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The tour's poster

Status: Partially Found

Wiggly Safari is the fourteenth album by the Australian children's group The Wiggles that was released on February 4, 2002 with it's video of the same name being released five months later. The album and video are known for it being a collaboration with Australian wildlife expert/television personality Steve Irwin a.k.a. "The Crocodile Hunter" and the video being filmed at the famed Australian Zoo in Queensland, Australia. Nearly twenty years after it's release, both the album and video have been regarded as fan favorites. A tour (without Irwin) would commence in December 2002 to promote the album and video.

History

Photo of the setlist from the tour's programme

The tour started on December 3rd at the Perth Challenge Stadium and ended on December 23rd at the Sydney Entertainment Centre^[1] with the group continuing to promote the Wiggly Safari album and video throughout the United States the very next year^[2]. The stage would feature mostly inflatable set pieces to resemble the safari setting supplied by Inflatable Image Technologies^[3]^[4] and the setlist would feature several songs from the Wiggly Safari album with some being sung just for the tour including Butterflies Flit, Cocky Want A Cracker, Wobbly Camel and The Wiggle Owl Medley (which debuted live a year earlier). The popular children's song Head, Shoulders, Knees And Toes (which appeared on the group's 1998 album Toot Toot!) would also debut live on the tour. The tour would also be notable for Greg departing halfway through the tour due to the death of his Mother In-Law with backup dancer (and future Yellow Wiggle) Sam Moran to fill in for the rest of the tour to a positive reception. The tour also marked the first time the cover of Rolf Harris' Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport (which appeared on the It's A Wiggly Wiggly World album and video in 2000) would be performed. The song would be performed several more times before permanently disappearing from live performances and album releases after 2014^[5].

Availability

Alleged screenshot of Greg and Captain Feathersword

It's confirmed that at least one show from the tour was recorded as a photo of Greg (without his usually short-sleeved skivvy for touring) performing on tour has surfaced online with the exact date and venue being unknown. Outside of various photos from the tour being recorded, no pro-shot footage from the tour had surfaced. Until November 27, 2018, when the bassist from the tour Mark Slane, uploaded 66 seconds of pro-shot footage from the tour. The footage starts with the end of Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep On His Pirate Ship a.k.a. Quack Quack and Anthony introducing Slane as the new touring bassist before introducing Butterflies Flit. He also mentioned that "Greg had to go away of course.." meaning that this footage came from one of the shows Moran did. Just like the previously mentioned photo of Greg in his long-sleeved skivvy, the venue and date of this footage is unknown. It's unknown if Slane has the rest of the footage or if the clip he uploaded could be donated to him by the group. On March 4, 2022, Instagram user wigglesenthusiasts2 uploaded five muted seconds of one of Greg's performances that came from user charlieploughman, venue and date also unknown^[6]. Any full performances have yet to surface.

Footage

66 seconds of pro-shot footage uploaded by Mark Slane

5 muted seconds of pro-shot footage from charlieploughman and uploaded by wigglesenthusiasts2

Pictures

Photo of the stage during the Overture
Photo of the stage being set
Performance of Toot Toot and the Hoop-Dee-Doo prologue
Performance of Toot Toot (1/5)
Performance of Toot Toot (2/5)
Performance of Toot Toot (3/5)
Performance of Toot Toot (4/5)
Performance of Toot Toot (5/5)
Performance of Toot Toot with Sam Moran (1/2)
Performance of Toot Toot with Sam Moran (2/2)
Performance of Here Come The Wiggles (1/5)
Performance of Here Come The Wiggles (2/5)
Performance of Here Come The Wiggles (3/5)
Performance of Here Come The Wiggles (4/5)
Performance of Here Come The Wiggles (5/5)
Jeff falling asleep
Performance of Hoop-Dee-Doo
Performance of Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport (1/2)
Performance of Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport (2/2)
Performance of Marie's Wedding
Performance of Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do The Twist?)
Captain Feathersword during the concert
Performance of Butterflies Flit
Performance of Here Come The Reindeer
Photo of the group with Sam Moran filling in for Greg waving to the crowd
Performance of Christmas Medley
Performance of Butterflies Flit
Performance of Play Your Guitar With Murray
Performance of Toot Toot
Performance of Toot Toot
Performance of Here Come The Reindeer
Peformance of Play Your Guitar With Murray
Anthony during the concert
Dorothy during the concert
Performance of Marie's Wedding
Performance of Marie's Wedding
Performance of We're Dancing With Wags The Dog
Performance of And The World Is One On A Christmas Morning
Performance of Hoop Dee Doo
Performance of an unknown song
Performance of Here Come The Wiggles
Murray during the concert
Anthony, Jeff and the back-up dancers during the concert

