Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983)

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

Director:

Rick Reinert

Writers:

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

Stars:

Hal Smith, Ralph Wright, Laurie Main

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Hal Smith	...	Winnie the Pooh / Owl (voice)
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)

Storyline

Eeyore is gloomy, like always, but more so now. His birthday is right around the corner and everybody has forgotten. It didn't cheer him up any when Tigger "accidentally" knocks Eeyore into the river. Pooh invents a new game, "Pooh Sticks", and everyone contributes to Eeyore's party, there's flat balloons, storage honey pots with Owl's hand writing on them, and a game of Pooh Sticks which Tigger claims he likes, but immediately hates it because he lost. It turns out to be a happy birthday celebration after all.

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Plot Keywords:

birthday | celebration | friend | pig | liquid | 

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Family

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 March 1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Day for Eeyore

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

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

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Goofs

In the beginning of the short, the book says "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree" when the camera is zoomed out. However, once the book is about to open, you can see that the book title is changed to "Winnie-the-Pooh". Obviously, the opening scenes were reused and overdubbed.

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Quotes

Owl: It's easier if people don't *look* while I'm writing.

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Connections

Followed by Pooh's Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (2007)

User Reviews

Not as good as the other three, but definitely worth watching!

I do think out of the four Winnie the Pooh vignettes this is my least favourite, but it is fun to watch. It isn't as funny as the other three, though Tigger is still very funny, and the narrator just lacks the thoughtfulness of Sebastian Cabot.

That said, it is well animated, the voice acting especially from Paul Winchell and John Fiedler are without fault, and it is still very charming, and has a good story that just about engages the young audience.

The music is not so bad either, and the Pooh Sticks scene was inspired.

All in all, not the best our favourite bear has to offer, but worth watching. 8/10 Bethany Cox