Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore Sterling Holloway elected not to continue the role of Pooh and Sebastian Cabot, the original narrator, died shortly after the release of the feature film "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh". The deaths of Junius Matthews in 1978 and Barbara Luddy in 1979 also necessitated changes in Rabbit's and Kanga's portrayers; Will Ryan began a three-year stint as Rabbit's voice in this featurette while Julie McWhirter portrayed Kanga only once. Additionally, Laurie Main, Hal Smith, Will Ryan, and Kim Christianson later appear in the live-action series "Welcome to Pooh Corner" as the Narrator, Winnie the Pooh, Owl, Rabbit, and
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore The first home video release for "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore" was "Winnie the Pooh and Friends", released on VHS in 1984, followed by other releases of this film, including the December 28, 1990 "Walt Disney Mini-Classics" release and the July 11, 2000 "Storybook Classics" release. It has since been included as a bonus feature on VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray releases of "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh". (The Blu-Ray edition presents the short in high definition.) The film's plot is based primarily on two A. A. Milne stories: "In which Pooh invents a new game