Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983)

Director:

Rick Reinert

Writers:

A.A. Milne (books)
Peter Young (story) ...

Release Date:

11 March 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Family

Plot:

Winnie the Pooh and friends decide to throw a birthday celebration for gloomy, old Eeyore.

Plot Keywords:

Birthday | Celebration | Friend | Bear | Friendship

Cast

Ralph Wright	...	Eeyore (voice)
Laurie Main	...	Narrator (voice)
John Fiedler	...	Piglet (voice)
Will Ryan	...	Rabbit (voice)
Kim Christianson	...	Christopher Robin (voice)
Dick Billingsley	...	Roo (voice)
Julie McWhirter	...	Kanga (voice) (as Julie McWhirter Dees)
Paul Winchell	...	Tigger (voice)
Hal Smith	...	Winnie the Pooh / Owl (voice)

Also Known As:

A Day for Eeyore (USA) (short title)

Runtime:

25 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:G | Australia:G

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

The theatrical release of this film in the USA was as part of the reissue of The Sword in the Stone (1963).

Goofs:

Continuity: During Eeyore's birthday party, Piglet and Christopher Robin are the only ones shown without napkins around their necks. As the camera zooms out when Christopher Robin is thinking about Pooh sticks, Piglet has a napkin around his neck.

Quotes:

Narrator: Pooh hadn't gone very far when a very funny feeling began to creep over him. It began at the tip of his nose - and trickled all the way down to the soles of his feet, as if someone inside him were saying...
Pooh: Now then, Pooh, time for a little something!

Movie Connections:

Followed by Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004) (V)

Still enjoyable.

This is the last of the four Winnie the Pooh featurettes. It's not as good as the first three, but it is still enjoyable. One reason I'll tell you why it it not as good as the others is because almost the whole cast is different. But John Fiedler and Paul Winchell still gave their original voices to Piglet and Tigger which is a good thing. This film really focuses on Eeyore by the way. The music is really good too, and it really sets to the tone of Eeyore. So if you haven't seen this or the others yet, you're in for a treat. So please watch it for me and tell us how you like it.

P.S. Try playing Pooh-sticks yourself.