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Posted by Stew Campbell on Fri, Feb 12, 99 at 21:40
I know this post has religious, political and God knows what else kind of potential in it, but holy moly, don't ya think that things are just a tad slow for Mr. Falwell these days? I mean, really - branding a Teletubby gay ...For those of you without toddlers in the house, Teletubbies are these inane little creatures that speak in some weird "toddler on helium" dialect on a BBC import program that shows on public television in the US. Its specific target market is kids from 12 months to about 36 months of age. It covers everything that would appeal to a toddler - inane physical humor, playing peek-a-boo and patty-cake, and REPEATING everything done after saying AGAIN! There are four Teletubby characters that range downward in size - there's Tinky Winky, the bigger purple one, Dipsy, the green one, La-La, the yellow one, and Po, the red littlest one. They don't appear to have genders though Tinky Winky and Dipsy have "boy" voices and La-La has a "girl" voice. Po is the baby one and sounds like a baby. They have these weird LSD-hallucination faces with oversize eyes and mouths, no readily-discernable noses and very weird ears. They wear top-to-bottom jumpsuits that look like baby blanket sleepers, have differently-shaped antennae growing out of their heads and a TV-like screen in their tummies - one would guess that's why the name Teletubbies. They live in a big dome in the middle of this green field with rabbits grazing around (that appear nearly as large as they are) and these weird snorkel things that come out of the ground and announce the next activity (like PEEK-A-BOO!). Believe me, if you're an adult, you'll think this is the worst possible show on the planet, and if you're in the Huggies-wearing set, you'll think it's high art.
Anyway, the controversy that Falwell says makes Tinky Winky gay is that "he" is purple - the official "gay pride" color, his antenna is a triangle (albeit inverted), another gay symbol, and he carries a red purse on occasion. Uh-huh. Right Jerry. He goes on to say that this is a conspiracy among gays in the entertainment industry to begin "recruiting" gays when they are still in diapers. Uh ... yeah. So based on all this, he's convinced that Tinky Winky will help recruit young boys to a lifestyle of being (as Jerry Seinfeld said on his show) "thin, neat and single."
Today, my friend John E. in Iowa sent me a letter to the editor he was considering sending to the local paper that was quite funny. I have to paraphrase here since the e-mail is at work, but he said something to the effect of "Thank you Reverend Falwell for pointing this out to us. I immediately thought back in horror to this past fall, when I was watching something on TV with my two young sons that, based on what you've told us, made me realize another gay-recruiting conspiracy is going on. These men, dressed in purple, all jumped and ran after each other, and upon catching another man, would fling him to the ground and jump on top of him. After such activity, they'd jump up again and pat each other on the rear. Then they'd stand shoulder to shoulder, holding hands in a group and then do it all again! They'd also hug after a particularly good round of this, and from what I hear, they also shower together. Gosh, and one man put his hands under another man's crotch at the beginning of these activities. And there were these men that had strange hand signs for things such as an "illegal pass" or "backfield in motion". Goodness!"
And to think all these years I thought the Minnesota Vikings were just another football team!
I don't really know or care which side of this issue you're on - whether you believe gay people are horrible sinners, or just people that do things differently, but me thinks the Rev. ought to be taking a ride down his waterslide head first into an empty pool after that one!
Of course, he had to stage a dramatic comeback after insulting all the Jews in the world by insisting that the "antichrist" is Jewish.
Way to go Rev. Falwell. Sure made believers out of us with that one!
See what you made me do Stew? Had to take my collar off. How does he feel about Barney? He's purple and loves you too! Sheesh, what a load of early compost. Was Mr. Rogers kinda kinky? I could continue but don't need a trip to the place deemed unclean by the dear Mr. Falwell. Let me know when I can put my collar back on...
Well, Rev, I wouldn't exactly call that guy your brethren. He doesn't hold an altar candle to you.Here's the whole story as reported by Reuters. Follow the Link below.
Stew
Here is a link that might be useful: Teletubbies' Tinky Winky 'Outed' By Falwell
i don't think we can really talk about teletubbies in a political or religious sense with a straight face can we? LOLOL. they are just inane little characters meant to amuse children and turn a buck. this isn't the first teletubby scandal in our community. about a month ago, our paper had a dial in service where you could listen to the soundtrack of Po. he was supposedly making anti gay comments. we could listen to the noise and then vote whether it struck us as being a statement, or just gibberish. so now we have one teletubby who is gay, and one who is a gay basher?remember the beetle albumns from the seventies? there was a pic where one of them was walking across a street barefoot, and there were rumours that he was really dead, and that was the significance. or how about the soundtracks you supposedly could play backward and it was satanic? or the proctor and gamble logo? or the hamburger supposedly laced with earthworms? can anybody really be serious about this? and if they are, who cares?
