Wigglepedia Fanon: The Wiggles (TV Series 3)

TV Series 3
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Episodes	52 (per run); 104 (total)
Filmed	1999-2001
Created By	The Wiggles
Opening Theme	Here Come The Wiggles
Closing Theme	Murray's Christmas Samba (Instrumental)
Original airdate	First run:; 19 August 2000; (AUS); 11 September 2000 (US); Second run:; 14 July 2001 (AUS); 12 January 2002 (NZ); 14 August 2004 (US)
Final airdate	First run:; 29 October 2000 (AUS); 1 November 2000 (US); Second run:; 23 September 2001 (AUS); 4 March 2002 (NZ); 18 September 2004 (US)
Preceded by	Wiggles World (TV Series 2)
Followed by	Wiggly Party (TV Series 4)

The Wiggles 3rd TV Series is the third series of The Wiggles. It was the group's first TV Series of the 2000s, beginning its run on the ABC on the 19th August 2000 at 8:30am every day. It was later aired on Playhouse Disney sometime in 2003-2008. It has sometimes been referred to as "Wiggly Party!", despite that it is officially known as TV Series 3.

The first run featured songs from Wiggle Time! (1998 video), Yummy Yummy (1998 video), Toot Toot!, It's a Wiggly Wiggly World!, newly filmed music videos and live songs from an early performance on the It's a Wiggly, Wiggly World Tour. Throughout the series, the later members would make cameo appearances as other characters.

The second run featured songs from It's a Wiggly Wiggly World!, Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party and newly filmed music videos and live songs from a performance of Wiggly Party: Live in Concert, Throughout the series, the later members would make cameo appearances as other characters.

Episodes[]

First Run (2000)[]

Second Run (2001-2002)[]

Cast[]

Murray Cook as Murray Wiggle
Jeff Fatt as Jeff Wiggle, voice of Henry the Octopus and voice of Wags the Dog
Anthony Field as Anthony Wiggle
Greg Page as Greg Wiggle
Paul Paddick as Captain Feathersword
Corrine O'Raffety as Dorothy the Dinosaur
Andrew McCourt as Wags the Dog
Reem Hanwell as Henry the Octopus
Carolyn Ferrie as voice of Dorothy the Dinosaur
Ben Murray as Santa Claus

Version Differences[]

The original versions of these episodes are 11-minutes in length, totalling 52 episodes per run. However, other versions exist where the 11-minute episodes are combined into a length just short of 22-minute episodes, totalling 26 episodes per series. In these versions, Episodes 1 and 2 become Episode 1 ("Come and Sail the Sea" & "Wake Up Jeff!"), Episodes 3 and 4 become Episode 2 ("Jeff the Cat" & "The Wiggly Choir"), etc. When combined, the credits of the first episode, as well as the intro and theme song of the second, are cut. At the wrap-up of the first episode, The Wiggles say "See you next time!" rather than "We hope you enjoyed the show!" and says "But now it's time to go" or "There will be more from us soon, so keep Wiggling!" instead of "Good bye!", before cutting to a commercial break (or transitioning next to the episode). No other edits are made to the episodes.

There are 14-minute edits of the episodes Wake Up Jeff! (re-titled as "I Love It When It Rains") and Jeff the Cat (re-titled as "Jeff is a Cat!") used on the American VHS of It's a Wiggly Wiggly World before the credits. It is unknown if any more exist and this version unexpectedly wasn't seen on the DVD of the same name.

Home Video Releases[]

6 of the first 7 episodes were seen before the credits of the video tapes It's a Wiggly Wiggly World!, Yule Be Wiggling! (ep. 1) and Hoop Dee Doo! It's a Wiggly Party! (ep. 7). As mentioned above, the first two of these video tapes contain edited down versions of these episodes with a running time of 14 minutes, while the other one is presented in their original 11-minute versions. The episodes The Wiggly Choir and Greg's Bike Won't Work appeared on the Wiggly Safari American VHS before and after the credits.

From 2001 to 2003, 2 VHS compilations were released containing 6 episodes each. Wiggly TV 2 features episodes from the first run, while It's a Dance Party! contains episodes from the second run. Both of these were released together in a box set called The Wiggles on Television. All episodes are presented in their original 11-minute versions on these video tapes. The same 2 compilations of episodes are available on DVD in Australia and the United Kingdom. An exclusive compilation titled "Let's Wiggle! Two Television Episodes in One!" featuring 2 episodes from the second run is also available, in Australia only.

In the United States and Canada, there are 5 volumes of episodes available for DVD. Here they are presented in their 22-minute versions, with 2 episodes (4 segments) per volume. Volumes 1 and 2 consists of first run episodes, while Volumes 3 and 4 are made up of second run episodes. At a total of 25 episodes (50 segments), the 26th episodes from each season are missing. The 5th volume was only available in the US and has every episode in the first and second run depending on the version.

Trivia[]

The trivia questions from Series 1 return.
Community Service Announcements are first used.
As a running gag, Greg is called "young" throughout the series, as he was the youngest of the group. In the episode "The Magical Colouring Book", The Other Wiggles jokingly said was 18 at the time of airing.
The first run of episodes marks the first time a Wiggles series was aired on Playhouse Disney.
The second run debuted in the US and Canada in 2001, before beginning airing in Australia in 2002.
Neither run is available in their entirety on DVD in Australia, though they are available in America for such format. As such, many Australian fans have imported the American DVDs to watch.
Before airing on Playhouse Disney, this was the only series to air on PBS Kids in America.
The transitions from TV Series 2 returned in this series, along with new transitions as well like ones from Yule Be Wiggling and Hoop Dee Doo It’s a Wiggly Party.

TV Series 3

Episodes	52 (per run) 104 (total)
Filmed	1999-2001
Created By	The Wiggles
Opening Theme	Here Come The Wiggles
Closing Theme	Murray's Christmas Samba (Instrumental)
Original airdate	First run: 19 August 2000 (AUS) 11 September 2000 (US) Second run: 14 July 2001 (AUS) 12 January 2002 (NZ) 14 August 2004 (US)
Final airdate	First run: 29 October 2000 (AUS) 1 November 2000 (US) Second run: 23 September 2001 (AUS) 4 March 2002 (NZ) 18 September 2004 (US)
Preceded by	Wiggles World (TV Series 2)
Followed by	Wiggly Party (TV Series 4)