(not to be confused with Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A.) (not to be confused with the UK tour of the same name)
Wiggledancing! Live In Concert is the twenty-sixth Wiggles video special from 2007 and the fifth live concert special after Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A.. This is the first appearance of Sam Wiggle as Greg's replacement. The concert was filmed at the Racing to the Rainbow tour on December 18th, 2006 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
Overview[]
The Wiggles performed for three quarters of a million people last year on their USA tour, travelling from Los Angeles to Dallas to New York and cities in between. Families snapped up tickets to the toe-tapping, travelling festival of fun. Filmed in High Definition, Wiggledancing! Live In Concert captures The Wiggles and their friends at their most exciting, live in concert at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. From the opening of Toot Toot, the Big Red Car makes its grand entrance through the curtains and the crowd are up on their little feet! You see and hear your favourite Wiggles Songs from the last 15 years. Everyone put your hands in the air, and sing Rock-A-Bye Your Bear! Wiggles songs are all about engaging children and interaction, so with Wiggledancing you can Move Your Arms Like Henry, Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist, Swim Like A Fish, Dance In The Sand or jump up and down to The Monkey Dance! It's Lights Camera Action, as you'll be taken on a musical journey from the sweet shores of Wiggle Bay, to the lively of harbour of Sydney. After this much fun, you'll want to recharge your energy levels by partaking in the wiggly cuisine of Hot Potato, as well as The Wiggles' world famous Fruit Salad. With 26 songs, you'll feel like you've had your own private concert broadcast into your home. There's so many ways to have fun, but the best is to put on your dancing shoes and Wiggledance!
Songs[]
- Overture
- Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car
- Hello, We're The Wiggles
- Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
- Joannie Works With One Hammer
- Look Both Ways
- Here Comes a Bear
- Ring-A-Ding-A-Ding Dong!
- Everybody Dance!
- Ooh It's Captain Feathersword
- Here Come The Reindeer
- Great Big Man In Red
- Romp Bomp A Stomp
- Dance the Ooby Doo
- Move Your Arms Like Henry
- Play Your Guitar With Murray
- Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)
- Music Box Dancer
- Bump-A-Deedle
- Teddy Bears' Big Day Out
- Fruit Salad
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
- We're Dancing With Wags The Dog
- Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack)
- Hot Potato
- Wiggly Go-Go Medley
Plot[]
Start: Gregs Video Message
Greg explains that due to an illness he had been diagnosed with, he decided to retire from the Wiggles. He thanks everybody's messages of support, his family, and those who have listened to a Wiggles CD, watched a DVD and/or attended a concert. Despite missing being a part of the Wiggles, Greg says that it's the right thing to do to manage his health. He then greets us with Sam, who had filled in for Greg for the times he had been unwell, and will continue to do so officially as Greg gives Sam the yellow skivvy. It might mark the end for Greg Wiggle, but it's a new beginning for not only Sam Wiggle, but a new era for The Wiggles.
- Song 1: Overture
Murray welcomes everyone to the Wiggles show, and he, Jeff and Anthony introduces theirselves. Murray adds that Greg had retired from the Wiggles and is no longer able to perform due to his illness, and welcomes Sam as the new Yellow Wiggle. Murray adds that in the middle of the next song, he asks everyone to tell the Wiggles their name.
- Song 3: Hello, We're The Wiggles (When Sam asks the audience their names, everyone shouts them. So many good names!)
Anthony says that "today is all about having fun." He lets the audience know that if they feel like singing, dancing, he encourages them to do so. He also asked to keep their eyes on Jeff, and if he falls asleep, let the Wiggles know because they want him to be awake.
- Song 4: Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
At the end of the song, Sam, Murray and Anthony hear a nearby snoring sound. The audience say that it's Jeff. "JEFF! WHOAAA!!!" The WIggles exclaim! They don't believe it! Sam says that Jeff is always falling asleep, and asks the audience to help the Wiggles wake Jeff up. He says that when he counts to three, everyone has to say "Wake up, Jeff!" and hopefully that it would work. "One, two, three... Wake up, Jeff!" Jeff wakes up, and asks the audience to give themselves a big clap for helping wake him up. Murray and Anthony play guitars for the next song.
