I must first state that I agree that this show is a bit over hated. There are some redeeming qualities, such as the landscape, which I think is very pretty and charming. Those surroundings look a bit like a golf course but with the addition of cute fluffy bunnies. I also don't have any problem with their speech pattern, they're meant to resemble toddlers after all. The segments shown on the Teletubbies' stomachs are also very interesting. With that said, I myself don't particularly care for it although I do think that it gets a little too much hate. My main problem is that it is extremely repetitive. For example, after you see the videos on the Teletubbies's belly screens they play the same video again. In fact, pretty much everything is repeated ad nauseum. My other problem with Teletubbies is that in their grassy mound of a house (apparently called the "tubbytronic superdome" or something) they have a pet: a very creepy vacuum-type thing called Nunu. This thing communicates solely with uncanny sucking sounds, has bloodshot eyes, and appears out of nowhere. I found it very creepy when I first saw this as a kid and still find that thing creepy as an adult. To compare, Maleficiant scared me when I was little but I outgrew that, while Nunu gives me the creeps to this day. In conclusion, not as bad as they say but I would have preferred if everything wasn't replayed "again" and if it were just the Teletubbies without their scary pet.
94 Reviews
Frightening and very disturbing
damlacivici13 March 2021
As a kid i used to watch these series but i was so little i barely remember. But all i can remember was that it really used to scare me as a kid. Some say that its very educational, they may be right. For preschool children, it may be. But as I grew up and watched the series again, i somehow remembered that i used to get really scared of their normal behaviours. The show has that creepy silence moments and weird voices which may be really disturbing for the few. I get really disturbed when i see this show on TV. I think that the show has some kind of underlying messages but i could not figure out what yet.
Teletubbies
jboothmillard8 June 2005
Warning: Spoilers
When I was younger, I just watched this new kids show for a laugh, and some of the episodes were just amusing to watch. I obviously wasn't obsessed with it like younger kids, there was a report on the news about kids not talking properly. Basically there is a green land with a yellow windmill and mound house. The four Teletubbies live in this house, they are Tinky-Winky, Dipsy who was my favourite, La La and Poo. Every episode they would have their telly stomachs show a video of something. And every episode they did something near the end, e.g. big hugs, eat tubby custard or tubby toast and many other things, and the Baby Sun would laugh. The only part that was very provocative for me and parents was the obvious proof that Tinky Winky-was gay. I mean think about it, he's purple, he has a hand bag, he has a triangle antenna and he does camp things, e.g. dresses like a girl. It won the BAFTA for Best Pre-School, twice. It won the BAFTA for Best Pre-School Live Action, twice. The Christmas Specials were number 88 on The 100 Greatest Christmas Moments, the programme was number 90 on Thw 100 Greatest Kids' TV Shows, and 97 on The 100 Greatest TV Shows (why?). Okay, the kids will obviously love it!
This is the most frighteningly disturbing show on television.
Gar-630 October 1998
The Teletubbies is a UK show about four stubby aliens who live on a giant miniature golf course. They walk around the course doing simpletonic tasks and eating alien toast. Their only means of communication is nonsensical jabbering and slight English-sounding words. Every once in a while a talking shower head rises out of the turf and gives them instructions to please the sun which is really a giant baby's head inside of a sun. Then a giant pinwheel beams messages directly into their cerebral cortexes and their abdominal area becomes a projector. Their stomachs usually show small films about children going on adventures, or less exciting things. One time it showed five kids jumping. Just jumping, for five minutes.
If none of this makes sense, watch the show, it probably won't make any more sense, but it might.
If none of this makes sense, watch the show, it probably won't make any more sense, but it might.
