Any other little Winnie the Pooh fans out there?
Spiros Triantafyllopoulos
We love Pooh as well. For some reason it (the TV, products, etc) do not
reek of the usual Disney consumerism...
Spiros
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Julie Misa
Hi all,
Lately my two year old son has become enamored of Winnie the Pooh. We
rented one of Pooh's short movies, W.P. and Tigger Too, and my son fell in
love. He's a boy of few words, but when he says "Pooh" he says it with
such emphasis. It's really funny. So I bought him a stuffed Pooh that
hugs a little Piglet, and he totes them and his blankie all over the house.
I also dug a pair of my daughter's pajamas out of storage, because they
have a Pooh embroidered on one side. They're winter pajamas, and when my
son saw them, he started tugging on his clothes, saying "off, off". He was
desperate to get into the Pooh jammies. And now his other jammies just
won't do. This is somewhat unfortunate, given the fact that it's still
rather warm here at night.
I've since noticed that Pooh seems to be pretty popular with toddlers and
preschoolers, at least where we live. I must admit that I like Pooh
myself. I'm wondering if there are other little Pooh fanatics out there?
Julie
KL Ussery
Julie (julie...@alice-compusystems.com) wrote:
> I'm wondering if there are other little Pooh fanatics out there?
Absolutely. My son is 2 and has loved Pooh practicaly since birth.
His bed has the Pooh theme, Pooh is on his walls, clothes, calenders, he
has a Pooh growth chart, and almost every video of Pooh there is. He
wants Pooh on the TV all the time. If we are in the car, he wants to hear
the song (and is now beginning to sing part of it too!)
I have to admit that it's kind of catching. I'm becoming very attached to
Pooh and Tiger and the gang. I found a Pooh key chain at Disneyland and
fell in love with it. And speaking of Disneyland, when we took him there
in May, and he saw Pooh and Tigger, he was so excited. He just knew he was
seeing Pooh and Tigger in person. When I saw the Pooh Print Shop CD rom,
of course I had to have it. And he loves his Pooh animated storybook CD
but needs help with it.
You are definetly not alone out there.
Kendra
mom to Kenny and ??? due may 10th
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Rachel Van Dyke
Oh yes my daughter loves pooh, we have the movies and all the books!! I
have to admit that I'm drawn in too. Wish I'd done her room in pooh!!!
Rachel
Julie Misa <julie...@alice-compusystems.com> wrote in article
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> myself. I'm wondering if there are other little Pooh fanatics out there?
>
> Julie
>
PoohDiddly
My daughters second word (after DaDa) was Pooh. She's 10 months old and
will not go anywhere without her Pooh. I will admit, I was crazy about Pooh
and I decorated her nursery in Pooh. Clothes, toys, walls, everything. She
seems to really be into him. There is another newsgroup called
alt.fan.pooh if you're interested in it. Everyone there admits to being a
Pooh fanatic.
Dawn Adelsberger
My daughter (nine on Saturday - yikes !) _still_ loves Winnie the Pooh
(WTP). She continues to watch Pooh videos (she loves WTP's Grand
Adventure) and has a WTP sweatshirt. She even asked for WTP art on her
birthday cake.
It's a "kinder, gentler" cartoon - and I agree - less commercialized as
well (though I love the "authentic" art/stuffed animals) that is currently
in the stores.
Dawn Adelsberger-Mangan
Stephen Lewis
My two year old son also likes Winnie the Pooh, but he doesn't like the
Disney version that has transformed Christopher Robin and all of the
animals into Americans. He knows that Christopher Robin and Pooh are
really British; "They are changing the guards at Buckingham Palace,
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.. ".
Dylan's Mom
Yes, I too love Pooh. I buy my son (13mos) anything with Pooh on it. Also
I've bought some very cute Eor (sp?) stuff. I think I am really attracted
to it because I had it when I was little too some 30 years ago. I still
have a Winnie the Pooh stuffed bear that must be at least 30 years old - he
is a little frayed but in remarkably good shape for as old as he is. If
you have a Disney store at a mall near you there are tons of good stuff.
--
TBu...@Netgate.compaqnospam.com
Anne LeVeque
Stephen Lewis (S.L...@ftel.co.uk) wrote:
: My two year old son also likes Winnie the Pooh, but he doesn't like the
My two year old, Julia, loves Winnie the Pooh, too. I've read to her a
bit from the 'real' Pooh stories, and she just loves them. When my son
Jake - now 9 YO - was younger and having a hard time falling asleep
because of nighttime fears and such, I would read to him from Pooh and it
would help dispel the nastiness of the outside world.
Anne L.
le...@capcon.net
Suzanne900
My son John Henry, 2.5, has been in love with Pooh since he was less than
a year old. He picked out a Pooh bear in the Disney Store and would get so
excited everytime he saw a Pooh anywhere. He used to walk around with one
of the little toddler Pooh and Piglet figurines in his hands everywhere,
like a security blanket. He had a Pooh attack a couple of times when we
didn't have Pooh with us.
