Q: I have a question regarding the Winnie the Pooh franchise that I hope you can help me shed some light on: How come the character Gopher hasn’t been used in any productions since the animated series The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh?
Dennis, Borås, Sweden
A: Evidently the producers of the Pooh films have decided that Gopher was not an especially strong character. He was created for Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree and never appeared in the A. A. Milne books. Thus he was not as “authentic” as the other characters in the Pooh films.
Dave Smith