"April Pooh" |
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| Season 3, Episode 6b | |
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| Production Information | |
| Director |
Terence Harrison Clive Pallant Vincent Woodcock Ed Ghertner Ken Kessel (Supervising Director) |
| Writer | Eric Lewald |
| Prod code | 306b |
| Airdate | October 13, 1990 |
| Episode Chronology | |
| Previous | To Bee or Not to Bee |
| Next | A Knight to Remember |
April Pooh is the second segment of the sixth episode of the third season of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. It first aired on ABC on October 13, 1990.
Synopsis[]
It’s April Fools Day and the supposed April Fool gives Pooh glue for honey, Piglet fishbowls against his windows, Tigger spotted pajamas and Rabbit a giant carrot Balloon. Now to search for this April Fool.
Plot[]
Winnie the Pooh is in bed and dreaming of Honey! However when he wakes up, his honey pot is empty – his dream must have had a midnight snack without him. However he has no Honey in his cupboard. There’s a pot of honey on his table, but the ’honey’ is gray and very, very sticky. There’s lots of pots of honey outside his house.
“April Fool” calls Christopher Robin. Pooh wonders if this April Fool is someone to be afraid of or not. Piglet calls for help. Piglet has goggles and a floater on and towels. He’s terrified that his place is underwater, but his floor is not wet. However at Piglet’s windows, goldfishes are seen swimming. Maybe the flood is hiding somewhere. Pooh finds out that it’s a trick. Pooh tells him that this April Fool likes to play tricks and this is his day.
They look for the April Fool at Tigger’s House. However Tigger has got spots. His beautiful stripe-dies, nowhere to be seen, but Pooh notices it’s a PJ suit. Rabbit goes into his garden and sees and enormous carrot and is pleased with himself, but it’s a large balloon, and Rabbit floats up into the sky, when the carrot balloon bursts and he demands to know what’s going on and wonder why no one’s seen the April Fool.
They’re disguised as trees to find the “invisible” April Fool. and they scare Eeyore on the process. He thinks they’ve been turned into stumps, but they tell him they’re pretending. They try to trap the Fool by setting Tigger traps around Eeyore's house with a pretend Eeyore. Someone’s coming. He comes behind them, but it’s only Christopher Robin. They’ve trapped themselves and accidentally trap him. They tell Christopher Robin that they’re scared of the April Fool. Christopher Robin tells them that he was the one doing the April Fooling, though the tricks weren’t meant to frighten. Honey for Pooh, gentle pets for Piglet, cuddly pajamas for Tigger and a balloon for Rabbit. But they played the best trick on Christopher Robin, so they’re the April Fools.
Characters[]
- Winnie the Pooh
- Piglet
- Tigger
- Rabbit
- Eeyore
- Christopher Robin
- Bees (mentioned)
Cast[]
| Voice actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Jim Cummings | Winnie the Pooh and Tigger |
| John Fiedler | Piglet |
| Ken Sansom | Rabbit |
| Peter Cullen | Eeyore |
| Tim Hoskins | Christopher Robin |
Credits with Closing Logos[]
Produced by
WALT DISNEY
TELEVISION ANIMATION
Producer/Supervising Director
KEN KESSEL
Story Editor
