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The Book of Pooh
The Book of Pooh logo.png
Genre Adventure
Children
Puppetry
Created by Mitchell Kriegman
Based on Winnie-the-Pooh (book)
by A. A. Milne
Directed by Mitchell Kriegman
Dean Gordon
Jon Ludwig
Bruce Logan
Tom Guaddarrama
Voices of Jim Cummings
John Fiedler
Ken Sansom
Peter Cullen
Andre Stojka
Kath Soucie
Nikita Hopkins
Stephanie D'Abruzzo
Narrated by Mr. Narrator (Roger L. Jackson)
Opening theme "Everyone Knows He's Winnie the Pooh" by Brian Woodbury and Mitchell Kriegman
Ending theme "Goodbye for Now" by Brian Woodbury and Mitchell Kriegman
Composer(s) Brian Woodbury
Julian Harris
Sean Altman
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 51
Production company(s) Shadow Projects
Distributor Buena Vista Television
Release
Original network Playhouse Disney on Disney Channel
Original release January 22, 2001 (2001-01-22) – November 29, 2004 (2004-11-29)

The Book of Pooh is an American children's television series that aired on the Playhouse Disney block on 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 which ran from 1988 to 1991. It premiered on January 22, 2001 and completed its run on November 29, 2004. It was repeated on Playhouse Disney until September 4, 2005 (May 2007 in the UK). The show is produced by Shadow Projects. Walt Disney Pictures released the first of two films, a direct-to-video spin-off film based on the puppetry television series titled The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart in 2001.

The show became available to stream on Disney+ on its launch, November 12, 2019.

Overview

The series appears to take place some time after the events of Milne's original stories since his son Christopher Robin Milne is clearly a sixth grader and 11 years old. 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 an English accent, such is the case in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh where Christopher has an American accent. Kessie, the bluebird from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh episodes "Find Her, Keep Her" and "A Bird in the Hand" returns as a main character in this series.

Each show begins entering Christopher Robin's bedroom and hearing his mother say "Christopher, time for school." Christopher Robin answers "OK, Mom!", grabs his backpack and leaves. This is where the book with Pooh and his friends in it opens and the theme song begins. 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 adaptations where "Tiggers don't like honey!") and can climb up—but more importantly climb down from trees and Christopher Robin's face is never shown. Plus, in this show as well as The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Rabbit lives in a tree, as opposed to living in a burrow in other adaptations.

Characters

The 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 original stories by A.A. Milne besides the characters.

The design and animation of the show were done by Chris Renaud, who would later become the co-director of the 2010 film Despicable Me.

The characters who appear regularly and the actors who voice them are:

The versions of Tigger and Pooh seen on this show later made an appearance in a music video by the We Are Family foundation.

Puppeteers

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