The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is a full-length feature film that is made up of three featurettes. Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree was the first Winnie the Pooh short to be made by the Walt Disney Studios and it was released in 1966. This was the only Winnie the Pooh short that Walt Disney was able to see completed. Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day was released in 1968 and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too was released in 1974. And then in 1977, these three shorts were strung together with narration in between for a smooth transition from one short to the next, creating a beloved classic Disney film.

Premiered on: March 11, 1977

Directed by:

Wolfgang Reitherman
John Lounsbery

Produced by: Wolfgang Reitherman

Based on: Winnie-the-Pooh written by A.A. Milne

Sequels: Winnie the Pooh (2011)

Cast:

Sterling Holloway – Winnie the Pooh
John Fiedler – Piglet
Junius Matthews – Rabbit
Paul Winchell – Tigger
Howard Morris – Gopher
Ralph Wright – Eeyore
Hal Smith – Owl
Barbara Luddy – Kanga
Clint Howard – Roo (Honey Tree and Blustery Day)
Dori Whitaker – Roo (Tigger Too)
Bruce Reitherman – Christopher Robin (Honey Tree)
John Walmsley – Christopher Robin (Blustery Day)
Timothy Turner – Christopher Robin (Tigger Too)
Sebastian Cabot – Narrator

Music by:

Buddy Baker
Richard Sherman
Robert Sherman

Songs:

“Winnie the Pooh”
“Up, Down, and Touch the Ground”
“Rumbly in my Tumbly”
“Little Black Rain Cloud”
“Mind Over Matter”
“Like a Rather Blustery Day”
“The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers”
“Haffalumps and Woozles”
“The Rain, Rain, Rain came Down, Down, Down”
“Hip Hip Pooh-ray”

Academy Awards: none

The Story:

The film begins with opening credits over top of footage of a child’s bedroom. This opening sequence is all live action and there is a stuffed Winnie the Pooh on the shelf. The scene pans around to show all of the other characters as stuffed animals as well. The narrator says that this is the room of Christopher Robin and that he has many friends who all live together in the world of make-believe. But his best friend is a bear named Winnie the Pooh.

Then the camera focuses on a book titled Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. The narrator continues to say that all of the friend’s adventures took place in the Hundred Acre Wood. The book opens to show a map of the Hundred Acre Wood with all of the characters on the map by their homes. The song “Winnie the Pooh” starts to play to introduce all of the characters. The map is labelled with cute descriptions such as “Eeyore’s Gloomy Place” and “Sandy Pit Where Roo Plays.”

The pages of the book turn and stop on a picture of Winnie the Pooh at his home. The narrator says that Pooh lived under the name Mr. Sanders as the name was written in gold letters above the front door. Pooh’s Pooh-coo clock chimes and so Winnie the Pooh knows that it is time for something but because he is a bear of very little brain, he does not know exactly what. Pooh takes some time to really think about it and then he remembers that it is time for his exercises. He starts doing some stretches in front of his mirror and sings “Up, Down, and Touch the Ground” which puts him in the mood for food. His stomach rubbles and so he goes to get some honey but his cupboards are empty of his favourite treat.

A bee flies into Pooh’s house when his face is stuck in a honey pot but Pooh recognizes the sound and knows that it must mean honey is nearby. The bee leaves through a window and Pooh concludes that the only reason for being a bee is to make honey and the only reason to make honey is so that Pooh can eat it!

The pages turn again and this time stop on a picture of Winnie the Pooh climbing up the honey tree. He is singing “Rumbly in my Tumbly” when a branch snaps and poor Pooh falls to the ground. He must think of a new plan and then he thinks that Christopher Robin will know what to do.

