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This phrase I hear over and over in my home. Yes some of you may know it already. My daughter is absolutely obsessed with the Teletubbies. She is 9mo btw. What do you all think of this little creatures. I watched this show a few times and thought it was a bit twisted. Seems to me they are trying to turn brains to mush. Are they evil dressed in purple and carrying a purse? Maybe they are innocent kids program? Hard to say...

http://www.curvecomm.com/teletubbies/

Seems they have a fan site.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0929052dea1.html

Very suspicous.

http://www.valvigirl.net/quizzes/teletubbies.html

Find out if your a teletubby yourself.

the teletubbies are still a thing? I thought that went out years ago..

the teletubbies are still a thing? I thought that went out years ago..

Yep they are still on. I pick them up off satelite. They are on a BBC channel.

Yep they are still on. I pick them up off satelite. They are on a BBC channel.

I think we found our reason to bomb the BBC.

I like 'em. But only for five minutes...then it gets boring. And the purple one is gay - good to teach kids that being gay is a-okay...:D

They're worse than Barney.

And is it just me, or does their house look like a bunker?

I like 'em. But only for five minutes...then it gets boring. And the purple one is gay - good to teach kids that being gay is a-okay...:D
Are you kidding me? :p Its enough to turn some one into a rightwing, conservative, homophobic nutcase...and I'm gay and I'm saying this. :p Worse than Barney indeed.

They're worse than Barney.

And is it just me, or does their house look like a bunker?

Perhaps they're mutated humanoids that survived a nuclear holocaust...


*shutters*

Teletubbies is what happens when directors do acid.

Perhaps they're mutated humanoids that survived a nuclear holocaust...


*shutters*
Then I can only hope I won't survive WWIII.:eek:

Then I can only hope I won't survive WWIII.:eek:

What, you don't want to be a Teletubbie?

It's produced in the UK. It targets young extremely young children, and uses a variety of confusing images and sounds to condition them to instinctively obey anyone with RP.

Clearly, it's all part of a plan for the English to establish complete world dominance. (And you have to admit, it's a lot more fiendish and clever than the german's, with their sad little submarine project).

What, you don't want to be a Teletubbie?
Not particularly, no.

If I had to live in a post-apolalyptic world portrayed in a children's program, I'd have to be a Snork. At least then I'd have something useful sticking up out of my head.

Not particularly, no.

If I had to live in a post-apolalyptic world portrayed in a children's program, I'd have to be a Snork. At least then I'd have something useful sticking up out of my head.

What were those things used for?

They looked like giant cocks!

And you have to admit, it's a lot more fiendish and clever than the german's, with their sad little submarine project.
But you have to admit, if even I haven't heard of it, they managed to keep it secret pretty well...

the teletubbies are still a thing? I thought that went out years ago..
I would hope it was reruns.......

You guys do realise it is Ossama in the Purple Suite right?
That is why Uncle Slam hasn't found him.
*shifty eyes*

But you have to admit, if even I haven't heard of it, they managed to keep it secret pretty well...
It was even showing in South Africa at a point :p Maybe they wanted to brainwash us "racists" (yeh, we aren't as bad as we used to be) with their sick PC. :rolleyes:

I took the test. I'm Dipsy.

I took the test. I'm Dipsy.
I got Hitler!
http://www.buckfush.com/images/gotwar2.jpg

But you have to admit, if even I haven't heard of it, they managed to keep it secret pretty well...

It's actually never been a secret. The UK got the technology from the alien crash site at RAF Bentwaters in the 1980s.

It's actually never been a secret. The UK got the technology from the alien crash site at RAF Bentwaters in the 1980s.
Yes and Silverstone actually holds the worlds largest Grilled Sandwich, Forlmula 1 is just a cover story.

Yes and Silverstone actually holds the worlds largest Grilled Sandwich, Forlmula 1 is just a cover story.

