Winnie the Pooh and Friends

Winnie the Pooh and Friends is a compilation video from 1985 from Walt Disney Home Video featuring the following 4 cartoon shorts:

Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore a 1983 cartoon short where it's Eeyore's birthday and nobody has noticed. However, Pooh and his friends prove him wrong with a surprise birthday party and a game of pooh sticks.

Hooked Bear a 1956 cartoon shot that had an opening that was later used to open the "Walt Disney Cartoon Classics" videos. In this short Humphrey tries to get some fish but constantly throws them back into the lake when he spots a much bigger fish than the ones he has. This continues for quite some time in the cartoon and before the happy go lucky bear knows it fishing season is over and hunting season opens.

Hold that Pose a Goofy cartoon short from 1950 where our hero is tired after a long days work and decides to get a hobby which is photographing. He goes to the Zoo and picks a vicious bear. Note that this short marks the first appearance of Humphrey which may seem hard to believe as the bear in this cartoon is a lot more vicious rather than the happy go lucky bear we are used to today; perhaps it's Humphrey's cousin or brother.

In the Bag a 1956 cartoon short which is very popular because of the song by the same name of the title. In this last appearance of Humphrey and Ranger J Woodlore the tourists have left the park leaving trash everywhere so the lazy ranger gets the bears to help him, but then the bears discover his trick and dump their bags of garbage on the ground. So the Ranger cooks up a dish called Chicken cacciatore, but will not give it to the bears unless they clean up their section of the park. So the mean bears put all of there garbage into Humphrey's section, but unfortunately the bag breaks so Humphrey hides the garbage under a bush. Next, he tries to burn it, but, in a cameo appearance, Smokey Bear puts out the fire with his foot and says "Remember only you can prevent forest fires!" Strike 2! On a side note, the scene with Smokey was edited at one time, but it has been reinstated in later showings. Finally the crazy bear puts all of the trash in a volcano causing it to spill garbage everywhere and finally results with Humphrey getting to clean up all of the garbage instead of eating his chicken cacciatore.

References

* [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/54843/Winnie-the-Pooh-and-Friends/overview Winnie the Pooh and Friends (1984)] Review at The New York Times