- Paul Winchell, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, 1967. Maybe Winchell should be replaced by… Knucklehead Smiff. That was the name of the 50/60s’ TVentriloquist’s second most famous dummy, and whose voice he used for Piglet over the next 33 years. He was succeeded (in The Tigger Movie, 2000) by Jim Cummings, who had also inherited Pooh from Sterling Holloway. Boag was a Disneyland performer; his comedy and balloon tricks greatly impressed another park employe. Fella named Steve Martin.
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