Racing to the Rainbow (video)

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Racing to the Rainbow (video)
Release Date	September 7, 2006 (AUS/NZ) March 6, 2007 (US/CAN) October 29, 2007 (UK)
Filmed	January - March 2006
Running Time	1:30:13
Previous Video	Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A. (2006)
Next Video	Wiggledancing! Live In Concert (2007)

"Racing to the Rainbow" is the twenty-fifth Wiggles video that was released on September 7, 2006. It was the last video to feature Greg until Surfer Jeff.

Songs and Scenes

• Note: Scenes marked in bold.

The Hiccuping Chicken

1. Here Come The Chicken
2. Bump-A-Deedle

Hide and Seek

1. Music Box Dancer
2. Shakin' Like a Leafy Tree

It's A Storm!

1. Run, Run, Run Away (A Storm Is On It's Way)
2. Teddy Bears Big Day Out
3. Rainbow of Colours

Racing To The Rainbow

1. Blow Up Your Balloon (Huff and Huff and Puff)
2. The Chew Chew Song
3. The Princess of the Sea
4. Benny Put The Kettle On

King Of The Road

1. Baa-Baa Black Sheep
2. Stamp Your Feet (To the Heavy Beat)

Barking Up The Wrong Tree

1. He's a Bird! What a Bird!

Greg's Magnifique Masterpiece

1. Do the Daddy Long Legs
2. The Tra-La-La Song

Wiggly Fingers

1. Huddle, Huddle, Huddle Along (The Football Song)
2. The Wheels on the Bus 

Wake Up Wiggles

1. Go To Sleep Jeff (Brahms' Lullaby)
2. Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Let's Save The Captain!

1. Rockin' on the Water
2. Five Little Ducks

Queen Of The Rainbow

1. Everybody Dance!

CD Songs

• Polly Put The Kettle On
• Love Train

Special Features

• Photo Gallery
• The Rainbow Palace Storybook
• Wiggly Bloopers
• The King's Cadillac
• How to Kick A Football
• Wiggly Game

Plot

More coming soon!

Release Dates

• Australia: September 7, 2006
• America: March 6, 2007 (HIT Entertainment/20th Century Fox DVD), October 9, 2007 (Warner Home Video DVD)
• United Kingdom: October 29, 2007

TV Airdates

• October 18, 2006, at 8:30am (Australia, ABC1)
• October 19, 2006, at 8:30am (Australia, ABC1)
• December 19, 2006, at 10:10am (Australia, ABC1)
• December 20, 2006, at 10:10am (Australia, ABC1)
• March 5, 2007 (USA, Playhouse Disney)
• April 7, 2008 at 10:05am (Australia, ABC1)
• April 14, 2008 at 10:00am (Australia, ABC1)

