DefunctTV: The History of Welcome to Pooh Corner

In this episode, Kevin looks at the beginning of the Disney Channel and one of their original series, Welcome to Pooh Corner, a live-action full-body character iteration of A.A. Milne's classic Winnie the Pooh.

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[Defunctland]

A note on calling the costumes creepy: We here at DefunctTV rarely play into the trope that “look your childhood was weird let’s laugh at it.” We understand that a lot of people loved this show and didn’t find it creepy and we tried to respect that as much as possible. That said, with this show specifically, the audience that originally watched it was split between it being creepy and it being great, which put us in a difficult position of trying to put both of those sentiments in the video. It is not us making fun of it just for the sake of making fun. We apologize if it came across this way. Have a great weekend!

[Pikapika-gcpp]

“Tigger force-feeds his friends spaghetti until they can’t take it”

“It was wholesome and family friendly”

[folgerkelley]

I feel the need to point out that angst a thought: threat of abduction is maybe not the primary reason children should not explore construction sites by themselves

[AllenQuid]

"Pooh delicately launches in to a musical number about how to prevent molestation"

Hello brand new sentence

[kaijutamerpat]

"The show lasted 28 minutes."
I heard that and busted out laughing. My mind went to the idea they made one episode and it was cancelled after that.

[mowserbedowser]

Wow, I think Pooh's corner may be the only show that actually brought up the fact that danger could come from a family member familiar adult. I have to applaud that.

[andrewkos]

"Pooh delicately launches into a musical number about how to prevent molestation" is a sentence I'll never be able to un-hear

[Claubuza]

"Tigger learns how to make spaghetti and force feeds it to his friends until they can't take it anymore."


They may have changed the characterization for some of the animals, but this is very on brand for Tigger.

[srsone]

Tbh, 80%+ molestations happen by family members or close people the child already knows, and that’s something the “Stranger Danger” movement failed to address, so any furthered warning, like “private parts, ” as cringy as it may seem, is frankly welcome. More needs to be done.

[samuelschlick]

"Pooh delicately launches into a musical number on how to prevent molestation"

Never thought I'd hear that in my lifetime but here we are!

[sunnyd]

I feel like this quote is applicable here, from a certain blue hedgehog.

“Kids, there's nothing more cool than being hugged by someone you like, but if someone tries to touch you in a place or in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable, that's no good!”

[Everik-ctpg]

It's amazing how these characters don't know the difference between the size of a plant, but they know everything about molestation.

[poweroffriendship.]

_"You don't spell it, you feel it, " said _*_Pooh._*_ "A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of _*_honey_*_ left inside." "How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." "Any day spent with you is my favorite day."_

[HypeVoiceActing]

"This show would be unfortunately, and horrifyingly, live action"

And decades later, we still can't escape that lol

[jasperlovestippy]

I had a friend who worked on this show, and I sometimes visited the set. A cool thing about the heads: The voices were recorded ahead of time, and played back during the taping of each scene. Each voice was on a separate channel of an eight-track tape machine. Each channel was wirelessly sent to the appropriate character. The amplitude of the voice made the mouths open and close. Simple but clever. The eyes and eyebrows were wirelessly remote controlled by people offscreen with modified RC car controllers. So the actors didn’t do any of the head actions!

[thebookgoddess]

“with the safety of the nations children at stake, it seemed there was no one better to talk about the hot button issue that winnie the pooh” is not a sentence i expected to hear today

[DisneyDude]

8:27 “Where Tigger learns how to make spaghetti and force feeds it to his friends until they can’t take it anymore”
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[goldstarsupreme]

"The show lasted 28 minutes"

Damn cancelled too soon.

[cagetheeternal]

Welcome to Pooh Corner


the toilet is broken, this is all we got

[idontgivetkachuk]

My Grandma recorded all the episodes when it was airing. I use to watch them as a kid. I loved Welcome to Pooh Corner. And she still has tons of episodes on tape at her house!!