The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh "Owl in the Family" |
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| Season 3, Episode 1b, Overall 55 (33b) | |
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| Production Information | |
| Director |
Terence Harrison Jamie Mitchell Ken Kessel (supervising director) |
| Writer |
Ken Kessel (Story) Carter Crocker Bruce Talkington |
| Prod code | 301b |
| Airdate | August 18, 1990 |
| Episode Chronology | |
| Previous | Oh, Bottle |
| Next | Sham Pooh |
Owl in the Family is the second segment of the first episode of the third season of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. It originally aired on August 18, 1990.
Synopsis[]
Rabbit is out checking his garden and counting his tomatoes, when he realizes that one plant is missing. Rabbit is quick to realize his plants are being eaten by the thieving crows. He tries to stop them and chases them away, but ends up with his head stuck inside the pumpkin head of his scarecrow after knocking it off in the chaos.
Pooh, Piglet and Owl arrive to investigate Rabbit's distress, and the incident reminds Owl of a story. However, Rabbit, in frustration, states he has no time for Owl's "nonexistent" relatives or Owl's stories. Hurt, Owl leaves to reexamine his family tree and see that his relatives are real. Owl disregards Rabbit's disbelief in his family, and is excited by a ring at the door, expecting his family. Instead, he only finds Piglet and Pooh. When he asks if they have seen any owls other than him, he is disappointed to hear them say that he is the only owl they know. Owl then goes inside, saddened as Piglet explains to Pooh that Owl misses his family. They then decide to hold a Family Reunion for Owl. Overhearing, Owl is thrilled by their wish to help him and ecstatically readies for their arrival.
Pooh and Piglet then send invitations tied to a balloon as "air mail" to invite Owl's family. As Piglet goes to help Owl ready for the party, Pooh waits for Owl's relatives, but doesn't see them and goes off to look for them instead.
As Rabbit drives away the crows yet again, Owl and Piglet are readying food for the family reunion. The crows, seeing this, watch greedily, hoping to steal all the food. Pooh then surprises them and mistakes them for owls (which the crows take advantage of).
While the crows are feasting on Owl's food, Owl is delighted that Pooh has "found" his relatives. Though Piglet is suspicious that the "owls" look like crows, Owl brushes their worries aside, even as the crows act obnoxious and cause mischief, including breaking his dishes.
Owl later is persuaded into stealing from Rabbit's garden later that night, but they trigger an alarm and the crows flee, leaving Owl to be caught by Rabbit's trap for the crows. Rabbit is astonished by Owl's declaration that the crows are his relatives and decides to take action as Pooh and Piglet try to find their own plan to help Owl with the crow problem.
Pooh and Piglet later disguise themselves as Owl's Uncle Torbit and cousin Dexter to try and get rid of the crows, but are unmasked by crows. Owl is quite pleased to see them and believes the trick to be a wonderful prank. He is then surprised by the sound of more guests ringing his doorbell. Owl then opens the door to see his real Uncle Torbit, cousin Dexter and his Aunt Ophelia, and invites them inside. The crows, thinking the new owls are also frauds, make the foolish mistake of pulling out one of Aunt Ophelia's tail feathers, after which she smacks them with her purse. The crows fly away, scared and realizing their mistake as Owl wonders where they're off to in such a hurry. Rabbit, also thinking Owl's family are the crows in disguise, pulls out another of Ophelia's feathers, and is himself smacked by Owl's aunt.
As Rabbit lies dizzy on the floor, Aunt Ophelia reminisces on how Rabbit reminds her of their Uncle Tucker, causing Rabbit to realize Owl's family is real as Pooh explains their family reunion. Piglet also says that means four times as many stories to listen to, much to Rabbit's befuddlement and exasperation as he is forced to listen to Owl and his family tell their stories.
