It’s crazy how good Jim Cummings is at matching sterling Holloway‘s original. Same with Cummings as Tigger, though Paul Winchell did kind of teach him that one
Jim Cummings is just an absolute legend, I always get excited whenever I recognize him in movies, shows and video games. I never grow tired of the guy and from time to time I always imitate the way he screams as Pete lol, cause I always loved the way he voiced Pete.
I'm still amazed that Jim Cummings voiced this silly, old bear for over thirty years, and in a wide variety of media no less. He's tied with Sterling Holloway as my favorite voice for Pooh, though Hal Smith still a solid job.
2:39 - Thank you Dave for placing the clips of Russian interpretation. You have no idea how HAPPY I am for you to have those clips with NO subtitles to translate what the character is saying because if it happens, that would take away a certain magic or charm of the actor's language and performance.
One of the reasons I love Pooh so much is that he reminds me of my grandmother. She was a squat, huggable woman who had a sweet tooth and spoke with the same inflections.
God, very much the same! There's something about the cadence of Pooh's voice and his gentleness (and if I'm being honest, his airheadedness) that reminds me of my Grammy.
Both Sterling Holloway and Jim Cummings are amazing as Pooh! They sound absolutely identical! 😃😃😃🧸 Tho, IMO, the main difference between the two is that Jim is slightly higher-pitched and tad more gruff! Whereas Sterling is a little lower and more gentle! Oh, well! They’re both fantastic! 😊👌
Jim Cummings re-voiced some scenes from the Many Adventures for the Mini Adventures short Disney series and it's nearly identical... Right down to the intonation...! Jim Cummings studied Sterling Holloway so well and got it just perfect. I love them both. I also love the Eyeore short that Hal Smith voiced too where Pooh invents the Pooh Sticks game!
@@mightyfilm I just heard Brock Baker’s impression of Pooh from that South Park episode. And while it is pretty good, Brian’s Pooh is far more accurate, IMO! 😊 Brock’s is just a little too high-pitched to me! 😁👌
I love The Voice Evolutions videos and Jim Cummings is wonderful as Winnie the Pooh but Sterling Holloway was really great and other voices that he did!🐻🤩❤🍯
Sterling may have set the standard, but Jim has just perfected the role of Pooh! 🧸🐝🍯🎈🌲 It’s amazing how identical he sounds to the late Disney legend, while also making the role his own! 😊 And just like Tigger, too! 🐯 Tho, tbh, the late Paul Winchell pretty much taught him how it’s done! 🤩👌
I tell you my most favorite show out of all of these was definitely The Book Of Pooh I used to go to my local library to get VHS tapes of the show so I could watch them at home
I heard Sterling Holloway wanted to reprise his role as Winnie the Pooh in a few episodes of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh starting with the episode Pooh Oughta be in Pictures and ending with Fast Friends.
Sterling and Hal were both on the Andy Griffith show. I was just witching it and Sterling made an appearance, didn't know who he was until he spoke, I thought of the Cheshire cat first, but I mean his voice is unmistakable.
A pretty good showcase on Winnie the Pooh's voices despite that there are only three of them that is if I can just discount the non-canon ones the voices that I had to go to Sterling Holloway and Jim Cummings and pretty well that they gave him that soft voice for him which it is fitting and quite calmer.
Hey Dave👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 i am loving your cartoon evolutions and voice evolutions too!! Question: did you gonna make videos about the major characters on pooh's universe???
Hey, Dave! If you don’t mind me saying, buddy! This video is fantastic! Nice job! I love Pooh Bear and Jim Cummings’ voice (and Sterling Holloway’s, too)! Could you also do a video on Tigger’s voice?! Hoo, hoo! He’s voiced by Jim Cummings, too! 😮😮😮😮🐯
I will always love Sterling Holloway voice of Winnie the pooh. I've seen him so many times on an episode of Andy Griffth Show and movies when he was younger. and the other actor that played Otis the drunk on his show also his voice to the iconic character.
