Teletubby HEAVEN!
Heather Kulik
watch blue's clues whenever I want to travel back to those untroubled
times of childhood (well at least the pre-school era). However, the
component I object to is the commercialism. I have a great distaste for
programs which create a whole line of merchandise (yes I realize this
inclues blue's clues). They then subject impressionable children to
advertisements and such which >convince< the children they have to own
them. And the parent ends up dishing out for the tickle me elmo which
can't even crawl off the shelf the next year or the teletubbie that would
scare most children half to death if the child found it under his bed
without prior knowledge of such a character.
In any case, I have no objection to children's programming. I only find
the industry's exploitation of youngsters a bit distasteful.
Just my two cents,
Heather
(see quote below)
On 12/25/98, humanoid <lostinmy...@wakingupadream.com> wrote:
> Eric J. Scheidler wrote:
>
> > > Teletubbies are NOT DEMONS! In fact, they're divine archetypes!
> >
> > Having failed in my effort to keep Barney out of this household,
> > I was much more aggressive when the Teletubbies came on the
> > scene. I watched about three minutes of the show one day and it
> > was the closest thing I've ever seen on TV to an *acid trip*. I
> > banned the show right then and there, declaring that if I ever
> > saw it on our TV screen again, I'd throw the TV out the window.
> > We've been Teletubby-free ever since. (Barney still appears from
> > time to time, but you can't win 'em all.)
> >
> > Eric, Paterfamilias
>
> well, most (virtually all that i can think of, anyway) children oriented
> shows and/or stories are "acid trips" (which is actually child geared
> surrealism)... surrealism (or "acid tripping") is and has been the most
> important element within childrens stories/entertainment for as long as
> i can remember...
>
> so, that was hardly fair of you...
>
> teletubby one day... charlotte's web, willie wonka and the chocolate
> factory, alice in wonderland, barnie, sesame street, the muppets, pee
> wee's playhouse, etc, etc, etc... the next day...
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John E. Castasus
Somebody pointed out a couple of weeks ago that the Teletubbies share the
same color scheme as Windows.
If that isn't a clear-cut definition of evil, I don't know what is.
Cordially,
John E. Castasus
I'm trapped in Teletubby hell!
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Tim Meehan
alt.society.generation-x on Sun, 10 Jan 1999 07:36:23 GMT and came up with:
>They then subject impressionable children to advertisements and such which >convince< >the children they have to own them.
What really gets me burning is when third parties entice children to buy
things, and especially when they are in a captive audience.
A few weeks back I went to the movies (Famous Players Coliseum, Scarborough
Town Centre...a place which has a lot more sizzle than steak IMO, but
anyway). Just before the trailers began, two theatre employees came in an
announced that they were selling suckers and beanie babies at some
"special" inflated price, and THEN PROCEEDED TO ENTICE EVERY MINOR IN
ATTENANCE by going up to them and asking "Wanna a lollypop?" or "Wanna
beanie baby?" in a cutesy voice.
If I was a parent I would have definitely made a stink about it. In my
mind this was almost as crass as when Cineplex Odeon Fairview hauled out
the refreshment cart just before screening Schindler's List.
-Tim
--
Tim Meehan * tim.m...@utoronto.ca
"Will the 20th Century belong to Canada? We've got twelve
months left. Talk about cramming for a final exam."
-- Rick Mercer, THH22M
mr. chris
-idiots who speed in school zones
-smokers who puff away indoors when kids are present
-unsafe playgrounds
-people who let there dogs crap and piss everywhere
-people/ employers who have no clue what's it like to have kids
This could go on you know, but...
One should be "market-proofing" there kids not to buy the crap which is
being pushed. It can be done, sort of like street proofing. But then again
a lot of parents can't even "market-proof themselves (to bad)...
--
Get a cuppa cawfee
N' give my foot a push...
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Tim Meehan wrote in message <3698d836...@news.sprint.ca>...
<snip>
Jennifer Basil
: <snip>
: Somebody pointed out a couple of weeks ago that the Teletubbies share the
: same color scheme as Windows.
: If that isn't a clear-cut definition of evil, I don't know what is.
Or a definition of the primary colours, plus green!
Jenny
Jennifer A. T. Basil Has angst, will travel.
Laboratory for the study of Wee Beasties
"Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree! Merry merry king of the bush
is he! Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra! Save one there for me!"
Elizabeth R. Upton
>John E. Castasus (jcas...@boinkers.mindspring.com) wrote:
>: <snip>
>
>: Somebody pointed out a couple of weeks ago that the Teletubbies share the
>: same color scheme as Windows.
>
>: If that isn't a clear-cut definition of evil, I don't know what is.
>
>Or a definition of the primary colours, plus green!
Hi Jenny! Actually, there is no blue Teletubby. The four are red,
yellow, purple and green. It's amazing the things we end up knowing.