Characters[]
Locations[]
- Hundred Acre Wood
- Rabbit's House
- Rabbit's Garden
- Owl's House
- Crows' Tree
Interval Title Card[]
Cast[]
| Voice actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Jim Cummings | Winnie the Pooh |
| John Fiedler | Piglet |
| Ken Sansom | Rabbit |
| Hal Smith | Owl, Uncle Torbit and Dexter |
| Patricia Parris | Aunt Ophelia |
| Frank Welker | Crows |
Credits[]
Produced by
WALT DISNEY
TELEVISION ANIMATION
Producers
KEN KESSEL
ED GHERTNER
Supervising Director
KEN KESSEL
Story Editor
BRUCE TALKINGTON
Directors
TERENCE HARRISON
JAMIE MITCHELL
Assistant Story Editor
CARTER CROCKER
“Oh, Bottle!”
Story by
MARK ZASLOVE
STEPHEN SUSTARSIC
BRUCE TALKINGTON
Teleplay by
STEPHEN SUSTARSIC
CARTER CROCKER
“Owl In The Family”
Story by
KEN KESSEL
CARTER CROCKER
BRUCE TALKINGTON
Teleplay by
CARTER CROCKER
BRUCE TALKINGTON
With the Voice Talents of
JOHN FIEDLER
KEN SANSOM
HAL SMITH
TIM HOSKINS
FRANK WELKER
PATRICIA PARRIS
JIM CUMMINGS
as Winnie the Pooh
and
PAUL WINCHELL
as
Tigger
Assistant Producer
BARBARA FERRO
Art Director
ED GHERTNER
Storyboard Designers
HOLLY FORSYTH
HANK TUCKER
Key Layout Design
JIM SCHLENKER
Character Design
LEONARD SMITH
Background Stylist
PARO HOZUMI
Color Stylist
JILL STIRDIVANT
Supervising Timing Director
MIRCEA MANTTA
Timing Directors
BOB SHELLHORN
BOB TREAT
RICK LEON
MITCH ROCHON
Track Reader
SKIP CRAIG
Script Coordinators
Archives Administrator
Artwork Coordinator
Talent Coordinator
Post Production Manager
Post Production Supervisors
Post Production Coordinators
Production Assistants
PEGGY BECKER
Managing Film Editor
Supervising Editor
Editor
Assistant Editor
Songs Written and Produced
by
Music by
&
Animation Production by
Animation Supervisor
Animation Directors
Layout Director
Layout Artists
Animators
GEOFF COLLINS RICHARD SLAPCZYNSKI
ARIEL FERRARI MIKE STAPLETON
PETER GARDINER ANDREW SZYMENYEI
WARWICK GILBERT MARIA SZEMENYEI
LIANNE HUGHES STEVEN TRENBIRTH
Assistant Supervisors
Background Supervisor
Background Artists
Production Manager
*.
©1990 The Walt Disney Company
All Rights Reserved
Walt Disney
Television
Distributed by
Buena Vista International, Inc.
Trivia[]
- This episodes plot is similar to that of The Tigger Movie, where Owl wonders about his family's existence, and later his friends do disguise themselves as said family, only for the title character to suddenly discover for himself it was his friends all this time and sees it as a joke, except whereas Tigger takes this personally and despairingly leaves his friends, Owl just cheerfully calls it a "wonderful prank". Ironically, Tigger does not appear in this episode.
- This is the last of three episodes of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh where Tigger does not appear after "Nothing But the Tooth" and "Fish Out of Water." Of the three, this is the only one not from the first season.
- This episode marks the first of two appearances of Dexter followed by "The Bug Stops Here".
- The episode's title is a play on the American television series Template:WikipediaLink, that ran from 1971 to 1979.
- This is the only episode of the series in which the oft-mentioned Uncle Torbit actually appears.
- This is Dexter's first appearance in the series. His next (and last) appearance was in "The Bug Stops Here".
- This is excluding the smaller owl that appears in "Paw and Order", if this owl is indeed Dexter making an early cameo.
- Owl and his relations talk about how "Uncle Tucker" spent a summer in a cuckoo's nest and never got over it, in reference to the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.