The Taiwanese Wiggles

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The Taiwanese Wiggles
Origin	Taiwan
Years Active	2003-2007
Genre	Children's
Past Members	Danny Shao James Arthur Chen Vivi Lin Samuel Chung Anni Hsu Carlos Chang
Label	Forward Music

The Taiwanese Wiggles (also known as The Wiggles Asia and later as The Mandarin Wiggles) was a localized version of The Wiggles created for the Taiwan market. It was produced by Walt Disney Taiwan in 2003 and discontinued in 2007.

History

In 2001, The Wiggles signed a licensing agreement with Walt Disney International, and auditions for a Mandarin-language lineup began in June 2002.

To ensure the Taiwanese cast reflected the style and mannerisms of the original group, members Carlos Chang, Arthur Chen, Anni Hsu, Danny Shao and stand-in Kurt were flown out to Sydney for six weeks for intensive training at a "Wiggles boot camp". Officially launched in February 2003, the group went on to perform over 100 shows in kindergartens, shopping malls, and amusement parks across Taiwan. Initial plans to send the group on a large-scale national tour were postponed as a result of the SARS epidemic.

By June 2005, the franchise's owners had switched from Disney Taiwan to Australia-based Entertainment Store, who produced the Wiggles' character shows (i.e. The Dorothy The Dinosaur Show) at the time. They would continue to tour the group throughout Taiwan (with continued support from Disney).

The group's reach would also briefly be expanded outside of Taiwan in November 2005, when the group performed a week's worth of shows at Singapore's Forum Mall under the name "The Wiggles Asia".

Following a production hiatus, two cast member departures and the aforementioned shift in management, a second line-up was formed for a new television series produced directly by The Wiggles in Australia rather than Disney.

Danny would later depart the group in late 2006 to fulfill required military service - the identity of his replacement is currently unknown.

As a result of the live scene not being enough to sustain the group, and because dubbing proved to be a more lucrative venture, the franchise was quietly discontinued in 2007. The group's TV series had stopped being broadcast by October of the same year. Soon after, Arthur Chen moved to Australia and began performing with the Dorothy the Dinosaur Show troupe, and would later become a part of the main Wiggles dancer cast.

Cast Members

First line-up (2003 - c. 2004/2005)

• Danny Shao - Purple Wiggle
• Arthur Chen - Blue Wiggle
• Anni Hsu - Red Wiggle
• Carlos Chang - Yellow Wiggle

Wiggly Friends

• Sean ??? - Captain Feathersword

Second line-up (2005-2007)

• Arthur Chen - Yellow Wiggle
• Danny Shao - Purple Wiggle
• Vivi Lin - Red Wiggle
• Samuel Chung - Blue Wiggle

Wiggly Friends

• Kaeng Chan - Captain Feathersword
• Caterina Mete/Clare Field - Dorothy the Dinosaur
• Kristy Talbot - Wags the Dog
• Katherine Patrick - Henry the Octopus

Guest stars

• Pu Hsueh-Liang - guest vocalist on 歡樂Party!

In addition to performing as Wiggles, Danny Shao and Anni Hsu also provided the voices for the Wiggly Friends. Shao voiced Henry the Octopus and Wags the Dog, while Hsu voiced Dorothy the Dinosaur.

In the second line-up, Shao continued to voice Henry, with Jennifer Taipari taking over the role of Dorothy.

Localized Names

The Wiggly Friends were given names in Mandarin for the first iteration of the Taiwanese group. In the second iteration, their names were reverted back to their original English versions.

Original Name	Mandarin Name	Phoneticized
Wags the Dog	狗狗Wags	Gǒu Gǒu Wags
Captain Feathersword	飛毛船長	Fēi máo chuánzhǎng
Dorothy the Dinosaur	小恐龍Dorothy	Xiǎo kǒnglóng Dorothy
Henry the Octopus	章魚Henry	Zhāngyú Henry

Releases

Discography

• 大家來Wiggle! (2003)
• 歡樂Party! (2003)

Videography

• 大家來Wiggle! (2003)
• 歡樂Party! (2003)
• Arthur的烤蛋糕 (2004)
• Lights, Camera, Action! 好戲上場 (2006)

Other

• Wiggly Summertime! (flash animated short, 2004/2005)

Songs

First line-up (2003-2004)

The following songs were featured in known Taiwanese/Mandarin Wiggles media, unless otherwise noted. Please do not add any additional titles until they are officially released.

