Let's Wiggle (partially found short series for children's band; 1997-1999)
Title card for the series.
Status: Partially Found
Let's Wiggle is a short series created by the Australian children's group The Wiggles. It premiered on Disney Channel in Australia on July 1, 1997 (a year before the group's eponymous television series would premiere)[1][2] and would also air in Canada on TVO's children's block TVOKids on September 5, 2000[3] until August 31, 2004[4] and on TV3 in New Zealand (exact years it aired on is unknown). It also aired on the Seven Network in between airings of their eponymous television series. It's unknown if the show ever aired in the United States. The show mostly showcases songs the group did from various videos they released, concerts they performed and television shows they did. The amount of episodes that were made is unknown as many episodes or specific airdates are unaccounted for as they would typically air early in the morning.
Some songs from the series were performed at the Melbourne Sports & Entertainment Centre in November 1997, while the majority of the songs in the series would be performed on sound stages.
Episodes
Confirmed
| Song Title | Original Source | Status | Known Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Here Comes a Bear | Wiggle Time! (1993) | Partially Found | circa. 1997 |
| D.O.R.O.T.H.Y (My Favourite Dinosaur) | Yummy Yummy (1994) | Partially Found | circa. 1997 |
| Walk | Partially Found | circa. 1997 | |
| Henry's Underwater Big Band | Wake Up Jeff! | Partially Lost | circa. 1998 |
| Everybody is Clever | Partially Lost | circa. 1998 | |
| Romp Bomp A Stomp | Found | circa. 1998 | |
| Wave to Wags | Partially Found | circa. 1998 | |
| Rock-A-Bye Your Bear | The Wiggles Big Show | Found | circa. 1998 |
| Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?) | Found | circa. 1998 | |
| Dorothy the Dinosaur | Found | circa. 1998 | |
| Romp Bomp A Stomp | Found | circa. 1998 | |
| Five Little Joeys | Found | circa. 1998 | |
| Di Dicki Do Dum | Found | circa. 1998 | |
| Henry's Dance | Found | circa. 1998 | |
| Quack Quack | Found | circa. 1998 | |
| Five Little Ducks | Found | circa. 1998 | |
| Hot Potato | Found | circa. 1998 | |
| Wake Up Jeff! | Found | circa. 1998 | |
| Tap Wags | Found | circa. 1998 | |
| Wave To Wags | Found | circa. 1998 | |
| D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur) | Found | circa. 1998 | |
| Baby Baluga | Found | circa. 1998 | |
| Ooh It's Captain Feathersword | Found | circa. 1998 | |
| Nya Nya Nya | Found | circa. 1998 | |
| Get Ready To Wiggle | Found | circa. 1998 | |
| Wiggly Medley | Found | circa. 1998 | |
| Get Ready To Wiggle | Wiggle Time! (1998) | Found | Oct 31, 2002 |
| Here Comes a Bear | Lost | May 1, 2002 | |
| Captain Feathersword | Lost | May 2, 2002 | |
| Uncle Noah's Ark | Lost | May 3, 2002 | |
| Ponies | Lost | May 6, 2002 | |
| Dorothy the Dinosaur | Lost | May 7, 2002 | |
| Whenever I Hear This Music | Lost | May 8, 2002 | |
| Henry the Octopus | Lost | May 9, 2002 | |
| Rock-a-Bye Your Bear | Found | May 10, 2002 | |
| Magic | Lost | May 13, 2002 | |
| I Love It When It Rains | Lost | May 14, 2002 | |
| Quack Quack | Found | May 15, 2002 | |
| Dorothy's Birthday Party | Lost | May 16, 2002 | |
| The Monkey Dance | Yummy Yummy (1998) | Found | Unknown |
| Look Both Ways | Toot Toot! | Lost | February 14, 2002[5] |
| John Bradlelum | Lost | May 20, 2002 | |
| Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes | Found | May 21, 2002 | |
| Food Food Food (Oh How I Love My Food) | Found (Low Quality) | May 22, 2002 | |
| Go Captain Feathersword, Ahoy! | Lost | May 23, 2002 | |
| Dorothy the Dinosaur (Tell Me Who Is That Knocking?) | Lost | May 24, 2002 | |
| I Climb Ten Stairs | Found | May 27, 2002 | |
| Move Your Arms Like Henry | Lost | May 28, 2002 | |
| Silver Bells That Ring In The Night | Lost | May 29, 2002 | |
| Wags The Dog, He Likes To Tango | Lost | May 30, 2002 | |
| Officer Beaple's Dance | Lost | May 31, 2002 | |
| Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car | Found | Oct 18, 2002 | |
| We're Dancing With Wags The Dog | Lost | Oct 21, 2002 | |
| Zardo Zap | Lost | Oct 22, 2002 | |
| Let's Have A Ceili | Lost | Oct 23, 2002 | |
| John Bradlelum | TV Series 2 | Found | circa. 2001 |
| Henry's Underwater Big Band | Lost | Oct 24, 2002 | |
| Hat On My Head | Lost | Oct 25, 2002 | |
| Big Red Car | Found | Oct 28, 2002 | |
| Our Boat Is Rocking On The Sea | Lost | Oct 29, 2002 | |
| Having Fun At The Beach | Lost | Oct 30, 2002 |
Unconfirmed
| Song Title | Original Source | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Get Ready To Wiggle | Wiggle Time! (1993) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Captain Feathersword | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Uncle Noah's Ark | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| I Love It When It Rains | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Dorothy the Dinosaur | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Colouring Book Trick | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Whenever I Hear This Music | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Henry the Octopus | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Rock-a-Bye Your Bear | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Fruit Salad | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Marching Along | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Dorothy's Birthday Party | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Hot Potato | Yummy Yummy (1994) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Shaky Shaky | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Teddy Bear Hug | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| The Box of Mystery Trick | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| I Am a Dancer | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Crunchy Munchy Honey Cakes | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Numbers Rhumba | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Joannie Works with One Hammer | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| The Monkey Dance | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Henry's Dance | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Dorothy's Birthday Party | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?) | Big Red Car | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Wags The Dog | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Five Little Joeys | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Di Dicki Do Dum | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| I'm A Cow | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Do The Flap | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| On Your Holiday | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Hat On My Head | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Bag Of Magic Hanky's Trick and Vase Of Magic Flowers Trick | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Brown Girl in the Ring | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Georgia's Song | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Our Boat is Rocking on the Sea | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Dorothy's Dance Party | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Big Red Car | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| We Like to Say Hello | Wake Up Jeff! | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Having Fun at the Beach | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Bing Bang Bong (That's a Pirate Song) | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Bucket of Dew/Paddy Condon from Cobar | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Wake Up Jeff! | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Dorothy (Would You Like to Dance?) | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Take a Trip Out on the Sea | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| I Can Do So Many Things | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Piper's Waltz | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| We Like To Say Hello | The Wiggles Big Show | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Marching Along | Wiggle Time! (1998) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Hot Potato | Yummy Yummy (1998) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| D.O.R.O.T.H.Y (My Favourite Dinosaur) | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Pufferbillies | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Henry's Dance | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Walk | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Joannie Works with One Hammer | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Crunchy Munchy Honey Cakes | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Shaky Shaky | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Teddy Bear Hug | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Havenu Shalom Alechem | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| I Am a Dancer | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| The Box of Mystery | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Numbers Rhumba | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Fruit Salad | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Bathtime | Toot Toot! | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Do the Wiggle Groove | Existence Unconfirmed | |
| Balla Balla Bambina | Existence Unconfirmed |
Availability
While episodes are scarce to come by, various episodes have seen a home media releases. The episodes with the songs from the Melbourne Sports & Entertainment Centre concert were released as part of HIT Entertainment's Playskool VideoNow Jr. disc pack one[6] in 2004 with the Series One episode Wiggle Opera. Another episode with the song Hot Potato from the Melbourne Sports & Entertainment Centre concert was released as part of the second disc pack in the Playskool VideoNow Jr. set in 2005 with the Series One episode Foodman. Those releases have made it online and can be viewed on YouTube. Four more episodes that feature songs from Wiggle Time and Yummy Yummy were included in the promotional DVD "Introducing... The Wiggles" that was only released in the United Kingdom in 2004. All episodes from the DVD have made it online. The "Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car" episode was included as a video exclusive on the compilation album Pop Jr TV Songs that was released in the United Kingdom in 2008. The "Big Red Car", "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" and "I Climb Ten Stairs" episodes on the other hand were released as part of the Wiggly Circus PC game that was released in 1999. Recordings of the episodes original airings are also very rare with very little of said recordings surfacing.
In August 2022, the group uploaded a large majority of the episodes containing songs from the Melbourne Sports & Entertainment Centre concert. However, We Like To Say Hello was not among the songs uploaded. The upload confirms that the group still have the series in their archives.