No value for parents or children
shellbell2003013 May 2007
With all the programming on TV these days, there are many other more educational options for your children. These days many parents are blamed for letting the TV babysit their kids. If you are going to sit your children down in front of the TV for a couple hours, for whatever reason, and this show is on, CHANGE THE CHANNEL. There is absolutely no educational value to this show. I have a two year old and although many would think that this show is strictly to "entertain" a toddler or keep them occupied for a half hour, it's simply not true. Change it to Dora or Diago or Sesame Street. Babies and toddlers will actually be entertained and they may even learn something. My two year old can count to 50 and say her ABC's. She knows these things by my teaching her in combination with shows like Sesame Street and Dora the Explorer. The only thing that toddlers learn from such a pointless show as this is how to repeat the words "again, again" and " Time for Teletubbies". Doctors as well as others trained in the field of child development urge parents not to jabber in baby talk to children who are ready to learn to talk, or who are already talking. This show is nothing but gibberish and baby talk and has no educational value at all. My friends two year old now calls all cereal, soup and pudding "Tele-Tusturd"...something he picked up on this worthless "childrens" show. Do your kids a favor and change the station to something that will at least educate them and teach them to speak correctly.
trust me, i think teletubies has already been classified under horror on IMDb.
music2324 November 2007
The last comment i read said that this show should be put under horror. Well you're right! This stupid show scares me. My little sister convinced me to watch it and i regret it ever since. I watched it and it was a drag. You can't understand what they're saying. It's stupid! This does not help little children learn in anyway. But it will teach parents one more thing, DON'T WATCH TELETUBIES. I'm actually scared of these stupid little teletubies. This is probably the scariest thing i've seen next to Saw 1,2, and 3. Yo just don't see good children's shows these days. It's so sad. But i'm not surprised. Most PBS shows are usually crappy and not educational to children. I don't see how anybody can like this show. The stupid baby talk does not help little toddlers with their steps in trying to speak. To be honest, a good parent would keep their children away from this show at all costs. My little sister is 10 and she just got this to make fun of it. It was pretty much pointless for her to even get it. If i could i'd give this show a -1/10.
Eh-Oh!
samwinter11 November 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I watched all 425 episodes of this and now i wish i hadn't.
The show takes place in what is perceived by the Teletubbies as a lush green land, it is in fact a dystopian hellscape of which they are completely unaware.
The reason for their psychotic break? Well, the voice trumpets that appear everyday (an obvious metaphor for the government) gas them with psychoactive drugs, thus leaving the Teletubbies blissfully unaware of the broken landscape and the bones of their forefathers that surround them.
The sun baby played by the talented Jess Smith, obviously represents not only the high levels of radiation they live in (because of the bombs), but the cosmic rays they are exposed to on a daily basis because the war ruined the atmosphere.
The main shelter of the four Teletubbies is an "earth house", this is in fact an aging radiation shelter which is now infested with rats.
Now on to the characters, and this where my problems begin.
Tinky Winky is the more rotund of the group and could be construed as the alpha, especially as his triangular antenna is an obvious wink to the illuminati. He always carries a red bag, it's never explained why, and at the end of the series i felt like i had just finished watching lost.
Dipsy is one of the more interesting characters, his antenna is a nod to the growing sexual tension amongst our post apocalyptic survivors. He's stubborn and somewhat doesn't play by the rules. His face is notably darker than the rest of the Teletubbies which is a commentary on race.
Laa-Laa is the yellow one, she spends most of her time dicking about singing and dancing, she never pulls her weight, this custard colored ass-hat was a real sticking point for me.
now on to possibly the worst character in the series, Po.
Po seems very sweet on the surface, but below that sweet exterior is the burning rage of a thousand suns (hence the color red). Some say she was the one that pressed the button that started all of this, but between the witty retorts of "eh-oh" and "aaaaah" i just don't know what her motivation is! and after 425 episodes of this, i still don't! this one dimensional character really let the show down for me, and has ruined completely what could of been an in depth and multi-layered story.
The show takes place in what is perceived by the Teletubbies as a lush green land, it is in fact a dystopian hellscape of which they are completely unaware.
The reason for their psychotic break? Well, the voice trumpets that appear everyday (an obvious metaphor for the government) gas them with psychoactive drugs, thus leaving the Teletubbies blissfully unaware of the broken landscape and the bones of their forefathers that surround them.
The sun baby played by the talented Jess Smith, obviously represents not only the high levels of radiation they live in (because of the bombs), but the cosmic rays they are exposed to on a daily basis because the war ruined the atmosphere.
