Shocking news. Disney is banishing Christopher Robin from its new series of Pooh. Even the Bear of Little Brain will take second billing in the new series, to be called, “My Friends Tigger and Pooh.” Christopher Robin will be replaced by a Tom-Boy girl.
“We got raised eyebrows, even in-house, but the feeling was that these timeless characters really needed a breath of fresh air that only the introduction of someone new could provide,” Nancy Kanter, of the Disney Channel, told USA Today.
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Raise your voices and defend Christopher Robin from Disney’s marketing nightmare!
Disney is SO wrong on this one.
Save Christopher Robin! Real childhood will always win against corporate behemoths.
Disney is crazy for this one.
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I’m really upset by this further corporate despoiling of Pooh. Please make it stop.
Save Christopher!
Outrageous! Enough messing with true clasics in the name of profit. They are wrong wrong wrong.
Leave the classic dramatis personae ALONE! I like Christopher Robin and his friends as they are. SAVE CHRIS R.!
Mirtika
What!!! Winnie the Pooh is NOT Winnie the Pooh without Christopher Robin. This is a classic. Why do the folks think they need to always ruin what is wonderful the way it is? Leave things alone. If they are not broke, don’t “fix” them.
I don’t see what all the fuss is about. When has Disney ever brought a story from a book to the screen and not altered it, often severely? This is no different than the liberties they took with their original Winnie the Pooh projects and any other story they’ve adapted. There’s a reason why Gopher keeps saying “I’m not in the book, you know!”
Do they think we are just going to forget Christopher Robin? WE LOVED HIM!
Pooh and the 100 Acre Wood would never be the same without Christopher Robin! There’s a reason why it’s been so popular for so many years– because it is a CLASSIC! Classic’s do NOT need a breath of “fresh air” especially if you’re just going to ruin it by changing one of the main characters.
My family of boys adore Christopher Robin. As a mom, I find this change frustrating because there are too few examples of adventurous and caring boys such as Christopher Robin. As I sat here I couldn’t think of another male example for young children. Maybe it’s the frustration of this situation…. Christopher Robin has played a wonderful and crucial role in the series and I hope Disney will change their “new” direction.
We at Storynory have some sympathy with what Doug says but we do have an answer to his question about when Disney brought something to the Screen that was true to the original. It was a very long time ago, and it was called “Snow White” - a film which, in its own right, is a beautiful work of art. By ditching Christopher Robin, Disney shows that it is still drifting further and further away from the true spirit of classic children’s literature. If it were to be truer to Children’s stories, it would also be truer to its own heritage and the genius of its founder, the first Walt.
Disney has been at war with boys, men, and the two parent family ever since Walt died and a new clique of executives moved in to suck the blood out of the company. This isn’t the first time they’ve done this and it won’t be the last. I just wish someone would stop them.
How very sad to have to say farewell to Christopher Robin. Another classic lost to marketing “experts.” Worst thing to happen since smiling, cheerful Eeyore plush dolls.
omg they can’t take away Christopher Robin. Pooh belongs to/with him. The people at disney have lost their minds.
I think this idea is disgusting. Thank goodness they waited until the real Christopher Robin died before they brought this up. Can you imagine his reaction? Or A.A. Milne’s for that matter! Winnie The Pooh was created for Christopher Robin. Without him, Winnie The Pooh would not exhist and there would have been no stories. Why dont we just get rid of Owl, Tigger and Piglet while we’re at it, and replace them with a Peacock, a Dragon and a Zebra??? Ugh….I’m just very upset about this. I certainly will be boycotting this show, although I hate the thought of not watching Pooh back in action…but on the other side it really isn’t Pooh if he is some 16 year old girl’s bear….just an imposter.
Strike another win for political correctness! As I saw on the website of a major newspaper here in the U.S. the other day “Female Finally Enters the Hundred Acre Wood”. Yes, feminists across the world can rejoice now that that bastion of gender oppression known as the Hundred Acre Wood has crumbled. What next? Will Pooh and Tigger have a commitment ceremony and become civil partners?
hmmmm, the only reason we *have* Pooh and all of his friends is because of the imagination of Christopher Robin. We love the classic nature of the story. It spans generations, ties people together, gives a sense of history shared for all age groups. This is just so wrong. I can just imagine a child 6 years from now (or even next year)….discovering the true, original text of House at Pooh Corner and later replying…”well, I liked the story but who is that Christopher guy? He doesn’t belong.” Shameful, simply shameful!!!!
Eww! No! That’s just *wrong*! Christopher Robin HAS to stay in the Pooh stories!
Disney is a company full of greedy airheads. If they follow through on this, they are securing the loss of my consumer dollars.
There simply is no Pooh without Christopher Robin. I can understand adapting things to the changing times but the Pooh stories are timeless and do not need to be adapted to fit our times. Disney has already changed the look of Pooh and his friends and has taken liberties with their characters but to change Christopher Robin is simply outrageous. Disney has lost my support and dollars over this one.
You certainly have the support of this librarian!
If Walt were still alive, he would NOT STAND FOR THIS! The Pooh animals/characters ARE Christopher Robin’s stuffed animals. The Pooh stories are Christopher Robin’s imaginary adventures with them. You can’t go and change that! Should we rewrite “The Wizard of Oz” while we’re at it? I know it’s all about the money, from Disney’s perspective. However, I think Disney would be making A LOT MORE money off of nurturing their relationship with Pixar and jointly creating more NEW adventures for their audiences instead of trying to alter a classic and seeing if it’s going to bite them in the butt or not. I, for one, will never, never buy anything Pooh once they’ve completed their execution of Christopher Robin. I will, however, enjoy and look forward to each and every movie that Pixar is involved in. Good luck to Pixar (good ridence of Disney)…and shame, shame on you Disney. I hope you financially suffer for the choices you make — this one at the top of the list.
