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The Taiwanese Wiggles (also referred to as The Wiggles Asia and then The Mandarin Wiggles) was a localization of The Wiggles for the Taiwan market, created by Walt Disney Taiwan in 2003 and discontinued in 2007.
History[]
The Wiggles signed a licensing agreement with Walt Disney International in 2001 and auditions commenced in June 2002.
To make sure that the mannerisms of Taiwan's Wiggles remained as close to the original group as possible, Carlos, Anni, Danny, Arthur and stand-in, Kurt were packed off to Sydney. There the group underwent six weeks of training at "Wiggles boot camp".[1]
Songs[]
First line-up (2003-2004)[]
Songs listed were featured in available Taiwanese/Mandarin Wiggles media unless otherwise noted. DON'T add any other songs until they are 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)[]
Songs listed were featured in available Taiwanese/Mandarin Wiggles media unless otherwise noted. DON'T add any other songs until they are released.
Note: Some of the songs that had been re-recorded by The Taiwanese/Mandarin Wiggles are marked with an asterisk (*)
- 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
- 五隻小鴨子 (Wiggly Animation)
- 水果沙拉[2]
- Get Ready To Wiggle (*)
- Go Captain Feathersword, Ahoy!
- 多喝水 (Wiggly Animation)
- 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[3]
- 跟Danny一起彈吉他
- 可愛小火車 (Wiggly Animation)
- 海邊划船去 (Wiggly Animation)
- 跳跳Monkey舞 (Bonus song on Hot Potatoes! 2010 edition) (*)
- 諾亞叔叔的大船 (Wiggly Animation)
- 蔬菜湯 (Wiggly Animation)
- Wags the Dog[4]
- Wiggly Party (*)
- Big Red Car (Brief clip shown in the intro) (*)
Taiwanese-exclusive songs[]
Broadcasting[]
The Taiwanese Wiggles' first television series aired on Disney Channel Taiwan weekdays at 7:30am and 11:00am and on weekends at 6:00am and 8:55am beginning in March 2003.[citation needed] A second series featuring the second line-up was broadcast in 2006.
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
- Second line-up (2005-2007)
- Arthur Chen - Yellow Wiggle
- Danny Shao - Purple Wiggle
- Vivi Lin - Red Wiggle
- Samuel Chung - Blue Wiggle
- Kaeng Chan - Captain Feathersword
- Cathy 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 being Wiggles, Danny Shao and Anni Hsu also provided the voices for the Wiggly Friends; Henry the Octopus and Wags the Dog were voiced by Shao, and Hsu voiced Dorothy the Dinosaur.
In the second line-up, Danny continued to voice Henry while Jennifer Taipari voiced 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)
Trivia[]
- The Taiwanese Wiggles was a supporting act for Disney on Ice.
- 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.
- 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[]
See Also[]
References[]
- ↑ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2003/06/15/2003055397
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140601181107/http://www.disney.com.tw/DisneyChannel/playhouse/friends/wiggles/lyrics/song04.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20071015055246/http://www.disney.com.tw/DisneyChannel/playhouse/friends/wiggles/lyrics/song03.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060715091201/http://www.disney.com.tw/DisneyChannel/playhouse/friends/wiggles/lyrics/song02.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD9j64-Gerg
- ↑ https://www.ptt.cc/man/Disney/D59/DBE4/DC84/DC63/M.1059369698.A.8EE.html