Personally I much prefer Sterling Holloway as Pooh. Hearing Jim Cummings over and over got old and annoying for me growing up so I watched The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and heard Holloway's voice it sounded similar but at least it was more soft spoken. Jim is ok but I prefer it when he plays an original character and not a character that has already been voiced as a replacement for them like Pooh or Tigger.
These are the VAs that we grew up with based on our generations: Gen X and below: Sterling Holloway and Hal Smith Millennials and onwards: Jim Cummings
@@erikpacheco6067 I mean if Jim Cummings ever decides to retire, considering he’s 69 years old. But then again, I guess he is immortal. 😌 Hell, Brian Hull even met Jim Cummings once at the D23 section!
Worked with a smaller man that had an actual voice eerily similar to Jim Cummings pooh voice. We all called him Winnie and he was surprised we called him that. Seriously a sweet man and very kind. Haven’t heard from him in almost 10 years. He should be pushing his mid 60’s by now.
I don’t know how “rare” I’d say it is. It’s very well known, has continuously been played on television for 30+ years and is available in its entirety on Disney+
Dave...an update for you...Ringo Starr's drummer for many years, was asked to voice some Winnie cartoons..Whether or not that's happening I don't know, but he WAS asked.
I know that your video is about the cartoon and video versions of Pooh, but could you consider the audiobook interpretations of his voice? The British actor Norman Shelley did a smashing good voice for Pooh when he read the audiobooks. Also, Stephen Fry voiced Pooh for a dramatised reading of the two story collections, and Bernard Cribbins and Peter Dennis have also portrayed Pooh for audiobook. I was wondering if you could spare a thought for these other Pooh voices, especially Norman Shelley. It is furry and fluffy like Jim Cummings, but it keeps to the British tone of the character. The Shelley audiobooks are readily available as TH-cam links.
I would hate to say this, but the first 2 voices. I am not fond of but the other ones put a big smile on my face even though I'm 58 years old. I still get a kick out of watching Winnie the Pooh and my favorite tigger too?
Other voice actors have to imitate Sterling Holloway, but he just used his natural voice. That's why Sterling _IS_ Pooh, and because they even look alike.
@@marissawolff8491 He could talk about Goofy jr. From the 50’s cartoons, since there some debate if they are the same character or not (he did something similar with the Honey bunny/Lola bunny situation).
Holloway defined the character, and Cummings has cemented it for over 35 years. Smith's Pooh was okay. Not bad but not particularly good, either. It got the job done for the interim before they were fortunate enough to find Cummings. (Smith would continue to voice Owl for a while --- he, Paul Winchell and John Fiedler were the only cast members from the original shorts who reprised their roles in the '80s TV series.)
Who do you think will be the next Pooh voice, if Jim Cummings ever decides to retire? 🤔💭 Think, think, think! Anyway, my money is on TH-camr Brian Hull! His Pooh is absolutely amazing! Who’s with me!? 😁😁😁🙋♂️
Hal smith sounds better as pooh in cartoon form then puppet costume form also love what he says about poo sticks i though I called it fur cones apparently he did in books 📚
In my opinion Sterling Holloway is the Voice Legend for Winnie The Pooh. Meanwhile, Jim Cummings is just the successor to the late Mr. Holloway in the Modern Era/Millennium as Winnie The Pooh to replace the late Mr Holloway
You know what sometimes I wish I can make my own version of Winnie the Pooh when Christopher Robin is a teenager and he's dressed in a tuxedo and the other characters including pooh or turning on a show for every child Young and the old to see the stories of new kinds of adventures of Winnie the Pooh only Christopher Robin would be the narrator and in my version of Winnie-the-Pooh Jessie the bluebird would have a boyfriend that Rabbit does not trust and as you know Rabbit was a little too overprotective for her remember in The New adventures of Winnie the Pooh when they met Kessie for the first time ever and her boyfriend would be called Cody and every time the show goes on the introduce themselves when they sing and dance and wear top hats and hold Canes! Won't that make a great Winnie the Pooh cartoon?