How very sad! Hello! This isn’t “Bewitched”, you can’t make a change like this (ie: new darren) and expect us to just “not notice”!
Pooh belongs to Christopher Robin! So is the rest of the forest residents!
The “gang” couldn’t possibly just MOVE their alliance to a little girl………unless,of course,.. we are now expected to believe they aren’t real “people”, with real emotions, loyalties, and memories.
If you’re looking for a new audience, (which, in and of itself, sounds suspect) why can’t Christopher have a new friend, or a little sister, or even a childhood sweetheart???
DON’T DO THIS!!!!!!!!!
I am SO outraged by this latest act of the Disney Corp. that it has totally put me off anything produced or branded by them.
I will read the Pooh stories to my children in the original format and I intend to “protect” them from the whole over-commercialised world of Disney.
Disney - you’ve lost the plot completely, and alienated alot of people!
First Sonic Team decided to change the voices for the sonic games and now this!?
Do you remember Corey from Cartoon All-Stars? I think she would be a perfect sweetheart for Christopher Robin. In fact, why not have Chris Thorndike from Sonic X, Travis and Laura from Hamtaro, and Anne Marie and David from the All Dogs go to heaven movies be friends with them and they become the Star Kids! They’de be chosen by the Star Spirits from Paper Mario to fight villians like Mojo Jojo, the Smithy Gang, and even Smoke from Cartoon All-Stars! I can even consider it a sequal to Cartoon All-Stars, but it can cross over with Kingdom Hearts, The Sonic Series, and most important of all, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, not to mention Marvel vs. Capcom, and especially Cartoon All-Stars! I’d think it would be a smash hit!
P.S. Kingdom Hearts Good.
Riffing Christopher Robin Bad.
Ok this is just stupid… Disney can’t really be serious about this…. No one who was a true Pooh fan would go for it.
Disney mangled the original Pooh, why be surprised at further perversions?
Not that I don’t support your effort, but Disney has never made the integrity of the original story a consideration.
Are Disney completely mad? I will definitely boycott any Disney Winnie the Pooh products if this goes ahead. How dare they mangle a children’s classic. I am so indignant about the proposed removal of Christopher Robin that I am surprised that there is no steam coming out of my ears!
I will boycott Disney for this. What they should do if they want to bring in new blood is have Roo’s distant cousin, Scrappy Roo, come for an extended visit.
These marketing types that can’t stand something because its timeless and perfect and can’t tolerate the idea even of a classic getting past them without them interfering with it really make ne nauseous.
‘We’ think this would be better? Well why don’t ‘we’ toddle off and write a seried of books fit to slip into the hopes and dreams of generations of children, not hack at and mutilate something wonderful which has already past the test; that smacks of jealousy, or a superiority complex; I’m not sure which.
If you want something to change every so often, make it your wardrobe.
Save Christopher Robin? We should have saved everything A A Milne ever did by boycotting its sale to Disney in the first place, IMHO, of course.
I have no idea what Disney means by “these timeless characters needed a breath of fresh air”. My six year old son has been so positively impacted by Winnie the Pooh stories that he has his own story set with his stuffed rhino, panda, cow and teddy bear. He is the Christopher Robin of his fabulous imaginary world, and I’m sure he has gotten a lot of inspiration for doing it from reading the Milne stories.
Christopher Robin is the character with whom the children identify themselves. They know they are children as he is, and that is what makes the Winnie the Pooh stories so valuable. Christopher Robin models kindness, humor, connectedness and responsible behavior for all his fans. A.A. Milne was a brilliant writer who understood the psychology of children as few. The Disney people may not even have the knowledge to understand this, though. Their decision is, above all, terribly ignorant.
“…these timeless characters really needed a breath of fresh air that only the introduction of someone new could provide.”
“Spun” like a true “company-line mouthpiece.” If the characters are truly “timeless” then why do they even “need a breath of fresh air?”
This is one of the DUMBEST ideas I’ve seen come from Disney since the creatively bankrupt Eisner decided to close the Animation Division.
Mission Control to the Disney Company… “IF IT AIN’T BROKE, DON’T FIX IT!”
April, 2006
Disney…Please, do not replace Christopher Robin!!!
He is my FAVORITE Disney Character. I go to Disneyworld 2-3 times a year and whenever I’m there, there are at least 12-20 other people looking for Christopher Robin souveniers too.
He is a favorite because of what a wonderful role model he is to young boys!!! You wouldn’t replace Cinderella, Belle, Ariel or Tinkerbelle with a boy would you? Please, don’t do this really silly thing. Girls have enough role models with Disney…Boys have hardly any!!!!
By the way, did I mention that MY SON’S NAME IS CHRISTOPHER ROBIN? Yes, this character meant so much to my husband and me that we named our oldest son, Christopher Robin after our beloved Disney Character. Our Christopher Robin is now 15 (and he looks just like the classic character…he’s blonde with blue eyes, tall and slim).
DON’T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST BOYS & the PARENTS OF BOYS!!!
Please, hear us for once.
Thank you.
Ms. S. and Mom of Christopher Robin
Part two.
If you need a breath of fresh air and a girl…then invent a female cousin to Christopher Robin. Have her come alongside Christopher Robin so that they get equal “air play.” That way, you’ll make everyone happy. Christopher Robin can still be the wonderful role model he’s always been and you can get your female model in, too. JUST DON’T MAKE HER MORE IMPORTANT OR HAVE MORE LINES THAN CHRISTOPHER ROBIN.
Thank you.
Ms. S.
What is Winnie the Pooh without Christopher Robin? They were meant to stay friends until Christopher Robin was 100 and Pooh 99! Disney are completely destroying the fundamental message of the Winnie the Pooh stories. What meaning does Pooh and Christopher Robin’s friendship carry if it can be replaced so easily? I adore the stories - those books are some of my favourites, and since I was born I’ve watched tapes of The New Adventures Of Winnie the Pooh. Yes, Gopher was irritating - but at least he didn’t replace any of the important characters.