We have EVERY Pooh video and the live character Pooh show taped. Of course
he has a Pooh decorated playroom and probably every Pooh toy out there. And
we visit Pooh every weekend when we go to Disneyland, and other times when
he is in a local book or toy store. He is just deciding that he likes to
get close to Pooh and gave him a hug last weekend, before he just liked to
look -- Pooh is HUGE! We do have a photo of JH and Pooh on his 2nd
birthday, but he is asleep in the stroller -- his only 15 minute nap of the day!
The stories are so sweet, I hope one day JH will be able to fully enjoy
the original books.
Suzanne
(mom to John Henry, 24 weeker, now 2.5)
John Henry's Pooh photo: http://members.aol.com/PreemieJH/index14.html
Jane
I agree. I adored 'When We Were Very Young' and 'Now We Are Six' when
I was a child and I have vivid memories of some of the poems ('In a
corner of the bedroom is a great big curtain . . . .'). My mother only
has to mention 'What is the matter with Mary Jane' and I am six again.
My children also love the books so I borrowed a Winnie the Pooh video
from the library and was horrified. It had been Disneyafied and had
none of the charm and wit of the original. They even changed
Christopher Robin's hairstyle. I am a sixth or seventh generation
Australian and not prone to the Anglo cultural cringe but I object to
the precious cultural icons of my childhood being plundered. A pox on
the videos! Boycott the merchandising! Resist cultural imperialism!
Long live Winnie the Pooh!
CarolA44
My daughter was given two beautiful (and fancy) teddy bears at birth.
They were huge and she was afraid of them.. Hazel noticed that she
gravitated towards someones Winnie at the playground at about 6 month so we
bought her one because it was smaller and washable. She loves it and still
takes it everywear (we are ready for a second).
Her favorite other Pooh thing is the book with the muscial electronic
strip on the side (lots of familiar tunes with Pooh lyrics.)
Martha Hendriks
In article <3417F8...@ftel.co.uk>,
Stephen Lewis <S.L...@ftel.co.uk> wrote:
>My two year old son also likes Winnie the Pooh, but he doesn't like the
>Disney version that has transformed Christopher Robin and all of the
>animals into Americans. He knows that Christopher Robin and Pooh are
>really British; "They are changing the guards at Buckingham Palace,
>Christopher Robin went down with Alice.. ".
I agree completely with your son. The Disney-fication of Pooh has
changed his essential character.
I once wrote an essay in Grade 12 on "Rabbit as a Capitalist" (must
have found a book on it somewhere, I'm sure it wasn't an original idea!)
Tee Fong
Yes, the kids here in Singapore love Winnie the Pooh too. The recent
MacDonald's give-away of Pooh, Piglet, Tigger and Eeyore stuff toys got
the kids (and parents) all crazy. They are really lovable characters. Pooh
especially because of his kindness. He is so cute. It helps alot that the
dubbing in English is clear and easy to understand and the kids can follow
easily. I've rented a few of Pooh stories and my favourite is "A Day for
Eeyore" --- it is about Eeyore's "forgotten" birthday, try it !
Julie Misa
Tee Fong <tf...@pacific.net.sg> wrote in article
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Hello to Singapore! Some of my favorite people are from Singapore...I work
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and there are quite a
few students from Singapore who study engineering here. Very nice, very
good-humored people.
At any rate, this post from Singapore makes me wonder if anyone has read
_The Tao of Pooh_? From what I understand, the author has applied some of
the principals of Taoism to Pooh, Piglet, et. al. I'm thinking of picking
it up and giving it a read. Maybe all those little Pooh fans out there are
Taoist at heart!
Julie
Aaron & Rebecca
Martha Hendriks wrote:
> I agree completely with your son. The Disney-fication of Pooh has
> changed his essential character.
Agreed here too. Disney has taken Pooh to commercial success, but I
liked him better when he was a Bear of Little Brain.
> I once wrote an essay in Grade 12 on "Rabbit as a Capitalist" (must
> have found a book on it somewhere, I'm sure it wasn't an original idea!)
LOL! My husband and I have talked about this too. He wrote a paper in
college on the symbolism in Winnie the Pooh.
Rebecca
Orit Shacham
I have just returned from a 3-week visit to Connecticut, after a two-year
absence, and was surprised to see Pooh everywhere. There is more Pooh
merchandise in stores than any other Disney character, or so it seems.
I wonder why the sudden merchandising blitz.
Orit
Imma shel Keren, 5-June-96, whose room is done in Pooh
Julie Misa (julie...@alice-compusystems.com) wrote:
: Hi all,
Christopher Biow
Stephen Lewis <S.L...@ftel.co.uk> wrote:
>My two year old son also likes Winnie the Pooh, but he doesn't like the
>Disney version that has transformed Christopher Robin and all of the
>animals into Americans. He knows that Christopher Robin and Pooh are
>really British; "They are changing the guards at Buckingham Palace,
>Christopher Robin went down with Alice.. ".
