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The Wiggles: Series 3

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The Wiggles 3rd TV Series is the third series of The Wiggles. It was the group's first TV Series of the 2000s, beginning its run on PBS Kids on the 19th August 2000 at 8:30am every day. It has sometimes been referred to as "Wiggly Party!", despite that it is officially known as TV Series 3.

Episodes[]

  1. Healthy - August 19, 2000
  2. Races - August 20, 2000
  3. Christmas - August 21, 2000
  4. Winter - August 22, 2000
  5. Boats - August 23, 2000
  6. A Doggy Invention - August 24, 2000
  7. Jeff's Space Dancing Dream - August 25, 2000
  8. Dreams - August 26, 2000
  9. Weather - August 27, 2000
  10. Exercise - August 28, 2000
  11. An Octopus Circus - October 29, 2000
  12. The Wiggly Parade - October 30, 2000
  13. Funny - October 31, 2000
  14. Playing - July 14, 2001
  15. Languages - July 15, 2001
  16. Summer - July 16, 2001
  17. Hobbies - July 17, 2001
  18. Friends & Family - July 18, 2001
  19. Flowers - September 23, 2001
  20. Sleeping & Napping - September 24, 2001
  21. Eating - September 25, 2001
  22. Singing - September 26, 2001
  23. A Wiggly Concert - September 27, 2001
  24. Puppets - September 28, 2001
  25. Games - September 29, 2001
  26. Wiggly Sports - September 30, 2001
  27. Space Dancing! - April 12, 2002
  28. Happy & Sad - April 13, 2002
  29. Numbers - April 14, 2002
  30. Imagining and Pretending - April 15, 2002
  31. Stories - April 16, 2002
  32. Magic - April 17, 2002
  33. Fall - April 18, 2002
  34. Reading - April 19, 2002
  35. Painting - April 20, 2002
  36. Letters, Alphabet & Spelling - April 21, 2002
  37. Building - April 22, 2002
  38. School & Learning - April 23, 2002
  39. A Pirate Adventure - April 24, 2002
  40. Valentines Day - April 25, 2002
  41. It's Easy to Learn Your ABC - April 26, 2002
  42. Trains, Planes & Big Red Cars - April 27, 2002
  43. Teeth - April 28, 2002
  44. Camping - April 29, 2002
  45. Dinosaur Birthday Party! - April 30, 2002
  46. Spring - June 4, 2002
  47. Easter - June 5, 2002
  48. Rosy Tea Party - June 6, 2002
  49. Firefighters - June 7, 2002
  50. Body Care - June 8, 2002
  51. Halloween - June 9, 2002
  52. The Great Outdoors! - June 10, 2002

Cast[]

  • Murray Cook as Murray Wiggle
  • Jeff Fatt as Jeff Wiggle, voice of Henry the Octopus and voice of Wags the Dog
  • Anthony Field as Anthony Wiggle
  • Greg Page as Greg Wiggle
  • Paul Paddick as Captain Feathersword
  • Corrine O'Raffety as Dorothy the Dinosaur
  • Andrew McCourt as Wags the Dog
  • Reem Hanwell as Henry the Octopus
  • Carolyn Ferrie as voice of Dorothy the Dinosaur
  • Ben Murray as Santa Claus

Version Differences[]

The original versions of these episodes are 11-minutes in length, totalling 52 episodes. However, other versions exist where the 11-minute episodes are combined into a length just short of 22-minute episodes, totalling 26 episodes per series. In these versions, Episodes 1 and 2 become Episode 1 ("Healthy" & "Races"), Episodes 3 and 4 become Episode 2 ("Christmas" & "Winter"), etc. When combined, the credits of the first episode, as well as the intro and theme song of the second, are cut. At the wrap-up of the first episode, The Wiggles say "See you next time!" rather than "We hope you enjoyed the show!" and says "But now it's time to go" or "There will be more from us soon, so keep Wiggling!" instead of "Good bye!", before cutting to a commercial break (or transitioning next to the episode). No other edits are made to the episodes.

There are 14-minute edits of the episodes Races (re-titled as "Blow Me Down") and Christmas (re-titled as "Christmas!") used on the American VHS of It's a Wiggly Wiggly World before the credits. It is unknown if any more exist and this version unexpectedly wasn't seen on the DVD of the same name.

Home Video Releases[]

6 of the first 7 episodes were seen before the credits of the video tapes It's a Wiggly Wiggly World!, Yule Be Wiggling! (ep. 1) and Hoop Dee Doo! It's a Wiggly Party! (ep. 7). As mentioned above, the first two of these video tapes contain edited down versions of these episodes with a running time of 14 minutes, while the other one is presented in their original 11-minute versions. The episodes Winter appeared on the Wiggly Safari American VHS before and after the credits.

Trivia[]

  • The trivia questions from Series 1 return.
  • Community Service Announcements are first used.
  • As a running gag, Greg is called "young" throughout the series, as he was the youngest of the group. In the episode "The Numbers", The Other Wiggles jokingly said was 18 at the time of airing.
  • Neither run is available in their entirety on DVD in Australia, though they are available in America for such format. As such, many Australian fans have imported the American DVDs to watch.
  • Before airing on PBS Kids, this was the only series to air on Nickelodeon in United Kingdom.