The main shelter of the four Teletubbies is an "earth house", this is in fact an aging radiation shelter which is now infested with rats.
Now on to the characters, and this where my problems begin.
Tinky Winky is the more rotund of the group and could be construed as the alpha, especially as his triangular antenna is an obvious wink to the illuminati. He always carries a red bag, it's never explained why, and at the end of the series i felt like i had just finished watching lost.
Dipsy is one of the more interesting characters, his antenna is a nod to the growing sexual tension amongst our post apocalyptic survivors. He's stubborn and somewhat doesn't play by the rules. His face is notably darker than the rest of the Teletubbies which is a commentary on race.
Laa-Laa is the yellow one, she spends most of her time dicking about singing and dancing, she never pulls her weight, this custard colored ass-hat was a real sticking point for me.
now on to possibly the worst character in the series, Po.
Po seems very sweet on the surface, but below that sweet exterior is the burning rage of a thousand suns (hence the color red). Some say she was the one that pressed the button that started all of this, but between the witty retorts of "eh-oh" and "aaaaah" i just don't know what her motivation is! and after 425 episodes of this, i still don't! this one dimensional character really let the show down for me, and has ruined completely what could of been an in depth and multi-layered story.
I'd give this show a zero if possible.
mikedealy31 July 2010
"Teletubbies" has to be the worst TV show ever made by mankind. It's so bad that it almost makes "Barney & Friends" look like "Thomas the Tank Engine". And this show has no plot; all it has is four retarded aliens jumping around and saying retarded crap like "Eh-oh" and "Again again". I've seen better plot lines from "Oobi". Oh, and wasn't that purple alien Tinky-Winky accused of being homosexual? I'm surprised this show did not make it on TV Guide's Top 50 Worst TV Shows of all time. Even as a toddler, I hated it. If you want a better show for kids, watch something that actually makes sense like "Sesame Street", "Thomas the Tank Engine", or "Mister Roger's Neighborhood". They are much better than this garbage.
Excellent educational series for the youngest
satie-223 July 2013
The Teletubbies shows invite the youngest children to the world of reading, counting, singing, dancing, exploring, and so much more. Its educational value is tremendous, adapted to the pace and mind of the youngest children. After having watched a lot of these episodes over and over (yes, I have a couple of Teletubby loving kids) I have come to the conclusion that this is one of the best children programs ever aired on television, everything produced in incredible detail. Just a pity that not all the 365 episodes are available on DVD. Please understand - this series is for the youngest children, and only they will fully enjoy the world of the Teletubbies and learn a lot from it.
Psychedelic, Strange, Scary, Painfully & Terribly Awful
ryderjacob12 March 2014
Warning: Spoilers
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.
Why the hate?
yaszi-8329611 November 2021
This show is for very young children
paulwatts1 April 2016
Some of the reviewers here seem to expect something like Game of Thrones in a children's show, ie something that entertains adults. You have to realise that the audience of this show is infants and toddlers from 6 months to about 4 years. So even five year olds are going to prefer shows more targeted at them.
I feel sympathy for children whose parents expect everything to be educational. Teletubbies is not really supposed to be educational. It is entertainment for littlies, and in that regard it serves its purpose well. The British seem to be very good at shows for young children that are for entertainment purposes only, Americans don't seem to get it.
I feel sympathy for children whose parents expect everything to be educational. Teletubbies is not really supposed to be educational. It is entertainment for littlies, and in that regard it serves its purpose well. The British seem to be very good at shows for young children that are for entertainment purposes only, Americans don't seem to get it.
This never should've happened.
prine012478-121 April 2020
Watched by Children and Students
HuggyBear115 January 2003
The Teletubbies live in a Nazi-style bunker where everything is "lovely". Genetically modified rabbits are their only living companions. A voice from nowhere tells them what to do, or tells them what is about to happen to them. They show a small film from one of their bellies and then repeat the film - this was another Nazi trick - repetition being used to brain-wash.
All of this weird nonsense is watched over by a baby in the sun. All the Teletubbies are named after slang for genitalia:- Tinky Winky (obviously the male organ), La La (female), Po (bottom in German) and Dipsy (Russian slang for the male organ.
