Bother! The Brain of Pooh acclaimed by Milne's son, Christopher Robin Milne, who said "Peter Dennis has made himself Pooh's Ambassador Extraordinary and no bear has ever had a more devoted friend. So if you want to meet the real Pooh, the bear I knew, the bear my father wrote about, listen to Peter. You will not be disappointed." Dennis died in April, 2009. Recordings of his reading the Pooh stories and poems are available. Bother! The Brain of Pooh Bother! The Brain of Pooh is a one-man show created and performed by the English actor Peter Dennis with selections from the works about Winnie-the-Pooh
Winnie the Pooh (franchise) Winnie the Pooh (franchise) Winnie the Pooh is a media franchise based on A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard's stories featuring Winnie-the-Pooh. The Disney media franchise commenced in 1966 with the theatrical release of the short "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree". In the midst of a 2003 battle where Disney stood to lose commercial rights to Winnie the Pooh, "The Daily Telegraph" noted "Losing control of the Winnie the Pooh franchise would be a disaster for Disney. Analysts believe Pooh is worth $3bn-$6bn of Disney's total annual sales of $25bn." According to a 2013 Variety article, Winnie