I was born in 1997, so I was the target age for this show. When I was two, I loved this show, but my mother despised it. I didn't understand why until I was six years old.
For those of you who are not familiar with this show, "Teletubbies" is about four, alien-looking toddlers who live together in a grassy area with flowers, rabbits and "Voice Trumpets". Their home is a dome in the middle of their world, called the "Tubbytronic Superdome". They have television screens on their chests, which they can receive video transmissions from children all over the world.
So, what makes this show bad? First of all, it makes no sense whatsoever. I mean, this is the formula of a "Teletubbies" episode: The first part of the episode is about them doing random things throughout their world, named "Teletubbyland" which include running around, playing with their favorite toys or discovering something they've never seen before. The second part starts with a video transmission at the windmill on top of the hill behind their dome. After the video transmission, the rest of the episode primarily takes place inside the dome, with the creatures either eating "Tubby Toast", which looks like those smiley-face fries, but in the form of toast, or "Tubby Custard", which is exactly what it is called, or having fun inside which sometimes irritates their vacuum cleaner called "Noo-Noo", who doesn't talk, but communicates through sucking noises and slurps. That's pretty much the formula.
The second thing, not only is the show psychedelic, but it's weird and actually kind of creepy. The Teletubbies look like fur-covered aliens and above all, their vacuum cleaner always scared me as a kid. I think the reason I was so scared of the vacuum in my house was because of it. The design is creepy and it is naturally, very creepy acting. And, the sun has the face of a human baby. It giggles and smiles all the time. That's creepy. I say psychedelic because the interior of their dome looks like something you'd see if you were high on drugs in the 1960s or 1970s.
Third, it has no educational value whatsoever. The Teletubbies speak gibberish and the only things that talk are the "Voice Trumpets", which look like a shower head mixed with a submarine periscope. That's also very odd. They try to teach us something, but it goes nowhere.
It's just like "Barney", where the characters are unlikeable, adults don't like it at all, and annoying all around. It is often considered to be one of the worst television series of all time, and I can see why. Do yourself a favor and avoid it. Show your kids "Blue's Clues" or "Bear in the Big Blue House" instead.
For those of you who are not familiar with this show, "Teletubbies" is about four, alien-looking toddlers who live together in a grassy area with flowers, rabbits and "Voice Trumpets". Their home is a dome in the middle of their world, called the "Tubbytronic Superdome". They have television screens on their chests, which they can receive video transmissions from children all over the world.
So, what makes this show bad? First of all, it makes no sense whatsoever. I mean, this is the formula of a "Teletubbies" episode: The first part of the episode is about them doing random things throughout their world, named "Teletubbyland" which include running around, playing with their favorite toys or discovering something they've never seen before. The second part starts with a video transmission at the windmill on top of the hill behind their dome. After the video transmission, the rest of the episode primarily takes place inside the dome, with the creatures either eating "Tubby Toast", which looks like those smiley-face fries, but in the form of toast, or "Tubby Custard", which is exactly what it is called, or having fun inside which sometimes irritates their vacuum cleaner called "Noo-Noo", who doesn't talk, but communicates through sucking noises and slurps. That's pretty much the formula.
The second thing, not only is the show psychedelic, but it's weird and actually kind of creepy. The Teletubbies look like fur-covered aliens and above all, their vacuum cleaner always scared me as a kid. I think the reason I was so scared of the vacuum in my house was because of it. The design is creepy and it is naturally, very creepy acting. And, the sun has the face of a human baby. It giggles and smiles all the time. That's creepy. I say psychedelic because the interior of their dome looks like something you'd see if you were high on drugs in the 1960s or 1970s.
Third, it has no educational value whatsoever. The Teletubbies speak gibberish and the only things that talk are the "Voice Trumpets", which look like a shower head mixed with a submarine periscope. That's also very odd. They try to teach us something, but it goes nowhere.
It's just like "Barney", where the characters are unlikeable, adults don't like it at all, and annoying all around. It is often considered to be one of the worst television series of all time, and I can see why. Do yourself a favor and avoid it. Show your kids "Blue's Clues" or "Bear in the Big Blue House" instead.