- Song 5: Joannie Works With One Hammer
Uh, oh! Jeff's asleep again! Let's wake him up again! "One, two, three... Wake up, Jeff!" He wakes up. Anthony says that "it's lovely to drive in the Big Red Car", and that he and the Wiggles walked around the beautiful Harbour City of Sydney. And when they wanted to cross the road, there were cars everywhere. And Anthony recalls Murray saying to "stop at the lights and look both ways".
- Song 6: Look Both Ways
Sam gives the audience a challenge; putting your paws up in the air just like a bear.
- Song 7: Here Comes a Bear
The Wiggles (except Murray who was in the audience) asks if the audience wanted to meet Dorothy the Dinosaur, Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate, Wags the Dog, Henry the Octopus and Santa Claus. Every answer was a cheering "YEAH!" Anthony points out a few gifts in the audience, including a tinsel bone for Wags, and lots of signs from wonderful people including; Jack and Makayla welcoming Sam to The Wiggles, some Japanese friends, and another sign, showing love to Sam and missing Greg. Now, back to the Wiggly Friends. How do we get them here on stage? Anthony says that they'll go through the door that is Flora Door of Wigglehouse, and to keep their eyes on Flora. When the Wiggly Friends go through her, the audience is to let them know. And for the audience to let the Wiggles know, Sam asks them to shout; "WHEE!" A few practices are attempted, and everyone has the hang of it. Murray finally comes back on stage, and Anthony fills him on what's to happen. The Wiggles then say that: "It's that time of year to dance and let out a cheer. Christmas sounds are everywhere, so let's ring the bells at Christmas time!"
- Song 8: Ring-A-Ding-A-Ding Dong!
Santa departures the stage, and now it's time to dance with our Wiggly Friends!
- Song 9: Everybody Dance!
As Dorothy, Wags and Henry leave the stage for now, Captain continues to dance, and does a few more dances like the "revolving arm dance" and the "jump on the spot dance"!
- Song 10: Ooh It's Captain Feathersword
At the end of the song, Captain Feathersword's.. well, feathersword shoots an explosion of confetti, and is given a round of applause. The Wiggly Dancers hold their arms up high to make a bridge, which Anthony dubs "The Parade of Honor" and asks Captain to go through. Anthony calls Captain back to go through "The Parade of Honor", and tell the audience the special news. Captain says that he saw a man in a big red coat, and that he had; a long white beard, big black boots and a bag full of presents. Captain asks if everyone knows who he's talking about, and everyone shouts; "Santa Claus!" They're right! Captain adds that Santa had friends that were covered in fur, had big, long antlers, and one of them had a bright red nose. Again, Captain asks if everyone knows who he's talking about, and everyone shouts; "Ruldolph/Reindeer" They're right again! Here comes Santa Claus, and here come the reindeer!
- Song 11: Here Come The Reindeer
Murray thanks Santa for taking time out of his busy schedule to come to the show, and asks if he has time to go out into the audience and wave to everyone, in which Santa accepts. But does the audience want Santa to come out and wave to them all? Yes, they do! With the help of Wiggly Dancers, Lyn and Caterina, everyone waves to Santa Claus - the Great Big Man in Red!
- Song 12: Great Big Man In Red
Murray thanks Santa again, and he (along with everyone else) waves goodbye to the jolly man as he leaves to return back to the North Pole. And now, Anthony introduces that beautiful yellow-spotted green friend, Dorothy the Dinosaur! Anthony tells Dorothy that everyone is waving at her, and asks what her favorite thing in the world is, in which she replies "I love roses!" Anthony asks the audience that if they have roses, they could hold them up in the air so that they could be seen and collected for Dorothy. The Wiggly Dancers - Nicole, Caterina, Ryan, Larissa, Katherine, and Sam's new wife from South Carolina, USA, Lyn Moran (the latter is given an applause) - goes out to the audience with baskets to collect the roses while Jeff and Murray tag along. And from the stage, Anthony collects roses from Lucia, Olivia, Harry and Jasmine and gives them to Dorothy. Sam gives Dorothy a pink "dinosaur dancing vest", and the way it works is that Dorothy must think of her favorite dance, tell everyone, and dance it. And as we all know, Dorothy's favorite dance is the "Romp Bomp A Stomp".
- Song 13: Romp Bomp A Stomp
We've dance the Romp Bomp A Stomp, but now it's time to dance the Ooby Doo with Dorothy the Dinosaur!
