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Simon Shelton, Teletubbies' Tinky Winky, Has Passed Away at Age 52

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday January 25 2018, @03:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the RIP dept.

Tributes have been paid to actor Simon Shelton, best known for playing purple Teletubby Tinky Winky, following his death at the age of 52.

[...] The original Teletubbies ran on the BBC from 1997 to 2001 and spawned a number one single, called Teletubbies say 'Eh-oh!', in December 1997.

Speaking in 2008, Shelton said he had little inkling Teletubbies would be the success it was when he was cast as Tinky Winky.

"I didn't know it would be as big as it was, but I did know as soon as I started working on it that it had something special," he said.

The original Teletubbies series was watched by around one billion children in more than 120 countries in 45 languages.

Shelton, a father of three, lived in Ampthill in Bedfordshire.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42788001

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by fritsd on Thursday January 25 2018, @06:34PM (2 children)

    by fritsd (4586) on Thursday January 25 2018, @06:34PM (#627791) Journal

    Because many of these same people, regardless of their opinion on Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13, secretly break lots of other Leviticus commandments ESPECIALLY Leviticus 19:11, 19:13, 19:33-34, 20:10.
    What do you think of Leviticus 19:19:

    19:19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

    Don't protect [wikipedia.org] your cabbages with Nasturtiums [wikipedia.org], and don't wear suits made of linen and wool!
    How are you supposed to do biological gardening then??

    Shun the Apple computers with rounded edges, also: Leviticus 19:27

    Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

    Many others of the rules are difficult to interpret for me. You shouldn't sacrifice children to Moloch it seems (Lev. 20:1-3), OK I'm 100% with that.

    Deporting illegal aliens and refugees is also a no-no: Lev. 19:33-34

    19:33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.

    19:34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

    How many US Republicans (mostly descended from immigrants themselves) respect THAT rule, you think?!?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @02:18AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @02:18AM (#628038)

    Great, a Teletubby dies and you have to pick apart your ancient book of ball gargling and rub it in our faces.

    When someone from My Little Pony dies, can we expect an all out religious war?

    Eh, you will pull it apart at the drop of a hat. Look at it sideways and there must be something about hat dropping in there.

    • (Score: 1) by fritsd on Friday January 26 2018, @05:15PM

      by fritsd (4586) on Friday January 26 2018, @05:15PM (#628341) Journal

      Nope. I just looked. No hats in the Bible.

      My comment may have been a smidgeon off-topic, I grant that.

      Have a nice weekend!

      P.S. Have you seen how that Sun-baby is looking down at those Teringtubbies [youtube.com]?! Like: "You look colourful, I'm gonna reach my arm down to earth, pick one of you up, and gum and drool on you a bit!". Creepy..