It’s crazy how good Jim Cummings is at matching sterling Holloway‘s original. Same with Cummings as Tigger, though Paul Winchell did kind of teach him that one
My thoughts exactly, friend! 🐻🐯🍯🐝🎈🌲
Paul Winchell taught Jim Cummings on Tigger’s voice?
@@daniroseheart620 Yep! From 1988-1999, Jim was Paul’s understudy! 😁😁😁🐯
@@n19ntendods nice!
@@n19ntendods Wow, I didn't knew that!
Jim Cummings is just an absolute legend, I always get excited whenever I recognize him in movies, shows and video games. I never grow tired of the guy and from time to time I always imitate the way he screams as Pete lol, cause I always loved the way he voiced Pete.
Me too! He’s phenomenal as Pete! 😹😹😹😹😹
I'm still amazed that Jim Cummings voiced this silly, old bear for over thirty years, and in a wide variety of media no less. He's tied with Sterling Holloway as my favorite voice for Pooh, though Hal Smith still a solid job.
2:39 - Thank you Dave for placing the clips of Russian interpretation. You have no idea how HAPPY I am for you to have those clips with NO subtitles to translate what the character is saying because if it happens, that would take away a certain magic or charm of the actor's language and performance.
I didn't know Hal Smith also played Winnie the Pooh. No doubt Sterling Holloway is legendary, and Jim Cummings is very good as Pooh too
Sterling Holloway is the voice of Winnie the Poo. He is the originator and the BEST Poo voice ever.
agreed!!!
@@drownzi Well said!
Agreed, the others are good, but not quite the original pooh!
One of the reasons I love Pooh so much is that he reminds me of my grandmother. She was a squat, huggable woman who had a sweet tooth and spoke with the same inflections.
Wow that’s really sweet.
God, very much the same! There's something about the cadence of Pooh's voice and his gentleness (and if I'm being honest, his airheadedness) that reminds me of my Grammy.
Both Sterling Holloway and Jim Cummings are amazing as Pooh! They sound absolutely identical! 😃😃😃🧸 Tho, IMO, the main difference between the two is that Jim is slightly higher-pitched and tad more gruff! Whereas Sterling is a little lower and more gentle! Oh, well! They’re both fantastic! 😊👌
Jim Cummings re-voiced some scenes from the Many Adventures for the Mini Adventures short Disney series and it's nearly identical... Right down to the intonation...! Jim Cummings studied Sterling Holloway so well and got it just perfect. I love them both. I also love the Eyeore short that Hal Smith voiced too where Pooh invents the Pooh Sticks game!
TH-camr Brian Hull will be the 4th Disney pooh voice actor... His pooh impression is absolutely amazing...
I'm pulling for Brock Baker. He did voice the character to an unofficial capacity in an episode of South Park. That has to count for something.
I agree! Brian Hull’s Pooh is phenomenal! 🧸🍯🐝🎈 And so is his Tigger! 🐯 Seriously, he’s the next Jim Cummings!!! 😃😃😃
@@mightyfilm I just heard Brock Baker’s impression of Pooh from that South Park episode. And while it is pretty good, Brian’s Pooh is far more accurate, IMO! 😊 Brock’s is just a little too high-pitched to me! 😁👌
Plus, Brian met Jim at the D23 expo, once! And even received a poster signed by the legend himself, saying “Dear Brian! Stay tuned!”! 😁😁😁
Sterling Holloway who was the voice of Roquefort the Mouse in "The Aristocats", "Winnie the Pooh" and other Cartoon Voices.
I love The Voice Evolutions videos and Jim Cummings is wonderful as Winnie the Pooh but Sterling Holloway was really great and other voices that he did!🐻🤩❤🍯
Jim Cummings is incredible as Winnie the Pooh but sterling hollaway is a legend
Jim Cummings > Sterling Holloway when it comes to Pooh.