Whoever this little girl replacing Christopher Robin is, I hate her character already. And, if Disney’s move can inspire such strong feelings of hate, then it is obviously a bad move. PLEASE, Disney, see what you’re doing, and put it right before it’s too late.
It should also be noted that many parents know and love Christopher Robin (for example, Ms. S. up there) These parents are not about to let their kids watch a show with ’some girl’ having replaced such a beloved…dude.
If ’some girl’ sadly did become successful, then it is evident what is happening. The world has gone not only crazy, but profoundly stupid, too. Parents - want to entertain your kids? Forget ’some girl’; read them the Winnie the Pooh books. At least there’s a profound message in those that can never be replaced.
Disney!!!
how can you ditch Christopher Robin,
he is legend!!!
If this happens the Winnie the Pooh franchise will “jump the shark”!
I love that British boy named Christopher Robin he so cool. I don’t know what I would do if you got a new person and not him.
hopefully nobody will like it, then they will have to bring him back! SAVE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Simple really just boycott Disney products…we don’t have to buy them!
Support the original works instead!
Christopher Robin is great!! SAVE HIM!!
They are NOT really replasing him! Now calm down!
And, this, kids, is why feminism is killing the world.
Retards.
Winnie the Pooh is part of my Canadian heritage!! Christopher Robin is as important a character in Winnie the Pooh as any other. How can these corporate unthinkers decide that getting rid of key characters will improve anything. If they want to introduce new characters why do they feel the need to get rid of others. When my son was born I didn’t get rid of my husband to improve the story line. Where do these people get these ideas? Really!!!
I grew up with Christopher Robin.
I believe it’s “here in the hundred-acre wood where CHRISTOPHER ROBIN plays”
Disney should remember their founder and his morals. There are some things— like a child’s faith— that you shouldn’t mess around with.
Please, Keep Christopher Robin he is the only one. No need for mini ****…this is for children.
Save Christopher Robin. He is one of the few examples left today of kind hearted boys. Would you rather your sons grow up to be insensitive to everyting around them and bent on destroying everything they get their hands on?
Well, I think that Disney can do something new, for example that Christopher grew up, he’s an adult now and he stopped to understand Pooh, but… I will miss him so much! He was in this book and movie always and forever, so… better save him, everybody love this boy! A little girl will destroy everything, she will destroy the relationship between animals and between human and animal, especially Pooh.. Is it good?
I was definitely outraged when I heard about this new show. Save Christopher Robin!! It’s not the little girl’s toys. And her dog can’t play in the Hundred Acre Wood either!
SAVE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN!!!!! A.A. Milne is turning in his grave!!!!
I blogged about this here: http://typesetjez.blogspot.com/2007/04/christopher-robin-will-not-be-ignored.html
Christopher Robin cannot be replaced, he’s essential to the Hundred Acre Woods!
Christopher Robin is the only really stable character in the whole series, though owl is kinda stable, but Christopher Robin is what ties them all together. If you take him out of the picture, you remove the ONE thing that they all have in common. You take away the essence of the story. The whole story is about the lives of the stuffed animals as Christopher Robin see them. Even if Christopher is replaced, the story loses it’s whole background, they have to come up with a whole new plot behind it.
Oh, no! No, we must save Christopher Robin. Christopher Robin is the soul of the Hundred Acre Woods–it’s silly little Pooh’s love for his boy that makes the Pooh stories so charmingly classic. Bears don’t stop loving their children just because they grow up, and I haven’t stopped loving Christopher Robin and his friends just because I’m not a child anymore. Tom-boy Darby? No, thank you, Disney!
Christopher Robin is like Peter Pan . . . he cannot grow up! The Hundred Acre is made for him!
Just follow the books for pete’s sake.
And Darby? That is such a politically correct name that all the romance and virtue of Winnie-the-Pooh be lost with such a character!
I understand why you may want to replace Christopher Robin, he’s old, unexciting, well known, and calm. With our current society, these characteristics are no longer appealing. However, Christopher Robin is a classic. He is the entire reason Pooh Bear exists in the first place! So- my suggestion to you: don’t exterminate Christopher Robin. If you want to ‘jazz up’ the new series add a character who is Christopher’s friend, or cousin. But please, KEEP CHRISTOPHER ROBIN!
Silly postmodernists can’t avoid changing things just to change them. They think it’s the mark of progress. I say it’s the mark of a man who can’t think critically or logically or even historically. It’s a symptom. Get used to it.
Is Disney really so pretentious as to believe that they can improve upon the work of timeless children’s book author A. A. Milne? Not to mention that his son, for whom the stories were written, is the real Christopher Robin whose imagination danced through the Hundred Acre Wood. Christopher Robin Milne died fairly recently in 1996. Are we willing to wipe his name from history by allowing Disney to replace him with a Tom-boy? True lovers of children’s literature will not allow the cruel fist of television tycoons to destroy the good name of Christopher Robin and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood.
It’s sad that Disney is more worried about making money than they are about sticking to the real and original story. The books were written with Christopher Robin. Christopher Robin and Pooh are inseparable, and to change that merely because of money is a desperate and stupid thing to do.
As a new mom, PLEASE SAVE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN!!!!!!
Save Christopher Robin!
Take away Christopher Robin, and Christopher Robin will team up with Superman, Spiderman, Batman, and Jack Bauer to take Disney down (hey, you mess with fictional characters, and they take you down). Now disney, do you really want to do this now? Huh, do ya?
It’s just very twisted that Disney will ruin timeless characters such as Christopher Robin. Think about it, he brings all of them together.
