Welcome to Pooh Corner |
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Background Information | |
Genre |
Children's television series |
Starring |
Patty Maloney |
Country of Origin |
United States |
Language |
English |
Seasons |
1 |
Episodes |
120 |
Production | |
Running time |
30 minutes |
Production company |
Left Coast Television |
Broadcast | |
Series run |
April 18, 1983 - May 30, 1986 |
Network | |
Status |
Ended |
The very first Winnie the Pooh television series, the 1983 premiere of Welcome to Pooh Corner predates the premiere of the much more well-known and influential The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh by approximately five years. Welcome to Pooh Corner was broadcast on Disney Channel as a full half-hour series before the addition of commercials to this network. The series has been largely forgotten by most fans of Pooh, due to having been removed from the air entirely in February 19, 2018 following the addition of commercial breaks to the Disney Channel and the scant availability of VHS releases (six were released in the U.S. and six in the U.K.), some of which retail on Amazon for as much as $100. Nevertheless, the series is fondly remembered by some fans.
The series presented the characters via both humans in costumes and puppetronics. The show's host and narrator was Laurie Main. Hal Smith was the only regular Pooh performer to provide voices for any of the characters, voicing both Pooh and Owl in the series.
Voice Characters cast[]
- Hal Smith - Winnie-the-Pooh, Owl
- Will Ryan - Rabbit, Tigger
- Ron Gans - Eeyore
- Phil Baron - Piglet
- Diana Hale - Kanga
- Kim Christianson - Roo
TV Episodes[]
Main article: List of Welcome to Pooh Corner Episodes
TV Episode Songs[]
- Welcome to Pooh Corner Theme Song
- Try a Little Something New
- Just Say, 'Yes I Can'
- You're the Only You
- The One And Only One
- I Hum to Myself
- The Right Side
- Responsible Persons
- Be a Friend
- Please and Thank You
- Tiggers Go Up and Down
- Welcome to Pooh Corner Ending Theme
"A Part of Me"[]
Trivia[]
- It was the second Disney Channel original series, the first was Mousersice.
- It was the very first Disney Channel original preschool series.
- This is the only Winnie the Pooh television series:
- Where Pooh's name is not at the end of its title.
- Not to feature Jim Cummings, Ken Sansom, and Peter Cullen as the voices of Pooh and Tigger, Rabbit, and Eeyore respectively as it predates their debuts as the characters.
- To feature music and songs written by the Sherman brothers.
- Where Christopher Robin never appears on-screen.