You are number 6. I am number Po.

[subplotkudzu]

 The baby has discovered Teletubbies. 

Much as it is non-offensive, oddly hypnotic and helpful for keeping her quiet for 15 minutes while her parents do things like move the boiling water for pasta and other kitchen chores dangerous to perform with a baby, the tendency of little speakers to rise from the ground anywhere in Teletubbieland creeps me out. The odd, idealized world feels too much like the Village anyway, but that omnipresent voice of the computer just tips it over the edge. 

So when is GURPS Teletubbies coming out?

Comments

[kriz1818.livejournal.com]

TIME for Teletubbies! TIME for Teletubbies!

[40yearsagotoday.livejournal.com]

Be-hee-hee seeing yu!

[mylescorcoran]

You think that's bad? Wait 'til you see 'In the Night Garden'. A serious headwrecking is in store for you. It's surrealism beyond even the excesses of the Teletubbies.

[40yearsagotoday.livejournal.com]

Here's a taste. Oh, wow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8AFJhFqkF4

It's good to see Britain carrying on in the Lewis Carroll/tons and tons of acid tradition.

[doc-mystery.livejournal.com]

I find it rather soothing and inoffensive myself when I was watching with my own little one. She doesn't watch it much anymore (she's nearly 4 now), but she does like some of the intervening segments where she sees other kids playing games, watching puppet shows, etc.

It's not being shown much on TV anymore around our parts; I did get a bunch of DVDs and VHS tapes cheap for her to watch them. \

These days? We're all into Scooby Doo cartoons!

::B::

[mapmakr.livejournal.com]

Next stop the big Purple Guy--

[brianrogers.livejournal.com]

No, there will be no Barney.

We have teletubbies only because of inherited video tapes. There's no such Barney tapes in the house, and we don't really watch TV.

[(Anonymous)]

Precisely because it is so frickin' bizarre, I don't mind my little one watching the Tubbies -- not that he gets much chance nowadays as it's on while he's at preschool. (Question: you go to a school, you do school stuff -- why is it called "preschool?")

The two shows I absolutely forbid are Barney (because of . . . well, everything, really, but especially its appropriation of pre-existing song music for new lyrics glorifying the Dear Reptilian Leader), and Maya & Miguel (an exceptionally moronic PBS attempt at multiculturalism).

From everything I hear about the present-day UK, what with omnipresent security monitoring, omnipresent nanny-state hectoring, and omnipresent retro-techno fashions, the whole damned island is becoming Tubbyland anyway.

Cambias

You think Teletubbies are disturbing?

[(Anonymous)]

Have you heard of the Boobahs? Walking gumdrop shaped *things* throwing rainbow auras around.

Naturally, Matthew absolutely loved them.

-Chris

P.S. Glad to find you out on the net. Hope everything is well!