In the next scene, Christopher Robin is trying to fix Eeyore’s tail while Owl, Kanga, and Roo look on. Christopher Robin hammers the tail back on with a nail as Winnie the Pooh comes up. Pooh asks Christopher Robin if he has a balloon around, all the while eyeing the floating balloon nearby. Pooh says that he needs the balloon for getting honey and Christopher Robin tells him that he cannot get honey with a balloon. But Pooh disagrees and says he will use the balloon to fly high up into the honey tree. Pooh grabs onto the balloon and starts to float away. Christopher Robin catches him by the foot and Pooh asks to be towed to a muddy place and off they go. Pooh rolls around in the mud until he is completely covered. He thinks that it is a great disguise and Christopher Robin asks Pooh what he is supposed to be. Pooh answers that he is a little black rain cloud of course. Christopher Robin then launches Winnie the Pooh and he floats up singing “Little Black Rain Cloud.” Christopher Robin starts to sing along and Pooh tries to get the honey. But by time he gets to the honey hole, the mud has completely dripped off. Winnie the Pooh thinks that the bees suspect something. He dips his paw into the hole to try and get some honey, but with the honey comes plenty of bees. Pooh accidently ends up eating some bees and he spits them out one by one. The bees are quite angry so Pooh suggests to Christopher Robin that he open up his umbrella and say “tut, tut, it looks like rain” in order to help with the black rain cloud deception. It does not work and Pooh gets attacked by the bees. His bottom gets stuck in the honey hole and then the rest of the bees from inside push him out and chase him. The balloon gets detached from the string and Pooh is left holding onto the top of the balloon for dear life. The balloon loses all of its air and Pooh falls down onto Christopher Robin. The bees start to chase both of them as they run away. Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh jump into a mud puddle and hide under the umbrella.

The narrator says that Pooh is not the kind to give up when it comes to honey. Pooh is once again trying to think of an idea. He decides to go to Rabbit for help. Rabbit is in his home eating his lunch when he hears Pooh’s voice. Pooh asks if anyone is at home and Rabbit quickly says “no!” He hurries to put away his lunch so he does not have to share. Pooh is suspicious that someone actually is at home and he pokes his head down into Rabbit’s home. Rabbit reluctantly invites him for lunch. Pooh is eager to accept and he quickly sits down with a napkin tied around his neck. Rabbit gives him a very small helping of honey and Pooh says that he would like a little bit bigger of a small helping. Rabbit ends up giving Pooh the whole honey pot and Pooh eats it right up. The pages flip as the narrator explains that Pooh ate and ate and ate and ate! He ate until he tells Rabbit that he must be going and Pooh tries to leave through the front rabbit hole. But Pooh gets stuck and Rabbit says that it came from eating too much. Pooh says that it came from not having front doors big enough. Rabbit tries to push Pooh out but that does not work. He leaves out the back door to get Christopher Robin.

Owl flies by and sees Pooh. He asks Pooh if he is stuck and Pooh says that he is just resting, thinking, and humming to himself. But Owl knows that he is stuck and says that the situation calls for an expert. Gopher suddenly appears and asks if someone called for an excavation. Owl explains the situation that Rabbit’s door has been plugged up and he points Gopher in the right direction. Gopher says that the first thing that needs to be done is to get rid of the bear because he is messing up the entire project. Owl explains that the bear is the project and Gopher says that it will end up being a big project that will take at least three days. Pooh is worried about missing lunch but Gopher does not see the problem because he will just go home for lunch, not realizing that Pooh was talking about himself. Owl and Gopher haggle over the cost of the project and then Gopher gets the idea to just use dynamite. He takes off to start getting ready because he is already on a tight schedule. Owl is annoyed that Gopher just left and Pooh mentions that Gopher is not actually in the book.

Eeyore, Rabbit, and Christopher Robin arrive. Christopher Robin is positive that they will be able to get Pooh out but Eeyore only says “well…maybe.” Christopher Robin and Rabbit start pulling Winnie the Pooh but they cannot get him out. Christopher Robin suggests that maybe they can push him back in. Rabbit does not like this idea! He races around to the back door, goes inside, and starts to push Pooh with a chair to get him out, but to no success. Christopher Robin says that now the only thing left to do is to wait for Winnie the Pooh to get thinner. Pooh wonders how long that might take and Eeyore says “days, weeks, months…who knows?” Rabbit sighs and thinks that he may as well make the best of it if he is to stare at Pooh’s bottom for months. He turns his chair around only to discover that he can still see Pooh in the mirror. Rabbit then tries to turn the mirror around but he ends up breaking the frame. Rabbit then gets the idea to frame Pooh’s bottom and turn it into art. He decorates it with a doily and a plant, but he does not like the look. So Rabbit then sticks branches out like antlers to make a hunting trophy. Rabbit also paints a moose face on Pooh’s bottom.

Kanga and Roo appear and Roo gives Pooh some flowers to cheer him up. The flowers are honey suckle so Pooh starts to eat them. Kanga corrects him and says that the flowers are for smelling. Pooh smells the flowers, which cause Pooh to sneeze. This destroys Rabbit’s hunting trophy, which also had included a shelf filled with decorations. Poor Rabbit is now majorly regretting ever inviting that bear to lunch.

