Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas is the sixth Wiggles video and the first Christmas video. It was released on October 13, 1997.
The video was re-released in 1999, with "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" omitted, and "Wiggly Christmas Medley" added. This was the version of the video used in international releases, as well as the one uploaded in four parts to The Wiggles' official YouTube channel as part of the Classic Wiggles collection, beginning with Part 1 being released on November 12, 2018. This video was later remade in 2017 with Emma, Lachy and Simon.
Overview[]
Christmas is such a happy time and who better to share your Christmas with than the happiest band in the land, The Wiggles! It's a rollicking Christmas in their new Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas video. Everyone will love hearing their original songs about the festive season, and singing along to their favourite carols. Enjoy the magic of Christmas with your friends The Wiggles!
Songs[]
All songs are taken from the album Wiggly Wiggly Christmas, unless listed otherwise.
- "Have a Very Merry Christmas"
- "Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas"
- "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" (1997 version only) (cut from the 2023 full-length YouTube upload due to licensing reasons)
- "Here Comes Santa Claus" (new song) (cut from the 2023 full-length YouTube upload due to licensing reasons)
- "Go Santa Go"
- "Ding Dong Merrily on High"
- "Christmas Star"
- "Unto Us, This Holy Night"
- "Felice Navidad" (cut from the 2023 full-length YouTube upload due to licensing reasons)
- "Jingle Bells"
- "The Beach Christmas Style" (unlisted)
- "Christmas Picnic"
- "Let's Clap Hands for Santa Claus"
- "Henry's Christmas Dance"
- "Jeff's Christmas Tune" (instrumental; plays during the end credits)
- "It's a Christmas Party, On The Goodship Feathersword"
- "Away in a Manger"
- "Wags is Bouncing Around the Christmas Tree"
- "Silent Night"
- "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
- "Wiggly Christmas Medley" (1999 version only, from The Wiggly Big Show)
Production[]
The video's filming took place in July 1997.
For the international versions, the "Wiggly Christmas Medley" was filmed on December 8, 1998 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.[10]
In September 1996, the Wiggles originally shot the video for Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas, but due to the coming release of The Wiggles Movie that included their updated branding, the original video has remained unreleased, although there has been photos leaked from the set of "It's a Christmas Party, On The Goodship Feathersword" and "Go Santa Go" is the only available video online.[11]
Plot[]
Snow Globe graphic - The Music heard is a combination of "Jingle Bells" and "Get Ready To Wiggle". While we zoom inside the globe, "Deck the Halls" plays.
(Have a Very Merry Christmas Title Card on the toy clown's body. The Title Card slides to the left. A bell ding is heard when we zoom through the door.)
Song 1: Have a Very Merry Christmas (Wiggly Wiggly Christmas Theme Song)
Wiggly Wiggly Christmas segment: The Wiggles introduce themselves and wish a Wiggly Wiggly Christmas to all.
(Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas Title Card. Accordion plays.)
Song 2: Wiggly Wiggly Christmas
(Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer Title Card.)
Song 3: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (Australian 1997 version only) - with a female kid dressed up as Rudolf. Santa Claus also appears. After the first time around, Greg asks everyone to put on their antlers, so everyone puts their open hands to their heads to imitate a reindeer. At the end of the song, they all dance around in a circle acting like Rudolf and the other reindeers.
(Here Comes Santa Claus Title Card. Banjo plays.)
Song 4: Here Comes Santa Claus - with Dorothy
(Go Santa Go Title Card. Low tuba plays.)
Song 5: Go Santa Go - done in that style of Greased Lightning with the finger pointing
(Ding Dong Merrily on High Title Card. Bell ding plays.)
Song 6: Ding Dong Merrily on High
(Christmas Star Title Card. Harp plays.)
Song 7: Christmas Star
Unto Us, This Holy Night segment: Anthony talks with a group of kids who are dressed up ready to do a nativity play. Sian is one of the shepherds; she shows everyone her crooked staff. She decorated it with some tinsel. Joseph gets to play Joseph! He will put his hand on Mary's shoulder. Clare gets to play Mary. She has a shawl that she will put on her head. Anthony (Who is one of the kids and has the same name as the blue-shirted wiggle) is in his pyjamas and he helps Clare put on her shawl. Ashley is playing a sheep. Alicia is playing a cow, but she's not in the segment.
