Wiggle Time! (1998)

Wiggle Time! (1998) is a remake of The Wiggles first video special that was released on April 13, 1998.

## Overview

Hey kids, what time is it? It's Wiggle Time! From way "down under" comes the #1 children's entertainment name in Australia - The Wiggles! Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Greg are ready to teach your kids how to "Rock-a-Bye Your Bear" and "Love it When it Rains." With millions of videos and audio cassettes sold in Australia, now is the time to introduce your children to this hilariously happy "down under" world of musical enchantment.

## Songs

1. Get Ready to Wiggle
2. Here Comes a Bear
3. Captain Feathersword
4. Uncle Noah's Ark
5. Ponies
6. Dorothy the Dinosaur
7. Whenever I Hear This Music
8. Henry the Octopus
9. Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
10. I Love It When It Rains
11. Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack)
12. Marching Along
13. Dorothy's Birthday Party

### Live from The Wiggles Big Show

1. Wave to Wags
2. Five Little Ducks
3. Wiggly Medley

## Trivia

* This is the first remake video, along with Yummy Yummy, which was released the same day.
* Ponies and Five Little Ducks make their video debuts.
* The Australian releases and the Hong Kong VCD, have an alternate version of Whenever I Hear This Music with sound effects in it.
* The audio mix of the Australian releases and the Hong Kong VCD, is made up of mono tracks panned slightly to the left or right, except for the concert footage which is proper stereo. In addition, Murray is seen miming guitar in Marching Along, but no notes are heard. The North American VHS and UK Double Bill VHS and DVD, as well as the original UK VHS, have every studio song re-dubbed with their stereo album versions (although Quack Quack remains in mono) and Marching Along is given a guitar track. Because of this change, the sound effects in Whenever I Hear This Music are gone and The Wiggles' roaring at the end of Here Comes a Bear and the clapping in Captain Feathersword are replaced. The North American DVD also uses this version, however only the left channel is heard (as evidenced by some of the kangaroo sounds in Here Comes a Bear being muted), making it mono once again.
* This is the first Wiggles video to use the 1998-2008 ABC For Kids promo.
* This is the first video to use Warner Bros. sound effects since The Wiggles Movie.
* This is the first video that didn't end with The Wiggles saying goodbye.
* This is the first video (besides the Wiggles Movie) that the Wiggly Medley is featured in.
* The video was uploaded on YouTube starting February 3, 2019 as part of the Classic Wiggles series.
* The US DVD was released 9 days before Santa's Rockin was released in Australia.
* The opening would later be used for Wiggles previews from Lyrick Studios.
* Songs from this video can be seen in Series 1 and Series 2.
* In the US small clamshell VHS back cover, Wave to Wags is listed as Wave To Wags The Dog.
* The concert songs from this video were later re-used on the VHS release of Barney's Musical Castle
* Five Little Ducks wasn't filmed in the studio until Racing to the Rainbow.
* The white duck costume in Five Little Ducks was later reused in El Pato from 2004's Cold Spaghetti Western, although in El Pato, Brett Clarke wore the costume, whereas in Five Little Ducks from this video, Paul Field wore it.
* This is The Wiggles' first video remake, the others include Yummy Yummy on the same year as this video, Here Comes The Big Red Car and It's Time to Wake Up Jeff! (also known as Wiggle Around the Clock in America) in 2006, Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles in 2014 and Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas! in 2017.
* Just like Yummy Yummy, The 1998 remake was more successful than the 1993 release, as it was released in markets outside Australia and New Zealand and uploaded on YouTube as part of Classic Wiggles starting on February 4, 2019.
* When Wave to Wags begins, the shot of a little girl in the audience waving hello is actually from We Like To Say Hello.
* For the North American DVD, if the Song Jukebox, Special Features, and Subtitles are left sitting too long after being clicked, they take you back to the main menu.
* During Dorothy's Birthday Party, the cube has The Wiggles Logo.