• Bing Bang Bong海盜歌
• 伸出手指頭扭扭扭
• 船長的鴨子舞
• 船長的魔法扣子
• D.O.R.O.T.H.Y.我最愛的小恐龍
• Dorothy的生日party
• Dorothy的歡樂party
• Wiggle groove節奏
• Get Ready To Wiggle
• 海灘真是有趣
• 章魚Henry
• Henry的章魚舞
• Wiggles 來了
• 香甜玉米
• 熊來了
• 阿亮的聖誕舞
• 兩邊看
• 發揮想像和學習
• 迪士尼遊戲屋再見歌
• 小熊晚安
• Romp Bomp A Stomp
• 跳跳Monkey舞
• Wiggles組曲
• Big Red Car
• Wake up, Danny!
• Walk
• Wiggly Party 扭扭舞

Second line-up (2006)

The following songs were featured in known Taiwanese/Mandarin Wiggles media, unless otherwise noted. Please do not add any additional titles until they are officially released.

Note: Songs that were re-recorded by the Taiwanese/Mandarin Wiggles are marked with an asterisk (*).

• Brown Girl In The Ring
• 伸出手指頭扭扭扭 (partially found in 15 Years of Wiggly Fun!) (*)
• Captain Feathersword
• Di Dicki Do Dum
• 跟我跳舞吧！Dorothy
• 五隻小鴨 (Wiggly Animation)
• 水果沙拉
• Get Ready To Wiggle (*)
• Go Captain Feathersword, Ahoy!
• 多喝水 (Wiggly Animation)
• 頭、肩膀、膝、腳趾
• Henry的海底大樂隊 (Wiggly Animation)
• 我是牛 (Wiggly Animation)
• 我爬十級樓梯 (Wiggly Animation)
• 我喜歡下雨天
• Joannie工作記
• Let's Go (我們開車Big Red Car)
• Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!
• 小小螞蟻 (Wiggly Animation)
• 動動手學Henry
• 跟Danny一起彈吉他
• 可愛小火車 (Wiggly Animation)
• 小熊晚安 (Live performance from 2006)
• 海邊划船去 (Wiggly Animation)
• 跳跳Monkey舞 (Bonus song on Hot Potatoes! 2010 edition) (*)
• Big Red Car (Brief clip shown in the intro) (*)
• 諾亞叔叔的大船 (Wiggly Animation)
• 蔬菜湯 (Wiggly Animation)
• Wags the Dog
• Wake up, Danny! (*)
• Wiggly Party (*)

Taiwanese-exclusive songs

• 火車快飛 (2003)
• 造飛機 (2003)

Broadcasting

The Taiwanese Wiggles' first television series premiered on Disney Channel Taiwan in March 2003, airing on weekdays at 7:30 am and 11:00 am, and on weekends at 6:00 am and 8:55 am.^{[citation needed]} A second series featuring the new line-up was broadcast in 2006, also airing at 7:30am and 10:00am.

Trivia

• The Taiwanese Wiggles was a supporting act for Disney on Ice.
  • They also provided the voices for the Taiwanese dub of the 2003 Pixar animated film Finding Nemo.
• On April 7, 2007, The Taiwanese Wiggles performed a Spring festival concert at Taipei's Family Fun Theater in Taipei City, Taiwan. Tickets for the concert went on sale almost two months earlier, on February 16th.
• From 2006 to 2007, The Taiwanese Wiggles hosted their own radio show on Happy Radio FM89.3.
• There were several unidentified understudies who filled in for the Wiggles in some concerts.
• Like the Australian Wiggles, The Taiwanese Wiggles used sound effects from Warner Bros and Hanna Barbera, but unlike the Australian Wiggles, The Taiwan Wiggles used comical sound effects from Series 4000 (although The Australian Wiggles used the comical sound effects in Sprout's Wiggly Waffle and The Wiggles Movie, as well as many of their North American trailers by HIT Entertainment).
• Like the Spanish adaptation, it was originally unknown that Sir Lesley Longley had some of the footage such as the alternate version of Captain's Magic Buttons.
• Although the regular Australian Wiggles wore skivvies from 2003 to 2005, the first iteration wore skivvies similar to the 1997-2001 one, with the only difference being a smaller logo on the front. The only similarity between the two outfits was the black pants with stripes.
• The first iteration used cheap copies of authentic instruments.

Gallery

The Mandarin Wiggles in Wiggly Animation in Lights, Camera, Action! 好戲上場.

The Mandarin Wiggles playing food instruments.

The Mandarin Wiggles in the farm in Wiggly Animation.

The Mandarin Wiggles with cups of water.

The Mandarin Wiggles singing Little Brown Ant

The Mandarin Wiggles at the beach.

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See Also

Taiwanese Wiggles Concerts