# Can anyone explain Teletubbies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 28, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673 "2003-04-28T14:52:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/21 "2003-04-29T11:22:13Z")
It occurred to me a long time ago that there could be a version of Teletubbies for adult guys, to keep them entertained. It would be called **Telebutties** , and would feature very sexy female fuzzy creatures in primary colors, with television sets installed in their butts. They would live the Teletubby/Eloi.Playboy Mansion life, lazing around the fields or the indoor pool while the unseen underground things took away the mess and brought the food. Every now and then there would be a broadcast of porno loops that would show up on the luck one’s butt. Then they would all shout “Again! Again!” ,and the same exact loop would be repeated. And Noo-Noo would have a _lot_ of extra attachments. ---
**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/22 "2003-04-29T13:42:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sam Stone \* > \*\*I’m no expert on Teletubbies, but I’m pretty sure Po is evil. > > And there’s no question that Tinky Winky plays for the other team, if you get my drift. > > That only leaves La-La. La-La is our only hope. > \*\* So, what about Dipsy? What does he have to offer us, other than his funky-fresh dance moves? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/23 "2003-04-29T14:11:41Z")
Dipsy is just comedic relief. He’s the Festus of the bunch. Just as things are looking bleak for the Teletubbies - the baby is frowning at them, or the balls are bouncing the wrong way, the speakers are blaring, the oceans are draining… Along comes Dipsy who does something stupid, and goes, “Uh oh!” and all the Teletubbies laugh and roll on the ground stupidly. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/24 "2003-04-29T16:26:42Z")
> [@](#): > > If you think teletubies is surreal, you should see Tiny Planets! > Don’t know how to do links, but there is a website for it. We love [Tiny Planets!](http://www.tinyplanets.com/) Bing and Bong are neat. We also love [Oobi](http://www.noggin.com/shows/oobi.php) on the same channel. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/25 "2003-04-29T16:38:31Z")
Oobi is really, really, _really_ effed up. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/26 "2003-04-29T17:09:37Z")
Personally, I think the Teletubbies look like little distorted vampires or something. They drive me batty! Needless to say, my 3-year-old loves them! (She loves The Wiggles, too). I just grit my teeth, and get through it. My only rule is, when we go to the video store, we do NOT rent Teletubby videos (I did it once, and was very regretful, as she wanted to watch it about 8 times a day for the entire week!). Blue’s Clues is fine, Dora, Clifford, Frankln, and Maggie and The Ferocious Beast are all OK. Teletubbies must soon be fed arsenic-laced tubby custard so they will die! ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/27 "2003-04-29T17:18:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CalMeacham \* > \*\*It occurred to me a long time ago that there could be a version of Teletubbies for adult guys, to keep them entertained. It would be called **Telebutties** , and would feature very sexy female fuzzy creatures in primary colors, with television sets installed in their butts. They would live the Teletubby/Eloi.Playboy Mansion life, lazing around the fields or the indoor pool while the unseen underground things took away the mess and brought the food. Every now and then there would be a broadcast of porno loops that would show up on the luck one’s butt. Then they would all shout “Again! Again!” ,and the same exact loop would be repeated. > > And Noo-Noo would have a _lot_ of extra attachments. \*\* _Simpsons_ did it! Well, kinda. It was a throwaway gag when they went to Rio. Teletitties, I believe the name was. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/28 "2003-04-29T23:45:06Z")
You think _Teletubbies_ is weird? Try this! ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/29 "2003-04-30T00:09:27Z")
Good Lord, Super Gnat, what the hell is that? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/30 "2003-04-30T01:07:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sam Stone \* > **I’m no expert on Teletubbies, but I’m pretty sure Po is evil.** No way, dude! Po is hot!! That breathy little girl voice, that scooter that makes her kinda like Heather Graham in _Boogie Nights_, and that red hole on top just waiting for… uh… never mind. As for Telebutties, a few years ago a now-defunct local weekly alternative paper ran a picture from the West Hollywood Halloween celebration of the **Telechubbies**. They were 2 guys in Teletubby outfits with fuzzy boners. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/31 "2003-04-30T06:14:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by norinew \* > \*\*Blue’s Clues is fine… \*\* Arrggghhh! 🙂 Steve!! My little lad just loves Blue’s Clues, but I find Steve soooo infuriating! The man is less intelligent than his condiment set! Let alone his puppy! Blue is definitely the brains of the outfit – I hope she’s pulling down the big paycheck. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/32 "2003-04-30T12:59:22Z")
