What happened next? And I must admit, in the back of my mind, I'm thinking, "This is really strange. G'day. But we didn't want a scary pirate. We'll march along there. Anthony: Really loud! Well, done everybody and I'm so glad you were here to join me today for wiggles and Giggles. Gretel Kileen: The Wiggles have been recognized for having entertained and educated millions of children around the world, with honorary doctorates from the Australian Catholic University, Macquarie University and the Outstanding Achievement Award from ARIA. There are Wiggles themed parks and play centers. Anthony: Myself, Murray, Greg, Jeff, uh, were all rock'n'rollers. All: everybody, Clap your hands! Shh! Everybody clap, (Clap! Murray was teaching and he noticed like all children, most children anyway, that his children in the class loved dinosaurs. Murray: Well, when we took it to the ABC, I think, to an extent, we kind of wrote out this screed about our philosophy in quite an academic kind of treatise, really, I guess, and I think maybe we baffled them a little bit and they thought, "There must be something in this. Sam: There was times where he would run offstage midway through a song and indicate to me to take over because he had to take a break. The perfect companion for bedtime cuddles. 20th Century Fox released "The Wiggles Movie", produced with local investors. Which is a bit little bit of vaudeville trickery, and we finished the song and it rained money. Debbie Ries: And there was an audience of American children mostly that had never seen The Wiggles before and immediately got up and started dancing and interacting with the music and that's when I knew for sure that we had something that would be really big. Rock A Bye Bear sings along too! clap. We were looking for venues. Chris Chard: As The Wiggles took their music to the world, those numbers got bigger and bigger and bigger. And done we used to do The Four Seasons' great song, "Rag Doll". Anthony: Come along. Chris Chard: In taking those first Wiggles' albums and videos to the market, numbers of 60,000, 70,000, 100,000 units were achieved in a very short period of time. Gretel Kileen: They have sold over 23 millions videos and DVD's. Simon Pegg: They managed to encapsulate so much of what kids love. Gretel Kileen: Who knows what the future holds for The Wiggles? Do you want to come with us? And that was the first Wiggles album. Gretel Kileen: President Kennedy once said, "To those who much is given, much is expected." Mr. And, you know, if something went wrong, well, we had to just deal with it ourselves. It seems to me that AC/DC pulled it off incredibly, incredibly well, by necessity. His daughter love The Wiggles and that's how it came about. So, once again, I'm legally obliged to say they are amazing and brilliant just to protect my own backside. I love the fact he's a friendly pirate and the fact that he's been disarmed by the fact that his sword is a source of fun, of tickling. Rock-A-Bye Your Bear lyrics Everybody clap. All: (singing) To the squirrels we'll talk. Then, The Wiggles start writing a song about Fruit Salad, and then sing it with guest star Paul Hester. (clap, clap, clap.) But quite frankly, I think what will happen is that as they came along as a band in a time when there were normally only solo performance, something else will come along but it will be totally different, but The Wiggles will always rule. The Wiggles sing the first song at the Wiggly Concert. "Everybody Clap! I had no idea what to expect 'cause I'd never been in front of children, performing for children before. And she went in to do the test and I said, "I'll just do the test too." Hot Potato explains. Paul Paddick: It sort of started moving within that first year I was with them from 500 people to about 800 people a show and then, you know, sort of the year after that, it was to 1,000 and 1,200. So naturally, on the TV, the images of the planes crashing into the towers would just replay over and over. Jeff: We actually had to hold up the show for Robert De Niro because he was running late. La, la, la, la, la. So it really kind of doubled in a really short period, that couple of years there. It is revealed that the answer to Jeff's question of how long will it take to record The Wiggles'. , Mysonne , Conway the Machine , Styles P … It's coming! Then you turn around All: Yippee! Clap. And so we did that. Gretel Kileen: And so armed with their knowledge of early childhood education and a developing cachet of songs, this group, without a name, would take their first step towards success when Anthony suggested that they record an album. There's animals everywhere. The perfect companion for bedtime cuddles. They were on the front cover of "Rolling Stone". I'll I wanted, I was kind of playing in the band and I thought, "That's really what I want to do. clap. And we're All: The Wiggles! Everybody clap, (Clap! It was a very sad time.... for lots of reasons. And Captain Feathersword does this a lot." Hands in the air, rock-a-bye your bear Bear's now asleep Shh shh shh Bear's now asleep Shh shh shh Oh, no! Well let’s get ready to have some fun 'Cause our friends will dance with you. Lyn was on the road at the time, so he sat us down and said the show had been feeling really comfortable with me in that role and that they'd like me to continue doing it full-time. Clap. Dorothy the Dinosaur is The Wiggles' most popular character. It had a Fairlight synthesizer in a corner, which Jeff operated. Our drummer in The Cockroaches' name was Tony Henry and one day, he came up to Jeff and I and said, "Why don't you name a character after me?". 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