Wiggles:Live Hot Potatoes

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Summary: Impressed on how far they have come (especially live!)
Review: I bought this and had high hopes after Top of the Tots and Santa's Rockin' - those were not that good as far as the Wiggles go.
This new live show has a whole band on stage, elaborate sets and everyone appears to be singing. My son, 2 yrs 2 mos, was very intereseted in the new format of a concert. They did more close-ups, split screens, etc, not just a wide shot of the stage as in older concert footage.
The only complaint I have is at times the words and their mouths seemed off on the DVD. Not that they weren't singing, just a technical difficulty of the production of the DVD. Extras are just so-so and I wish they would list the run time to tell the actual length of the feature show only. Over all, I'd say it's pretty darn good Wiggles. And we have almost ALL of the dvds/vcr shows that there are!

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Summary: U.S. loves The Wiggles
Review: I have never written an Amazon review, but my 2-year-old LOVES The Wiggles so much, I had to put the word out. "Live Hot Potatoes" is the first DVD I bought after wearing out "Wiggle Time." It's so refreshing because I actually WANT to get up and perform the songs with my son. The music and dancing is fabulous...these guys have tons of talent. Even my husband loves them! I recommend this along with "Wiggle Time" and "Wiggle Bay" to any parent like me who can't stomach Barney or the Teletubbies (makes my skin crawl).

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Summary: Fantastic video, great to save for a concert memory
Review: If you've ever seen the Wiggles live, then you know just how fantastic their live shows are. This video is a must-have for nothing else, a keepsake. It's full of stuff from their recent tour, and even has Santa in there at the end. They go around looking for Jeff again, complete with the blow-up balloon. My little one went upstairs and grabbed his guitar and was playing along with most of the show. Then he went after his keyboard and gave me the guitar and we played together! You can't passively watch the Wiggles - you just have to get up and dance along. They do such a fantastic job too - it never ceases to amaze me the amount of time an thought that goes into their shows. This video gives a glimpse of what they did here in the US - they showed them driving in the Big Red Car, going under signs for Columbus, then driving into the auditorium and the next thing you see is them driving out in the Big Red Car onto the stage. That about floored my husband, who is a teacher as well (so are the Wiggles). He just keeps remarking at all the attention the Wiggles give to the details to keep the kids' attention while teaching them at the same time. They're learning and they don't even know it. Just like Leapfrog products! I'm still wondering how Greg dances like a noodle up there - he's got to be double-jointed!

Don't expect this to be a quick view and leave video either - it's 140 minutes long! Some of the cinematography could have been better though on this - the dark shots turned blue, and Anthony produced the musical portion and some of Greg's vocals are a little "hot" here and there, but kids don't care much about that. And, unless you're a musician or in the music business, you're not going to notice it much. That's my only criticism of this video. It's especially nice to hear Captain Feathersword sing "Eagle Rock." I loved it when they had him flying on a trapeze out into the audience during their recent shows here and guess what? It's on this video too! That definitely made our day here. My little one was just as mesmerized by it again when he saw the video.

Another highlight of this video is that it is totally live. There's no canned studio tracks being used on this one. They have a live orchestra up there, complete with backup singers. Dom Lindsey is the orchestra director, complete in white hat and tails, and leads the orchestra, plays trumpet (hey, it's worth the cost of the video just to hear him play!), and even sings as one of the "three tenors" with Captain Feathersword. Awesome part for us music people out there!

Great, great stuff, I highly recommend it and if you're new to the Wiggles, grab this guy and get "Toot, Toot" too. That still is their best one, in my humble opinion besides this one. Great job Wiggles and thanks very much for caring about the quality of products being directed towards our children. You definitely deserve all the success you are having!

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Summary: Lots of fun!
Review: My daughter loves the Wiggles TV show and the other DVDs. At 15 months, she mostly loves to dance to the songs. I bought this DVD because I wanted the most music possible for her. The Wiggles live DVD is wonderful! She claps and dances to the songs and has a lot of fun while watching it. I try to limit her tv time to 30 min. or so a day so we don't watch the entire show in one sitting as it is rather long. We have not seen the Wiggles concert in person, but after watching this DVD I can't wait to take her. They put on a great show and they are great at keeping the children's interest. I really recommend this if your child is a Wiggles fan, I don't think you will be disappointed!

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Summary: My boys love this video!!
Review: My two boys, who are 3 1/2 and 1 1/2, love the Wiggles, and this seems to be their new favorite video! Basically, it's a recording of a concert the group put on in Sydney, and they put on quite a show. The live orhcestra is wonderful, the wiggly dancers are there, and Santa Claus even makes an appearance! What more can you ask for? My kids spend pretty much the entire 70 minutes of the video on their feet dancing along with the Wiggles and the children in the audience. My older son is autistic, and he responds so much to the Wiggles and their videos, and this one is no exception! They play tons of the popular Wiggles' songs, the set is bright and colorful, and the Wiggles and their friends are up to their usual antics! A must have for a little Wiggles' lover!

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Summary: Wiggly Wonderful!
Review: This is the best Wiggles DVD ever - and they are all great. My 20 month old daughter is mesmorized and dances the whole way through - not just a sit down and zone out DVD. That's why we love the Wiggles so much - they get kids (and adults) dancing. The songs are upbeat and fun and compared to most kids music relatively un-annoying, even after the millionth play. These blokes deserve all the success they are having.

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Summary: My kids LOVE this DVD!!!!!!!
Review: We have been to the Wiggles concert twice... I made my 3 year old son a scrapbook from it, he still talks about it, and acts out the Wiggles concert with his Wiggles guys and has shows in our playroom.... so when we got this video and saw that it was actually songs and scenes from the real RECENT Wiggles concert, he was sooooo thrilled!!! Even my 20 mth old daugher loves it!
For those who have been to the concert and liked it, it is awesome... and for those who couldn't make it.. now is the time to watch it right from the comfort of your own home!!!