The Book of Pooh
| The Book of Pooh | |
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| Genre |
Adventure Children Puppetry |
| Created by | A. A. Milne (Characters) |
| Based on |
The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart by A. A. Milne |
| Directed by |
Mitchell Kriegman Dean Gordon |
| Voices of |
Jim Cummings John Fiedler Ken Sansom Peter Cullen Andre Stojka Kath Soucie Nikita Hopkins Stephanie D'Abruzzo |
| Narrated by | Roger L. Jackson |
| Opening theme | "Everyone Knows He's Winnie the Pooh" |
| Ending theme | "Goodbye for Now" |
| Composer(s) |
Brian Woodbury Andrew Wyatt Mitchell Kriegman Sean Altman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 23 (list of episodes) |
| Production company(s) |
Shadow Projects Playhouse Disney Original |
| Distributor | Buena Vista Television |
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| Original network |
Playhouse Disney Disney Channel |
| Original release | January 22, 2001 – July 8, 2003 |
The Book of Pooh is an American television series that aired 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 1988–1991. It premiered on January 22, 2001, and completed its run on July 8, 2003. The show is produced by Shadow Projects and Playhouse Disney. Walt Disney Pictures released the first of two films, a direct-to-video spin-off film based on the animated television series, The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart, 2001.
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 episode, Find Her, Keep Her 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 a book 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. 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.
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