January 18, 2007

  • Winnie the Pooh day

       Today is the day celebrating A.A. Milne's creation of that "funny little, silly little bear" and all who live in Hundred Acre Woods. Like many children, I was introduced to that world as a youngster, but even as an adult have t-shirts with Pooh and pals on. My favorite has always been Piglet, because I can relate to being short & wimpy. The word 'blustery' always instantly brings to mind Pooh hanging onto a balloon on a windy day. I even have the philosophy book "The Tao of Pooh" and it's sequel.

        Disney corrupted the story somewhat in it's modern cartoons, eliminating Kanga & her baby, Roo, in favor of a non-authentic male character. Why does Disney prefer a world without mothers? It's very strange.

       Anyways, I've always liked the idea of a cozy woodland inhabited by stuffed animals come to life. It's soothing and makes the perfect escape, no matter what age one is.  

Comments (6)

  • Winnie the Pooh will always hold a special place in my heart!

  • I always loved Winnie the Pooh !! But then kids these days don't have many comfort books like we had when we were young! They're missing out I think

  • Oh I love Winnie the Pooh!  Or as Little Man says "Innie Ooh!" and "Igle" for Piglet.  "Grrr" is Tigger and "Babbit" is of course Rabbit.  Oh goodness I could go on and on!  I don't want to bore you to death so I'll just shut up now! LOL

    ~Dixie

  • Disney "corrupted" a lot of folk tales.  There were never "7" dwarfs in SnowWhite.  I remember discussing this with a class of very intelligent 2nd graders at Buckeye Woodland Elementary..

    When I was at CWRU, one of the professor's favorite books was Winnie the Pooh.  He talked about it all the time and saw great meaning and application...I'm a fan.  A big fan of children's books in general.  It's much more challenging to write a good Children's book..and one can never be too old to appreciate reading them.

  • I only seem to be able to remember the song. That I suppose came from Disney.

  • I always liked Eeyore, he was so sarcastic.  And Owl because he was convinced of his own importance and everyone else believed in it too!  But I hate the Disney Pooh. He's the same All-American little boy with a cow lick and freckles, but just drawn as Pooh, nothing like the one in the book. I also preferred the E H Shepard drawings. 

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