Trivia

• Some exterior shots of Wigglehouse and The S.S Feathersword were filmed at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast in Australia.
• Following two remakes (Here Comes The Big Red Car and It's Time to Wake Up Jeff!) and a compilation of TV series footage (Splish Splash Big Red Boat), this was the only wholly original studio video of 2006. And the only one entirely filmed in that Year.
• Some music cues and sound effects were the same as the Latin American Wiggles, like the wake up sound effect for the purple Wiggle (Katty and Jeff for that matter)
• This video marked:
  • The first appearance of Anthony's daughter Maria.
  • The first studio video to be filmed in HD.
  • Five Little Ducks was filmed in a studio for the first time, as it's first film clip from Wiggle Time released over 8 years earlier was footage from a concert.
  • The final appearance of Greg until Surfer Jeff, as he left because of his Orthostatic Intolerance.
  • The last video to have Sam Moran as a Wiggly Dancer, since he took over for Greg as the Yellow Wiggle.
  • The final video of Jeff Fatt voicing Henry the Octopus until It's Always Christmas With You! as Paul Paddick took over.
  • The last video to date to feature The Friendly Pirate Crew in a large capacity. 
  • The last video to be written by Greg Truman.
  • The final time that Lyn Stuckey played Dorothy the Dinosaur before Emily McGlinn started playing her. Likewise, this was the first time Clare Field played Dorothy, as well as the only time that Zoe Velez voiced her in a studio video (she previously did her voiceover in Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A.).
  • The final video to be shot at the Sydney Film and Television Studios and as such, is the last time when the Wigglehouse & S.S Feathersword sets from The Wiggles Show! are used. 
  • The last time a video premiered on Playhouse Disney.
  • The last video until Surfer Jeff to have the catchphrases "Oh No! Oh What!" and "HUH?!? HUH?!? HUH?", likewise, it is the first time The Wiggles did the catchphrase in different variations, in this video, finger blubbering was the first variation of the catchphrase.
  • The last video until Hot Poppin' Popcorn when The Wiggles went "HUH?!?" when they're confused. However, in the Dorothy the Dinosaur's Rockin' Christmas, where Poppie and Fernie did the catchphrase when confused with Elfis' Impersonations of Elvis Presley.
  • The last appearance of Magdalena the Mermaid until Choo Choo Trains, Propeller Planes & Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car!.
  • The only US DVD to have a Strawberry Shortcake Trailer.
  • This is the last video where Greg is the passenger of the Big Red Boat, in addition the last video where he has black hair and having him wear his 2002 skivvy until The Wiggles Reunion Show.
  • In North America, this is the last DVD to be distributed by HIT Entertainment. However, HIT Entertainment continued to release Wiggles videos in the UK until 2012.
• The song Run, Run, Run Away (A Storm Is On It's Way) doesn't appear on the album.
• Wags The Dog, He Likes To Tango is heard briefly in one scene. Additionally, accordion arrangements of Move Your Arms Like Henry and Captain Feathersword are heard in another scene. 
• Clocking in at 90 minutes, this is one of The Wiggles' longest videos to date. As such, many fans refer to this as a spiritual successor to The Wiggles Movie.
• Fans consider this video a direct to video The Wiggles Show! (TV Series 4 & 5) special or finale.
• Two members of The Latin American Wiggles appear in this video, with Zoe Velez as the voice of Dorothy the Dinosaur and Katty Villafuerte as an audience member in Stamp Your Feet (To the Heavy Beat).
• Murray's alter-ego, Muzza, makes his first appearance.
• This is one of the Wiggles videos in particular where the background music was instrumental versions of many Wiggles classic songs: The Captain's Wavy Walk in one scene, I Love It When It Rains in two scenes, Hats in one scene, Di Dicki Do Dum in one scene, Dressing Up in one scene, Walking On The Moon in one scene and many more.
• In this video, all body movements had cartoon sound effects.
• A copy of the script is currently on display at The Wiggles Exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum.
• This is the only American DVD release of The Wiggles to have the 2007 HIT Entertainment logo.
• This video is yet to be uploaded on YouTube as part of Classic Wiggles.
• Melissa Doyle breaks the fourth wall in her cameo scene. when her son notices The Wiggles floating in the air, he softly says "Wiggles". Melissa asks "Wiggles?" and looks to the camera and says "when we get home" implying she might have thought her son asked to watch a video.
• The interlude to "I Love It When It Rains" is heard twice in this episode.

Goofs

• Despite Elefterios Kourtis receiving a credit in the end credits, he is not seen in the video.
• In the Wake Up Wiggles scene, Greg's mouth movements don't match the speed of his words. This was likely an audio issue that was fixed in post-production by dubbing. 
• The credits for Shakin' Like a Leafy Tree are missing Greg Page's name and Dominic Lindsay is credited for Stamp Your Feet (To the Heavy Beat).
• In the scene when Jeff was doing hand springs, it was actually not Jeff, but rather one of the Wiggly Dancers in a purple skivvy and black wig acting as his stunt double.
• When Captain Feathersword tells Alfonso he needs his pasta to warm him up for the rainy weather, it does not work that way because hot food gets cold easily, and the pasta could get wet from the rain.

