Wiggly Waffle is a morning block featuring The Wiggles which was first broadcast on Sprout on August 24th, 2009.[2] It replaced Sprout's Musical Mornings, a block hosted by a character by the name of Coo the Bird, who would continue to appear during the new block.
The block also introduced a new character, JB, a juice box mascot who "operated as a jukebox".[2]
A modified version of the block aired on ABC2 from December 4th, 2009 until March 5th, 2010.
Synopsis[]
Designed to help families start their day with a wiggle, a giggle and a song, Sprout's Wiggly Waffle is an entertaining, interactive block that takes place in and around a colorful waffle where every nook and cranny is a window that opens to songs, dances, jokes, skits and daily Sproutlet picks.
Hosted by the signature children's entertainers of our time, The Wiggles, this 3 hour programming block brings silly to Sprout and weaves movement, nutrition and song throughout Sprout's morning schedule of favorite upbeat shows.
Preschoolers thrive on choices, and at Sproutonline.com viewers can select the day's 'Juicebox Picks' (music videos) and 'Today's Topping', a 'bake a cake' type game where Sproutlets mix some healthy and some silly ingredients together to make their own animated wacky waffle topping. Knowing that mornings are an especially hard time for busy families, viewers can play whenever they want and can tune in regularly to see if their pick is hidden behind a Wiggles waffle window.
Sprout's Wiggly Waffle consists of 11 one to two minute interstitial links between partner programming.[3]
Segments[]
- Wake Up Jeff – This interactive skit invites parents and preschoolers at home to send in their ideas on how to wake up Jeff, the Purple Wiggle who is known for his napping.
- Juice Box Pick – Preschoolers and their parents will select their favorite music videos from Sprout shows on SproutOnline.com and upload them into JB, a juice box character that operates as a jukebox. A new preschooler pick will be featured on-air every day.
- Dorothy’s Daily Digest – Dorothy the Dinosaur interviews one of The Wiggles who is dressed up as a healthy breakfast food. Lots of healthy, nutritious facts for preschoolers are packed into this daily segment.
- Today’s Giggle – The Wiggles tell age-appropriate jokes and perform funny skits.
- The 5th Wiggle Game – Parents will upload a photo of their preschooler at SproutOnline.com to be animated in a dance video with the other four Wiggles. Viewer submissions will be chosen at random and shown on the air during the “Today’s Wiggle” segment.
- Captain Feathersword’s Pirate Word of the Day – Features a new pirate word every day from The Wiggles’ favorite pirate friend.
- Today’s Topping – Viewers’ picks of real and wacky waffle toppings sent in via SproutOnline.com by parents and preschoolers are chosen at random to rain down on the Wiggly Waffle while The Wiggles try to catch them.
Programs Aired on Wiggly Waffle[]
Note: The Australian version contains different programming, those of which have been marked with an asterisk (*).
- Barney and Friends
- Bob the Builder
- Play With Me Sesame
- Roary the Racing Car
- Rubbadubbers
- Franny's Feet (*)
- Chloe's Closet
- Wiggle and Learn
- LazyTown
- Monkey See Monkey Do
- Thomas and Friends
- Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
- Fireman Sam
- Postman Pat (*)
- Zoo Mix (*)
- Baby Antonio's Circus (*)
- The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and his Best Friend Corky (*)
- The Kingdom Of Paramithi (*)
Episodes[]
Note: Episodes that have surfaced online are marked with an asterisk (*): partially available episodes are marked with a double asterisk (**). All others are currently considered lost media.
Songs used for 5th Wiggle Segments[]
Note: Songs where Dorothy’s or Captain's vocals were replaced with Sam's are marked with an asterisk (*).
- Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)
- Fruit Salad
- Get Ready To Wiggle
- Getting Strong! (*)
- Gulp Gulp
- Head, Shoulders, Knees And Toes
- Follow The Leader (*)
- Fruit Salad
- Hot Potato
- I Love Waffles in the Morning
- It's A Wiggly Circus
- Here Come The Reindeer
- Lettuce Sing (Fresh Fruit And Vegies)
- Quack, Quack! (*)
- Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
- Sprout Around the Clock
- Shaky Shaky
- The Shimmie Shake!
- Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car
- Vegetable Soup
- Wake Up Jeff!
- Walk
- Wiggly Party
Trivia[]
- To commemorate the launch of the block, The Wiggles appeared as special guests on the Sunny Side Up Show block on August 24th, where they performed songs and took live phone calls from viewers.[2]
- Many of the songs used on this show were adapted for use on Hot Poppin' Popcorn and Let's Eat!.
- This is the second time The Wiggles used comical sound effects, the first was The Wiggles Movie.
- Regarding the 5th Wiggle segment with Walk, the TV version feature a fade-out, while the 5th Wiggle App doesn't.[1][2]
- The 5th Wiggle segment with Quack Quack used the backing music from The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack.
- The 5th Wiggle segment with Getting Strong! uses an alternate backing track without electric guitar, Dorothy's vocals and other spoken lines removed.
- The 5th Wiggle segment with Follow the Leader removes Dorothy’s and Captain Feathersword’s vocals.
- A portion of the shows that were broadcast on this Sprout block were produced by The Wiggles' first two American distributors, Lyrick Studios/HIT Entertainment (including Barney and Friends, Bob the Builder, Rubbadubbers, and Thomas and Friends)
- The "Juice Box Pick" is the only segment to contain songs sung by Greg.
Goofs[]
- Murray Cook's first name is misspelled as "Murrary" in the credits.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 https://peabody.libs.uga.edu/cgi-bin/parc.cgi?userid=galileo&query=id%3A2009_2009007_cyt_1&_cc=1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://web.archive.org/web/20110727122152/http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/pressroom/release.aspx?id=5bdf9876-1f62-444a-8276-9c5a00f58380
- ↑ https://peabody.libs.uga.edu/cgi-bin/parc.cgi?userid=galileo&query=id%3A2009_2009007_cyt_1&_cc=1