"Shovel, Shovel, Toil and Trouble" |
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| Season 4, Episode 6a | |
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| Production Information | |
| Director |
Charles A. Nichols Ken Kessel (Supervising Director) |
| Writer | Libby Hinson |
| Prod code | 406a |
| Airdate | October 12, 1991 |
| Episode Chronology | |
| Previous | Home Is Where the Home Is |
| Next | The Wise Have It |
Shovel, Shovel, Toil and Trouble is the first segment of the sixth season of the fourth season of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. It originally aired on October 12, 1991 on ABC.
Synoposis[]
Gopher gets a new motorized shovel, whom he names “Lucille”, decides to renovate the gang’s homes without permission. However, no one likes their "renovated" homes. Rabbit’s entire room is now a “Carrot Cellar” which is actually a pit. Pooh has an Olympic sized pool with no water in the pool. Tigger is left in bandages, and Piglet is left homeless because his house collapsed.
Plot[]
Rabbit, Piglet, Pooh, and Tigger are gathered at Gopher's tunnels to see Him open his package from “Hole’s ’R’ Us.” In it is a motorized shovel, whom Gopher names “Lucille”. The next day, Piglet comes to admire Lucille and suggest they go digging. Starting with Rabbit, Gopher makes a carrot cellar for Rabbit, but the latter never asked for one, so Gopher claimed it was Lucille’s idea. Later Gopher gives Pooh a “Olympic sized pool”, though it turns out that he actually dug up a cliff next to Pooh's house. Later that day, Piglet is doing laundry when Gopher tells him that his turn to get his house renovated will be after Tigger’s. Piglet asks Gopher if Gopher ask permission from Tigger. Gopher assures Piglet he’ll enjoy it. However, Rabbit and Pooh are fed up with Gopher’s ’renovations’ of their houses, though Piglet tries to assure Rabbit that he isn’t hurting any of them, until an angry Tigger comes bandaged up with several injuries thanks to Gopher’s ’renovations’ at Tigger’s house. With that in mind, Rabbit, Tigger, and Pooh decide to have Gopher stop his 'renovations' for good. As Piglet goes home, he find it renovated thanks to Gopher, and it caused it to fall down, leaving Piglet homeless. Then it was Piglet is finally convinced Gopher’s “renovations” are not so successful and that Rabbit is right about him going to far overboard. So he steals Lucille, much to Gopher’s horror. Piglet digs himself into a hole, and Gopher had come to the rescue. Piglet confesses he took Lucille and pretend there’s a Yellow-Bellied-Shovel [and Piglet] Stealer, and tells everyone that Lucille gets a rest, until he mentions what he’s got in mind to buy next. He thinks about what it was with either a steam shovel or a spoon, but then decides a nuclear-powered drill, and plans to name it "Nancy". This causes the others to scream and run off, and when they are gone, Gopher wonders if they prefer "Emily" instead.
Characters[]
Cast[]
| Voice actor | Character |
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| Jim Cummings | Winnie the Pooh and Tigger |
| John Fiedler | Piglet |
| Ken Sansom | Rabbit |
| Michael Gough | Gopher |
Trivia[]
- This episode was recorded on March 4, 1991.
- Holes ’R’ Us is a parody of Toys ’R’ Us.
- This is the first episode since A Bird in the Hand that is 11 minutes long, as well as the first such episode of the fourth season.
- The title is a pun on the phrase, "Double Double Toil and Trouble", a line spoken by the three witches in the Shakespeare play, Macbeth.