- Song 14: Dance the Ooby Doo
As Murray, Jeff and the Wiggly Dancers continue to collect the roses, Dorothy thanks the audience for the roses and says goodbye as she leaves the stage. Now it's time to dance with another friend as everyone moves their arms like Henry the Octopus!
- Song 15: Move Your Arms Like Henry
Henry waves goodbye and leaves. Now it's time for Music with Murray! Murray tells the audience to pull out their guitars (and if they don't have one, use an imaginary one). He plays a riff and now everyone is ready to play!
- Song 16: Play Your Guitar With Murray (During the song, a Murray balloon is inflated, and Jeff and Captain Feathersword try to push it up, but it falls on them until it's all the way up, nice and straight.)
Murray thanks the audience, calling them "great guitar players." And now, Jeff asks everyone if they can point their fingers and do the twist.
Anthony and Murray spot a little girl with a tutu, along with a few others in the audience. Murray says that tutus are special dresses for dancing the ballet, and Dorothy comes out with a beautiful pink tutu. Murray says that; "Whether you're wearing a tutu or not, it doesn't matter. Show Dorothy your ballet dancing to "Music Box Dancer"."
- Song 18: Music Box Dancer
As Dorothy, Captain and the fairies leave the stage, The Wiggles dance the "Bump-A-Deedle" dance!
- Song 19: Bump-A-Deedle
Anthony asks the audience to help the Wiggles with a poem, and when it is said, some teddy bears will come to the stage. For each Wiggle, the poem is spoken; "Round and Round the garden like a teddy bear. One step, two step, tickly under there!" The teddy bears are ready for their big day out!
- Song 20: Teddy Bears' Big Day Out
As the Teddy Bears dance their way out and are waved goodbye, Sam says that he felt hungry after a lot of singing and dancing. The audience agrees, and the problem is solved with some healthy food, and that is fruit salad! Yummy yummy!
- Song 21: Fruit Salad
Anthony says that it's time to sing a song that has been sung for years - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Before that happens, Anthony makes a safety announcement that the lights will dim during the song, and asks the children to go back to their parents or guardians. And with the help of the mobile phones among the audience, it turns to a starry night as all the lights dim, and Sam sings with four ballet performers.
- Song 22: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
The sun comes back up, and our big furry friend, Wags the Dog comes out to dance!
- Song 23: We're Dancing With Wags The Dog
Anthony introduces three dancing ducks. The baby one quacks: "Quack, quack, quack!" The middle one quacks: "Quack, quack, quack!" And the big one quacks: "Quack, quack, quack!" They do it three times, but the third time, the middle duck says: "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" That doesn't seem right. The quacking trio quacks again, but the middle duck once again says: "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" Something really isn't right here. Anthony tries to get the middle duck to quack, but the middle duck keeps cock-a-doodle-doing. Anthony gets extra help from the audience, but still the same result. Who really is the middle duck? The audience say it's Captain Feathersword. A back-and-forth argument takes place, but the middle duck (who puts on a pirate hat) admits being the Captain. He sure does like to quack, quack, quack and cock-a-doodle-doo!
As the three ducks quack goodbye, it's time to have some hot potato, cold spaghetti and mashed banana; coming up right now!
- Song 25: Hot Potato
Murray says that they're almost at the end of the show with only one more big song to go. He asks if everyone had a good time in the show so far, in which everyone says yes! Murray thanks everyone, especially the children for singing and dancing, and asks everyone to give themselves a big clap. Anthony says that for the last song, everyone (including the grown-ups) should stand up and dance with the children, which everyone does. Everyone is now ready to "go, go, go!"
- Song 26: Wiggly Go-Go Medley
The Wiggly Go-Go Medley consists of the following songs:
- Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)
- Here Come The Chicken
- Hot Potato
- Dancing In The Sand
- Move Your Arms Like Henry
- Bow Wow Wow
- D.O.R.O.T.H.Y (My Favourite Dinosaur)
- The Captain's Wavy Walk
- Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!
The confetti is released and Murray thanks everyone for being a fantastic audience. One by one, the Wiggly Dancers, the Wiggly Friends and the Wiggles say goodbye. The audience is wished a merry Christmas and a happy new year as The Wiggles and Captain go inside Wigglehouse.