I ain't gonna get into this except to say that you don't have to be a toddler to enjoy the Teletubbies...If he's gay I'm gonna have to change what i call my, ummm nevermind...
Ooh, Bigfoot - can I get some of your hops for my homebrew? I'm obviously putting in something that's way too conventional.
Oh, I saw the report on this on NBC News. I never heard of Telebubbies before, not having had preschoolers around the house for the past 25 years, but this reminded me of the Proctor and Gamble myths of a few years ago that purported that the P&G logo was a sign of the devil. Yeah, right, get a life. It's the same with the Telebubbies. Somebody at work today told me that the mumbo jumbo spoken by one of the Telebubbies characters is Mandarin Chinese (because the actor is Mandarin Chinese) for the lines she's supposed to speak in English because she can't speak English. Do we have to be so suspicious?On the other hand, is this the best we have to show to our children? Can't Winnie the Pooh be invited? What about those American Dolls? Can't they be persuaded to promote a TV series?
This topic was deleted over at the Kitchen Table. Just thought I should let you know that. By the way, Falwell did not brand Tinky Winky gay. Members of the gay community long ago embraced Tinky Winky as one of them. The subject of TW's supposed sexuality is old news dating back to when the TeleTubbies were first arriving in America.I have no opinion one way or the other about TW and I have never watched the TeleTubbies.
This is why the song "Shoot the Preacher Down" has been running through my head all day. Our local Gagmart must of pulled all the lavender TTs off the shelf cuz they had zillions of the other colors but not 1 lavender. If Gagmart didnt pull them i only hope they were rescued by the gay community to use as mascots in the bars. Jerry has finally slipped over the edge. Probably from watching too many "Love Boat"reruns while toking on his hooka.
P.S. Maybe someday i'll tell ya the story of an U.S. congressman vs the stage production of "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" and boxes of devils food cake mix.
Stew it's simple, just put some Rye in a quart jar with some water, when it's all nice and fuzzy just brew it up with your beer..
Does'nt anybody remember the Poe scandal? Maybe it was just local...
Last summer there were complaints that the talking Poe doll was saying (oh, maybe that's why the post was deleted, I won't repeat it). Almost got it pulled from the stores but they put translations on the packaging instead.
Guess you have to hear it yourself...
I'm sure the good Rev. Falwell is just using this to put his tubby on the tele, so to speak. He could be ranting about anything and as long as the news covers it, that's what's important. Somewhat like Jesse Jackson - pretty good guy when you get down to it as long as he isn't preaching anti-semitism, which he tends to do, and his son is a great guy. But Jesse is like a moth to a flame when the TV lights come on. He'll say ANYTHING just to get his mug on the tube.
Po actually speaks Cantonese, not Mandarin. She often counts to 3 or says "faster" (when riding her scooter). She does speak English, but uses the Cantonese as part of her tubbie babble. Actually many people adopting from China are all excited about this and buying talking Po dolls for their new daughters. Especially those adopting in areas that speak mainly Cantonese. I like Po. She's so cute. Lala would have to be my next favorite. One little girl I babysit loves Tinky Winky. He is her favorite and that is that. she carries him everywhere (that triangle antenna makes a great carrying handle!).The audience this show is targeted for is not worried about Tinky's private life. They don't have a clue about that stuff. It's just a very gentle calming show that toddlers love. It gives mom and babysitters 25 minutes to get something done (like phone calls or checking in at the party here). We love Teletubbies here and Barney too!
O.K I can't resist...please forgive me if I offend anybody. My brother sent me this today..and he's pretty straitlaced:Q: What's the difference between Jerry Falwell and Tinky-Winky?
A: One is an overweight cartoon with gender issues, and the other is a teletubby.
Who is Jerry Falwell? I just want to know so that I can instruct the Swedish authoritites to prevent him from ever entering this country...
Thanks, Virginia--it made me laugh!Ulrika, his identifying feature is the grand canyon that echoes between his auditory cavities. That, and the cranial protuberances and elongated spinal cord.
Don't have a cow, man. The devil made me do it. ;^)
Ulrika, Falwell is a TV Evangelist, with the plastic hair and Southern Bab-ptist cadence in his voice so common in that clan...But you know, maybe ol' Jer has a point (besides the ones on his
head) i mean, we all know how subtle British humor is...and goodness knows "Teletubbies" probably is loaded with deeper meanings,since the creators were definitely using some sort of mind-expansion techniques...I'll have to watch a little closer, I'm pretty good at picking things apart...hey, as long as this post is gonna get zapped anyway, am I the only one who laughed hysterically at the State of the Union address? Attacking
Big Tobacco, man, it doesn't get much funnier than that.And I thought a PINK triangle was the gay symbol...sure glad
Falwell keeps us up on these things..wonder how much money his "church" has made from the Y2K survival kits?
