The Disturbing Downfall of The Wiggles

The Wiggles have a dark, dark past. Honestly surprised more people aren't talking about this...
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[@jami.franchestquazimolamai]

the fact I thought this entire thing was legitimate until jeff killed someone with a rocket 💀😭

[@Karactos]

Same 😂 and I did a research assessment on them. Was so confused

[@partyrock2081]

Jeff did NOT do that

[@reggie2175]

wait did u not hear about the time he did that???

[@user-sl4fu9pr4m]

That's not child friendly!

[@thegrandwizard1700]

Even if Jeff did an “oppsie” and committed a homicide, he is still my favorite out of all the Wiggles and he will always be my lord and savior who I worship by covering myself in his memorabilia. Praise be to Jeff.

[@pinkchaos.]

You’re so quirky and random.

[@BigTommyBoy2009]

The Lord God says, "...Thou shalt not worship idols..."

[@lisden6683]

@@BigTommyBoy2009 amen brother

[@drulavigne8777]

@@pinkchaos. wizards always are

[@drulavigne8777]

Dog days are over wah wah wah Off w their heads like the yea yea yeah's

[@moonfairy2325]

When Greg temporarily retired 5 year old me was *not* happy about it lmao. Then my family saw "the wiggles" at the great escape years later when my little sister was 5, and when she realized they weren't the real ones she was also very disappointed lol

[@BetweenTheLyons]

Lmao Great Escape does love refurbs. I don't think I've ever seen someone talking about Great Escape before just randomly outside of theme park videos, lol.

[@canc3lforcredit]

man i was one of those stupid babies when greg was replaced and i noticed 😭 he could never be replaced in my heart. my peak is seeing them front row while my mom tried to hit on anthony.

[@APairOfOldSkoolVans]

Same! I was so upset my boy Greg stopped visiting me on the TV

[@cooperc69420]

0:55 Jeff did not study to become a preschool teacher, that was Greg.

[@williamphillips24]

Getting Emma in as the yellow wiggle took them to a whole new level of merch sales. Best thing they could have done.

[@bomge9339]

Everything in this video was 100% true and factual, can’t believe that the Wiggles would commit heinous crimes against humanity like this! Thank you developer lemons for bringing this into the public spotlight

[@pilgrimsnest592]

The voice coach for one of the Wiggles stars is accused of sexually abusing children in the United Kingdom more than 40 years ago. Robert Graham Bickerstaff, who voice trained the current Red Wiggle, was arrested over historic sex charges he allegedly committed while working in England.

[@lbscstudios237]

It's sad how they cut off Sam. I think he should've stayed until the others left. Was pointless for Greg to come back for 1 year or so and leave.

[@jer-iety]

Sam was basically laid off at the end of 2011 because the Wiggles went through a recession. They only made $28 million and had to cut lots of their ventures and employees. The Wiggles asked Greg to return temporarily for 8 months to help transition from Sam to another yellow wiggle which was going to be Simon. Then Jeff and Murray decided to leave in 2012 so they asked Greg to extend his stay so that he could leave alongside them

[@filmtheory783]

@@jer-iety thats not wrong Simon was originally supposed to be the new yellow wiggle but then that was given to Emma why is never clear

[@HornetHKensa]

@@filmtheory783 It didn’t help that Simon had a lot more experience up his sleeve, especially when he sometimes did the deep vocals in some songs instead of Anthony in the mid point of the original Greg era. As for Sam, he is starting to reminisce about his time with the Wiggles a little more these days. It doesn’t help that his albums as the yellow wiggle are getting digital re-releases, which according to a Q&A that both Anthony and Sam made amends and there’s no conflict between them anymore. It’s just that they don’t talk often, probably due to both of them being busy nearly all the time.