He is their rock.. why would you replace him? There’s nothing wrong with him, and replace him with a tomboy girl named DARBY?
*sigh* I’ve given up all hope for Disney.
Yet another stupid move by people who want children these days to grow up stupid just because they did…
You can’t take Christopher Robin out and call it Winnie-the-Pooh. Or, alternatively, you might as well replace Tigger with a saber-toothed tiger carrying an AK-47 and rename the show “Hundred Acre Bloodbath” and still claim it’s Winnie-the-Pooh. Either way, it just isn’t.
Disney and Winnie the Pooh have never really been on the same page(pun inteneded!) I am not surprised by this action by Disney…They are NOT about instilling good literature into our society but they are all about obtaining politically correct cash.
My Chlidren say “it is not right, keep Christopher Robin He is the center of the story, without him there is no Winnie the Pooh.”
Christopher Robin is the heart of the story, without him there would be no Winnie the Pooh!!! Disney is crazy. If they throw him out I will not watch or read any more Disney products!! I, as a girl, do NOT want to see him replaced by a tom-boy!!! I am so mad I can not express it in words! I have all of the original books and have had them since I was five. SAVE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN!!!!!!!!
I don’t truely understand why Disney is changing Christopher Robin, I supose that they are trying to keep up with the times. But Christopher Robin is suposed to be the reason that Winnie is alive, Winnie is Christopher’s imagination. If Christopher Robin has grown up and gone away Winnie won’t be alive. If Darby is imagining Winnie will you change him also?
Disney has wrecked the story enough, why wreck it more? I never did like the Gopher…..
ditto!!
you can’t get rid of him!!
No, you just cant get rid of him..No dont do it
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NO,NO,NO this is all wrong! Christopher can not be replased! Disney studios is completly wrong about this one! Christopher Robin is to popular to get rid of!
are they blind to the work of art??????? Cant they see that kids like you and me adore him!
Disney you are cra-zy!!!!! what eccuse are you going to make up to us kids!! Christopher cant just disapear into thin air!!!!!
Save Christopher Robin! Silly old Disney! - Lynne, age 35
uhydhcxghxzg!!!! - aicuL (Lucia, who is 4, celebrating backwards day)
I’m sorry they are doing this
Oh… goodness….Disney will lose so many fans if they replace Christopher Robin. I thought they wanted to increase their marketing power.
Christopher Robin, besides being essential to the Winnie-the-Pooh stories, is a wonderfully gentle and caring boy character. The stories and characters are classic and need no revision… except to fuel the branding/marketing franchise. We’ll stick with the books, as well as the original versions of most other stories that Disney has overtaken.
Christopher Robin was basically a hero to me when I was younger. Being able to make his imagination come to life through Winnie The Pooh. Plus if you take him away, you’ll have to change the classic Winnie The Pooh song. Not cool, not cool at all.
Save Christopher Robin! It will not be the same without him.
SAVE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN!!!!
oh my goodness, you MUST save Christopher Robin….it would be a heartbreak for everyone to have him gone.
I just had the pop-up ad for the show to come up while I was web surfing. They already have the theme song.
Clarification: they already have the show.
:( From Disney.com: “Playhouse Disney’s newest TV show My Friends Tigger & Pooh premieres Saturday, May 12 at 10/9c on Playhouse Disney!”
No surprise, very soon Disney will make A MOVIE about the Bible and say “that Jesus was the one the opened the sea to cross to the promised land and that Moses was the one crucified.
You can not change stories to the sake of profit. Death to Darby, LONG LIVE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN.
Oh Brother! Disney did it once again. Change the story. A.A. MILNE, who loved Pooh. He in heaven, must be very sad, to see that his story has not been respected. What is next? Tiger and Piglet will also disappear.
SAVE CRISTOPHER ROBIN…….
Does Disney really care?……….
We MUST save him! I was shocked when I saw the commercials for it…everything keeps changing! This is DEFINITELY not cool…
A tomboy named Darby can not replace a boy who everyone loved named Christopher Robin. They think that kids will now like it, and that now everything has changed so they must change the best story ever.
Also, Nancy Canter said something weird. If they are timeless why create a new character??? ESPECIALLY A TOMBOY! That can’t compare. Sorry for my ranting, but I feel very strongly about this.
Danny (AGE 10)
Nancy Kanter, I mean.
There ought to be a law passed to stop people from messing around with the classics, if they want a different story then write a new one and leave the originals alone.
Christopher Robin is an integral part of Winnie the Pooh and Disney should not be allowed to butcher it.
What’s the matter with the world? What’s the matter with tradition? What happened to living with culture, without it being manipulated by people in suits.
I have read to all six of my children (five of whom are boys) the stories of Winnie the Pooh, and they love the characters as they are. Being little boys they love the adventures with Christopher Robin. Why change a classic? For political correctness?
Changing classics is sacrilage, Christopher Robin is synonymous with Winnie the Pooh, leave it well alone.
If you want originality - find a new story, don’t change those that exist!
If the author wanted Christopher Robin to be the way he is now, then surely that’s the way it should stay. It is not upto anyone else how the stories should be presented and who the characters are.
Keep Christopher Robin… He was my first crush!
You can’t due away with Christopher Robin!!! Winnie the Pooh(& Piglet too) might cry!!
Winnie the pooh will be the same with out Christopher Robin Save him please
He is a cartoon you cant be in love with him! Not when there is a thousend other cute guys to have a crush on! Trust me I have seen them!
I agree with Steph!Things should stay the way they are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Without Christopher Robin there will be no Winnie the Pooh.
I understand the “needs” and “likings” of the new generation. Removing Christopher Robin and replacing him with another character is not the way! Christopher Robin is important in shaping the whole story and understanding winnie the pooh. What happened to the friendship between pooh and him? Is it so easily replaceable? Furthermore, the new character, Darby, sounds weird, looks like an odd one out when placed together with the familiar characters like pooh, piglet and tigger. Leave the classic cartoon alone!!!
