Wiggle Time
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Wiggle Time is The Wiggles
' first full-length feature home video, released in 1993. Dorothy the Dinosaur, Captain Feathersword and Henry the Octopus appeared in this video (Wags the Dog did not appear, however, because he hadn't even been created yet at the time). This video had songs from the albums The Wiggles
, Here Comes a Song
, and Stories and Songs: The Adventures of Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate
. This was also one of the group's most popular videos.
Jeff has fallen asleep while standing and then Anthony, Greg and Murray arrive that they just realized that he had fallen asleep, the Wiggles didn't know what to do, Murray thought that if they can play a trick on Jeff to wake him up. Greg thought it was a great idea and so the Wiggles played a trick on him to wake him up. So Greg asked everybody to wake him up that when we count to 3, we all need to yell Wake Up Jeff!. 1, 2, 3, Wake Up, Jeff! Jeff jumps and screams and then runs around to the back of the set and then to the front. Anthony asks Jeff if he's awake now and he said that he is awake. Anthony was glad for him to be awake because they want everyone to Wiggle with them and its a great idea for Jeff and the others, and now its time to Wiggle! Lets Wiggle now here we go!
Murray grabs his electric guitar, Anthony plays a drum, and Jeff plays keyboard.
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 were growling, Captain Feathersword tickled them with the feathersword and Murray told that it was Captain Feathersword who was tickling them. Greg told Captain Feathersword to stop tickling him and then he says that can he show them a pirate dance that he can teach them. So he knows a pirate dance because he is a pirate. They can do the dance and they danced like pirates to the next song.
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. Greg, Anthony and Jeff do the animal noises with Murray, (Except the little pig, OINK!) They do duck quacking, cow mooing, rooster crowing, cats meowing, not pig oinking (the Wiggles jump in surprise and look around for the pig when they hear that sound). The goats shook their heads and went beh. Murray thought what else was on the ark, and there were some long-eared donkeys that went hee-haw, hee-haw. And then Murray tells everyone if they can go aboard on Uncle Noah's ark.
All of The Wiggles have puppets of the animals, while Jeff also plays Uncle Noah, and Murray plays a ukelele.
The Wiggles and some kids are doing paintings using droppers. Anthony holds out his dropper and tells that when it falls out of the dropper, it looks like rain.
Murray and Jeff both play acoustic guitars, while Anthony plays what looks like a harp.
Anthony talks about Dorothy the Dinosaur. Wherever she goes, sings and plays, she comes along with the Wiggles, she says "romp bomp a chomp." As the Wiggles repeat "romp bomp a chomp," they make chomping gestures with their hands. 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 that she's over there, so they looked for Dorothy by moving to the camera's right side of the set. But she isn't there. Greg asks where? Oh, she's on the other side? And they are moving to the left side of the camera and they looked over there. While the Wiggles scurry to the left, Dorothy in the back part of the set scurries to the right side of the camera. Greg asks everyone if they're sure they've seen Dorothy; maybe it was a trick that we were doing. Dorothy walks up behind Jeff. She's where? Behind Jeff? Jeff looks to his left as Greg told him that she is behind him, but Dorothy is still behind Jeff, who says she isn't behind me. Greg tells him she's really is there, she really is. Jeff says he'll have another look, this time to the right and he sees Dorothy. But Jeff thought the first time she is still not there but Jeff affirms she's there, and then they all jump in surprise. They were happy to see her since everyone knows how to sing "romp bomp a chomp" as when they all sing the next song "Dorothy the Dinosaur".
Murray plays his guitar, and Anthony introduces the dialogue from the album.
Greg does the magic show about the coloring book with Anthony and Jeff doing the music of "Sing A Song Of Polly" for background music.
Greg has a hat and a cape. In the background, Anthony has playing a pipe flute and Jeff is playing an accordion. They're playing "Sing A Song Of Polly" in the background. Anthony plays a tin whistle and Jeff plays an accordion.
Greg has a picture book, but as he flips through the pages, there aren't any pictures. Let's take another look just to make sure. He flips through them again, but no pictures. He asks if you could help him do some magic to put some pictures in there? Great. Everyone get out their magic pencil in their pocket, and draw some pictures in the air for him. Then throw the pictures in the coloring book. He flips through the book and now there are a bunch of drawings. Did you do that? Raise your hand if you did. You're all so clever. Now let's put some color in those pictures. Rub some color from your clothes (Greg rubs shirt) and then throw them at the book. Take a look now. Greg flips through the book but there's no color. Greg ponders and then realizes he forgot to use his magic wand, which he pulls out. How silly. He has everyone rub colors off their clothes. Greg waves the magic wand and has the audience throw the color at the book. Greg 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.