[@filmtheory783]

@@HornetHKensa i didn't mention that but yes in 2012 after gregs return the wiggles were in hot water for appernenty referring to sam as the "salaried wiggle" appernenty anthony is pretty savage off camera by the way none of this has been confirmed its "he said-he said" sam said he was fired and then claimed claimed harassment where anthony denied the harassment allegations and claimed sam wasn't fired his contract ended right has greg was well enough to return

[@kbanghart]

​@@HornetHKensaI just saw an interview with Sam, he said he was not very happy the way he was portrayed in the new documentary.

[@samuelmartins441]

The wiggles did have a TV show and a whole movie prior to coming to America

[@Cthulahoop.]

This video felt like a fever dream

[@whatnotandstuff1437]

Jeff wasnt the one being a teacher with anthony and murray. It was greg. They were still pretty successful with the cds and videos. In 1997 they made a movie before barney and thomas. A year later season 1 of the wiggles was made. Not in 2002. Not to mention, murray was in fairly unsuccessful bands before becoming a wiggle. By the 2000s they were successful in america. Sam was an I T tech support before joining the wiggles and after he left the wiggles, he did something called play along with sam on nickelodeon in Australia. You know it occurs to me that this is possibly a parody sooooo. I just gave literal facts over a video that was supposed to be funny, i am so sorry 😅

[@whatnotandstuff1437]

All i can say is i taught myself the real story of the wiggles and if anyone remembers those weird puppets they had? I loved those and I keep up with what happened to the puppets just because they were a part of my childhood too

[@lukeroberts3464]

Jeff had a pacemaker in his heart he had heart surgery in 2011. He did infact missed the USA tour too.

[@alyssaking4141]

greg was the one with the serious medical condition where he couldn't stand for long periods of time. Later on when he returned in the 2010s he actually died on stage (i"m being fr) and had to get resuscitated and it worked, king is still alive rn (and he better be forever). It was like a heart condition or something. i remember him disappearing one day and sam (my mortal enemy) replacing him... sam was like ur new step dad who didn't buy you stuff... it was a heartbreak to me (i had a crush on greg as a toddler I guess... great video the wiggles are still committing crimes by having eight or more of them all on screen at once... what happened to less is more

[@RetroPlus]

I actually believed this was truthful up until the end

[@rodmunch6865]

I remember I actually went to a wiggles concert with my brother back in like 2009 and it was great! I was like 5 at the time lol but still it was great

[@olympicegg6853]

The ABC that signed the Wiggles was the Australian Broadcasting Company and that was the American company of the same names logo

[@_emory]

The Australian man denying the wiggles really got me good

[@drulavigne8777]

Kid leroi?

[@stampy2011]

Great piece of satire.

[@FishCantRoll]

I saw The Wiggles live when I was like 6 and to this day I think it's my biggest flex

[@gabagoul8835]

love the sunnyv2 esc documentary but with your own take/music themed stuff to it. always a fun watch

[@BigTommyBoy2009]

If were are a true fan of the wiggles, you already knew all this.

[@widethigh6ix9ine]

OKAY BUT IT WENT SO MUCH FURTHER THAN I THOUGHT

[@lonewolfx499]

Sorry, what was the point of this video? I get it's a joke, but... why?

[@yuguoxinpusen9029]

purple wiggle cheating on yellow wiggle was actually crazy tho

[@nathanmiller1]

You could have used the correct ABC logo. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has no relation to the ABC logo in the video. Interesting video otherwise.

[@jakethecarsandreactorvideo9409]

0:55 Greg was studying to be a teacher not Jeff. Jeff was with Anthony in a band called the cockroaches with Anthony

[@stephaniethetvshowgirl1072]

Let me explain to you about the wiggles first tv show so the first ever wiggles show the wiggles which came out in Australia in 1998 but didn’t come out in America until 2002

[@bragix6740]

I had a dream that i met Dev at a supermarket and i said that i was a big fan of the channel and i said that i actually learned some music theory from it so she started making strange sounds and asking what key the sounds were in and then she got really offended when i said that i didnt know and then i woke up.