NO!!!!! I love it the way it is it is a classic and it needs to be left alone!
Animation-wise, Disney’s no better than real-lifers like Hillary Clinton (though Michael Eisner would deny it OF COURSE) by doing this (the REAL Repulican, not to get political of the organization was WALT, also the ORIGINATOR, NAMESAKER AND FOUNDER for PETE’s SAKES back in 1925!(As long ago as Pooh.) This is like inventing a different friend for “Jess” instead of “Leslie” in “Bridge to Terabithia” (which Disney’s l;ive aciton unit DID make WITH Leslie, and a wonderful surprise from the formerly grotesque “Rugrats” guy Gabor Csupo.) Don’t even start me on repakcing Sterling “Pooh” Holloway or Paul “Tigger’ Winchell (I won’t even mention that “Tasmanian Devil” voice’s name who took their jobs, akin to that Debbie Gibson/Lindsay Lohan from the trailer park with a diamond store name who took over Janet Waldo’s “Judy Jetson” for Hanna-Barbera in that 1989 Jetsons movie, which rightly FLOPPED!)
They never will respect talent, ot tradition.
Oh, and in respect to “Jordan” who posted on December 15th. (the anniversary of Walt’s death 39 years ago, coincidentally-just like the death of C.Robin), 2005:
The REAL Christopher Robin would’n't (to quote “Gone with the Wind”) give a beaver’s building structure;he hated Christopher Robin (the fictional counterpart. I also read elsewhere that P.L.Travers HATED the movie of “Mary Poppins”.)(That from his wife, Leslie. Speaking of that name, as I just typed, we should be glad Disney, in making “Terabithia” kept “Leslie” in there as Terabithia was her fatnasy and didn’t replace her from the very get=go with ANYONE! SJC
Get Darby out and put Christopher Robin back in.. Christopher Robin has been with us for a very long time. He cannot be just easily replaced with this new girl. With this replacement i don’t even feel like watching it again.
Boo Hoo! I just don’t get it! Why Why Why do they do this and believe me I’m a 7 year old! I love pooh more than EVERYONE! Lets ALL think of a plan to stop them like… NEVER WATCH THE NEW FILMS! And that way, if disney find out that loads of people don’t like it and they find out the reason they may 1 cancel the NEW films and put C. R back in! or 2 they could put on BOTH of them!
sorry! U been frames on gotta go! bye! oh remember im 7!!!!!!!!!
Pooh´s best friend will, and always should be Cristopher Robin. Why change it? just for marketing, why not keep Cristopher Robin, and just not sell toys or products of him?
And plus, no-one will want to buy a toy or product of a scary tom-boy girl. huh? Disney? why are you changing the original winnie the pooh? Save Cristopher Robin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is not posible! What about the song?? Youn know : Forever and ever is very long time Pooh. Forever is not long at all when I am with you.
See?! its just sad!! Oh yah what exuse can they make about Christopher leving the hundred acherwood??? And if Disney made Christopher go Pooh will be all depresed!! I mean really see all the disaprovals kids make!!!
WARNING FOR DISNEY:
Careful!IF YOU
CHANGE HIM KIDS
MIGHT NEVER EVER
WATCH WINNIE THE POOH
EVER AGAIN!!
I love Chris.
Regards why the fuss? (Someone replacing Christopher Robin?) Because these characters are HIS fantasy (even though C.Robin in real life thought otherwise and nearly sued Disney.)
It’s not “Darby’”s fantasy.
..;
PS-Sorry if the above has already been said here alone to death.(”Jordan” and a few others already made the point about the Chris Robin fantasy element.)
Do not make to much of a fuss about him,anyway how watches that show anyway, none of my friends.
come on man.. having christopher robin replaced is the worst thing to had been done.. and sitll by this darby… eww.. It’s no fair to Christopher robin who have appreared all his life, living carefree in his hundred acre woods and one day just.. BAM!.. and he is out.. just live remain there.. why disturb him…
As a reading specialist, the classics are truly important to our children. You can’t change them or they are not true classics anymore. We need to keep children innocent and teach them how wonderful and simple life used to be and that includes reading great classics like Pooh and the 100 hundred acre wood through the eyes of Christopher Robin. Leave Christopher Robin where he belongs…in the 100 acre wood!
The Problem is that Kids don’t KNOW about Christopher Robin. They will only know about Darby and grow up thinking that Darby was the only person.
I love Christofer Robin! We all love him! Save C.R.!
I love Christopher Robin! We all love him! Save C.R.!
If you change I am not letting my children watch. I will show them the old ones and read the books. Save Christopher Robin!
Christopher Robin must not be replaced by a girl!! Pooh won’t know what to do. After all he is Christopher Robin’s bear, it was Christopher Robin who brought him to life!!! You must not replace Christopher Robin!!!!!!!!
Changes are good in life - but changes to the basic nature of something cannot be accepted as a “change”. C.R. doesnot need a change - those of us who remember him and like him cannot accept anything else.
Classics are called “classics” for a reason…if you change them they’re not “classics” any longer. Disney has already changed Pooh’s story ENOUGH.
The big corp. never ending pursuit of the dollar just keeps on spoiling…
Man, what can we say, keep spreading the word and write Disney!
Don’t mess with the classics. That is what makes them classic. Leave Christopher Robin in the stories!
People know the story best with Christopher Robin in them. It would not be right to change them. I grew up with him and I think other kids should to.
The Winnie the Pooh series loses all of it’s appeal without Christopher Robin. It’s a classic children’s novel turned into a television series (along with movies); it was never meant to become “modernized.”
And face it, the “narrator” will never sell as much merchandise as the toy characters themselves.
So, let Christopher Robin stay.
