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Can you keep that noise down? I'm trying to sleep! |
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| —Jeff at the end of "Wake Up Jeff!" | ||
Jeff is the original purple Wiggle and the original keyboardist in The Wiggles. He was the purple Wiggle from 1991 until 2012, when he passed the role to Lachy. He has since made cameos in some episodes of Ready, Steady, Wiggle! and still occasionally performs in reunion concerts as the purple Wiggle.
Official Description[]
Jeff is the keyboard player. He loves performing when he is awake. Jeff cannot help falling asleep, and when he dreams he dreams of being asleep. Jeff says "The Wiggles is so much fun, only I use so much energy when I dance and sing that I get tired and I need my sleep, sometimes I fall asleep on stage, but the children wake me up by shouting 'Wake Up Jeff'!". He wears a purple skivvy, black pants and a multiple of wacky grins.
Biography[]
Jeff is known to fall asleep a lot, which causes the other Wiggles and the audience to call out "WAKE UP, JEFF!", leading to Jeff jumping up and down and do all sorts of silly things.
Jeff plays a variety of key instruments such as the piano, keyboard, accordion and occasionally other instruments like drums or guitar. Out of the original generation, he sings the least, only having a few lead songs like "I'm a Cow".
Appearances[]
- Wiggle Time!
- Yummy Yummy
- Big Red Car
- Wake Up Jeff!
- Wiggledance!
- The Wiggles Movie
- Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas
- Wiggle Time! (1998)
- Yummy Yummy (1998)
- The Wiggles: Series 1 (all episodes)
- Toot Toot!
- The Wiggles: Series 2 (all episodes)
- The Wiggly Big Show
- Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate
- It's a Wiggly Wiggly World!
- Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party
- Yule Be Wiggling
- Wiggly Safari
- The Wiggles: Series 3 - Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! (all episodes)
- Wiggle Bay
- Space Dancing!
- Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins!
- Top of the Tots
- Cold Spaghetti Western
- Santa's Rockin'!
- LIVE Hot Potatoes!
- The Wiggles: Series 4 - The Wiggles Show! (all episodes)
- Sailing Around the World
- Here Comes The Big Red Car
- It's Time to Wake Up Jeff!
- Splish Splash Big Red Boat
- The Wiggles: Series 5 - The Wiggles Show! (all episodes)
- Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A.
- Racing to the Rainbow
- Wiggledancing! Live In Concert
- Getting Strong!
- Pop Go The Wiggles
- The Wiggles: Series 6 - Wiggle and Learn (all episodes)
- You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
- Sing a Song of Wiggles
- The Wiggles Go Bananas!
- The Wiggles Big, Big Show!
- Hot Poppin' Popcorn
- Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles
- Let's Eat!
- Ukulele Baby!
- The Wiggles' Big Birthday!
- It's Always Christmas With You!
- Surfer Jeff
- Celebration!
- Taking Off!
- Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2014) (archived footage)
- The Wiggles Reunion Show
- We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits (archived footage)
Trivia[]
- He is the oldest Wiggle of the original generation and of all of the members.
- He is the shortest and skinniest male Wiggle.
- He is the only original member of the Wiggles to be under 6ft tall. (5’9)
- He is the only original Wiggle who isn't married, engaged or in any romantic relationship.
- He is the only original Wiggle who plays the accordion.
- He was the very first driver of the Big Red Car, but it was quickly passed down to Greg (and all subsequent yellow Wiggles) when they realized that Jeff being the main driver wasn't a good idea with his sleeping shtick.
- As is shown in Surfer Jeff, he is a keen surfer.
- He is the only Wiggle without an alter ego.
- He is the only Wiggle without eyebrows (although his cartoon incarnations have eyebrows).
- He was the first Wiggle confirmed to have a non-Australian background, as Jeff is Chinese-Australian and most of his family are Chinese.
- He was the last Wiggle to be brought in for the recording of the first album.
- He originally held the record for being the oldest official member of the band as he was 59 years old when he retired from being an official Wiggle in 2012 until 2023 when Anthony turned 60 years old.
- He is the only original Wiggle without a degree in early childhood education and had very little experience in working or dealing with children, which was part of the reason for his whole sleeping gag as he didn't understand how to speak to kids, so The Wiggles decided to give him the sleeping gag so that he had a way to get involved on stage with the audience without really having to say anything.
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