The Wiggles Show (found Latin American adaptation of children's series; 2006)

The series' title card

Status: Partially Lost

The Wiggles is a popular children's group that formed in 1991 in Sydney, Australia. They are known for their hits Hot Potato, Get Ready To Wiggle, Fruit Salad and many others. Between 1991 and 1998, they mostly released albums and videos and toured heavily and would gain popularity in Australia. By the turn of the century, the group gained globe popularity and their albums, videos, television shows and tours would become hugely successful. The group's success lead to many versions of the group in different countries, including a version for Latin American audiences in South America.

The lineup in the Latin American version was Zoe Velez in the blue skivvy, Fernando Moguel Jr. in the yellow skivvy (who appeared with his father Fernando Moguel Sr. in albums and videos by the Australian group), Katty Villafuerte in the purple skivvy and Francisco Madrid in the red skivvy red Wiggle. This lineup would only produce (unknown if ever released) one known video ¡Despierta Katty! (translated to English as ¡Wake Up Katty!) and would only do one television series that would air for 26 episodes in 2006 (exact airdates are unknown) on Disney Channel preschool block Playhouse Disney in Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay and various South American territories. The lineup would by discontinued by the end of the year in favor of dubbing the original Australian series for South American markets and Fernando Moguel Jr. last appearance with the Australian group would be in the spin-off series Dorothy the Dinosaur in the episode Pretty Peru that aired in 2010.

Episodes

Series

#	Episode Title	Status
1	Episode 1 (also known as ¡Prepárate para Cantar & Bailar!)	Found
2	Episode 2 (also known as ¡El Cumpleaños de Dorothy!)	Found
3	Episode 3 (also known as ¡Despierta Katty!)	Found
4	Episode 4 (also known as ¡Papitas Calientes!)	Found
5	Episode 5 (also known as ¡El Baile Del Chango!)	Found
6	Episode 6 (also known as ¡Dorothy the Dinosaur y Cabeza, Hombros, Rodillas y Pies!)	Found
7	Episode 7 (also known as ¡Baila el Romp Bomp A Stomp con Dorothy the Dinosaur!)	Found
8	Episode 8 (also known as ¡Bip, Bip, El Cochesote Rojo! Favorito Wiggles Canciones)	Found
9	Episode 9	Found
10	Episode 10	Found
11	Episode 11	Found
12	Episode 12	Found
13	Episode 13	Found
14	Episode 14	Lost
15	Episode 15	Lost
16	Episode 16	Lost
17	Episode 17	Lost
18	Episode 18	Lost
19	Episode 19	Lost
20	Episode 20	Lost
21	Episode 21	Lost
22	Episode 22	Lost
23	Episode 23	Lost
24	Episode 24	Lost
25	Episode 25	Lost
26	Episode 26	Lost

Specials

Name	Status	Notes
¡Despierta Katty!	Partially Lost	DVD Copy was seen at The Wiggles Exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum
Aquí Viene El Cochesote Rojo	Non-existent	Video alleging to be from the special is from an Wiggles ARG channel

Availability

This Latin American version of the group and television series would be virtually unknown outside of South America for some time. It wouldn't be until the documentary 15 Years of Wiggly Fun! that was released in August 2006 (before the lineup was discontinued) that footage featuring the lineup and some snippets from the song Fruit Salad would be shown, this would be the first time the Latin American Wiggles would be known outside of South America. Several more clips from the show would be shown in a news report on the Australian group. In summer 2019, several animated clips from the show surfaced as part of a animation reel for the studio March Digital (who did animation for the Australian group). Several photos of many episodes from the series would make it online.