Pooh-Pooh on Disney.
My daughter found the Pooh characters in a drawer at a friends house, guess which one she chose to take with her and plays with at the table when we are out to eat..
Christopher Robin.
only old Pooh for us.
The stories are Christopher Robin - his stuffed animals adventures. Taking out Christopher Robin is like having your own child removed from their room - the stuffed toys just sit there.
Dear Disney Folks, please leave the Pooh characters alone. If you feel a need to freshen things up for marketing purposes, invent a new series. Afterall, you will always have a fresh supply of new children that will fall in love with the classic Pooh.
My deceased grandmother memorized many of the Pooh stories. As a child, she would recite these to her grandchildren. How could I ever imagine Pooh without Christopher Robin!!!
On the TV series, the little boy is named “Darby”???
SAVE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN!!
I grew up with Winnie the Pooh and now so is my son, Please don’t take Christopher Robin away. He is only 5 and says he will sad if they take Christopher away.
If something is not broken why try and fix it?
I love Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin. My duaghter loves the both too. And we both love Darby. I just thought Darby was like Christopher Robin’s daughter or granddaughter. I also always thought that Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore and the others were Christopher Robins stuff toys that he imagined in these stories. Why would you not pass them on to your children? I love the show… I love all of the Pooh shows. I live Christopher Robin’s accent.. it is so darn cute.. especially when he says… “Silly old bear”
The idea of Winne-the-Pooh without Christopher Robin ius just wrong on so, so many different levels.
This cannot be done!!
It would be like star wars without Luke skywalker or Harry potter without Harry
He is and always has been the string that held the story together as is pooh!!!
Let’s not turn Whinnie the Pooh into another feminist movement. The adventures that pooh and the gang had were boy adventures and that was a good thing. If you remember, any tea party scene was largely busted up with some disharmonious humor (eeyore birthday present and tea at owl’s house). Little girls want the tea party’s to go smoothly and for secrets to be shared - there was none of that. And to make the girls act as though they want otherwise is not good either. Girls being girls is a good thing, and boys being boys is a good thing.
Darby is not even a fun girl’s name. It’s got frumpy tomboy (in no way good) written all over it. It sounds so close to Darwin that you know she couldn’t be fun or adventurous - maybe torturous to Pooh and the gang though.
And overall…let’s stop destroying classic characters and stories because our writers have no original creativity of their own. Let Pooh stay as Pooh has always been. Don’t make him a gangsta or a skater. Let him be Pooh as he has always been. Darby is equivelant to a mohawk on Pooh and them not kidding about it but trying to make it cool.
Pooh is classic and classic does not need to be changed, it needs to be appreciated.
Deleting Christopher Robin is just wrong! The thought of it lacks integrity. I think Disney has lost its vision. Someone, please help them! Tinkerbell, where are you? They didn’t do away with you, did they?
Please keep Chistopher Robin. We love the Pooh stories & decorated our baby’s room in classic pooh. I have not turned the new Tigger & Pooh TV show on b/c I was horrified with there being a girl & no Christopher Robin. I didn’t know why though until I saw this posting. PLEASE SAVE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN!!
I have had winnie the pooh read to me by parents and continued to read the stories as an adult I read them to my child and I am now a grandparent of 2 who both love winnie the pooh with christopher robin. There is no way I would consider viewing this new version or having anything to do with any spin-offs from it. SAVE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN!!!!!!!!
This makes no sense. If the characters only exist in Christopher robin’s imagination, then how can Winnie even exist in this “unnamed tomboyish” world. I am horrified. imagine the outrage if the genders were reversed. it is just another step in the dimmunition of the importance of young males in our society. No wonder they act out.
What a load of tosh! Yet another “expert” sat in his office wondering what he can mess with today! If this is a gender thing it makes no sense because little ones have no concept of the adult world of equality, and generations of them have understood and loved the story just as it is. If Christopher Robin had been a girl, then the story would have been about a little girl’s toy friends - BUT THE POINT IS HE WAS A BOY, so what’s the point of changing what is essentially an insignificant part of the story? A children’s classic becomes a classic because past generations of children pass their love of a story to the present generation and they in turn will tell it to future generations - the joy is in the story REMEMBERED by the reader and their love of the characters conveyed to the first time listener. It’s a magical moment and that’s something money can’t buy and should have no part in!!!
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh bother.
Where to begin.
On my last post, I told you people to calm down and the Christopher Robin was not going to be replaced. Well, after watching many episodes of ‘My Friends Tigger & Pooh’, I have a feeling that Wikipedia was lying. Here is what Wikipedia said:
“Contrary to published reports, Darby in My Friends Tigger & Pooh is not a replacement for Christopher Robin, who will still appear throughout the show.”
source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Robin
Now I know what you are thinking. “That might be a relief. Wikipedia is the source of all knowledge! ALULULULULULULULULULULULULULU!!! Abba.” Well, So far, there’s no sign of Christopher Robin.
(by the way, that was satire on my part)
But you wanna know what’s really bad?
Darby actually says “Silly Old Bear”…ALMOST EVERY EPISODE! A CURSE I SAY!! It’s as if she actually took that phrase from CR and made it her own!!
So in short, My appologies for misleading you, although it seems you were not at all convinced about wikipedia’s page.
By the way…
“Gopher Under The Downtown / Two Humuns Or Tigger - September 21, 2007 ”
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Friends_Tigger_&_Pooh
Another tidbit from Wikipedia…
“TWO humans”, huh?
PLEASE!!! Dont take Christopher away! He was a wonderful character, and probobly the best! Dont “CHANGE” somthing unless there is something rong! This show was perfect already! DISNEY was absent minded on this one. Makes me want to cry! Save Christopher Robbin!!!!!!!!!
How sad I am to hear of this. I grew up on Christopher Robin’s Pooh and so have my children. This makes me sorry that Disney ever got permission to handle A.A. Milne’s timeless works.
