▁Arist oc ats . ▁In ▁late ▁summer ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁before ▁The ▁Arist oc ats ▁went ▁into ▁production , ▁it ▁was ▁decided ▁to ▁go ▁ahead ▁with ▁a ▁feature tte - length ▁sequ el ▁to ▁W inn ie ▁the ▁Po oh ▁and ▁the ▁H oney ▁Tree . ▁Because ▁The ▁H oney ▁Tree ▁was ▁popular ▁with ▁American ▁aud ien ces , ▁it ▁was ▁decided ▁Bl ust ery ▁Day ▁would ▁be ▁the ▁first ▁animation ▁project ▁without ▁W alt . ▁Under ▁the ▁circumstances , ▁" N ine ▁Old ▁Men " ▁anim ators ▁Frank ▁Thomas , ▁O ll ie ▁John ston , ▁and ▁M ilt ▁K ahl ▁were ▁brought ▁onto ▁the ▁project . ▁Wolfgang ▁Re ith erman ▁remained ▁as ▁director , ▁but ▁he ▁decided ▁to ▁feel ▁more ▁faithful ▁to ▁the ▁source ▁material . ▁▁▁ ▁During ▁a ▁story ▁meeting ▁for ▁the ▁short , ▁W alt ▁Disney ▁considered ▁W ally ▁Bo ag ▁to ▁be ▁perfect ▁for ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁T igger , ▁who ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁short . ▁However , ▁after ▁W alt ' s ▁death , ▁Bo ag ' s ▁performance ▁of ▁the ▁character ▁was ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁" to o ▁z any ▁for ▁a ▁children ' s ▁film ", ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁vent ril o qu ist ▁Paul ▁Win ch ell . ▁Following ▁a ▁British ▁back l ash ▁to ▁The ▁H oney ▁Tree ▁led ▁by ▁film ▁critic ▁Felix ▁B ark er , ▁P ig let ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁short . ▁For ▁the ▁part , ▁W alt ▁had ▁heard ▁John ▁F ied