References

[1] ttp://web.archive.org/web/20021216022545/http://www.thewiggles.com.au/country/australia/concerts.html

[2] ttp://web.archive.org/web/20030201090304/http://www.thewiggles.com.au/country/usa/concerts.html

[3] ttp://www.inflatable.net/indexce5f.html?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&Itemid=43&limit=1&limitstart=1

[4] ttp://www.inflatable.net/index69b1.html?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&Itemid=43&limit=1&limitstart=4

[5] ttps://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/rolf-harris-stripped-of-his-aria-hall-of-fame-induction-20140701-zss4t.html

[6] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/CaszcrQu2IB/

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 Wiggly Safari is the fourteenth album by the Australian children's group The Wiggles that was released on February 4, 2002 with it's video of the same name being released five months later. The album and video are known for it being a collaboration with Australian wildlife expert/television personality Steve Irwin a.k.a. "The Crocodile Hunter" and the video being filmed at the famed Australian Zoo in Queensland, Australia. Nearly twenty years after it's release, both the album and video have been regarded as fan favorites. A tour (without Irwin) would commence in December 2002 to promote the album and video.
+==History==
 [[File:CFA5237B-9210-478D-BF79-4F2018421CE6.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Photo of the setlist from the tour's programme]]
-The tour started on December 3rd at the Perth Challenge Stadium and ended on December 23rd at the Sydney Entertainment Centre<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20021216022545/http://www.thewiggles.com.au/country/australia/concerts.html</ref> with the group performing at the Christmas Day Parade in Walt Disney World<ref>http://samsdisneydiary.com/2019/12/26/2002-walt-disney-world-christmas-day-parade-twas-the-night-before-christmas/</ref>. The stage would feature mostly inflatable set pieces to resemble the safari setting supplied by Inflatable Image Technologies<ref>http://www.inflatable.net/indexce5f.html?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&Itemid=43&limit=1&limitstart=1</ref><ref>http://www.inflatable.net/index69b1.html?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&Itemid=43&limit=1&limitstart=4</ref> and the setlist would feature several songs from the Wiggly Safari album with some being sung just for the tour including Butterflies Flit, Cocky Want A Cracker, Wobbly Camel and The Wiggle Owl Medley (which debuted live a year earlier). The popular children's song Head, Shoulders, Knees And Toes (which appeared on the group's 1998 album Toot Toot!) would also debut live on the tour. The tour would also be notable for Greg departing halfway through the tour due to the death of his Mother In-Law with backup dancer (and future Yellow Wiggle) Sam Moran to fill in for the rest of the tour to a positive reception. The tour also marked the last time the cover of Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport would be performed until 2012 before permanently disappearing from live performances and album releases<ref>http://au.bukvar.mk/news/?newsid=1wb</ref>.
+The tour started on December 3rd at the Perth Challenge Stadium and ended on December 23rd at the Sydney Entertainment Centre<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20021216022545/http://www.thewiggles.com.au/country/australia/concerts.html</ref> with the group continuing to promote the Wiggly Safari album and video throughout the United States the very next year<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20030201090304/http://www.thewiggles.com.au/country/usa/concerts.html</ref>. The stage would feature mostly inflatable set pieces to resemble the safari setting supplied by Inflatable Image Technologies<ref>http://www.inflatable.net/indexce5f.html?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&Itemid=43&limit=1&limitstart=1</ref><ref>http://www.inflatable.net/index69b1.html?