Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Pbs Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 5, 2000
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305931046
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,019 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

"Wha's dat?" exclaim the Teletubbies. It's a pumpkin--a magic pumpkin with facial features that appear and disappear. You can imagine the giggle-provoking chase scene that ensues when the pumpkin obtains Dipsy's hat! Almost as soon as Dipsy retrieves his hat, it's blown off by a gust of wind. Luckily, Tinky Winky, Laa-Laa, and Po are ready to lend a helping hand. Then Laa-Laa takes an indoor walk to avoid the rain--watch and laugh as she goes around and around, again and again. There are 3 fall-theme kid segments (shown only once, unlike the TV series) sprinkled throughout the 60-minute video. A young girl decorates a pumpkin with glue, seeds, leaves, straw, and other natural decorations. Then two children prepare and devour an apple pie with some adult assistance, and a group of kids trek through a park to catch leaves as they fall from the trees. In evidence are all the signature Teletubbies touches--gray rabbits, voice trumpets, magic windmills, the baby-face in the sun, and lots of repetition. Infants, toddlers, and preschoolers will smile, laugh, and thoroughly enjoy this fall-theme Teletubby adventure. --Tami Horiuchi

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Halloween With The Teletubbies, September 14, 2001

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"kids_first2" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teletubbies - The Magic Pumpkin and Other Stories [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a great production, with age appropriate lessons about seasons. It provides a good Halloween program that's not scary. It teaches please and thank you, and uses a Jack O'Lantern to teach the names of facial features. This video comes with a useful parents' guide. Smiles, laughter, clapping and bouncing by the children were abundant. "I want to watch it again pleeeease." "Now I want to make a pumpkin with leaves and glue." "I liked the way they made the pumpkin face." Best for ages 0 to 2.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment, May 29, 2001

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Robert M. Freedman (Gilbert, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teletubbies - The Magic Pumpkin and Other Stories [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My 2-year old granddaughter and I are great fans of the Teletubbies. Their programs on PBS and their video tapes which we have previously acquired bring continuous pleasure. However, in The Magic Pumpkin the producer/creators of things Teletubbian have bombed out. There is seemingly endless repetition of unstimulating sequences of foliage being attached to a pumpkin in vain attempts to decorate it. In addition to producing some very unattractive results it is repeated past the point tolerable even by a 2-year old. Worse still, when the pumpkin is delivered to Teletubby Land, the Tubbies never actually have contact with it. This is frustrating to the children who identify themselves with the Tubbies because they, the kids, are deprived of the vicarious experience of interacting the the pumpkin. Save your children and yourselves from this one. Spend your money elsewhere.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Telletubby Fall Adventure, September 20, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Teletubbies - The Magic Pumpkin and Other Stories [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A good movie for the avid fan but where is the Noo Noo? Suprisingly, no one makes a mess in this movie. The pumpkin appearing and disappearing was a little disturbing for my almost 2 year old, especially when he seems to steal Dipsy's hat. It did help her learn that we have two ears, one nose ect. but you might want to hide the tape after several viewings. This is not my favorite of the Telletubby series but my daughter is a huge fan and asks to see the new movie at least once a day.