I wonder if the Estate of AA Milne have any say in this… I mean, its one thing to buy the rights to the characters… quite another to destroy them!!
Tim, a lawyer acting for the Slesinger family (which now owns the Pooh estate) called Bertie a while ago to say that the family is right behind our campaign.
Disney has absolutely ruined Winnie-the-Pooh as I remember it before Disney bought the rights to it. You’d be surprised at how wonderful all the stories were before Disney. And NOW, they want to mess around changing the very essence of the books by inventing a new character? This just isn’t right. I will tell my Grandchildren of the Good Old Days with Christopher Robin who goes, hoppity, hoppity, hop. It won’t be the same as it was, ever, never again. I’m going to cry!
When “Booger Pooh” came out (the marionette/puppet version) Christopher Robin was replaced by the narrator. Now all of a sudden we’re up in arms? Some subversive feminist conspiracy?
It looks more like they’re trying to breathe some new life into a tired and dying brand?
I wouldn’t be surprised if Christopher Robin turns out to be Darby’s single parent father.
Hmm…what if Darby has two daddies…
Disney is hardly a bastion of feminism, and this decision is based purely on greed — they think they can sell more stuff if they have a tomboyish girl character than if they have a boy character, presumably because ‘boys don’t play with dolls’ unless they’re gun-toting action figures. Folks, Disney has been ruining (and profiting from) legends and literature for a long old time now — are you really just now taking notice? Turn off the television, don’t buy the dvd’s or the merchandise, and everything will be dandy. Disney’s only agenda is profit — ignore them and they’ll go away, and we’ll all be better off.
I would understand that maybe darby is related to christopher robin cause of darby’s bangs. Well I want disney to get back christopher robin cause he was the best! And when I was young I loved watching the show on disney. So I want disney to bring back christopher. Cause christopher brings back lots of memories……
Then you should check out the disney channel at Nov. the 4th.
http://www.tv.com/my-friends-tigger-and-pooh/show/67005/christopher-robin/topic/82414-854905/msgs.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=forumsh&tag=board_topics;title;2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Friends_Tigger_%26_Pooh
CHECK THESE LINKS OOOOOUT!!!
Case closed.
It appears from the Disney website that 1 new character has already been created, a heffalump named Lumpy.
My mom read House at Pooh Corner as a bedtime story and eventually had it memorized. She refused to watch the Disney series after seeing what they did to the books she loved so well. So saying that, I have never watched the cartoons either.
I do seriously hope that there will be NO OTHER changes or additions to the Pooh cast.
Save Christopher Robin! Without him and his animal friends, there would be no Thousand Acre Wood.
Leave the boy alone !
How can you change a classic? It was always Christopher Robin and Pooh. Some things are better left untouched. Disney made a huge mistake with this one
Wow—Darby’s so tomboyusih someone repsonding even called her a”he”(i.e.,”Who’s this boy named..”).
SteveC.
why should they change a perfactly wonderful story and put a girl in it that sis just soo wrong.Disney stinks
why should they change a perfectly wonderful story and put a girl in it that sis just soo wrong.Disney stinks
why should they change a perfectly wonderful story and put a girl in it that is just soo wrong.Disney stinks.
That was said three times fast.
Anyway, GOOD NEWS(I think), EVERYONE!!
I woke up at 7:00 yesterday morning to watch the a new episode of My Friends Tigger & Pooh. This was the episode where of all people, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN HIMSELF appears. No joke! I’m honest this time! You see, the episode opens as Rabbit is preparing the Many Thanks Day Feast. Almost everyone is there too, including Darby, and just when Darby says “but today we have to have evertone-”AND RIGHT ON QUE, A voice from afar says “Hey guys”, AND THERE HE IS!!! CHRISTOPHER ROBIN IS IN CGI!!! GOOD GRIEF!!! HE DOES APPEAR ON THE SHOW AFTER ALL!!!! MY WISH HAS COME TRUE!!!!!!!
But there is a problem.
Appearantly, Christopher Robin’s appearance was *shock and disbelief* altered to match with Darby’s appearence. He is taller, but only by his head. Here are the details: First off, notice that he is wearing a plain bright blue shirt and navy blue jeans. JEANS, everyone! second of all, due to the affirmentioned art-style thing, He’s…shorter? And finally, His eyes and cheeks are just like Darby’s. So basically, Christopher Robin and Darby look THAT alike. I know their friends, but it makes more sense if Christopher Robin is, oh I don’t know, DARBY’S OLDER BROTHER, MAYBE?! And also, for those who have seen Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, He looks like that Michael guy!!
In my opinion, I can stand his voice. I think it works for him, but his appearance…all I can say is that it just does feel the same. Also, his appearance, ad Darby’s for that matter, are likely on par with the Jimmy Neutron or Super Mario Bros series. Speaking of Mario, Is it me, or is Christopher Robin like Luigi now? (*hint, Darby is like Mario somehow)
I am the first one to give this online report of Christopher Robin’s debut in CGI, and I am glad to have let my voice out. Thank you all, and…um, “Silly Ol’ Bear?” =)
(To Leslie):
Lumpy the “Heffalump” (real ones are VILLIANS, stealing Winnie-the-pooh’s HONEY) was already created for that (IMO) awful last movie in the theatres about her.
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When I was little I loved Christopher Robin almost as much as Pooh himself.
Uuuum…
Hello?!
Didn’t anyone respond to my announcement?
I thought I posted something here on this blog(?) about Christopher Robin, The very subject of this blog(?), appearing in an episode of My Friends Tigger & Pooh the day after that episode aired. And I think I can proove that because of the fact that THAT VERY POST IS STILL ON THERE!!!
