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and See With Tinky Winky (Teletubbies)
In
April 1998, the Teletubbies made their debut in the United States,
and six months later Scholastic's exclusive tie-in books hit the
shelves. The very first television program created specifically
for children ages one and up, Teletubbies take the very young on a
colorful journey filled with songs, animation, dances, and four
adorable characters with TV screens in their tummies. The
publishing program continues with these eight new books in three
formats. Full-color board book.
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The Writer who outed the "Gay"
Teletubby in the Washington Post apologizes for bringing the wrath
of Jerry Falwell upon him.
By Michael Colton
From Salon News, February 13, 1999
Excerpt:
I'm sorry, Tinky Winky, I truly am. I should
have respected your privacy, and kept your bedroom door shut. I
shouldn't have exposed your purple, gay soul to an unfriendly
world.
When noted God-lover and part-time cultural
critic Rev. Jerry Falwell decided to target the hit children's
show "Teletubbies" this week, for supposedly promoting a
homosexual icon, I cringed. Then, like the rest of the country, I
laughed. His main ammunition for the attack came from a joke in a
story I wrote for the Washington Post, my former employer. Though
I never intended to arm the religious right, Falwell's paranoia is
oddly flattering...
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From Knitting
Circle
Andy
Medhurst first outed Tinky Winky in a letter to The Face
in July 1997.
On 10th. February, 1999 the National Liberty
Journal in the USA published an article entitled "Parents
Alert: Tinky Winky Comes out of the Closet" by the right-wing
Christian evangelist Jerry Falwell. He wrote, "The character,
whose voice is obviously that of a boy, has been found carrying a
red purse, and has become a favourite character among gay groups
world wide. Further evidence that the creators of the series
intend for Tinky Winky to be a gay role model have surfaced. He is
purple - the gay-pride colour - and his antenna is shaped like a
triangle - the gay-pride symbol."
Apparently the Washington Post had previously
fuelled rumour by contrasting the actress Ellen
DeGeneres as an 'out' gay icon with trendily 'in' Tinky Winky...
This site has many details of the Tinky Winky
controversey.
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Tinky
Winky - the Gay Teletubby?
By Carolyn
Gargaro
Rightgrrl Co-Founder
February 11, 1999
This article gives some interesting details about the history of
the controversy surrounding Tinky Winky, including a time line of
Tinky Winky's outings.
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Introduction:
"Over the hills and far away,
Teletubbies come to play..."
Teletubbies is a celebration of children's play.
In a world of technology, this series introduces young
children—ages one and above—to the wonders and magic of
high-tech in a safe and friendly way. Tinky
Winky, Dipsy,
Laa-Laa
and Po
are four technological babies who love each other very much and
live happily together in their own world of childhood imagination.
Each program features the Teletubbies in Teletubbyland, which hums
with the play technology that supplies their every need: Tubby
Toast, Tubby
Custard and a conscientious comic vacuum cleaner, the Noo-Noo.
The Teletubbies' tummies
become TV screens that light up, bringing them pictures of happy
children from the real world because, next to each other, the
Teletubbies love children best of all...
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