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The Wiggles are a children's band from Australia. When Greg, Anthony, Murray and Jeff aren't singing and dancing, they're spending time with their friends. Dorothy the Dinosaur is a green reptile who loves roses, Wags the Dog is a silly young dog, Captain Feathersword is a mischievous but friendly pirate, and Henry the Octopus is a jolly eight-legged sea animal with a band of his own. Occasionally, The Wiggles meet other friends like Zardo Zap and Officer Beaples. But whatever they're doing, you're bound to have a wigglin' good time!''''Season Organization''There are now six seasons for the Playhouse Disney broadcast of the Wiggles, and they are organized as follows:''''Season One (TV Series 2)''Originally aired: 1999.''Disney version aired: 2001.''Also known as: Wiggly TV, TV Series Two''Choreographer: Leanne Halloran''Number of Episodes: 26''Opening Song: In the Wiggles World (with the Bee Intro)''Closing Song: In the Wiggles World (everyone waves goodbye)''Description: This has assorted skits and songs with a general underlying theme for each episode. The Wiggles' pants don't have the stripes yet.''Regular segments: none''''Season Two (TV Series 1)''Originally aired: 1998.''Disney version aired: 2002.''Also known as: TV Series One''Choreographer: Leanne Halloran''Number of Episodes: 13''Opening Song: Get Ready to Wiggle''Closing Song: some organ music''Description: This preceded Series Two and has the sitcom styled intro and some of the earliest footage of the Wiggles. Henry the Octopus takes on puppet and mascot form.''Regular segments:''Wigglehouse''Henry the Octopus''Captain Feathersword's Pirate Show''''Season Three - Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles ''Originally aired: 2002-2004''Disney version aired: 2003-2004 (11am)''Also known as: Network Wiggles, TV Series Three''Choreographer: Leeanne Ashley''Number of Episodes: 26 in US (54 11-minute episodes in Australia)''Opening Song: Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles''Closing Song: varies. Usually Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles.''Description: This is the more organized studio production with segments for each of the Wiggles and Captain Feathersword. The Wiggle Dancers also make their appearance as regulars.''Regular segments:''News, Weather, and Sports''Anthony's Workshop''Captain's Magic Buttons''Music with Murray''Where's Jeff?''Wiggly Community Service Announcement''Wiggle Bay song''''Season Four and Five - The Wiggles Show''Australian version aired: Season 4: 2004-2005, Season 5: 2006-2007''US version aired: Season 4: Fall 2005-Spring 2006 (10am), Summer 2006 (7am) Season 5: Winter 2007-present (7am)''Also known as: TV Series Four''Choreographer: Leeanne Ashley''Number of Episodes: 26 + 26''Opening Song: Here Come the Wiggles''Closing Song: none''Description: Captain Feathersword heads out into the world. The Wiggles even have footage from their concerts!''''Regular segments: Season 4''Captain Feathersword - Sailing Around the World''Dorothy's Dance Class''Little Wiggles''Wigglehouse''Invitation to a Wiggly concert''Goodbye: find who's missing.''''Regular segments: Season 5''Captain Feathersword - Sailing Around the World, with larger crew''Wigglehouse''Dorothy's Dancing Alphabet''Little Wiggles''Wiggly Animation''Mariachi Wiggles - they sing songs in Spanish!''Mandarin Wiggles - they sing songs in Mandarin!''Invitation to a Wiggly concert.''Jeff features different zoo animals.''More silly clips between songs.''''Season Six - Wiggle and Learn''Australian version aired: 2007-2008''Canadian version aired: April 2008- on Treehouse''US version aired: December 2008 at 7/6c am. January 2009 at 11am weekdays, 7am weekends''Choreographer: Leeanne Ashley and Caterina Mete''Number of Episodes: 26 22-minute segments (52 11-minute segments in some formats.)''Presented in: HD format''Opening Song: Wiggle and Learn''Closing Song: Goodbye from the Wiggles''Description: Sam Wiggle replaces Greg as they do a brand new series on teaching kids how to read, dance, and have fun.''Regular segments: Season 6''Nursery Rhymes''Anthony introduces three guests, one of whom is Captain Feathersword in disguise.''Wags and Dorothy do an educational skit.''Captain Feathersword tries to guess what Anthony is dressed up as.''Murray and Jeff paint a picture using music.''The Wiggles play different games.''''Video Organization''Videos are generally placed at the end of each series.''Many airdates listed try to match the first Disney Broadcast or US video release.''If it has the Wiggly Dancers it'll be season 3 or later, otherwise the video fits in season 1.''If it has Sam Wiggle, it'll be in season 6.''''About Production Codes: The regular seasons were painstakingly collected from the various TV guides and correlated with actual viewings of the show over a period of several