And aren't the panes in the Windows window red, yellow, *orange* and
green? So it's not a conspiracy after all.
--Elizabeth
Elizabeth Randell Upton
eup...@mindspring.com
Timothy J Young
>>John E. Castasus (jcas...@boinkers.mindspring.com) wrote:
>>: <snip>
>>
>>: Somebody pointed out a couple of weeks ago that the Teletubbies share the
>>: same color scheme as Windows.
>>
>>: If that isn't a clear-cut definition of evil, I don't know what is.
>>
>>Or a definition of the primary colours, plus green!
> Hi Jenny! Actually, there is no blue Teletubby. The four are red,
> yellow, purple and green. It's amazing the things we end up knowing.
In order of descending size : Tinky Winky (purple), Dipsy (green), Laa Laa
(yellow), Po (red). They like to sing and dance. They like big hugs most
of all.
My Lord, I think I need therapy now.
> And aren't the panes in the Windows window red, yellow, *orange* and
> green? So it's not a conspiracy after all.
> --Elizabeth
> Elizabeth Randell Upton
> eup...@mindspring.com
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David Steinberg
> In order of descending size : Tinky Winky (purple), Dipsy (green), Laa Laa
> (yellow), Po (red).
And Po reminds me a *lot* of J. Elizabeth Smith in the way s/he moves.
-David "ZZYZX" Steinberg www.ihoz.com "very strange raving egomaniac"
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Jennifer Basil
: >John E. Castasus (jcas...@boinkers.mindspring.com) wrote:
: >: <snip>
: >
: >: Somebody pointed out a couple of weeks ago that the Teletubbies share the
: >: same color scheme as Windows.
: >
: >: If that isn't a clear-cut definition of evil, I don't know what is.
: >
: >Or a definition of the primary colours, plus green!
: Hi Jenny! Actually, there is no blue Teletubby. The four are red,
: yellow, purple and green. It's amazing the things we end up knowing.
Hm. I have an old TV. Maybe that is why Everyone looks pink to me. :)
: And aren't the panes in the Windows window red, yellow, *orange* and
: green? So it's not a conspiracy after all.
I have deleted it from memory because I hate it so much. :)
Jenny
: --Elizabeth
: Elizabeth Randell Upton
: eup...@mindspring.com
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Kerry Lutz
Stephen Perelgut wrote:
> "Howdy, stranger"
"Ample parking day or night"
kerry
Tim Irvin
<eup...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> And aren't the panes in the Windows window red, yellow, *orange* and
> green? So it's not a conspiracy after all.
So it's red, yellow, green and a color which nothing else rhymes with.
Still seems like a tangible connection to me.
--
Tim Irvin, zig...@netgate.net ::::: http://u1.netgate.net/~ziggy29
"Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and
demand that they respect yours...Abuse no one and nothing, for abuse
turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision."
-- Tecumseh (1768-1813), Shawnee chief and statesman
Tim Irvin
<lu...@nortelnetworks.com> wrote:
Mrrrm mrrrmrmmhr mrhmmrrr hrmmrm rrmmmh...
Alex Darke
> Hm. I have an old TV. Maybe that is why Everyone looks pink to me. :)
Heh. Thats not as bad as suddenly being told by an eye doctor that you
are color blind.
*laughs* I was a tad surprised considering I see color all the time ;o)
But apparently (according to the doc) I am near sighted in one eye, far
sighted in the other, and I don't see some colors the same way other
people do.
Alex, still doesn't wear his glasses
--
[ Alexander Darke ]-----------------[ al...@darke.net ]
http://www.darke.net/~alex/
zye
> In article <369d784a...@news.mindspring.com>, Elizabeth R. Upton
> <eup...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > And aren't the panes in the Windows window red, yellow, *orange* and
> > green? So it's not a conspiracy after all.
>
> So it's red, yellow, green and a color which nothing else rhymes with.
According to Marilyn, the Guiness Book of World Records chick with the
highest IQ on record, the one word that rhymes with "orange" is
"sporange."
Erika,
useless fact gal
Bug
<pere...@interlog.com> wrote:
> This has absolutely nothing to do with La-La or Tinky-Wink. It's
> just me saying "Howdy, stranger" to you. How's life?
IT'S FINE, THANKS. HOWZ BY YUNZ??
Daniel R. Reitman
What's a sporange? Something a Scot with a speech impediment uses?
Dan, ad nauseam
Dave Mooney
> Tim Irvin wrote:
>> So it's red, yellow, green and a color which nothing else rhymes with.
> "sporange."
I was going to try to make a little joke about this, tying in a reference
to the early 80's pop singer/Boy George wannabe. But I couldn't remember
the name of the song (s)he was best known for so I did an Altavista search
on "+marilyn +lyrics -manson -monroe". And what came up but a link to the
Maureen McGovern homepage.
