Bonus

A day earlier, Falwell’s National Liberty Journal published a ‘Parents’ Alert,” warning adults that Tinky Winky is ‘a gay role model.”

Falwell pointed out that the male Tinky Winky carries a handbag not unlike the big purses carried by grandmothers nationwide.

And worse, he said, Tinky is ‘purple – the gay-pride color.” Falwell continued: ‘And his antenna is shaped like a triangle – the gay-pride symbol.”

I am gen z and understand it. How dare you hurt a Teletubby‽

We literally had a TV where you had to do this. It was a black and white set and it was ancient even when I was a kid. My parents refused to buy a new one though so we had this thing until the mid eighties. They had bought it some time in the sixties. Sometimes the picture went away and you had to hit it in a certain place to bring it back.

I'm so old one of my first jobs growing up was fixing tube televisions and VCRs. Banging on things was a legitimate diagnosis and repair technique. Favorite part was touring around the state in the summertime, picking up the broken ones from far away schoola and repairing them before the fall.

As an Oregon Trail millennial, I sure as Hell don't want that creepy abomination. Gen Z can fucking have it!

You monsters. Hitting the TeleTubby is a war crime, in my opinion.

Uh-oh.

Anecdotally, yes.

Just checked in with one of my own brood.

Reminds me of "Spash". When Tom Hanks is in that little boat with some guy, trying to get to Ellis Isle. The engine quit running, and the guy said that he can fix it. Proceeds to hit the flywheel with a hammer. It of course doesn't work. The the guy jumps out of the boat after saying that he needs to get "the little boat". They could have shook hands sitting aft and stern in the "big" boat.