(Unto Us, This Holy Night Title Card. Thirteen-note mandolin plays.)
Song 8: Unto Us, This Holy Night
(Felice Navidad Title Card. Mandolin plays.)
Felice Navidad introduction: Anthony is dressed up with a Mariachi hat and he talks with the puppet iguanas Iggy, Ziggy & Frank in the segment. He talks about how to say Merry Christmas in different languages from local Australian natives, and then Italian. And then in Spanish, Iggy tells Anthony that it's "Felice Navidad!"
Song 9: Felice Navidad
(Jingle Bells Title Card. Fourteen-note bells play.)
Jingle Bells introduction: The Wiggles are making a cardboard sleigh in the segment. Jeff has big scissors, Anthony has glue, Wags and Captain Feathersword are aboard the sleigh, decorating it with tinsel, and Greg has a big paintbrush. So let's all sing a song about riding in a sleigh.
Song 10: Jingle Bells
Now they're ready to fly away. Captain Feathersword and Wags then take off.
Christmas Picnic segment: Jeff is sleeping in his favourite comfy chair. He has a dream where Santa Claus and Henry the Octopus are helping the Wiggles put together a sandcastle while a fast instrumental tune plays. Henry dances in circles to it. Then the Wiggles arrive and Greg notices he's asleep. They count to 3 and say, "Wake up Jeff!". After waking up, Jeff tells them about his dream. It was real; he reaches down for his shoe, picks it up, and pours water out of it. The others laugh.
(Christmas Picnic Title Card. A doo doo doo singer plays.)
Song 11: Christmas Picnic
(Let's Clap Hands For Santa Claus Title Card. Five-note band plays.)
Song 12: Let's Clap Hands for Santa Claus
(Henry's Christmas Dance Title Card. Band plays, followed by a short triangle sound.)
Song 13: Henry's Christmas Dance
Jeff's Christmas Tune segment: Anthony and Murray are present with Dorothy the Dinosaur. She knows a lot of different dances so the guys have Dorothy demonstrate some.
The first dance is tap dancing.
The second one is Scottish dancing.
The third one is a line dance. Murray makes a roaring sound, but Anthony corrects him and says it's not a lion dance, it's actually a line dance. Dorothy understands and says she'll do a boot scoot, and does just that. Yee-haw!
The fourth and last one is Irish dancing, which is Dorothy's favourite and she scats along to it with a song called Nya Nya Nya from The Wiggles Movie.
Murray says how Dorothy sure is a great dancer.
(Jeff's Christmas Tune Title Card. Nine-note band plays.)
Song 14: Jeff's Christmas Tune (instrumental)
It's a Christmas Party, On The Goodship Feathersword segment: Greg and Murray are present with Captain Feathersword groaning over too much Christmas food. Murray says he ate too much Christmas pudding, that there is a lot of great food to eat at Christmas but tells Captain Feathersword that he has to be careful not to eat too much. In a poem, Greg says that Captain Feathersword ate five plates of pudding, all of the Christmas dinner and that three coat buttons popped, which made him exclaim "Oh I'm not getting any thinner! Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!"
(It's a Christmas Party On The Goodship Feathersword Title Card. Recorder plays.)
Song 15: It's a Christmas Party, On The Goodship Feathersword
(Away in a Manger Title Card. Piano plays.)
Song 16: Away in a Manger
Wags is Bouncing Around the Christmas Tree segment: Murray says that at Christmastime, one of the things he likes doing is getting presents for the viewers out there. He has a present for Wags. It's a bone. Greg, Jeff, and Anthony arrive with presents for Wags but they're all present. They are just like Murray's; bones. Murray asks the others and they say that it's a bone. When Murray is sad that the bone is what he got Wags for Christmas and when the others find out that they have the same present as his, they lower their heads and cry, "Oh, no!" without the "Oh, what?" part, except for Jeff, who falls asleep and they look sad, but Anthony says that he'll like them anyway so they raise their heads and they look happy, but they were okay and so was that. They put the bones under the tree after Murray told them. Wags arrives and gives The Wiggles a present, which is a bone! The Wiggles and Wags laugh, but what they meant to do is cheer.
(Wags is Bouncing Around the Christmas Tree Title Card. Tuba plays.)
