Monkey See, Monkey Do Better
- Studio
- Walt Disney Television Animation
- Animation studio
- Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co. Ltd.
- Distributor
- Buena Vista Television
Synopsis
The gang think it's Christopher's birthday. They haven't got him anything and so they get him themselves. Christopher Robin gets a new toy. "The Best Toy kid could get." The gang is upset about his new toy. unwraps it, a wind up Monkey, Bruno. He laughs at the others and challenges them. The show-off ape out-bounced Tigger, out gardened and out honeyed Pooh. The Gang watch Christopher to have the best, and so they sadly the woods with their things. Chris comes to them telling the gang he loves them for who they are, not for what they can do and doesn't want them to leave. Bruno is upset and feels unwanted. Chris tells them that Bruno is a present for his friend and the Gang stays and Bruno leaves, He takes out his wind up, feeling no one wants him. The gang find him and crank him up. They tell Bruno that they were worried about him. Chris tells Bruno that he'll be his friends special friend, and Bruno feels happy that he's wanted and they wrap him up again for the birthday party.
Characters
Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit, Christopher Robin, Bruno
Credits
Producing
- Producer
- Karl Geurs
Voices
- Voice
- Jim Cummings (Winnie the Pooh, Bruno), John Fiedler (Piglet), Paul Winchell (Tigger), Ken Sansom (Rabbit), Tim Hoskins (Christopher Robin), Tracy Rowe
Music
- Music
- Steve Nelson, Thom Sharp
- Theme Song
- Steve Nelson
Editing
- Editor
- Rick Hinson
Production notes
Welcome to Pooh Corner...
Winnie the Pooh, prized playmate of human boy Christopher Robin, has also become one of the most beloved honey-eating, life-pondering cartoon bears of all time. Pooh lived in the Hundred Acre Woods along with Christopher Robin's other stuffed animals, who all had lives of their own with or without the boy.
Pooh's best friend was little Piglet, who was the worrier and the conscience of the two. They would often head over to the overly chatty Rabbit's for tea, usually with disastrous results (e.g. - Pooh got stuck in Rabbit's narrow doorway and had to sleep there overnight until the gang could push him out. Silly old bear...)
Wise old Owl and motherly Kanga were the mature ones of the group, while rambunctious little Roo and bouncy Tigger were clearly the more hyperactive members. The lisping Gopher was the sarcastic one, while Eeyore, a donkey who was constantly losing his tail, was easily the most depressed.
Pooh and company started off as characters in a series of 1920's children's books by British author A.A. Milne. In the mid-sixties, Walt Disney created a series of theatrical featurettes featuring the Milne creations (later packaged into the feature The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh), and by 1970, the Pooh crew had a series of primetime TV specials. It wasn't until 1983 that the animals got their own series, with the characters played by actors in costumes on the Disney Channel's Welcome to Pooh Corner.
In 1988, the gang returned to cartoon format in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. After a year, the show was combined with Gummi Bears, then continued for three more years of new episodes (the last two as a stand-alone program... again!). This new Pooh made a few changes (most notably, Christopher Robin now spoke with an American accent), but the sweet-natured spirit of Milne's original remained intact. A hit with young Pooh fans, the show was also appreciated by older viewers, who rewarded The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh with two Emmy Awards for Best Children's Program.
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh left the air after the 1992-93 season, but the show returned later in the decade as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning lineup.
Winnie the Pooh, prized playmate of human boy Christopher Robin, has also become one of the most beloved honey-eating, life-pondering cartoon bears of all time. Pooh lived in the Hundred Acre Woods along with Christopher Robin's other stuffed animals, who all had lives of their own with or without the boy.
Pooh's best friend was little Piglet, who was the worrier and the conscience of the two. They would often head over to the overly chatty Rabbit's for tea, usually with disastrous results (e.g. - Pooh got stuck in Rabbit's narrow doorway and had to sleep there overnight until the gang could push him out. Silly old bear...)
Wise old Owl and motherly Kanga were the mature ones of the group, while rambunctious little Roo and bouncy Tigger were clearly the more hyperactive members. The lisping Gopher was the sarcastic one, while Eeyore, a donkey who was constantly losing his tail, was easily the most depressed.
Pooh and company started off as characters in a series of 1920's children's books by British author A.A. Milne. In the mid-sixties, Walt Disney created a series of theatrical featurettes featuring the Milne creations (later packaged into the feature The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh), and by 1970, the Pooh crew had a series of primetime TV specials. It wasn't until 1983 that the animals got their own series, with the characters played by actors in costumes on the Disney Channel's Welcome to Pooh Corner.
In 1988, the gang returned to cartoon format in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. After a year, the show was combined with Gummi Bears, then continued for three more years of new episodes (the last two as a stand-alone program... again!). This new Pooh made a few changes (most notably, Christopher Robin now spoke with an American accent), but the sweet-natured spirit of Milne's original remained intact. A hit with young Pooh fans, the show was also appreciated by older viewers, who rewarded The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh with two Emmy Awards for Best Children's Program.
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh left the air after the 1992-93 season, but the show returned later in the decade as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning lineup.