Teletubbies: Tituss Burgess narrates as Netflix reveals new-look Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po
The Teletubbies made their grand return in a trailer for the upcoming Netflix reboot of the 90s cult show on Tuesday ahead of its November debut.
The colorful characters — including Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po — will be joined by narrator Tituss Burgess of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt fame this time around.
The new trailer shows the quartet having more pastoral while meeting a host of new friends from the upcoming 12-episode season, which premieres on November 14 – adding to British creator Anne Wood’s $170 million fortune.
Coming soon: The Teletubbies made their grand return in a trailer for the upcoming Netflix rebooted series on Tuesday. The show premieres on November 14
The reboot of Teletubbies is led by original series co-creator and writer Andrew Davenport who works alongside fellow writer Catherine Williams. The first season will consist of 26 12-minute episodes.
The latest trailer finds the Teletubbies looking mostly unchanged from the design of the original series, which was created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport and ran from 1997 to 2001.
The original show targeted toddlers, but quickly became known by all ages, even attracting bizarre controversy that involved televangelist Jerry Falwell accusing one of the Teletubbies, Tinky Winky, of being a ‘covert homosexual symbol.’
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The show will bring back a crew that worked on the series that aired from 2015 to 2018 on Nick Jr. in the United States., which includes — Jeremiah Krage, Nick Kellington, Rebecca Hyland, and Rachelle Beinart — to once again take on the roles of Tinky Winky, Dipsy, La-La, and Po,
They return to speaking in the same excited, child-like gibberish, though the new narrator Tituss Burgess translates for them just fine.
‘Over the hills and far away, Teletubbies come to play!’ Burgess says pleasantly as the trailer opens.
New sun babies also make their debuts in the trailer.
Classic: The latest trailer finds the Teletubbies looking mostly unchanged from the design of the original series, which ran from 1997 to 2001
Fresh faces: New sun babies also make their debuts in the trailer
‘Teletubbies love Tubby custard,’ Burgess adds, and the cute creatures are seen creating pink bubbles of the substance, which get big enough to envelop them and carry them around the room.
Afterward, it’s up to their trusty anthropomorphic vacuum to help clean up the place.
‘Teletubbies love dancing,’ the narrator adds as they are seen busting a move on a the dance floor.
Then they gibber away excitedly as slices of round Tubby toast decorated with smiley faces are flung onto their table.
Sweet treat: ‘Teletubbies love Tubby custard,’ Burgess adds, and the cute creatures are seen creating pink bubbles of the substance, which get big enough to envelop them and carry them around the room
Helping hand: Afterward, it’s up to their trusty anthropomorphic vacuum to help clean up the place
Get down: ‘Teletubbies love dancing,’ the narrator adds as they are seen busting a move on a the dance floor
Tasty! Then they gibber away excitedly as slices of round Tubby toast decorated with smiley faces are flung onto their table
The grown Teletubbies also introduce their diminutive friends the Tiddlytubbies, which appear to be computer generated.
Burgess concludes the short trailer with a reprise of the Teletubbies’ opening theme song while they pose individually.
Tinky Winky carries a red handbag, as in the original, while Dipsy covers his head with a cow-print top hat.
Laa–Laa and Po are more reserved and simply dance once it is their turn to shine.
New pals: The grown Teletubbies also introduce their diminutive friends the Tiddlytubbies, which appear to be computer generated
Still got it: Tinky Winky carries a red handbag, as in the original, while Dipsy covers his head with a cow-print top hat
Colorful: Laa–Laa and Po are more reserved and simply dance once it is their turn to shine
On Twitter, some fans were delighted by the dose of childhood nostalgia, though several users pointed out that the age group most interested in Teletubbies likely wasn’t posting about it.
‘Toddler twitter: teletubbies reboot dropping!?!? we will be watching,’ wrote one person.
Another user wrote, ‘So funny to release trailers for baby shows, like preschoolers are getting hype for the marketing drops. Baby IGN is putting up ‘Top 10 Things You Missed in the Teletubbies trailer.’
One user joked, ‘If you are logged into my Netflix and you see ‘continue watching teletubbies’ … please mind your business.’
Mixed reactions: On Twitter, some fans were delighted by the dose of childhood nostalgia, though several users pointed out that the age group most interested in Teletubbies likely wasn’t posting about it
Wrong demographic: One user joked about releasing trailers for children’s shows
Nothing to see here: Another fan joked that you should ‘please mind your business’ if you see her watching Teletubbies
Others commented on the use of non-white babies for the suns while defending the multiracial casting against presumed racist criticisms.
‘Nerds online watching this: teletubbies SUN GOES WOKE. babies watching this: gogogaga,’ wrote one user.
The writer Sarah Hagi joked, ‘I can’t believe they made the teletubbies woke… nothings sacred i guess.’
One fan urged anyone complaining about the reboot who ‘is over the age of 10’ to ‘please get a life.’
Defense: Others commented on the use of non-white babies for the suns while defending the multiracial casting against presumed racist criticisms
Having a laugh: The writer Sarah Hagi joked, ‘I can’t believe they made the teletubbies woke… nothings sacred i guess’
Relax: One fan urged anyone complaining about the reboot who ‘is over the age of 10’ to ‘please get a life’
And as they did with the original series, some viewers simply found the Teletubbies too creepy to watch.
Alex Zalben described the trailer as a ‘nightmare factory’ and said Tituss Burgess’ narration ‘100% makes it feel like a job Titus Andromedon would have gotten and ruined 30 minutes later on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.’
Others were freaked out by the animated Tiddlytubbies.
‘New Teletubbies trailer really just dropped these horrifying creatures in for a split second like a jump scare,’ wrote one user. ‘What is the implication of babytubbies? If the reproduction cycle of these mutants isn’t elaborated on within the first ten minutes I swear to G(1/???).’
‘Teletubbies can reproduce? Is that new lore? We must consult the texts,’ joked another viewer.
Some simply thought it was time to give the Teletubbies brand a rest.
‘Teletubbies have told every story they need to tell,’ an account joked about the famously free-associative show. ‘I don’t know how they think they’ve got enough material for a reboot.’
No thanks! And as they did with the original series, some viewers simply found the Teletubbies too creepy to watch
Nope! Others were freaked out by the animated Tiddlytubbies
Clues in the ancient scrolls: ‘Teletubbies can reproduce? Is that new lore? We must consult the texts,’ joked another viewer
Too much: Some simply thought it was time to give the Teletubbies brand a rest