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&Itemid=43&limit=1&limitstart=4</ref> and the setlist would feature several songs from the Wiggly Safari album with some being sung just for the tour including Butterflies Flit, Cocky Want A Cracker, Wobbly Camel and The Wiggle Owl Medley (which debuted live a year earlier). The popular children's song Head, Shoulders, Knees And Toes (which appeared on the group's 1998 album Toot Toot!) would also debut live on the tour. The tour would also be notable for Greg departing halfway through the tour due to the death of his Mother In-Law with backup dancer (and future Yellow Wiggle) Sam Moran to fill in for the rest of the tour to a positive reception. The tour also marked the first time the cover of Rolf Harris' Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport (which appeared on the It's A Wiggly Wiggly World album and video in 2000) would be performed. The song would be performed several more times before permanently disappearing from live performances and album releases after 2014<ref>https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/rolf-harris-stripped-of-his-aria-hall-of-fame-induction-20140701-zss4t.html</ref>.
+==Availability==
 [[File:CaptainandGreginTheWigglySafariShow.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Alleged screenshot of Greg and Captain Feathersword]]
-It's confirmed that at least one show from the tour was recorded as a photo of Greg (without his usually short-sleeved skivvy for touring) performing on tour has surfaced online with the exact date and venue being unknown. Outside of various photos from the tour being recorded, no pro-shot footage from the tour had surfaced. Until November 27, 2018, when the bassist from the tour Mark Slane, uploaded 66 seconds of pro-shot footage from the tour. The footage starts with the end of Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep On His Pirate Ship a.k.a. Quack Quack and Anthony introducing Slane as the new touring bassist before introducing Butterflies Flit. He also mentioned that "Greg had to go away of course.." meaning that this footage came from one of the shows Moran did. Just like the previously mentioned photo of Greg in his long-sleeved skivvy, the venue and date of this footage is unknown. It's unknown if Slane has the rest of the footage or if the clip he uploaded could be donated to him by the group. No footage from any of Greg's performances have surfaced.
+It's confirmed that at least one show from the tour was recorded as a photo of Greg (without his usually short-sleeved skivvy for touring) performing on tour has surfaced online with the exact date and venue being unknown. Outside of various photos from the tour being recorded, no pro-shot footage from the tour had surfaced. Until November 27, 2018, when the bassist from the tour Mark Slane, uploaded 66 seconds of pro-shot footage from the tour. The footage starts with the end of Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep On His Pirate Ship a.k.a. Quack Quack and Anthony introducing Slane as the new touring bassist before introducing Butterflies Flit. He also mentioned that "Greg had to go away of course.." meaning that this footage came from one of the shows Moran did. Just like the previously mentioned photo of Greg in his long-sleeved skivvy, the venue and date of this footage is unknown. It's unknown if Slane has the rest of the footage or if the clip he uploaded could be donated to him by the group. On March 4, 2022, Instagram user wigglesenthusiasts2 uploaded five muted seconds of one of Greg's performances that came from user charlieploughman, venue and date also unknown<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CaszcrQu2IB/</ref>. Any full performances have yet to surface.
 ==Footage==
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 ==Pictures==
-<gallery mode=packed heights=150px>
+<gallery mode=packed heights=130px>
-Wiggles2 (2).jpg|Photo of the stage being set with two photos from a performance from that stage
+274500372 642714956789847 2093636151079309563 n.jpg|Photo of the stage during the Overture
-MoveYourArmsLikeHenry-2003Live.jpg|Performance of Here Come The Wiggles
+Wiggleskidsshow5.png|Photo of the stage being set
+Wiggleskidsshow3.png|Performance of Toot Toot and the Hoop-Dee-Doo prologue
+Screenshot 2022-03-27 113736.png|Performance of Toot Toot (1/5)
+WigglySafariShowTootToot.jpg|Performance of Toot Toot (2/5)
+Screenshot 2022-03-27 113808.png|Performance of Toot Toot (3/5)
+WigglySafariShowTootToot2.jpg|Performance of Toot Toot (4/5)
+Screenshot 2022-03-27 113825.png|Performance of Toot Toot (5/5)
+Saminwigglysafarishow1.png|Performance of Toot Toot with Sam Moran (1/2)
+Saminwigglysafarishow2.png|Performance of Toot Toot with Sam Moran (2/2)
+MoveYourArmsLikeHenry-2003Live.jpg|Performance of Here Come The Wiggles (1/5)
+Screenshot 2022-03-27 113703.png|Performance of Here Come The Wiggles (2/5)
