Taking Off! (video)

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Released	March 6, 2013 August 13, 2013 November 10, 2017 (re-release)
Written by	Anthony Field
Directed by	Anthony Field Paul Field
Video Special Guide
Previous	Celebration! (2012)
Next	Furry Tales (2013)

Taking Off! is the forty-first video special that was released on March 6, 2013. It is the first video special to feature Emma, Lachy and Simon.

Overview

It's all systems go with The Wiggles' new line-up, Anthony, Emma, Lachy and Simon! The Wiggles are going on an exciting musical adventure!

Songs

1. Do the Propeller!
2. Peanut Butter
3. Beep! Beep! Buckle Up!
4. Emma (with the Bow in Her Hair)
5. Simon Says
6. I've Got My Glasses On!
7. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn Around
8. Simon's Cold Water Blues
9. Little Bunny Foo Foo
10. Dorothy's Dance Party
11. Everybody's Here
12. Who Got Da Bones?
13. Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
14. Dancing on the High Seas
15. The Shimmie Shake! (LIVE)
16. Meteorology (the Study of the Atmosphere)
17. Dance to Your Daddy
18. Get Ready To Wiggle
19. Alouette/Mimi's Dance

Deleted Songs

• Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car (Seen in an image of the album's booklet)
• Little Bunny Foo Foo (Outside version)
• I Stamp - Seen on Pumpkin Face
• Roll the Acrobats - Seen on Wiggle House
• Baby Keep Smiling - Seen on the album of this video.

Plot

• It's all systems go with the first ever release from The Wiggles' new line-up, Anthony, Emma, Lachy and Simon! Featuring 19 Wiggly songs, "Taking Off!" is a passport to fun! First off down the runway is "Do the Propeller," a catchy new tune that is sure to become a favorite. Then there's the 'bowtiful' song "Emma (with the Bow in Her Hair)," "Simon Says," "Beep! Beep! Buckle Up!" highlighting the importance of traveling safely, and many more! So what are you waiting for? The air traffic controllers of fun have given the green light to go on an exciting musical adventure!

TV Airdates

• December 1, 2017 (Treehouse TV)^{[citation needed]}

Trivia

• This video marked:
  • The first appearance of the new generation.
  • The first US DVD to feature the 2013 NCircle Entertainment logo. Though Surfer Jeff was the first but it showed the 2006-2012 Ncircle Entertainment logo meaning this (Taking Off) was the first to show it onscreen.
  • The first video released in the Gen Alpha Era.
• This video was filmed in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.
• Despite Greg, Jeff and Murray no longer being The Wiggles, they make cameos in this video as different characters. Jeff makes a cameo in "Do the Propeller!" and "Little Bunny Foo Foo" as himself, "Emma (with the Bow in Her Hair)" as a king and "Who Got Da Bones?" as the waiter. Greg also makes a cameo as the passenger in "Emma (with the Bow in Her Hair)" and Murray cameos in "The Shimmie Shake!" along with Greg and Jeff.
• Jeff was also seen in a promo picture of "Little Bunny Foo Foo".
• At the end of "Do the Propeller!", Lachy's flag comes flying off his stick and off the back of the bus. He looks at it and laughs.
• The scene where Anthony can't do the propeller. Until, Captain Feathersword helps him in "Do the Propeller!" was originally used in Celebration!.
• "Peanut Butter" was the first song filmed on May 17, 2012 after the "The Wiggles - A Message To Wiggles' Fans" retirement announcement video was uploaded on YouTube because The Wiggles didn't have any shoes to wear, not even Emma.
• "Little Bunny Foo Foo" was supposed to be filmed on location, but they decided to film it at concert.
• The Christmas Celebration Tour! set is seen in the opening scene where The Wiggles are in the Big Red Car introducing themselves. This was filmed on December 23 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre after the original Wiggles' final tour ended.
• Simon plays the Red Starry Keyboard in "Beep! Beep! Buckle Up!".
• In "The Shimmie Shake!", Greg, Jeff and Murray were dressed as buckets of popcorn.
• In "Emma (with the Bow in Her Hair)" when The Male Wiggles sing "One day we were walking on a windy day", a boat is in the background and people in the boat are waving at The Wiggles.
• Songs from the video can be seen in Ready, Steady, Wiggle!.
• Emma's hairstyle changes throughout the video due to being filmed at various times in mid-late 2012. This also happens in the next video.
• According to the end credits, Mimi's full name is Marie-Michelle Bourgeau.
• In Get Ready To Wiggle the background vocals are the same as the original. And for the first time, we have two lead singers for the verses and bridge. (Although Emma can be heard when more than one Wiggle is singing)
• In "Alouette/Mimi's Dance", the original music for "Little Bunny Foo Foo" is played while Mimi is dancing.
• Some of the songs that weren't used in this video such as "I Stamp" and "Roll the Acrobats" were later released on two later videos: Pumpkin Face and Wiggle House. Others such as an early draft of "Little Bunny Foo Foo" with Lachy as the bunny himself were abandoned because The Wiggles in their today's generation did not want to confuse their fans.
• The American DVD was pressed on April 4, 2013, a little less than a month after it released in Australia and four months before it released in America.
• The Australian DVD was released a day before Simon Pryce's 41st birthday.
• In "The Shimmie Shake!", they used in The Celebration Tour!.

Goofs

• In "Peanut Butter" Anthony eats it on toast but in Surfer Jeff says he is allergic to peanut butter and then performs Ooey, Ooey, Ooey Allergies!. Anthony Field isn't actually allergic to peanut butter in reality, it was just a made up trait just for Surfer Jeff that they seem to forgot.
• In the DVD's photo gallery, a picture from Roll the Acrobats is seen, but that song wasn't released until 2014, the year after this DVD was released. A picture from the original unused version of Little Bunny Foo Foo is also seen.
• The copyright screen says "2012" rather than "2013", meaning the video was finished in late 2012 but pushed to be released in early 2013.

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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)