When I was a young boy, I had a Winnie The Pooh teddy bear. It was one of my most cherished stuffed animals. My older brother, Rob, took his duties as a my only brother seriously. In other words, he was sure to tease me often. I was a good-natured kid, and I always knew that his teasing was in good fun, but I reacted as a typical child would react: it bothered me. Anyone in my immediately family remember Rob drowning in invisible bas? Why did the non-word "ba" bother me so much? Because I was little boy enduring harmless teasing from my big brother, whom I loved, and I knew he loved me in return.
Anyway, getting back to Winnie The Pooh. One of Rob's regular forms of teasing was the Pooh-Bear King. He would take Winnie The Pooh and give voice to a dark, tyrannical side of the lovable Disney character that you never see in the cartoons. Always yelling and slamming his head against the wall. Angry, angry little bear. I look back on the Pooh-Bear King with fondness. I feel lucky that my big brother's teasing was not only good-natured, but very unique and creative. The reason I'm thinking about the Pooh-Bear King right now is because I just stumbled over the following picture online:
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My favourite Pooh Bear King memory is when he used to steal Jenny's bear off her bed and replace it with a brick.
And another great thing to remember is that Winnie the Pooh was not licensed and mass marketed to the hilt back then. I don't even know where we go a stuffed Pooh bear.
I think it may have been homemade. If you recall, the Tigger that came with him wasn't orange and didn't have stripes.
I'm sort of sad that I missed the golden age of Rob's torment
He bought it at a garage sale in PG. Pooh was indeed licensed back then only with that 70s slapdash disinterest in child culture. It was wearing a little red factory sewn t-shirt that said Pooh on it but I believe PBK didn't wear it.
Rob never was at a loss for unique, creative ways to torment his younger siblings - one of the privileges and joys of being the oldest I guess.
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