The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh "Piglet's Poohetry" |
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Season 4, Episode 8a, Overall 81 (50a) | |
Production Information | |
Director |
Charles A. Nichols Ken Kessel (Supervising Director) |
Writer | Stephen Sustarsic |
Prod code | 408a |
Airdate | October 26, 1991 |
Episode Chronology | |
Previous | "To Dream the Impossible Scheme" |
Next | "Owl's Well That Ends Well" |
Piglet’s Poohetry is the first 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[]
Tigger does not enjoy Piglet’s rhyming poems, so he recites a couple of lines of his own!
Plot[]
We see Piglet ringing Pooh’s doorbell. Piglet comes to Pooh’s house to share his poem. Tigger is there too, but messes it up. So Piglet invites Rabbit and Eeyore and tries to puts lots of things that are featured at a war, and locks himself in a cage, so Tigger can’t do anything to his poem, but Tigger somehow managed to get to Piglet’s roof, and edited Piglet’s poem. So to teach Tigger a lesson, Piglet writes a poem that has to put Tigger at risk in danger.
Characters[]
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Cast[]
Voice actor | Character |
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Jim Cummings | Winnie the Pooh, Tigger |
John Fiedler | Piglet |
Ken Sansom | Rabbit |
Peter Cullen | Eeyore |
Frank Welker | Bees |
Trivia[]
- The word ’poohetry’ is an allusion on the word ’poetry,’ but with the inclusion of Pooh’s name.
- Piglet ringing Pooh’s doorbell. Tigger did it earlier in Monkey See, Monkey Do Better
- Archive footage from “Rabbit Marks the Spot” is used in this episode.
- The script was finalized on May 1, 1991
- Much similar to the episode, “The Masked Offender,” this was the second time the episode opens and closes with a storybook cover.
- This episode marks the next appearances of Eeyore and the bees in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, as well as the next episode of said series not to feature Owl or the crows.
- The premise of this episode is similar to that of "Pigletry" from The Book of Pooh. Both feature Tigger changing one of Piglet's poems to make it more exciting.
DVD and VHS Releases[]
- Winnie the Pooh: Playtime Fun & Games
- Growing Up With Winnie the Pooh Vol. 4: A Great Day of Discovery