Winnie-the-Pooh published in 1958, and, in 1960, became the only Latin book ever to have been featured on "The New York Times" Best Seller list. Hyphens in the character's name were omitted by Disney when the company adapted the Pooh stories into a series of features that would eventually become one of its most successful franchises. In popular film adaptations, Pooh has been voiced by actors Sterling Holloway, Hal Smith, and Jim Cummings in English, and Yevgeny Leonov in Russian. A. A. Milne named the character Winnie-the-Pooh after a teddy bear owned by his son, Christopher Robin Milne, on whom the
Winnie the Pooh (Disney character) Day" (1968), and "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too" (1974). The 1977 release featured new bridging material and a new ending, as it had been Walt Disney's original intention to make a feature. A fourth featurette, "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore", was released in 1983. Since "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore" (1983), Jim Cummings started providing the new voice for Pooh. The live-action series "Welcome to Pooh Corner" ran on the Disney Channel from 1983 to 1986. In 1988, Disney launched the animated series "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh", which aired from