Murray plays electric guitar, Anthony plays tambourine, and Jeff plays accordion.
Jeff pretends to be an octopus with an extra shirt on. He is making blubbering noises while the half worn purple shirt is over his head covering everything but his face as he swings around the sleeves. 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.
Murray and Anthony play acoustic guitars, while Greg and Jeff are sitting with some children.
The Wiggles and some kids are having a teddy bears picnic and everyone has brought their favorite bear along, Perhaps you can have a teddy bears' picnic at home. Then Greg says that he knows a song about teddy bears, and he asks if everyone can sing and do the actions with them. And so everyone stands up and do the dance.
The Wiggles and some kids are making their fruit salad while they all seated at the low table together and Anthony explains about making fruit salad. You can even make your own fruit salad at home. Make sure there's an adult there and that you use a plastic knife.
The Wiggles and all the kids are marching along to Dorothy's birthday party. Anthony is playing an acoustic guitar and leading the line of all kids and the Wiggles. The kids are holding presents to give to Dorothy. He stops and tells everyone to stop and he tells everyone that they're going to Dorothy the Dinosaur's birthday party One kid yells by saying "Yeah!" and Anthony asks if we can come with them to march and the same kid from the march that yelled yeah! he yells "Yeah!" again because he is just a one year old, so Anthony tells us to come along and join in the march over to the party. Then they continue marching around singing and then walk off the set.
The Wiggles do a song for Dorothy's birthday party.
Greg remarks what a great party it was, but now they're tired so it's time to go. They all say goodbye and then they all fell asleep except for Jeff. Then Jeff tries to wake them up by telling them to wake up by saying Wake Up, Wiggles! Wake Up! but they didn't wake up. Jeff then crosses his arms and shakes his head with a sigh. But it's always Jeff that falls asleep, isn't it, but it doesn't matter.
The credits come up with "Get Ready To Wiggle (Instrumental)" for background music.
Also Featuring
Dance segment (I love it when it rains) choreographed by Jacqueline Fallon and Performed by Mary Anne Hull and Rose Hull
Thanks to the children: Luke, Clare and Joseph Field; Anthony, Sofie and Leonardo Silvestrini; Timothy and James Rioseco; Nicholas Raymond Donald Hull.
Uncredited appearances
.
It hasn't been released on DVD
yet, as with Yummy Yummy
, Big Red Car, Wake Up Jeff or Wiggledance! (Live in Concert)
(although Big Red Car was released on DVD in the United States
).
The Wiggles
The Wiggles are a children's group formed in Sydney, Australia in 1991. Their original members were Anthony Field, Phillip Wilcher, Murray Cook, Greg Page, and Jeff Fatt. Wilcher left the group after their first album...
' first full-length feature home video, released in 1993. Dorothy the Dinosaur, Captain Feathersword and Henry the Octopus appeared in this video (Wags the Dog did not appear, however, because he hadn't even been created yet at the time). This video had songs from the albums The Wiggles
The Wiggles (album)
-Members:Murray Cook - guitar, bass, vocals, water bubble sounds, Dorothy's voiceJeff Fatt - accordion, Emax, sequencing, "Mischief's" voice, KazooAnthony Field - tin whistle, didgeridoo, vocals, chief Kabasa playerGreg Page - vocals, guitar, hand claps...
, Here Comes a Song
Here Comes a Song
Here Comes a Song is The Wiggles' second album, released in 1992.This was the first time The Wiggles appeared in their coloured skivies. Phillip Wilcher, who left shortly after the release of the band's first album from 1991, was supposed to stay as a behind-the-scenes writer for this album, but at...
, and Stories and Songs: The Adventures of Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate
Stories and Songs: The Adventures of Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate
Stories and Songs: The Adventures of Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate is The Wiggles' third album, released in 1993.-Stories:# Meet Captain Feathersword and His Friends# The Storm# Buried Treasure...
. This was also one of the group's most popular videos.
Song list
- Get Ready to Wiggle
- Here Comes A Bear
- Captain Feathersword
- Uncle Noah's Ark
- I Love It When It Rains
- Dorothy The Dinosaur
- Gregs Magic Trick - Sing A Song Of Polly
- Whenever I Hear This Music
- Henry The Octopus
- Rock-a-Bye Your Bear
- Fruit Salad
- Marching Along
- Dorothy's Birthday Party
Plot
Opening - The Wiggles are waving 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 that they just realized that he had fallen asleep, the Wiggles didn't know what to do, Murray thought that if they can play a trick on Jeff to wake him up. Greg thought it was a great idea and so the Wiggles played a trick on him to wake him up. So Greg asked everybody to wake him up that when we count to 3, we all need to yell Wake Up Jeff!. 1, 2, 3, Wake Up, Jeff! Jeff jumps and screams and then runs around to the back of the set and then to the front. Anthony asks Jeff if he's awake now and he said that he is awake. Anthony was glad for him to be awake because they want everyone to Wiggle with them and its a great idea for Jeff and the others, and now its time to Wiggle! Lets Wiggle now here we go!
