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Wiggles: Videos
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Through the rest of the 1990s, The Wiggles maintained a busy recording and touring schedule, releasing multiple albums and home videos, and performing to increasingly large audiences in Australia and New Zealand. Unable to get a television program produced through the ABC because of "irreconcilable artistic differences", they filmed two self-produced television series in the late 90s.[14] The band gained popularity in the United States in 1998 by piggybacking on the success of the television program Barney & Friends. Lyrick Studios, the producers of Barney, began distributing Wiggles videos in the U.S. and advertising them in Barney videos. During their U.S. tour, The Wiggles performed during the intermission of Barney Live.[4]
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Strong U.S. sales of The Wiggles videos eventually caught the attention of the Disney Channel. In January 2002, they began showing a Wiggles video clip in between programmes of its morning Playhouse Disney block. By June of that year, the popularity of these interstitials prompted Disney Channel to add The Wiggles television series to the Playhouse Disney programme schedule, showing full episodes multiple times per day.[12]
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All the way from down under comes The Wiggles, the happiest band in the land, singing and dancing their way through their first ever Christmas video. Join Murray, Jeff, Anthony, Greg and friends as they take you on a sleigh-riding Yuletide sing-along with new holiday tunes and old festive favorites. It's 40 minutes of your favorite Christmas music presented in a unique style that is enjoyable for all ages. So what are you waiting for? Have a Merry Christmas and let the wiggling begin!
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