+Screenshot 2022-03-27 113720.png|Performance of Here Come The Wiggles (3/5)
+Screenshot 2022-03-27 113751.png|Performance of Here Come The Wiggles (4/5)
+.png|Performance of Here Come The Wiggles (5/5)
+A475B892-AA7F-459D-8EA6-5A73A00F2293.png|Jeff falling asleep
+.png|Performance of Hoop-Dee-Doo
+278054002 109865854923253 8822805221374663261 n.jpg|Performance of Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport (1/2)
+278009037 580950549542789 8329569848870526162 n.jpg|Performance of Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport (2/2)
 Marie% 27s Wedding Live.jpg|Performance of Marie's Wedding
-Cocky Want a Cracker.jpg|Performance of Cocky Want A Cracker
+A6CF-1930-4FBC-BF15-AA46039FDBEC.png|Performance of Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do The Twist?)
+Screenshot 2022-03-27 113603.png|Captain Feathersword during the concert
+Screenshot 2022-03-27 113645.png|Performance of Butterflies Flit
+Cocky Want a Cracker.jpg|Performance of Here Come The Reindeer
 The dunedin town hall during the wiggles 2001 conc 1855124002.jpg|Photo of the group with Sam Moran filling in for Greg waving to the crowd
-239414051 571619194250870 6739692049427890691 n.jpg|Photo of Christmas Medley
+239414051 571619194250870 6739692049427890691 n.jpg|Performance of Christmas Medley
+331198508 776197697223918 7189725573867559028 n.jpg|Performance of Butterflies Flit
+331557423 725641385619545 8684991798063152003 n.jpg|Performance of Play Your Guitar With Murray
+331233708 500671005604175 1108669924285107148 n.jpg|Performance of Toot Toot
+331001762 868798927558542 4159837700536413676 n.jpg|Performance of Toot Toot
+329725277 539931794902345 8381338314631506807 n.jpg|Performance of Here Come The Reindeer
+331174595 1884887791855638 4151767586705810535 n.jpg|Peformance of Play Your Guitar With Murray
+331169559 913648426430313 6689824937645276696 n.jpg|Anthony during the concert
+331125213 217478904119805 8858574164419728149 n.jpg|Dorothy during the concert
+330992412 1363057204488297 9142400166118834304 n.jpg|Performance of Marie's Wedding
+331152552 131836019801276 3913077408166218744 n.jpg|Performance of Marie's Wedding
+331361436 643433687544054 7122484899940202218 n.jpg|Performance of We're Dancing With Wags The Dog
+330862590 6330559726994851 8777746581290404924 n.jpg|Performance of And The World Is One On A Christmas Morning
+331001580 140519628605782 4335496548352409147 n.jpg|Performance of Hoop Dee Doo
+331149165 1131240277550879 8537610305524862441 n.jpg|Performance of an unknown song
+331047755 152245310645907 6716959429568115542 n.jpg|Performance of Here Come The Wiggles
+329226259 3015880272040761 7207685697443079700 n.jpg|Murray during the concert
+331158896 718681069810153 158845239193894112 n.jpg|Anthony, Jeff and the back-up dancers during the concert
 </gallery>
 ==See Also==
+===TV===
 *[[The Wiggles Live at Disneyland (found Australian TV special; 1998)]]
-*[[The Wiggles Big Show (partially lost footage of Melbourne performance; 1997)]]
-*[[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)]]
 *[[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 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 Show (partially found animated songs from children's show; mid-2000s)]]
 *[[The Wiggles (lost unaired ABC pilot featuring children's group; 1995)]]
-*[[Wiggly Party Live in Concert (partially found footage of Vodafone Arena performance; 2001)]]
+*[[The Wiggles Show (found Latin American adaptation of children's series; 2006)]]
-*[[The Wiggles (partially lost widescreen versions of children's videos; 2002-2004)]]
-*[[The Wiggles Show (partially found Latin American adaptation of children's series; 2006)]]
 *[[Let's Wiggle (partially found short series for children's band; 1997-1999)]]
 *[[The Wiggles (partially found Taiwanese adaptation of children's series; 2003-2007)]]
-*[[Yule Be Wiggling Christmas Show (lost footage of The Wiggles live performance; 2000; existence unconfirmed)]]
+*[[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)]]
+===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)]]
-*[[Getting Strong! (partially found original version of Wiggles video; 2006)]]
 *[[The Wiggles - NASA (lost footage of National Aeronautics and Space Administration performance; 2004)]]
-*[[Santa's Rockin'! Concert (partially found footage of The Wiggles performance; 2004)]]
+*[[Santa's Rockin'! Live In Concert (partially lost footage of Sydney Entertainment Centre performance; 2004)]]
 *[[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)]]
 ==References==