Rating: TV-Y
Audience: Preschoolers
Episode Length: 30 mins (consists of two stories)
Network/Schedule: Playhouse Disney 8:30/7:30c (check local listings)
Growing up one of my absolute favorite cartoon characters was Winnie the Pooh. I can still remember waking up on Saturday mornings as a little girl and going down to the kitchen to eat breakfast and watch The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. He was just the sweetest, funniest character with the oddest obsession for honey (I always loved seeing him with his entire head in the pot).
Over spring break I also made it my goal to get up early each day to catch up on all of my favorite kid shows. However, instead of watching the Winnie the Pooh I grew up with, I found My Friends Tigger and Pooh.
My Friends Tigger and Pooh airs on Playhouse Disney and follows the adventures of Pooh, Tigger and the other inhabitants of The Hundred Acre Wood. New to the community is the red-headed little girl Darby, who takes the place of Christopher Robin. Together Darby, Tigger, and Pooh make up the “Super Sleuths” (basically detectives) who help solve problems and mysteries that may arise in The Hundred Acre Wood. The mysteries can range from anything like helping kangaroo Rue and his Huffalump friend figure out how to paint a bird house purple when they only have primary colors, to helping Piglet gather up his courage and voice to sing for his friends. It really covers a wide variety of issues.
Although My Friends Tigger and Pooh could never take the place of the original Winnie the Pooh in my heart, I do have to admit that it is cute show. It’s able to take beloved characters and update them while still keeping those characteristics that make them so special. Along with the few new characters, the show has a fresher look to it. Instead of the traditional drawn cartoon style, the show has more of a computer generated look to it. One of the things I really love about the show is that although they may have changed the some of the aspects of the show to make it appeal to today’s younger generation, they kept most of the personality traits of the main characters that made them so special. Winnie the Pooh still loves honey, Piglet is still afraid of everything, Tigger never stops bouncing, and Rabbit is still kind of scary!! Even most of the voices sound exactly the same as they did around 16 years ago. There’s something very comforting about that. The show is also special because not only does it help kids learn to solve problems, but it also shows them how to do it using teamwork. It also points out that sometimes you can’t always help someone solve their problem physically; there are times when that someone will have to look inside themselves for the solution, like how Piglet had to have confidence in himself and over come his stage fright to get his voice back. It’s nice to see something that was so special years ago transform and renew itself and still keep that magic that was so beloved long ago.
To find out more about My Friends Tigger and Pooh you can visit:
http://tv.disney.go.com/playhouse/myfriendstiggerandpooh/index.html
or
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805905/
Audience: Preschoolers
Episode Length: 30 mins (consists of two stories)
Network/Schedule: Playhouse Disney 8:30/7:30c (check local listings)
Growing up one of my absolute favorite cartoon characters was Winnie the Pooh. I can still remember waking up on Saturday mornings as a little girl and going down to the kitchen to eat breakfast and watch The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. He was just the sweetest, funniest character with the oddest obsession for honey (I always loved seeing him with his entire head in the pot).
Over spring break I also made it my goal to get up early each day to catch up on all of my favorite kid shows. However, instead of watching the Winnie the Pooh I grew up with, I found My Friends Tigger and Pooh.
My Friends Tigger and Pooh airs on Playhouse Disney and follows the adventures of Pooh, Tigger and the other inhabitants of The Hundred Acre Wood. New to the community is the red-headed little girl Darby, who takes the place of Christopher Robin. Together Darby, Tigger, and Pooh make up the “Super Sleuths” (basically detectives) who help solve problems and mysteries that may arise in The Hundred Acre Wood. The mysteries can range from anything like helping kangaroo Rue and his Huffalump friend figure out how to paint a bird house purple when they only have primary colors, to helping Piglet gather up his courage and voice to sing for his friends. It really covers a wide variety of issues.
Although My Friends Tigger and Pooh could never take the place of the original Winnie the Pooh in my heart, I do have to admit that it is cute show. It’s able to take beloved characters and update them while still keeping those characteristics that make them so special. Along with the few new characters, the show has a fresher look to it. Instead of the traditional drawn cartoon style, the show has more of a computer generated look to it. One of the things I really love about the show is that although they may have changed the some of the aspects of the show to make it appeal to today’s younger generation, they kept most of the personality traits of the main characters that made them so special. Winnie the Pooh still loves honey, Piglet is still afraid of everything, Tigger never stops bouncing, and Rabbit is still kind of scary!! Even most of the voices sound exactly the same as they did around 16 years ago. There’s something very comforting about that. The show is also special because not only does it help kids learn to solve problems, but it also shows them how to do it using teamwork. It also points out that sometimes you can’t always help someone solve their problem physically; there are times when that someone will have to look inside themselves for the solution, like how Piglet had to have confidence in himself and over come his stage fright to get his voice back. It’s nice to see something that was so special years ago transform and renew itself and still keep that magic that was so beloved long ago.
To find out more about My Friends Tigger and Pooh you can visit:
http://tv.disney.go.com/playhouse/myfriendstiggerandpooh/index.html
or
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805905/
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