On May 22, 2021, Anthony Field revealed on Twitter that the international versions of The Wiggles will be making their way onto the group's YouTube channel. Among the other international versions of the group were the Latin American group. On June 7, 2021, Francisco Madrid and Zoe Velez announced on the group's channel that the series will be uploaded to YouTube starting June 11, 2021. On that very date, the first episode of the series was uploaded. It was later confirmed that the entire series will be uploaded to their YouTube channel every two weeks (except the weeks of September 3rd, 10th and October 8th due to the Fruit Salad TV series and Annyeonghaseyo respectively). As of the writing of this article, only thirteen episodes of the twenty six episode series have been uploaded, but it's very likely the entire series will get an official worldwide release. On November 24, 2021, the streaming service Kartoon Channel began adding the show to the service, including three episodes that haven't been uploaded to YouTube.

Gallery

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  Promo picture of an unknown episode

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  The Latin American Wiggles in animated form in the Sopa De Verduras video

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  Behind The Scenes of the Camina video

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  Fernando with Dorothy during filming of the ¡Despierta Katty! special

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  The Latin American Wiggles with Wags during filming of an episode

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  Promo picture of an unknown episode

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  Promo picture of Captain Feathersword and his crew

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  Promo picture of an unknown episode

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  Francisco and Fernando Sr. in the Big Red Boat

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  Greg Page with the show's crew

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  Promo picture of Episodio 7

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  Promo picture of an unknown episode

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  Screenshot from an unknown episode

See Also

TV

• The Wiggles Live at Disneyland (found Australian TV special; 1998)
• The Wiggles (partially found alternate versions of episodes of children's show; 1998-2011)
• The Wiggles Series One (partially lost deleted scenes of children's live action series; 1997-1998)
• The Wiggles Show (partially found animated songs from children's show; mid 2000s)
• The Wiggles (lost unaired ABC pilot featuring children's group; 1995)
• Let's Wiggle (partially found short series for children's band; 1997-1999)
• The Wiggles (partially found Taiwanese adaptation of children's series; 2003-2007)
• Wiggle and Learn (lost unreleased original version of children's TV series; 2006)
• A Wiggly Postcard from Asia (rumored/lost TV special of The Wiggles tour; existence unconfirmed; 2003)

Concerts

• The Wiggles Big Show (partially lost footage of Melbourne performance; 1997)
• Wiggly Party Live in Concert (partially found footage of Vodafone Arena performance; 2001)
• Yule Be Wiggling Christmas Show (lost footage of The Wiggles live performance; 2000; existence unconfirmed)
• Toot Toot Show! (partially lost footage of The Wiggles performance; 1998)
• The Wiggles - NASA (lost footage of National Aeronautics and Space Administration performance; 2004)
• Santa's Rockin'! Concert (partially found footage of Sydney Entertainment Centre performance; 2004)
• Wiggly Safari Show (partially found footage of The Wiggles performances; 2002)
• Wiggledancing! Live On Stage (partially found pro-shot recordings of concert tour; 2006)
• Greatest Hits In The Round (partially lost Acer Arena performance of The Wiggles; 2010)
• Christmas Celebration (lost footage of The Wiggles final performance; 2012)
• The Wiggles LIVE In Concert Tsunami Relief Benefit Concert (partially found footage of Indian Ocean earthquake fundraiser performance; 2005)
• The Wiggly Big Show Tour (lost footage of "The Wiggles" live performance; 1999; existence unconfirmed)

Videos

• Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (partially found original version of music video from album; 1996)
• Wake Up Jeff! (partially found original version of Wiggles video; 1996)
• A Wiggle Tale: Dorothy the Dinosaur Goes to Hospital (found promotional VHS tape; 1999)
• Getting Strong! (partially found original version of Wiggles video; 2006)
• The Wiggles (partially lost widescreen versions of children's videos; 2002-2004)
• Dancing Ride (found The Wiggles music video; 2001)
• LIVE Hot Potatoes! (found uncut version of Wiggles video; 2005)
• Overture Introductions (lost pre-show videos from The Wiggles tour; 2004)
• The Wiggles (partially found unreleased music videos of children's group; 2000s-2020s)
• Toot Toot! (found original version of The Wiggles video; 1998)

Music

• Get Ready To Wiggle! (lost "The Wiggles" UK album; 1999)