Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins!

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Released	September 1, 2003 (VHS/DVD) July 27, 2004 (VHS/DVD) October 9, 2007 (DVD re-release) April 21, 2008 (DVD) March 29, 2010 (DVD)
Written by	Greg Truman
Directed by	Nicholas Bufalo
Video Special Guide
Previous	Space Dancing! (2003)
Next	Top of the Tots (2004)

Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins! is the fifteenth Wiggles video special, first released on September 1, 2003. It is based around the premise of The Wiggles' third TV series, Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!, and also aired on TV as a special.

Overview

The Wiggly Gremlins are playing some funny tricks on The Wiggles and their friends. While The Wiggles travel in the Big Red Car, Captain Feathersword is left in charge of the TV studio with Dorothy the Dinosaur, Wags the Dog, Henry the Octopus and the Wiggly Dancers. Things don't work out quite as planned but it's a lot of fun building a set, working the cameras, dressing up and singing and dancing. Whoo hoo!

Production and Filming Locations

The video was filmed from May to June 2002.^{[citation needed]}

The outdoor exteriors were filmed at Lane Cove National Park, while the studio interiors were filmed on Studio 26 at ABC TV Studios, Artarmon.

Songs

Note: All songs are from the album of the same name except where noted otherwise.

1. Camera One
2. Gulp Gulp
3. Wiggly Sports Theme
4. Testing, One, Two, Three
5. Bit By Bit (We're Building A Set)
6. Vegetable Soup
7. Hats
8. Music with Murray
9. Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!
10. Dressing Up
11. Where's Jeff?
12. Anthony's Workshop

Bonus Songs

• The Dancing Flowers (14:9 aspect ratio)
• Go To Sleep Jeff (from Go To Sleep Jeff!) (4:3 aspect ratio)

CD Songs

main article: Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins! (album)

• Calling All Cows (later seen in Top of the Tots)
• Knock Knock, Who's There?
• Weather, Weather, Weather
• Community Service Announcement!
• Wiggly Sports Theme

Plot

1. Camera One

It teaches their viewers how to use cameras

2. Gulp Gulp

It teaches their viewers about drinking water

3. Testing, One, Two, Three

The Wiggles and Captain Feathersword are testing the microphones

4. Bit By Bit (We're Building A Set)

The Wiggles and Captain Feathersword are building a TV set.

5. Vegetable Soup

The Wiggles are gonna eat vegetable soup for lunchtime after working.

6. Hats

A scene where The Wiggles are wearing hats during at the song.

7. Music with Murray

A scene where The Wiggles are having Music with Murray

8. Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!

Joseph & Dominic are holding a slate.

9. Dressing Up

Henry pushes the clothing rack, while The Wiggles dressed up as a doctor, cowboys, opera singers and a firefighter

10. Where's Jeff?

Jeff's falling asleep in different places.

11. Anthony's Workshop

Joseph is gonna see happened at his workshop in the arts and crafts room. While, Anthony puts on an apron, when The Wiggly Friends are painting or making something.

TV Airdates

• April 21, 2003 (ABC TV)^{[citation needed]}
• February 2, 2004 (ABC TV)
• February 11, 2005 (ABC TV)
• June 13, 2005 (ABC TV)
• February 16, 2006 (ABC TV)^{[citation needed]}
• February 16, 2007 (ABC TV)^{[citation needed]}
• July 2, 2007 (ABC 2)

Trivia

"Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins!" aspect ratio comparison

Near-complete snapshots from the 16:9 widescreen version of Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins! (from the book of the same name).