The pages turn to show everyone waiting for Pooh to become thin again. Day after day and night after night they wait. One picture shows Christopher Robin holding up an umbrella for Pooh during a rain storm.

One night, Winnie the Pooh is dreaming and snoring and Rabbit is very annoyed with all the noise. Suddenly Gopher appears outside and starts to eat his midnight snack. Gopher says that he still thinks that he should just blast Winnie the Pooh out of the there. Pooh asks Gopher what he has for lunch and is eyeing the food hungrily. Gopher pulls out some honey and Pooh asks if he can have some. Rabbit overhears and runs outside to stop Pooh from having any honey. Rabbit confiscates the honey and puts up a sign that reads “Don’t Feed the Bear!” Gopher then leaves.

Just when a very sleepy Rabbit thinks that he might never use his front door again, Winnie the Pooh budges. Rabbit is very excited and goes to get Christopher Robin. Everyone arrives with Christopher Robin who is playing a marching drum. They sing “Mind Over Matter” and then Christopher Robin grabs onto Pooh, and Kanga grabs onto Christopher Robin, and Eeyore grabs onto Kanga and they pull! Roo grabs Eeyore’s tail and Gopher grabs onto Roo. But Eeyore’s tail falls off so Roo and Gopher go flying. Rabbit pushes from inside and suddenly Winnie the Pooh pops out and goes flying out of the book! The narrator quickly turns the page right as Pooh lands into the honey tree and gets his head stuck in the honey hole. The bees all fly away scared and Pooh tells his friends to take their time in getting him out. He eats lots and lots of honey while singing a reprise of “Rumbly in my Tumbly.”

The narrator says that now we have come to the next chapter. This story opens on the day that the East wind traded places with the West wind. This causes mix up all over the Hundred Acre Wood!

And on that day Pooh decides to visit his Thoughtful Spot. He leaves his home in the blustery wind with a scarf to keep him warm. He sings “Like a Rather Blustery Day” but the words on the page start to blow away in the wind. Pooh arrives at his thoughtful spot, which is in a sheltered place. He sits down and tries hard to think of something. Gopher appears and asks Pooh if he has a headache. Pooh says that he is just thinking but Gopher has now made him forget what he was thinking about. Gopher tells Pooh that he should think about getting out of there because it is Windsday. Pooh then wants to wish everyone a Happy Windsday so he begins with his dear friend Piglet.

Piglet lives in the middle of the Hundred Acre Wood in a grand house in the middle of a beech tree. There is a sign above the tree that says “Trespassers Will” and Piglet says that is his grandfather’s name, whom the home belonged to before. Piglet is sweeping the leaves off of his front step and gets swept away with all the leaves leaving. Pooh arrives and wishes him a happy Windsday but Piglet gets blown away and says that it is not a very happy Windsday for him. Pooh catches his scarf but the scarf begins to unravel, causing Piglet to fly around like a kite. Kanga and Roo see them and as Pooh sails past, he wishes them both a happy Windsday. Next they go past Eeyore, who has just finished building his stick house. Pooh goes crashing into the stick house, destroying it. Pooh still politely wishes Eeyore a happy Windsday. Next they sail past Rabbit in his garden. Pooh ends up harvesting all of the carrots by colliding into them as he wishes Rabbit a happy Windsday. Piglet then goes crashing into Owl’s home up in a rickety tree. Pooh gets blown up there as well and Owl lets them in. Pooh wishes Owl a happy Windsday but Owl says that it is only a gentle spring zephyr. Owl’s whole house starts to rock back and forth as Pooh keeps trying to get to the kitchen table where the honey is. Owl does not really notice that his house is rocking due to the wind and just goes on and on about the blusterier days he has experience.

Owl’s home ends up crashing down to the ground. Rabbit and Christopher Robin come running to help but they do not think that they can fix the house. Owl rocks in his rocking chair and does not seem too concerned. Eeyore appears and suggests that they best find Owl a new home and the donkey volunteers to go out and find one, even though it might take a day or two. Owl thinks that this is a great idea because he can finish telling everyone his stories. Owl talks from page 41 to page 62.