BRUCE TALKINGTON
Directors
TERENCE HARRISON
ED GHERTNER
Assistant Story Editor
CARTER CROCKER
“To Bee or Not to Bee”
Written by
CARTER CROCKER
“April Pooh”
Written by
ERIC LEWALD
With the Voice Talents of
JOHN FIEDLER
KEN SANSOM
MICHAEL GOUGH
PETER CULLEN
PATTY PARRIS
TIM HOSKINS
FRANK WELKER
JIM CUMMINGS
as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
Assistant Producer
PEGGY BECKER
Assistant Director
ED GHERTNER
Storyboard Designers
RON CAMPBELL
JIM McLEAN
RHOYDON SHISHIDO
Key Layout Designers
ED GHERTNER
DENNIS GRECO
Character Design
LEONARD SMITH
Background Stylist
PARO HOZUMI
Color Stylist
JILL STIRDIVANT
Supervising Timing Director
BOB SHELLHORN
Timing Directors
CAROLE BEERS
MIKE STRIBLING
JAMES T. WALKER
Track Reader
SKIP CRAIG
Script Coordinator
MIRITH SCHILDER
Archives Administrator
KRISTA BUNN
Artwork Coordinator
KAREN SILVA
Talent Coordinator
OLIVIA MINER
Post Production Manager
SARA DURAN
Post Production Supervisor
JOSEPH HATHAWAY
Post Production Coordinator
JEFFREY ARTHUR
Production Assistants
MICHELLE PAPPALARDO
NANCI BATTELLE
WADE ZIA NASSIR
JOHN ROYER
Managing Film Editor
RICH HARRISON
Supervising Editor
CHARLIE KING
Editor
RICK HINSON
Assistant Editors
CRAIG PAULSEN
DAVID LYNCH
Apprentice Editors
THOMAS NEEDELL
JENNIFER HARRISON
Songs Written and Produced
by
STEVE NELSON
Music by
STEVE NELSON
&
THOM SHARP
“To Bee or Not to Bee”
Animation Production by
WALT DISNEY
TELEVISION ANIMATION
AUSTRALIA
Animation Supervisor
DALE CASE
Animation Directors
GAIRDEN COOKE
IAN HARROWELL
HENRY NEVILLE
Layout Director
ALEX NICHOLAS
Layout Artists
YOSH BARRY SCOTT BENNETT
ZHIGIANG DING JOHN HILL
VICTOR JUY STEVE LYONS
MARK MULGREW DAVID SKINNER
BUN UNG KEVIN WOTTON
Animators
ROWEN AVON-SMITH WALLY MICATI
TY BOSCO KATHIE O’ROURKE
CHRIS BRADLEY KEVIN PEATY
ANDREW COLLINS CAROL SEIDL
GEOFF COLLINS RICHARD SLAPCZYNSKI
DICK DUNN PAULO SANTO
ARIEL FERRARI MIKE STAPLETON
PETER GARDINER ANDREW SZEMENYEI
WARWICK GILBERT MARIA SZEMENYEI
GERRY GRABNER STEVEN TAYLOR
LIANNE HUGHES STEVEN TRENBIRTH
DWAYNE LABBE JEAN TYCH
MORRIS LEE KANG-LIN ZHU
HELEN McADAM
Assistant Supervisors
JANEY DUNN
MICKIE CASSIDY
DI RUDDER
Background Supervisor
BEVERLEY McNAMARA
Background Artists
BARRY DEAN JERRY LIEW
PAUL PATTIE HELLEN STELLE
KEN WRIGHT
Production Manager
DAN FORSTER
“April Pooh”
Animation Production by
WALT DISNEY
TELEVISION ANIMATION
U.K. LIMITED
Directors
CLIVE PALLANT
VINCENT WOODCOCK
Assistant Director
JEREMY SPRINGETT
Animators
GARY ANDREWS CARON CREED
JOE EKERS AL GAIVOTO
TEDDY HALL RAMON MODIANO
ANNA SAUNDERS DUNCAN VARLEY
SIMON WARD HORNER
Junior Animators
JON COLLIER
ANDREW PAINTER
BOB WILK
Background Artists
MICHAEL HIRSH
COLIN STIMPSON
ANDREW McNAB
Layout Artists
NEIL GRAHAM
DAVE ELVIN
PETER BIELICKI
CLIVE HUTCHINGS
Video Operator
PETER JESSETT
Production Coordinator
STEVE HOLLOWELL
Assistant Animator
STEPHEN PERRY
BG Final Line
DOUGLAS KIRK
EFX Animator
DAVID PRITCHARD
*.
©1990 The Walt Disney Company
All Rights Reserved
VHS[]
- Happy Pooh Day
- It's Playtime with Pooh
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- This episode was recorded on February 5, 1990.
Goofs[]
- When Piglet hears Rabbit screaming for help, he jumps into the air as his mouth moves as if to scream "YIPE!", but no sound comes out of his mouth.