• Simon Pryce makes his debut in this video, who would then go on to become Simon Wiggle in 2013.
• This was also Simon's only video appearance released by HIT Entertainment in North America.
• This was also Simon's only video appearance released by InnoKidz in Hong Kong.
• The copyright screen says "2002" rather than "2003", meaning the video was finished in late 2002 but pushed to be released in late 2003.
• Like Wiggle Bay, this video was filmed and made in 16:9 widescreen (and was broadcast on ABC TV’s HD feed in that said aspect ratio). On every home video release, however, a 4:3 full screen cropped version was used since standard "full screen" TVs were still more common at the time. Additionally, a 14:9 ("halfway widescreen") master was created for TV broadcast on ABC TV through their SD feed, and this was used for the 2003 Australian DVD and VHS trailer seen on Australian releases of Space Dancing! (also the American DVD re-release by Warner Home Video).
  • The 14:9 master is what is currently in use by The Wiggles, having been sourced for clips used in the 2003 ARIA Awards (albeit cropped to fit the 16:9 frame), The Wiggles DVD Sampler and We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits, and it was at one time released on North American iTunes (and also Amazon Prime Video, Vudu and Netflix) by Warner Home Video and NCircle Entertainment (which has since been removed alongside other OG Wiggles videos).
  • On The Wiggles' YouTube channel, all uses of the 14:9 master (as of 2023) have exclusively been either zoomed in to fill 16:9 or had a 4:3 border covering it, the latter having also been the case in Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (both versions).
  • On streaming platforms such as HappyKids, The Wiggles (AVOD app), The Roku Channel, FilmRise, Amazon Prime Video, The Wiggles (FAST channel), Peacock and Plex despite the 14:9 master being in use, the video is in cropped 4:3 format.
• "Calling All Cows", which appeared on the album, was not included in the video, though it later made its debut in Top of the Tots.
• This is the first Wiggles video where The Wiggly Friends play instruments.
• This is Andrew McCourt's final video as Wags the Dog. Kristy Talbot takes over starting with the next video. Likewise, this is also Talbot's last video as Henry the Octopus.
• This is Corrine O'Rafferty's final video as Dorothy the Dinosaur. Caterina Mete takes over starting with the next video.
• The Red Starry Guitar is seen in The Wiggles' TV set drawing, played by Murray in the song "Bit By Bit (We're Building A Set)".
• On the Australian DVD, the 1992-2009 ABC For Kids Logo is used after the rating instead of the ABC DVD Logo. The same happened with Top of the Tots.
• The screener VHS has no previews at the end whatsoever.
• At The Wiggles meet and greet at NASA, this was the first HIT Entertainment US DVD in particular to have The Wiggles' autographs.
• It's also the last HIT Entertainment North American release to only have two Wiggles trailers, two Barney trailers, and one Kipper trailer, starting with the next HIT release, Santa's Rockin'!, there is one Wiggles trailer, and one Barney trailer, and the trailers of Angelina Ballerina, Rubbadubbers, and Bob the Builder make a return.
  • It's also HIT Entertainment's last Wiggles Canadian release (and possibly HIT's last Canadian release overall) to have the promo of Nick Jr.'s Oswald.
• This is the first Wiggles DVD to feature the Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! series in its special features. Specifically, it includes a modified version of "Swim Like a Fish", running approx. 18 minutes with both "Rock-A-Bye Your Bear" and the Where's Jeff? segment removed.
• This was the fourth Wiggles video where the Big Red Car is broken down, after Toot Toot!, The Wiggly Big Show and Wiggly Safari.
• The song "Vegetable Soup" is the second time in which Captain Feathersword gets sad in the middle of a song and then becomes happy again at the end, after live performances of "Five Little Ducks".
• The US release contains same trailers are from Barney: Now I Know My ABCs VHS & DVD.
• The VHS & DVD inside cover advertises the following videos:
  • Left side: Space Dancing!, Wiggle Bay, Wiggly Safari
  • Right side: Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party, It's a Wiggly Wiggly World!, Wiggly TV
• Unlike all releases of Wiggle Bay and most episodes of Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!, this video is presented in PAL formats as interlaced instead of progressive. As these were all shot around the same time, it is unclear whether the others were shot interlaced and mastered with progressive scan, or if they were shot progressive and this video was given an interlaced conversion with motion interpolation.
• This video was released in three different aspect ratios:
  • 4:3 ("full screen")
    • All DVDs & VHS
    • HappyKids
    • The Wiggles (AVOD app)
    • The Roku Channel (from FilmRise)
    • FilmRise
    • Amazon Prime Video (from FilmRise)
    • The Wiggles (FAST channel) (from FilmRise)
    • Peacock (from FilmRise)
    • Plex (from FilmRise)
    • Hot Potatoes Studios' Master Tapes Archive
  • 14:9 ("halfway" widescreen)
    • ABC TV airings (SD feed)
    • iTunes (from Warner Home Video/NCircle Entertainment)
    • Amazon Prime Video (from Warner Home Video/NCircle Entertainment)
    • Vudu (from Warner Home Video/NCircle Entertainment)
    • Netflix (from Warner Home Video/NCircle Entertainment)
    • The Wiggles DVD Sampler (Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! only)
    • We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits (Anthony’s Workshop only)
    • OG Wiggles YouTube channel (albeit with colored borders)
    • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (both versions) (Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! and Dressing Up only)
    • Hot Potatoes Studios' Master Tapes Archive
  • 16:9 (widescreen)
    • ABC TV airings (HD feed)
    • Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! (TV Series 3)
    • ABC Archives
• In North America, this video was originally scheduled to be released on April 6, 2004 with Cold Spaghetti Western originally scheduled for July 27. However, Cold Spaghetti Western was moved up to March 30th, with Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins! taking its place on the once planned July 27th release date.
• When this video aired on ABC TV for the second time, it aired when Anthony's daughter Lucia Field was born.
• The instrumental intro to "Vegetable Soup" is extended.
• This video was uploaded to The Wiggles' YouTube channel on October 25th, 2023. Despite use of the 14:9 master (note a black line visible at the top of the frame, a remnant of the off-centre letterboxing), The Wiggles' current YT team uses only one border which is intended for 4:3 sources, and this was unfortunately placed over the entire video. The same thing happened when it appeared in Non-stop Classic Wiggles!.

Goofs

• On the Australian & Hong Kong cover, the song list from the album is used, despite multiple songs listed not appearing in the video. This is fixed on most international releases.
• During the instrumental version of "Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!" heard in the intro, Greg's voice is heard for a split-second before going into the trumpet solo.
• On the spine of the Australian DVD, the second exclamation point is left out.
• The UK DVD back cover listed 16:9 as the aspect ratio, when it was actually 4:3.
• Dominic Lindsay's name was credited for "Bit By Bit (We're Building A Set)".
• Towards the end of "Bit By Bit (We're Building A Set)" in the video, you can hear a squeak. This does not happen in the Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! series.
• The Wiggles' names were credited for "Go To Sleep Jeff (Brahms' Lullaby)" in the VHS and DVD inlay.
• During the part in "Testing, One, Two, Three" where a high male voice sings "Yeah, yeah!", the DVD subtitles state that Dorothy is singing that lyric.
• In "Hats", a top hat was mentioned twice.
• In the scene where Captain switches on the lights, a far away shot shows Dorothy and Henry without the heads on and Wags isn't seen. But when the Gremlin switched the lights back on, the same far away shot shows Dorothy and Henry's head photoshopped. This didn't work since Henry's head can still be seen on the ground.
• Most white reels North American VHS copies mention the 2 bonus songs on the back, though only the black reels copy has them.
• The Hong Kong DVD Back Cover says "2009" instead of "2010".

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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)