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Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

The incredible true story of early childhood teachers and friends, The Wiggles, who rock 'n' rolled their way into the hearts of millions around the globe in one of the greatest entertainment stories of all time.

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Sally Aitken, Fraser Grut

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Screen Australia,Dark Doris,SAM Content,Screen NSW,Augusto,Frog,Amazon MGM Studios

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- Yeah!
- [children cheering] - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

- Yeah! - [children cheering]

This connection with music
and Early Childhood teaching - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

This connection with music and Early Childhood teaching

[Murray] When I was at university,
this course was really great - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[Murray] When I was at university, this course was really gr...

Not just they don't know as much,
their brain works differently, - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Not just they don't know as much, their brain works dif...

We both started second year
at the same time, - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

We both started second year at the same time,

I'd just got married and... [chuckles] - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

I'd just got married and... [chuckles]

Murray was married, and that was great, - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Murray was married, and that was great,

[laughing] - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

At university,
Anthony was pretty well known. - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

At university, Anthony was pretty well known.

[mouthing along]
Ready on the starting line - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[mouthing along] Ready on the starting line

Come on, come on,
come on, come on, yeah, yeah - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Come on, come on, come on, come on, yeah, yeah

Hey, let's go, let's go - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Hey, let's go, let's go

{\an8}There were nights when we played
three gigs in a night. - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

{\an8}There were nights when we played three gigs in a night...

Hey, let's go... - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Hey, let's go...

[Paul] Greg was helping us out
as a roadie. - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[Paul] Greg was helping us out as a roadie.

[Anthony] We had a couple of hits,
but it was mainly Paul and Johnny's band. - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[Anthony] We had a couple of hits, but it was mainly Paul an...

I left and went
"I've got to go to university." - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

I left and went "I've got to go to university.&quo...

[playing guitar] - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[playing guitar]

You know, there's a real opportunity here - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

You know, there's a real opportunity here

[singing]
Hot potato, hot potato - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[singing] Hot potato, hot potato

-Cold spaghetti, cold spaghetti
-Cold spaghetti, cold spaghetti - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

-Cold spaghetti, cold spaghetti -Cold spaghetti, cold spaghe...

-Mashed banana, mashed banana
-Mashed banana, mashed banana - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

-Mashed banana, mashed banana -Mashed banana, mashed banana

Whoo, wiggy, wiggy, wiggy - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Whoo, wiggy, wiggy, wiggy

Whoo, wiggy, wiggy, wiggy - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Whoo, wiggy, wiggy, wiggy

To be asked to record with him
was just like, "Wow, this is really cool." - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

To be asked to record with him was just like, "Wow, thi...

But we all brought songs in. - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

But we all brought songs in.

[singing]
Ba-dum-pum-pum-ba-dum-ba-dum - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[singing] Ba-dum-pum-pum-ba-dum-ba-dum

Ba-dum-bum-bum-ba-dum - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Ba-dum-bum-bum-ba-dum

[Anthony] Yeah, I wanted to go to the ABC
and have it released - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[Anthony] Yeah, I wanted to go to the ABC and have it releas...

[Jeff] We went through each song
and wrote the rationale - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[Jeff] We went through each song and wrote the rationale

It was just like,
"Wow, this is happening." - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

It was just like, "Wow, this is happening."

Get ready to wiggle - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Get ready to wiggle

Wiggle will make you big and strong - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Wiggle will make you big and strong

We had a meeting, - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

We had a meeting,

But I wanted
this kind of friendly dinosaur. - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

But I wanted this kind of friendly dinosaur.

Children didn't say,
"There's a man in there." - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Children didn't say, "There's a man in there....

Good times. [chuckles] - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Good times. [chuckles]

[singing along in high voice]
"In the backyard now?" [chuckles] - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[singing along in high voice] "In the backyard now?&quo...

[Anthony] Murray said,
"I'm gonna give it up. - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[Anthony] Murray said, "I'm gonna give it up.

[Greg] We changed our look,
and that look was a much better look. - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[Greg] We changed our look, and that look was a much better ...

The whole idea of the colors was,
well, if children don't know our names, - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

The whole idea of the colors was, well, if children don'...

[Greg] Anthony was great. - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[Greg] Anthony was great.

[Greg] This was the shift
that needed to happen. - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[Greg] This was the shift that needed to happen.

