USA: RIGHT-WING CHRISTIAN LEADER JERRY FALWELL SAYS ONE OF THE TELETUBBIES IS GAY.

Record ID: 983069

  • Title: USA: RIGHT-WING CHRISTIAN LEADER JERRY FALWELL SAYS ONE OF THE TELETUBBIES IS GAY.
  • Date: 11th February 1999
  • Summary: UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION (FILE) (VNR) 1. VIEWS OF TELETUBBIES SHOW 0.27 2. TINKY WINKY TELETUBBY (COLOURED PURPLE) JUMPING AROUND 0.30 WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES (FILE) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 3. MV: REVEREND JERRY FALWELL SHAKING HANDS AT CHRISTIAN COALITION BANQUET 0.36 4. CU: NATIONAL LIBERTY JOURNAL WEBSITE ARTICLE WHICH CLAIMS TINKY WINKY IS GAY 0.46 WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 10, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 5. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAN IS SHOWN TINKY WINKY DOLL AND IS ASKED "Do you think this doll or character poses any threat to children?" MAN RESPONDS "Not at all. Teletubbies ate silly little things but Jerry Falwell is a blithering idiot." 0.56 6. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) COUPLE IS ASKED "Do you think this doll is threatening in any way?" COUPLE RESPONDS "No." WOMAN SAYS "Why is it gay?", MAN SAYS "I don't think it's gay. It's just another animal, just a stuffed animal." 1.09 7. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) WOMAN SAYING "I think it's a big stretch." HER FRIEND AGREES "Definitely. I didn't even know purple was a gay color until last year." 1.17 8. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) WOMAN SAYING "Jerry Falwell always goes over board with this stuff. This is just one of his trouble-making schemes." 1.29 UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION (FILE) (VNR) 9. GV: TELETUBBIES PLAYING 1.36 LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 10, 1999) (NBC - NO ACCESS CNN/USA) 10. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) REVERAND JERRY FALWELL SAYING "Parents be very careful of what your children are watching. They watch 20-35 hours of of television weekly, 29,000 hours by the time they're 18. That is more time than they spend in the classroom. Be sure that subtle and bad images are not being planted in their mind. That's what the editor was saying and I concur totally with the effort he is making in the direction." 2.00 WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 10, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 11. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) CATHY RENNA, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS FOR THE GAY AND LESBIAN ALLIANCE AGAINST DEFAMATION (GLAAD) SAYING "I think at this point it's really just a case of Jerry Falwell being himself, his paranoid self. I've seen the show. I think little kids like the show because it's fun and cute and entertaining at the level that they're created it. I don't think parents are going to tell their kids to turn off the show because Tink Winky is gay. I think that's ridiculous." 2.20 UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION (FILE) (VNR) 12. CU: TINKY WINKY JUMPING INTO ANOTHER TELETUBBY 2.25 13. TELETUBBIES HOLDING EACH OTHER AND DANCING 2.31 UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION, UNITED STATES (FILE) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 14. MV/LV/ZOON IN: FALWELL HOLDING HANDS WITH SUPPORTERS AND SINGING (2 SHOTS) 2.58 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 25th February 1999 12:00
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  • Location: WASHINGTON, D.C./ UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
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