Gallery
See Also
TV
- The Wiggles Live at Disneyland (found Australian TV special; 1998)
- The Wiggles (partially found alternate versions of episodes of children's show; 1998-2011)
- The Wiggles Series One (partially lost deleted scenes of children's live-action series; 1997-1998)
- The Wiggles Show (partially found animated songs from children's show; mid-2000s)
- The Wiggles (lost unaired ABC pilot featuring children's group; 1995)
- The Wiggles Show (found Latin American adaptation of children's series; 2006)
- The Wiggles (partially found Taiwanese adaptation of children's series; 2003-2007)
- Wiggle and Learn (lost unreleased original version of children's TV series; 2006)
- A Wiggly Postcard from Asia (lost TV special of The Wiggles tour; existence unconfirmed; 2003)
- Dorothy The Dinosaur (lost episodes of unreleased fourth season of children's TV series; 2016)
- The Wiggles (lost Indian adaptations of children TV series; existence unconfirmed; 2006)
- Wiggle Time! (found Canadian-exclusive Wiggles series; 2019)
Concerts
- The Wiggles Big Show (partially lost footage of Melbourne performance; 1997)
- Wiggly Party: Live in Concert (partially found footage of Vodafone Arena performance; 2001)
- Yule Be Wiggling Christmas Show (lost footage of "The Wiggles" live performance; existence unconfirmed; 2000)
- Toot Toot Show! (partially lost footage of The Wiggles performance; 1998)
- The Wiggles - NASA (lost footage of National Aeronautics and Space Administration performance; 2004)
- Santa's Rockin'! Live In Concert (partially lost footage of Sydney Entertainment Centre performance; 2004)
- Wiggly Safari Show (partially found footage of The Wiggles performances; 2002)
- Wiggledancing! Live On Stage (partially found pro-shot recordings of concert tour; 2006)
- Greatest Hits In The Round (partially lost Acer Arena performance of The Wiggles; 2010)
- Christmas Celebration (lost footage of The Wiggles final performance; 2012)
- The Wiggles LIVE In Concert Tsunami Relief Benefit Concert (partially found footage of Indian Ocean earthquake fundraiser performance; 2005)
- The Wiggly Big Show Tour (lost footage of "The Wiggles" live performance; 1999)
- The Wiggles Reunion Show (partially lost footage of Melbourne performance; 2016)
- Pop Go The Wiggles Show (partially found footage of The Wiggles tour; 2007)
- Sailing Around The World Live! (partially lost recordings of The Wiggles tour; 2005-2006)
- Big Red Car Tour (partially found footage of The Wiggles concert tour; 1995-1996)
- The Wiggles (lost video recordings from Wonderland Sydney concert; 2001)
Videos
- Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (partially found original version of Wiggles video; 1996)
- Wake Up Jeff! (partially found original version of Wiggles video; 1996)
- A Wiggle Tale: Dorothy the Dinosaur Goes to Hospital (found promotional VHS tape; 1999)
- Getting Strong! (partially found original version of Wiggles video; 2006)
- The Wiggles (partially lost widescreen versions of children's videos; 2002-2004)
- Dancing Ride (found The Wiggles music video; 2001)
- LIVE Hot Potatoes! (found uncut version of Wiggles video; 2005)
- Overture Introductions (lost pre-show videos from The Wiggles tour; 2004)
- The Wiggles (partially found unreleased music videos of children's group; 2000s-2020s)
- Toot Toot! (found original version of The Wiggles video; 1998)
- Pop Go The Wiggles (lost unreleased version of The Wiggles video; existence unconfirmed; 2006)
Music
- Get Ready To Wiggle! (lost "The Wiggles" UK album; 1999)
- The Wiggles Show (partially lost songs from Latin American children's series; 2006)
- The Wiggles (partially lost re-recorded instrumentals of Australian children's band; 2000s)
Miscellaneous
- WiggleWorld (partially found interactive children's website; 2000-2001)
- Neighbours "Episode 3896" (partially found episode of Australian soap opera; 2001)
- Mister Moose's Fun Time (partially found spin-off of "The All New Captain Kangaroo" Fox Kids children's series reboot; late 1990s)
- Preschool Musical... On a Stick (partially lost PBS Kids Sprout "High School Musical" parody; 2008)
External Link
References
- ↑ 01 Jul 1997, Page 26 - The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 03 Apr '22
- ↑ Let's Wiggle poster (from The Wiggles Exhibition) Retrieved 08 Mar '23
- ↑ 2 Sep 2000, Page 148 - The Ottawa Citizen Retrieved 08 Apr '23
- ↑ Listing schedules for August 1 - 31, 2004 on TVO Retrieved 20 Apr '22
- ↑ Comment from a YouTuber Retrieved 05 Sep '22
- ↑ Old/defunct VideoNow website shop that sold the HIT Entertainment PVDs Retrieved 01 Aug '21
