It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! (video)

"It's a Wiggly Wiggly World!" It is the ninth Wiggles video, released on July 25, 2000. This is also the first Wiggles video to feature major guest stars, such as Slim Dusty, Christine Anu, Rolf Harris, Kamahl, Tim Finn, Jimmy Little and Atsuko Arai.

Synopsis
The Wiggles sing an assortment of songs with their friends from all over Australia.

Song List
Note: All songs are taken from the album It's a Wiggly Wiggly World!, except where noted otherwise.
 * 1) In The Wiggles' World
 * 2) Here Come The Wiggles
 * 3) In The Big Red Car We Like To Ride
 * 4) I Love To Have A Dance With Dorothy
 * 5) Taba Naba
 * 6) Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport
 * 7) Sing With Me
 * 8) Hey, Hey, Hey We're All Pirate Dancing
 * 9) Another Cuppa
 * 10) Starry Night (new song)
 * 11) Six Months In A Leaky Boat (Wiggly Version)
 * 12) One Little Coyote
 * 13) Blow Me Down
 * 14) Let's Go (We're Riding In The Big Red Car)
 * 15) MorningTown Ride
 * 16) Haru Ga Kita

Special Features

 * Electronic Storybook: Murray and his Marvellous Guitar
 * Wiggly Wiggly World Friends
 * Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! Episodes: Episode 8 and Episode 9

Plot
The video intro it is the theme of TV Series 2. The difference is instead of The Wiggles appearing in front of Wigglehouse, they're in space floating in front of the Wiggly Wiggly World! with the video title.


 * Song 1: In The Wiggles' World

The Wiggles introduce themselves and ask if they want to meet their friends Captain Feathersword, Dorothy, Wags, and Henry.


 * Song 2: Here Come The Wiggles

Driving in the Big Red Car, Greg sits in the yellow seat and watches the road. Anthony sits in the blue seats and likes to eat crackers. Jeff sits in the purple seat and will try to stay awake if you can help him. Murray asks can you guess what seat he sits in? That's right, the red one, and he likes to play his guitar. So why don't we go for a ride in the Big Red Car.


 * Song 3: In The Big Red Car We Like To Ride

Greg introduces Slim Dusty in the next song.


 * Song 4: I Love To Have A Dance With Dorothy - featuring Slim Dusty.

The Wiggles and Mascots dance in a barn while Slim Dusty plays guitar from the rafters. Murray introduces Christine Anu who talks about the Taba Naba song which comes from the Eastern Torres Strait and is sung in the Meriam Mir language. Taba Naba translates to "Let's go to the reef and have a good time".


 * Song 5: Taba Naba - featuring Christine Anu.

Greg and Christine sit with a bunch of kids to do the dance while the other three Wiggles play guitars. Anthony introduces Rolf Harris. Rolf has a wobble board, which makes a wobbly sound when you shake it. He wrote the next song.


 * Song 6: Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport – featuring Rolf Harris.

The Wiggles dance around while Rolf uses the wobble board. Greg introduces Kamahl. He and Dorothy will sing together for the first time.


 * Song 7: Sing With Me – featuring Kamahl.

Each of the Wiggles visits Captain Feathersword and shows off a silly wiggly dance. Captain has one too and demonstrates: "Do the dance, do the dance, do the pirate dance!" Let's all do pirate dancing!


 * Song 8: Hey, Hey, Hey We're All Pirate Dancing

Greg says we have a problem. Captain Feathersword can't stop drinking rosy tea from Dorothy. To show how addicted he is, Captain asks Greg a bunch of questions like: What's letter comes after S? What do you put a golf ball on? What do you eat scones and jam with? The answer of course is Tea!


 * Song 9: Another Cuppa

Murray talks about the time when he once spoke about the stars. Flashback – Murray looks in the sky and wants to serenade them.


 * Song 10: Starry Night

He wishes he could see his favorite constellation the Great Guitar. And then he's able to spot it. Murray marks he always wanted to play with the big stars. Greg introduces Tim Finn, who's from New Zealand. He wrote the next song for the Captain.


 * Song 11: Six Months In A Leaky Boat (Wiggly Version) – featuring Tim Finn.

Murray and Greg make animal sounds and they guess what they are.


