The World of Winnie the Pooh was a cancelled American animated television series produced by Jay Ward Productions for NBC. Based on the Winnie-the-Pooh books by author A. A. Milne, this was the first known attempt to adapt the books into an animated television series, predating the Shirley Temple storybook episode from 1960, and Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree from 1966. The idea for a television series was first discussed in 1957. NBC suggested Jay Ward undertake the pilot, with an option for thirty-nine episodes. Some songs and bits of dialogue were recorded, but the project was ultimately abandoned. Among the recorded songs was entitled "Three Cheers for Pooh" (possibly based on the Anxious Pooh Song from the first book). No copy of the recordings survived to this very day.[1]
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