Then the blustery day turned into a blustery night. The page zooms in on Pooh’s house, and Pooh is very anxious about the storm. He hears a sound that he has never heard before that sounds like a purr. He thinks that it might be Piglet or Eeyore or Christopher Robin. The sound then bangs on the door and Pooh sneaks up to the door with his pop gun. He decides that he will be brave and invite the new sound in. He opens up the door and is bounced by Tigger! Pooh introduces himself and Tigger says that he is “t-i-double-guh-urr, that spells Tigger!” He starts to sing “The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers” which includes a line about him being the only one. Pooh then points to Tigger’s reflection in the mirror and asks what that is. Tigger thinks that it is a very strange looking creature and Pooh says that it sure looks like another Tigger to him. Tigger assures Pooh that he is the only one. Tigger growls at the other Tigger, which scares himself, and he runs to hide under the table. Pooh then says that the other Tigger is gone so Tigger can come out now. He does and pounces on Pooh again and introduces himself again. Pooh tells Tigger that he has already said that and Tigger asks if he mentioned that he was hungry. Pooh says that he hopes Tigger is not hungry for honey and Tigger declares that honey is what Tiggers like best! He jumps up on the table and starts to eat the honey out of the pot. Soon Tigger decides that Tiggers do not actually like honey and he pushes the pot away. He says that honey is only good for Heffalumps and Woozles. Pooh asks Tigger if he means elephants and weasels and Tigger says “That is what I said, Heffalumps and Woozles!” Pooh asks what Heffalumps and Woozles do and Tigger says that they steal honey. Tigger then tells Pooh that he needs to get going and he bounces off singing “The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers.”

Pooh is now very scared and he locks his door. He grabs his pop gun again and is prepared to protect his precious honey. The blustery night turns into a very rainy night and Pooh tries to stay awake to protect his honey but he ends up falling asleep. He dreams of Heffalumps and Woozles while the song “Heffalumps and Woozles” plays. Pooh then wakes up to find his home flooded.

The narrator says that it was raining all over the Hundred Acre Wood and the song ““The Rain, Rain, Rain came Down, Down, Down” plays. Piglet’s house floods and he floats out on a chair. Before he does though, he puts a note in a bottle that reads “Help, P-P-Piglet, Me!”

Pooh’s priority is to protect his honey and so he sticks a bunch of honey pots on a high tree branch. But he ends up getting his head stuck in a pot and he floats around like that.

The narrator explains that Christopher Robin’s home is high enough to not get flooded so all of the friends try to get there. Tigger, Rabbit, Kanga, and Roo paddle up in an umbrella and Eeyore arrives on a floating door. He was still looking for a new house for Owl.

Roo finds Piglet’s message in  the bottle which floated up to them. Christopher Robin tells Owl to fly to Piglet’s house to make a rescue. Owl takes off and sees both Pooh and Piglet floating around. Piglet is rather frightened and Owl decides to tell stories about his family to ease Piglet’s nerves instead of actually rescuing him. They start to head toward a waterfall and as the fall down, Pooh’s head becomes unstuck. They all float to Christopher Robin’s house and Christopher Robin thinks that Pooh rescued Piglet. Christopher Robin calls Pooh a hero and says that they are going to throw Pooh a hero party when the flood is over.

The next scene is of the hero party. Everyone is clapping and cheering for Winnie the Pooh! Christopher Robin starts to give a toast but he is interrupted by Eeyore saying that he has found a house for Owl. Everyone follows him for Owl’s new home which turns out to be Piglet’s home. Everyone but Eeyore and Owl realize that it is Piglet’s home. Piglet makes a brave decision and says that it is the best house in the whole world and it should belong to Owl. Piglet does not know where he is going to live now and so Pooh invites Piglet to live with him. Pooh now want the hero party to be a two-hero party in include Piglet.

The friends are now marching and singing “Hip Hip Pooh-ray.” They bounce Pooh and Piglet up and down on a blanket and afterwards Pooh tells Piglet that he loves to bounce! Piglet says that the best part about bouncing is when it stops. The narrator says that there will be a great deal of bouncing in the next chapter so Piglet sneaks away. Pooh then asks if the next chapter is all about him and the narrator says that it is mostly about Tigger.

Winnie the Pooh is in his Thoughtful Spot. Suddenly Tigger bounces on him and introduces himself again, but Pooh says that Tigger has bounced on him before. Tigger remembers Pooh as the one that is all stuffed with fluff and then he takes off because he has a lot of bouncing to do!

Tigger then bounces on Piglet and scares him. Tigger says that it was only one of his little bounces and that he is saving his best bounce for Old Long Ears.

Rabbit is gardening when Tigger bounces on him. He ends up destroying Rabbit’s garden and Rabbit is very angry with Tigger. He asks Tigger to stop bouncing but Tigger says that bouncing is what Tiggers do. He starts to sing “The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers” and bounces off.