1. This freaked me out a bit because I'd been searching for Maureen
McGovern info about a month ago because I was about to make a similar
joke about "Torn Between Two Lovers" (which I subsequently discovered
was actually by Mary McGregor).
2. The picture at www.maureenmcgregor.com is just too priceless. You'll
never think about the woman who sang "A Morning After (Song From The
Poseidon Adventure)" the same way again.
3. I naturally had to download the clips for "A Morning After", "I Could
Have Been a Sailor", and "The Theme From 'Angie'" and play them for
Spamily. She decided to retaliate by playing "I've Never Been To Me",
presumably for the asgx points.
Altavista is a scary place and can take you places you shouldn't ever be.
dave
--
David Mooney pez at vex dot net
"If you can do what you're trying to do, you'll own the world."
Tim Meehan
alt.society.generation-x on 16 Jan 1999 02:45:34 GMT and came up with:
>2. The picture at www.maureenmcgregor.com is just too priceless. You'll
> never think about the woman who sang "A Morning After (Song From The
> Poseidon Adventure)" the same way again.
Cool dogs, though...
>Altavista is a scary place and can take you places you shouldn't ever be.
Thanks for the .sig.. :)
-Tim
--
Tim Meehan * tim.m...@utoronto.ca
"Altavista is a scary place and can take you
places you shouldn't ever be." -- Dave Mooney
Brandi Weed
>According to Marilyn, the Guiness Book of World Records chick with the
>highest IQ on record, the one word that rhymes with "orange" is
>"sporange."
Well, that's cool, but what IS sporange? Or is it just a word made to
rhyme with orange?
--
Brandi Weed
bra...@wheel.dcn.davis.ca.us
http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~brandi/
Douglas Lathrop
> Altavista is a scary place and can take you places you shouldn't ever be.
This line *would* have restored you to my .sig, Dave, but unfortunately Tim
and Joon got to it first, so no dice. Keep trying.
--
Douglas P. Lathrop
lathrop at primenet dot com
"Maybe the MST3K solution is in order. Take Clinton and Starr and
Lewinsky and Tripp and fire them up into orbit and make them watch
Castle of Fu Manchu over and over again." -- David "ZZYZX" Steinberg
igg...@my-dejanews.com
>
> >According to Marilyn, the Guiness Book of World Records chick with the
> >highest IQ on record, the one word that rhymes with "orange" is
> >"sporange."
>
> What's a sporange? Something a Scot with a speech impediment uses?
>
> Dan, ad nauseam
>
I think its the bad stuff that grows behind the water tank of toilets. What
else could it be? (Beam me up Scotty??)
Dave.
(aka Iggy)
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Tim Meehan
on Sun, 17 Jan 1999 03:37:35 GMT and came up with:
>> What's a sporange? Something a Scot with a speech impediment uses?
>I think its the bad stuff that grows behind the water tank of toilets. What
>else could it be?
Seven green bread, perhaps? :)
-Tim
--
Tim Meehan * tim.m...@utoronto.ca
"Altavista is a scary place and can take you
places you shouldn't ever be." -- Dave Mooney
leah
> - IT'S FINE, THANKS. HOWZ BY YUNZ??
>
> EHM FEHM THENKYEH! HAWYA DOON? DJEETCHET?
NO! JEW??
leah
> - > - IT'S FINE, THANKS. HOWZ BY YUNZ??
> - >
> - > EHM FEHM THENKYEH! HAWYA DOON? DJEETCHET?
> -
> - NO! JEW??
>
> YEH!! EHM EETIN UHCANA DESE VEGTERIAN BAKEDBEENS F'LUNCH. WODJEW HEV?
SPINCH *PAH*!
leah
> - > - > - IT'S FINE, THANKS. HOWZ BY YUNZ??
> - > - >
> - > - > EHM FEHM THENKYEH! HAWYA DOON? DJEETCHET?
> - > -
> - > - NO! JEW??
> - >
> - > YEH!! EHM EETIN UHCANA DESE VEGTERIAN BAKEDBEENS F'LUNCH. WODJEW HEV?
> -
> - SPINCH *PAH*!
>
> WOOEE EH LEHHHV SPINCH *PAH*! DJEETSUPPAYET? EHM HEVIN SGHETTY!'
YUNZ HAVIN SGHETTY, EN AHT! WEUNZ HAD CHIP CHOPPED HAM DAHN ERE, EN AHT.
>
> David I'm about to wet myself heah B.
TRY 'PENDS!
igg...@my-dejanews.com
tim.m...@utoronto.ca (Tim Meehan) wrote:
> igg...@my-dejanews.com banged away at the keys in alt.society.generation-x
> on Sun, 17 Jan 1999 03:37:35 GMT and came up with:
>
> >> What's a sporange? Something a Scot with a speech impediment uses?
