Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) on Netflix
A strong wind blows through the Hundred Acre Wood, and Winnie the Pooh sets out to wish his friends a happy Winds-day. Piglet, raking leaves, is nearly blown away.
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Plot summary
Gopher pops out of the ground beside Winnie the Pooh at his thoughtful spot and tells him to leave, calling the day a Winds-day. Pooh mistakes the warning for a greeting and crosses the Hundred Acre Wood to wish his friends a happy Winds-day. Piglet is nearly carried off by the wind while raking leaves, and Pooh catches him by his scarf. The gale carries the two of them past Kanga and Roo, past Eeyore's stick house, and past Rabbit's carrots to Owl's treehouse, where Owl invites them in and explains that the wind is a mild spring zephyr. Owl's tree sways and the house comes down, so Eeyore offers to search the Wood for a new one.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)
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- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, presented to Walt Disney after his death, and it is still the only Winnie the Pooh production ever to win an Oscar.
- Walt Disney picked Wally Boag to voice Tigger during a story meeting, but after Disney's death Boag's performance was judged too zany and the part went to Paul Winchell.
- The short was the last Disney animated short produced by Walt Disney, who died of lung cancer on December 15, 1966, two years before it was released.
- After a British backlash against Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree led by film critic Felix Barker, Piglet was added to the short, though he had only appeared in the earlier film's title song.
- The short inspired the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ride at Disney theme parks, where riders pass through scenes from the cartoon, including Pooh's Heffalump and Woozle dream.
- The short was issued on Super 8mm film by Derann in the early 2000s, one of that company's last and rarest releases, with only twelve copies made.