Damn! It seems as if security is just hemorrhaging in the UK. That is super ultra mega kill yourself before reading stuff sir.

I blame tony blair.

Yes and Silverstone actually holds the worlds largest Grilled Sandwich, Forlmula 1 is just a cover story.
Partisan Leakage!
Now, where are those new laws...

I think that Teletubbies quiz only measures you on what color you pick.:(

Hey, Teletubbies are better than that "Beebol" thing. That's frickin' disturbing.

Hey, Teletubbies are better than that "Beebol" thing. That's frickin' disturbing.


what the hell is "Beebol"?

what the hell is "Beebol"?
They lok like telletubbies, just more disturbing.

I've been eateh by those things in my nightmares. Scary shit.

my kids hate the teletubbies, but I suppose they are a little old for it (2 and 4) thier grandma (my mother in law) tries to make them watch it. They hate it.

I was babysitting an 8 month old once and it seemed to calm him while teething, I think it's like baby opium or something.

Hey, Teletubbies are better than that "Beebol" thing. That's frickin' disturbing.

Do you mean BooBah? THat scares the hell out of me, everyone on it is nuts

Hey, Teletubbies are better than that "Beebol" thing. That's frickin' disturbing.

You've never had to watch "Care Bears" have you? THAT show is disturbing, right up there with Lamb Chop. They will fry your brain, I'm telling you! :eek:

Do you mean BooBah? THat scares the hell out of me, everyone on it is nuts

You all beat me to the punch. Teletubbies are horrible, but boobah has got to be the result of insane directors on extremely bad acid trips. What is worst is both are absolutely morbidly fascinating for small children. My little girl has NEVER been allowed to watch them, but she still occationally says "boooobaaahhh" because she's seen the credits rolling a few times just before Mr. Rogers comes on. Seriously though, boobah is worse than barney and the teletubbies combined, and they all terrify me. Boobah has upside-down rainbows, fuzzy star demons and sparkly colorful skies all clearly designed to turn small childrens' minds into mush. That'd be about the bottom ring of dante's inferno for me... having to watch boobah, teletubbies and barney...

You all beat me to the punch. Teletubbies are horrible, but boobah has got to be the result of insane directors on extremely bad acid trips. What is worst is both are absolutely morbidly fascinating for small children. My little girl has NEVER been allowed to watch them, but she still occationally says "boooobaaahhh" because she's seen the credits rolling a few times just before Mr. Rogers comes on. Seriously though, boobah is worse than barney and the teletubbies combined, and they all terrify me. Boobah has upside-down rainbows, fuzzy star demons and sparkly colorful skies all clearly designed to turn small childrens' minds into mush. That'd be about the bottom ring of dante's inferno for me... having to watch boobah, teletubbies and barney...

THe scariest thing is when their heads pop out of their "bodies". THat and everything else on the show:eek:

BooBah creeps me out, my kids have only seen like the last few minutes because a show they watch comes on after it, but I remember the first time we saw any of it at all my 4 year old says "what the heck is wrong with people? that's just messed up!"

I had to agree.........:p

When I searched for BooBah this is what I found. Looks fine to me. I would watch this.
http://www.boobah.com.au/

When I searched for BooBah this is what I found. Looks fine to me. I would watch this.
http://www.boobah.com.au/

Yeah... Creepy. :D

http://www.boohbah.com/zone.html
try this

it's trippy...........

http://www.boohbah.com/zone.html
try this

it's trippy...........

What the hell is THAT?!?

http://www.boohbah.com/zone.html
try this

it's trippy...........

First thought that came to me when I watched this was that they looked like ALIENS. Maybe its a conditioning for young children for there future masters?

What the hell is THAT?!?
thats Boobah that we have been talking about, the thing that my daughter said was just "messed up"

;)

You've never had to watch "Care Bears" have you? THAT show is disturbing, right up there with Lamb Chop. They will fry your brain, I'm telling you! :eek:
I liked those shows when I was a kid.