Funding[]

  • ABC For Kids
  • Lyrick Studios (2000-2001)
  • HIT Entertainment (2001-2002)
  • Chuck E Cheese's
  • Kellogg's Frosted Flakes/Froot Loops
  • Ready to Learn Grant from the United States Department of Education
  • The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Contributions to your PBS Station from Viewers Like You, Thank You

Theme Song[]

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Trivia[]

  • This became one of the most popular and well-known TV Series in America, as The Wiggles had crossovers with child favorites Barney and Bob the Builder.
  • Songs sung by Barney and Bananas in Pajamas appear in the series, with added vocals from The Wiggles.
  • This is the first and to date only Wiggles series to have a holiday episode (not counting the TV Series 1 episode Spooked Wiggles, the latter of which was considered as a Halloween episode), while this series has three holiday themed episodes, one for Valentines Day, one for Christmas and one for Easter.
  • This is the first Wiggles series with Maton Guitars, although most of the song clips still used guitars manufactured by Höfner, Fender (including the Red Starry Guitar), and Takamine.
  • It's also the last series to have The Wiggles wear the 1997-2001 long sleeved BONDS skivvies and plain black pants.
    • Their original BONDS skivvies were made out of cotton as experts warned the group that wearing these long sleeved tees over time could make tiny holes caused by their belts. This could mean according to Anthony in 2022 Today Show interview he commented "We sweated so much in these skivvies, and at one show, Murray was sweating, and one child in the audience yelled out "Murray's melting!" and the other people in the audience thought that we might have to update them."
    • It's also the only PBS exclusive series where Greg is slim, beginning with the next PBS exclusive series, he put on some weight.
  • Guest Stars include Morgan Crowley, John Williamson, B1, B2 and Rat in a Hat from Bananas in Pyjamas, Bob and Wendy from Bob the Builder, and Barney, Baby Bop, and BJ from Barney & Friends.
  • Likewise, some episodes are officially considered as crossovers of Bananas in Pyjamas, Bob The Builder, and Barney with The Wiggles.
  • Produced in the USA, this is the 2nd Wiggles series to be produced in a different country instead of Australia after TV Series 2, which was produced in the UK by GMTV.
  • Like TV Series 2, the song John Bradlelum uses both clips from 1998 and 1999.
  • John Williamson guest starred in the Races episode singing his song Old Man Emu, this is before The Wiggles recorded a version in 2002
  • On the funding for the closing of each episode, each Wiggle (whether it's Greg, Murray, Jeff, or Anthony) or Wiggly Friend (whether it's Captain, Dorothy, Henry or Wags) would say "The Wiggles TV Series 3 is made possible by Chuck E Cheese's And by a Ready To Learn Grant from the United States Department of Education through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting And by Contributions to your PBS Station from Viewers Like You, Thank You".
  • Wags the Dog's talking voice is in the series, though, it's mainly when we are hearing his thoughts, but Wags does begin to speaking out loud in some episodes in the series.
  • Likewise, this is the only Wiggles series to air on PBS Kids in America and Nickelodeon in United Kingdom.
  • It's also the first Wiggles series exclusive to PBS Kids
  • This is the last time the Wiggle Puppets are used before it was decided that they were too creepy.
  • This is one of the first few Wiggles TV Series where the concert footage is filmed in the USA.
  • Production began two days after Between the Lions premiered it's second season.
  • Like TV Series 1, the song clip intros from Wiggle Time! and Yummy Yummy, and Officer Beaple's Dance from Toot Toot! have new sound effects, and the song clip intros from Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party have extra background music.
  • In the song clip of Officer Beaple's Dance and intro for Quack Quack, the Warner Bros sound effects are replaced with Hanna-Barbera sound effects, although Officer Beaples' whistle sound effect is kept the same.
  • Like the song Run Around Run Run, Dorothy's rosy tea table can be converted into a trampoline
  • Like TV Series 2, Some song clips have alternate camera angles.
  • Before this series premiered on PBS Kids, the songs in the series are used as interstitials during PBS Kids Program Breaks.
  • This is the second series after TV Series 1 where one video's song title cards would stay the same.
  • Some music cues from TV Series 2 and The Wiggles Movie are played in a different key.
  • In the funding credits and some episodes, Dorothy is voiced by Emma Pask, while in other episodes and the sneak peeks at the beginning, she is voiced by Carolyn Ferrie
  • This is the only time the Wagettes speak, and are voiced by Dominic Field, Sarah Hayes, and Kelly-Rose Daiziel.
  • Each episode begins with a sneak peek of one song with dialogue by each Wiggly friend saying "Coming Up Next on The Wiggles TV Series 3" before the funding credits
  • This series premiered on PBS Kids in America when the Wiggly Party Australian Tour was performed at the Sydney Entertainment Centre
  • The animation for this series is similar to TV Series 2, with the same transitions from that series, but the sets of Dorothy's garden, Wags' kennel, Henry's place, Captain Feathersword's Warf, and Wigglehouse are different
  • The lounge room set for Wigglehouse was later used for the live-action prologue and epilogue in Space Dancing!
  • This series was sponsored by Chuck E Cheese in all 2000, 2001 and 2002, as this series production began the same month the Chuck E Cheese's Rockin Rhymes show with intermissions of Wiggles songs (i.e Get Ready to Wiggle and The Monkey Dance)
  • The Barney crossovers were filmed at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas, USA, while the rest of the series was filmed at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Haymarket, Sydney, Australia during production for Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party
  • The songs from Wake Up Jeff and Big Red Car are the oldest ones in a TV Series, although Big Red Car was released in America during this series production year 2001 (where it was titled as Dance Party) and Wake Up Jeff was released in America the previous year 2000
  • The same Big Red Car from It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! and Yule Be Wiggling is used, but omits the windshield.
  • Some transitions were used in TV Series 2 in 1999.
  • This series aired on Nickelodeon in 2001-2002.

Interstitials[]

Intro[]

Endboards[]

Funding[]

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