Product Details

• Actors: Rolf Saxon, John Simmit, Nikky Smedley, Pui Fan Lee, Tim Whitnall
• Directors: David Hiller
• Writers: Andrew Davenport
• Producers: Andrew Davenport, Sue James
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Live, NTSC
• Language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Turner Home Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305080089
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #48 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

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The British countryside has seen few raves like this one--our favorite Teletubbies are shown dancing through Teletubby Land with a few of their friends and, of course, their multiple rabbits. The "Stepping and Standing Dance" leads things off, followed by the "Walking Dance," "Running Away Dance," "Splashing Dance," and so forth (thankfully, we're spared from "Riverdance"). Of course, all this dancing--and even some clips of real children performing a few jigs--can wear a little thin on the patience of any child or parent. While younger children may want to perform some of the moves themselves (the "Tip Toe Dance" looks semi-appealing), everyone else risks becoming bored. The Teletubbies work best when, just like the typical preschooler, they all act differently, performing unique tasks (check out the effective Here Come the Teletubbies). On this video, they're all line dancing. There is some genuine weirdness for more mature Tubby aficionados: a vacuum cleaner starts dancing and a computer-animated bear does a convincing Grateful Dead-inspired number. But for most everyone else, it can't beat the TV show. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Video for Babies!, December 13, 1999

By	Pamela D. Crouch "pam_c_of_austin_tx" (Pflugerville, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Teletubbies - Dance With the Teletubbies [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My one-year-old boy loves this video. It's composed of the parts of the show he really likes; mostly dancing Teletubbies, and "baby sun face." The tubbies do a follow the leader dance, a splashing dance, and a stomping dance, plus a few others, I think.

As soon as I put in this video, my son started dancing, without any encouragement. Now, he's starting to try to trot when the video comes to the "trot-trot" part. This video makes him laugh and smile a lot, and calmed him down a lot when he couldn't sleep the night before a surgery. While the things it teaches aren't what most would consider "learning objectives" (dancing, trotting, waving bye-bye) it's definitely right at my son's learning level. A great investment if you have a kid age 10 months to 18 months, I think.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Exercise Video for Mommies, November 2, 2000

By	Magda L. Kitano (Saitama, Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teletubbies - Dance With the Teletubbies [VHS] (VHS Tape)

After reading the rave reviews in this section, I purchased this video hoping for that long-awaited relaxing coffee break. But as I slid in the video hoping to see my toddler become absorbed by the fun, I was disappointed to find that she insisted on Mommy joining in with her on the dances! I now cannot put on the video without having to participate all the way to the end.

But I realized that maybe it was less coffee breaks and more exercise that I had really needed. Following through with all the dances as best you can is quite a work-out.

And yes, she does love it, for all the reasons mentioned by the other reviewers. All the more chances for me to shape up!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We've memorized this one...., April 26, 2003

By	A. Poteat "phoebesmom" (Columbia, SC United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Teletubbies - Dance With the Teletubbies [VHS] (VHS Tape)

As the parent of an extremely active and easily bored 7 month-old, I don't know what I would do without this video. Our daughter absolutely LOVES it. With all the expensive equipment we have to entertain her, this ...video is the only item that holds her attention for any length of time. When she starts to cry, we happily reply with, "Time for Teletubbies!" Our vocabulary at home now includes "jumpy catchy ball", "hee-ya", and "again, again". Our little one squeals, laughs, giggles, and "talks" to this video...even though she can't mimic the movements yet, she is definitely interacting and not just being stuck in front of the television. She gets a little bored with the real-life segments, but we can always fast-forward to the songs and dances. We have other Teletubbies videos, but this one is almost all music, and is definitely the least annoying. I want to give this video a BIIIIG HUUUUG!