1) Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree - This 20-minute, Grammy award nominated, animated short film from almost 50 years ago was actually the first appearance of the honey-addicted bear Winnie the Pooh on the screen. The director is German Wolfgang Reitherman. You could basically divide it into two parts. In the first half, Pooh Bear realizes that he has no more honey left. So he goes to get some, but obviously taking honey means getting in trouble with bees. And that's exactly what happens. After he and his pal Christopher Robin are chased by a huge quantity of bees, he gives up and thinks about other ways to get honey. Thankfully, his rabbit buddy still has some and so he visits him and eats it all up. Unfortunately, afterward, Pooh is too fat to get out of the rabbit hole and he is stuck. Christopher Robin knows no solution either, so Pooh Bear has to wait till he loses enough weight to get out on his own again. Of course, he still wants to eat honey while he is stuck. I have to say this was not a horrible short film by any means, but it's still too little material for over 20 minutes in my opinion. This was the first Pooh Bear film, was even made before the Soviet adaptation, but it's certainly not the best. Not recommended.
2) Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day - They say when you have nothing to talk about you just talk about the weather and this also applies to this 20-minute short film. Basically, everything that happens in here is massive rainfall and resulting from it a huge flood. The director is Wolfgang Reitherman again and this one here won an Oscar even, the last for Walt Disney, quite a while after his death already. It was the second entry to the American Pooh series. However, I felt that just like with the first there was too little interesting action in here. Tigger was entirely forgettable really in here. Even his presentation was nothing special. Piglet added something nice and also shows us that Pooh is not only an always-hungry bear, but also a loyal friend. But the ending was so weird nonetheless. Owl randomly moves into Piglet's home and he just have to go? That was so strange. Why wouldn't the owl simply move in with Pooh. Anyway, all in all certainly one of the weaker Academy Award winners from the Best Animated Short Film category. Not recommended.
3) Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too - This is the third and last of the Winnie Pooh trilogy by Wolfgang Reitherman and Sterling Holloway. Just like the second, it got nominated for an Academy Award, but this time it did not win. After watching all three of these I have to say that I prefer the 3 Soviet Films about Winnie Pooh. They have as much action as these American films, but it's much more essential as not all of the Russian films run for 20 minutes. There's just not enough happening in here. I even wondered after the first how Rabbit became a friend of everybody and after watching this third film I have to ask that question again. I mean he is really mean to Tigger here. Yes the bouncing may be annoying, but why forbid him to do it. And what was up with that Hansel & Gretel idea of leaving him alone in the deserted forest? Seriously? That's just cruel. In any case, I do not recommend this third film either.
2) Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day - They say when you have nothing to talk about you just talk about the weather and this also applies to this 20-minute short film. Basically, everything that happens in here is massive rainfall and resulting from it a huge flood. The director is Wolfgang Reitherman again and this one here won an Oscar even, the last for Walt Disney, quite a while after his death already. It was the second entry to the American Pooh series. However, I felt that just like with the first there was too little interesting action in here. Tigger was entirely forgettable really in here. Even his presentation was nothing special. Piglet added something nice and also shows us that Pooh is not only an always-hungry bear, but also a loyal friend. But the ending was so weird nonetheless. Owl randomly moves into Piglet's home and he just have to go? That was so strange. Why wouldn't the owl simply move in with Pooh. Anyway, all in all certainly one of the weaker Academy Award winners from the Best Animated Short Film category. Not recommended.
3) Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too - This is the third and last of the Winnie Pooh trilogy by Wolfgang Reitherman and Sterling Holloway. Just like the second, it got nominated for an Academy Award, but this time it did not win. After watching all three of these I have to say that I prefer the 3 Soviet Films about Winnie Pooh. They have as much action as these American films, but it's much more essential as not all of the Russian films run for 20 minutes. There's just not enough happening in here. I even wondered after the first how Rabbit became a friend of everybody and after watching this third film I have to ask that question again. I mean he is really mean to Tigger here. Yes the bouncing may be annoying, but why forbid him to do it. And what was up with that Hansel & Gretel idea of leaving him alone in the deserted forest? Seriously? That's just cruel. In any case, I do not recommend this third film either.