As I have stated before, there are not many Thanksgiving specials out there so it's nice to find one, that's not an episode of a TV show , to write about. This us to our hero, Winnie the Pooh. (accept him) Also I didn't know that Christopher Robin lived in the United States.
"A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving" came out in 1998 and aired on ABC and reran up until 2003. (weird they stopped after they got the Peanuts rights) it also was nominated for the Primetime Emmy for outstanding Children's program. So was it outstanding?
Pooh is happy that it's Thanksgiving Day (especially when he found out they don't eat bears on that day) and he invites Christopher Robin the wood's Thanksgiving dinner. Pooh is a hurry to prepare for Thanksgiving. (with song)
Somehow only the top part of C.R is cold/copyright Walt Disney
The creatures of the 100 Acre Wood brings something for the meal , Rabbit tells them that their meal is wrong , because honey, acorns and melty chocolate ice-cream aren't part of tradition, and they need to have Turkey , cranberries , pumpkin pie , and etc... without these things it's not the same. (Wait wait , Rabbit wants Turkey?) Rabbit tells Tigger and Eeyore to gather cranberries, Gopher (good thing's only one gopher) to make pumpkin pie, Owl to clean the dinnerware , Rabbit will decorate, and Pooh and Piglet have to get turkey. (murder?)
Now go kill ! /Copyright Walt Disney
Pooh and Piglet look for turkey and can't seem to find one. (and we get another song, about how terrifying turkeys are) While the others stick to their mission. Tigger and Eeyore have to re get their the cranberries after they lost the others due to a hole in a bag and Tigger's jumping, they follow a trail and end up in Pooh and Piglet's turkey trap. Gopher and Owl have finished their jobs and Piglet and Pooh show up with their 'turkey'. The whole meal plan falls apart after Tigger and Eeyore break out the bag. Rabbit and the others feel sad that it's been ruined.
Looks like real Thanksgiving to me /copyright Disney
Pooh thinks of an idea to go each of the other's homes and they invite Rabbit to their newly made Thanksgiving party , with most of the stuff they were going to use in the first place. (We get another song about Friends).
awwww/copyright Disney
This special feels like Thanksgiving , just feels warm watching it (or it's the weather) it's Winnie the Pooh , so it's awesome. The message of Thanksgiving is in this special : that it's not about the food or what kind of food you have , it's about being thankful and friends (or family) and that's really what this special does in a subtle way, except that end song. It also has it's laughs and the songs are very nicely done. If you are looking for a Thanksgiving special , besides the awesome Peanuts one, well here's one.
Tune in next time when we find out that Rabbit really does love eating meat!
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