An airing on NBC circa 1975 had a sped up intro that contained male voiceover whom announced the title and a sponsorship from Sears which was in charge of Winnie the Pooh merchandise at the time. The 1986 VHS release and 1987 laserdisc release had this same variant except for fading to black for about a nanosecond after the title when the sponsorship was announced on TV which meant that the sponsorship was cut from the 1986 VHS release and 1987 laserdisc release.