Rock & Roll Preschool

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Released	March 4, 2015 April 5, 2016
Written by	Anthony Field
Directed by	Anthony Field
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Previous	Wiggle House (2014)
Next	The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! (2015)

Rock & Roll Preschool is the forty-eighth Wiggles video that was released on March 4, 2015 in Australia and New Zealand, and on April 5, 2016 in North America.

Overview

What's the school where you sing and dance all day? The Wiggles' Rock & Roll Preschool! Anthony, Emma, Lachy and Simon have created over 20 songs that will top the charts of every home! The Wiggles' Rock & Roll Preschool is open now and the lesson for today is to have some fun!

Songs

Note: All songs are taken from the album of the same name.

1. Rock & Roll Preschool (featuring Lou Diamond Phillips)
2. That's The Sound Of Rock & Roll
3. Henry Likes Water
4. I Went To The Library
5. Dance With Emma
6. Jess's Song
7. Two Polite Elvises
8. Mr Wardrobe (featuring David Campbell)
9. Balla Balla Bambina
10. It's A Tickle Party
11. Ballerina, Ballerina
12. Ukulele Rock (featuring Robert Rakete)
13. Broccoli Bunch
14. The Story Of Emma's Glasses
15. Wake Up!
16. Melbourne Amore (featuring Todd Goldstein)
17. Riding My Bike
18. Goomy Galah
19. It's Okay to Cry
20. You Got The Drop
21. Gooey, Gooey, Splidgy, Splodge, Splodge
22. I Want A Leather Jacket

CD Song

• Irish Stew (Seen in Wiggle Town!)

Plot

The video starts with The Wiggles Logo appears on the screen. Then, it fades to a vinyl record table, while it spins around to You Got The Drop instrumental track is playing in the background. It shows their names during the opening sequence. Then, the title card comes on.

The Wiggles introduced themselves when they are excited about going to a preschool. Not just that kind of preschool, it's the Rock & Roll Preschool. When they get to meet a director named Mr. Lou Diamond Phillips. When he gets to sing a special song about at our place, when they wiggle their fingers together.

Song 1: Rock & Roll Preschool

Song 2: That's The Sound Of Rock & Roll

Simon introducing Tasmin Cummins, when they get to swim with a friend named Eliza Cummins.

Song 3: Henry Likes Water

Song 4: I Went To The Library

Song 5: Dance With Emma

Song 6: Jess's Song

More coming soon!

TV Airdates

• December 22, 2017 (Treehouse TV)^{[citation needed]}

Trivia

• This video marked:
  • The first video in which Lachy plays the accordion.
  • The first video in which Simon plays the Red Maton Bass guitar.
  • The return of the Red Maton Electric guitar when Dominic plays it in "Two Polite Elvises".
  • The last video to feature the 2009 ABC for Kids logo on the packaging, though The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! is the last to feature it in the disc itself.
  • Strangely, the 2009 logo would reappear on all Wiggles videos in 2018, before finally being phased out for good after Wiggle Pop!.
  • The last video to have a booklet inside.
    • Not only that, this is the last video in Australia and New Zealand to have artwork on the disc.
  • The last video to feature Lauren Hannaford until Choo Choo Trains, Propeller Planes & Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car!
    • The last video in North America to have previews.
• The DVD (and album) cover highly resemble the cover of Bruce Springsteen's album Born in the U.S.A.
  • The cover is also similar to the cover of the Yummy Yummy album as they both show The Wiggles with their instruments and the lead singer with a microphone.
• The video was shown at Hoyts cinemas in Australia and NZ. Greg Page and his kids Lara and Cameron attended the premiere screening.
• The DVD was originally classified PG for “mild themes of grief and loss”, and a feature called "Grief Counselor" was listed as one of the extras. When the DVD was resubmitted for classification without the extra, it was allowed to be G. Based on the total run time of the two submissions, the missing Grief Counsellor extra would have run about 12 minutes.
• Actor Lou Diamond Phillips guest stars as the Preschool's principal.
• This is Robert Rakete's second guest appearance on a Wiggles DVD after Wiggle House.
• Some prominent locations include the Rock & Roll Preschool and it's library, music room, and dance hall (the last of which heavily resembles the set used in Get Ready To Wiggle from Wiggle Time!).
• Songs from this video can be seen in Wiggle Town!
• The outfits from Wiggly Safari ("Dingo Tango") and Wiggle Bay ("Dance A Cachuca") appear in "Ballerina, Ballerina".
• A new version of "Balla Balla Bambina" appears, which takes a slower, softer approach from previous versions.
• Most of the songs are adapted from other Wiggles or Cockroaches songs, such as "I Want A Leather Jacket".
• "Irish Stew", a song that appears on the album, is not included in the video. It would later make its debut on Wiggle Town!
• "Riding My Bike" and "The Story Of Emma's Glasses" were seen originally on Ready, Steady, Wiggle! episodes performed live as part of skits.
• Emma says "Let's Have A Ceili" at the end of the prologue of "Jess' Song", which is also the name of a song from Toot Toot!
• Jae Nelson, who is the current drummer for The Wiggles, appears in the security guard clip as security for Lachy, and as the drummer in "Goomy Galah".
• In "Mr Wardrobe", a knight is seen at one point while following The Wiggles.
• All songs, except for "Melbourne Amore", take place at the Rock & Roll Preschool.
• This is the first of two Wiggles videos released in U.S. and Canada by Kaboom! Entertainment (the other being Wiggle Town!)
• The North American DVD is slowed down, and thus low-pitched, as a way of converting PAL to NTSC. Wiggle House and Wiggle Town! also share this issue (Apples & Bananas and NCircle's release of Go Santa Go! are also slowed down, but pitch corrected).
• "Rock & Roll Preschool" was later used in Duets.
  • When that song was used in Duets, the cartoon sound effects in the prologue were removed for unknown reasons.
• This is the first Wiggles DVD in the US to be released in a case that isn't clear since Ukulele Baby.
• This video was released in America after Sam Moran's 38th birthday.

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) • 15 Years of Wiggly Fun! (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) • Lullabies with Love (2021) • Halloween Party (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) • Wiggly Nursery Rhymes (2022) • Fruit Salad Big Show (2022) • The Sound of Halloween (2023) • The Sound of Christmas (2023) 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 Cinderella Pantomime (2011)