months. Season 5 codes come from a media marketing site. They all follow the 3-digit format, except for videos which are originally listed by their Roadshow / HIT Entertainment VHS or DVD catalog number. If you have a better scheme for the videos please contact the editor.''''Character Profiles''The Wiggles''Greg Wiggle Greg is the lead singer of The Wiggles, and if you just hear one singer in your favorite Wiggles song, he is the guy. His hobby is doing magic tricks. He can make things disappear, but it'd be once in blue moon if he ever succeeds in pulling a rabbit out of his hat!''Instrument = Lead Vocalist. He also plays some guitar and keyboard.''Shirt Color = Yellow''''Sam Wiggle In the Wiggle and Learn series, Sam is the new Yellow Wiggle. People might recognize him as a Wiggly Dancer and Professor Singalottasonga in the earlier series.''Instrument = Lead Vocals, and sometimes the Trumpet.''Shirt Color = Yellow''''Anthony Wiggle Anthony is one hungry Wiggle. His hobbies include eating and generally being silly. His appetite can get in the way at times. He usually sings and dances with Greg. In the newer seasons, he also loves to use a low bass voice and to roll his r's.''Instrument = Drums. He also plays some guitar and some other instruments.''Shirt Color = Blue''''Murray Wiggle The calmest guy in the band, Murray enjoys playing his red guitar, and is quite impressed by Greg and his magic. One time he even used Greg's magic properly! Murray also loves to speculate on different things in life, like what if we didn't have elbows. He also loves to play well known guitar riffs.''Instrument = Red Guitar.''Shirt Color = Red''''Jeff Wiggle Jeff is full of energy when he's awake, but he tends to fall asleep on the spot, and it takes the entire audience to shout "Wake up, Jeff!" It can be hard to keep him awake. In fact, he spent a whole episode asleep once! He may be the goofiest of them all.''Instrument = Keyboard and Accordion.''Shirt Color = Purple''''Supporting Characters''Captain Feathersword Often considered the Fifth Wiggle, Captain Feathersword is a friendly pirate who has a sword made out of feathers so he can tickle people. He's best known for doing improvisational acts and voices, thanks in part to his Magic Buttons on his vest. He greets everyone with "Ahoy There, Me Hearties!"''''Dorothy the Dinosaur Dorothy is a human-sized dinosaur who wears a floppy white hat, and loves daydreaming in her rose garden. She has loved roses since she was a young child. And not just to smell them, but she uses them to make rosy treats! She is also the only female among the main Wiggles group, and has an infectious giggle. In Australia, she even has her own TV show!''''Wags the Dog Wags is a cute dog about the size of the Wiggles. In the early seasons, he only speaks to the audience, and woofs for Captain Feathersword and the other Wiggles. But in the later seasons, he talks like everyone else. He's a very resourceful inventor, and he also likes to goof on Captain Feathersword, refusing to just obey. He's also in charge of the three little pups known as the Wagettes.''''Henry the Octopus Henry leads his own underwater band. He joins the Wiggles in a bunch of different songs and dances. In the early seasons, he is both a puppet and a mascot. His favorite word is "Bree-Boop!" which is like Aloha in Octopus language.''''Officer Beaples: She's dressed like a Keystone Kop, and mostly mimes.''''Wiggle Dancers: The men and women who dance around in marching band uniforms. They start appearing in the musical numbers from the Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles season.''''Friendly Pirate Crew: The men and women who dance around and help Captain Feathersword during one of his featured skits. Many of the folks are Wiggle Dancers, but some are dedicated crew members representing a worldwide populace.''''Child Dancers: Since the show is all about the kids, many of the videos feature children dancing and participating in activities.''''About Playhouse Disney: This is the morning segment of the Disney Channel in the USA that's geared for pre-schoolers and toddlers. Because Disney is privately owned, they only air commercials for their own Disney shows and products, but during the Playhouse Disney segments, The Wiggles shows run about 25 minutes straight with NO commercials!''''Disney used to run the Wiggles at all sorts of morning hours seven days a week. In its prime, the Wiggles should show up from two to three episodes a day: 6am for Wiggly TV (series 1-2), 10am for The Wiggles Show and Lights, Camera, Action episodes (series 3-4), and 7am for the Breakfast with Bear segment. In series 5, The Wiggles ran at 7am weekdays, and a different time on weekend mornings. In series 6, the Wiggles ran at 7am weekdays and weekends but in January 5, 2009, the Wiggles ran at 11:30am weekdays and 7am weekends.''''Reruns can be found on PBS Sprout.''''Submission Guidelines''Although the Wiggles guide may seem fairly complete, there are always plenty of fun things to add. Here's generally where things are categorized.''''Notes:''- List of DVD Bonus Features, including Lights Camera Action Wiggles episodes.''