The next scene is of Rabbit’s house which has a sign out front that reads “Protest Meeting Today.” Rabbit is calling order to the meeting and he is complaining that Tigger is getting too bouncing. Pooh and Piglet are in attendance and are not nearly as interested in the topic as Rabbit. They keep yawning and nodding off. Piglet finally suggest finding a way to get the bounce out of Tigger and Rabbit suggests that they take Tigger on a walk through the woods and then leave him there until the next morning. Then Tigger will be a humble Tigger who does not bounce.

The next morning is a cold and misty morning as Rabbit, Pooh, and Piglet take Tigger for a walk. Tigger bounces ahead of them so Rabbit thinks that it is a good time to lose Tigger. They all hide in a hollow log and then go out the other side, thinking that Tigger is lost. They then hear Tigger howling and looking for them. They stay hidden in the log as Tigger stands on top and then he takes off again, looking for them.

The three head back for home but end up getting lost along the way. Rabbit gets an idea that Pooh and Piglet should wait in one spot for Rabbit so Rabbit will know that he is not going around in circles. Pooh keeps thinking about honey and then his tummy starts to growl. Pooh says that they should start heading home, even though they do not know the way. Pooh thinks that the honey is calling his tummy home so they can just follow his tummy. As the mist gets thinner, they figure out that they are getting close to home. Tigger then bounces on them and asks what they are doing. Pooh says that they are trying to find their way home and Piglet thinks that Rabbit’s idea did not work. Tigger says that he will go find Rabbit if Rabbit is still lost in the mist.

Rabbit is indeed still lost in the mist and he is very scared. Tigger finds Rabbit and Rabbit is exasperated because Tigger is supposes to be lost! Tigger says that Tiggers never get lost and he says that they should get home. Tigger bounces them both home.

The next scene shows that the first snowfall as covered the Hundred Acre Wood. Roo is waiting for Tigger to take him out to play. Tigger bounces Roo into the snow and Roo says that he likes surprises. They head off to bounce but not before Kanga gives Roo a scarf to keep him warm. Kanga tells Tigger to bring Roo home in time for his nap.

Rabbit is ice skating and says to himself that it is a peaceful and quiet day with no Tiggers around! Tigger and Roo come upon the frozen pond and Roo asks Tigger if he can ice skate as gracefully as Rabbit. Of course Tigger can! Tigger gets on the ice and crashes into Rabbit. Tigger then decides that Tiggers do not like to ice skate.

So Tigger and Roo venture further into the Hundred Acre Wood to find out what Tiggers do like to do. Roo asks if Tiggers like to climb trees and Tigger says that is what Tiggers do best! But instead of climbing, Tiggers bounce up! Tigger bounces up a tree and almost bounces right out of the book. But then he realizes that he has bounced so high and that he is actually afraid of heights. Roo swings on Tigger’s tail and rocks the whole tree, scaring Tigger even more. The narrator says that we will have to leave Tigger alone in the tree for a little while because on the next page, Pooh is having a little trouble of his own.

Piglet meets up with Pooh and asks the bear what he is doing. Pooh says that he is tracking, but does not know what. They follow some footprints in the snow. Piglet is very nervous and then they see a whole new set of tracks that have joined the first set. Then they hear howling and think that it is a Jagular.

Roo spots Pooh and Piglet and calls them over. They realize that it is only Tigger and Roo, and not a Jagular. They ask what they are doing up there and Roo says that he is ok but Tigger is stuck. Tigger cries for someone to go get Christopher Robin.

Christopher Robin arrives with Rabbit and Kanga, and Rabbit thinks that it is a good idea that Tigger is stuck up there because he cannot bounce on anyone. But Christopher Robin disagrees and takes off his coat for everyone to hold out to catch Tigger and Roo in. Roo jumps first and lands in the coat and then bounces into Kanga’s arms. He thinks that was fun and encourages Tigger to do the same. But Tigger is too scared and Rabbit is very enthusiastic that he is going to be stuck up there forever. This scares Tigger even more and he then promises that if he ever gets down, he will never bounce again. Rabbit hears this and is excited that Tigger has made the promise. The narrator speaks out and says that Tigger’s bouncing has really gotten him into trouble this time. Tigger asks who the narrator is and he explains that he is the narrator. Tigger asks him to narrate him out of the tree so the narrator tilts the book sideways. This way Tigger can let go and step onto the words of the page. He is perfectly safe. The narrator tilts the book back so Tigger slides down and onto the ground. He says that he is so happy that he feels like bouncing, but Rabbit is quick to remind him that he cannot because he made a promise. Poor Tigger is so sad about not being able to bounce but Rabbit holds him to his promise. Tigger sadly walks away.

