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Can you keep that noise down? I'm trying to sleep!

—Jeff at the end of "Wake Up Jeff!"

Jeff is the original purple Wiggle and the original keyboardist in The Wiggles. He was the purple Wiggle from 1991 until 2012, when he passed the role to Lachy. He has since made cameos in some episodes of Ready, Steady, Wiggle! and still occasionally performs in reunion concerts as the purple Wiggle.

Official Description[]

Jeff is the keyboard player. He loves performing when he is awake. Jeff cannot help falling asleep, and when he dreams he dreams of being asleep. Jeff says "The Wiggles is so much fun, only I use so much energy when I dance and sing that I get tired and I need my sleep, sometimes I fall asleep on stage, but the children wake me up by shouting 'Wake Up Jeff'!". He wears a purple skivvy, black pants and a multiple of wacky grins.

Biography[]

Jeff is known to fall asleep a lot, which causes the other Wiggles and the audience to call out "WAKE UP, JEFF!", leading to Jeff jumping up and down and do all sorts of silly things.

Jeff plays a variety of key instruments such as the piano, keyboard, accordion and occasionally other instruments like drums or guitar. Out of the original generation, he sings the least, only having a few lead songs like "I'm a Cow".

Appearances[]

Trivia[]

  • He is the oldest Wiggle of the original generation and of all of the members.
  • He is the shortest and skinniest male Wiggle.
  • He is the only OG member of the Wiggles to be under 6ft tall. (his height is somewhere between 5’9 and 5’10)
  • He is the only original Wiggle who isn't married, engaged or in any romantic relationship.
  • He is the only original Wiggle who plays the accordion.
  • He was the very first driver of the Big Red Car, but it was quickly passed down to Greg (and all subsequent yellow Wiggles) when they realized that Jeff being the main driver wasn't a good idea with his sleeping shtick.
  • As is shown in Surfer Jeff, he is a keen surfer.
  • He is the only Wiggle without an alter ego.
  • He is the only Wiggle without eyebrows.
  • He was the first Wiggle confirmed to have a non-Australian background, as Jeff is Chinese-Australian and most of his family are Chinese.
  • He was the last Wiggle to be brought in for the recording of the first album.
  • He originally held the record for being the oldest official member of the band and he was 59 years old when he retired from being an official Wiggle in 2012 until 2023 when Anthony turned 60.
  • He is the only original Wiggle without experience in early childhood education, which was part of the reason for his whole sleeping gag as he didn't understand how to speak to kids, so The Wiggles decided to give him the sleeping gag so that he had a way to get involved on stage with the audience without really having to say anything.
Characters
Main Characters
The Wiggles (current)
Anthony Wiggle (since 1991) • Lachy Wiggle (since 2013) • Tsehay Wiggle (since 2021) • Simon Wiggle (since 2013)
The Wiggles (secondary)
Evie Wiggle (since 2021) • Lucia Wiggle (since 2022) • Caterina Wiggle (since 2022) • John Wiggle (since 2021)
The Wiggles (former)
Murray Wiggle (1991-2012) • Jeff Wiggle (1991-2012) • Greg Wiggle (1991-2006; 2012) • Phillip Wiggle (1991) • Sam Wiggle (2006-2012) • Emma Wiggle (2013-2021) • Kelly Wiggle (secondary; 2021-2022)
The Wiggly Friends
Dorothy the Dinosaur (since 1991) • Henry the Octopus (since 1992) • Captain Feathersword (since 1993) • Wags the Dog (since 1995) • Shirley Shawn the Unicorn (since 2019)
Supporting Characters
Officer Beaples (1997-2000, 2006, 2013-present) • Bok the Hand Puppet (since 2021) • Paloma the Mermaid (since 2021)
Minor Characters
Flora Door (1999-2000, 2021) • Hot-Pots The Oven (1999-2006, 2023) • Foodman (1998, 2004, 2009, 2023) • Fiona The Circus Leader (2010) • The Little Wiggles (1997, 1999, 2005-2006, 2015, 2017, 2020) • Magdalena the Mermaid (2002, 2006, 2020) • Professor Singalottasonga (1999, 2005-2006) • Ringo the Ringmaster (2009-2012) • Santa Claus (since 1997) • The Wagettes (1997-1999, 2003) • Wally the Great (1997) • The Wiggly Dancers (since 2000)
Selected Guest Stars
Christine Anu (2000, 2016) • Morgan Crowley (2001, 2017) • Lee Hawkins (2014) • Paul the Cook (Paul Hester) (1998) • The Irwins - Steve, Terri, Bindi and Robert (2002, 2017, 2024) • Kylie Minogue (2009, 2017) • Robert Rakete (2014-2015, 2021) • Alfonso Rinaldi (2002-2006, 2012) • Al Roker (2011) • Leo Sayer (2008) • Daryl Somers (2011) • Ross Wilson (2003, 2017)
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