Song 17: Wags is Bouncing Around the Christmas Tree
(Silent Night Title Card. The first part by choir plays.)
Song 18: Silent Night
During the instrumental break, the nativity play continues and all of the shepherds, wisemen and animals get up and leave and Mary puts Baby Jesus down.
(We Wish You a Merry Christmas Title Card. It plays the same as Unto Us, This Holy Night.)
Song 19: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Outro: Anthony says that they had a Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas. Murray hopes the viewers had a fun Christmas, too. And Greg says the happy new year with him and the rest saying "From the Wiggles!". Jeff says "See you next time!", but after the Wiggles say "Bye-bye!" and Jeff says "Bye!", Anthony lets out the last "Bye-bye.".
Song 20 : Wiggly Christmas Medley (1999 version only)
Close with "Jeff's Christmas Tune" for the background music at the credits.
CD Song[]
Alternate Versions[]
A new version was made in 1999 for the UK VHS release, which was also released in America a year later. This version of the video cut out Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and added Wiggly Christmas Medley from The Wiggly Big Show at the end. This version kept the original 1997 title cards and the same end credits as 1997 version, just with Rudolph taken out and the Medley added (the copyright date was changed to 1999 as well). However, the UK and Canadian case song lists stated that Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer was on the video, and the Canadian one also deleted Wiggly Christmas Medley from the song list despite being on the video. In Australia, a similar version was released in 1999, this time with some alternate song title cards and a differently styled end credits sequence.
TV Airdates[]
Trivia[]
- The Playhouse Disney version of this video special omits the Special Thanks, contact information and website.
- This version was later used for The Wiggles Channel in December of 2021, HappyKids in February of 2024, The Wiggles (AVOD app) in March of 2024, FilmRise and Plex in May of 2024.
- This is the first Wiggles Christmas video.
- In North America, it's also the only Wiggles Christmas video to be released by Lyrick Studios.
- This video was most likely filmed in July to August 1997.
- This is the first Wiggles video where The Wiggles have logos (previously debuted in Wiggledance!) on their shirts and belt buckles.
- The 1999 release was more successful than the 1997 release, as it was released in markets outside Australia, broadcasted as a movie on Playhouse Disney in America, released on VCD in 2003, and uploaded on YouTube as part of Classic Wiggles in November 2018 and on WildBrain's channel starting on December 23rd, 2021. It was uploaded on November 24, 2023 with Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Here Comes Santa Claus and Feliz Navidad removed despite being mentioned in the description.
- The Wiggles brought the Lyrick Studios release of this video to their first American interview and Live TV performance on NBC's Today Show.
- This is the first Wiggles video to have a song before the introduction.
- This marks the debut of the Fender American Vintage Telecaster ("Red Starry Guitar").
- The costumes of The Wiggly Friends are inconsistent between the video and the cover. Henry the Octopus is in his second costume (in the video itself, his third), Dorothy is in her third costume (in the video, her fourth) and Wags in his first costume (in the video, his second).
- In "Dorothy's Dance Scene", there are three instrumental song cameos, one is Scotland The Brave, the second is Achy Breaky Heart and the third is I'll Tell Me Ma.
- Murray's daughter, Georgia Munro-Cook is seen in "Ding Dong Merrily on High", "Christmas Star" and "Unto Us, This Holy Night".
- The beach scene of the Wiggles building a sandcastle was filmed of them tearing it down then putting the footage into reverse to make it look like they were building it.
- At the part where we see Jeff asleep after we see his dream when the other Wiggles run over to him and notice he's asleep Murray carries the Red Starry Guitar with him.
- The 2002 Canadian VHS uses the 1997 song list verbatim.
- The Wiggles aren't seen in "Ding Dong Merrily on High" until 2011's "It's Always Christmas With You!".
- In "Wags is Bouncing Around the Christmas Tree", Anthony, Jeff and Murray are nowhere to be seen except the Christmas Tree background.
- The "I" from The Wiggles Logo is purple in the intro.
- In "Christmas Picnic", Murray wears a paper crown after Captain Feathersword arrives on the beach.
- According to Larissa Wright on the 2010 interview with Clare Field, she auditioned for this video when she was 15 years old.
- The Australian version of the 1999 re-release features new, alternate title cards and also features newly typed credits.
