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**The Wiggles** are a famous children's entertainment group from Australia that formed in the year 1991 when founder, Anthony Field, "had the idea to make a children's album". He met fellow founding members Murray Cook and Greg Page at Macquarie University, where all three were studying early childhood education. He later recruited Jeff Fatt. who he was previously band mates with in the pop group The Cockroaches, a music instructor at Macquarie. Wilcher left the group soon after the release of their first album.

Their popularity in Australia grew throughout the 1990s, with concert attendance constantly growing. Several best-selling and award-winning albums and videos allowed them to finance their first (and so far only) theatrical feature film and their first TV series. By the mid-2000s, The Wiggles had reached massive international success, as they toured many other countries, including the United Kingdom.

## History

The Wiggles have released close to fifty albums and videos and toured relentlessly, not just in Australia, but in the Europe, Asia and many other places. They have one numerous amounts of awards and have been named the most successful children's act of all time.

## Characters

### The Wiggles, by generation

#### 1991-2000

* Murray Cook (Red)
* Jeff Fatt (Purple)
* Anthony Field (Blue)
* Greg Page (Yellow)

#### 2000-2004

   The group as it was when Anthony retired due to Orthostatic Intolerance.

* Murray Cook (Red)
* Jeff Fatt (Purple)
* Morgan Crowley (Blue)
* Greg Page (Yellow)

#### 2004-2006

The group as it was when Brett retired due to Orthostatic Intolerance.

* Murray Cook (Red)
* Jeff Fatt (Purple)
* Brett Clarke (Blue)
* Greg Page (Yellow)

#### 2006-2009

The group as it was when Greg retired due to Orthostatic Intolerance.

* Murray Cook (Red)
* Jeff Fatt (Purple)
* Brett Clarke (Blue)
* Sam Moran (Yellow)

#### 2009-2010

The group as it was when Murray retired due to Orthostatic Intolerance.

* Simon Pryce (Red)
* Jeff Fatt (Purple)
* Brett Clarke (Blue)
* Sam Moran (Yellow)

#### 2010-2011

The group as it was when Clarky retired due to Orthostatic Intolerance.

* Simon Pryce (Red)
* Jeff Fatt (Purple)
* Robin Taylor (Blue)
* Sam Moran (Yellow)

#### 2011-2012

The group as it was when Jeff retired due to Orthostatic Intolerance.

* Simon Pryce (Red)
* Brad Carroll (Purple)
* Robin Taylor (Blue)
* Sam Moran (Yellow)

#### 2012-2018

This was the next Wiggles generation, after Sam and Brad left.

* Robin Taylor (Blue)
* Lachy Gillespie (Purple)
* Simon Pryce (Red)
* Emma Watkins (Yellow)

#### 2018-2021

The group as it was when Robin retired due to Orthostatic Intolerance.

* Jason Drake (Blue)
* Lachy Gillespie (Purple)
* Simon Pryce (Red)
* Emma Watkins (Yellow)

#### 2021-2022

This is the current Wiggles generation after Emma left.

* Jason Drake (Blue)
* Lachy Gillespie (Purple)
* Tsehay Hawkins (Yellow)
* Simon Pryce (Red)

#### 2022-present

The group as it was when Simon retired due to Orthostatic Intolerance.

* Jason Drake (Blue)
* Lachy Gillespie (Purple)
* Tsehay Hawkins (Yellow)
* Nathan Quinn (Red)

### The Fruit Salad TV Wiggles

The Fruit Salad TV Wiggles were introduced to bring diversity into the brand and perform with the core group.

#### 2021

* Evie Ferris (Blue)
* Kelly Hamilton (Yellow)
* Tsehay Hawkins (Red)
* John Pearce (Purple)

#### 2021-2022

* Evie Ferris (Blue)
* Kelly Hamilton (Yellow)
* Caterina Mete (Red)
* John Pearce (Purple)

#### 2022-Present

* Lucia Field (Blue)
* Evie Ferris (Yellow)
* Caterina Mete (Red)
* John Pearce (Purple)

### The Big Red Car TV Wiggles

The Big Red Car TV Wiggles were introduced to bring diversity into the brand and perform with the core group.

#### 2022

* Lisa Page (Purple)
* Nathan Quinn (Blue)
* Vanessa Field (Red)
* Jake Cook (Yellow)

#### 2022-Present

* Lisa page (Purple)
* Curtis Fatt (Blue)
* Vanessa Field (Red)
* Jake Cook (Yellow)

### "Wiggly Friends"

Since the first album, The Wiggles have introduced a number characters in songs and stories, a few of which have had major recurring roles in later years. Three characters were created from what The Wiggles saw appeal to children: a dinosaur, a dog and a pirate. To ensure they were as child-friendly as possible, the dinosaur has an appetite only for flowers (specifically roses) and the self-proclaimed "friendly pirate" has a sword made of feathers. From an idea to name a character after Cockroaches drummer Tony Henry came an octopus, who would use his eight legs to drum.

These four characters have become known as the "Wiggly Friends," major characters who have appeared in almost every video since their creation. Although these characters have been used have been used less in recent years (still appearing, but with less dialogue and dedicated songs or stories), a fifth character for the core group of Friends was created in 2019.

* Dorothy the Dinosaur (1991-present)
* Henry the Octopus (1992-present)
* Captain Feathersword (1993-present)
* Wags the Dog (1995-present)
* Shirley Shawn the Unicorn (2019-present)

The Wiggles have involved other minor characters into their world, often in debuting in TV or video appearances. Sometimes the characters would recur, but not to the same level as the main Wiggly Friends. These include Officer Beaples, a police officer, Zardo Zap, an alien, Professor Singalottasonga, a music instructor and Ringo the Ringmaster.

## The Wiggles' TV Series

*main article:* The Wiggles (TV Series)
The Wiggles' original run of TV Series included:

* TV Series 1 - "The Wiggles" (1998, commonly referred to as "Let's Wiggle" among fans)
* TV Series 2 - "The Wiggles" (1999, commonly referred to as "Wiggles' World" among fans)
* TV Series 3 - "Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!" (2002, also known as "Network Wiggles")
* TV Series 4 & 5 - "The Wiggles Show!" (2005-2006)
* TV Series 6 - "Wiggle and Learn" (2008)

More recent TV series from the current generation include:

* "Ready, Steady, Wiggle!" TV Series 1, 2 & 3 (2013-2015, 2021)
* "Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle!" (2017-2018)
* "The Wiggles' World" (2020)

Most series, when aired at run-times of about 22 minutes, have 26 episodes (13 for TV Series 1). Versions running 11-minutes also exist of most series, with 52 episodes each (26 for TV Series 1 and The Wiggles' World and 13 for Ready, Steady Wiggle! Series 3). However, other shorter series have been made, including "Wiggly Songtime!" (2011-2013) and "Wiggle Town!" (2016), which would run 3-4 minutes, containing only one or two music videos and other brief interstitial segments.

Spin-offs include "Dorothy the Dinosaur," which ran for three series (2007-2011), "Emma!", a series of 3-4 minute episodes (2015), a similar format used for "Lachy!" (2016) and a recent 11-minute follow up "Emma!" series.

## The Wiggles' Logo

    *main article:* The Wiggles Logo

The first Wiggles logo was just "The Wiggles" typed out in a specific font and it was used from their first album until late 1996. By this time, the logo was redesigned with wiggly letters out of colours and with a yellow background (pictured), which is still used today.

The word 'The' is coloured red, the 'i' 's tittle is green, the 'L' is purple and leaving the other letters blue. However, in Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas the I is purple on the title screen.