What the hell had I done? Had I gotten stoned on some invading gases during the night?Was public television brainwashing us with utterly absurd images and sounds?Was I being punished for my hard angles on public television broadcasting techniques?Was I still asleep?
Turns out, as I was laughingly informed by my college students that semester, the show is called Teletubbies.It is strange but hugely popular. It is targeted toward a toddler audience, yet is highly controversial for adults/parents. (One Teletubby, for instance, is male, but carries what is interpreted as a purse! Oh my!!)So public television has some chutzpah after all!
Public television also has Max and Ruby. This show I also found by accident, having worked through one night till it was time to channel surf at 6 a.m.. On the show are cartoon big sister and cartoon little brother, both of whom are (anthropomorphized) rabbits. Ruby constantly fusses over Max and Max is the quintessential toddler, getting into mischief, trying to get out of serious events and behaviors such as formal dinner parties and dressing up and staying clean. The thing that is so amazing to me, though, is these sibling rabbits live in a house, eat, play, learn, sleep, have snacks, etc., all without any parental presence. There is no mother or father living in the house. So the concept of Ruby, who is about 12 (bunny scout age) and Max, very young, completely subsisting on their own strikes me as most interesting.
It probably goes without saying, then, that I watch Teletubbies and Ruby and Max faithfully now. And therefore, I now watch public television. Sort of.
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