- Song 1: Get Ready To Wiggle
Murray grabs his electric guitar, Anthony plays a drum, and Jeff plays keyboard.
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.
- Song 2: Here Comes A Bear
While Jeff, Greg and Murray were growling, Captain Feathersword tickled them with the feathersword and Murray told that it was Captain Feathersword who was tickling them. Greg told Captain Feathersword to stop tickling him and then he says that can he show them a pirate dance that he can teach them. So he knows a pirate dance because he is a pirate. They can do the dance and they danced like pirates to the next song.
- Song 3: Captain Feathersword
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. Greg, Anthony and Jeff do the animal noises with Murray, (Except the little pig, OINK!) They do duck quacking, cow mooing, rooster crowing, cats meowing, not pig oinking (the Wiggles jump in surprise and look around for the pig when they hear that sound). The goats shook their heads and went beh. Murray thought what else was on the ark, and there were some long-eared donkeys that went hee-haw, hee-haw. And then Murray tells everyone if they can go aboard on Uncle Noah's ark.
- Song 4: Uncle Noah's Ark
All of The Wiggles have puppets of the animals, while Jeff also plays Uncle Noah, and Murray plays a ukelele.
The Wiggles and some kids are doing paintings using droppers. Anthony holds out his dropper and tells that when it falls out of the dropper, it looks like rain.
- Song 5: I Love When It Rains
Murray and Jeff both play acoustic guitars, while Anthony plays what looks like a harp.
Anthony talks about Dorothy the Dinosaur. Wherever she goes, sings and plays, she comes along with the Wiggles, she says "romp bomp a chomp." As the Wiggles repeat "romp bomp a chomp," they make chomping gestures with their hands. 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 that she's over there, so they looked for Dorothy by moving to the camera's right side of the set. But she isn't there. Greg asks where? Oh, she's on the other side? And they are moving to the left side of the camera and they looked over there. While the Wiggles scurry to the left, Dorothy in the back part of the set scurries to the right side of the camera. Greg asks everyone if they're sure they've seen Dorothy; maybe it was a trick that we were doing. Dorothy walks up behind Jeff. She's where? Behind Jeff? Jeff looks to his left as Greg told him that she is behind him, but Dorothy is still behind Jeff, who says she isn't behind me. Greg tells him she's really is there, she really is. Jeff says he'll have another look, this time to the right and he sees Dorothy. But Jeff thought the first time she is still not there but Jeff affirms she's there, and then they all jump in surprise. They were happy to see her since everyone knows how to sing "romp bomp a chomp" as when they all sing the next song "Dorothy the Dinosaur".
- Song 6: Dorothy The Dinosaur
Murray plays his guitar, and Anthony introduces the dialogue from the album.
Greg does the magic show about the coloring book with Anthony and Jeff doing the music of "Sing A Song Of Polly" for background music.
- Greg's Magic Trick - Coloring Book Trick
- Song 7: Sing A Song Of Polly
Greg has a hat and a cape. In the background, Anthony has playing a pipe flute and Jeff is playing an accordion. They're playing "Sing A Song Of Polly" in the background. Anthony plays a tin whistle and Jeff plays an accordion.
Greg has a picture book, but as he flips through the pages, there aren't any pictures. Let's take another look just to make sure. He flips through them again, but no pictures. He asks if you could help him do some magic to put some pictures in there? Great. Everyone get out their magic pencil in their pocket, and draw some pictures in the air for him. Then throw the pictures in the coloring book. He flips through the book and now there are a bunch of drawings. Did you do that? Raise your hand if you did. You're all so clever. Now let's put some color in those pictures. Rub some color from your clothes (Greg rubs shirt) and then throw them at the book. Take a look now. Greg flips through the book but there's no color. Greg ponders and then realizes he forgot to use his magic wand, which he pulls out. How silly. He has everyone rub colors off their clothes. Greg waves the magic wand and has the audience throw the color at the book. Greg 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.
- Song 8: Whenever I Hear This Music
Murray plays electric guitar, Anthony plays tambourine, and Jeff plays accordion.
Jeff pretends to be an octopus with an extra shirt on. He is making blubbering noises while the half worn purple shirt is over his head covering everything but his face as he swings around the sleeves. 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.
- Song 9: Henry The Octopus
Murray and Anthony play acoustic guitars, while Greg and Jeff are sitting with some children.
