• Orcocracy [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    British kids show Teletubbies was all dubbed over with newly recorded American accents when broadcast in the US a couple of decades ago. Weird xenophobia against other anglo countries in children's television has been a thing in the US for a long time.

    • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      They did that with Spot the Dog and some BBC documentaries. Strangely enough, Kipper the Dog and Oswald the Octopus kept their accents.