It's quite amazing - you should watch it.
All of this weird nonsense is watched over by a baby in the sun. All the Teletubbies are named after slang for genitalia:- Tinky Winky (obviously the male organ), La La (female), Po (bottom in German) and Dipsy (Russian slang for the male organ.
It's quite amazing - you should watch it.
Pitiful Excuse for Children's Entertainment
jmalek201323 March 2014
I.....am.....speechless. No words can describe this utterly awful piece of crap. I don't know whether to give this to a priest to analyze or a psychologist to study! IT.....IS......HORRIBLE. The Teletubbies do not even speak proper English!!!! They just moan and groan at the audience. It has no story, no plot, no character, and ABSOLUTELY NO EDUCATIONAL VALUE. All that it consists of is dancing, moaning and groaning, and obnoxious music. This is just projectile vomit caught on tape. I just cannot bear how smiley and happy everything is. Nothing happens! It is just giggling, smiling, loud noises and awful music and singing! This does not teach your children about negative feelings or emotions, letters, numbers, or any of the stuff we learned as toddlers!!!!! A 1 year old could write better stuff than this incompetent excuse for children's entertainment. Show your kid something else like Sesame Street or Thomas & Friends instead of this radioactive pile of bullshit.
DO NOT SHOW THIS TO YOUR KIDS!!!!!!!!!!
DO NOT SHOW THIS TO YOUR KIDS!!!!!!!!!!
Stupid and extremely pointless.
marshm623 August 2012
What the crap is this!? the Teletubbies is possibly the worst show for young children out there. let me verify it, there's no educational value, it has no plot either, and all the Teletubbies ever do is dance around like idiotic freaks, and it's not even that funny at all, it's not cool either. Who would wanna watch this? Not me! Well, i've watched when i was younger and now it's just a total piece of trash and a waste of time. Kids should be watching better educational shows like Cailou, Blues Clues, and maybe Dora the Explorer over this nonsense Ugh!! This show receives a 0/10 for being such an embarrassment to all toddler shows worldwide.
Disturbing
carletonclements20 April 2019
If this is what little babies are into, you've got to question your parenting style. I wouldn't be surprised if these babies grew up to be serial killers. Unfortunately for me, I grew up in this era, but luckily for me, I was wise enough to be terrified by them.
The worst thing I've ever seen in my life!!
jhahn-466-8407284 August 2014
Warning: Spoilers
I'm not playing around here. This is absolutely AWFUL!!! This is about some aliens who are lost in some giant mini golf course. They wriggle, eat alien toast, and hug each other for all eternity to please their baby sun god. At least once every episode some pinwheel behind their hobbit hole projects clips of tots doing some boring thing onto the alien's TV screen stomachs. Also they have a blue alien robot elephant vacuum cleaner thing as their "pet-I-think." And holy heck is that thing terrifying!! And that's all you have to know about the show. Seriously. It's just unreasonable weird terrifying drug-induced crap. Who made this and what were they smoking?!!
All I can say is that its better then Barney.
philip-47312 December 2008
That sums it up right there. But since IMDb wants me to make ten lines. I'll write them I guess. Anyway, the Teletubbies is a prime example that TV's gone downhill. It's like Barney, only instead of a Purple Dinosaur and a school. You have four things and a hilly area. The Teletubbies consist of Tinky Winky (A purple thing that carries a red purse *indicating his homosexuality*), Dipsy (The green one with a straight antenna) Laa-Laa (The yellow one, she has an orange ball) and Po (the red and youngest one of the group. She rides on a scooter and can Speak Cantonese). While they are pretty weird and sometimes scary. They're better then Barney. That's all I can say.
The IMDb proves that the Internet should not be open to all...
fullam-david9 February 2015
...if we are to judge by the reviews here by users. The hipsters who think they are funny by dumping on this show, only show themselves to be less than hip, jumpers on a band wagon. Regardless, Teletubbies is/was one of the best children's shows to come down the pike in a long time. Strange, funny, and wonderful, it totally trumps the creatively moribund (look it up up hipsters) garbage that has been force fed children for far too long on PBS. If you must attack a RagDoll production, BooBah is far more deserving of scorn. Now that one truly was ghastly. But for one moment, RagDoll hit the mother lode. Anything that was sweet, amusing, and also angered Jerry Falwell is tops in my book.
