Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins! (video)

***Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins!*** is the fifteenth Wiggles video, first released on September 1, 2003. It is based around the premise of The Wiggles' third TV series, *Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!*, and also aired on TV as a special.

## Overview

The Wiggly Gremlins are playing some funny tricks on The Wiggles and their friends. While The Wiggles travel in the Big Red Car, Captain Feathersword is left in charge of the TV studio with Dorothy the Dinosaur, Wags the Dog, Henry the Octopus and the Wiggly Dancers. Things don't work out quite as planned but it's a lot of fun building a set, working the cameras, dressing up and singing and dancing. Whoo hoo!

## Production and Filming Locations

The video was filmed from May to June 2002.

The exteriors were filmed at a NSW National Park, while the studio interiors were filmed at ABC TV Studios, Gore Hill, Australia

## Songs

Note: All songs are from the album of the same name except where noted otherwise.

1. Camera One
2. Gulp Gulp
3. Wiggly Sports Theme
4. Testing, One, Two, Three
5. Bit By Bit (We're Building A Set)
6. Vegetable Soup
7. Hats
8. Music With Murray
9. Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!
10. Dressing Up
11. Where's Jeff?
12. Anthony's Workshop

### Bonus Songs

* The Dancing Flowers
* Go To Sleep Jeff (from *Go To Sleep Jeff!*)

## CD Songs

*main article:* Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins! (album)

* Calling All Cows (later seen in *Top of the Tots*)
* Knock Knock, Who's There?
* Weather, Weather, Weather
* Community Service Announcement!
* Wiggly Sports Theme

## TV Airdates

* April 21, 2003 (ABC TV)Template:Cite
* February 2, 2004 (ABC TV)
* February 11, 2005 (ABC TV)
* June 13, 2005 (ABC TV)
* February 16, 2006 (ABC TV)Template:Cite
* February 16, 2007 (ABC TV)Template:Cite
* July 2, 2007 (ABC 2)

## Trivia

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* Simon Pryce makes his debut in this video, who would then go on to become Simon Wiggle in 2013.
* This was also Simon's only video appearance released by HIT Entertainment in North America.
* The copyright screen says "2002" rather than "2003", meaning the video was finished in late 2002 but pushed to be released in late 2003.
* Like *Wiggle Bay*, this video was made in 16:9 widescreen. On every home video release, however, a 4:3 full screen cropped version was used since standard "full screen" TVs were still more common at the time. Additionally, a 14:9 ("halfway widescreen") master was used for the 2003 Australian DVD and VHS trailer, which was seen on the Australian *Space Dancing!* releases (also the American DVD re-release by Warner Home Video). This master was also used for the "Anthony's Workshop" music video featured in *We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits*. The 14:9 version of this video used to be available to purchase on iTunes, but it was removed alongside other OG Wiggles TV series and videos.
* "Calling All Cows", which appeared on the album, was not included in the video, though it later made its debut in *Top of the Tots*.
* Officer Beaples is absent.
* This is the first video where The Wiggly Friends play instruments.
* This is Andrew McCourt's final video as Wags the Dog. Kristy Talbot takes over starting with the next video. Likewise, this is also Talbot's last video as Henry the Octopus.
* This is Corrine O'Rafferty's final video as Dorothy the Dinosaur. Caterina Mete takes over starting with the next video.
* The Red Starry Guitar is seen in The Wiggles' TV set drawing, played by Murray in the song "Bit By Bit (We're Building A Set)".
* On the Australian DVD, the 1992-2009 ABC For Kids Logo is used after the rating instead of the ABC DVD Logo. The same happened with Top of the Tots.
* The screener VHS has no previews at the end whatsoever.
* At The Wiggles meet and greet at NASA, this was the first HIT Entertainment US DVD in particular to have The Wiggles' autographs.
* This is the first DVD to feature the *Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!* series in its special features. Specifically, it includes a modified version of "Swim Like a Fish", running approx. 18 minutes with both "Rock-A-Bye Your Bear" and the Where's Jeff? segment removed.
* This was the fourth video where the Big Red Car is broken down, after *Toot Toot!*, *The Wiggly Big Show* and *Wiggly Safari*.
* The song "Vegetable Soup" is the second time in which Captain Feathersword gets sad in the middle of a song and then becomes happy again at the end, after live performances of "Five Little Ducks".
* This video is yet to be uploaded on YouTube as part of Classic Wiggles, although some songs have been uploaded in compilation videos, such as Vegetable Soup, Hats, Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!, Dressing Up and Anthony's Workshop.
* The VHS & DVD inside cover advertises the following videos:
	+ Left side: *Space Dancing!*, *Wiggle Bay*, *Wiggly Safari*
	+ Right side: *Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party*, *It's a Wiggly Wiggly World!*, *Wiggly TV*
* Unlike all releases of *Wiggle Bay* and most episodes of *Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!*, this video is presented in PAL formats as interlaced instead of progressive. As these were all shot around the same time, it is unclear whether the others were shot interlaced and mastered with progressive scan, or if they were shot progressive and this video was given an interlaced conversion with motion interpolation.
	+ This video was released in three different aspect ratios:
		- 4:3 (All DVDs & VHS)
		- 14:9 (analog ABC TV airings, iTunes download)
		- 16:9 (digital ABC TV airings)
* In North America, this video was originally scheduled to be released on March 30, 2004 with *Cold Spaghetti Western* originally scheduled for July 27. However, the release dates for those videos switched places.
* When this video aired on ABC TV for the second time, it aired when Anthony's daughter Lucia Field was born .
* The instrumental intro to Vegetable Soup is extended

