Teletubbies - Big Hug! [VHS]

To adults, these colourful cushiony creatures are surreal, but to two-year-olds, they present an accurate depiction of life--or idealised life, anyway. And life should include a lot of hugs, which the Teletubbies deliver prodigiously throughout this 64-minute video. When not embracing, the quartet spends time opening and closing a door that mysteriously appears outdoors among the verdant hills that make up their playground. After they conquer the door, it's time for a little line-dancing and then back to the underground bunker for some Tubby Toast. Their vacuum cleaner, the Noo-noo, helps clean up the remnants, and it's outdoors again to frolic in a rain shower that produces a flower with each drop. The two segments involving real kids are played only once each in this sixth Teletubbies video--unlike the repetition of the television episodes--and involve kids investigating a rabbit warren and having tea with a queen and her runaway crown. Adults either love or loathe the foetal-looking Tubbies, but there is no denying their attraction to toddlers. They do all the things little kids love to do--run, jump and play with vacuums. They just do it in brighter colours. (Ages 1 and older) --Kimberly Heinrichs