Why do you still act like…like it’s the end of the world or something. I like Christopher Robin too. In fact, I still care about and love him(as a character) even to this day. And I am like, what, 21 years old?! Let me tell you something. I came here to help you guys. I am here to inform you about Christopher Robin’s long-lost presence in the Pooh series. I made that post because I support you guys, but I am also here to bring logic and calmness to you all. Sure, life doesn’t ALWAYS go your way.
Everyone experiences this even in their best of times. But even then, you have only one life in this living plane, so complaining about this little issue will not make your lives any better. All it did was…well, vent your anger. But the point is that there is more to life than making complaints about Disney’s decision, but then again, saying that will defeat the purpose of this blog(?).
So instead, all I can ask are these:
1.Have you seen the episode called “Many Thanks for Christopher Robin”, whether or not on the day it first aired?
2.What are your opinions of Christopher Robin’s appearence(physical) in the show. Do you like it? Do you hate it?
3. To save some space, are you willing to make a whole new blog(?) dealing with the last two questions?
Thanks for reading…
Its not natural to even consider changing anything as timeless as christoper robin and that silly old bear, i grew up with him and hope my 11 month daughter will be able to enjoy this classic as much as i did as a child.
Sorry, Sonny..anyway I AM one that DID read your posts but I cannot even BRING myself to watch that show.
To Steve,
I understand.
I honestly thought I was doing a favor since I did see Christopher Robin on that show.
And yet, you seem uninterested in seeing the show at all, even if Christopher Robin DOES show up for once.
Maybe it’s because of Darby?
Anyway, if you do not want to see it, then don’t. ^_^
Merry Christmas, everyone, and a thanks to you too, Steve, for responding to my latest post.
As a 17 year old who grew up on Winnie The Pooh both the cartoons and stories and is STILL in love with the characters and the stories charm I am in absolute shock! Winnie the pooh has suffered enough at the hands of disney (as have many other beloved characters) but this is ridiculous! Save Christopher Robin!
I have nothing against a new character, but Christopher Robin does not deserve to be taken away from the story. “A breath of fresh air” will never make it right.
It is horrible thinking in winnie the pooh without Cristopher Robin. Thanks to Cristopher Robin and his father A.A. Milne we have got to Winnie the Pooh in our lives. The story without Cristopher Robin will never be the same.
Please save Cristopher Robin.
the people at disney are as dum as rocks
Yeah, what (s)he said!
“Deep in the Hundred Acre Woods/Where Christopher Robin plays/You’ll find the enchanted neighborhood/Of Christopher’s childhood days.”
That’s a Disney tune, right? Seems they’ve changed it. And not for the better. It is a shame. But then, I’m not sure that Disney is particularly concerned with anything other than the bottom line.
The question is: are there enough people, globally, who care? If you’re one who does, please add a comment to this petition. As someone wrote above, Disney understands marketing and demographics.
At least I have the original books to read to my children.
Darby is a perverse adomination where Christopher Robin is an iconic indefadicable symbol of youth, adolecence; and the affirmance of childhood individualistic imagative exploration. In, essence, where Pooh and Christopher Robin exemplify this dichotomous relationship between subject, i.e. “Christopher Robin”, and figment “Pooh” personified through personal and not communial exploration. In, short, “Pooh and Friends” are his figments of the progenator’s imagnation “Christopher Robin and not hers!!
Another triumph for the PC crowd I guess. A really stupid idea. Darby breaks the 100 acre wood glass ceiling…. Bring back CR!
I have been watching My Friends Tigger & Pooh with my 3yr.old grandson the past 3 months, while he is staying with me. Just this morning it hit me…where is Christopher Robin and who is the heck is Darby??? I decided to search the web tonight to see why in the world someone would take such a classic beautiful heirloom story and even begin to alter it???? I came across this website, which I see that so many people agree and was amazed to see that this site has been receiving entries for 3 years!!!! At least so many care. Let’s wait and see if Disney does.
a new character Darby taking the important role of Christopher Robin is WRONG! It’s ao wrong. Is like Christmas without Santa Claus, Halloween without pumpkins but replaced with a cabaage. It’s just WRONG! I will never watch the cartoon again. If i show the cartoon to my children, only the past shows with christopher robin will be allowed to be watched. with darby in it, never.
Why bring a girl in and why on earth would you name her Darby. Anyway, I’ve been watching Pooh since my son was born and he’s now 19. It’s always been Christopher Robin…as it should be. Lately, however, I think Disney has been ruining everything by always having to be politically correct and not so much for children anymore. Walt is probably rolling over in his grave.
How could they? I can’t believe they did this! Christopher Robin and Pooh are a TEAM! They should never be apart! Stupid Disney… I like Kingdom Hearts and their classics, but this is going TOO FAR!
Shocked and dismayed to find Christopher Robin exiled from the Winnie series. You can bet your last pot of honey some politically correct female is behing this.
To Maria:
Well, I did post something about an episode in which Christopher Robin appeared in. To save you the trouble of looking for it, I’ll just tell you.
The episode is titled “Many Thanks for Christopher Robin” and it was a Thanksgiving themed episode, meaning that it aired around Thanksgiving.
And he is a guest character, by the way. I just wanted you all to know that.
Oh, and he looked different, too, if my memory serves me right.
To Maria:
Well, I did post something about an episode in which Christopher Robin appeared in. To save you the trouble of looking for it, I’ll just tell you.
The episode is titled “Many Thanks for Christopher Robin” and it was a Thanksgiving themed episode, meaning that it aired around Thanksgiving.
And he is a guest character now by the way. I just wanted you all to know that.
Oh, and he looked different, too, if my memory serves me right.
As a boy, I watched the New Adventures of Whinnie The Pooh, read the books- both A.A. Milne’s original stories, the newer Disney versions; and would carry around my own drum, and wear polo shirts and shorts like Christopher Robin in hopes of emulating him. As far as my to