so i've finally decided that i'm done here. moving! where to; undecided.

thanks to mervyn, i now know-

tj(:hoir !mervyn! says:
Dipsy(John Simmit): Male and green with a straight dipstick on his head. Favourite thing: black and white hat (used for role-playing). Dipsy is the most contrary of the characters, and will sometimes refuse to go along with the other Tubbies' group opinion. One example is the episode where Laa-Laa played the guitar. Both Tinky Winky and Po ran away, but Dipsy thought her playing was lovely... jus

tj(:hoir !mervyn! says:
just to humor her.

tj(:hoir !mervyn! says:
Tinky-Winky controversyOne of the Teletubbies, Tinky Winky, was the focus of a still hinted-at controversy in 1999 due to his carrying a bag that looks much like a woman's handbag (although he was first "outed" by the academic and cultural critic Andy Medhurst in a letter of July 1997 to The Face).

tj(:hoir !mervyn! says:
A February 1999 article in the National Liberty Journal, published by evangelical pastor Jerry Falwell, warned parents that Tinky could be a hidden homosexual symbol, saying "he is purple—the gay pride color, and his antenna is shaped like a triangle—the gay pride symbol."

tj(:hoir !mervyn! says:
A spokesman for Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Co., who licenses the characters in the United States, said it was just a magic bag. "The fact that he carries a magic bag doesn't make him gay. It's a children's show, folks. To think we would be putting sexual innuendo in a children's show is kind of outlandish."

tj(:hoir !mervyn! says:
In an incident reported in 2000, a girl's Tinky Winky toy reportedly said "I got a gun". Kenn Viselman, then chairman of the Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Co., claimed the toy actually said "Again, Again." [4]


wow. thanks ah merv.
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