User blog comment:WigglesFan82/My Top Ten Favorite Wiggles Videos/@comment-26870611-20190216112121

Here's my list. I know this is a really old thread but I hope some people find these stories and thoughts entertaining and I always welcome conversation about The Wiggles.

1. Yummy Yummy (1994 version) - This was the first Wiggles video we had, and it was always one of my favourites. I love the all the sets and the songs, but most of all I love the goofy, quirky humour that is present in this video that really isn't in a lot of the Wiggles other releases (think Captain Feathersword in anything, Anthony's intro to D.O.R.O.T.H.Y, The Wiggles' legs during walk, Greg's undies magic trick). Being a young kid, I stupidly lifted up the tab of the videocassette and starting to pull the tape out of the cassette - not knowing that I had just destroyed my favourite video. Now, we couldn't just go and buy another copy because by this time the video was out of print (This would have been in 1998-1999) and the re-recording had already replaced it! As I went years without watching it it's legend grew and grew and apart from being able to borrow it from Civic Video a couple of times I didn't really watch this again until I found it at a St Vincent de Paul's in around 2008-2009 and it was such an experience watching it again and all the reasons I love this video came flooding back! However, I do have to point out that I went through phases of being absolutely ****-scared of John Field as Captain Feathersword - so much so that it was years before I could watch the Hot Potato music clip all the way through to the end with his angry, mean-looking face (just to qualify, John Field seems like a nice guy but I think he was overcommitted to the role). This was such a fear that I even had many 'nightmares' about it! But in a way this added to the aura and mystery surrounding this video. Favourite song: Tie between Hot Potato and Walk

2. Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (1997 version) - Another special video from my childhood. I'm a little bit embarrassed to say that my main reason for looking forward to Christmas was being able to watch this video and it's the first thing I did every time we got the Christmas stuff down. The songs and performances are some of the best of The Wiggles' career and I absolutely love the song titles and the set - it really does have that Christmas magic! Favourite song: Have a Very Merry Christmas (that snowglobe house was magic)

3. The Wiggles Movie (1998 version) Another one I watched a lot - unfortunatly so much rewinding of the tape that it become unwatchable and we had to get a new copy. Unfortunately again, by this time... the DVD had replaced the VHS (in around 2003) so I was disappointed that this had the US version without The Wiggles prologue and amazing title sequence. Plus I always preferred the title The Wiggles' Movie over Magical Adventure. I think the movie is hilarious, I love the way Wiggles World looks and the story is pretty good too, Wally is very funny. It has that really wacky, zany humourous aspect that The Wiggles have eschewed over time but it was also there in The Wiggles first TV series which is my favourite thing they ever produced If I could include my own tape, which we called 'Wiggle Tape' of 5 recorded episodes from Channel 7 in 1998 on this list I would. Plus it has amazing songs! Favoruite song: Rockin' and a Rollin' Sea

4. Toot Toot! (1998 version) I never really owned this video - I only got to watch it a couple of times from the video store and my cousin's house. I got my parents to hunt around for a copy but to my horror my favourite sequence of The Wiggles rolling down the hill had been removed and my favourite song also! The songs are taken from one of The Wiggles' best albums and I love the funny skits with the Big Red Car and find the never before or again seen garage setting from Wiggle House interesting. Favourite song: Bathtime

5. Wiggledance! (1997 version) Hey - I just noticed every one of my first five entries are versions of videos that were removed from circulation! How unlucky can I get!?!? This video is a great summation of The Wiggles in the 1990s. It picks all their best songs, wonderfully linked by comical skits and set pieces (such as Captain Feathersword's unicycle). I love this concert because the focus is really just on The Wiggles, their friends and the kids. I also love the stage design with the clock on the floor and the presence of Vini Vini. Favourite song: Baby Baluga

6. Wiggly Safari (2002) When I was very young I liked this video a lot - from watching The Wiggles drive my favourite version of the Big Red Car, to the scenery of Australia Zoo, to Steve, Terri and Bindi's wonderful performances. After a while, I decided I didn't like this video anymore and stopped watching it. It actually probably wasn't until 2016 (!!) when I started listening to the album again (which I had on cassette) that it clicked with me that this was one of The Wiggles' best collections of songs! And I returned to the video and loved it for all those reasons I mentioned. (P.S. it seems to be a common thread with older fans of The Wiggles that they love it when they are young children, then go through a phase in adolescence where they just don't like The Wiggles anymore or at least try to deny their obsession, before coming back to them. Favourite song: Swim with Me

7. Wiggle Time (1998 version) Probably the most classic Wiggles video with the famous cloudy sky backdrop. Not too much to say here - it's just a good video with great songs and you would probably be hard pressed to find a Wiggles fan who didn't like it. I will say that the three concert songs are amazing to have - being from my favourite concert tour (1997-early 1998) and it's fantastic to have a very funny version of otherwise non-video songs (to that point) of Five Little Ducks and an energetic version of Wiggly Medley. Favourite song: Get Ready to Wiggle

8. Big Red Car (1995) Definitely the video I have watched the most over the years and probably has one of my favourite songs of all time - Big Red Car. There became permanent degradation and that song alone because I rewound it so many times - Terry Murray's guitar, Jeff's Hammond organ and Greg's voice are all sound amazing and it's one of the few Wiggles songs that truly goes off! At the end it's really crazy and I love the music video of the cardboard Big Red Car against real footage of streets in Sydney. Jeff is crazy in this clip! That song definitely carried this video for me and while I wouldn't have it in the top half of this list I still absolutely love this video - Can You, Wags the Dog, Five Little Joeys etc all stone cold classics. Little bit of a slump (though I think Hat on my Head and Georgia's Song are underrated by fans) in the middle but it picks up before the end with Dorothy's Dance Party and Big Red Car. Can't forget the welcome Greg's magic skit - always loved all of those. Favourite song: Big Red Car

9. Yule Be Wiggling (2000) Another Christmas video, and this one always lived in the shadow of Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas given how obsessed I was with that, even though it was my first Wiggles DVD in 2001. But in 2016 I watched it based on its own merits and found it to be a great video with an amazing set, my favourite troupe of Wiggly dancers (before it become too excessive) a songs. Listening to the album made me realise how well written and produced the songs on here are. Favourite song: Just Can't Wait for Christmas Day

10. The Wiggles Reunion Concert (2018) - can this count?!?! Amazing setlist, great (if rough) versions and I was in the crowd and it was one of the best nights of my life. I began to get worried after Paul Field said it will be released in Christmas 2016, and during 2017 even began to doubt whether there were even cameras there despite seeing them (and I appear for an absolute split second) but was so glad and pre-ordered it as quickly as I could when I found out it was coming out on iTunes in 2018. Of course I would have loved it if Baby Baluga, Numbers Rhumba and others weren't cut but given the copyright problems with those songs I saw it coming. I think the archive footage could have been intergrated a little better, which probably stops this video from being higher, but I still love this and remember that night everytime I watch it. I just wish they did Get Ready to Wiggle at this concert! Does anyone have any thoughts about why Get Ready to Wiggle has been pretty much absent from The Wiggles concerts since around 1998? It's their first song and the song from which they took their name but they seem to want to hide it for some reason. I watched an interview with Murray and the guy who requested in at the 2nd Sydney show and Murray seemed disgruntled that he asked for it (but they did it anyway). Seems weird so I would be glad to hear anybody's thoughts on that.