Wiggledance!

Wiggledance! is the fifth video by the children's band The Wiggles and their first full-length concert video.[1] It was filmed during their December 1996 concerts at the Seymour Centre, and released in June 1997.[1]

Wiggledance!
Wiggledance! VHS cover
Directed byDean Covell
Produced byDean Covell and The Wiggles
Written byThe Wiggles
StarringGreg Page
Anthony Field
Murray Cook
Jeff Fatt
Edited byNick Pandoulis
Hattie Dalton
Distributed byRoadshow Entertainment / ABC Video
(#100766)
Release date
9 June 1997[1]
Running time
46 minutes
CountryAustralia

Song List
  1. Rock-a-Bye Your Bear
  2. Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)
  3. Dorothy the Dinosaur
  4. Dorothy (Would You Like to Dance?)
  5. Vini Vini
  6. Wags the Dog
  7. Quack, Quack
  8. Wake Up Jeff!
  9. Nya, Nya, Nya
  10. Five Little Joeys
  11. Baby Beluga
  12. Let's Have a Dance with Henry
  13. Romp Bomp a Stomp
  14. Hot Potato
  15. Get Ready to Wiggle[note 1][note 2]

Production

The Wiggles logo was updated to feature a yellow splotch background behind their name. The new logo was applied to the stage floor and the video covers, but The Wiggles still wore plain colored shirts in the video with short sleeves instead of long ones.

The song "Vini Vini" was only available on the video's initial release.[2] The subsequent release of Wiggledance, while retaining the copyright year 1997, have removed this video and its introduction.[3] Former Wiggles member Phillip Wilcher has mentioned that The Wiggles believed that the song was in the public domain but it was claimed by a French composer.[4]

In one of the songs, "Wake Up Jeff!", Anthony's brother and Cockroaches singer, Paul Field and his family are seen in the audience before Murray's guitar solo.[5]

On 4 April 2013, The Wiggles announced the addition of Wiggledance! to their Wiggle Time TV service.[6]

In 2019, the actual 1997 master was released into multiple segments on their YouTube channel as Classic Wiggles.[7]

Cast

As listed in the closing credits. Ones listed in parentheses are implied.

The Wiggles are
Also Featuring
  • Captain Feathersword: Paul Paddick
  • Policeperson (Officer Beaples): Leanne Halloran
  • Zookeeper: Donna Halloran
  • Wags the Dog: Donna Halloran
  • Dorothy the Dinosaur: Leeanne Ashley
  • Henry the Octopus: Leanne Halloran
  • Voice over (Dorothy the Dinosaur): Carolyn Ferrie
  • Irish Dancers: Cassandra Halloran, Jessica Halloran, Emma Ryan, Sian Ryan

See also

Notes
  1. In a Ten News interview, Emma Watkins of the new generation Wiggles mentions that she and her sister, Hayley were at this concert and were shown in the video. - Ten News (18 May 2012). Wiggle reaction. YouTube. Event occurs at 0:54-1:03. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
    The same video footage was featured on Today Tonight - Today Tonight (18 May 2012). New generation of Wiggles. YouTube. Event occurs at 2:39.
  2. After the Wiggles say goodbye, Captain Feathersword stays around and leads one more song "Nya Nya Nya". "Jeff's Christmas Tune" is also used as background music for the closing credits.

References
  1. "Powerhouse Museum - The Wiggles Videography". Powerhouse Museum. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  2. "Wiggledance (1997) The Wiggles. [videorecording]". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  3. "Wiggledance (1998) The Wiggles. [videorecording]". Trove - National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  4. Wilcher, Phillip (2010). "Page 1 of Comments on The Wiggles- Vini Vini- 1991" (YouTube comments). Retrieved 18 March 2013. as you know, this track was removed from later pressings of the debut album because a French composer claimed ownership of it. I'm not 100% sure, but I think the composer might have been Yves Rocher. At the time it was included on the debut album The Wiggles believed it was a traditional work in the public domain. This is just to clarify for anyone wanting to know....
  5. The Wiggles (1997). Wiggledance! (VHS). Australia.
  6. "Timeline Photos - The Wiggles" (Facebook photo and post). 4 April 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  7. https://www.facebook.com/thewiggles/photos/a.458904277017/10157435750387018/?type=3
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