Trivia[]
- The layout (not content) on the menus is almost exactly the same as the menus for Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A., but the pictures of The Wiggles have been replaced, as have the red, white, blue coloured curtains/balloons with more generic colours.
- This live show/video marked:
- The first concert video to feature Sam as the Yellow Wiggle.
- The first time Captain Feathersword disguises himself in a segment called "Little Duck, Middle Duck and Big Duck". This later happens with other disguises in Getting Strong! and Wiggle and Learn.
- The last time that The Wiggles Murray, Anthony and Jeff wear their 2001-era skivvies and pants. In the next video, the clothes get updated, it’s also the last time until The Wiggles Reunion Show that the Wiggles wear their 2001-era skivvies.
- The only Sam era video to not receive a physical release in the US.
- This video was never released on DVD in the US; however, it was available on iTunes, under the Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A. title and with its poster. It is no longer available for purchase. Parts of the video were also included as extras on the iTunes release of Sing a Song of Wiggles, The Wiggles Present: Dorothy the Dinosaur and a bonus DVD sampler included with some copies of Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles.
- Clips of this were also featured in Wiggles World at Six Flags theme parks
- According to the version of 15 Years of Wiggly Fun! and the Racing to the Rainbow Show! Programme, Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A. was planned to be released in Australia instead of this release. Due to Greg's departure they probably decided to film the show for this video as a replacement.
- Anthony's wife Miki and his daughters Lucia and Maria are in the first row for this concert. John Field's daughter and Anthony's niece Carla is in the audience with her little cousins, as well.
- The video was filmed on December 16, 2006, at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
- When Anthony introduces Lyn Moran (Sam's then real-life wife), Sam touches his heart showing that he loves her.
- Nicole Camage plays Wags in this video, as mentioned by Anthony at the end of the show, although Kristy Talbot is also credited with the role.
- Throughout the video, because of the lights, Captain Feathersword's slide turns green instead of blue.
- On the Big Red Car, there is an L sign, which means "learner", since Sam was the new driver of the Big Red Car. This what exactly happened with Tsehay in Fruit Salad Big Show.
- Fairy Larissa debuted in this video.
- The UK DVD files are called WIGGLEDANCING_UK.
- The UK DVD was burned on March 20th 2007.
- Greg is mentioned by Murray before Sam is introduced and by Anthony who reads another sign. His name can also be seen on a sign during Ooh It's Captain Feathersword.
- Unlike other Wiggles DVDs, this one comes with a 5.1 surround sound mix.[3] The centre track contains voices of The Wiggles, Captain and Henry the Octopus, the front tracks contain the music, as well as voices of Dorothy the Dinosaur and Wags the Dog and the rear tracks contain reverb for the voices and ambience of the audience and stage.
- This is Katherine Patrick's last video as Henry the Octopus before it would be taken over by Mario Martinez Diaz. And also, this is Emily McGlinn's first video as Dorothy the Dinosaur. Not only that, but Ryan De Saulnier also makes his last appearance.
- An alternate version of the DVD without AUSLAN (Australian Sign Language) can be found on the UK and HK releases and on the Wiggly Favourites DVD with Getting Strong!.
- Although not identified, the man off-screen during Dorothy's scene who says to Anthony "Cellophane", is actually one of the camera operators, Phil Dow.
- This is the only Sam video to feature the 2001 skivvies.
- This video was uploaded on WildBrain's YouTube channel starting June 16, 2022.
- The UK DVD was released a day before Anthony Field's 44th birthday.
- This is the first Wiggles DVD in the UK to have the 2007 HIT Entertainment logo.
- The Hong Kong DVD has no Song Jukebox menu and the Sing Along with The Wiggles subtitle track is removed on the Set Up menu. Not to mention the menus are static.
- In this video, Captain Feathersword quacks while walking in the sand, quacks like a robot, quacks while wading through the bushes, and quacks like an ant running around the kitchen floor.
Goofs[]
- During the song, Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles, in Wiggly Go-Go Medley, you can hear Dorothy the Dinosaur saying "Bye everyone, bye bye".
- In the song credits, the words "Trad/Arr." are removed from Joannie Works With One Hammer. Also on the Wiggly Go-Go Medley credits, Romp Bomp A Stomp is listed instead of D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur).
- The UK DVD cover says there are 27 songs though there are 26 songs in the video.