As adults, we can understand
the hype of the Rolling Stones, - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

As adults, we can understand the hype of the Rolling Stones,

[cranking] - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[indistinct chatter] - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[indistinct chatter]

{\an8}[The Wiggles: "Hot Potato"] - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

{\an8}[The Wiggles: "Hot Potato"]

It's as if you're talking
just to that one person, - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

It's as if you're talking just to that one person,

{\an8}[Anthony] And wherever
The Wiggles go and sing and play, - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

{\an8}[Anthony] And wherever The Wiggles go and sing and pla...

[Jeff] This is a prototype
of the original Dorothy hat. - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[Jeff] This is a prototype of the original Dorothy hat.

Would have been
very satisfying for children - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Would have been very satisfying for children

[Anthony] Murray took care
of the dinosaur. - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[Anthony] Murray took care of the dinosaur.

And if you went to a party at that time, - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

And if you went to a party at that time,

Now we're anti-guns or anti-violence, - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Now we're anti-guns or anti-violence,

[all growling] - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

So I thought, give him a feather sword, - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

So I thought, give him a feather sword,

And I was the original
Captain Feathersword. - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

And I was the original Captain Feathersword.

[Anthony] When Paddy came along,
he was doing West Side Story at the time. - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[Anthony] When Paddy came along, he was doing West Side Stor...

[Anthony] Anyone who's watched The Wiggles
knows how good that fella is. - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[Anthony] Anyone who's watched The Wiggles knows how go...

I remember when I was teaching
a preschool class, - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

I remember when I was teaching a preschool class,

But then I noticed that all the children
gathering around, watching me do this, - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

But then I noticed that all the children gathering around, w...

Picking up the rubbish - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Picking up the rubbish

And that, again, shows you
it's a different, uh... - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

And that, again, shows you it's a different, uh...

We've got a song called "Walk." - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

We've got a song called "Walk."

[singing] Can you point your fingers
and do the twist? - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[singing] Can you point your fingers and do the twist?

...your fingers and do the... - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

...your fingers and do the...

That's a singing song, a dancing song." - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

That's a singing song, a dancing song."

The actions... A lot of parents teach it
to their children as their first song. - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

The actions... A lot of parents teach it to their children a...

[Anthony] Greg came up with... - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[Anthony] Greg came up with...

Anthony said, "Oh, yeah, this is great.
No, I can do something with that." - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Anthony said, "Oh, yeah, this is great. No, I can do so...

[playing melody] - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[playing melody]

What's brilliant about it is
you can do all the actions, - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

What's brilliant about it is you can do all the actions...

Because a lot of children
don't want to hold hands, - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Because a lot of children don't want to hold hands,

Let's all sway from side to side
and we'll sing "Rock-A-Bye Your Bear." - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Let's all sway from side to side and we'll sing &q...

- It's past his bedtime.
- [Murray laughs] - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

- It's past his bedtime. - [Murray laughs]

[quirky music playing] - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[quirky music playing]

I mean, I... - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Like, for example,
public speaking, that sort of thing, - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Like, for example, public speaking, that sort of thing,

We couldn't really trust him
to say much. [laughs] - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

We couldn't really trust him to say much. [laughs]

Not in a bad way, but just like,
"No, you wouldn't say it like that." - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Not in a bad way, but just like, "No, you wouldn't...

When I was teaching,
a play came to preschool, - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

When I was teaching, a play came to preschool,

The tree would fall asleep
and they'd have to go, "Wake up, tree." - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

The tree would fall asleep and they'd have to go, "...

- [Jeff blubbering]
- [all laughing] - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

- [Jeff blubbering] - [all laughing]

[singing]
What's that sound? - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[singing] What's that sound?

If you've got a remote control
over a person, - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

If you've got a remote control over a person,

{\an8}[indistinct shouting] - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

{\an8}[indistinct shouting]

{\an8}- Yeah.
- [crowd clapping] - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

{\an8}- Yeah. - [crowd clapping]

[bird trilling] - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

[bird trilling]

That was a moment where we just went,
"No, we know what we're doing." - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

That was a moment where we just went, "No, we know what...

From then on, we just went,
"Okay, we'll just make it ourselves." - Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

From then on, we just went, "Okay, we'll just make...

Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles poster

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The incredible true story of early childhood teachers and friends, The Wiggles, who rock 'n' rolled their way into the hearts of millions around the globe in one of the greatest entertainment stories of all time.

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Director: Sally Aitken, Fraser Grut

Writer: Sally Aitken

Production: Screen Australia,Dark Doris,SAM Content,Screen NSW,Augusto,Frog,Amazon MGM Studios

Genre: documentary

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 8.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 24 Oct 2023

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0L1XFL9F33K9FNGJQ659WX85RA/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r