- This video marks the first time Jeff doesn't play the accordion.
- This marks the debut of the Höfner Bass Guitar.
- This is the first Wiggles video that the Red Starry Keyboard has more stars.
- The tune to "Christmas Picnic" was previously seen as the instrumental piece from the "Goodbye Dance (Instrumental)" song from "Wake Up Jeff!"
- This is the first appearance of the Alarm Clock Chair.
- Unlike other Wiggles videos, this is the only one that doesn't contain any cartoon sound effects.
- This is the third oldest Video to be released in America, the first was Big Red Car released a year later as "Dance Party".
- The Australian DVD was released a month before Greg Page was replaced by Sam Moran.
- This is the oldest video to have been released in the UK, albeit re-edited.
- In America, this was the only Lyrick Studios video with a 2002 reprint with the HIT Entertainment ident replacing the Lyrick Studios ident while the rest stayed the same.
- However, some copies of this tape actually do feature the Lyrick Studios logo.
- Georgia Munro-Cook was only credited on the Australian rerelease as "Georgia Cook".
- The Australian 1997 version's opening has the 1993-1998 ABC For Kids promo, while the 1999 version has the 1992-2009 ABC For Kids intro.
- In Australia, this is the oldest Wiggles video to be released on DVD, despite being the 1999 version. Other older Wiggles videos haven't been released on DVD, but have been uploaded on YouTube as part of Classic Wiggles Playlist, however, Big Red Car was released on DVD in North America.
- In the 1997 version, AMCOS was credited for Have a Very Merry Christmas, Go Santa Go and Unto Us, This Holy Night.
- At the end of Let's Clap Hands for Santa Claus, the Santa and the Elves footage from Go Santa Go is mirrored.
- In the 1999 version, Wiggly Christmas Medley is in mono.
- Wiggly Christmas Medley's intro uses a different take than the one used in The Wiggly Big Show. This take appears to have been shot after the end of the concert, as the arena sounds noticeably emptier.
- This and Santa's Rockin'! were the only HIT Entertainment Wiggles DVD’s to not be re-released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
- In the introduction to Feliz Navidad, the dialogue sounds slightly different in both versions.
- This is the first US Wiggles DVD to have the Trailers menu.
- The white balance and contrast of the video is significantly off, leaving it noticeably washed out and too bright.
- For unknown reasons, this video wasn't included in The Wiggles Lyrick Studios Video & Audio Collection trailer.
- During the opening scene, "Deck the Halls" is heard playing. However, The Wiggles never actually covered the song.
- This is the only Wiggles Screener VHS to be a Green Tape.
- So far, this is the very first Wiggles Screener VHS to be privately released in America.
- The 2023 full YouTube upload of the special uses the original 1997 version; also Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Here Comes Santa Claus, and Feliz Navidad are cut out.
- The thirteen-note mandolin tune plays in the title cards for the songs "Unto Us, This Holy Night" and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas".
- The title cards for the songs "Unto Us, This Holy Night" and "Silent Night" are in the same font, but in different colours.
Goofs[]
- Despite the Warner Home Video cover being used as as a poster for the video on former streaming platforms in America:
- The Netflix print featured the full 1999 AU VHS master[21].
- The iTunes Store print featured the Roadshow Entertainment logo at the beginning and the ABC Video logo at the end[22].
- On Jeff Fatt's credit, "Accordion" was misspelled as "Accordian".
- Aaron Ruig's name was misspelled as "Ron Rug".
- On the song credits for Go Santa Go in the 1997 version, John Field's last name was misspelled as "Fields".
- On the song credits for Here Comes Santa Claus in the 1997 and the original 1999 credits, Oakley Haldeman's last name was misspelled as "Halderman".
- On the song credits for Here Comes Santa Claus on the Australian 1999 rerelease, Gene Autry's last name was misspelled as "Autrey".
- In the 1997 version, Elyssa Dawson's first name was misspelled as "Elysa".
- In the 1997 version, Set Construction was misspelled as "Set Constuction".
- In the 1997 version, Craig Elliot's last name was misspelled as "Elliott".
- In the 1997 version, Phil Ascot's last name was misspelled as "Ascott".
- In the 1997 version, Bridgette Thorn's first name was misspelled as "Brigette".
- In the 1997 version, Matthew Acland's last name was misspelled as "Ackland".