There are a *few* older Disney videos, produced in the early '60s IIRC,
that have a reasonably authentic Pooh. The stories are taken from the book,
with the book itself providing the graphic background for some of the
story: you see pages turning, etc. At least C. Robin and Owl have English
accents.
The later ones are generic Walt Dismal garbage--remove Pooh and insert
Goofy, and you'd never notice the difference. The plots are formulaic, the
characters have only marginal fidelity to the originals, and the art is
poor.
Arlene Rimer
Rachel Van Dyke wrote:
>
> Oh yes my daughter loves pooh, we have the movies and all the books!! I
> have to admit that I'm drawn in too. Wish I'd done her room in pooh!!!
last year my daughter announced she did not want to watch any more pooh
videos, because there are no girls in any of the stories.
Arlene
ari...@rimart.com
CarolA44
>last year my daughter announced she did not want to watch any more pooh
>videos, because there are no girls in any of the stories.
UH OH...we tell my daughter that Winnie is a girl-pooh
Tootsiepop
On Thu, 11 Sep 1997 14:58:09 +0100, Stephen Lewis <S.L...@ftel.co.uk>
wrote:
>My two year old son also likes Winnie the Pooh, but he doesn't like the
>Disney version that has transformed Christopher Robin and all of the
>animals into Americans. He knows that Christopher Robin and Pooh are
>really British; "They are changing the guards at Buckingham Palace,
>Christopher Robin went down with Alice.. ".
Winnie was a bear in Britian that was named by a Canadian Solider
durning the second World War and he was serving in Britian. He named
it Winnie after his home town of Winnipeg, Manitoba. AA Milne's son
Christopher liked the bear so much that he decided to write him
bedtime stories about the bear. Just a little Pooh trivia.
LADYSPACE2
>My two year old son also likes Winnie the Pooh,
My 2 year old daughter has also recently discovered Winnie.
Only, she refers to him as:
WINNIN and a POOH.
No amount of correcting her pronunciation will change this.
SHe can say Winnie the Pooh.. just refuses!
Lady Space 2
= )
"The gravity that used to hold you down,
just don't exist no more.."
"Rocket Ride"
de...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
Tootsiepop (Toots...@hotmail.com) wrote:
: On Thu, 11 Sep 1997 14:58:09 +0100, Stephen Lewis <S.L...@ftel.co.uk>
: wrote:
: >My two year old son also likes Winnie the Pooh, but he doesn't like the
: >Disney version that has transformed Christopher Robin and all of the
: >animals into Americans. He knows that Christopher Robin and Pooh are
: >really British; "They are changing the guards at Buckingham Palace,
: >Christopher Robin went down with Alice.. ".
: Winnie was a bear in Britian that was named by a Canadian Solider
: durning the second World War and he was serving in Britian. He named
: it Winnie after his home town of Winnipeg, Manitoba. AA Milne's son
: Christopher liked the bear so much that he decided to write him
: bedtime stories about the bear. Just a little Pooh trivia.
Is that the story? I must have gotten it confused. I thought that Winnie
was a bear in Canada and that AA Milne and his son had come over to Canada
and that's when Christopher saw the bear. Wherever the bear actually was,
what happened afterwards was that Milne decided to write a story about the
bear and Christopher said it should have the name Winnie the Pooh. When
asked, why Pooh?, Christopher responded, "I don't know. Just Pooh."
Brian Badenoch & Sarah-Ann Bishop
Arlene Rimer wrote
>last year my daughter announced she did not want to watch any more pooh
>videos, because there are no girls in any of the stories.
but I know Kanga is female!!
Sarah-Ann
Step mom to Tim(11/68), Kili(8/69), Alec(7/72)
Former foster mom to Jazmine(12/92), Christian(8/94), Racel(5/96) &
DaShon(12/96).
Current foster mom to Justine(5/97)
Anne
My son loves pooh, sings Winnie the pooh, but also, Winnie the vacuum cleaner!
He's a nut about vacuum cleaners. Anyway, I have a pooh page for my daughter
that your son he might enjoy with the music, a winking pooh, and a bouncing
tigger! Click on the url below, then on tigger. To see my vacuum cleaner
nut, click on the jumping elmo! Enjoy!
Anne
To see a very cool web site, click here!
http://home.earthlink.net/~leedlelop/
Endorsed exclusively by me, the webmaster of the site!
PS, you can also jump on the POOH webring which has lotsa pooh sites, just
click on the webrings icon on any page! :)
Amber
We have a couple af winnie the pooh things (I love winnie the pooh).
Everytime we sing winnie the pooh he gets his book and lloks at it.
Although he can't talk yet...when he gets the book he starts singing
himself (or trying)!
-Amber
(Robert III 11 months)