Wiggle Time

Wiggle Time

Cover showing four of The Wiggles doing there thumbs up with Dorothy the Dinosaur at the back holding her bag.

VHS cover
Directed by Phil Cullen
Produced by John Spence
Written by The Wiggles
Starring Greg Page
Anthony Field
Murray Cook
Jeff Fatt
Music by The Wiggles
Distributed by Roadshow/ABC Video
( #13536)
Release dates
 September 1993[1]
Running time
 32 minutes
Country Australia

Wiggle Time is the first full-length feature home video from The Wiggles. It was released in 1993. It contains songs from the albums The Wiggles, Here Comes a Song, and Stories and Songs: The Adventures of Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate. It also contains 2 songs newly recorded, those being "Fruit Salad" and "Marching Along". The characters Captain Feathersword, Dorothy the Dinosaur and Henry the Octopus also make their first appearances.

Songs and skits

  1. Get Ready to Wiggle
  2. Here Comes A Bear
  3. Captain Feathersword
  4. Uncle Noah's Ark
  5. I Love It When It Rains
  6. Dorothy The Dinosaur
  7. Greg's Magic Trick / Sing A Song Of Polly
  8. Whenever I Hear This Music
  9. Henry The Octopus
  10. Rock-a-Bye Your Bear
  11. Fruit Salad
  12. Marching Along
  13. Dorothy's Birthday Party

Plot

Opening - The Wiggles wave their hands up high from the song "Whenever I Hear This Music" and the Wiggle Time logo is showing in front.

Jeff has fallen asleep while standing and then Anthony, Greg and Murray arrive. Murray suggests they wake him up, and Greg has everyone yell "Wake Up Jeff!" at the count of 3. They count: "1, 2, 3, Wake Up, Jeff!" Jeff jumps and screams, running around to the back of the set and then to the front. Anthony asks Jeff if he's awake now and he affirms. Now it's time to Wiggle!

Greg tells everyone that there going to sing a song all about four animals. And at the end of the song, he says that let's all growl like a scary bear.

While Jeff, Greg and Murray are growling at the end of the song, Captain Feathersword arrives and tickles them with the feathersword. Greg tells Captain Feathersword to stop tickling him, and Captain Feathersword agrees, stating he can show them a pirate dance they can learn.

Murray introduces the next song about a man who lived a long, long, time ago. His name was Noah and he had to save some animals from a flood so he built a really, really big boat and called it an ark. As Murray lists off the animals, the other Wiggles make the sounds: duck quacking, cow mooing, rooster crowing, cats meowing. He also makes some gestures such as the goats shaking their heads and the long-eared donkeys going hee-haw.

The Wiggles and some kids are doing paintings using droppers. Anthony holds out his dropper and remarks that it looks like rain.

Anthony talks about Dorothy the Dinosaur. Wherever she goes, sings and plays, she comes along with the Wiggles, she says "romp bomp a chomp." Dorothy the Dinosaur loves to sing with children, but they don't know where she is. Anthony asks that if you know where Dorothy is? Dorothy walks in from the right but at the back of the set. The Wiggles hear from the audience where she is but she moves whenever they look in that direction. After a few misses, Dorothy walks up behind Jeff. Greg tells Jeff that Dorothy is behind him. Jeff looks to his left but Dorothy moves behind him and out of sight. After some more misses, Jeff looks and sees Dorothy in surprise. They all sing the next song.

Greg does a magic trick that involves a coloring book. Sing A Song Of Polly is played as background music. Greg is a magician, wearing a top hat and cape. He does a magic trick where he flips through a book that initially does not have any pictures. He asks the audience to say some magic words and throw some pictures into the book. He flips through the book and it has some drawings. "Did you do that? Raise your hand if you did. You're all so clever!" He then asks to put some color into the picture by rubbing their clothes. He flips through the book but there is no color. He realizes he forgot to use his magic wand. How silly. He has everyone rub their clothes again and throw the colors at the book. He waves the wand and says "Abracadabra." He then flips through the book and there is color on the drawings. Raise your hand if you did that. Now give yourselves a really big clap. Well done. Greg then disappears.

Jeff wears an extra purple shirt over his head and makes a blubbering noise; he asks if you know what he is. He's an octopus. He blubbers again and then pokes his head through the top. He's not really an octopus, it's just Jeff. And then he tells that he has a friend who is an octopus and his name is Henry the Octopus.

The Wiggles are sitting on the floor with some kids who are holding teddy bears. They are having a picnic. Greg says that he knows a song about teddy bears, and he asks if everyone can sing and do the actions with them.

The Wiggles and some kids are seated at a table, making fruit salad. Anthony explains how it's done and to make sure there is an adult present, and to use a plastic knife.

Anthony leads The Wiggles and some kids in a line. The kids are holding presents. He stops and tells everyone they are going to Dorothy the Dinosaur's birthday party and that you can come along. Then they continue marching around singing and then walk off the set.

Greg remarks what a great party it was, but now they're tired so it's time to go. They all say goodbye and fell asleep except for Jeff, who tries to wake everyone up but they don't wake up. Jeff then crosses his arms and shakes his head with a sigh.

Cast

This is the cast listing according to the closing credits.

The Wiggles are

Jeff Fatt
Greg Page
Murray Cook
Anthony Field

Dance segment

choreographed by Jacqueline Fallon, and performed by Jacqueline Fallon and Mary Anne Rose Hull

Thanks to the Children

Luke, Clare and Joseph Field;
Anthony, Sofia and Leonardo Silvestrini;
Timothy and James Rioseco;
Nicholas, Raymond and Donald Hull.

