Winnie the Pooh gets Hollywood star (AP) Updated: 2006-04-13 10:28
Winnie the Pooh sure does love his honey, but the beloved bear now has
something just as sweet: a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
 Johnny Grant, the honorary Mayor of Hollywood,
poses for a photo with from left, Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore and
Tigger during a ceremony Tuesday, April 11, 2006, celebrating Pooh's 80th
anniversary with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los
Angeles. [AP Photo] |
The children's character, created in the 1920s by British author A.A. Milne,
was joined Tuesday at the star's unveiling by his Hundred Acre Wood pals Tigger,
Eeyore and Rabbit.
Pooh debuted as a cartoon character in the 1966 Disney featurette "Winnie the
Pooh and the Honey Tree," and went on to star in dozens of films, specials and
several cartoon series.
"I know that Winnie would react to all this fanfare by simply saying, `Oh bother,"
said Robert Iger, CEO of The Walt Disney Co. "But, Winnie, you r eally
are worth a bother."
Milne named Pooh after a stuffed bear owned by his son Christopher Robin
Milne.
The ceremony coincided with the DVD release of 1997's
"Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin," which marks the
bear's 80th anniversary.
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