- Official original release dates for the Australia videos, US videos, and companion albums. Awards won. Differences between Australia and US version.''- Novelties and debuts (set design, wardrobe, song, dancer) - consider chronological or Disney TV series order.''- One-shot appearances by non-TV industry guests, lists of children and families, lists of dancers.''- Family and Friends - whenever the Wiggles bring in their non-cast/crew family members (e.g. Anthony's wife, kids, or dogs), and friends into their videos and features.''- Debuts in Australia, UK, or Canada if traceable.''''Trivia:''- On-screen song and guest debuts by name, such as Murray introducing Clare, or Anthony introducing Alfonso.''- Instrument details.''''Allusions:''Passing references to pop culture icons like Elvis or The Beatles. For example, Racing to the Rainbow has a flurry of Elvis references, and the cover of Let's Eat is designed to look like Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts band.''Australian regional sayings and jargon like "slippery dip", but do not add common ones like "G'day" or "Beauty, mate" or "barbie"''Song arrangements not directly explained (e.g. Hands on My Head).''''Cast:''If you are adding voiceovers for any of the mascots, for example:''Wags the Dog (Mic Conway)''Dorothy the Dinosaur (Carolyn Ferrie, Jacqueline Field, Zoe Velez)''Henry the Octopus (Jeff Fatt, Paul Paddick, Mario Martinez-Diaz), please confirm they are the correct person in the season, and that the mascot actually said something in that episode.''''I count the dancers as Recurring Stars / Guest Stars if:''1) They are credited at the end of the show.''2) They participated in the skits, intros, or closers.''I do not count the dancer if all they did was appear in the pre-produced video footage.''''DO NOT ADD''- Nitpicking any time the Wiggles don't really play their instruments or lip sync. It is a given that sometimes they are more concerned about dancing and showing the actions rather than making an acoustically accurate performance. Save those goofs for only the major ones like showing two different guitars for the same concert song.''- Self-evident crew credits like Music: The Wiggles (Band) or Creator: The Wiggles (Band) or Opening Performance: The Wiggles (Band). Look for explicitly listed credits like Musical Arrangement: Anthony Field instead.''- Cast roles that should be listed in the credits (e.g. Kamahl guest stars as himself).''- Special Guest Stars - add them as regular Guest Stars.''- Dancers on replayed video footage. They did not participate in the video.''- This is the second/third/fourth visit by guest star. It is self-evident from the credits that guests appear multiple times.''- Anything from Wiggles Wikia. That site has way much too unverified information.''- Any nitpicks on miscellaneous Wiggles songs that aren't featured in the TV series or videos.''- Explanations on nursery rhymes or common pop culture.''''Common questions about the guide''''Q: What is with the titles for Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles? How come they don't correspond to my videos?''A: In the original Australian broadcast, the show was 54 episodes of 11 minutes each, and their titles were just Episode 1 to Episode 54. When it was broadcast in the US for Disney, they mainly combined 2 episodes into one, and posted their own 3 digit production numbers. There are NO official titles for the US version. The titles here are arbitrarily written by the editor to best reflect the theme of the combined episode.''''Q: Can I add a Wiggles video to a guide?''A: Yes, Just let me know in advance and I can give you an episode number of where it should fit in. I am not accepting 2-pack releases as new entries, but you can make a Note of such things if they are important.''''Q: Why is Series Two listed first?''A: Although Series Two was produced after Series One, it aired on Disney channel before Series One.''''Q: What about Wiggly Waffle?''A: Wiggly Waffle, while it has new videos, is not an actual TV series, but The Wiggles hosting a block of various shows. If you want Wiggly Waffle on tv.com, you could send in a request for a new show, but my opinion is that it is a very difficult series to maintain.''''Q: What about other Wiggles produced shows?''A: Dorothy the Dinosaur Show from the late 2000s has a guide now. If you want Kingdom of Paramithi, send a request to add the show on tv.com.moreless
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S 6 :  Ep 113
S 6 :  Ep 111 Aired 1/26/11
S 6 :  Ep 111 Aired 8/9/11
S 6 :  Ep 110 Aired 2/15/11
S 6 :  Ep 109 Aired 7/6/10

