The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh "Owl's Well That Ends Well" |
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| Season 4, Episode 8b, Overall 82 (50b) | |
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| Production Information | |
| Director |
Terence Harrison Charles A. Nichols Ken Kessel (Supervising Director) |
| Writer | Julia Jane Lewald |
| Prod code | 408b |
| Airdate | October 26, 1991 |
| Episode Chronology | |
| Previous | Piglet's Poohetry |
| Next | Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too |
Owl’s Well That Ends Well is the second segment of the eighth episode of the fourth season of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. It originally aired on October 26, 1991 on ABC.
Synopsis[]
Owl tries to sing in the Dawn Chorus, but Rabbit and the others don’t want him to.
Plot[]
It is a peaceful morning in the Hundred Acre Wood, blue birds happily chirping, as we are take to Rabbit’s fresh garden. He loves the birds of the dawn chorus. Piglet, Pooh and Tigger are also spooked by the noise. Rabbit finds it is Owl screeching, while the crows sneak into Rabbit's garden. Rabbit is cross when the crows make off with his vegetables, Rabbit wants Owl out of his garden, effective immediately, if not sooner! Owl leaves, indignant. Piglet tried to help Owl sing. Tigger helps Rabbit ignore “Old Bird-Brain” for now and sets up some traps to catch the crows, but they end up helping the crows and hindering Rabbit. Pooh tries to help Owl by giving him honey to make his voice sweeter. Tigger is making a super stupendous trap, with the secret ingredient, swill, which is guaranteed to work, according to Tigger. But just to be safe, Rabbit wants Tigger to guard his garden tonight. But the crows are on the prowl. Pooh asked the crows to help Owl to sing. but Owl is overconfident with his singing. Owl, Star of the dawn chorus. As the crows nick Rabbit’s produce. But Owl’s ruckus scared the crows off. Tigger wonders what went wrong with his trap, and Rabbit welcomes Owl to sing whenever he wants. Owl inadvertently sets off Tigger’s swill trap and it swills Rabbit. In the end, Owl sings the evening chorus while the gang listens with earmuffs.
Characters[]
Cast[]
| Voice actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Jim Cummings | Winnie the Pooh and Tigger |
| John Fiedler | Piglet |
| Ken Sansom | Rabbit |
| Hal Smith | Owl |
| Frank Welker | Crows |
Credits[]
Produced by
WALT DISNEY
TELEVISION ANIMATION
Producer/Supervising Director
KEN KESSEL
Co-Producer/Story Editor
MARK ZASLOVE
Producer
RUSSELL E. MOONEY
Story Editors
CARTER CROCKER
DAVID WEIMERS
Directors
TERENCE HARRISON
CHARLES A. NICHOLS
Written by
STEPHEN SUSTARSIC
JULIA JANE LEWALD
With the Voice Talents of
as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
Assistant Producers
Storyboard Designers
Storyboard Revision
Key Layout Design
Character Designers
Prop Designers
Background Stylists
Color Stylists
Supervising Timing Director
Timing Directors
Continuity Coordinators
Track Reader
Script Coordinators
Archives Supervisor
Art Coordinator
Talent Coordinator
Post Production Manager
Post Production Supervisor
Sound Dubbing Supervisor
Post Production Coordinators
Post Production Assistant
Production Assistants
Shipping Coordinator
Managing Film Editor
Supervising Editor
Supervising Music Editor
Sound Editors
Dialogue Editors
Assistant Editors
Songs Written and Produced by
Music by
&
“Warm-Up Song”
“Scale Song”
Performed by
Animation Production by
Animator
*.
©1991 THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Trivia[]
- Being the last episode of the series, this also marks Hal Smith’s last performance as Owl. The character would not appear in animation again until the 1997 film Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin where Andre Stojka would assume the role following Hal Smith’s death.
- This is the last episode of supervising music editor Brian F. Mars, Hanho Heung-Up, animator John Kim, William Waggoner, Tom Bird, Selma Gladney and Yolanda Rearick.