Everyone else feels sorry for him and they say that they like the old Tigger best. Rabbit then reluctantly agrees that he likes the old Tigger best as well. Tigger is so happy that he immediately bounces Rabbit. He then wants to bounce with Rabbit and talks him into it. Rabbit realizes how fun bouncing is and gets everyone to join in. Tigger sings “The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers.”

And so we have come to the last chapter in which Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh come to the enchanted place to say goodbye. Pooh does not want to say goodbye, he wants to go back to the beginning and do it all over again. But the narrator says that every story must come to an end. It was time for Christopher Robin to go to school. No one knew exactly why or where he was going though.

Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh climb up a hill and Christopher Robin asks Pooh what he likes to do best. Pooh says he likes to visit Christopher Robin when he asks Pooh if he would like a smackerel of honey. Christopher Robin says that what he likes to do best is to just do nothing. Pooh says the he likes that too and would like to do that all the time. But Christopher Robin says that he cannot do just nothing anymore and he makes Pooh promise to never forget him. And Winnie the Pooh does.

The book closes and the narrator says that no matter what happens, a little bear will always be waiting in that enchanted place.

Trivia:

• A.A. Milne gave his son, Christopher Robin, a stuffed bear for his first birthday. There is a line in the film where Christopher Robin says that when he is 100, Winnie the Pooh will be 99 and this would be accurate.
• The bear was originally named Edwin Bear. He was then renamed after a bear Christopher Robin liked to visit at the London Zoo.
• This bear was named Winnipeg after the Canadian city where Harry Colebourn was from. Colebourn was part of the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps during World War I and he brought the little black bear over to England when he left for the war.
• The Pooh part of his name is a bit of a mystery. Some sources say that it is after a swan that Christopher Robin met, either at the same zoo or on vacation. But it could also be the sound that Winnie the Pooh makes when he blows butterflies or bugs off of his nose.
• The first publication that featured Winnie the Pooh was titled When We were Very Young and was published in 1924.
• The Sherman Brothers had quite the task set for them when first composing for Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. Walt wanted the songs to be simple but original but memorable but also whimsical.
• E.H Shepard illustrated the original Winnie the Pooh books and he also illustrated The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.
• The character of Gopher was not in the original stories. He was added to include a very American character to better relate with American audiences. A running joke about Gopher not being in the book was mentioned by characters throughout the film.
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh was released as a double bill with Disney’s live action The Littlest Horse Thieves.
• Different instruments are played to represent the different characters, similar to the Peter and the Wolf segment in Make Mine Music.
• Even though I only listed the 2011 Winnie the Pooh film as a sequel, there were many different T.V. series, featurettes, and DisneyToon Studios movies featuring Winnie the Pooh and friends.
• To learn more about how Disney acquired the rights to Winnie the Pooh, please read a previous post.
• Apparently the word Smackeral is only a word in the Hundred Acre Wood. I have often used this word to describe a small amount of something sweet, not realizing it was only a made-up word from the Winnie the Pooh stories.

Representation in the Disney Parks:

Winnie the Pooh is a very popular character in the Disney Parks.

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is a dark ride found in Disneyland, Hong Kong Disneyland, Shanghai Disneyland, and the Magic Kingdom. At Tokyo Disneyland is the Pooh’s Hunny Hunt dark ride which features trackless technology. At Shanghai Disneyland there is also Pooh’s Honey Pot Spin, a spinner ride similar to the Mad Tea Party. All of these attractions are found in Fantasyland except for in Disneyland where The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is in Critter Country.

Pooh Corner is a Winnie the Pooh themed store in Critter Country in Disneyland and in Fantasyland in Hong Kong Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland. Hundred Acre Goods is a Winnie the Pooh themed store in Fantasyland in the Magic Kingdom and in Shanghai Disneyland.

At Shanghai Disneyland, Tigger represents the Year of the Tiger at the Garden of the Twelve Friends in Gardens of Imagination.

There are many character meet and greets throughout many of the parks. There are even some exclusive Winnie the Pooh and friends character dining locations such as Crystal Palace at the Magic Kingdom.

Check out the other films of Disney’s Bronze Age:

The Aristocats (1970)
Robin Hood (1973)
The Rescuers (1977)
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
The Black Cauldron (1985)
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Oliver and Company (1988)