Release

The video was released in Australia in September 1993 on VHS.[1]

1998 video

Wiggle Time (re-recording)
Directed by Chisholm Travlish
Produced by Nick Pike
Written by The Wiggles
Starring Greg Page
Anthony Field
Murray Cook
Jeff Fatt
Music by The Wiggles
Distributed by Roadshow Entertainment
Release dates
 1998[1]
Running time
 40 minutes
Country Australia

The Wiggles video Wiggle Time was re-recorded and released in 1998.[1] The songs and skits are updated from the 1993 version, except for "Fruit Salad", which was updated but moved to the 1998 version of Yummy Yummy. The closing skit where Jeff tries to wake the other Wiggles up does not appear on the 1998 version. Songs were added to the video, including "Ponies", "Quack Quack", and three bonus songs from one of their concerts.

Songs and skits

The video had the following songs and major skits.

  1. Get Ready to Wiggle
  2. Here Comes a Bear
  3. Captain Feathersword
  4. Uncle Noah's Ark
  5. Ponies
  6. Dorothy the Dinosaur
  7. Whenever I Hear This Music
  8. Henry the Octopus
  9. Rock-a-Bye Your Bear
Skit: Greg's Magic Show[note 2]
  1. I Love It When It Rains
  2. Quack, Quack
  3. Marching Along
  4. Dorothy's Birthday Party
  5. Wave to Wags (Live)
  6. Five Little Ducks (Live)
  7. Wiggly Medley (Live)

Cast

This is the cast listing according to the closing credits:

The Wiggles

Murray Cook
Jeff Fatt
Anthony Field
Greg Page

Dorothy the Dinosaur

Leeanne Ashley

Captain Feathersword

Paul Paddick

Wags the Dog

Edward Rooke

Henry the Octopus

Leanne Halloran
Donna Halloran

The Dog Catcher

Paul Field

Choreography

Leeanne Halloran[note 3]

Puppetry by Balooga Productions
Dancing Children

Cassandra Halloran, Jessica Halloran, Joseph Field, Clare Field, Sian Ryan & Emma Ryan

The Young Children Appearing Were

Dominic Field, Cieli Moore, Tara Fitzgerald, Josephine Perez, Thomas Holloway, Sophie Holloway, Christopher Powell, Ned Pike & Freya Pike

Production

Because the video was released after Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas and The Wiggles Movie, The Wiggles' costumes have been updated to feature logos on their shirts. Anthony now consistently wears a blue shirt, Paul Paddick plays Captain Feathersword, and Wags the Dog is a regular character.

The background song for the closing credits was changed from "Get Ready to Wiggle" to "Henry's Dance".

The Wiggles released both Wiggle Time and Yummy Yummy in 1998 because of a blue-sky backdrop. In 2002, the two videos were put on one DVD for Region 4.[2][3]

Release

"Wiggle Time" was first released in Australia on February 1998. Wiggle Time was released on video in the United States in October 1999.[4]

In 2002, The Wiggles released Yummy Yummy and Wiggle Time as a combined DVD of the 1998 versions of Yummy Yummy and Wiggle Time

2000 album

Wiggle Time
Studio album by The Wiggles
Released 30 August 2000
Genre Children's Music
Label ABC
The Wiggles chronology

It's a Wiggly Wiggly World
(2000)		 Wiggle Time
(2000)		 Yule Be Wiggling
(2000)

Wiggle Time is the eleventh Wiggles album, released in 2000.

Track list

All songs written and composed by (or trad. arr by) M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field, G. Page except spoken and noted below[5]. 

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Get Ready to Wiggle"  J.Field, M.Cook, J. Fatt, A.Field, G. Page 2:07
2. "Rock-a-Bye Your Bear"  A.Field, G. Page 1:25
3. "Dorothy the Dinosaur"  J. Field, M. Cook 2:15
4. "Here Comes a Bear"  A.Field, G. Page 1:25
5. "We're All Friends"    1:52
6. "Little Brown Ant"    1:06
7. "I Knew a Cricket" (spoken)  0:16
8. "Uncle Noah's Ark"    2:27
9. "Henry the Octopus"  M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field 1:43
10. "The Gypsy Rover"    2:13
11. "A Pirate's Life" (spoken)  0:22
12. "Bound for South Australia"    1:21
13. "The Magic Kindy"    1:30
14. "Poesje Mauw"    1:02
15. "I Love When It Rains"  M. Cook 1:11
16. "Lechoo Yeladim"    1:34
17. "Whenever I Hear This Music"    1:13
18. "Bert the Wombat"    0:12
19. "Dancing Ride"    2:04
20. "Dorothy's Birthday Party"  M. Cook 2:28
21. "I Look in the Mirror"    1:44
22. "Daniel and Molly"    2:07
23. "A Family Song"    2:06
24. "Fly Through the Air"    1:14
25. "The Dreaming Song"    1:40
26. "The Lion and the Unicorn"    1:48
27. "Mitten the Kitten"    0:59


Footnotes

  1. ↑ For "Uncle Noah's Ark", Anthony wears a white shirt; Jeff and Greg wear white pants. Dorothy the Dinosaur participates in the video as a background character, but is not formally introduced until the sixth song.
  2. ↑ During Greg's Magic Show, the background song is "Magic Club Music"
  3. ↑ Halloran also played Officer Beaples in this video.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Powerhouse Museum - The Wiggles Videography". Powerhouse Museum. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "The Wiggles-Yummy Yummy/Wiggle Time! (1998)". Michael DVDs. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  3. ↑ "Yummy yummy - Wiggle time! The Wiggles. [videorecording] / - Version details - Trove". Trove - National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  4. ↑ "Australia's Wiggles Reach Out to U.S. via TV, Lyrick Releases". Billboard (magazine): 66. 7 August 1999.
  5. ↑ http://www.cdcovers.cc/view/128874/inside/the-wiggles-yummy-yummy-and-wiggle-time

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