Sorry, Wrong Slusher

Christopher Robin's mum's telling him to go to bed... He pretends to sleep... and prowls into the lounge room, tied to the pillow and is greeted by Pooh and Piglet. Pooh's over to look for something sweet and Piglet's come to keep him company and they're going to watch TV. Tigger's come to join the fun too... However the gang fall asleep, and wake up to a Slusher film, much to Piglet's distress. During a commercial break, C. R rings to order a pizza. Pooh wants a hunny one, Piglet a small one with no tomato, no cheese and no crust and Tigger wants one with the lot! However the gang are talking so loud, Christopher Robin accidentally gives them the address next door, but when he rings back, he rings a wrong number and wakes up the recipient who is not impressed. Tigger's angry at being spoken to and rings him back and accidentally gives the address to the guy. The gang flee into Chris' bedroom and barrel up the door- but what if the Slusher's already in the house? Piglet's trying not to be afraid. Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid. Creak. Be afraid. Be afraid. Be afraid... Yaaaaah! Tigger's sneaking about and runs into Piglet, Pooh and Chris. Christopher Robin tries to think of a plan to get rid of the Slusher. A surprise plan... Tigger accidentally floods the bathroom. Pooh digs a hole in the lounge room. Tigger sets mousetraps in the kitchen. Piglet unwittingly volunteers to be the bait... The others hide in the closet as they hear the 'Slusher.' However it's only Eeyore who accidentally sets off the trap... and now Eeyore's scared of the slusher too... All Hades broke loose, the bathroom, the water and they fall down the hole... Christopher Robin's Mum must be sleeping like a log. The 'Slusher' is apparently knocking on the next door. What has he got in the boxes? Probably where he keeps his... gasp... slushes... Christopher Robin vows to protect his home and neighborhood from the evil Slusher... with the help of his reluctant gang. Piglet's worst fear is he's about to come face to face with his worst fear... In the garden they tippy toe on the trail of the Slusher. The gang are spooked by the next door neighbor's dog. The neighbor rings the police at all the commotion. Christopher Robin and the others are up the tree. They need to distract the Slusher. It'll be a cinch, unless the Slusher catches him and slushes him to pieces. However the dog scares him again... and goes off and buries a bone. Growwwwwl... It's not a rumble tumble. Pooh goes to the dog and makes friends... Sirens are heard blaring... The police have arrived... Have they come to arrest the gang? Tigger says it was all Pooh's idea. Pooh... the night of the 23rd he was sleeping... Piglet's young and foolish and can't remember anything. He blames society... Eeyore confesses, however Tigger confesses too... I want my lawyer... Will they be arrested for first degree making noise, however Christopher Robin's confessed and the gang defend him. I'm sorry... I'm sorry... Chris wakes up on the couch... and his Mother sends him to bed. But then the doorbell rings. Slushers can be awful trickly... Did anyone order a pizza?... On March 16th Christopher Robin was found guilty of leaving his bed when he shouldn't have and was placed in the custody of his friends. Everything you've seen has been a dream. Only the names of the animals have been changed to protect the innocent.

Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Christopher Robin, Christopher Robin's Mother, Neighbor, Judge

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.