## Goofs

* The Wiggles ran through the wall by foot in the flashback, but they actually ran through the wall in the Big Red Car.
* On the Australian cover, the song list from the album is used, despite multiple songs listed not appearing in the video. This is fixed on most international releases.
* On the spine of the Australian DVD, the second exclamation point is left out.
* Dominic Lindsay's name was credited for "Bit By Bit (We're Building A Set)".
* Towards the end of "Bit By Bit (We're Building A Set)" in the video, you can hear a squeak. This does not happen in the *Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!* series.
* The Wiggles' names were credited for "Go To Sleep Jeff (Brahms' Lullaby)" in the VHS and DVD inlay.
* During the part in "Testing, One, Two, Three" where a high male voice sings "Yeah, yeah!", the DVD subtitles state that Dorothy is singing that lyric.
* In "Hats", a top hat was mentioned twice.
* In the scene where Captain switches on the lights, a far away shot shows Dorothy and Henry without the heads on and Wags isn't seen. But when the Gremlin switched the lights back on, the same far away shot shows Dorothy and Henry's head photoshopped. This didn't work since Henry's head can still be seen on the ground.

## References

1. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20140527024353/http://shop.thewiggles.com/Product/wiggly-gremlins-dvd/44206?tagstring=CDsDVDs-DVDs
2. ↑ https://wiggles.fandom.com/wiki/File:WhooHoo!WigglyGremlins!ScreenerVHSInlay.jpeg
3. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Wiggles-Whoo-Hoo-Wiggly-Gremlins/dp/B000SFOYC2/ref=sr\_1\_3?crid=VUE7EYWP6P2X&keywords=whoo+hoo+wiggly+gremlins+dvd&qid=1678318454&sprefix=whoo+hoo+w%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-3
4. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Wiggles-Woo-Wiggly-Gremlins-anglais/dp/B0013CUB7Q/ref=sr\_1\_2?crid=VUE7EYWP6P2X&keywords=whoo+hoo+wiggly+gremlins+dvd&qid=1678318488&sprefix=whoo+hoo+w%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-2
5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20040205094215/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/200402/highlights/223049.htm
6. ↑ https://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/200707/programs/ZY6577A001D2072007T100000.htm
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4qslCogv1Q
8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20030618125634/http://www.thewiggles.com.au:80/new.html
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## Note

1. ↑ Although not credited in the video itself, Greg Truman is listed as the writer on the back covers of the original Australian VHS and DVD releases (as well as the Classic Collection re-release).
2. ↑ Link not available due to not being saved