Saw a preview of that little penguin on my Fraggle Rock dvd here in the states. He kinda freaks me out. Is it just him walking around doing stupid shit while babbling? Or is that an actual language and I'm an uncultured philistine?
I heard that Pingu was talking in the language he was originally broadcasted in.. I think he was first broacasted in Iceland or something
Yep, it's an actual language he's babbling in. I can't tell you which language, I think HippyGirl is right here...what language do they speak in Iceland? Or it might be Finnish...
This is news to me, I thought it was gibberish. Finnish pingu, hehe. Did they not have translators 10 years ago??? Oh and is it an example of animated plasticine as in wallace and gromit? Enlighten me
The Magic Roundabout was originally in French But it was translated... although it wasn't translated properley because the man who did the translating didn't understand french
The way I heard it, the people who bought the licence to show the Magic Roundabout in England couldn't afford/find.be arsed to get a translator. So they just made up new storylines for the episodes. That's why it's so weird.
'scuse me for sayin this but i think teletubbies are scheit... pingu on the other hand is a classic! it was one of my favourites as a kid, alongside fraggle rock (which i still think is the best!)... these just my not-so-humble opinions... ~lovetulip. *edit* and pingu definitely does not speak finnish... i should know i think... actually i think he doesn't speak any language...
He talks to me EVERY night........ boob eeyaw muhububobble ..... see, i was thinking about the teletubbies and dya know what he said? roughly translated, that meant "go on justin, take that infernal pootling hoover, set it to incinerate mode, grab some 'tubby tustard', slap it on their 'tubby toast' and burn them, BURN them all!!! And would it kill you to make me some coffee?" So there. Pingu has his sights set on taking over tubbyland, and replacing those stupid, fluffy, repetitive, reception-recieving child stupifiers with various human slaves to do his evil but hilarious bidding. in wales.
just checking correct reaction, i can't stand those mindless unacceptable excuses for morons that are commonly know as the teletubbies either.
Pingu is a cleverly crafted comment on society in icy parts of the world,the language is in fact enochian,the language of the angels, showing that even a lowly penguin has a link with the divine, whereas the Tellytubbies are just bollocks.
Pingu is the greatest kids programme ever barring maybe button moon...teletubbies, telesmubbies compared to pingu WAH WAH!!!
Yeah as Power says, I don't think they even attempted a correct translation. Haha, whatever the deal The Magic Roundabout is a class apart from other children's shows. Madness in any language really. Pingu speaking Enochian! Ahh that'd be great. In any event it was marvellous television. Anyone catch the 50 greatest children's TV moment the other day? Pingu made an appearance in the top 20! The episode where he and his brother traded fish for beer, got trashed and pissed all over the floor
Pingu every time! Nothing better for a hangover either! Well, maybe the clangers but I don't have that on tape...