The Wiggles and some kids are having a teddy bears picnic and everyone has brought their favorite bear along, Perhaps you can have a teddy bears' picnic at home. Then Greg says that he knows a song about teddy bears, and he asks if everyone can sing and do the actions with them. And so everyone stands up and do the dance.
- Song 10: Rock A Bye Your Bear
The Wiggles and some kids are making their fruit salad while they all seated at the low table together and Anthony explains about making fruit salad. You can even make your own fruit salad at home. Make sure there's an adult there and that you use a plastic knife.
- Song 11: Fruit Salad
The Wiggles and all the kids are marching along to Dorothy's birthday party. Anthony is playing an acoustic guitar and leading the line of all kids and the Wiggles. The kids are holding presents to give to Dorothy. He stops and tells everyone to stop and he tells everyone that they're going to Dorothy the Dinosaur's birthday party One kid yells by saying "Yeah!" and Anthony asks if we can come with them to march and the same kid from the march that yelled yeah! he yells "Yeah!" again because he is just a one year old, so Anthony tells us to come along and join in the march over to the party. Then they continue marching around singing and then walk off the set.
- Song 12: Marching Along
The Wiggles do a song for Dorothy's birthday party.
- Song 13: Dorothy's Birthday Party
Greg remarks what a great party it was, but now they're tired so it's time to go. They all say goodbye and then they all fell asleep except for Jeff. Then Jeff tries to wake them up by telling them to wake up by saying Wake Up, Wiggles! Wake Up! but they didn't wake up. Jeff then crosses his arms and shakes his head with a sigh. But it's always Jeff that falls asleep, isn't it, but it doesn't matter.
The credits come up with "Get Ready To Wiggle (Instrumental)" for background music.
Cast
The Wiggles- Greg Page
- Anthony FieldAnthony FieldAnthony Donald Field AM is an Australian musician and actor. He is best known as a member of the children's group The Wiggles and the 1980s and 90s band The Cockroaches with his brothers, Paul and John and another future Wiggle, Jeff Fatt.Field was the youngest of seven children, and grew up in...
- Murray CookMurray CookMurray James Cook AM is an Australian vocalist, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as one of the founding members of the children's band The Wiggles...
- Jeff FattJeff FattJeffrey Wayne "Jeff" Fatt AM , is a Chinese Australian musician and actor. He is best known as a member of the children's band The Wiggles and the 1980s and 90s band The Cockroaches...
Also Featuring
Dance segment (I love it when it rains) choreographed by Jacqueline Fallon and Performed by Mary Anne Hull and Rose Hull
Thanks to the children: Luke, Clare and Joseph Field; Anthony, Sofie and Leonardo Silvestrini; Timothy and James Rioseco; Nicholas Raymond Donald Hull.
Uncredited appearances
- Anthony FieldAnthony FieldAnthony Donald Field AM is an Australian musician and actor. He is best known as a member of the children's group The Wiggles and the 1980s and 90s band The Cockroaches with his brothers, Paul and John and another future Wiggle, Jeff Fatt.Field was the youngest of seven children, and grew up in...
– Captain Feathersword - Jacqueline Fallon – Dorothy the Dinosaur & Henry the Octopus
- Murray CookMurray CookMurray James Cook AM is an Australian vocalist, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as one of the founding members of the children's band The Wiggles...
– Dorothy's Voice - Anthony FieldAnthony FieldAnthony Donald Field AM is an Australian musician and actor. He is best known as a member of the children's group The Wiggles and the 1980s and 90s band The Cockroaches with his brothers, Paul and John and another future Wiggle, Jeff Fatt.Field was the youngest of seven children, and grew up in...
– Henry's Voice
Release
The video was released in July 20, 1993 on VHSVHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
.
It hasn't been released on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
yet, as with Yummy Yummy
Yummy Yummy (video)
Yummy Yummy is the second video by the Australian children's band The Wiggles. It was released in 1994 and features Anthony Field's father, John Patrick Field, as John the Cook. It was also the first Wiggles video to use chroma key backgrounding...
, Big Red Car, Wake Up Jeff or Wiggledance! (Live in Concert)
Wiggledance! (Live in Concert)
Wiggledance! Live in Concert is the fifth video by the children's band The Wiggles. It was taped in December 1996 and released in March 1997...
(although Big Red Car was released on DVD in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
).
Trivia
- Anthony wears a green shirt in most of the videos, except Uncle Noah's Ark where he wears blue.
- Uncle Noah's Ark has Greg and Jeff in white pants.
- Here Comes a Bear and Rock-a-Bye Your Bear videos were shown as Bonus Features on their DVD Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles.
- Wags the Dog doesn't appear in this video.