The Book of Pooh is an American children's television series that aired on the Playhouse Disney block on Disney Channel. It is the third television series to feature the characters from the Disney franchise based on A. 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 which ran from 1988 to 1991. It premiered on January 22, 2001 and completed its run on November 29, 2004. It was repeated on Playhouse Disney until June 2, 2006 (May 2007 in the UK). The show is produced by Shadow Projects. Walt Disney Pictures released the first of two films, a direct-to-video spin-off film based on the puppetry television series titled The Book of Pooh: The Stories from the Heart in 2001.
Background[]
As with the case with Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map, the characters were all initially performed by puppeteering regulars which were then dubbed over in post-production by the regular voice cast of the franchise, the lone exception of course being Stephanie D'Abruzzo.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Puppeteer | Voice Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winnie the Pooh | Peter Linz | Jim Cummings | |
| Tigger | Tyler Bunch | ||
| Piglet | Eric Jacobson | John Fiedler | |
| Jeff Bennett (singing) | |||
| Rabbit | Noel MacNeal | Ken Sansom | |
| Eeyore | Paul McGinnis | Peter Cullen | |
| Owl | Victor Yerrid | Andre Stojka | |
| Kessie | Stephanie D'Abruzzo | ||
| Roo | Lara MacLean | Nikita Matthew Hopkins | |
| Kanga | Jennifer Barnhart | Kath Soucie | |
See Also[]
- The Book of Pooh: The Stories from the Heart
External Links[]
- The Book of Pooh at the Internet Movie Database