[@FlubbydaTubby]

That sounds like something eerily similar to what happened to me. I actually met Dev at a Sunoco one time when her channel was a little smaller. We were talking about music theory and then she stared into my eyes and just puked all over me. She tried to play it off by saying something like, "oh haha that actually had pretty good rhythm to it. we should turn that into a song or something" I was disgusted and stormed out. I then filed a restraining order against her, but she still sends me letters to try to create that song. Dev, please stop sending me letters.

[@adamstetson2625]

im 17 and i still love these guys

[@Edboy691]

These guys were my childhood till the age of 7, when I heard the original Greg had a heart attack on stage and died but was brought back to life because of a defibrillator I went into a childhood nostalgia coma for a day, also no joke my friend seen the original Jeff at the chemist getting his methadone because of his heroine addiction and I was 11 when I learned this and when they say “WAKE UP JEFF” it has a different tone now lol childhood ruined

[@clairequirk911]

your pitch in the beginning to like and subscribe worked and I did.

[@tyburvandeezo8218]

One of the best things you've ever done. I'm glad it's not delteificated!

[@VanessaLivesInASociety]

Fruit salad, yummy yummy

[@tobywankenobi103]

whered you get this info

[@fredstar4720]

You should see the mosh pits over here when “Fruit Salad” comes on

[@vyarabrennan7087]

I knew their was more to the wiggles then Meet the eye, even as a child I never understood this show at all.

[@benjaminwaters241]

Me getting ready to criticise this video cos the Wiggle plants are great not realising this was one big meme until about the half way mark

[@SturdyCrawdad59]

Embarrasing fact about me: I was a wiggles fan till 4th grade and saw them in concert 3rd grade. Didnt realize it was more aimed towards toddlers lmao

[@olebyana]

Greg was cut off by Sam but maybe in 2021 Emma may be still in the wiggles

[@margi9103]

The last half of this is a good work of fiction. Sam grew up in Wagga Wagga in NSW Australia.

[@DR_MUFFIN]

As an Australian, I have to say I didn’t really grow up with the wiggles … sue me

[@MikeLeininger]

You're funny. I actually enjoyed your story telling quite a bit.

[@zbellav1217]

Sam Moran went to my highschool lmao

[@Vlairity]

reupload?

[@skatters2013]

When they sang the Finger Family they actually stuck up the brother finger

[@user-bn4pk9kg3y]

The New Wiggles (Not Fruit Salad TV Wiggles) did this.

[@kamiwiggleofficial]

On behalf of the entire Wiggles communtiy I have to say: WTF IS WRONG IS WITH YOU? You're just spitting out nonsense that you made up and believe me, there is NO WAY that Sam would have done all of that (heck, there's not even a internet rumor or secret pdf to tell you that). Besides, you should THANK HIM for being in the group because The Wiggles would have died early if it wasn't for him! P.S (Sorry if I made you feel bad, but I have to stand up for them)

[@samcarlsonofficial]

THANK YOU!!! If this whole thing is satire, I cannot believe no one is seeing through it!

[@YouTubeFreak35]

I agree with you 100%

[@DipperDalmatian]

FINALLY, someone who knows what they're talking about. At least someone here is spitting out lies that they just pulled out of their arse

[@kamiwiggleofficial]

@The Rolling Jew So what I don't care! Who are you to decide what collabs the group should do?

[@kamiwiggleofficial]

@The Rolling Jew a true Wiggles fan who fights and stands up for them.

[@drbabyyy]

i wiggled my way into some trouble

[@colindykeman1697]

2:35 When You Mean The Producers Of Barney & Friends Doesn’t Mean That Lyrick Studios Owns Wiggles Tapes By 1998

[@Theonionofthedisneyjuniorlore]

This is the type of videos that KZbin recommends me at times where I should be sleeping

[@billyferal5558]

I am actually mad disappointed cause as a dad of a bunch of kids thr wiggles has been a big part of my life for the last decade and there is an ACTUAL downfall happening right now. With infidelity and backstabbing and all that good shit. But this video is just silly nonsense

[@officialbrandonmatienzo]

It is nonsense

[@hmlandis1370]

Nah, the downfall isn't happening, it already happened in 2013.

