"Play" is the twenty-first episode of Series 2.
This episode is also known as "Playtime", as it is called on the DVD and VHS release Wiggly TV. It is the second of two episodes known as "Play", the other being an alternate title for "At Play", episode 6 of this series.
Overview[]
The Wiggles and their friends have fun playing, and playing tricks on each other!
Songs[]
18-minute[]
- Having Fun At The Beach
- Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship
from Wiggle Time! (1998) - Ponies
from Wiggle Time! (1998) - Starry Night
21-minute[]
- Having Fun At The Beach
- Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship
from The Wiggly Big Show/Toot Toot Show! - The Monkey Dance
from The Wiggly Big Show/Toot Toot Show! - Ponies
from Wiggle Time! (1998) - Starry Night
Plot[]
Song 1: "Having Fun At The Beach"
Greg does some magic to make a ball disappear. Anthony is really impressed and wants to try. He stares intently at Greg while he makes another ball disappear. Now he wants to try: “Ball, disappear!” He drops the ball. Greg suggests Anthony practice, practice, practice!
Song 2: "Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship" (from Wiggle Time!)
Captain Feathersword looks for Wags with his spyglass. He bumps into a bunch of things, and eventually Wags arrives and scares him. He tells Wags he has a job for him, and that's to fetch the stick. He throws the stick but Wags doesn't fetch it. Wags comes up with a clever plan to make the stick come back on it's own. When Captain throws it, one of The Wagettes, hiding behind a bush, picks up the stick. Wags whistles, and the Wagettte throws the stick back, and Wags catches it. Captain doesn't see who threw it, and declares that the stick is magical!
Murray is looking for a song to play. He sees Greg's hat, and gets the idea that maybe he can do some magic to get a song. He recites the magic words, but nothing happens, so he shrugs and leaves. Then the rabbit comes out with a guitar and plays a song. Murray hears it and plays the song too!
Anthony continues practicing his ball trick, without much luck.
Murray and Jeff make some more remarks about the clouds. They see a cloud do a loop-de-loop and are amazed. Jeff pulls out a remote from inside a rock, and hits rewind. The cloud loops again.
Song 3: "Ponies" (from Wiggle Time)
Murray is outdoors at night playing his guitar. He talks about finding his favourite constellation, the Great Guitar. Sure enough, he's able to spot it. Murray says, "I've always wanted to play with the big stars."
Captain Feathersword has the entire gang gathered for the magic show, and tells them that "this stick be magical" He declares that the stick fetches itself, but when he throws the stick, it doesn't come back. Then Wags offers to throw it, with a Wagette hiding from the bush again. He throws the stick, whistles, and the stick comes back! Amazing! Captain sees the little Wagette and declares it wasn't magic, but it was a trick after all. Greg says that might be a trick, but here's some magic. He makes something in his hand and makes it disappear. Anthony tries too with his ball, but he drops the ball. Wags picks it up and hands it to the Captain. Captain screams "He fetched! Wags Fetched!" much to the delight of everyone. Anthony comments, "Now that is magic!"
Song 1: "Having Fun At The Beach"
Greg does some magic to make a ball disappear. Anthony is really impressed and wants to try. He stares intently at Greg while he makes another ball disappear. Now he wants to try: “Ball, disappear!” He drops the ball. Greg suggests Anthony practice, practice, practice!
Song 2: "Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship" (from The Wiggly Big Show)
Captain looks for Wags with his spyglass. He bumps into a bunch of things, and eventually Wags arrives and freaks him out. He tells Wags he has a job for him, and that's to fetch the stick. He throws the stick but Wags doesn't fetch it. Wags comes up with a clever plan to make the stick come back on it's own. When Captain throws it, one of the Wagettes, hiding behind a bush, picks up the stick. Wags whistles, and the Wagettte throws the stick back, and Wags catches it. Captain doesn't see who threw it, and declares that the stick is magical!
Murray is looking for a song to play. He sees Greg's hat, and gets the idea that maybe he can do some magic to get a song. He recites the magic words, but nothing happens, so he shrugs and leaves. Then the rabbit comes out with a guitar and plays a song. Murray hears it and plays the song too!
Song 3: "The Monkey Dance" (from The Wiggly Big Show)
Anthony continues practicing his ball trick, without much luck.
Murray and Jeff make some more remarks about the clouds. They see a cloud do a loop-de-loop and are amazed. Jeff pulls out a remote from inside a rock, and hits rewind. The cloud loops again.
Jeff is painting a picture and shows it to the camera. Can you see it? It's a pony!
Song 4: "Ponies" (from Wiggle Time)
Murray is outdoors at night playing his guitar. He talks about finding his favourite constellation, the Great Guitar. Sure enough, he's able to spot it. Murray says, "I've always wanted to play with the big stars."
Captain Feathersword has the entire gang gathered at Dorothy's Garden for his magic trick, and tells them that "this stick be magical" He declares that the stick fetches itself, but when he throws the stick, it doesn't come back. Then Wags offers to throw it, with a Wagette hiding from the bush again. He throws the stick, whistles, and the stick comes back! Amazing! Captain sees the little Wagette and declares it wasn't a magic trick, after all. Greg then shows some magic. He puts something in his hand and makes it disappear. Anthony tries too with his ball, but he drops the ball. Wags picks it up and hands it to the Captain. Captain screams "He fetched! Wags Fetched!" much to the delight of everyone. Anthony comments, "Now that is magic!"Alternate titles[]
- Playtime (Wiggly TV)
- Magical Stick/Watching the Sky (Sprout title)
Trivia[]
- This 21-minute version is what was rerun in all countries and released on home video in most (including Wiggly TV/Wiggly Play Time and the TV Series 2 Collector's Edition).
- In the Murray and the magic hat skit, the rabbit and Murray play a short snippet of Nya Nya Nya/I'll Tell Me Ma on their guitars.
- When Jeff rewinds the clouds, the accompanying audio clip is of Greg and Captain Feathersword's magic stick conversation sped-up and in reverse.
- The song Starry Night was later released on It's a Wiggly Wiggly World!.
- This episode was featured on Playtime Children's Favourites UK DVD. The only 18-minute edition episode was released on this DVD.
- The songs Ponies and The Monkey Dance had previously appeared in Animals together.
- An alternative GMTV draft of the segments focusing on Captain Feathersword appeared in the 2000 video: Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate, as the Let's Have A Party (Instrumental) background music on one of them is omitted.
- When the episode was re-edited for international broadcasts (and later for Nick Jr. in the same country), these changes were made:
- The studio version of Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship from Wiggle Time! changed to the live version from The Wiggly Big Show/Toot Toot Show!
- The Monkey Dance from the same video/concert and the intro to Ponies
- The epilogue of Starry Night is extended.