Nazitübbies

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Nazitübbies is a series of shorts currently (as of 2007) appearing in the Danish satirical late-night talk show den 11. time. The show is a parody of the BBC's children's television series Teletubbies, and it tries to envisage what this show would have looked like, had the Nazis won World War II.

Nazitübbies features the four colorful characters: Hermann Göring, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler and Rudolf Hess, obviously named after the four Nazi leaders of the same name. They live in an underground air-raid shelter in a flowering meadow, and engage in various wholesome activities such as stealing Nazi gold from one another, marching their German Shepherds, or learning to how Goose-Step under the command of the leading Nazitübbie, Luftmarschall Göring.

As the Teletubbies, the Nazitübbies show short movieclips on TV-screens on their belly. These clips are usually taken from Die Deutsche Wochenschau, a series of German newsreels running from 1940 until the end of World War II, often focusing on the accomplishments of Fritz Todt and the construction of the Autobahn.

Adolf Hitler is frequently seen on the show, where he is pictured as the Sun shining down on the meadow. Everytime he is shown, the sound of child-laughter can be heard in the background. The music score is a mixture of typical light-hearted children's TV music and military march music.

The talkshow den 11. time on which Nazitübbies appears is broadcast on Danmarks Radio, the national Danish public service broadcaster.