Looking Back On Disney's (Somewhat Creepy) Animatronic Puppet TV Shows
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 มี.ค. 2019
- In anticipation of Tim Burton's Dumbo remake, we're looking back at two shows developed in the 1980's by Ken Forsse of the Teddy Ruxpin fame.
"Welcome To Pooh Corner" and "Dumbo's Circus" delighted kids on the Disney Channel, in spite of their costumes being a little on the unnerving side. Let's take a look at the simpler times of cable TV.
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Another fact about Dumbo's Circus, that you forgot to mention, is that Paul Fusco worked on the series, prior to creating ALF.
I really wish they'd bring back this stuff on Disney Plus eventually. I'd love to watch it again. I know if you didn't grow up watching it it probably looks creepier, but for me it was AMAZING at the time and just plain nostalgic now. I watched more Pooh Corner than Dumbo's Circus but I wish I'd watched more now that there's so much of it missing.
I didn't grow up watching it but personally, I don't mind the Dumbo's circus characters. I actually think there pretty cute. The Pooh series, though, was a little weird, mostly because of what he said about them always being hand drawn and animated beforehand.
I may not have grown up watching either of these, but I understand and respect that everyone had their own shows that they watched. Like how I grew up with The Book Of Pooh, which is on Disney+. If either of these shows made it on Disney+, I would give it a try. As I am curious about them. Especially if the Sherman brothers wrote some of the songs
I was REALLY young when these shows aired so I forgot they even existed until this video gave me a nostalgic punch to my memory.
I remember welcome to pooh corner and Dumbo's circus
I remember both!! I was never scared of them I just enjoyed the show's. I remember the stranger danger episode mostly the gang talking about what to do when you run into a stranger and even showed clips of real kids dealing with stranger danger themselves mostly strangers trying to kidnap them. I don't remember the one you just showed of Pooh talking about people touching you; Maybe it only showed once or I just don't remember it. I never saw the Dumbo episode of him losing his magic feather and I so agree with you! That is a weird episode to make when we all know he never needed the feather in the first place. Looking back on these shows now I'm more impressed on how they were made rather than the episodes themselves! The technology used back then was amazing and really brought the characters to life.
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The school I used to work for still had the bus safety VHS. Straight up used to scare most of the kids lol
I remember watching that video long time ago. Don’t remember much about it though, accept for a song about not eating on the bus.
Created some pretty weird memories XD
Not-so fun fact: Ken Forsse passed away exactly 5 years ago :,(
Also Phil Baron & Will Ryan provided voices in Teddy Ruxpin, with Phil being Teddy’s voice.
"Oh fluff and stuff" is winee the pool's "aw here goes"
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Now you have to cover Book of Pooh since you covered Welcome to Pooh Corner.
I LOVED THAT SHOW!!!
Fortunately we can watch Book Of Pooh on Disney+ now
I still hold hope that one day Pooh Corner will get released on Disney+. I have a theory that the reason they've taken down all the episodes is because they plan on releasing a remastered version on Disney+ in the near future.
Being an 80s kid, I've probably seen all of the Dumbo's Circus episodes that have aired. I remember both, but Dumbo's Circus is the one that I remember with the most fondness.
Fun fact: The person who directed the Winnie the Pooh Too Smart for Strangers special, Ron Underwood, would later on direct Pluto Nash, Holidays in Handcuffs, and that Godawful live-action remake of The Year Without a Santa Claus where the Miser brothers have hookers for minions for some reason.
I loved this show as a kid so much. Looking back, it does look kinda creepy, but as a child, I just thought they were like big walking stuffed toys.
Fun fact, the people who made these two shows also made “The Mother Goose Treasury” in 1987. Also as I’m posting this comment, Will Ryan, one of the cast members unfortunately passed away recently.
I actually watched a few episodes of Pooh Corner, and I found adorable and hilarious! It’s not creepy at all!
I do remember “The New Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh”! Will you be covering that too? Hey! That rhymes!
Very good job on this video! The 80s were indeed a wild time for Disney. Pooh Bear and his friends definitely don’t look terrible here but they do look at least a little creepy to me. Definitely a rather curious show!
I know it isn't the case and all, but how come I get the feeling that Dumbo only had an orangutan because they planned a Jungle Book based live action series at some point and already had the makings of a King Louie suit/puppet?
It kinda does look like King Louie
That is extremely plausible, I have to admit.
Off subject have you ever heard of Adventures in Wonderland? It was another Disney Channel show that featured Alice visiting Wonderland every episode where she would meet with the Mad Hatter, White Rabbit, Queen of Hearts etc. They also modernized it so it was very 90s. Tweedledee and Tweedledum looked like hip-hop singers.
These are the two oldest shows I can remember watching. I rewatched a few episodes for nostalgia & was shocked at how well I remembered them. I can't even remember what I wore yesterday.