Whhhhhhhhhhhhy God Whhhhhhhhhhhy!!!!!!!!!!!!
keegansantiago8 November 2014
Dear Lord I hate this show sooooooooooooo much. It is so annoying and disturbing. My son cries every time he sees this show. I have to tell him every night that there is no teletubbie in his closet. Almost every night my son screams teletubbies!teletubies!. And I race to his room and I see him with a baseball bat running around screaming the teletubbies are coming the teletubbies are coming! And note that my son is 17.So thank you teletubbies for ruining my sons childhood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I HATE ALL OF YOU PO,TINK WINKY, AND WHAT EVER THE REST OF YOUR NAMES ARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I HATE ALL OF YOU PO,TINK WINKY, AND WHAT EVER THE REST OF YOUR NAMES ARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Made for the mind of the pre-speaker
OriEri30 August 2007
This show was created for the pre-speaking age set, and had early childhood development and linguistics experts supervising. Of COURSE anyone old enough to write doesn't 'get it" so the reviews and rating here suffer from the fact that no one who appreciates the showcan rate it!
All I know is my then 1.5 year old would not sit still for any other children's show, but Teletubbies would grab him for the whole half hour.; They clearly did something right. I don't know if it made him a better person, but he seems normal now, 8 years later.
The simple language, faces and the repetitiveness makes this an excellent experience for kids younger than 3 years old.
All I know is my then 1.5 year old would not sit still for any other children's show, but Teletubbies would grab him for the whole half hour.; They clearly did something right. I don't know if it made him a better person, but he seems normal now, 8 years later.
The simple language, faces and the repetitiveness makes this an excellent experience for kids younger than 3 years old.
For All That Rate This Negatively...
pretzelmanchild29 June 2016
For everyone saying this is a dirty show, it's mainly for the humor of the adults. If I need to remind you, all of your favorite Disney shows have dirty jokes, too. This is just to keep the adults possibly watching entertained. Keep in mind, this is a show for kids probably under preschool levels, and the kids will not understand the references until older, anyway. The Telletubbies encourage teamwork and having fun, enjoying life. For now, that is what childhood really is. They somewhat even teach kids their shapes and colors, considering each Telletubby has their own unique style. I know it's not all that educational, but you can't always rely on others your whole life. You can teach them yourselves. Plus, there are plenty of other shows you can watch that are far more educational. Kindly go watch them instead if you're that upset about this television show. You might not what understand the Telletubbies are saying all the time, but it's the same with your kids. They both have trouble speaking. I'm 15 years old and I can understand most of what they're saying. And if you're going to comment that the vacuum cleaner, Noo Noo, is frightening- you have a very different opinion from a child younger than preschool level. They might even find it funny! If they agree and believe it to be scary- comfort them, tell them it's not real, and go to some more educational. I hope this review helped. :)
An Abomination
Matthew_Capitano20 May 2013
Four freaks run around a valley presided over by a chuckling infant in the sun.
After a small eternity of goofy physical banter, the freaks expose their bodies which have TV sets lodged in their bellies so they can show us dumbbells in the audience a 5-minute video of some kids splashing around in the rain or something -- and the video is boring in the extreme. Next, and just to twist the knife, the freaks show the same video AGAIN! Noooooo!!!! A thoroughly moronic children's program that's not even good enough for your dog.
One more thing: if the TV sets are located in the freaks' stomachs, then shouldn't the show be called 'Tele-TUMMIES'?..... never mind.
After a small eternity of goofy physical banter, the freaks expose their bodies which have TV sets lodged in their bellies so they can show us dumbbells in the audience a 5-minute video of some kids splashing around in the rain or something -- and the video is boring in the extreme. Next, and just to twist the knife, the freaks show the same video AGAIN! Noooooo!!!! A thoroughly moronic children's program that's not even good enough for your dog.
One more thing: if the TV sets are located in the freaks' stomachs, then shouldn't the show be called 'Tele-TUMMIES'?..... never mind.
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