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It's the Tehran Tubbies (Iran buys Teletubbies children's show, dubs it to Farsi)
The Sun (U.K.) ^ | June 29, 2006 | IAN KING

Posted on 06/29/2006 2:36:48 AM PDT by Stoat

It's the Tehran Tubbies

Kid's favourites ... Tinky Winky and the gang take Iran by storm
Nuke kids in town ... how Tubbies might look, Iran style
 
 

By IAN KING
Business Editor

 IRAN has gone absolutely Laa-Laa over the Teletubbies — and bought the kiddies’ TV show from the BBC.

The Mullahs in Tehran are lapping up Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po’s adventures.

BBC Worldwide said yesterday the main TV station — the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting — has bought 65 episodes and experts are dubbing them into Farsi, the national language.

A spokesman said: “It’s taking a long time to translate, as you can imagine.”

The deal comes as Iran faces pressure over its nuclear expansion programme — amid fears it plans to develop a bomb.

The first shows are expected to go out before Ramadan this year.

The Teletubbies celebrate their tenth anniversary this year. As well as Iran, the Beeb has licensed a Teletubbies “Edutainment centre” and a Teletubbies Play and Development centre at Dongguan and Shenzhen in China.

BBC Worldwide, the Beeb’s main commercial arm, yesterday reported record profits of £89.4million — up 62 per cent.

Boss John Smith said BBC Worldwide is the world’s No 1 exporter of TV shows, with Hustle, Spooks, Doctor Who, EastEnders and Waking The Dead its best sellers.



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; teletubbies; tv
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That's it....they're going to broadcast the Teletubbies in Iran.....this is the signal that they've gone completely bonkers....time to launch. Everybody get down into your basement and duck and cover.
1 posted on 06/29/2006 2:36:51 AM PDT by Stoat
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To: Stoat

Tinky Winky is a homo. What are the Persians going to do? Stone their televisions when Tinky appears on the screen?


2 posted on 06/29/2006 2:45:22 AM PDT by Stepan12
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To: Stoat

The "president" (of Iran, of course) is going to love this one.


3 posted on 06/29/2006 2:46:08 AM PDT by AntiGovernment (A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.)
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To: Stepan12
Tinky Winky is a homo. What are the Persians going to do? Stone their televisions when Tinky appears on the screen?

I thought that the traditional punishment for homos in Muslim countries was to either collapse a brick wall on top of them or throw them off a mountain.

Maybe they haven't found out about Winky yet, but when they do, somebody at the Network of Hate will have a lot of 'splainin' to do.

4 posted on 06/29/2006 2:49:31 AM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: AntiGovernment
The "president" (of Iran, of course) is going to love this one.

They will probably dub it with secret instructions for terrorists.

5 posted on 06/29/2006 2:51:03 AM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Stoat

How the heck can you "translate" the teletubbies? Do you actually need to?


6 posted on 06/29/2006 3:44:28 AM PDT by Vanders9 (Vanders)
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To: Stoat

Wait until they find out that one of the characters is Jewish.


7 posted on 06/29/2006 4:00:02 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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To: Stoat

Hehehe. You yanks can keep threatening the Iranians with war, us Brits will destroy them from within via the teletubbies and they will even pay us to do so! :D


8 posted on 06/29/2006 4:29:07 AM PDT by Vectorian
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To: Vectorian
Teletubbies are pure, concentrated evil.


9 posted on 06/29/2006 4:34:40 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (What is our exit strategy in the war on poverty?)
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To: Vectorian
us Brits will destroy them from within via the teletubbies

How vile and underhanded!

I thought the show was creepy before. I am just imagining the disembodied voice saying. "Allah Akbar, Tinky Winky. Death to America, Poh!"

10 posted on 06/29/2006 4:36:27 AM PDT by ko_kyi
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To: Stoat

Actually, the 'Tubbies are so disgustingly saccharine, it may be just the push that the mad mullahs in Iran need to get the people to back an attack against the West for producing such a load of crap.

If they buy Barney and Friends, look out for incoming!!!


11 posted on 06/29/2006 4:37:01 AM PDT by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: Stoat

They'll hate us for sure now.


12 posted on 06/29/2006 4:43:54 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Stoat
"dubbed it to Farsi"

The new dialog says....
"Death to Israel La la"
"Death to Israel Po"

13 posted on 06/29/2006 4:49:59 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Vanders9

It's not the translation per se, it's finding just the right voice talent to say, "Kill the Zionists", "Destroy the Great Satan America", "There is no God but Allah" and such.

Coming from those brightly colored globby characters, I think that would be hi-larious.


14 posted on 06/29/2006 5:03:10 AM PDT by Gefreiter ("Are you drinking 1% because you think you're fat?")
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To: Stoat

Iran is going to use TTs as a form of torture on political prisoners. A couple hours of viewing and they'll crack.


15 posted on 06/29/2006 5:05:15 AM PDT by wolfcreek
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To: Vanders9
How the heck can you "translate" the teletubbies? Do you actually need to?

How do you say "Big Hug" in Farsi?

16 posted on 06/29/2006 5:41:55 AM PDT by Maceman (This is America. Why must we press "1" for English?)
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To: dead

If this show had been around when I was smoking dope, I never would have left the dorm room.


17 posted on 06/29/2006 5:45:57 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Stoat
I thought that the traditional punishment for homos in Muslim countries was to either collapse a brick wall on top of them or throw them off a mountain. Maybe they haven't found out about Winky yet, but when they do, somebody at the Network of Hate will have a lot of 'splainin' to do.

Yeah.... Pressing a wall down on them. Andrew Sullivan complained about that practice.

18 posted on 06/29/2006 1:27:03 PM PDT by Stepan12
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To: ko_kyi
"Allah Akbar, Tinky Winky. Death to America, Poh!"

And all their little tummy screens will feature short films on kids wearing suicide belts.

Whatevew wiww we do?

19 posted on 06/29/2006 1:34:53 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Rightfootforward

ooops, post #19 was supposed to be for wittempo.


20 posted on 06/29/2006 1:36:11 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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