
Composer(s) | Andy Sturmer (score/songs) |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 63 (including 3 films) (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Walt Disney Television Animation Disney Channel Original (May - August 2007) Playhouse Disney Original (August 2007 - October 2010) |
Distributor |
Buena Vista Television (May–July 2007) Disney–ABC Domestic Television (July 2007 – October 2010) |
Release | |
Original network |
Disney Channel (Playhouse Disney) (2007–10) Disney Junior (reruns; 2016–present) |
Picture format |
480i (4:3 SDTV) 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
Original release | May 12, 2007 – October 9, 2010 |
Website |
disney |
My Friends Tigger & Pooh is an American computer-animated children's television series inspired by A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh. The series features Pooh and other characters from the book and prior television adaptations and introduces two new characters: Christopher Robin's 6-year-old sister Darby and her dog Buster. Darby is the main human protagonist and the series' hostess and the leader of the Super Sleuths. Christopher Robin, her older brother, makes two appearances over the course of the series.
Developed by Walt Disney Television Animation, the show premiered on Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney block on May 12, 2007. The show's theme song is a pop song that is played at the beginning of each episode. It was written by Jellyfish lead singer Andy Sturmer and is performed by former Letters to Cleo singer Kay Hanley. Starting with Season 2, Chloë Grace Moretz as Darby (replacing Kay Hanley) performed the theme. Also, beginning with this series Travis Oates assumed the role of Piglet, taking over for John Fiedler, who died in 2005, two years prior to the debut of the series. This was also the last Winnie the Pooh TV series to feature Ken Sansom as the voice of Rabbit before his sudden death of a stroke in October 2012.
In July 2010, My Friends Tigger & Pooh was omitted from the Playhouse Disney lineup, while it returned in October that same year with new episodes. After Playhouse Disney rebranded into Disney Junior on February 14, 2011, the show was temporarily off the air for five years until returning on September 12, 2016, for Pooh's 90th anniversary.
Cast
- Main characters
- Jim Cummings as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
- Chloë Grace Moretz (Season 1-3) as Darby
- Dee Bradley Baker as Buster
- Recurring characters
- Travis Oates as Piglet
- Peter Cullen as Eeyore
- Ken Sansom as Rabbit
- Kath Soucie as Kanga
- Max Burkholder as Roo
- Kyle Stanger as Lumpy
- Minor characters
- Struan Erlenborn as Christopher Robin
- Dee Bradley Baker as Woodpecker
- Jim Cummings as Beaver
- Tara Strong as Porcupine and Vixen
- Mikaila Baumel as Holly
- Mark Hamill as Turtle
- Rob Paulsen as Raccoon
- James Arnold Taylor as Skunk
- Brenda Blethyn as Mama Heffalump
- Sydney Saylor as the Possums
Production crew
- Brian Hohlfeld, Jeff Kline, John Lasseter, and Clark Spencer (executive producers)
- Angi Dyste (line producer)
- Dorothy McKim (producer)
- David Hartman and Don MacKinnon (directors)
- Andy Sturmer (composer and songwriter)
- Charlie Adler (dialogue director)
- Brian Hohlfeld, Dean Stefan, and Nicole Dubuc (story editors)
- Brian Hohlfeld, Dean Stefan, Nicole Dubuc, Eileen Cabiling, Erika Grediaga, and Kim Beyer-Johnson (staff writers)
- Jhoanne Reyes (editor)
- Craig Simpson (production manager)
Episodes
Owl and Gopher
Owl and Gopher never appeared in the series, although Beaver loosely resembles Gopher and Owl did appear in some books based on the series. Beaver is a cameo character from Disney's 1955 classic, Lady and the Tramp.
Also, in the direct-to-DVD film Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too, when Beaver guesses the right password to go to Tigger's side of the Wood, Tigger disappointedly says "I miss Gopher."
DVD releases
- Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (November 20, 2007)
- Super Sleuth Christmas Movie
- Symphony for a Rabbit / Tigger Goes Snowflaky
- Friendly Tails (March 4, 2008)
- Darby, Solo Sleuth / Doggone Buster
- Darby's Tail / Tigger's Delivery Service
- Pooh-Rates of the Hundred Acre Wood / Tigger's Hiccup Pickup
- Hundred Acre Wood Haunt (September 2, 2008)
- Super-Sized Darby / Piglet's Lightning Fightening
- Eeyore's Trip to the Moon / The Incredible Shrinking Roo
- Eeyore's Home Sweet Home / Rabbit's Prized Pumpkin
- Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too (April 7, 2009)
- Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too
- Super Duper Super Sleuths (April 6, 2010)
- Super Duper Super Sleuths
- Darby Gets Lemons, Makes Lemonade / Dancing with Darby
- Bedtime with Pooh (August 17, 2010)
- Eeyore's Sad Day / Tigger's Bedtime for Bouncer
- Buster's Bath / Once in a Pooh Moon
- Pooh's Double Trouble / Eeyore Sleeps on It
References
External links
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh on IMDb
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh at TV.com
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh at TV.com
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh Review at KidsTVMovies.About.com