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Disney lets girl into Winnie's world (Winnie the Pooh, meet Christina Robin!)
CBC Arts ^ | 12/09/2005 | CBC Arts

Posted on 12/13/2005 2:30:52 PM PST by Ultra Sonic 007

A unexpected new character is coming to the Hundred Acre Wood.

Disney is working on a new Winnie the Pooh TV series, to come out in 2007, that will replace Christopher Robin with a 6-year-old girl.

Its new animated series, My Friends Tigger and Pooh, will have the same gentle spirit as the much-loved A.A. Milne classic, Disney says.

But Disney hopes to attract an older audience by introducing a six-year-old tomboy as friend to Tigger, Pooh the bear and tiny Piglet. The Disneyfied characters also will have a new look.

Though the stories will still emphasize trust, friendship and happiness, there will be more physical activity to appeal to more active children in the older preschool age range, Disney says.

"We got raised eyebrows even in-house at first, but the feeling was these timeless characters really needed a breath of fresh air that only the introduction of someone new could provide," Nancy Kanter of the Disney Channel told USA Today.

Disney knows it will face criticism from fans of Milne's stories about the imaginary world of his son Christopher Robin. Lovers of the original stories say they are timeless and don't need an update.

Seeing the animated series will help bring young children to the written word, Disney counters.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: aamilne; bastardization; christopherrobin; disney; pc; pooh; winnie; winniethepooh
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To: WinOne4TheGipper
I was thinking the same thing. Uncle Walt's Pooh franchise is having a "Poochie" moment. Roy works too, though.

They even sort of look alike.

APf
61 posted on 12/13/2005 5:36:04 PM PST by APFel (Loose ships sink lips.)
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To: RegulatorCountry
They're saving that to "breathe some fresh air" into the timeless Snow White.

Disney is behind the game on that one:
Coal Black

62 posted on 12/13/2005 6:06:02 PM PST by detsaoT (run bsd)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

noooooooo.... It's evil that they're doing this.

I better stock up on the old series while I still can. I grew up with the original pooh bear cartoons, and loved it. Still love Tigger. Tigger shall always be awesome.

Yes, she reeks of Jimmy Neutron, which I abhor.


63 posted on 12/13/2005 7:03:10 PM PST by lil_rebbitzen ("A Christian Gentleman is a patient wolf who will wait until the honeymoon." - Blurblogger)
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To: APFel

Well, I'm glad someone knew what I was alluding to.:)


64 posted on 12/14/2005 9:33:11 AM PST by WinOne4TheGipper (When in Rome, yell and complain until Romans do what you want them to do. If that fails, sue.)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007
I remember the last bad idea like this from a big company

They called it "New Coke"

CC

65 posted on 12/28/2005 9:11:58 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (Billy Tauzin about Louisiana: "half the state is under water, the other half is under indictment")
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

I was going through the images for Christopher Robin and when I saw this one I was ROLFLMAO. This is the reason why it's banned in China!!
66 posted on 09/19/2018 10:39:54 PM PDT by cavador (What is the theory of objectivity?)
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