I don’t understand how the black dots for eyes worked for Tigger but they couldn’t give it to pooh. Just watching these clips, Tigger stood out as the most expressive and recognizable comparble to his 2D form
I used to watch Dumbo's Circus. . . But all I remember was that there was one episode where Q.T. cut down a tree but couldn't remember what to say when it's falling. . . And the tree just swayed back and forth like it was waiting for him. . . And then he yelled "Timber" and it landed on Sebastian, of course.
Which ties into the only other thing I remember: That Sebastian was the first "villain" I ever felt bad for and wished would catch a break.
I don't get why the internet is so quick to define this or that as 'creepy', etc. The fursuits look fine---they're not disturbing in any way.
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Good thing you brought up 'Too Smart For Strangers', or The Cinema Snob will throw a fit.
I didn't grow up with either of these, but there's actually another Winnie the Pooh puppet TV show called "The Book of Pooh", which aired on Playhouse Disney in the early 2000s. That one I did watch as a little girl, and the puppets in that show looked much cuter, far less creepy, and more like their animated counterparts than the ones in "Welcome to Pooh Corner".
So, the problem wasn't giving the characters realistic proportions, and moving mouths, it was the designs of the costumes. (I don't know what they were thinking when giving Pooh more normal looking eyes. They just make Pooh look like he wants to eat my soul. Ugh.)
I speak as a toddler from back then, I never found them creepy, I loved these shows! Actually, that's how I knew of Dumbo and Winnie Pooh ❤️
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Gotta give props to a Orangutan who can Bust a Cinder Block in 2
Good video. I didn't grow up with these shows, but I've seen them on TH-cam and thought they were fine for what they were. I noticed some of the Disney shows for preschoolers have lost episodes and its not just these shows. Shows I grew up with like Bear in the Big Blue House, PB&J Otter, Out of the Box, and Stanley also have episodes that aren't available anywhere
2:23 you should've said "and I don't mean the heffalumps" missed opportunity lol
I don't remember the live-action Dumbo show, but I DO remember Welcome to Pooh Corner... Vaguely, I remember almost nothing about it other than how disturbing the costumes were (and also I thought I swallowed a penny while watching it, but that's neither here nor there). I DID enjoy watching the "Too Smart for Strangers" special as an adult, though, it's unintentionally hilarious.
I had forgotten about these! Thanks for the reminder.
The only creepy thing to me is that Timothy lion blinks WAY Too much !
its truly telling that "the book of pooh" was the best live action depiction of Winnie the Pooh.
I MISS SHOWS LIKE THOSE!!!!!!!!!!! I wish they brought them back.
I actually remember having Pooh's Corner on VHS too, even though I don't have too much memories on it. I just remember watching the show. I'm shocked the puppets didn't have me run away screaming, lmao. It's really hazy tho because I had alot of Winnie The Pooh VHS tapes/DVDs.
If you had TLC’s Ready Set Learn in the late 90’s-Early 2000’s before Paz the Penguin, you might remember that show, Skinnamarink TV starring Sharon, Lois, and Bram with Ella the Elephant and CC CopyCat the blue striped cat with a red vest, and in the Crazy Jake’s Segment Of The Show, they used the Laugh In Doors.
I saw couple of episodes of Dumbo Circus as a kid. This might be the nostalgia talking. But I rather enjoyed it, especially now that Dumbo could talk.
As for the magic feather, maybe the writers wanted to put in something familiar from the movie to serve as a gimmick.
Whether or not they made the right decision, well I'll leave that up for you to decide.
There was a time back in the early 1980’s up to the late 2000’s where Winnie the Pooh was of Disney’s biggest franchises, but not anymore. No more Pooh projects have been made since the 2011 movie and the live action Christopher Robin movie. What happened?
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Omg pooh corner hit me like a ton of bricks. Sweet jesus I forgot it even existed.
I grew up watching both shows on the Disney Channel.
Same
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Yeah I had Disney during the 80s so I did watch these 2 shows a lot hehe. I was devastated when my family couldn't afford cable anymore sometime during the 90s. But yeah these were some of the first shows I remembered, even before animated classics like Ducktales.
Also, correct me if I am wrong, but the narrator from the Pooh show, isn't he the same Narrator from the original Winnie the Pooh shorts?
I was never scared of animatronics either. Maybe it's because I started seeing them at a very young age because my family went to Chuck E. Cheese and Show Biz Pizza, and other performances that had them.
I liked both of these. I watched then on the Disney channel all the time when I was a kid
I grow up on those shows and loved them.
I was also an Adventures in Wonderland fan too.
I remember watching both these shows as a kid--mostly the Pooh one. This was a nice rundown of the shows!
I'm curious though--how does the Eeyore costume function...? He has four movable legs... how exactly was the puppeteer/actor fitting in there?
I was wondering that too. I woukd guess it was two actors of short stature in the suit.
These shows are old school Disney channel shows. Wow!
I loved both of these shows!!!
