Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)

Christopher Robin's bear attempts to raid a beehive in a tall tree.

Director:

Wolfgang Reitherman

Writers:

A.A. Milne (books), Larry Clemmons (story),

Stars:

Sterling Holloway, Junius Matthews, Hal Smith

Cast

Credited cast:
Sterling Holloway	...	Winnie the Pooh (voice)
Junius Matthews	...	Rabbit (voice)
Hal Smith	...	Owl (voice)
Howard Morris	...	Gopher (voice)
Sebastian Cabot	...	Narrator (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Clint Howard	...	Roo (voice)
Barbara Luddy	...	Kanga (voice)
Bruce Reitherman	...	Christopher Robin (voice)
Ralph Wright	...	Eeyore (voice)

Storyline

Winnie the Pooh, the honey loving silly old bear attempts to get honey from a bee tree, so after climbing the tree didn't work, he borrows Christopher Robin's balloon, dunks himself in mud and floats to the top of the honey tree incognito as a little black rain cloud. After escaping the angry bees, Pooh decides to get honey the old fashion way: getting some from Rabbit, so after stuffing his face with all of Rabbit's honey, Pooh attempts to climb out Rabbit's front door, but becomes stuck! No matter how hard everyone tries, they can't get him out, so they wait for Pooh to lose weight before they can get him out. Then along comes Gopher who agrees to help get Pooh out and almost feeds him more honey! But then one morning, Pooh is finally freed from the doorway and ends up in another sticky situation-quite literally!

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Plot Keywords:

honey | rabbit | bear | bee | gopher | 

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Taglines:

DELIGHTFUL ENTERTAINMENT! At last, the "bear of very little brain" but lots of enchanted stuff(ing) brings his pooh-whimsy to the screen.

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Family

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 February 1966 (USA)

Also Known As:

Micimackó és a mézet termö fa

Filming Locations:

Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Posters from the initial release include pictures of Piglet and Tigger, who wouldn't appear until the next short, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day. The design for Tigger is closer to the original Ernest Shepard illustrations than the final design used on screen.

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Goofs

As soon as Christopher Robin and Pooh's friends arrive at Rabbit's front door to pull Pooh out, Christopher Robin drops his drum sticks on the ground so he could grab Pooh. In the next shot, the sticks are gone.

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Quotes

Rabbit: [nodding head] Would you like *condensed milk*,
Rabbit: [shaking head] or *honey* on your bread?
Winnie the Pooh: Both. But never mind the bread, please. Just a small helping, if you please.
Rabbit: Huh, there you are.
Rabbit: [gives Pooh a single drop of honey; Pooh looks at him disappointedly] Is, uh, something wrong?
Winnie the Pooh: Well, I did mean a little larger "small helping."

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Connections

Spoofed in Family Guy: Road to the Multiverse (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Winnie the Pooh"
Written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Performed by The Disney Chorus

User Reviews

My favourite of the Winnie the Pooh vignettes!

This is a wonderful gem, with great memorable songs by the Sherman Brothers, and excellent animation.

The story is great fun, with Pooh running out of honey and climbing up a tree to get it. Afterwards, he gets stuck in the door of Rabbit's house and has to wait until he's thin enough to budge.

The characters were wonderful, especially Gophyr, I particularly loved the phrase, "that supercilious scoundrel has confiscated my honey". They are well voiced by the likes of Sterling Holloway, John Fiedler and Junius Matthews, with Sebastian Cabot giving a thoughtful insight as the narrator.

This vignette is wonderful, highly recommended! 10/10 Bethany Cox