[@officialbrandonmatienzo]

@@hmlandis1370 No it didn't if false information I rant this user

[@hmlandis1370]

@@officialbrandonmatienzo I meant when Greg, Murray and Jeff retired and were replaced by Emma, Lachy and Simon. Obviously this video's a troll video.

[@officialbrandonmatienzo]

@@hmlandis1370 oh ok

[@bitter5683]

was the guy from kickin it really their manager Or was that the Hawkeye dude they look the same

[@FrankieTeardrop1998]

I honestly never knew that The Wiggles were so well known outside of Australia, where I live.

[@weedjuul6519]

Seriously Dev? Seriously? This is fake as hell. Wiggles “World” was not its own theme Park, it was a small section of Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ and it’s gone now. Chill with the Wiggles propaganda.

[@KevMessick27]

Actually it was in several different Six Flags locations across the country, and there’s still one at Dreamworld in Australia (though it’ll be closed next year)

[@WillCWilson]

*wrong abc* That's the American ABC, not ABC Australia, there's a difference with the logos

[@birdbrain106ally]

Can you do the story of the 2013 of the wiggles? Edit: can you also talk about Emma and lahcy or how the og wiggles came back?

[@smily2208]

Just saw The Wiggles last week Stadium show with around 8000 people I don't know where the downfall is.

[@dankmemewannabe7692]

Dorothy’s daughter made an appearance in The Wonder Pets

[@jellymcmichaels4240]

Really???

[@dankmemewannabe7692]

@@jellymcmichaels4240 YEA she did!! Though I can’t remember what episode😭😭 I know that I saw it though

[@jellymcmichaels4240]

@@dankmemewannabe7692 Interesting...

[@dankmemewannabe7692]

@@jellymcmichaels4240 indeed . . .

[@_BLANK_BLANK]

Thank you! Someone finally exposed the truth!

[@MrDemoncrusher]

You're research, or should I say lack there of, is nothing short of making this doco look like a satirical comedy, unless that was what you were going for. Jeff never met up with Anthony and Murray at university, he was in the cockroaches with Anthony. And that's just one of many inaccuracies with this vid.

[@poornapatel409]

dev what happened to the intro song

[@oliwardcomics]

hopefully after all of this jeff wakes up and it was just a crazy wacky dream. its still 2001 and hes off to Dorothy's house for a Tea party

[@zac_os]

even though this video is suppose to be a silly haha lmao moment, you still managed to get so much information wrong its incredible

[@gggg-sk7pc]

Honestly, Greg supremacy. Idk why no one talks about him.

[@crazymusicchick]

Greg Murray n Anthony met in uni

[@piesexplosiveflavour]

Everyday my childhood band keeps on getting darker.

[@mothmanturd]

My sisters first concert was the wiggles.

[@Selkies_not_Sirens]

Their biggest mistake was capitalizing off emma and lachy solely! Don’t put all your ducks in one basket

[@nostalgiajumper0233]

Looks like we got a Wiggly Karen😂😂😂😂

[@datasianjan1710]

So they covered it up? There are no news articles about the homicide to verify unless anyone found something? Might be searching it wrong 🤷

[@Spaceghost5446]

No the purple wiggle really hit a man in the head with a rocket but it mightve been the reptilians framing them so they could take over no sarcasm jokes here

[@SakiCreationz]

I grew up with the OG wiggles, Murray,Greg,Jeff and Anthony are the ones I grew up with

[@julianewcorn7071]

I remember having dreams about the wiggles when I was little they were sooo slay

[@lukeroberts3464]

Abc is a independent record label.

[@letstalksports4800]

First Wiggles show debuted in 1998 not 2002.