All hail **Super Gnat**. We are not worthy! ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/33 "2003-04-30T13:36:40Z")
They used to creep me out pretty good–those soft, blurry features reminded me of the kind of face that some alien creature might try to give itself if it only had satellite photos of humans to work from. But once I got past that (and bore a child) I found them somewhat peaceful and hypnotizing. I did see one of them bend over and get tickled in the buttocks by a large feather in one episode. It screamed of homoeroticism and made me wonder how hard their creators laugh as they cook up episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Doesn\_t\_meet\_my\_standards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aca169/32.png) [@Doesn\_t\_meet\_my\_standards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doesn_t_meet_my_standards)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/34 "2014-09-11T15:09:09Z")
For anyone who is interested, this is sort of a ‘making of’ video about the Teletubbies: [Teletubbies-Who's behind the costume? - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlaRHYni17A) ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/35 "2014-09-11T15:42:53Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > The first time I ever saw the Teletubbies I was home from work sick with the flu and a fever of 103. I woke up from that groggy sick sleep you fall into when you think you should get out of bed and you drag yourself into the livingroom only to fall into a snotfilled crazy sleep. I opened my eyes and honestly thought I was hallucinating. Speaking from personal experience, \*Teletubbies \*really is a superlatively excellent show to watch while tripping balls. The colour plotlines are _deep_. Just watch your ass around La-la. That is one sneaky fucking bastard, and that’s all I’ll say about that. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/36 "2014-09-11T16:15:00Z")
So, since you’ve actually seen the show (I haven’t lucky for me, my son never stumbled upon them)… DOES Po give off a gay vibe to you? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/37 "2014-09-11T16:25:18Z")
My daughter is 13 now and we don’t watch _Teletubbies_ any more. I don’t miss them. Sometimes, though, I do catch myself wanting to sit down and watch an episode of _Kipper the Dog_. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/38 "2014-09-11T16:25:28Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > So, since you’ve actually seen the show (I haven’t lucky for me, my son never stumbled upon them)… > > DOES Po give off a gay vibe to you? No, but Jerry Falwell did. What a closet case! Meanwhile, I agree that Teletubbies are supposed to be like toddlers, but I love the Eloi theory. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/39 "2014-09-11T18:40:02Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > No, but Jerry Falwell did. What a closet case! > > Meanwhile, I agree that Teletubbies are supposed to be like toddlers, but I love the Eloi theory. That’s the gut reaction from most people who haven’t seen the show. I’m recalling, though, than 12 years back (when I had no kids yet), I jokingly asked two friends with kids “So, IS that purple Teletubby gay?” They looked at each other for a moment… then the first Dad said, “I think so,” and the other said “He HAS to be.” Again, I have NEVER seen a single episode of the show. I have no opinion. And even these two Dads (who were both conservative family values proponents and devout Christians of different stripes) didn’t care enough to make the kids stop watching. They just thought, based on what they saw, that the show’s creators were having some kind of weird fun with the character by giving it some gay mannerisms. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673/40 "2014-09-11T21:41:48Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > So, since you’ve actually seen the show (I haven’t lucky for me, my son never stumbled upon them)… > > DOES Po give off a gay vibe to you? 😕 It was Tinky Winky, the purple one, who was purported to be gay, not Po, the red one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-teletubbies/171673.md?page=3)