I liked those shows when I was a kid.

Didn't anyone stick with Seseme Street? Cookie Monster was great!

Though I have heard that Cookie Monster now has to tell children the value of vegtables too. :(

Didn't anyone stick with Seseme Street? Cookie Monster was great!

Though I have heard that Cookie Monster now has to tell children the value of vegtables too. :(

Sesame street is so 70's. Get with the times..

I think that Teletubbies quiz only measures you on what color you pick.:(

i picked green and got Poo.

Your kids should be watching this instead.

http://www.classickidstv.co.uk/transformers/logo.jpg

Sesame street is so 70's. Get with the times..

What instead? Blue's Clues? Yet another children's show to gag on...

Didn't anyone stick with Seseme Street? Cookie Monster was great!

my kids still watch Sesame Street once a week, we watch it in English and then watch the same episode in Spanish, it's fun.

http://www.boohbah.com/zone.html
try this

it's trippy...........

I am so glad that I'm wasted.

I made the mistake of going to that Boobah link with the bad acid trip funkinesses while my almost-two-year-old was on my lap. I messed with it a few minutes, not realising she was fully entranced. Then I thought "boy, I can't take any more of this brain-decaying trash, and I closed it. Tantrum city. She grabbed my mouse and started frantically clicking to try to get it back, all the while saying "Boobah, boobah". Mind you, this child has never seen the show, more than a minute or two of credits at the end of it. At least as far as I know, and I stay home with her full time. I tell you, it's freaky. Extremely effective brainwashing for small children. Seriously, some scientist must've come up with brainwashing techniques to encorporate into these shows.

Another thing that annoys me is there's this little bit on PBS that has the little song "the more we get together, the happier we'll be." As if everyone agreeing on everything were the keys to peace, harmony and happiness, no matter whether the resolution was to kill all the jews and christians, or to wipe out an entire continent. Brainwashing, I tell you.

What we do watch is Mr. Rogers, which she absolutely loves, and Between the Lions, which is a newer program, but really good. And occationally I let her watch Sesame Street, but I don't like her watching that much TV, really.

What we do watch is Mr. Rogers, which she absolutely loves, and Between the Lions, which is a newer program, but really good. And occationally I let her watch Sesame Street, but I don't like her watching that much TV, really.
I only let my kids watch about 3-4 hours of TV a week, but Between the Lions makes me want to up my limit, I love that show, it's sooo cool. It really is helping to teach my kids to read.:D

I only let my kids watch about 3-4 hours of TV a week, but Between the Lions makes me want to up my limit, I love that show, it's sooo cool. It really is helping to teach my kids to read.:D

Yep. My little one gets to watch that every day, unless she's asleep, in which case I usually watch it myself and tape it for her. She's not even 2 yet, but she knows probably half a dozen letters plus the ones in her name, and can reproduce not only the letters, but the sounds they make. She also LOVES to read books and "write" and draw.

what happened to all the good educational shows and not ones where the things talk in mumbling instead of teaching young kids to read count and learn their language and explore instead of wasting brain cells in front of the tv and not getting exercise no wonder there is a problem with childhood obesity!

lauren

The worst part about the Teletubbies was that baby sun. Always in the sky, always staring, always watching. It sees me, its gaze peirces my soul, raping my mind with that mind numbing laugh. And there is no safety from it, no night, just endless day under that horrible micropscopic lens.
OH GOD WHY! WHY!!!!

you actually have a nine-months-old watching TV? that's disturbing.

[come on, somebody had to say it. plus, i believe it to be true]

http://tinypic.com/idg5cw.jpg

you actually have a nine-months-old watching TV? that's disturbing.

[come on, somebody had to say it. plus, i believe it to be true]
it wasn't my kid, it was someone elses and it was teething and I called to ask if I could give the kid some tylenol and the suggested putting on teletubbies to calm him.

My kids just recently started watching TV and they only watch about 5 hours a week (not counting movie saturdays)