[@down_by_the_bay]

Greg was studying to be a teacher not jeff

[@co-jt6gd]

I didn’t notice Greg was replaced until I was 6, but I lived with it. I thought Sam was awesome. Anytime I saw him in previous videos I’d say “HEY, IT’S SAM!”. If anything, the Wiggles took a hit when Greg returned and Sam retired. It just wasn’t the same anymore…

[@MustacheOnMars9]

Apparently when Greg came back Anthony told Sam that they don't need him anymore and practically told him to go away, don't come back over text. No warning or build up, just gtfo over the phone.

[@francoispitt]

@@MustacheOnMars9 incorrect. Sam's contract with the wiggles was up regardless in 2011-2012 and they would have had to find another yellow replacement regardless. If it wasn't Greg back as yellow it would've been someone new cause Sam was never renewing in the first place

[@co-jt6gd]

@@francoispitt Which sucks, cause he’d still be awesome as part of the Wiggles cast, if not a wiggle himself

[@jer-iety]

​@Francois Caines-Pitt I researched that Sam basically got laid off to save the Wiggles' company at the end of 2011. Greg returned temporarily to help transition from Sam to a new yellow wiggle which was going to be Simon from January to August 2012. Then, Jeff & Murray decided to leave in 2012 so they asked Greg to extend his stay so he could leave alongside them

[@dilliedAlly]

i loved the style of this video!

[@YourLocal_CowMom]

3:53 this is legit the funniest thing ever 😂

[@user-yh6li7nd2w]

Whoa you are insane. My children grew up with them Lizzard people are you kidding me??

[@hannahduggan3599]

What do these people have against my crush?!

[@starry_mates]

3:03 might be an error but im not so sure lol- Anyways their actual one started in 1998 but since you are referring to its 2002, that would be the lights camera action tv show.

[@ash-__-]

off topic but check out The Wiggles cover of Elephant by Tame Impala that shit goes so hard (yes it's a real thing)

[@spookyaliens6286]

Yessssssss it really does!!!

[@olzensasmita1677]

Sam moran was the first wiggle before emma

[@carlennabrattin7731]

My little sis watch them when she was 3 years old in early 2000' s

[@gloglee7463]

i will not take any sam slander he is my king thank you very much

[@Kinjo7]

Sam is the wet fish handshake of the wiggles

[@filmtheory783]

Is this satire? Because for the record none of this is true. the first tv show was funded by them the wiggles funded their own first tv show. they didn't come to America till after they released their movie. (which they only did so that people would take them seriously.) they did lots of live shows, wiggledancing 1996 is one of them. their first video was made in 1993 called "wiggle time". in fact they didn't come to America till after they got their 1997 updated clothes with their logo on their shirt and belt buckle in the shape of their logo.

[@oscarg2692]

Do a deep dive on Polvo next

[@Mataeus]

Im so confused

[@demos5297]

also they weren’t look a likes in the kid laroi concert

[@Marvin-jj3nt]

Had to come here after I saw them on ms Rachel’s video my son was watching

[@TheStormBolt-gf8qi]

Till this day the wiggles don't seem the same and yeah I know they old but I mean the brand

[@Grim20s]

Ok dev…. Love you to death but what the hell happened at the end of this video? I was genuinely interested and engaged and you completely lost me at the purple wiggle killing somebody and the wiggles seen on the stage recently were look alikes. Had me over here doing research like “is she being satirical or is there some weird ass truth to this”

[@sanriofan49]

How dare she say that about babies?😢😢😢

[@AFormerUser]

This is awful! I had no idea this was a thing!

[@lassiopia9416]

I thought Sam and Greg were literally the same until recently bahaha

[@krusher181]

R u named after custard, dev?

[@demos5297]

the first tv show wasn’t in 2002 it was in 1998 but it was released in america in 2002 i think

[@trey.morris]

DEV LEMONS WIGGLES WOAH

[@deluxe6655]

Is all this true or are you making this all up?!?

[@Faith01841]

Not me thinking this would be serious 😭

[@shoyuramenoff]

Ngl, I was disappointed this isn't an actual history video on the Wiggles but it's funny af so you're forgiven lmao