Hey, isn't the key point here (I quote from Stew's message):He goes on to say that this is a conspiracy among gays in the entertainment industry to begin "recruiting" gays when they are still in diapers.
Conspiracy? Recruiting gays? Dark ages, here we come!
Yup Lynn, the inverted purple triangle actually denoted a religious group that the Nazis persecuted.Hmmmm, ya think this joker went off half-cocked? Nah. After all, persecution is SO much more important than salvation! J would be proud....NOT.
I always thought that thing growing out of Tinky's head looked more like a hanger....I bet he's pro-abortion, too!!
LOLOLOL---now you ensured the death of this thread, Lynn!
I first hear about the TeleTubbies at church Wednesday night. Our pastor just moved here from San Diago,CA a few months ago and knows more about the Gay Movement than most of the people in our town put together. His last church was next door to the Southern CA Gay Rights headquarters. He said he was unaware that purple or triagles had anything to do with homosexual lifestyle signs. However most of us in the congregation could remember when any one who wore pink and green together(especially on Thursdays)was immediately branded as a homosexual-there was differnt word we used but I don't want this website attacked and taken to court by the ACLU or Gay Rights lawyers for using it on the internet.
When I used to go to church,I would spend a great of time looking at the stained glass windows. Christ was always depicted with a white robe,and part of it had a purple lining. I can remember each detail.
Hey, we're all being quite civilized here. I didn't expect this post to last beyond 4 or 5 followups.Send me straight to hexx, my twin 3 year olds are watching Teletubbies as we speak. Thought it would be good to expose them to alternative lifestyles. Like bouncing around a meadow talking to weird snorkel like things and a vacuum cleaner and watching rabbits graze. Oh, that and Tinky Winky ... hey they have to have open minds.
I would guess that the gay pride parades in more than a few cities will have people dressed in purple Teletubby suits - that ought to be funny to see!
During the age of the Roman empire purple was a color worn by nobility. Maybe this Teletubbie is really an Emperor from some country trying to overthrow democracy . . . well, it makes as much sense a it being gay doesn't it? You can bet I'm gonna start keeping by eyes peeled for ANY time Mr. Falwell wears anything even slightly shaded purple or has any designs on his clothing even remotely resembling triangles.
OH NO!!! I can see it now. Gay men all over the world will be ripping down their posters of Bette Midler and Judy Garland and replacing them with pictures of a purple,tacky,tasteless geek.
Drat, now that Ulrika has alerted the authorities for Jerry, I guess we'll have to send him over to Dorte.By the way, does anybody know the status of Bert & Ernie's relationship?
News flash!! My 16-year-old Teletubbie fan informs me that Dipsy is a pimp, as evidenced by his big floppy hat and feather boa!! And of course, his chartreuse carcass. The plot thickens!
LOL, Asa! LOL!
i'm sitting here with tears running down my face, as i'm laughing, reading the responses off to hubby. why doesn't jerry pick on someone his own size, maybe tyson?
It just came to me. Instead of all of us wondering either what a teletubbie is or how Bert and Ernie are doing. Maybe the best thing that can happen is when we all start asking one another, "Who is this Falwell ____?"
There's always an audience for paranoid delusions. Especially over issues of gender and forms of physical expression.This one's just funnier than most. I suppose the sad thing is that some people really and truly _see_ (thanks to Mr. Falwell) this 'conspiracy' now.
-taylor
That truly is the sad part. I'm sure there are plenty of people out there just seething in moral outrage that the liberal gay-recruiting antichrist-jewish morally corrupt media mavens are trying to do this to their children. Oy vey gevaelt!
What amazes me is Falwell must have some sort of a following or he wouldn't be where he is ( where ever that is!!). But you never, ever see or hear anyone say what a wonderful, wise and holy man he is?
How come?? How does the man earn a living?
Linda C
Bert and Ernie have been roommates for an AWfully long time, haven't they?And what about those Seven Dwarfs? Surely that lifestyle isn't NATural!
And what's this Miss Piggy/frog thing about? Trans-species relationships?
I just feel so SPEcial, don't you?
(purse your lips and do the church lady dance now, okay?)