@@flashfunk0373nah sterling holloway was better nonetheless jim does a fantastic job
Jim Cummings is the Reincarnation of the Late Sterling Holloway
Wow, didn't knew this much info, thanks dave
Jim Cummings Pooh voice got more calm and soothing
Jim Cummings is a Descendant of Sterling Holloway 😢
The best way I can describe the voice of Pooh now is that it’s the warmest hug you could ever have
Sterling may have set the standard, but Jim has just perfected the role of Pooh! 🧸🐝🍯🎈🌲 It’s amazing how identical he sounds to the late Disney legend, while also making the role his own! 😊 And just like Tigger, too! 🐯 Tho, tbh, the late Paul Winchell pretty much taught him how it’s done! 🤩👌
I tell you my most favorite show out of all of these was definitely The Book Of Pooh I used to go to my local library to get VHS tapes of the show so I could watch them at home
I heard Sterling Holloway wanted to reprise his role as Winnie the Pooh in a few episodes of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh starting with the episode Pooh Oughta be in Pictures and ending with Fast Friends.
Sterling and Hal were both on the Andy Griffith show. I was just witching it and Sterling made an appearance, didn't know who he was until he spoke, I thought of the Cheshire cat first, but I mean his voice is unmistakable.
While my favorite Jim Cummings Disney character will always be a certain purple clad vigilante duck, Jim will always be my favorite Pooh.
Ah, yes.....Scrooge McDuck.
@@marissawolff8491 No. Darkwing Duck. Not Scrooge McDuck.
@@thesladesterb3vt3co7h
I'm JOKING, you idiot!!
So sad they forgotten about Sterling Holloway The Original Voice Actors for Winnie The Pooh 😢
1.Jim Cummings
2.Sterling Holloway
3.Hal Smith
4.Frank Faz Fazakas
5.Yevgeny Leonov
My favorite VA for Winnie The Pooh:
1. Sterling Holloway
2. Jim Cummings
3. Hal Smith
A pretty good showcase on Winnie the Pooh's voices despite that there are only three of them that is if I can just discount the non-canon ones the voices that I had to go to Sterling Holloway and Jim Cummings and pretty well that they gave him that soft voice for him which it is fitting and quite calmer.
Hey Dave👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 i am loving your cartoon evolutions and voice evolutions too!!
Question: did you gonna make videos about the major characters on pooh's universe???
Jim Cummings and Sterling Holloway
Hey, Dave! If you don’t mind me saying, buddy! This video is fantastic! Nice job! I love Pooh Bear and Jim Cummings’ voice (and Sterling Holloway’s, too)! Could you also do a video on Tigger’s voice?! Hoo, hoo! He’s voiced by Jim Cummings, too! 😮😮😮😮🐯
Tiger's original Voice Actor was Paul Winchell before he retired as Voice Actor in 1999 and died in 2005
Sterling is the GOAT. Hearing him brings me right back to my childhood.
OMG the Yevgeny Leonov one sounds exactly like Zach Hadel doing his Wingon voice
Do you ever know that pooh from the original book by A.A was now public domain
I will always love Sterling Holloway voice of Winnie the pooh. I've seen him so many times on an episode of Andy Griffth Show and movies when he was younger. and the other actor that played Otis the drunk on his show also his voice to the iconic character.
Actually, he played Bert Miller the merchant.
Sterling Holloway and Jim Cummings are both amazing as Pooh😁😁😁😁
hey dave can you do the voice evolution of piglet next?
I will _eventually_ , but it may be a while.
@@DaveLeeDownUnder can you do Voice Evolution of Tigger
I'd go with Sterling Holloway's voice way better.
Sterling Holloway and Jim Cummings have the best Pooh voices!!! They were my childhood 🥹❤️!!!
Personally I much prefer Sterling Holloway as Pooh. Hearing Jim Cummings over and over got old and annoying for me growing up so I watched The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and heard Holloway's voice it sounded similar but at least it was more soft spoken. Jim is ok but I prefer it when he plays an original character and not a character that has already been voiced as a replacement for them like Pooh or Tigger.
This makes Happy and smiling at the same time
At 2:17 when the puppets segment starts, the audio totally cuts out.
sterling holloway is my favorite pooh ❤️💛
My favorite too!
Am very impressed with how close Jim Cummings is at matching Sterling Holloway's Pooh voice. If there are any differences, they aren't that big.