 * Song 12: One Little Coyote

The Wiggles and the pirate dancers greet Captain Feathersword. Murray remarks how everyone's there to dance with him. Well, blow me down. Murray blows him down. Captain says he plays that game all the time, so it's time to play it.


 * Song 13: Blow Me Down

Jeff introduces the next song.


 * Song 14: Let's Go (We're Riding In The Big Red Car)

Jeff introduces Jimmy Little and asks what his favorite song, which is the next one.


 * Song 15: MorningTown Ride – featuring Jimmy Little.

The Wiggles introduce Atsuko and she's from Nara City in Japan. She wears a kimono. They will sing Haru Ga Kita which means Spring Has Come.


 * Song 16: Haru Ga Kita – featuring Atsuko Arai.

The Wiggles say goodbye as the credits roll up in front of "Wiggly Wiggly World" planet, with the theme song playing.

Release Dates
Australia - July 25, 2000 (VHS), June 14, 2005 (DVD)

America - December 25, 2001 (Screener Copy VHS), January 22, 2002 (Official Copy VHS), April 26, 2005 (DVD)

Album
The "It's A Wiggly Wiggly World!" album was released on the March 20, 2000.

CD (album-only) Songs

 * Porcupine Pie

Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! Episodes

 * 1) Episode 8
 * 2) *Hot Potato
 * 3) *Let's Make Some Rosy Tea


 * 1) Episode 9
 * 2) *Wake Up Jeff!
 * 3) *Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car

Television Airings

 * This video aired on Playhouse Disney on January 26, 2003.

Trivia

 * This video was released in the US under the name "Wiggly Wiggly World!", though the title card in the video (and later the DVD menu) retains the "It's a Wiggly Wiggly World!" title.
 * This is the first Wiggles video to feature special guests.
 * Sing With Me marks the first time Dorothy sings.
 * This is the second video where every song has an intro, the first was the original Yummy Yummy.
 * The second time Jeff plays Höfner bass guitar, after Yummy Yummy.
 * Anthony is seen playing drums again in this video for the first time since Wake Up Jeff!, 4 years before.
 * Anthony's belt breaks at the end of the video for Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport.
 * This is the only appearance for the Black Takamine Acoustic EF341SC Guitar.
 * This is the last Wiggles related video to use Takamine guitars until Dorothy the Dinosaur's Memory Book in 2008, however, The Wiggles still used the Red Takamine Acoustic EF325SRC when they record songs every now and then
 * This is the last video appearance of the Red Starry Guitar and the Brown Beige Takamine Guitar, from 2001 onward, The Wiggles use Maton Guitars for their concerts, videos, and TV Series
 * This is the last video for Henry's 4th costume.
 * This is the last appearance of Leanne Halloran as Officer Beaples.
 * This is the last appearance of Irish Dancers from The Halloran School of Dance until further notice.
 * This is the last appearance of The Wagettes until Top of the Tots.
 * Fans consider this video a direct-to-video TV Series 2 special or finale, due to its use of the same Wiggles World motif/location, and the In The Wiggles' World theme song appearing as the intro, likewise, this is The Wiggles' first video to be based on one of their TV Series.
 * In addition to In The Wiggles' World, Starry Night is taken directly from the episode Play (a.k.a. Playtime) (though the audio was re-recorded), and is introduced as a flashback to it.
 * Bloopers from this video are seen in Wiggly TV, alongside bloopers from the TV Series.
 * Captain Feathersword had more songs than any other character in this video.
 * Murray's daughter, Georgia Munro-Cook can be seen in Taba Naba, Hey, Hey, Hey We're All Pirate Dancing and One Little Coyote.
 * Human Nature, who recorded harmony backing vocals and wild west sounds in the album version of One Little Coyote, do not appear in the video. As a result, new backing vocals and sound effects were recorded by The Wiggles and their musicians.
 * The ending scene dialogue from Yummy Yummy (1998 version) is reused at the start of the end credits.
 * The background for the intro to In The Big Red Car We Like To Ride is a still from Numbers & Counting, with a red shovel from that episode seen in the car.
 * The UK release of the Wiggly Big Show uses this video's name and contains Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport taken directly from this video.
 * Slim Dusty's wife Joy McKean, Christine Anu and Jimmy Little later appear in a bonus feature on the 2005 DVD.
 * The screener VHS has no previews at the beginning & no HIT Entertainment Logo at the end whatsoever.
 * John Alexander was credited as "Pat Alexander" on I Love To Have A Dance With Dorothy.
 * The saturation in the intro video is slightly lower.
 * This video was uploaded on YouTube starting January 30, 2020 as part of the Classic Wiggles series.
 * On the Classic Wiggles version on YouTube, Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport was cut out due to controversies surrounding Rolf Harris in recent years.
 * The background music in some of the prologues were originally used in The Wiggles Movie
 * On the Australian 2005 DVD when you click Play on the menu, Wiggles Videos Preview was reused from the original 2000 VHS.
 * On the original VHS version, the Wiggly, Wiggly World Planet is shown in the end credits, and on the DVD version, it justs shows the space background with stars and the shows the 2005 style-credits in the different font.
 * This is the first video to have Murray's army haircut but with a little bit of spikes on the top.
 * Here Come The Wiggles was first performed in Carols in the Domain 1999 before it was performed in this video.

