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| − | '''''Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too''''' is a [[Christmas]] television special spun off from the [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] animated series ''[[wikipedia:The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh|The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]''. It was originally broadcast on [[wikipedia:American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] on December 14, 1991 |
+ | '''''Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too''''' is a [[Christmas]] television special spun off from the [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] animated series ''[[wikipedia:The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh|The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]''. It was originally broadcast on [[wikipedia:American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] on December 14, 1991. |
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Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too is a Christmas television special spun off from the Disney animated series The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. It was originally broadcast on ABC on December 14, 1991.
Synopsis
Christopher Robin writes his letter to Santa as Pooh watches.
Two days before Christmas, Christopher Robin writes out a letter to Santa Claus for him and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood, asking for the following presents: Rabbit wants a new fly swatter to use against the bugs who constantly invade his garden, Eeyore wants an umbrella to prevent snow from falling on his house, Tigger wants a snowshoe so he can bounce in the snow, and Christopher Robin wants a sled "big enough for me and maybe a friend or two." After finishing the letter, he sends it off into the wind.
Pooh, Rabbit, Piglet, Tigger, and Eeyore work on rewriting the letter.
The next day, Winnie the Pooh realizes, after Piglet informs him, that he didn't ask for anything himself, so they go find the letter, which hasn't gotten very far. Afterwards, they, along with Tigger and Eeyore, go to Rabbit's house and rewrite the letter to include what Pooh wants (a pot of honey, of course). Along the way, each of them upgrades their desired presents (Rabbit wants a bug sprayer, for instance).
Following this, Tigger, Eeyore, and Rabbit go off to get a tree big enough for "the stuff we're gettin'", with help from a reluctant Gopher (he's supposed to be hibernating). In the meantime, Pooh and Piglet go back to the point where Christopher Robin sent the letter and cast it off into the wind again. But the wind shifts southward, and the letter follows Pooh all the way to his house. Knowing that the rest of the gang won't get their presents as a result of this, Pooh takes it into his (and Piglet's) hands to make sure the gifts are delivered.
Pooh dressed as Santa.
Disguised as Santa, Pooh sneaks out and delivers Tigger, Rabbit, and Eeyore a super-bouncer barrel, a bug sprayer, and a mobile home, respectively - or rather, poorly-made handmade versions of said items that break apart upon use. Demanding to know what's going on, the three of them corner "Santa", who insists that he is who he claims to be. But then, Piglet (who is disguised as a reindeer) slips and makes his sled fall downhill, thus loosening Pooh's disguise.
After explaining what happened, Pooh decides to try and deliver the letter to Santa by himself, leaving the rest of the gang behind to wait up for him. But he does not get very far in his journey before the wind suddenly takes the letter, so he gives up and goes back to the gang. Even after he tells them that he failed in delivering the letter, though, they're happy to have him back, because they've realized what Christmas is really about. Afterwards, Christopher Robin shows up and brings them the gifts they had originally asked for to begin with.
Broadcast history
The special's original ABC broadcast was prefaced with an introductory segment by the Walt Disney Company's then-current CEO Michael Eisner, accompanied by the walk-around costumed characters of Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, and Eeyore, who bring in a palm tree to use as a Christmas tree. To fill out the hour the special was scheduled for, it was followed up by the Donald Duck cartoons The Hockey Champ and Bearly Asleep, and ended with a sneak peek at Disney's most recent animated movie at the time, Beauty and the Beast. The first airing of the special ranked 53rd out of 92 shows that week, averaging a 10.8/20 rating/share and tying for first place in its timeslot.[1]
The original format of the special, with the addition of the Donald Duck cartoons, was repeated the following year, this time with a behind-the-scenes look at The Muppet Christmas Carol at the end. The 1993 broadcast included a documentary on the making of the previous Disney animated feature, Aladdin. The special was later aired on CBS in 1995, this time accompanied by The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh episode "Magic Earmuffs" and a documentary about the making of Toy Story in place of the Donald Duck cartoons.[2] The special subsequently returned to ABC following Disney's acquisition of that network and continued to be shown there, along with "Magic Earmuffs", from 1996 to 1999, now without Michael Eisner's introductory segment.
The special was brought back to ABC in 2007, and was then aired as part of the 25 Days of Christmas on ABC Family from 2008 to 2013. Infamously, the 2007-2013 broadcasts abruptly cut out two scenes - specifically, the scene with Tigger telling Eeyore that Santa's probably reading their letter right now when suddenly Pooh and Piglet show up with the letter, and the scene where Pooh says goodbye to Piglet, Rabbit, and Tigger as he heads off to deliver the letter to Santa.
Availability
The special was released on VHS on November 13, 1994, with "Magic Earmuffs" included as a bonus episode. Early copies of the tape also included a bonus Spot the Dog cartoon, "Spot's Winter Sport", which was dropped in later reissues. The special and "Magic Earmuffs" were also featured on a double-feature Laserdisc release titled Winnie the Pooh: Special Holiday Edition, which also included The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh episodes "The Monster Frankenpooh", "Things That Go Piglet in the Night", and "Pooh Moon".
Currently, the special itself has not been released on DVD or Blu-ray in its original format, but it is integrated as a flashback in the 2002 direct-to-video film A Very Merry Pooh Year. However, it is slightly edited to better match the new animation made for the rest of the film - Christopher Robin's lines were redubbed by William Green, and Rabbit's animation was recolored to his usual yellow-furred appearance (as opposed to the oddly light-green hue his fur had in the special and the New Adventures series).
Cast
| Voice actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Jim Cummings | Winnie the Pooh |
| John Fiedler | Piglet |
| Peter Cullen | Eeyore |
| Paul Winchell | Tigger |
| Ken Sansom | Rabbit |
| Michael Gough | Gopher |
| Edan Gross | Christopher Robin |
References
- ↑ http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1991/BC-1991-12-23.pdf
- ↑ The Wonderful World of Disney Television, by Bill Kotter. 1997, Hyperion.
See also
External links
- Disney Wiki: Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too
- Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too at the Internet Movie Database
- Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too at the Big Cartoon DataBase