But they both are Legend 😢
The 2 best voices are Sterling and Jim. Hal wasn't bad neither were the non Disney Pooh voices but neither of them was as good as them or Hal either.
These are the VAs that we grew up with based on our generations:
Gen X and below: Sterling Holloway and Hal Smith
Millennials and onwards: Jim Cummings
Sterling Holloway & Jim Cummings The Legend of Voice Actors for Winnie The Pooh 🐻🍯🎈
I know the perfect candidate, to be the next Jim Cummings! 😁😁😁 TH-cam impressionist, Brian Hull! Seriously, his Pooh is so uncannily ON POINT!!! 😃🧸🐝🍯🎈
No Not Brian Hull i mean i like Brian Hull I like Jim Cummings better than Brian Hull
@@erikpacheco6067 I mean if Jim Cummings ever decides to retire, considering he’s 69 years old. But then again, I guess he is immortal. 😌 Hell, Brian Hull even met Jim Cummings once at the D23 section!
@@n19ntendods yeah I know But Jim Cummings is the best actor of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger and Pete and Taz
@@erikpacheco6067 I agree.
For me Cummings owns this part. Holloway's performance might be where it started, but it's honestly a little too close to Kaa from Jungle Book.
Holloway was also the voice of Cheshire Cat from Alice In Wonderland
The weird thing is whenever Jim Cummings plays Kaa in The Jungle Book 2, people say he sounds like Pooh! 😂😂😂
To be totally fair, Pooh’s voice is Sterling Holloway’s natural voice! 😊
Worked with a smaller man that had an actual voice eerily similar to Jim Cummings pooh voice. We all called him Winnie and he was surprised we called him that. Seriously a sweet man and very kind. Haven’t heard from him in almost 10 years. He should be pushing his mid 60’s by now.
My favorite would have to be Sterling Holloway in my opinion.
Mine too!
6:11 that's a rare series based off of the many adventures of winnie the pooh.
I don’t know how “rare” I’d say it is. It’s very well known, has continuously been played on television for 30+ years and is available in its entirety on Disney+
The Voice Evolution Of Christopher Robin!
Winnie was Kaa in the 1967 Jungle Book
Dave...an update for you...Ringo Starr's drummer for many years, was asked to voice some Winnie cartoons..Whether or not that's happening I don't know, but he WAS asked.
Sterling Holloway and Jim Cummings are my favorite voices
Same! Me too! 😁
I know that your video is about the cartoon and video versions of Pooh, but could you consider the audiobook interpretations of his voice? The British actor Norman Shelley did a smashing good voice for Pooh when he read the audiobooks. Also, Stephen Fry voiced Pooh for a dramatised reading of the two story collections, and Bernard Cribbins and Peter Dennis have also portrayed Pooh for audiobook. I was wondering if you could spare a thought for these other Pooh voices, especially Norman Shelley. It is furry and fluffy like Jim Cummings, but it keeps to the British tone of the character. The Shelley audiobooks are readily available as TH-cam links.
I would hate to say this, but the first 2 voices. I am not fond of but the other ones put a big smile on my face even though I'm 58 years old. I still get a kick out of watching Winnie the Pooh and my favorite tigger too?
Hal Smith often gets overlooked for his voice acting career
3:16 PAL UK high pitch audio
l love Jim Cummings
5:59 Jim Cummings
Other voice actors have to imitate Sterling Holloway, but he just used his natural voice. That's why Sterling _IS_ Pooh, and because they even look alike.
agreed! i love him cummings but nobody can touch sterling holloway as winnie the pooh!
Someday can you please do a character evolution for the narrator and piglet tigger rabbit and other when the pooh characters too?
Wait. Is he in public domain now?
The character is, but the Disney version is still owned by Disney.
can you do voice evolution of tigger, piglet, rabbit and eeyore?
When it comes to voicing Pooh, Sterling Holloway & Jim Cummings are the masters.
When are you going to do TMNT?
No idea. I have no current plans for TMNT.
Are there going to be a "Evolution of Max Goofy" video?
Currently no plans for that.
Max began his life as a Disney character in 1994, so making an evolution video about him would be incredibly pointless.
