No, this is not a rant on the show itself. The television show is phenomenal. The characters are great, the adventures they get into are amusing, and the lessons that are in the show are invaluable.
The rant will be, instead, the poor way Disney has distributed it over the years.
In the early 90s, Walt Disney Home Video released 10 Volumes of the Beloved TV Show. They were as follows (The Laserdisc Releases had two volumes in one package): Volume 1: The Great Honey Pot Robbery. Volume 2: The Wishing Bear. Volume 3: Newfound Friends. Volume 4: There's No Camp Like Home. Volume 5: Wind Some, Lose Some.
Volume 6: All's Well That Ends Well. Volume 7: King of the Beasties. Volume 8: The Sky's The Limit. Volume 9: Everything's Coming Up Roses. Volume 10: Pooh to the Rescue.
Each volume contained 2-4 segments from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Most of the episodes were from Season 1, but there were some from Season 2, and a few from Season 3. Unfortunately most of the episodes were shown out of order (the first episode of the show never even got released!).
In 1994, Disney released new video lines with episodes from the tv show. Gone was the name of the TV Show. These videos had some episodes from the other 10 volumes, and some were new. Instead the lines were called; Winnie the Pooh: Playtime and Winnie the Pooh: Learning. Each line had 3 Videos to begin with and contained 2-4 episodes.
Throughout the years, Disney released more videos in these two lines, eventually leading to each line having 5 videos by 1999. In 1997, Disney kicked off Winnie the Pooh: Friendship, and this two by 1999 had 5 videos.
From 1994-1996, there had been Holiday VHS releases of the show that also lacked the tv show's name.
Then in 2005, Disney released the series on DVD. It was reasonable to expect Disney might release the show in volumes with each episode in order of their original airdate. Instead, Disney released 5 DVDs, none having the television show's theme song. Some of these DVDs are worth getting because they have episodes you will not find anywhere else.
So the question you all might be asking yourself is, why does this matter. It matters because there are thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of people who would love to own the show in a proper format so they can rewatch and show it to their children. After all, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is one of Disney's most sucessful animated shows ever and as such, it deserves more than having episodes as bonus features on other Pooh DVDs, or poor DVD releases.
Do you agree, did you like this rant, constructive criticism? Sound off!
In 1994, Disney released new video lines with episodes from the tv show. Gone was the name of the TV Show. These videos had some episodes from the other 10 volumes, and some were new. Instead the lines were called; Winnie the Pooh: Playtime and Winnie the Pooh: Learning. Each line had 3 Videos to begin with and contained 2-4 episodes.
Throughout the years, Disney released more videos in these two lines, eventually leading to each line having 5 videos by 1999. In 1997, Disney kicked off Winnie the Pooh: Friendship, and this two by 1999 had 5 videos.
So the question you all might be asking yourself is, why does this matter. It matters because there are thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of people who would love to own the show in a proper format so they can rewatch and show it to their children. After all, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is one of Disney's most sucessful animated shows ever and as such, it deserves more than having episodes as bonus features on other Pooh DVDs, or poor DVD releases.
Do you agree, did you like this rant, constructive criticism? Sound off!
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