Let's Wiggle (partially found short series for children's band; 1997-1999)
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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 through the cable provider Optus Vision on July 1, 1997 (a year before the group's eponymous television series would premiere)[1] and would also air in Canada on TVO's children's block TVOKids on May 1, 2002[2] until August 31, 2004[3] 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 Video | 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 | Yummy Yummy (1994) | Partially Found | circa. 1997 |
| Henry's Underwater Big Band | Wake Up Jeff! | Partially Lost | circa. 1998 |
| Everybody is Clever | Wake Up Jeff! | Partially Lost | circa. 1998 |
| Romp Bomp A Stomp | Wake Up Jeff! | Found | circa. 1998 |
| Wave to Wags | Wake Up Jeff! | Partially Found | circa. 1998 |
| Hot Potato | The Wiggles Big Show | Found (Low Quality) | circa. 1998 |
| Quack Quack | The Wiggles Big Show | Found (Low Quality) | circa. 1998 |
| Ooh It's Captain Feathersword | The Wiggles Big Show | Found (Low Quality) | circa. 1998 |
| Get Ready To Wiggle | The Wiggles Big Show | Found (Low Quality) | circa. 1998 |
| Wiggle Time! (1998) | Found | October 31, 2002 | |
| Here Comes a Bear | Wiggle Time! (1998) | Lost | May 1, 2002 |
| Captain Feathersword | Wiggle Time! (1998) | Lost | May 2, 2002 |
| Uncle Noah's Ark | Wiggle Time! (1998) | Lost | May 3, 2002 |
| Ponies | Wiggle Time! (1998) | Lost | May 6, 2002 |
| Dorothy the Dinosaur | Wiggle Time! (1998) | Lost | May 7, 2002 |
| Whenever I Hear This Music | Wiggle Time! (1998) | Lost | May 8, 2002 |
| Henry the Octopus | Wiggle Time! (1998) | Lost | May 9, 2002 |
| Rock-a-Bye Your Bear | Wiggle Time! (1998) | Found | May 10, 2002 |
| Magic | Wiggle Time! (1998) | Lost | May 13, 2002 |
| I Love It When It Rains | Wiggle Time! (1998) | Lost | May 14, 2002 |
| Quack Quack | Wiggle Time! (1998) | Found | May 15, 2002 |
| Dorothy's Birthday Party | Wiggle Time! (1998) | Lost | May 16, 2002 |
| The Monkey Dance | Yummy Yummy (1998) | Found | Unknown |
| Look Both Ways | Toot Toot! | Lost | May 17, 2002 |
| John Bradlelum | Toot Toot! | Lost | May 20, 2002 |
| Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes | Toot Toot! | Found | May 21, 2002 |
| Food Food Food (Oh How I Love My Food) | Toot Toot! | Found (Low Quality) | May 22, 2002 |
| Go Captain Feathersword, Ahoy! | Toot Toot! | Lost | May 23, 2002 |
| Dorothy the Dinosaur (Tell Me Who Is That Knocking?) | Toot Toot! | Lost | May 24, 2002 |
| I Climb Ten Stairs | Toot Toot! | Lost | May 27, 2002 |
| Move Your Arms Like Henry | Toot Toot! | Lost | May 28, 2002 |
| Silver Bells That Ring In The Night | Toot Toot! | Lost | May 29, 2002 |
| Wags The Dog, He Likes To Tango | Toot Toot! | Lost | May 30, 2002 |
| Officer Beaple's Dance | Toot Toot! | Lost | May 31, 2002 |
| Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car | Toot Toot! | Found | October 18, 2002 |
| We're Dancing With Wags The Dog | Toot Toot! | Lost | October 21, 2002 |
| Zardo Zap | Toot Toot! | Lost | October 22, 2002 |
| Let's Have A Ceili | Toot Toot! | Lost | October 23, 2002 |
| John Bradlelum | TV Series 2 | Found | circa. 2000 |
| Henry's Underwater Big Band | TV Series 2 | Lost | October 24, 2002 |
| Hat On My Head | TV Series 2 | Lost | October 25, 2002 |
| Big Red Car | TV Series 2 | Found | October 28, 2002 |
| Our Boat Is Rocking On The Sea | TV Series 2 | Lost | October 29, 2002 |
| Having Fun At The Beach | TV Series 2 | Lost | October 30, 2002 |
Unconfirmed
| Song Title | Original Video | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Get Ready To Wiggle | Wiggle Time! (1993) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Captain Feathersword | Wiggle Time! (1993) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Uncle Noah's Ark | Wiggle Time! (1993) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| I Love It When It Rains | Wiggle Time! (1993) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Dorothy the Dinosaur | Wiggle Time! (1993) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Colouring Book Trick | Wiggle Time! (1993) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Whenever I Hear This Music | Wiggle Time! (1993) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Henry the Octopus | Wiggle Time! (1993) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Rock-a-Bye Your Bear | Wiggle Time! (1993) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Fruit Salad | Wiggle Time! (1993) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Marching Along | Wiggle Time! (1993) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Dorothy's Birthday Party | Wiggle Time! (1993) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Hot Potato | Yummy Yummy (1994) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Shaky Shaky | Yummy Yummy (1994) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Teddy Bear Hug | Yummy Yummy (1994) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| I Am a Dancer | Yummy Yummy (1994) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Crunchy Munchy Honey Cakes | Yummy Yummy (1994) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Numbers Rhumba | Yummy Yummy (1994) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Joannie Works with One Hammer | Yummy Yummy (1994) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| The Monkey Dance | Yummy Yummy (1994) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Henry's Dance | Yummy Yummy (1994) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Dorothy's Birthday Party | Yummy Yummy (1994) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| We Like to Say Hello | Wake Up Jeff! | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Having Fun at the Beach | Wake Up Jeff! | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Bing Bang Bong (That's a Pirate Song) | Wake Up Jeff! | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Bucket of Dew/Paddy Condon from Cobar | Wake Up Jeff! | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Wake Up Jeff! | Wake Up Jeff! | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Dorothy (Would You Like to Dance?) | Wake Up Jeff! | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Take a Trip Out on the Sea | Wake Up Jeff! | Existence Unconfirmed |
| I Can Do So Many Things | Wake Up Jeff! | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Piper's Waltz | Wake Up Jeff! | Existence Unconfirmed |
| We Like To Say Hello | The Wiggles Big Show | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Can You Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist? | The Wiggles Big Show | Existence Unconfirmed |
| D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur) | The Wiggles Big Show | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Di Dicki Do Dum | The Wiggles Big Show | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Wake Up Jeff! | The Wiggles Big Show | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Wave To Wags | The Wiggles Big Show | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Tap Wags | The Wiggles Big Show | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Five Little Ducks | The Wiggles Big Show | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Henry's Dance | The Wiggles Big Show | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Baby Baluga | The Wiggles Big Show | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Nya Nya Nya | The Wiggles Big Show | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Wiggly Medley | 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) | Yummy Yummy (1998) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Pufferbillies | Yummy Yummy (1998) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Henry's Dance | Yummy Yummy (1998) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Walk | Yummy Yummy (1998) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Joannie Works with One Hammer | Yummy Yummy (1998) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Crunchy Munchy Honey Cakes | Yummy Yummy (1998) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Shaky Shaky | Yummy Yummy (1998) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Teddy Bear Hug | Yummy Yummy (1998) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Havenu Shalom Alechem | Yummy Yummy (1998) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| I Am a Dancer | Yummy Yummy (1998) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| The Box of Mystery | Yummy Yummy (1998) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Numbers Rhumba | Yummy Yummy (1998) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Fruit Salad | Yummy Yummy (1998) | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Bathtime | Toot Toot! | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Do the Wiggle Groove | Toot Toot! | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Balla Balla Bambina | Toot Toot! | 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[4] in 2006 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 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.
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 (partially lost 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 (rumored/lost TV special of The Wiggles tour; existence unconfirmed; 2003)
- Dorothy The Dinosaur (unreleased fourth season of children's TV series; 2016)
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; 2000; existence unconfirmed)
- 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'! Concert (partially found 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)
- Sailing Around The World Live! (partially lost recordings of The Wiggles tour; 2005-2006)
- Pop Go The Wiggles Show (partially found footage of The Wiggles tour; 2007)
- Big Red Car Tour (partially found footage of The Wiggles concert tour; 1995-1996)
Videos
- Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (partially found original version of music video from album; 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)
External Link
References
- ↑ 01 Jul 1997, Page 26 - The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 03 Apr '22
- ↑ Listing schedules for May 1 - 31, 2002 on TVO Retrieved 03 Apr '22
- ↑ Listing schedules for August 1 - 31, 2004 on TVO Retrieved 20 Apr '22
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20061117194724/http://www.hasbro.com/playskool/videonowjr/default.cfm?page=browse&pg=3