Funny Lady is a recurring adult character that appeared only in the original series of Teletubbies. Portrayed by Tamzin Griffin, she is a nice lady who likes to tell funny stories to children. Her best friend is a teddy bear named Teddy.
Appearance[]
The Funny Lady has long blonde hair, green pants and shirts and red overalls. She also has red lipstick.
Segment Outline[]
At the beginning of all the Funny Lady segments, the children run to the camera and say hello. Then, one child will go close to the camera and say "Come and see Tamzin playing Funny Lady!" Funny Lady sits in her big chair covering her face with her hands. Then the children arrive and say "Knock Knock Knock, can we come in?" Then Funny Lady invites the children to sit down on a big couch. She then says that she's going to be the Funny Lady, after a few seconds of silence, she makes a funny face and noise and claps her hands quickly and the children laugh. Then she will tell her story. After the story is finished, Funny Lady and the children enjoy some imaginary tea and biscuits before saying goodbye.
Appearances[]
- Naughty Sock (first appearance)
- Yellow Cow
- Naughty Cloud
- Naughty Bee
- Naughty Snake
- Naughty Horse Returns
- Naughty Pig
- Naughty Sock Returns
- Naughty Hat
- Naughty Sausage
- Naughty Duck
- The Very Proud Crown
- Naughty Soap
- Sparkly Spider (last appearance)
- Big Hug! (The Very Proud Crown)
Trivia[]
The Funny Lady on the Noggin streaming service in the USA.
The Funny Lady was one of the 10th anniversary icons.
- The Funny Lady, along with King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys and Andy Brown are the best-known Teletubbies TV Event adults.
- In the USA, the Funny Lady's segments were never aired on PBS Kids. Instead, they made their American premiere on the Noggin streaming service on May 26, 2016.
- The Funny Lady's segment The Very Proud Crown also appeared in the US version of Big Hug!. Until the Noggin app released Teletubbies in 2016, this was the only time one of the Funny Lady's segments had been released in the USA.
- For the 10th anniversary of Teletubbies, an icon of the Funny Lady appeared on merchandise.
- The first episode that Funny Lady appears in, Naughty Sock, is the only episode that plays the Funny Lady clip twice, in all the other episodes that feature Funny Lady, the clip plays once.
- In Yellow Cow, The Funny Lady says "Again, Again!", which is an often-used quote from the Teletubbies.
- Naughty Horse is the only episode where Dipsy was chose a Funny Lady video.
- In the Netherlands, the Funny Lady videos are remade with a Dutch woman playing the Funny Lady. This also happens with some of the German episodes.
- In Poland, the Funny Lady's name is Miss Dorothy.
- Funny Lady's episodes rarely had The Animal Parade and The Tap Dancing Teddy Bear.
- The Funny Lady, who was portrayed by Tamzin Griffin, appeared in 14 episodes.
- The Funny Lady does not return in the reboot series. However, she only appeared in the original series.
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