References

The Wiggles Videography Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Greg (1993-2006, 2012, 2018) Wiggle Time! (1993) • Yummy Yummy (1994) • Big Red Car (1995) • Wake Up Jeff! (1996) • Wiggledance! (1997) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (1997) • Wiggle Time! (remake, 1998) • Yummy Yummy (remake, 1998) • Toot Toot! (1998) • The Wiggly Big Show (1999) • It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! (2000) • Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party (2001) • Yule Be Wiggling (2001) • Wiggly Safari (2002) • Wiggle Bay (2002) • Space Dancing! (2003) • Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins! (2003) • Top of the Tots (2004) • Cold Spaghetti Western (2004) • Santa's Rockin'! (2004) • LIVE Hot Potatoes! (2005) • Sailing Around the World (2005) • Here Comes The Big Red Car (2006) • It's Time to Wake Up Jeff! (2006) • Splish Splash Big Red Boat (2006) • Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A. (2006) • Racing to the Rainbow (2006) • Surfer Jeff (2012) • Celebration! (2012) • The Wiggles Reunion Show (2018) Feature Film The Wiggles Movie (1997) Spin-Offs The Dorothy the Dinosaur and Friends Video (1999) • Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate (2000) Other Dorothy the Dinosaur Goes to Hospital (Promo video, 1999) • Bonus Sampler Video (Promo video, 2004) • Happy 15th Birthday! (Documentary, 2006) Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Sam (2007-2011) Wiggledancing! Live In Concert (2007) • Getting Strong! (2007) • Pop Go The Wiggles! (2007) • You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (2008) • Sing a Song of Wiggles (2008) • The Wiggles Go Bananas! (2009) • The Wiggles Big, Big Show! (2009) • Hot Poppin' Popcorn (2009) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2010) • Let's Eat! (2010) • Ukulele Baby! (2011) • The Wiggles' Big Birthday! (2011) • It's Always Christmas With You! (2011) Other On The Road With The Wiggles (Documentary, 2008) • Wiggle Treats! (Promo video, 2011) • Everybody Clap! Everybody Sing! (Documentary, 2011) Anthony, Lachy, Simon and Emma (2013-2021) Taking Off! (2013) • Furry Tales (2013) • Pumpkin Face (2013) • Go Santa Go! (2013) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (new version, 2014) • Apples & Bananas (2014) • Wiggle House (2014) • Rock & Roll Preschool (2015) • The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! (2015) • Wiggle Town! (2016) • Dance Dance! (2016) • Wiggle Around Australia (2017) • Duets (2017) • Nursery Rhymes featuring CinderEmma! A Musical Fairytale! (2017) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas! (2017) • The Best of The Wiggles (2018) • Nursery Rhymes 2 (2018) • Wiggle Pop! (2018) • The Wiggles' Big Ballet Day! (2019) • Party Time! (2019) • Fun and Games (2020) • Choo Choo Trains, Propeller Planes & Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car! (2020) • We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits (2021) YouTube videos Nursery Rhymes (2016) • Emma's Bowtiful Ballet Studio (2017) • Nursery Rhymes 2 (2018) Spin-Offs Dial E For Emma! (2016) • Lachy! (2017) • The Emma! & Lachy! Show (2018) Anthony, Lachy, Tsehay and Simon (2022-present) Super Wiggles (2022) Dorothy the Dinosaur (2007-2012) Dorothy the Dinosaur's Party (2007) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Memory Book (2008) • Dorothy the Dinosaur Meets Santa Claus (2009) Dorothy the Dinosaur's Rockin' Christmas (2010) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Travelling Show! (2011) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party! (2012) More from The Wiggles ABC For Kids Video Hits (1991) • Video Hits Volume 2 (1992) • Live In Concert (1993) • Featuring Banana Holiday and Lots of Other Great Songs (1994) The Kingdom of Paramithi The Kingdom Of Paramithi (2009) • All Time Favourite Fairytales (2009) • Tales of Enchantment (2010) • All Time Favourite Fairytales Bumper Edition (2010) • Cinderella Pantomime (2011)