The Wiggles (TV Series 3)

***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 the ABC on the 19th August 2000 at 8:30am every day. It was later aired on Playhouse Disney sometime in 2001 or 2002. It has sometimes been referred to as "Wiggly Party!", despite that it is officially known as TV Series 3.

The first run featured songs from Wiggle Time! (1998 video), Yummy Yummy (1998 video), Toot Toot!, It's a Wiggly Wiggly World!, newly filmed music videos and live songs from an early performance on the It's a Wiggly, Wiggly World Tour. Throughout the series, the later members would make cameo appearances as other characters.

The second run featured songs from It's a Wiggly Wiggly World!, Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party and newly filmed music videos and live songs from a performance of Wiggly Party: Live in Concert, Throughout the series, the later members would make cameo appearances as other characters.

## Episodes

### First Run

1. Come and Sail the Sea
2. Wake Up Jeff!
3. Jeff the Cat
4. The Wiggly Choir
5. Yo Ho Dance
6. Murray's Tired Guitar
7. Starry Night
8. The Lion and the Unicorn
9. Tap Wags
10. Big Red Car
11. Uncle Noah
12. Fantastic Party
13. Sailing with Captain Feathersword!
14. Okki Tooki Unga
15. The Magic Hat
16. Sixpence to Pay
17. The Wigglefied Kitchen
18. Guess What?
19. The Captain's Voyage
20. Yellow Spots
21. Little by Little
22. Tea for All Dinosaurs
23. Autumn Leaves
24. Where's Anthony?
25. South Australia
26. Set for the Forest!
27. Baking Trays and Rolling Pins
28. The Wiggly Colour Finders
29. The Magic Colouring Book
30. Where's Dorothy?
31. Where's Henry?
32. Pirates Over The Sea
33. Singing Competition
34. Painting A Table
35. Playing With Murray
36. Wiggly Basketball
37. Speedy Greg
38. Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo
39. Hot Air Balloon
40. Stop At The Light
41. Squiggly Drawing
42. Guessing Game
43. Missing Bananas
44. Dublin Zoo
45. Hidden Clues
46. Mashed Banana
47. Where's Murray?
48. In the Pot
49. Dorothy's Spots
50. The Joeys and the Doctor
51. Rumble Rumble
52. Tasty Milk

### Second Run

1. Dorothy's Lost Feather
2. Greg's Shirt
3. Hoop Dee Doo!
4. Greg's Bike Won't Work
5. Dance the Ooby Doo
6. Murray's Talking Apple
7. Anthony's Appetite Loss
8. Wiggle Hula
9. Jeff's Memory
10. Wags' Coloured Bone
11. Anthony's Lost Voice
12. Murray The Monkey?
13. Anthony's Guitar
14. Calling All Frogs
15. Moon Music
16. Zoological Gardens
17. Dorothy's Roses
18. Wags Learns To Read
19. Little Children
20. Taba Naba
21. Greg's Busy Day
22. Anthony the Painter
23. Wiggly Cowboys
24. Wiggly Doctors
25. Moon Landing
26. Zardo Zap Returns
27. Captain and Wags
28. Caveland
29. Sailing on the SS Feathersword
30. Five Little Joeys
31. Little Brown Ant
32. Wags the Policeman?
33. Murray's Tired
34. Di Dicki Do Dum
35. Marie's Wedding
36. Wags' Balloons
37. Murray the Dog?
38. I Love To Have A Dance With Dorothy
39. Wags' Missing Bone
40. Henry's Dance
41. Foodman Returns
42. Imagine That With The CGI Awake Wiggles
43. Murray's New Invention
44. Let's Have a Celli
45. Wags Can't Bark!
46. Greg Can't Sing!
47. Wags' Dance
48. Murray the Bird
49. How Can We Make The Gloomies Laugh?
50. Murray's Surprise Party

## 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 per run. 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 ("Come and Sail the Sea" & "Wake Up Jeff!"), Episodes 3 and 4 become Episode 2 ("Jeff the Cat" & "The Wiggly Choir"), 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 Wake Up Jeff! (re-titled as "I Love It When It Rains") and Jeff the Cat (re-titled as "Jeff is a Cat!") 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 The Wiggly Choir and Greg's Bike Won't Work appeared on the Wiggly Safari American VHS before and after the credits.

From 2001 to 2003, 2 VHS compilations were released containing 6 episodes each. Wiggly TV 2 features episodes from the first run, while It's a Dance Party! contains episodes from the second run. Both of these were released together in a box set called The Wiggles on Television. All episodes are presented in their original 11-minute versions on these video tapes. The same 2 compilations of episodes are available on DVD in Australia and the United Kingdom. An exclusive compilation titled "Let's Wiggle! Two Television Episodes in One!" featuring 2 episodes from the second run is also available, in Australia only.

In the United States and Canada, there are 5 volumes of episodes available for DVD. Here they are presented in their 22-minute versions, with 2 episodes (4 segments) per volume. Volumes 1 and 2 consists of first run episodes, while Volumes 3 and 4 are made up of second run episodes. At a total of 25 episodes (50 segments), the 26th episodes from each season are missing. The 5th volume was only available in the US and has every episode in the first and second run depending on the version.

## 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 Magical Colouring Book", The Other Wiggles jokingly said was 18 at the time of airing.
* The first run of episodes marks the first time a Wiggles series was aired on Playhouse Disney.
* The second run debuted in the US and Canada in 2001, before beginning airing in Australia in 2002.
* 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 Playhouse Disney, this was the only series to air on PBS Kids in America.