- The Book of Pooh
Infobox Film
name = The Book of Pooh
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adapted by =Paula Armstrong
director =Paula Armstrong
writer =Paula Armstrong Jymn Mogon Claudia Silver Mark Zaslove
starring =Jim Cummings Peter Cullen Ken Sansom John Fiedler Nikita Hopkins Kath Soucie
music =Brian Woodbury ,Andrew Wyatt ,Mitchell Kriegman
distributor =Walt Disney Home Video
runtime = 30 minutes (USA)
rating = G
country = USA
language = English
imdb_id = 0274240
first_aired = 2001
last_aired = 2002"The Book of Pooh" was a show that aired on the
Disney Channel .In the UK, the show now airs daily on the Playhouse Disney Channel. It is the third television series to feature the characters from the Disney franchise based onA. 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 " in the 1980s.Overview
The series appears to take place some time after the events of Milne's original stories since
Christopher Robin (whose face was never seen) is clearly a child of school age. 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.Each show begins entering Christopher Robin's bedroom and hearing his mother say, "Christopher, it's 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 versions of the Winnie the Pooh stories where "Tiggers don't like honey!") and can climb up - but more importantly climb DOWN from trees. In addition, Rabbit lives in a tree, as opposed to living in a burrow in other versions. However it is explained why in
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh .tyle of puppetry
The style of puppetry is based on
Japan esebunraku puppetry, and this — along with the cut-out style backgrounds gives the show the look of apop-up book — hence "The Book of Pooh". It was the first use of the Shadowmation process developed by creator Mitchell Kriegman which was later used in the PBS series "It's A Big Big World ".Characters
Characters in the show regularly sing and dance in ways that enhance the story being told. Many of the episodes do not have much basis in the main A.A. Milne stories, excepting the characters.
Design and animation of the show was done by
Chris Renaud The series received two Emmy Awards.
The characters who appear regularly are:
*Winnie-the-Pooh
* Piglet
* Rabbit
*Tigger
*Eeyore
* Owl
*Kessie ongs
The song coordinator for the series was noted songwriter Brian Woodbury, who wrote or produced many of the songs. Among the songwriting teams hired for the series was Bob Goldberg and McPaul Smith, formerly of Washboard Jungle, who contributed such songs as "Dino-snores" and "Tigger Lullabye".
ee also
* "
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh External links
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*Tv.com show|id=12212|title=The Book of Pooh
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