Oh yes, I used to watch Welcome To Pooh Corner and Dumbo’s Circus back in the day. This is when the Disney Channel was actually good, if not the best. Nowadays it’s nothing but silly and incredibly saccharine-y sitcoms involving stereotypical teen and tween situations and other cheap garbage. No offense to viewers of the 1997 to present Disney Channel.
Same
I remember watching both Pooh Corner and Dumbo's Circus as a kid. We taped a bunch of episodes too and I think my mom still has some of them, but they're on VHS and I don't currently have the means to convert them to digital. When I have more money and can purchase a VHS to digital converter, I'd be happy to upload them.
I was fine with these two shows but I was creeped out by the live action WIND IN THE WILLOWS
These were two of my favorite shows as a little kid. They do look creepy now but so does a lot of the 80s. ❤
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I watched these shows and I absolutely loved them! 👍💞
These were my Barney the Dinosaur. Loved them!
I loved these shows growing up, oddly enough they didn't creep me out. The only thing I really, really fondly remember is the live action Teddy Ruxpin. The opening song still makes me tear up. I just wish they'd been able to do an actual series of it instead of just the 40 or so minutes.
“The Book of Pooh” was a better attempt at translating the characters from “Winnie the Pooh” into live action.
I'd love to see your analyzation of the bizarre 80s kids show 'Zoobilee Zoo'!
I cried when Dumbo’s mother was locked up.
Please do more videos about some other direct-to-video puppet series like Toby Terrier! I grew up with Toby and his canine crew!
There was another live-action Winnie the Pooh series using puppets call Book of Pooh and those designs were a lot more truer to the cartoon
Hey! That looks just like Skippy from alien Encounter! 9:01
2:55 creepy af. Lol 😂
Dumbo's Circus was, surprisingly, before my time, and I was born at the ass-end of '85. I remember, however, having a VHS recording of an episode or 2 of Dumbo's Circus, and it was, without a doubt, one of the weirdest fucking things I watched as a kid (Among other programs and movies my parents had recorded over the the course of the first half of the '80's).
Man those were creepy
I remember Too smart for strangers. That was creepy.
Pooh corner is such a weird creepy barely vivid memory from my early childhood...watching it in a weird dark motel and stuff
You are commenting as an adult..not a child. As a child, it was just entertaining.
The costumes on Welcome to Pooh Corner were horrific!! It was so uncomfortable to watch.
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Well, I did watch Winnie Pooh bus safety at school when I was in 4th grade
I just remember all the ytps of the strangers short
"A stranger is someone you do not touch. I touched you, so you're not a stranger."
Piglet : "if a stranger touches you, KILL some one you trust."
yoU Gotta Love Yourself, how would it have mattered what Pooh's eyes were like?
Do you plan on covering the later live action Pooh series "The Book of Pooh"?
I thought about it, but probably not. While "Book of Pooh" was quite solid, with good writing and puppetry, I didn't have an emotional connection to it like some of the other Pooh stuff out there, and I usually do videos on things that resonate with me on a personal level, or just things I find interesting. A new Pooh video should be coming in mid-April, though.
Colin LooksBack Do you remember the CGI Pooh series, “My Friends Tigger & Pooh”?
You Should Talk About The Book of Pooh the history is interesting
you must be the only one creeped out. all my friends loved the characters
Hearing Pooh say, “ Private parts “ Is hilariously dark.
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i always liked the book of pooh which came out in the early 200's i think
I liked them, though I only on vhs.
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I don’t remember Pooh Corner but I remember The Book Of Pooh that show was similar
0:00: TIM BURTON!?!? ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!? Well..... prepare for a fright, everyone!
I watched both of these as re-runs on Disney Channel in the early 90s. I loved Pooh Corner and absolutely hated Dumbo's Circus. No emotional connection to Dumbo I guess and I probably hadn't even seen the movie back then, but Pooh has always been a favorite. I remember identifying a lot with Eeyore because I was a depressed child growing up in an abusive home and it was extremely comforting to see a character who was sad like me but who was also accepted and had friends. I remember Pooh's show being so warm and then Dumbo's Circus would come on right after and not hold a candle to it.
They to need to make a classic Disney Channel Same as a nickellowdien And a classic cartoon channel
Omg i had totally blocked out welcome to pooh corner
Naw man I was to late is gone now
These animatronic shows were only beginning of Disney’s downfall
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Dumbo circus was cute
Not creepy to me. Maybe that’s because I grew up watching these shows.
Personally, I prefer Welcome to Pooh Corner (and Dumbo's Circus) over The Book of Pooh.
So what's creepy? 😂
Dumbo is just a franchise like Toy Story.
Not creepy
Welcome to Pooh’s corner looks like crap
The channel back in than was parents not for kids that why? Are creepy please don’t make your children to watch these shows anymore these shows got started in the 60 s our parents back then the Disney Channel in 60 and the 70 s were creepy Disney Channel they should not Put them and it change before Eisenhower take over these shows where done than we too Disney and one Saturday morning and Disney Channel we know today and playhouse, Disney