# Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore

Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore is a 1983 animated short film, based on two chapters from the books Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, originally released theatrically on March 11, 1983, with the 1983 re-issue of The Sword in the Stone. It is the fourth and final of Disney's original theatrical featurettes adapted from the Pooh books by A. A. Milne.

## Quotes

    Tigger: Grrrrrrrr... Tiggers don't like Pooh sticks!
    Winnie the Pooh: I wonder which will come out first.
    The Narrator: Well, the big one came out first, and the little one came out last, which was what Pooh wanted.
    Winnie the Pooh: I did?
    The Narrator: Yes, Pooh, and that was the beginning of a game called "Poohsticks."
    Winnie the Pooh: [smiles proudly] Which I invented!
    Tigger: All I did was cough!
    Eeyore: You bounced.
    Tigger: Coughed!
    Eeyore: Bounced.
    Tigger: Coughed!
    The Narrator: Without question, something was troubling Eeyore, and while his friends puzzled over his unusual behavior, Eeyore followed the steam back to his gloomy spot, which became even gloomier than usual.
    [last lines]
    Piglet: Tigger's alright. Really.
    Christopher Robin: Of course he is.
    Winnie the Pooh: Everybody is. Really. That's what I think. [sadly] But I don't suppose I'm right.
    Christopher Robin: Of course you are. Silly, old bear!
    The Narrator: So off Piglet trotted in one direction, and in the other direction went Pooh with his jar of honey. However, Pooh hadn't gone very far when a very funny feeling began to creep over him. It began at the tip of his nose - and trickled all the way down to the soles of his feet, as if someone inside him were saying...
    Winnie the Pooh: Now then, Pooh, time for a little something!
    Piglet: Good afternoon, Eeyore.
    Eeyore: Good afternoon, Piglet, if it is a good afternoon, which I doubt.
    Winnie the Pooh: Well! Whoever lives here certainly takes a long time to answer his door!
    Piglet: B-B-B-B-But Pooh, isn't this your house?
    Winnie the Pooh: Oh, so it is! Well, let's go in.
    [Piglet shows Eeyore the balloon he was going to give him and accidentally popped]
    Eeyore: My balloon? My birthday balloon? Red. My favorite color. How big was it?
    Piglet: About as big as m-m-m-me.
    Eeyore: My favorite size.
    The Narrator: So Pooh had a little something. And then he had a little more... and a little more... until he had taken his last lick from the inside of the jar.
    Winnie the Pooh: [entering his house with Piglet] Hmm. I must get poor Eeyore a present of some sort. [looks around the room, then his honey pot catches his attention] Uh, honey. That should do very well. What will you give him, Piglet?
    Piglet: [eagerly] Wouldn't I give it, too, from b-b-b-b-b-both of us?
    Winnie the Pooh: [looks puzzled for a few moments] No, Piglet. That wouldn't be a very good plan.
    Piglet: [thinks a moment, then lights up] Perhaps I could give Eeyore a balloon!
    Winnie the Pooh: [patting Piglet on his back, smiling] That, Piglet, is a very good idea. Nobody could be uncheered by a balloon.
    Piglet: [joyfully] I have one at home! I'll go and get it r-r-r-r-r-r-right now! [dashes away happily]
    Owl: It's easier if people don't *look* while I'm writing.
    Eeyore: Tigger, I'd be happy to tell you my secret for winning at Poohsticks.
    Tigger: [eagerly] Uh, you would?
    Eeyore: It's very easy. You just have to let your stick drop in a twitchy sort of way.
    Tigger: Oh, yeah, I forgot to twitch. That was my problem. [twitches, then bounces] Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
    [we hear a crash]
    Eeyore: Bounced again.
    The Narrator: [as the gang plays Pooh sticks on Eeyore's birthday] So they gathered on the old wooden bridge and played the game for many contented hours. And Eeyore, who had never played it before, won more times than anyone else. But poor Tigger won none at all.
    The Narrator: Now one day, Pooh and Piglet, Rabbit and Roo were all playing Pooh sticks together.
    Winnie the Pooh: But why do we call it Pooh sticks? I thought I started a fir cones.
    The Narrator: You did, Pooh, but sticks are easier to mark.
    [Pooh thinks to himself, then smiles]
    Winnie the Pooh: Oh, yes, now I remember.
    Tigger: Oh, and cake! [he grabs Rabbit's piece of cake and eats it] Mmm, mmm! Hoo-hoo-hoo!
    Rabbit: [angrily to Tigger] You've got a lot of nerve showing up here after what you did to Eeyore! [Eeyore looks so depressed] Hmph, w-well, I think Tigger should leave! [crossed his arms]
    Roo: Aw, let him stay!
    Winnie the Pooh: What do you think, Christopher Robin?
    Christopher Robin: I think ...I think we all ought to...play Pooh-sticks!
    Tigger: Pooh-sticks? Oh boy! That's what Tiggers do best!

## Voice cast

* Ralph Wright as Eeyore
* Hal Smith as Winnie the Pooh and Owl
* Will Ryan as Rabbit
* Barbara Goodson as Roo
* John Fiedler as Piglet
* Kim Christianson as Christopher Robin
* Julie McWhirter Dees as Kanga
* Paul Winchell as Tigger
* Narrated by Laurie Main