Teletubbies Wiki
Register
Advertisement

I'm the Bear, I'm the Bear!

The Bear

See-Saw (also known as See-Saw Margery Daw) is the 11th episode of the series. It first aired on 14th April, 1997.

Plot[]

The Teletubbies go down the slide inside the Home Hill. The Magic Windmill starts spinning and they rush outside to watch some children dancing to King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys playing a jazz version of See-Saw Margery Daw. Later, the Teletubbies watch Po trying to go up on the slide but she keeps sliding down a few times. The Magic Windmill starts spinning again, and the Teletubbies rush outside again to watch the Magical Event. The Lion and Bear play hide and seek in Teletubbyland for the first time, frightening the Teletubbies in the process. Then, the Teletubbies decide to break out a new Walking Dance as they urge Laa-Laa to join them. Afterwards, they see the Magic Windmill stop spinning, the Teletubbies say "Uh-Oh!" and run away before the sun shrieks for Tubby Bye-Bye.

Featuring: King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys, The Pupils of Chuckery Infants School, Walsall

Trivia[]

  • This is the first episode to have The Lion and Bear (original sketch).
  • This is the first episode to have The Walking Dance, and one of two episodes to feature the first version, the other episode was Numbers - 3 (V1).
  • This is the first episode to have an alternate title.
  • This is also the first episode where the Teletubbies dance after a Magical Event.
  • The windmill animation that is used when the Teletubbies are inside Home Hill at the beginning can be also been seen in Ned's Bicycle, Larette Tap Dancing and The Gingerbread Boy (which reused stock footage from Larette Tap Dancing).
  • This is the first of two episodes with the Lion and Bear to have a segment before the Magical Event starts (not counting dances), the other being Numbers - 2 (Version 1).
  • This is the second episode to feature the modified window version of the Normal animation. The first episode was Lambs, and the last three were Owl Babies (the episode succeeding the next episode), Feeding the Chickens, and The Helicopter (both aired back-to-back).
  • This was a very controversial episode due to the scariness of the Lion and the Bear sketch. Numerous parents complained about the sketch being too scary for their children.
  • When the Teletubbies rush back to see the windmill stop spinning, they are at the same place as they were when they were watching the Lion and the Bear. They visit this spot in other episodes as well.
  • This is one episode that has The Walking Dance after the Lion and the Bear. The other episode is The Pier.
  • This is the only episode where some music plays as the Teletubbies run off at the end of The Lion and Bear.
  • Dipsy was the missing Teletubby as well as being picked for the TV Event.
  • Po was the boo shouter.
  • When the windmill spins for the TV Event, the Magical Event tune plays. Then, after the Teletubbies leave the Home Hill, the Magical Event tune plays at the same time as the TV Event tune.
  • The German version of this episode is called "Nena: Bathing" and has a different TV Transmission video.
  • This episode was never dubbed in French.
  • This is the second episode to have the video segment filmed at Birmingham Botanical Gardens. The other three episodes were The Grand Old Duke of York, Humpty Dumpty, and Hey Diddle Diddle.
  • The production for the video segment in this episode took place in 1996.
  • The episode was featured on Channel 5's When Kids TV Goes Horribly Wrong due to the appearance of the Lion and the Bear. Since 2002, after CBeebies banned the Teletubbies episodes (including this episode) that feature the Lion and Bear original sketch, the Lion and Bear original sketch episodes (including this episode) were never rerun on CBeebies when the brand existed. However, It is available to watch on the Teletubbies Youtube Channel
  • Richard Breedon (as Velum Break) who is now a synthesist, appeared as one of the kids from Chuckery School in the video segment of this episode. The other episode was Hey Diddle Diddle.
  • The Dutch version of this episode has a different TV Transmission video.

Goofs[]

  • When the Teletubbies run outside to watch the Lion and Bear, the Windmill's sparkles are missing.

Gallery[]

Watch Episode[]

Advertisement