Welcome to Pooh Corner facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Welcome to Pooh Corner
Second Welcome to Pooh Corner title card
Starring	Joe Giamalva Patty Maloney Ronald Mangham Norman Merrill, Jr. Mark Sawyer Frank Groby Sharon Baird Shelagh Garren Peter Risch
Voices of	Hal Smith Will Ryan Ron Gans Phil Baron Kim Christianson Robin Frederick
Narrated by	Laurie Main
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	120
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Left Coast Television Walt Disney Pictures Television Division
Distributor	Buena Vista Television
Release
Original network	The Disney Channel
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	May 30, 1983 (1983-05-30) – June 9, 1986 (1986-06-09)

Welcome to Pooh Corner is a live-action/puppet television series that aired on Disney Channel, featuring the characters from the Winnie the Pooh universe portrayed by actors in human-sized puppet suits, except Roo, who was originally a traditional puppet. The animatronic costumes used for the characters were created by Alchemy II, Inc., headed by Ken Forsse who later created Teddy Ruxpin. The show was first aired on May 30, 1983-June 9, 1986, the day The Disney Channel was launched. Its timeslot for its early run was at 8:30 a.m. Eastern/Pacific Time, making it the third program of The Disney Channel's 16 (later 18) hour programming day. Reruns of the show aired on The Disney Channel until May 30, 1997.

Hal Smith, Will Ryan, and Laurie Main were the only three actors from the original four Pooh shorts to reprise their roles here (Smith, who had voiced Owl ever since the beginning of Disney's Winnie the Pooh franchise, had recently replaced Sterling Holloway as the voice of Pooh; Ryan had provided Rabbit's voice in the 1983 short Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore, replacing Junius Matthews; and Main was the narrator for Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore, replacing Sebastian Cabot). The show's title derives from the second Winnie the Pooh storybook, The House at Pooh Corner.