- In the 1997 version, Ashleigh Johns' first name was misspelled as "Ashliegh".
- On the 1999 version, you could hear Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer's title card shortly before Here Comes Santa Claus' title card (despite the song being removed from the 1999 version), and you could see the original song title to Jeff's Christmas Tune but it was redesigned.
- Near the end of Jingle Bells a boom mic is visible on the top.
- The director is heard shouting "Action!" at the beginning of Wiggly Christmas Medley.
- On Playhouse Disney airings of this video, the ABC Video logo is still shown after the credits.
- On the back cover of the US VHS, the word "Medley" was misspelled as "Medly".
- At the start of Jeff's Christmas Tune, a hand is visible at the bottom right corner.
- At the end of Wags is Bouncing Around the Christmas Tree, the bone on top of the presents can be seen falling off.
- On the 1999 version, the first note of Jeff's Christmas Tune in the credits is separated; it can be heard shortly during the title card for Wiggly Christmas Medley, and it is missing when the credits roll as the song plays.
- On the back cover of the 1997 Australian VHS Greg's left hand (viewer's perspective right) is erased.
- On the back cover of the North American DVD it states there are subtitles however the menu doesn't have them.
- The US 2002 reprint has the Lyrick Studios logo on the cover and tape label, instead of the HIT Entertainment logo. The Canadian VHS itself has that fixed.
- During Have a Very Merry Christmas, the frame briefly zoomed out in the beginning.
- In the 2023 YouTube upload, the songs from the 1997 version is listed, but 3 out of 20 songs were not present.
Videos[]
The Wiggles channel[]
See Also[]
References[]
- ↑ https://wiggles.fandom.com/wiki/File:Wiggly,WigglyChristmasVideoPoster.jpg
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050620011127/http://www.roadshow.com.au/village_product.asp?txtCatalog=Retail%20VHS&txtCategory=&txtProductID=102341W
- ↑ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Title-Wiggles-Wiggly-Christmas-VHS/dp/B00004TBUE/ref=sr_1_1?crid=10XR251G6L9AX&keywords=wiggly%2C+wiggly+christmas+vhs&qid=1678299195&sprefix=wiggly+wiggly+christmas+vh%2Caps%2C166&sr=8-1
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Wiggles-Wiggly-Christmas-VHS/dp/B00004XMW8/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1KL2D8JZGLUIH&keywords=wiggly%2C+wiggly+christmas+vhs&qid=1678298178&sprefix=wiggly%2C+wiggly+christmas+vhs%2Caps%2C114&sr=8-1
- ↑ https://www.yesasia.com/global/the-wiggles-wiggly-wiggly-christmas/1003080551-0-0-0-en/info.html
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Wiggles-Wiggly-Christmas/dp/B0000A4G7G/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2U0EVSJ20KCDH&keywords=wiggly%2C+wiggly+christmas+dvd&qid=1678298307&sprefix=wiggly%2C+wiggly+christmas+dv%2Caps%2C117&sr=8-2
- ↑ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wiggles-Yule-Wiggling-Wiggly-Christmas/dp/B000B3MJ96/ref=sr_1_1?crid=5FQZB45IJM3A&keywords=wiggly%2C+wiggly+christmas&qid=1678299188&sprefix=wiggly+wiggly+christmas%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-1
- ↑ http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Discs/Disc.asp?ID=21983
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Wiggles-Wiggly-Christmas/dp/B000SFOYF4/ref=tmm_dvd_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1678298307&sr=8-2
- ↑ The Wiggly Big Show
- ↑ https://youtu.be/90Ai9H1vdXY
- ↑ Commercial breaks via Drewbie's Nostalgic's YouTube channel
- ↑ The Disney Channel Broadcast Archives
- ↑ 21 Dec 2002, Page 33 - The Montana Standard
- ↑ Internet Archive upload of the tape
- ↑ 27 Nov 2003 E5 - The Fresno Bee
- ↑ 6 Dec 2003, Page 40 - The Daily Item
- ↑ Commercial breaks via Meredith_Vintage's YouTube channel
- ↑ 21 Dec 2003, Page 248 - Arizona Republic
- ↑ 21 Dec 2003, Page 148 - Tulsa World
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kZk8WKf3x0
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh-oUwGgOdg