How does Falwell earn a living? Like every other televangelist, from the pockets of the poor and misguided
who need someone to tell them what to believe. I always have this image of some little old lady scraping by on Social security mailing in her money thinking it's going to a good cause...then it's used for politics as usual.On a lower note, I just heard on the radio that there's a
Teletubbies drinking game! Everytime they say "Uh-oh" you take a drink...everytime they say "big hug" you take a drink...everytime you see that spooky-looking sun-baby (hey, that's kinda pagan, now that I think about it!)you take a shot...Now then, we've got this purple pro-abortionist,wanting to play "Red Rover, Red Rover" with our children's sexual preferences, a definite Communist plotter,subliminally teaching Chinese to our children,a pimp,and that yellow one that walks around saying "lalalalala", definitely under the influence of some hallucinogen..all living communally in this flowerchild fantasy land,under the control of disembodied voices, and worshipping the sun-god.....while the parents are passed out drunk within the first ten minutes of the show...and they're probably running anti-government propaganda that's only discernible to children under 5 on those tummy-tellies!
And you're calling it paranoia? Come on people,wake up and smell the diapers!We've got a serious threat to civilization as we know it !!!
What absolutely NONE of you picked up was the color combo in one of the posts above--pink and green. Ladies and Gentlemen--I got big news for you all--pink and green is the color combo one wears when one plays golf in Grosse Pointe, Michigan (alot old, big money there)--wonder how the family lines continued for all these years if they wore pink and green together--I didn't think that.......I have laughed over this thread 'til I almost cried!
What about that book, something about "When I'm old, I'll wear purple". Does this mean that one suddenly changes their sexuality? And have you ever seen those purple bears and bunnies for children? Hmm wonder what is up with that?Falwell must be running out of money and feels the need to "save" the children of the world, with the help of mommy and daddy's money!
And poor ole Pooh, Tiger, Piglet and Eyeore, guess they are really living a life of sin! And what about Eyeore and his tail thing, "it's not much of a tail but I'm kind of attacted to it". What is the underlying message there?
Jewell
This is the same "live and let live, march to your own drummer, dope's cool, I'm ok & your ok crowd"? I guess it has to be YOUR drum though, huh? I mean, those people are silly and misguided if its not YOUR drum they're pounding, right?I dont go to church or anything, but, it's sure funny to watch some of you talk out of both sides of your mouth....
OMG.......you are all hilarious! I was wondering does anyone know what about Princess Di? I bought my daughter a Princess Di Beanie Babie for christmas and of course it is Purple.....Di and The Queen.....do you think....Nahhhh.
But waht about Bananas in Pajamas, now there are 2 males bananas (and you know what they look like) living in a house together and always in their PJs. How bout that character Murphy Brown that corrupted all these women in to having babies without being married. What is the world coming too?
you honestly don't 'get it' do ya joe? i don't see where we've changed one iota. LOL....we'd a said the same thing 'bout good ole jerry back then, too. good ole boys are the same in EVERY decade.
Bye Y'all,it was fun while it lasted.
who's the leader of the band, thats meant for you and me?
M.I.C...K.E.Y.......M.O.U.S.E!!!!!!
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I've been wondering when someone was going to put "Taps" or the funeral march on this thread...
Shhhh! Spike hasn't seen it yet!!
Linda C
Some threads are classics.and this is one. Off to the decorator,gotta get rid of all my pink and green.What a wonderful excuse to redecorate.
Well, Donald Duck had Daisy, but I am suspicious of Scrooge McDuck... you never saw HIM with a succulent young duckie, did you? And what was Dagwood dreaming about during all those hours he spent on the couch, ignoring Blondie?
Don't even get me started about Mutt and Jeff... my gosh, The Great Purple/Purse/Triangle Conspiracy is everywhere! Call ol' Plastic Hair NOW, let him save us ALL, before it's too late!!!!!
sorry guys......just like the big ole carp, with the stinky worm dangling in front of him, i knew when i bit, it was the big one. the devil made me do it. but do we really have to put up with compost stirring on all the threads? old hippies die hard, ain't used to turning my head the other way. didn't mean to spoil your fun. it WAS a cute thread.
you are absolutely right suzy. altho compost isnt the word i would use..if memory serves me right this isnt the first forum its been stirred in, either.
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You guys cracked me up with this thread! One point was missed about Mr. Falwell, his son IS (rumor has it) what he is accusing Tinky Winky of being! How ironic is that??
Now suzy, if you were a wimp,i wouldn't love ya so much...hey, the Internet is full of master baiters, looking to reel in some carp, while everyone else is just having fun feeding the goldfish.Been hooked myself too many times!!I'm not surprised this is a personal issue for Falwell, isn't it true that what we hate most in others are our own weaknesses? That's what "judge not lest ye be judged" means to me.
I think I'll go buy something purple. It brings out the green in my eyes. ;~)
This has been a hoot, y'all!
Thanks for the much needed laugh!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhh, the GP at it's best....And Suzy......you just go girl!!!!!!