A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving
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| Directed by | Jun Falkenstein |
| Produced by | Walt Disney Television Animation |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Television |
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| Country | United States |
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving is a 1998 made-for-TV special featuring the voice talents of Jim Cummings, Paul Winchell, and John Fiedler. The special shows Pooh and his friends learning the true meaning of Thanksgiving. It was nominated for Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Children's Program.[1]
Plot
It's Thanksgiving time in the Hundred Acre Wood and Winnie the Pooh and his friends bring food for the big dinner. Piglet brings haycorns(acorns), Pooh brings honey, Owl brings biscuits, and Tigger brings ice cream. But things change when Rabbit informs them that Thanksgiving is a special time of year that should include things special items, so Pooh and the gang set off to find those very items.[2][3][4]
Cast
- Jim Cummings as Winnie the Pooh / Tigger (singing voice)
- John Fiedler as Piglet (speaking voice)
- Steve Schatzberg as Piglet (singing voice)
- Paul Winchell as Tigger (speaking voice)
- Peter Cullen as Eeyore (voice)
- Ken Sansom as Rabbit (voice)
- Andre Stojka as Owl (voice)
- Michael Gough as Gopher (voice)
- Brady Bluhm as Christopher Robin (voice)
- David Warner as Narrator (voice)
Broadcast
The special originally aired Thanksgiving Day 1998 at 8 pm on ABC.[5] It reaired every year on Thanksgiving until 2003. According to TVTango.com's ratings database, the first airing brought in a 3.8 household Nielsen rating.
Home video
The video has not been released by itself in the United States, with the exception of specially released tapes that were given to members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for that year's show. It was released as part of the VHS cassette Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving along with select episodes of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh in 1999.
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References
- ↑ 1999 Primetime Emmy Awards from IMDB
- ↑ New York Times Review (1998)
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External links
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- 1998 television films
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- 1998 in American television
- 1998 television specials
- Films with live action and animation
- Television programs featuring anthropomorphic characters
- Thanksgiving television specials
- Winnie-the-Pooh films
- Winnie-the-Pooh television series
- Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh
