Magical Events Il

## Animal Parade

**The Animal Parade** is the 1st of the seven magical events, first appearance in the 1st episode "Ned's Bicycle" and also seen on VHS "Here Come the Teletubbies".

### Various Episode

* Ned's Bicycle (no elephant trumpet sound)
* Making Flowers (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Balancing (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Rolling (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Tweet Tweet (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Going for a Walk (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Digging in the Sand for Worms (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Sand Pendulum (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Numbers: 8 (Version 1) (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Mandir Temple (no elephant trumpet sound)
* Level Crossing (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Giraffes (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Feeding the Monkeys (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Rollerblading (no elephant trumpet sound)
* Cows and Calves (no elephant trumpet sound)
* Kittens (no elephant trumpet sound)
* Spiders (no elephant trumpet sound)
* Twirlers (no elephant trumpet sound)
* Piglets (no elephant trumpet sound)
* Cat's Night Out (no elephant trumpet sound)
* Mary Had a Little Lamb (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Handshapes: Turkey (no elephant trumpet sound)
* Animals Rhythms (no elephant trumpet sound)
* Asian Storyteller (Friends) (with elephant trumpet sound)
* African Dance (South Africa) (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Scavenger Hunt (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Our Cow Alice (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Here Come the Teletubbies (Video) (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Emily and Jester (US version) (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Carnival (US version) (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Our Dog Alice (US version) (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Crawling (US version) (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Idlis (Rice Patties) (no elephant trumpet sound)
* Numbers: 4 (US version 2) (with elephant trumpet sound)
* Dune Sledding (no elephant trumpet sound)
* Milking the Cows (US version) (with elephant trumpet sound)

### Synopsis

The sketch starts with The Magic Windmill spinning for a bit longer than usual. The tune when the Windmill spins ends as the Teletubbies then arrive silently at a place in Teletubbyland. The Sun starts to giggle and laugh, being so excited. The Teletubbies then hear the sound of elephants trumpet, and so they venture off to the destination of the Magical Event. The Teletubbies climb a hill. They then gasp as they get to the top of the hill and see a group of CGI Animals marching in the distance two by two (like it is similar to Noah's Ark). As the Teletubbies watch the animals, it is revealed they are in a parade. The camera then zooms to a path in a field where it came from march past in twos. The following animals are tigers, penguins, snakes, elephants, flamingos, butterflies, tortoises, giraffes and frogs - there are 9 kinds of animals and each of these nine. The tune changes like the sounds of each animal, loud and dramatic for the tigers and the giraffes, slow and low for the elephants and the tortoises, a slow, high-pitched African-like tune for snakes (there are lots of snakes and music in Africa), a quick waddling tune for the penguins, soft and sweet for the flamingos and the butterflies and a quick nature tune for the frogs. The Animals continue to march through Teletubbyland in twos while the tune plays until the camera cuts to a far away view of a hill. The animals march out of the horizon and magically disappear in the correct order. The tune then ends and the animals magically vanish out of sight, with their shadows first dark, then light, then completely transparent. The empty hill is shown for 2-3 seconds and The Magic Windmill stops spinning or the Baby Sun Giggles.

## The Magic House

**The Magic House** is the 2nd of the seven magical events, first appearance in the 3rd episode "The Grand Old Duke of York" and also seen on VHS "Uh-Oh! Messes and Muddles".

### Various Episode

* The Grand Old Duke of York (top left window)
* Delilah Packing (bottom right window)
* Emily and the Trap (bottom left window)
* My Mum's Keyboard (top right window)
* Carnival (bottom left window)
* Wake Up! (top right window)
* Naughty Sock Returns (bottom right window)
* Football (top left window)
* Numbers: 4 (Version 2) (bottom left window)
* Blackberry Picking (top right window)
* Wrapping (bottom right window)
* Sing a Song of Sixpence (top left window)
* Cuddles Poor Paw (bottom left window)
* Getting Up in the Morning (top right window)
* Dog Kennel (bottom right window)
* My Home is a Boat (bottom left window)
* Pongal in the UK (bottom right window)
* Uh-Oh! Messes and Muddles (Video) (bottom left window)
* Magical Surprises (Extremely Rare Video) (top right window)
* Looking for Rabbits (US version) (bottom left window)
* Dirty Dog (US version) (bottom right window)
* Numbers: 8 (US version) (top right window)
* Cat's Night Out (US version) (top right window)
* Miniature Golf (bottom right window)
* Running (US version) (bottom right window)
* Indian Dance (US version) (bottom right window)
* Sandwich (bottom left window)

### Synopsis

The sketch starts with The Magic Windmill spinning for a little bit longer than usual. The Teletubbies arrive silently at a place in Teletubbyland. The Sun starts to giggle happily from above, in direct eye contact. There are no sounds coming from the event as in other sketches. Instead, the Windmill is still heard spinning. Despite this, the Teletubbies look around and then just venture off to the destination of the Magical Event. The happy and excited Teletubbies arrive in a hilly place and sit down on the first hill. A house magically appears in the distance above the horizon, on the last hill. There the camera cuts to a close-up. The house magically appears as a pink, brick, British-looking house (since Teletubbies is a British TV show) and a fast, jolly tune plays. Footsteps are heard and a shadow behind a window appears and turns on a light in a room while humbling to themselves. They then turn the light off and walk to the next room, doing the same thing. After walking, appearing behind a window, turning the light on, mumbling and then turning the light off and leaving the room, 3 times, the shadow walks to the last window, turns on the light and appears. The shadow then opens the curtains, revealed to be a puppet man wearing a blue and red bobble hat and blue coat. The puppet man then opens the window and the camera zooms in. The puppet man sings in Gibberish in an operatic voice (in USA he sings in English most likely on the US VHS Funny Day "Laaa laaaaa la la la laaaaa laaaaaa do re mi fa so la tee doooooooooooo!") and speaks joyfully, beautifully and scary to the Teletubbies. The Puppet Has A Different Voice For Each Window On The Top Left Window He Sings With A High Voice On The Top Right Window He Sings with A Low Voice On The Bottom Left Window He Sings With A Medium Voice On The Bottom Right Window He Sings With A Random Voice. After the harmony, the puppet man then walks off, closing the window and curtains and then turning the light off. The pink house then disappears, first the frame and roof, then the windows, one-by-one, by the following order 1. Bottom right 2. Bottom left 3. Top right 4. Top Left and then the house has completely disappeared and the hill is visible again. The Magic Windmill stops spinning or the Sun Baby Giggles.

## The Tap Dancing Teddy Bear

**The Tap Dancing Teddy Bear** is the 3rd of the seven magical events, first appearance in the 5th episode "Painting with our Hands and Feet" and also seen on VHS "Dance with the Teletubbies".

### Various Episode

* Painting with Hands and Feet (2 times)
* Loretta Tap Dancing (1 time)
* Humpty Dumpty (1 time)
* Jumping (2 times)
* Yellow Cow (1 time)
* Arthur Robot Story (1 time)
* Dandelion Clocks (1 time)
* Sandcastles (1 time)
* Good Morning (1 time)
* Pancakes (1 time)
* Hanukkah (1 time)
* Café Eggs (1 time)
* Sea Lions (1 time)
* Haircut (1 time)
* Clogs (1 time)
* Basketball (1 time)
* Body to Body (1 time)
* Carousel (1 time)
* Moon (1 time)
* Goats (1 time)
* Going In and Coming Out (1 time)
* My Pretend Friend (2 times)
* Crazy Golf (USA) (1 time)
* Naughty Sausage Returns (1 time)
* Dance with the Teletubbies (VHS) (2 times)
* Rolling (US version) (1 time)
* Numbers: 1 (US version 1) (1 time)
* Dad's Portrait (US version) (1 time)
* Brennan's Moonwalk (US version) (1 time)
* Circles (US version) (1 time)
* Making Salad (US version) (1 time)
* Ballet (1 time)
* Drumming (1 time)
* Peacocks (US version) (2 times)
* Soccer (US version) (2 times)
* Lanterns (1 time)

### Synopsis

The sketch starts with The Magic Windmill spinning for a lot longer than usual. The Teletubbies arrive at the Magic Event place and the Baby Sun giggles. Soon the Teletubbies hear a galactic beeping sound and run off to the destination of the Magical Event. The Teletubbies arrive at some flat hills in Teletubbyland as a tiny dot appears in the sky. The Teletubbies gasp in excitement as the magic dot gets closer and is revealed to be a magical flying blue and white carousel. It continues to make the galactic beep until it is very close to the ground. The excited Teletubbies watch it land as it spins and starts making a different sound. The carousel lands on the ground and the Teletubbies then sit down around it. The blue walls of the carousel magically disappear and reveals a yellow, Winnie The Pooh-like teddy bear in a Charlie Chaplin-like outfit holding a cane, wearing a hat and black shoes. The teddy bear spins round and then stops with his face covered by his hat. Jolly piano music starts playing, and the teddy bear stops bowing and his face is revealed from behind his hat, from up close. The teddy bear starts doing a tap dance which the Teletubbies watch quietly and happily. The bear tap dances around the carousel, in the carousel, outside the carousel and all over the place. He then does his great, big finale dance and then bows. The teddy bear freezes in his joyful bow and then the walls of the carousel magically re-appear. The Teletubbies sigh happily and then gasp as the carousel takes off with the galactic beeps replaced with a joyful tune as it floats away into the sky, disappearing out of sight. The Magic Windmill stops spinning or the Sun Baby giggles.

## The Magic Tree

**The Magic Tree** is the 4th of the seven magical events, first appearance in the 6th episode "Lambs" and also seen on VHS "Nursery Rhymes".

### Various Episode

* Lambs
* Photo Faces
* Drawing Cacti
* Walking in the Woods
* Mark and Zoe Cooking
* Haymaking
* Throwing
* Hickory Dickory Dock
* Naughty Horse
* Numbers: 5 (Version 2)
* Naughty Pig
* Painting Easter Eggs
* Making Lanterns
* Playing with Dough
* Numbers: 10 (Version 1)
* Peacocks
* Sparkly Spider
* Ten Little Men Finger Play
* Clockwork
* Crawling
* Rosie's Hairdo
* Watering the Garden
* Jack and the Beanstalk
* Bird Bath (South Africa)
* Wrap with Eggs
* Walking with My Bike
* Nursery Rhymes (Video)
* Magical Surprises (Extremely Rare Video)
* Making Flowers (US version)
* Numbers: 4 (US version)
* Mandir Temple (US version)
* Ice Skating (US version 2)
* Snails (US version)
* Balancing Pots (US version)
* Flower Festival

### Synopsis

The Magical Event starts with The Magic Windmill spinning before the Teletubbies silently arrive at a place in Teletubbyland, just as the Windmill tune ends. The Sun Baby giggles and the Teletubbies then hear a beautiful harp tune and run off to the destination of the Magical Event. The Teletubbies arrive outside their house and gasp in excitement and amazement as, in the distance, they see a branch growing. A beautiful tune starts playing as the branch splits into many different branches and green leaves grow on them, transforming it into a tree. The leaves of the tree go from a spring light green to a beautiful summer dark green. A beautiful white dove then flies around the tree with the tune more blissful and then it lands on the tree. One by one, four more white doves fly from the sky and around the tree before landing on it. The five doves then blissfully and peacefully sit on the leaves of the tree. The doves shake their wings gracefully and then eventually fly away into the sky. The tree's leaves then change colour from dark green to a pretty autumn yellow, where the musical shift changes from major (happy) to minor (sad) as the tree begins to lose its leaves. The leaves then blow away and the winter tree with bare branches appears, with the tune changing to a sad death-like tune. The tree then starts to slowly and magically disappear. The tree then completely vanishes and the bare hill is shown for a few seconds, then the Magic Windmill stops spinning or the Sun Baby giggles.

## The Three Ships

**The Three Ships** is the 5th of the seven magical events, first appearance in the 7th episode "Playing in the Rain" and also seen on VHS "Favourite Things".

### Various Episode

* Playing in the Rain
* The Helicopter
* Café Chocolate
* Bubbles
* Numbers: 3 (Version 1)
* Sarah, Fraser and the Ducks
* Lighthouse
* Bubble Pictures
* Digging in the Sand for Crabs
* Drumming with Norris
* Hovercraft
* Tropical Fish
* Making Bread
* Ball Games with Debbie
* Going Up and Going Down
* Collecting Stones
* Paddling by the Sea
* Cleaning My Shoes
* Favourite Things (Video)
* Magical Surprises (Extremely Rare Video)
* Washing Up (US version)
* Washing the Car (US version)
* Colors: Blue (US version)
* The Beach (US version)
* Seals (US version)
* Sign Painting
* Canal Trip

### Synopsis

The magical event starts with The Magic Windmill spinning. The Teletubbies arrive at the Magic Event place. The Baby Sun giggles and the Teletubbies then hear a ship's horn. They then run off to the destination of the Magical Event. A puddle appears and it magically grows bigger and bigger, filling Teletubbyland with water and turning it into a deep ocean (though some parts of land remain unflooded). The Teletubbies then sit down on a hill and giggle happily. Jolly harp music starts playing and the same ship's horn is heard, along with the sound of splashing water. Three black dots appear on the horizon and gradually get bigger, with the horn still heard. A tune that sounds like 'I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In On Christmas Day' starts playing. The black dots are revealed to be three ships similar to the RMS Queen Mary that blows their horns numerous times and sail very close to the screen but then turn to port (left) and the Teletubbies see the rest of the ships. The ships are then shown sailing in different positions across the ocean (behind, from the sides, and in front). After a few laps of the ocean, they turn to starboard (right) and then back to port (left), before sailing away and blowing a farewell horn. The ships sail across the ocean and out of sight, with the jolly music coming to an end. The ocean remains for a few seconds before the water starts to shrink turning into puddles with the dry land being revealed again with the sound of a gargling plug hole. The Magic Windmill stops spinning or the Sun Baby giggles.

## The Lion and Bear

**The Lion and Bear** is the 6th of the seven magical events, first appearance in the 11th episode "Seesaw Margery Daw" in original sketch and the 336th episode "Asian Storyteller (The Fox)" in edited sketch.

### Various Episode

* Seesaw Margery Daw (original sketch)
* Numbers: 2 (Version 1) (original sketch)
* Dirty Dog (original sketch)
* Paddling Pool (original sketch)
* Sophie Art Circus (original sketch)
* Leaves (original sketch)
* Becky and Jed Finding Eggs (original sketch)
* Irish Dancing (original sketch)
* Dentist (original sketch)
* The Pier (original sketch)
* Long Horns (original sketch)
* Jigsaw: Elephant (original sketch)
* Feeding Baby Penguins (original sketch)
* Colours: Brown (original sketch)
* Asian Storyteller (The Fox) (edited sketch)
* Dragonflies (edited sketch)
* Playing with Pirate (original sketch)
* Flying Kart (edited sketch)
* Vegetables Tasting (original sketch)
* Look! (UK DVD extra)

### Synopsis

#### Original Sketch

The original sketch starts with the Magic Windmill spinning with some creepy, scary and upbeat instruments playing instead of the usual soft magical tune. The Teletubbies arrive at their usual place in Teletubbyland. Once they arrive at the magic event place, unlike in other Magical Events, the scene does not change to the Sun Baby, but instead it changes to the Teletubbies looking around. Then, unlike in other Magical Events, they turn back towards the camera and say 'Uh-Oh!' Normally, there are soft magic event tunes that play in the other sketches, but in this sketch, a scary tune is heard. While the Teletubbies jump up and down, the Bear (off screen) then says in a haunting echoing voice: 'It's the Bear! It's the Bear! And I'm coming!' The Teletubbies jump in shock and then run off to the destination of the magical event giggling and shouting (Laa-Laa even says Run Away). Instead of going straight on, they run up the path where they first arrived. Then they sit down in front of some trees up a hill. The Bear then repeats, 'I'm the Bear! I'm the Bear! And I'm coming!' in a horrific sinister voice, making the Teletubbies giggle in shock. After a short wait, she pops up out of nowhere and exclaims 'I'm the Bear, I'm the Bear! With Brown Fuzzy Hair!' She wanders around Teletubbyland saying 'I'll go running over here... and I'll go running over there!' which makes the Teletubbies giggle in shock. She repeats her opening sentence again and hides around the hills laughing and saying 'I'll hide over here... (She giggles) and I'll hide over there! Can you see me?' She repeats her opening sentence a 3rd time and then states that she knows a 'joke'. As scary music plays, she pops out from behind a tree. Her eyes roll in circles and she goes 'Blub-a-lub-a-blub-a-blub!' whilst sticking her tongue out and making the Teletubbies laugh at her. She then repeats her opening sentence a final time and says that she's hiding from the Lion but he doesn't know where. She then says: 'Shhh!' and goes to hide. The Teletubbies then say 'Shhh!' then they turn back and go: 'Oooh!' There is a short and scary sequence showing Teletubbyland almost barren. The Lion (off screen) starts growling and roaring so much that the clouds move and the trees bend and shake much to the surprise of the Teletubbies. This happens 3 times, with the Lion getting more vicious and angry each time. He then pops out of nowhere, like the Bear. He lets out a really scary growl and then exclaims 'I am the Scary Lion! WITH BIG SCARY TEETH!!' The Teletubbies scream and laugh in shock. He then says 'I'm scary on the top... and I'm scary underneath!' which makes the Teletubbies gasp. He then says 'I am the Scary Lion, as a matter of fact, I'm scary around the front... and I'm scary around the back!' He wags his tail, laughs and growls, making the Teletubbies laugh. He then wonders around Teletubbyland just as the Bear did and continues to growl and roar fiercely. Still growling, he passes the trees in the area where the Bear is hiding. She pops out from behind her tree quickly saying 'Boo! Boo!' She gets back to hiding as a creepy tune is playing. The Lion growls and stops in front of the trees. He says that he's looking for the Bear and he knows that she is hiding, but he does not know where. He wonders around Teletubbyland looking for The Bear. He looks around the hills saying 'I'm looking over here... And I'm looking over there! Can you see her?' He growls and then returns to the trees repeating 'Where's the Bear?' three times. The Bear pops out twice, giggling. The Lion gets more and more vicious and angry each time until the Bear pops up and repeats her joke. The Lion sees her and says 'There's the Bear!' The Bear replies 'Catch me!' and runs out from behind the tree. The Lion starts chasing the Bear around Teletubbyland whilst the Bear continues to do the joke and the Lion growls and roars with frightening music playing in the background. After they disappear, the Teletubbies all say 'All gone!' and run away giggling. Finally, the Magic Windmill stops spinning or Baby Sun Giggles.