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  • Wiggles

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    By Herbbarb, Dec 16, 2011 Report Abuse
    My little grandson whom is autistic loves this show we try to pick up the dvd's when we see them although they are getting harder to find so my prayer is that they will keep them on the Internet . Thank You So Much

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  • Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, JUST STOP THE MUSIC!

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    By TwoTonePhantom, Jun 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    I never got into The Wiggles as a little kid, and never showed interest in the videos. I did get one video for my sixth birthday (it was from one of my dad's friends who didn't know what I liked), and I think I watched it once. Then mom put it on for my little brother when he was one (she was sick of Barney) and he loved them. He had the toys, CDs, coloring books, and MILLIONS of videos/DVDs. I remember once when they were having a concert in our state, and mom and dad made me go with them with my bro, because, being seven, I couldn't stay home by myself (unless mom was running to the mini-mart down the road). Dad didn't want to go either, but mom dragged him along with me. The week before the concert, mom took me and my bro to the mall to buy us Wiggles T-shirts. I wanted to get one with Ren & Stimpy on it, but mom made me get one with The Wiggles on it. And she got my brother one to match, because she thought it was "cute". Um...is being laughed at by your entire second-grade class cute? (The concert was on a monday night). Well, the music drives me nuts. I remember when we were in the car and I was listening to my Powerpuff Girls CD on my headphones (no iPod yet). The batteries died, and I was stuck listening to the Wiggles on the main radio the rest of the day. Oi. The DVDs/Videos are just as bad. My bro had them on all the time when he was little. I'd be on Neopets and I'd hear the stupid songs coming from the living room. The worst one was "Yummy Yummy", because that DVD didn't have a main menu, so once it ended, it replayed. That got annoying once when my bro had it on and it repeated over five times. This started to drive me and my parents crazy.

    By the time he was two, he started to get sick of them. He started watching KaBlam! with me on Nicktoons around that time, and sadly, he got more into Barney.

    The Wiggles, to me, have very annoying songs, and the background characters, like that green female Barney the dinosaur, that freaky looking dog and octopus, as well as the stupid pirate, were even worse. It gets worse when the videos and DVDs are being watched five times a day. If you have a bad headache, don't watch this show. And there's nothing really educational anyway in this show! You only learn one thing: how to make a headache worse.moreless

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  • Every young child I have met hates this show. And I know the reason why.

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    By namelesskid2, Dec 27, 2010 Report Abuse
    Alright, I salute the Wiggles for their efforts at bringing fun to education.... but I think that they need to stop. I was okay with seeing commercials for this band or being forced to hear them when at a relative with a young child's house. But when the show came on i was flipping though the channels and I realized that this show is neither FUN or EDUCATIONAL.

    Last time I checked, singing about mashed potatoes isn't fun. And it isn't educational. Do the wiggles sing about math, science? no. They sing about Big Red Cars and food.

    Please take this show and put Sesame Street in its place. At least that show was educational, fun and good. This is just filth. Go back to Australia.

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  • The dumbest show ever!!!

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    By Tow_Mater, Dec 27, 2010 Report Abuse
    This show has to be one of the worse on TV! It scares me a little and it really has no point. The characters seem to be a little off and random scenes come up at certian times (like Jeff sleeping in a elvevator?!)Lots of bright color and people in costums may amuse children under 5 , but 6 and over, stay away at all costs!

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  • Less than wonderful

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    By Goobergrandma, Dec 27, 2010 Report Abuse
    The new format is too adult & my grandkids have quit watching it(their choice)BUT they love the DVD's & tapes we have of the Original group. Who's idea was it to make it for older kids? They already have enough for that age group. They need to go back to the ORIGINAL formula. They also need to include more for little boys, enough of the girly stuff and more general fun stuff! And keep the songs simple, what's with the Beetle music?? Let the little kids be little kids!! We know Greg can't come back but if Sam doesn't want to work with the younger set maybe someone else will.moreless

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