>
> >I think its the bad stuff that grows behind the water tank of toilets. What
> >else could it be?
>
> Seven green bread, perhaps? :)
>
> -Tim
Sure...but do hotdogs come with that? Don't forget the Mustard!
Dave.
zye
> On Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:07:53 -0500, zye <z...@wam.umd.edu> wrote:
>
> >According to Marilyn, the Guiness Book of World Records chick with the
> >highest IQ on record, the one word that rhymes with "orange" is
> >"sporange."
>
> Well, that's cool, but what IS sporange? Or is it just a word made to
> rhyme with orange?
The definition escapes me, but it's a biological term. I was so bowled
over that there was a rhyming word with "orange" that I never let the
definition of the word sink into my brain.
Erika
B. Chas Parisher
:) On Sat, 16 Jan 1999, Brandi Weed wrote:
:) > On Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:07:53 -0500, zye <z...@wam.umd.edu> wrote:
:) > >According to Marilyn, the Guiness Book of World Records chick with the
:) > >highest IQ on record, the one word that rhymes with "orange" is
:) > >"sporange."
:) > Well, that's cool, but what IS sporange? Or is it just a word made to
:) > rhyme with orange?
:) The definition escapes me, but it's a biological term. I was so bowled
:) over that there was a rhyming word with "orange" that I never let the
:) definition of the word sink into my brain.
I wonder if Marilyn can think of rhyming words for silver and purple. :)
--B. Chas "quilver and murple?" Parisher
Daniel R. Reitman
wrote:
>I wonder if Marilyn can think of rhyming words for silver and purple. :)
<Stephen Sondheim, IIRC>
To find a rhyme for "silver"
Or any rhymeless rhyme
Requires only will, ver-
bosity, and time
</Stephen Sondheim, IIRC>
:-)
Dan, ad nauseam
Clayton Colwell
: On Wed, 20 Jan 1999 17:40:45 GMT, ba...@netcom.com (B. Chas Parisher)
: wrote:
: <Stephen Sondheim, IIRC>
: </Stephen Sondheim, IIRC>
Kewl!
Howzabout "furpull", or "what a young child does to hapless
pets", as the rhyme for "purple"?
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Tim Meehan
>> Seven green bread, perhaps? :)
>>
>Sure...but do hotdogs come with that? Don't forget the Mustard!
*laugh*
Might as well explain to the rest of the people here our inside joke.
Dave and I were housemates about six or seven years ago. Back then (and,
to a certain extent, even now) I had this terrible habit of being too lazy
to cook properly, so when I wasn't trying to make chicken burgers in the
microwave or eating cold Chef Boyardee out of the can[1], nine out of ten
meals were consumed out. I even bought into the meal plan that year, part
of which I'm still paying for in the weight department. But I digress.
I had just returned home one night from somewhere another, having spent a
few hours enjoying malted beverages. A little while after I got home (this
was about 2 or 3 am, IIRC) I suddenly got the munchies. I was trying to
be quiet and unnoticed, so I crept into the kitchen to try and find
something to eat. There wasn't much left, except a pack of wieners in the
freezer and a few condiments.
"Shit, I don't have any bread," I thought, until I rustled around in the
cabinet and found a package of hot dog buns. Score! I nuked 'em up and
although I did notice that the dogs had a funny taste to them, but I was so
hungry I mowed down anyway.
Dave woke up the next morning and found the buns out on the counter. IIRC,
he asked me later if the dogs "tasted a little funny." I said yeah, they
did. "How did you know?"
He then showed me the remaining buns, in various stages of decomposition
due to mold. I had bought them a few weeks earlier and, not thinking,
fired them into the pantry.
I keep all my bread in the refrigerator these days.
-Tim
[1] I still do eat cold Ravioli on occasion, but since I buy it like 3
times a year these days, I don't see it as a 'problem'.
leah
wrote:
> [1] I still do eat cold Ravioli on occasion, but since I buy it like 3
> times a year these days, I don't see it as a 'problem'.
Denial. It's not just a river in Egypt.
TMByrd
In article <36ae585a...@news.sprint.ca>, tim.m...@utoronto.ca (Tim
Meehan) writes:
>[1] I still do eat cold Ravioli on occasion, but since I buy it like 3
>times a year these days, I don't see it as a 'problem'.
hey... that's the best way to eat it!!!
tmb
igg...@my-dejanews.com
house in college...and this one was is up there with the best the best! Hope
you all learned from this...never eat your dogs with seven green bread! :-)
-Dave.
> [1] I still do eat cold Ravioli on occasion, but since I buy it like 3
> times a year these days, I don't see it as a 'problem'.
> --
> Tim Meehan * tim.m...@utoronto.ca
> "Altavista is a scary place and can take you
> places you shouldn't ever be." -- Dave Mooney
>
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