The Wiggly Big Show

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The Wiggly Big Show
Directed byChisholm McTavish
Produced by Paul Field
Starring Greg Page
Anthony Field
Murray Cook
Jeff Fatt
Edited byPhil Stuart-Jones
Music by The Wiggles
Distributed byRoadshow Entertainment
Release date
  • 6 September 1999 (1999-09-06) [1]
Running time
60 minutes
CountryAustralia

The Wiggly Big Show is the Wiggles' eighth video and their second concert video, after Wiggledance! . It was released in 6 September 1999 and, like Wiggledance, was only released in the Australia region. [2]

Contents

The concert was taped at the Sydney Entertainment Centre during their Toot Toot! tour. The video includes backstage segments that were edited in afterwards.

Song list

  1. Officer Beaples' Dance
  2. Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car
  3. Look Both Ways
  4. Can You Point Your Fingers and Do The Twist?
  5. Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
  6. The Monkey Dance
  7. Silver Bells That Ring in the Night
  8. We're Dancing with Wags the Dog
  9. Tap Wags
  10. Our Boat is Rocking on the Sea
  11. Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack)
  12. Bucket of Dew
  13. Romp Bomp A Stomp
  14. Hot Potato
  15. Do the Wiggle Groove
  16. Move Your Arms Like Henry
  17. Go Captain Feathersword, Ahoy!
  18. Wiggly Medley
  19. Wiggly Christmas Medley [note 1]

Cast

The Wiggles

Also featuring

Production

The video was filmed during the group's concert tour to promote the Toot, Toot! album and companion video. Footage from multiple concerts was used. The "Wiggly Christmas Medley" has been incorporated into some episodes in the television series and added to the 1999 version of Wiggly, Wiggly, Christmas.

See also

Notes

  1. "Wiggly Christmas Medley" includes the following songs:
    • "Have a Very Merry Christmas"
    • "Unto Us This Holy Night" / "Feliz Navidad"
    • "Jingle Bells"
    • "Let's Have a Dance with Henry"
    • "Let's Clap Hands with Santa Claus"
    • "Go Santa Go"

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References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20050620011519/http://www.roadshow.com.au/village_product.asp?txtCatalog=Retail%20VHS&txtCategory=&txtProductID=101399
  2. Although the Powerhouse Museum website states the video was released in September 1999 "Powerhouse Museum – The Wiggles Videography". Powerhouse Museum . Retrieved 27 February 2012., the Wiggles website announced the video would be released in October 1999. What's New with the Wiggles at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 October 1999) – "In October this year they will be releasing their eighth music video, 'The Wiggly Big Show Video'."