The Right Side

"The Right Side" is a song from the Welcome to Pooh Corner Cable TV series which premiered in 1983 during the Disney Channel's inaugural season. The song was written by the Academy Award winning songwriting duo Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The Sherman Brothers also wrote the majority of the well known Winnie the Pooh songs, including "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers" and "Heffalumps and Woozles" from the 1960s, and in 2000 wrote the score to The Tigger Movie.

History of the song

The song was originally written in 1961 or 1962 as part of the Sherman Brothers' score for Mary Poppins. The song (along with many others) was cut from the motion picture but was used, nineteen years after Mary Poppins premiered, in Welcome to Pooh Corner in 1983.

Song placement

New episodes played from 1983-1986 in the first run. Reruns continued to air until 1997. The Sherman Brothers wrote five songs, one for each of the major characters to sing each week. A storyline would "belong" to one character and at the end of an episode, the appropriate character would sing his "lesson song". "The Right Side" is sung by Winnie-the-Pooh. In the song, Pooh explains how he makes the best out of a bad situation.

Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne

Disney franchise

Books	When We Were Very Young (1924) Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) Now We Are Six (1927) The House at Pooh Corner (1928) Return to the Hundred Acre Wood (2009)

Characters	Winnie-the-Pooh Disney version Piglet Tigger Christopher Robin Rabbit Eeyore Kanga Roo Heffalumps

Featurettes	Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966) Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) Winnie-the-Pooh (1969) Winnie-the-Pooh Pays a Visit (1971) Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day (1972) Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974) Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983)

Short films	Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons (1981) Winnie the Pooh and Friends (1983)

Feature films	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) The Tigger Movie (2000) Piglet's Big Movie (2003) Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) Winnie the Pooh (2011)

Direct-to-video films	Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) Seasons of Giving (1999) The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart (2001) A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002) Springtime with Roo (2004) Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005) Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (2007) Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too (2009) Super Duper Super Sleuths (2010)

Television	Welcome to Pooh Corner (1983–86) The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–91) The Book of Pooh (2001–03) My Friends Tigger & Pooh (2007–10)

Specials	Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990) Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too (1991) Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh (1996) A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving (1998) A Valentine for You (1999)

Video games	Winnie the Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood (1986) Ready to Read with Pooh (1997) Ready for Math with Pooh (1997) Tigger's Honey Hunt (2000) Piglet's Big Game (2003) Winnie the Pooh's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure (2005) Disney Friends (2007) Winnie the Pooh's Home Run Derby (2010)

Songs	"Winnie the Pooh" (1966) "Up, Down and Touch the Ground" (1966) "Rumbly in My Tumbly" (1966) "Little Black Rain Cloud" (1966) "Mind over Matter" (1966) "A Rather Blustery Day" (1968) "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers" (1968) "Heffalumps and Woozles" (1968) "The Rain Rain Rain Came Down Down Down" (1968) "Hip Hip Pooh-Ray!" (1968) "House at Pooh Corner" (1970) "I Hum to Myself" (1983) "Just Say, 'Yes I Can'" (1983) "The Right Side" (1983) "You're the Only You" (1983) "Try a Little Something New" (1983) "Wherever You Are" (1997) "Every Season Brings a Reason" (1999)

People	Christopher Robin Milne E. H. Shepard Harry Colebourn Shirley Slesinger Lasswell Stephen Slesinger David Benedictus Mark Burgess

Related articles	Ashdown Forest Bother! The Brain of Pooh Hundred Acre Wood The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh attraction More Songs from Pooh Corner Pooh's Hunny Hunt Poohsticks Return to Pooh Corner The Tao of Pooh The Te of Piglet Winnipeg the Bear

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