As a fan of Winnie the Pooh, 'The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' was always one of my favourite shows as a child. Not all childhood favourites have held up, but 'The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' is one of the strongest examples of those that have.
While the original three 60s-70s short films ('Honey Tree', 'Blustery Day' and 'Tigger Too') and the 1977 'The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' are just a little better, 'The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' is one of the Winnie the Pooh franchise's high points. "Nothing But the Tooth" is a great episode, but if there was a top 15-20 of the show's best episodes "Gone with the Wind" is definitely up there in my estimations.
The animation is very bright, well drawn and colourful, everything looking lush, detailed and smooth, sometimes with a darker style. "Gone with the Wind" is particularly beautifully animated, with a beautifully moody opening and a very elegantly rendered sunset at the tear-jerking end. The music is playfully jaunty and beautifully orchestrated, enhancing scarier moments with hauntingly urgent and eerie scoring, sadder moments with poignant and particularly lush and emotional scoring and the more playful moments with a jaunty touch. The theme tune is very rousing and one of the catchiest theme songs of any animated show of the late 80s.
Writing has a perfect mix of whimsy, drollness, wit, charm and childhood innocence. The childhood innocence and drollness is particularly striking in "Nothing But the Tooth", while "Gone with the Wind" is more emotionally impacting and moody, one of the show's moodiest and most touching. Love Pooh's lovable drollness in "Nothing But the Tooth", while "Gone with the Wind" has some cracking humorous lines contrasting beautifully with the moody and emotional tone, especially "What a blustery morning. It must be winds day again" and Tigger's "Where? Where? I don't see any flying Piglet, probably just one of those unidentified omelets".
Both stories are simple but lovingly and charmingly told, with "Nothing But the Tooth" funnier and more whimsical (one can also relate to Pooh, as all of us have been there in losing our teeth), while "Gone with the Wind" is layered and more emotional. The part where Pooh, Gopher, Tigger and Rabbit get flushed down the drain being one of the funniest parts of the entire show.
All the characters carry both episodes wonderfully, Tigger is hilarious, Pooh is very lovable and Piglet is affectingly adorable, but one cannot write about these episodes without talking about the scene-stealing pack rats, they are hilarious but also very cute at the same time. The vocal cast are uniformly excellent.
In conclusion, one great episode and one top-tier episode. 10/10 Bethany Cox
While the original three 60s-70s short films ('Honey Tree', 'Blustery Day' and 'Tigger Too') and the 1977 'The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' are just a little better, 'The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' is one of the Winnie the Pooh franchise's high points. "Nothing But the Tooth" is a great episode, but if there was a top 15-20 of the show's best episodes "Gone with the Wind" is definitely up there in my estimations.
The animation is very bright, well drawn and colourful, everything looking lush, detailed and smooth, sometimes with a darker style. "Gone with the Wind" is particularly beautifully animated, with a beautifully moody opening and a very elegantly rendered sunset at the tear-jerking end. The music is playfully jaunty and beautifully orchestrated, enhancing scarier moments with hauntingly urgent and eerie scoring, sadder moments with poignant and particularly lush and emotional scoring and the more playful moments with a jaunty touch. The theme tune is very rousing and one of the catchiest theme songs of any animated show of the late 80s.
Writing has a perfect mix of whimsy, drollness, wit, charm and childhood innocence. The childhood innocence and drollness is particularly striking in "Nothing But the Tooth", while "Gone with the Wind" is more emotionally impacting and moody, one of the show's moodiest and most touching. Love Pooh's lovable drollness in "Nothing But the Tooth", while "Gone with the Wind" has some cracking humorous lines contrasting beautifully with the moody and emotional tone, especially "What a blustery morning. It must be winds day again" and Tigger's "Where? Where? I don't see any flying Piglet, probably just one of those unidentified omelets".
Both stories are simple but lovingly and charmingly told, with "Nothing But the Tooth" funnier and more whimsical (one can also relate to Pooh, as all of us have been there in losing our teeth), while "Gone with the Wind" is layered and more emotional. The part where Pooh, Gopher, Tigger and Rabbit get flushed down the drain being one of the funniest parts of the entire show.
All the characters carry both episodes wonderfully, Tigger is hilarious, Pooh is very lovable and Piglet is affectingly adorable, but one cannot write about these episodes without talking about the scene-stealing pack rats, they are hilarious but also very cute at the same time. The vocal cast are uniformly excellent.
In conclusion, one great episode and one top-tier episode. 10/10 Bethany Cox
