Teletubbies - Numbers: 4 (Episode) (US Version)

A highly requested US version of a Teletubbies episode. Once again, it's time for some fun with the number four in the US version of Teletubbies! Remember when I uploaded most of its main segments last year, believing that I didn't have this full episode? Well, I was wrong; it turns out that I actually did have it on a different blank VHS tape. As a result, a TH-cam user, Mr. Media Man, was the first to upload the whole thing, except it was a premiere/live stream edited by NostalgiaDude1998 with DVD footage in collaboration with him due to VHS quality issues. In retrospect, I should have done more thorough searching for it in my VHS collection (well, at least I was generally the first to upload content from this version of this episode in July 2020), so at long last, and over a year later, the real deal is here on my TH-cam channel: the truly first upload of it on TH-cam to show visual VHS content of a PBS Kids broadcast of it.
Again, the Teletubbyland segment, "Sing a Song of Four," has been known in my family for many years to have influenced my handwriting skills for the number four when I was a kid due to the structure of the pink number four inflatable in it. You see, the number four in this episode is meant to have a closed top, but part of it is cut off, making it similar to the one that looks like this:
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So sometimes, whenever I would write the number four in my homework the same way as how it was done in this British kids' TV show episode, my mom didn't approve of it and couldn't figure out why I structured it that way, so when I watched the "Sing a Song of Four" Teletubbyland segment on one of my VHS tapes, I showed it to her and it became clear to her that it was the evidence on how I started handwriting the number four. She thought it was funny! Even after correcting its closed top structure in my future handwriting, my mom would always nickname it "the Teletubby four" ever since, and she told me that I need to consider changing how I would write the number four. She even once told me to "stop writing it like a Teletubby!" which was then followed by her laughter on this because, like most mothers, she would find things like that funny. Hold it, the Teletubbies can't really write anything, can they? Remembering that fact, it was actually hilarious.
But, growing up with this British kids' TV show throughout my childhood, I couldn't care less about what form of this number was used in this segment at first, and apparently, Ragdoll Productions couldn't care less about it either because, due to the fact this TV show was specifically designed for young children, they decided that they can easily get away with this.
Over the years, I have seen the printed number four with the closed top just about everywhere: other TV shows, movies, books, Christian Bible verses (yes, my mom and I were strong Christians, and to this day, I still am), analog clocks, computer operating systems (such as Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows 11, and Mac OS X), software programs (like Microsoft Word 2000 and Windows Media Player), video games (such as 4x4 Evolution, 4x4 Evo 2, Cabela's 4x4 Off-Road Adventure, LEGO Racers, LEGO Island Xtreme Stunts, Midtown Madness 2, Monster Truck Madness, Monster Truck Madness 2, Test Drive 6, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, and Sonic Mania), digital photography date stamps and timestamps, computer keyboards (including the one marketed by HP that came with my HP Pavilion p6230f PC with Windows 7 Home Premium on it, which is the peripheral I'm using now as I type this video description), mobile devices, music track lists on the back covers of audio CDs, and even vehicle dashboards. However, printed numbers are another story, so nowadays, even after my mom passed away from leukemia in March 2020, I only write the open top form of this number with pencils, pens and markers.
To all parents who have young children and are watching this video and reading its description, I would recommend that you make sure the "Sing a Song of Four" Teletubbyland segment does not encourage your children to write the number four the same way as how it looked in it. This also applies to teachers and their students, especially teachers of preschool and kindergarten centers and first grade classes. In fact, if you'd like to share your experiences with your children or students writing number four, whether related to watching this Teletubbyland episode or not, please feel free to post a comment about it below as I'd like to hear true stories from you. It's always best that children and students obey their parents and teachers.
I hope you liked reading my family story about the "Sing a Song of Four" Teletubbyland segment. Enjoy this version of this episode!
Disclaimer: I do not own this; it belongs to Ragdoll Productions, BBC and DHX Media. No copyright infringement intended. Also, this is a non-profit video. All rights reserved.