#### Edited Sketch

The edited sketch starts with the Magic Windmill spinning with a bird song playing in the background. The Teletubbies giggle as they arrive at the Magic Event place while the Windmill's tune plays in the background. Like in the original sketch, the Sun Baby is not shown, and the Teletubbies look around and look back towards the camera. But this time, instead of saying 'Uh Oh!', they say 'Oooooooh' While they jump up and down giggling, the Bear then says 'It's the Bear, It's the Bear and I'm coming!' in a much more cheerful voice. The Teletubbies giggle in excitement and run off to the destination of the event, going the same way they went in the original sketch. They sit down on in front of the trees on the hill from the original sketch, laughing. The Bear then says in an excited voice 'I'm the Bear, I'm the Bear and I'm coming!' The Teletubbies giggle excitedly. After a piano tune plays, the sound of squeaking wheels can be heard. Suddenly, the Bear pops up and exclaims 'I'm the Bear, I'm the Bear! With Brown Fuzzy Hair' before exploring Teletubbyland. She says 'I'll go running over here... And I'll go running over there!' Then she laughs as she goes around some trees. After repeating her opening sentence, the Bear pops up from behind some hills (with a Cuckoo Clock sound effect) and says 'I'll hide over here... And I'll hide over there. Can you see me? Then she pops over the hills a few more times laughing. Then the Bear pops up again and says she knows a 'joke'. She pops up from behind a tree (with a Doorbell sound effect) and goes 'Blub a lub a lub!' with her tongue sticking out and her eyes rolling in circles making the Teletubbies laugh. The Bear runs around Teletubbyland with her tongue out. She then says that she's hiding from the Lion but he doesn't know where. She hides behind a tree and giggles as the Teletubbies say 'Oooh'. Then over by some hills, a creaking noise can be heard. The Lion then appears saying 'I'm the Scary Lion!' He growls and then says 'And I'm looking for the Bear'. He growls cheerfully and then passes by the trees the Bear is hiding. The Bear pops out and says 'Boo! Boo!' Then She gets back to hiding. The Lion stops in front of the tree and then says he knows she's hiding but he doesn't know where. He then searches for the Bear. He looks around the hills and says 'I'm looking over here... And I'm looking over there! Can you see her?' Then he starts growling and meowing over the hills. The Bear pops our from behind the tree and laughs. The Lion goes back to the trees and says 'Where's the Bear?' three times sounding more annoyed each time until the Bear pops out from behind and repeats her joke. The Lion sees the Bear and says 'There's the Bear!' The Bear says 'Catch Me!' and laughs as she runs out from behind the tree. The Lion starts chasing the Bear all over Teletubbyland and the Bear continues to do her joke with Christmas-like music playing in the background. After they disappear, the Teletubbies all say 'All gone!' and remain sitting on the hill. Then, the Magic Windmill starts to spin again. The Teletubbies say 'Uh Oh!' and run away giggling. The Baby Sun giggles, and the Magic Windmill stops spinning.

## Little Bo Peep

**Little Bo Peep** is the 7th and last magical event, first appearance in the 245th episode "Catherine's Toy Farm".

### Various Episode

* Catherine's Toy Farm
* Colours: Yellow
* Hedgehogs
* Apple Pie
* Ducks
* Baby Elephant
* Puppies
* Girl in the Back Garden
* Dominoes
* Western Dancing
* Feeding the Horse
* Look! (US DVD extra)
* Long Horns (US version)

### Synopsis

The sketch starts with the Magic Windmill spinning. The Teletubbies then arrive silently at the Magic Event place in Teletubbyland while the windmill is still heard spinning. The Sun Baby starts to giggle. This sketch is very different from other sketches as there is no sound from the event and the characters are visible from the start. The Teletubbies look around and see eight clouds in the sky, floating to the right while the Teletubbies cloud tune plays. There is then a quick close up of the clouds. The Teletubbies giggle quietly as they follow the clouds. After another close up of the clouds, the Teletubbies then sit down on a hill. A new piano tune plays and in another close up, the clouds float by until sheep sounds are heard and black heads and legs form in the clouds. The clouds then turn into sheep and one small cloud turns into a white lamb. The 8 sheep float across the sky and then float and land on the ground, forming a line, with the biggest sheep at the top and the little lamb at the end. The excited Teletubbies then giggle and laugh after seeing the sheep land. The sheep begin to explore Teletubbyland with the little lamb slowly following behind. Then a voice in the middle of nowhere says, 'Oh, where, oh, where are my sheep?' Little Bo Peep comes floating down from the sky and lands into Teletubbyland. She says 'Hello!' and starts to sing about how she's lost her sheep and doesn't know where to find them. So she searches for her sheep around Teletubbyland. The sheep also sing too. The little lamb follows behind and starts blowing raspberries over the hills. The sheep hide behind some hills as Little Bo Peep looks around. After a while, the sheep come back to Little Bo Peep. Then she sings about how she's found her sheep. Little Bo Peep says 'Bye-Bye' and floats back up into the sky with the sheep and little lamb following behind. Once they've completely disappeared, either the windmill stops spinning or the Sun Baby giggles.