Playdate with Winnie the Pooh

I'm a diehard Winnie the Pooh fan, and it was high time that Disney Jr made their own Pooh Bear show. Yes, they played reruns of My Friends Tigger and Pooh for a while, much to my amazement, but they never made a Pooh Bear show of their own before this came along. During my heyday in the 2000s and early 2010s, I've came across various plush toys and action figures of Pooh and friends as babies and a few other products featuring baby Pooh and company, and I have a few of those toys myself. There was a logo on some of their boxes and tags that said, "Pooh Babies," and for those longest time, I thought that was the name of a TV series starring the Pooh characters as babies, but there's actually no show by that name. I'm guessing that's the name of the merchandise line they're in. This is the closest thing to it that there is.

I really wanted to enjoy Playdate with Winnie the Pooh, but this series just missed the mark completely. The Pooh here feels so different and unfamiliar-he's not the warm, gentle, and lovable character we all grew up with. It's like they created a completely new version that doesn't capture the spirit or charm of the original Pooh at all. For longtime fans, this feels like a letdown.

After Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey stirred up so much buzz, Disney had a chance to do something good with Pooh that would remind us why we love him. Instead, this show just feels like a missed opportunity. If you want the real Pooh, this isn't it.

My gosh this show sucks, my 2 and 3 year olds who love Winnie the Pooh hate this show because it's short and the redesigns are ugly. Why can't Disney just die at this point. And that new cars show is coming out soon which will probably be another failure. Disney needs to stop using these ugly Cocomelon redesigns and go back to their roots that made them popular in the day.

Disney should stop salvaging their franchises and making them new to appeal to little kids. By redesigning characters and removing the original charm of these originals. They have ruined Winnie the Pooh for me and everyone else. So embarrassing and disgusting. It sickens me when studios recycle and make things worse for this new 2020 generation. Literally put your kids to watch the cartoons that made them the stars they are now. Not some stupid shorts about baby Pooh and baby tigger baby piglet playing with toys for 2 minutes. Could even bore a toddler who is a Pooh fan or whichever. Just stay away from this disgrace.

I've personally never watched Winnie the Pooh growing up because I could never get into it. My SO did though and even then I feel we enjoy it more than our little one :) I feel it teaches some pretty good lessons fairly quickly, such as conquering fears or having to calm down before doing a certain task (at least that's what I gathered from them and what I've been teaching my girl). I just wish they were a bit longer and had a thicker plot but other than that I think it's a really cute art style and a pretty good way to keep the younger gens. Interested in things from our pasts. We're all looking forward to the newest episodes as the songs are fairly catchy :)