Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (Pre-TV Series 1)

"**Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (Pre-TV Series 1)**" was the first Wiggles Experience series. It was also known as "The Wiggles Experience".

The series was produced mainly in April 1978 to August 1978 before the band broke up and aired in January to April 1980. This series featured songs from Let's Wiggle, Yummy Yummy!, and Fun and Games, as well as older songs re-shot outdoors or in a set similar to the From Us, To You set.

## Series Info

Although the series was filmed by The Wiggles in April 1978 to August 1978 after they finished From Us, To You!, The Wiggles had adapted into a television series in 1979. The original series was on NTV (which is the original station) since 1979, but it was shown on CTC1 on January to April 1980 and earlier on EBN in July to October 1980. It was the only Wiggles Experience TV Series to never be aired on The Disney Channel because The Disney Channel isn’t invented until 1983. This series was also released on DVD in October 2003. It was succeeded by another series of the same name: The Wiggles Experience (TV Series 1).

## Episodes

1. Joshua's Cooking - January 21, 1980 (NTV & CTC1) & July 7, 1980 (EBN)
2. The Young Big Band - January 28, 1980 (NTV & CTC1) & July 14, 1980 (EBN)
3. The Beach - February 4, 1980 (NTV & CTC1) & July 21, 1980 (EBN)
4. Our Boat is Rocking - February 11, 1980 (NTV & CTC1) & July 28, 1980 (EBN)
5. Dorothy the Dinosaur's Birthday Party - February 18, 1980 (NTV & CTC1) & August 4, 1980 (EBN)
6. The Big Red Car - February 25, 1980 (NTV & CTC1) & August 11, 1980 (EBN)
7. Put On Safety Vests - March 3, 1980 (NTV & CTC1) & August 18, 1980 (EBN)
8. Henry's Waterful Surprise - March 10, 1980 (NTV & CTC1) & August 25, 1980 (EBN)
9. Stand On One Foot - March 17, 1980 (NTV & CTC1) & September 1, 1980 (EBN)
10. Painting the Table - March 24, 1980 (NTV & CTC1) & September 8, 1980 (EBN)
11. Wave to Captain - March 31, 1980 (NTV & CTC1) & September 15, 1980 (EBN)
12. Yummy Yummy - April 7, 1980 (NTV & CTC1) & September 22, 1980 (EBN)
13. Move Left to Right - April 14, 1980 (NTV & CTC1) & September 29, 1980 (EBN)
14. Janelle’s Magic Show - April 21, 1980 (NTV & CTC1) & October 6, 1980 (EBN)
15. Nicky Nacky Nocky - April 28, 1980 (NTV & CTC1) & October 13, 1980 (EBN)

## Variations

* It's thought that each of these 30-minute episodes listed were originally split into two 15-minute episodes when first aired on NEN, GACN and AXN. Supporting this theory is the fact that every episode from both seasons has a song or skit end at 30 seconds after 15-minutes, where they would have been cut. However, this could also just be where a commercial break would have been placed. If they were originally cut down to 15-minutes, this is likely where the CTC1 airings of these series (which were 15-minute cuts) came from.

## Cold Open

Ready, Steady, Wiggle! has cold opens before the show showing The Wiggles Experience and their friends in the middle of an activity.

## Opening

The opening was similar to the Wiggling Out opening but longer.

## Format

### ***Songs***

There are at least four songs, a concert song (taken from Wiggling Out) and one televised one. These songs feature the titles similar to Let's Wiggle. Songs were mostly featured from the previous few videos (Let's Wiggle, and Yummy Yummy!, Wiggling Out, and Fun & Games).

Numbers Rhumba, Teddy Bear Hug and Baby Baluga were only featured in the original airing due to the Wiggles updating the songs in later years.

### ***Officer Beaples***

Officer Beaples made her TV debut in this TV Series.

### ***Wigglehouse***

Looking much like the Wigglehouse from the 1976 version of Yummy Yummy! with other features, these involve the main story. Even with the same design.

### ***Mini Adventures***

Featuring The Wiggles Experience and their friends as they go on short adventures, like Captain Feathersword minding his manners, Dorothy the Dinosaur showing Mitchell and Janelle her strength, also known as showing off, etc.

### ***Dorothy the Dinosaur's Rosy Show***

Dorothy the Dinosaur shows the viewer the tour of her garden and what she usually does.

### ***Henry the Octopus' Waterful Show***

Featuring Henry the Octopus and Captain Feathersword as they go to places like the Captain's Dockyard, Henry's Place (Studio), Pirate Park, Slow Street and The Beach (Outside).

## Trivia

* The Wigglehouse is the same house from Yummy Yummy but it now has more features and is now called "Wigglehouse".
* The door never talked until the Wiggles Fans (TV Series 1) later in 1983.
* In the 13th episode, Captain Feathersword was played by Mitchell Nerville instead of Vincent Terwilliger in a Henry the Octopus Waterful Show episode. Later when the Captain cleaned the deck on the SS Feathersword, Vincent Terwilliger started playing Captain Feathersword that he did for the rest of the series. It could have been possible that this was filmed before From Us, To You in Early 1979.
* Kaz the Cat and the Officer Beaples segments are in the same part of the episode, so they made 26 episodes to fit them in for Officer Beaples segments.
* The Underwater Big Band only appears as cameos in Wigglehouse, the Songs and the Goodbye Dances.
* Captain Feathersword doesn't appear in the Goodbye Dance at the end of the 3th, 6th, 9th and 13th episodes.
* Unlike the other seasons, 15-minute versions of 30 episodes used to be CTC1, NTV, Global Broadcasting System and EBN.
	+ As a side note, the 15 30–minute episode versions were split in half to make 30 15–minute episodes.