The Gorilla Dance is the seventh episode of Series 5.
Overview[]
Find out what The Wiggles do when not singing songs, dance the gorilla dance.
Plot[]
It's The Wiggles Show! Sam, Greg, and Caterina greet everyone.
Greg and Wags introduce the first song and ask if you can do the movements.
Dorothy's Dancing Alphabet - This is the letter g. It stands for gorilla. Captain Feathersword demonstrates a gorilla dance.
Wigglehouse - Anthony has a blue guitar. What do the Wiggles do in the daytime by themselves? Let's find out, as each Wiggle sings about their hobby to I Love, which has the tune of "Where Is Thumbkin".
Greg – I love reading. He puts on a pilot hat.
Jeff – I love sleeping.
Anthony – I love eating. Fruity, Fruity Salad.
Murray – I love music. He puts on a king's crown.
Jeff's animal of the week - Jeff has a baby wombat in his arms.
- Song #2 - Rock-A-Bye Your Bear – Wiggly Concert
Anthony explains what to do when you hear the different Hebrew phrases. Lechoo, Yeladim means Walk, Children. Imdu means stand still. Rutzu means run.
- Song #3 - Lechoo Yeladim – (Wiggly Animation)
Anthony and Murray actually walk, run and stand still with the children. The children are actually young Wiggly Dancers.
- Song #4 - Pipers Waltz – featuring the Wiggly Irish Dancing girls and the mascots
Dorothy greets everyone.
Song #5 - Dressing Up
Murray and Anthony introduce Wiggly Animation.
Song #6 - Rolling Down The Sandhills/Running Up The Sandhills – (Wiggly Animation)
Little Wiggles - Anthony's reading the paper and tells everyone about a boot-scoot competition. They get ready in Wiggle Time. Oh no! Oh What? They don't know how to boot-scoot dance, but fortunately Dorothy the Dinosaur comes to the rescue and teaches everyone how to dance. The Little Wiggles win the contest.
Anthony and Dorothy introduce the next song.
Song #7 - Dorothy's Dance Party
Murray introduces the next song.
Song #8 - Hot Potato – Wiggly Concert
Jeff and Wags say goodbye.
Alternate titles[]
- Gorilla Dance (Playhouse Disney title)
Trivia[]
- The first 20 seconds for the prologue scene of Dorothy's Dance Party were cut off, although they did make it in Mop-Mop!.
- The Wigglehouse segment was later released on Splish Splash Big Red Boat.
- Paul Field's voice is heard at the end of The Little Wiggles segment.
- This episode aired on Playhouse Disney before the Wiggledancing! Live In Concert DVD was released.