@@marissawolff8491 He could talk about Goofy jr. From the 50’s cartoons, since there some debate if they are the same character or not (he did something similar with the Honey bunny/Lola bunny situation).
@@detectivewobbuffet2778
I think Goofy Jr. is a different character than Max.
@@marissawolff8491 Whatever they are one and the same or not there is an interesting talk there.
sterling and jim, the best's
I love Jim Cummings as Winnie the Pooh at Voice Evolution I love years
Winnie the Pooh (Voiced by Sterling Holloway, Hal Smith and Jim Cummings)
It's hard to beat Jim Cummings in the role. He may not have originated it, but he has perfected it.
Holloway defined the character, and Cummings has cemented it for over 35 years. Smith's Pooh was okay. Not bad but not particularly good, either. It got the job done for the interim before they were fortunate enough to find Cummings. (Smith would continue to voice Owl for a while --- he, Paul Winchell and John Fiedler were the only cast members from the original shorts who reprised their roles in the '80s TV series.)
Yevgeny Leonov's Pooh sounds like Eric Cartman from South Park.
how is jim cummings also voicing Pete the cat from goof troops, goofy movie etc is crazy to me
Who do you think will be the next Pooh voice, if Jim Cummings ever decides to retire? 🤔💭 Think, think, think! Anyway, my money is on TH-camr Brian Hull! His Pooh is absolutely amazing! Who’s with me!? 😁😁😁🙋♂️
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No I don’t want Jim Cummings to retire I want him to still voice Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
Hal smith sounds better as pooh in cartoon form then puppet costume form also love what he says about poo sticks i though I called it fur cones apparently he did in books 📚
QUESTION who was the voice of Christopher Robinson?.😊
Hal Smith does a good sterling Holloway impression but its not quite high pitched enough. Jim Cummings is better
Hal Smith just fits his role as Owl 🦉
3:16 Disney's version of Winnie the Pooh
Jim Cummings was the perfect voice
In my opinion Sterling Holloway is the Voice Legend for Winnie The Pooh. Meanwhile, Jim Cummings is just the successor to the late Mr. Holloway in the Modern Era/Millennium as Winnie The Pooh to replace the late Mr Holloway
And the voice of Tigger,Piglet,Rabbit, and Eeyore and Owl and Kanga
Russian Winnie The Pooh sounds like a Minion.
Jim is Good To Play Actor Voice of Winnie
I want kingdom hearts
Finally!!!
I couldn't hear Faz Fazakas's voice as Pooh. Is it just me?
Same here with me.
You may have to take off your headphones for that portion
@@DaveLeeDownUnder thing is, I never watch TH-cam or streaming with headphones. Plus, I'm on mobile
The audio in that portion seemed to not pick up even without the headphones on phones.
Jim Cummings is the very best voice actor of Pooh Bear.
You know what sometimes I wish I can make my own version of Winnie the Pooh when Christopher Robin is a teenager and he's dressed in a tuxedo and the other characters including pooh or turning on a show for every child Young and the old to see the stories of new kinds of adventures of Winnie the Pooh only Christopher Robin would be the narrator and in my version of Winnie-the-Pooh Jessie the bluebird would have a boyfriend that Rabbit does not trust and as you know Rabbit was a little too overprotective for her remember in The New adventures of Winnie the Pooh when they met Kessie for the first time ever and her boyfriend would be called Cody and every time the show goes on the introduce themselves when they sing and dance and wear top hats and hold Canes! Won't that make a great Winnie the Pooh cartoon?
No offense to Hal Smith but Pooh he wasnt.... Thankyou Jim Cummings for returning to the mannerisms started by Sterling Holloway
7:37
(6:09) GATEWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYY!!!
7:45 luma ai
Jim Cummings is awesome
Sterling Holloway is legend
And there’s the meme 4:01
Hal Smith did good but sterling was best and jim Cummings comes in second for me
Let’s gooo
Russian version makes me think of the EWOKS from star wars.
You good old Pooh bear
💜!
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For me the russian pooh’s much funnier and better than 👆
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!?
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