Playdate with Winnie the Pooh

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.

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.

It seems ALL of the negative reviews are comparing this to older Pooh projects. You can't. This is something different. This is directed at toddlers, and for that this is as good as it gets. Lessons are great. The art is unique. The voice actors are actual kids, which always connect with kids more than adults pretending to be kids.

My only (yes, only) complaint is that the episodes are far too short. Not sure what their reasoning there is, but if these were even 5 minutes it would be better! But full 11 minutes would be great. If this was longer I'd give it 10/10 for sure! But where it stands, 8/10 will have to stay.

My kids were excited for this to come out only to find that the "episodes" are only two minutes long and Disney disabled the autoplay feature for this series so you have to change the episodes over for them every two minutes which is rather irritating as a busy parent who doesn't want to sit down and watch children's music videos. If Disney enables the autoplay feature for this series that would make a big difference, but the fact they also only put in the effort to make 2 minute long songs for every episode and marketed it as full length episodes just shows how grimmy Disney has become as a company and only helps to highlight them as a cash grab company that doesn't care about putting out quality work anymore. Disney is a dumpster fire trying to burn up everything in sight for a dollar.

I don't care what anyone says about this show. You may think that sounds like I am defending it. But I am clearly against this garbage. This show belongs in the Cocomelon bin with kids who were born around 2021. You were an amazing person to know that Winnie the Pooh's old series were one million times better. Like, how do you feel about Jim Cummings and piglet's VA. They probably are upset because they won't be in the spotlight for a lonnng time. I feel bad that kids and redesigns are ruining Winnie the Pooh, and even affecting the entire franchise. Look at the analysis, all the old Pooh series ( except that creepy Pooh corner) were highly rated and loved by Disney fans and practically anyone of all ages. My friends tigger and Pooh, that's a comedy/mystery for sleuthin!, Book of Pooh is a great series that is nostalgic and you could never get bored of watching! The new adventures is basically anything perfect. And then there's this show.