Oh, Bottle

Avast there, first mate Pooh, take the wheel... Although it's been taken... and a walnut left in place. They shall fight till the last man and the last bear- although it's been taken too. The must protect the treasure map, from the pesky Packrats. Christopher Robin writes a message on the map, puts it in a bottle and the Packrats go after it eager to find the treasure, but Piglet is fishing and he catches it. He's off to ask Pooh about it, but the Packrats nab it, but flee when Tigger comes. Everybody's somewhere that's not here. Tigger finds the note and thinks he's lost... Piglet goes to Pooh's house. Pooh tells him that it's very interesting. He thinks the note is from Christopher Robin and that he's in trouble. Tigger finds himself in Rabbit's garden. Rabbit tried to read the map, and they go to Owl. He says it's written in an Ancient language, likely thousands of years old. When Pooh tells him it may be from Christopher Robin and Owl declares it's Coconut Cream Pie. Tigger thinks he might be caught by canibbibbles, or kid eatin' sharks... Tigger sharks, the stripedy kind or Spookables... They try to send Chris a note, but the Packrats make off with it and they follow the rats into their tunnels. After throwing it to and fro, the bottle gets broken. The Packrats look at the map, but Pooh says they need a bottle to rescue Christopher Robin, but the Packrats give them one of their many bottles. They put the message in the bottle and follow it asking it to take them to Christopher Robin.. and get thrown off the waterfall, thinking they'll never find Chris. But he comes to them saying he found his messages. He says he was in trouble. He has picked some flowers for his mother and he didn't have anything to put them in... However two walnuts are left in it's place, but his Mum likes them too...

Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit, Owl, Christopher Robin

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.