Alerts
Note Dipsy’s wide-legged stance; likely a futile attempt to air out the costume’s horribly damp Telletuby crotch.
Photo: Ferdaus Shamim (Getty Images)
Over the course of four years and nearly 400 episodes, John Simmit played the green Teletubby, Dipsy, to the delight of children and stoned adults alike. While these viewers clapped their hands together in relaxed, foggy-brained joy at home, the actors responsible for bringing the ’Tubbies to life had a much harder time, dealing with, as Simmit recalls, stinking, sweat-soaked suits and giant rabbits that could not, would not, stop fucking on set.
Advertisement
Huffington Post UK, Simmit looked back at living within the nexus of