Goofs

 * Murray is seen playing the acoustic guitar in Haru Ga Kita, but the music has no guitar whatsoever.
 * The credits for In The Wiggles' World list only The Wiggles, though John Field did write it.
 * Dominic Lindsay's name is listed in the credits for Here Come The Wiggles.
 * John Field's name is listed in the credits for Let's Go (We're Riding In The Big Red Car).

Contents VHS

 * 1) Coming to Theaters
 * 2) Jonah A VeggieTales Movie Teaser
 * 3) Now Available on Videocassette
 * 4) Coming to Videocassette
 * 5) SpongeBob Squarepants Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies Trailer
 * 6) Heroes of The Bible Trailer
 * 7) Larry-Boy and the Angry Eyebrows Trailer
 * 8) Nick Jr. VHS Trailer
 * 9) Kipper Tiger Tales and Pools Parks and Picnics Trailer
 * 10) Barney You Can Be Anything Trailer
 * 11) Bob The Builder The Big Game Trailer
 * 12) The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown Trailer
 * 13) The Super Fantastic Veggie Fan Club Promo
 * 14) The Little Bear Movie VHS Trailer
 * 15) Peanuts VHS Trailer
 * 16) Rugrats in Paris: The Movie VHS & DVD Trailer
 * 17) Paramount Feature Presentation/FBI Warning
 * 18) Paramount Home Video Logo (1996)
 * 19) Nick Jr. Kids Opening Bumper (Blue's Clues, Little Bill and Little Bear Variant)
 * 20) The Wiggles Intro
 * 21) It's A Wiggly Wiggly World
 * 22) Credits
 * 23) Nick Jr. Productions (1999)
 * 24) Nick Jr. Kids Closing Bumper (Blue's Clues, Little Bill and Little Bear Variant)
 * 25) Nick Jr. Hippos Logo
 * 26) Nickelodeon Bone Logo
 * 27) Paramount Home Video Logo (1996)

Contents DVD

 * 1) Nick Jr. ID Bumper - Frogs (2003)
 * 2) Minnesota Cuke Teaser
 * 3) Lord of the Beans Teaser
 * 4) Duke and the Great Pie War Trailer
 * 5) Barney Just Imagine Trailer
 * 6) Bob the Builder Help is on the Way Trailer
 * 7) Angelina Ballerina The Magic of Dance/The Silver Locket/The Big Performance Trailer
 * 8) The Wiggles Live! Hot Potatoes Trailer
 * 9) Thomas and Friends Thomas Sodor Celebration Trailer
 * 10) Rubbaddubbers Finbar the Mighty Movie Star Trailer
 * 11) Toddworld Trailer
 * 12) Fraggle Rock Dance Your Cares Away Trailer
 * 13) Kipper Puppy Love Trailer
 * 14) Blue's Room DVDs and VHS Trailer
 * 15) Dora the Explorer DVDs and VHS Trailer
 * 16) Candy Land Trailer
 * 17) Weebles Trailer
 * 18) FBI Warning
 * 19) DVD Menu
 * 20) The Wiggles Intro
 * 21) It's A Wiggly Wiggly World
 * 22) Credits
 * 23) Nick Jr. Productions (1999)
 * 24) Nickelodeon Haypile Logo