May 12, 2007 (2007-05-12) – October 9, 2010 (2010-10-09)
My Friends Tigger & Pooh is an American computer-animated children's television series inspired by A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh. The series was developed by Walt Disney Television Animation, and was executive produced by Brian Hohlfeld. 63 episodes were produced. The series is produced using Alias Maya/Autodesk Maya 3D software. This show was aired on Playhouse Disney on Disney Channel from May 12, 2007 to October 9, 2010 in the United States. In the few episodes, it was produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and in association with Disney Channel Original. After that, for the rest of the series, it was produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and Playhouse Disney Original.
This show was added to Disney+ on November 12, 2019.
Overview
The series featured Pooh and other characters from the book and prior film and television adaptations and introduces two new characters: an imaginative 6-year-old red-headed girl named Darby and her dog Buster. Darby is the main protagonist, the series' hostess, and the leader of the Super Sleuths. Her older best friend Christopher Robin, makes two appearances over the course of the series.
Developed by Walt Disney Television Animation with animation from Japanese company Polygon Pictures, My Friends Tigger & Pooh was executive produced and story edited by Brian Hohlfeld.[1][2] It premiered on Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney block on May 12, 2007.[3] The series was renewed for a second season in June 2007.[2] After voicing him in Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie, Travis Oates reprised the role of Piglet, taking over for John Fiedler, who died on June 25, 2005, two years prior to the debut of the series. It also marked the final time Peter Cullen, Ken Sansom and Kath Soucie provided the respective voices of Eeyore, Rabbit and Kanga, as all three of them would be recast in 2011's Winnie the Pooh and Sansom died the following year. Cullen would later reprise Eeyore in the 2017 Doc McStuffins special "Into the Hundred Acre Wood". It was renewed for a 35-episode third season in March 2008.[4]
Darby Gets Lemons, Makes Lemonade / Dancing with Darby
Bedtime with Pooh (August 17, 2010)
Eeyore's Sad Day / Tigger's Bedtime for Bouncer
Buster's Bath / Once in a Pooh Moon
Pooh's Double Trouble / Eeyore Sleeps on It
Reception
My Friends Tigger & Pooh was the number 1-ranked television series in kids 2–5 during its first season, earning a 5.2 rating. It also ranked as the top kid series with women 18–49 (0.7 rating), according to Disney Channel.[2] The series continued to be the top-ranked show in kids 2–5 during its second season.[4]
Marilyn Moss of Associated Press reviewed the show favorably, calling it "a charming series", adding that the "animation is splendid, and, of course, the characters retain their charm".[3]
The series and Brian Hohlfield won a Humanitas Award for its first season segment, "Eeyore’s Sad Day".[5] Further, the series was nominated for six Daytime Emmy Awards in 2008 and 2009, three for each year.
References
^"Brian Hohlfeld". Variety. January 24, 2008. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
