Tonight on Teletubbies

Having only ever watched two or three episodes of the toddler show "Teletubbies," I assumed it was just a series of random clips in which not much happens -- that little kids just enjoy the passing shapes, colors, sounds, and that creepy laughing sun-baby.

Boy, was I wrong. Perusing TVGuide.com, I realized I was missing all kinds of things actually happening in any given show. Those tubbies do more in 30 minutes than I sometimes do all day. Somebody was very thorough when putting together this description of the episode "Picking Mandarins."

Po counts to eight and Tinky-Winky explores the color orange. In Spain, boys pick mandarin oranges and put them into crates. Then they sit under the trees and eat some of them. And in Teletubbyland, Dipsy leaves his hat behind, but when he comes back to find it, the Noo-Noo has cleaned it up. Then, children buy different types of vegetables and the Teletubbies dance a tiptoe dance.

Might have to Tivo that one. I do love oranges.