Review rated by 7 Ciao members on average: helpful
We bought this DVD for our 2 year old daughter for Xmas, having seen the Wiggles briefly on TV. Initially sceptical of 4 grown men willing to sing & dance together, we have to confess this has become a firm favourite with all of us.
The DVD is a double bill with 2 'episodes'. Each episode is 90% singing and dancing with occasional linking bits in between. Episode 1 "Toot, Toot" centres on the Big Red Car which has broken down. The Wiggles then call on a range of friends to help them fix it - running through 18 song & dance routines in the process. Episode 2 "Yummy,Yummy" doesn't have a particular storyline but, as you can imagine, has mainly songs about food together with some lovely other dance routines.
For little ones both the songs and dance routines are easy to follow and you'll be singing along before you know it. My daughter's favourite is D.O.R.O.T.H.Y, where she can bounce around spelling out the name of the Wiggles dinosaur friend in cheerleader fashion at the top of her voice. My favourite is "Hot Potato" a Wiggles standard. My other-half loves the "Pufferbillies" song, short but sweet. From songs which advise on crossing the road safely to a more graceful ballerina number there is something for everyone.
As well as the 2 main episodes the DVD has a number of special features, Abby's favourite is the Jukebox. Short of time ? Then the Jukebox lets you skip straight to your favourite song.
As with all great products though there is a "but". In Abby's case this is the 2 songs where puppet versions of the Wiggles are singing instead of the men themselves. In Abby's case she really doesn't like these numbers, but of course the beauty of a DVD is that you can easily skip the tracks you don't like.
At Xmas I bought this double bill DVD for £9.99 from Play.com and, in my opinion, it is great value and I dare you not to end up singing at least 1 song !!
PS. For those of you truly worried about 4 men who would enjoy singing and dancing together, reading the DVD credits the production team, office staff and children in the DVD share many of the same surnames as the stars of the show making it very much a family affair.
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08.02.2006 13:50
Are they on TV at the moment? I always wonder what they are. We tend to stick to CBeebies in this house. Cx