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TAPE_NUMBER: EN9906 IN_TIME: 11:31:54 LENGTH: 02:02 SOURCES: APTN/ABC RESTRICTIONS: ABC = NO ACCESS NAMERICA/CBS / NO RESALE SHOW CLIPS FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: xfa English/Nat Reverend swings handbag at 'gay' Teletubby ======================================= One of America's most influential, right wing evangelists has launched a stinging attack on the 'gay' children's TV stars, THE TELETUBBIES Preacher JERRY FALWELL claims that Teletubby TINKY WINKY is gay and a corrupting influence on children In a stinging attack Falwell highlights what he sees as the subtle homosexual traits in Tinky's make-up - signs that would perhaps be lost on his young fans Falwell says Tinky's colour purple is the colour of the gay pride movement and that his antenna is shaped like a triangle, the symbol for gay pride And, most damning of all, Tinky is seen everywhere with a handbag Falwell contends that no red-blooded, heterosexual Teletubby would been seen carry a handbag I believe these subtle depictions are intentional and are damaging to the moral lives of our children, says Falwell In an article, published in the latest issue of his monthly magazine, The National Liberty Journal, Falwell calls on parents to boycott Tinky and his Teletubby pals DIPSY, LAA-LAA and PO The series, which originated in Britain at the BBC, has been successfully launched in the States were the Teletubbies have a massive pre-school following STEVE RICE, head of the Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Co which sells the show in the US says, Falwell, as usual, is talking out of the back of his dog collar He says that to 'out' Tinky is sad, absurd and kind of offensive And he adds that Tinky's handbag is not a handbag, but a 'magic purse' Falwell is no stranger to controversy He called for a boycott of TV sitcom ELLEN after star ELLEN DEGENERES revealed she was gay Recently he was forced to apologise after claiming that the Anti-Christ was Jewish and probably still alive SHOTLIST: SHOWS : CLIP FROM TELETUBBIES ; START ABC MATERIAL-CU BABY WATCHING TELETUBBIES;WS BABY WATCHING TV; MUTE SOT JERRY FALWELL END ABC MATERIAL; CLIP TELETUBBIES ; START ABC MATERIAL-SOT STEVE RICE (CHECK SCRIPT) ; VS KIDS PLAYING WITH TELETUBBIES IN TOYSTORE END ABC MATERIAL; CLIP TELETUBBIES?

Source ABCNEWS VideoSource
Title: ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: USA: TELETUBBIES
Date: 02/11/1999
Library: APTN
Tape Number: VSAP002610
Content: TAPE_NUMBER: EN9906 IN_TIME: 11:31:54 LENGTH: 02:02 SOURCES: APTN/ABC RESTRICTIONS: ABC = NO ACCESS NAMERICA/CBS / NO RESALE SHOW CLIPS FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: xfa English/Nat Reverend swings handbag at 'gay' Teletubby ======================================= One of America's most influential, right wing evangelists has launched a stinging attack on the 'gay' children's TV stars, THE TELETUBBIES Preacher JERRY FALWELL claims that Teletubby TINKY WINKY is gay and a corrupting influence on children In a stinging attack Falwell highlights what he sees as the subtle homosexual traits in Tinky's make-up - signs that would perhaps be lost on his young fans Falwell says Tinky's colour purple is the colour of the gay pride movement and that his antenna is shaped like a triangle, the symbol for gay pride And, most damning of all, Tinky is seen everywhere with a handbag Falwell contends that no red-blooded, heterosexual Teletubby would been seen carry a handbag I believe these subtle depictions are intentional and are damaging to the moral lives of our children, says Falwell In an article, published in the latest issue of his monthly magazine, The National Liberty Journal, Falwell calls on parents to boycott Tinky and his Teletubby pals DIPSY, LAA-LAA and PO The series, which originated in Britain at the BBC, has been successfully launched in the States were the Teletubbies have a massive pre-school following STEVE RICE, head of the Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Co which sells the show in the US says, Falwell, as usual, is talking out of the back of his dog collar He says that to 'out' Tinky is sad, absurd and kind of offensive And he adds that Tinky's handbag is not a handbag, but a 'magic purse' Falwell is no stranger to controversy He called for a boycott of TV sitcom ELLEN after star ELLEN DEGENERES revealed she was gay Recently he was forced to apologise after claiming that the Anti-Christ was Jewish and probably still alive SHOTLIST: SHOWS : CLIP FROM TELETUBBIES ; START ABC MATERIAL-CU BABY WATCHING TELETUBBIES;WS BABY WATCHING TV; MUTE SOT JERRY FALWELL END ABC MATERIAL; CLIP TELETUBBIES ; START ABC MATERIAL-SOT STEVE RICE (CHECK SCRIPT) ; VS KIDS PLAYING WITH TELETUBBIES IN TOYSTORE END ABC MATERIAL; CLIP TELETUBBIES?
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