Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year

A Very Merry Pooh Year is a direct to video Winnie-the-Pooh film released in 2002 which featured the 1991 Christmas TV special Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too, as well as the new film, Happy Pooh Year.

This was the only Winnie-the-Pooh film where Jeff Bennett provided Piglet's and Christopher Robin's singing voice. It is also the first Winnie-the-Pooh film where Owl is absent, and the first Winnie-the-Pooh film that Carly Simon is involved in. It is also the series finale of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Plot
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Later, they recall a New Year's in which Rabbit wanted to move away because he was irritated Pooh's eating honey, Tigger's bouncing, Piglet's being afraid and Eeyore's gloominess. So they all made resolutions to change and swapped personalities.

Songs
This movie features songs by Carly Simon (who also did the songs for the more recent "Piglet's Big Movie" and "Heffalump Movie") as well as by the characters. She does a great job, as always. The best is "Auld Lang Syne" (with Pooh-specific lyrics mixed in.) This is great, because you don't usually get to hear lyrics for this song these days, only the tune.

DVD special features
Include a "Covered in Snow" game, a "New Year's Eve" countdown and song selection with on-screen lyrics. These features aren't anything overly exciting, but they are fairly nice. The "Covered in Snow" game is a bit flawed in that you're supposed to choose objects, but it lets you choose the same ones over and over and doesn't progress the game any. Otherwise, good game. You can also put the DVD in your DVD-ROM drive (if you have one) to register it.
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Cast

 * Jim Cummings as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
 * John Fiedler as Piglet
 * Jeff Bennett as the Piglet's singing voice and Christopher Robin
 * Ken Sansom as Rabbit
 * Kath Soucie as Kanga
 * Peter Cullen as Eeyore
 * Nikita Hopkins as Roo
 * Michael Gough as Gopher
 * William Green as Christopher Robin (in a sequence)
 * Michael York as the Narrator
 * Paul Winchell as Tigger (Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too sequence)