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From Right Pundits:

The Wiggles are on the television every morning at Ranch McCain, but I cringe every morning just the same. They are not exactly my vision of the Ideal Man. And when they aren’t on the telly, they are on the CD player, creating a wild Wiggles dance fest in the living room when I want to watch football. That is, unless we are driving in which case they are blasting in the car when I’d rather hear Steppenwolf. However, at a time like this, one shouldn’t be disrespecting the fallen. Long live Yellow Greg!

A Family Runs Through It has a list of their favorite Wiggles songs!

I have a feeling that a few parents who say they don’t like The Wiggles are basing their feelings on being forced to listen to the same five or six silly songs that the Disney Channel repeats daily. I would suggest that if you dig deeper into their catalog, you could find quite a lot to respect. There are even a few tunes that I could safely include on a mix CD for my grown-up friends.

Our Little Corner of the Upstate has a wonderful picture of her son Michael with Sam Moran:

At the show here in South Carolina last year, Sam actually filled in for Greg while Greg was in Australia taking care of an unrelated medical issue. I thought Sam did a great job. I walked out of there feeling like I had gotten my money’s worth. It will be fun to see more of Sam.

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The Wiggles are great guys. Look at their big smiles on what is probably a very sad day in their lives.

Anthony Field Wiggle, the blue wiggle:

It’s very surreal that Greg’s not going to be with us, very sad.

Myself, Murray and Jeff. We actually said to each other, ‘do you want to keep going?’ and we said ‘yes, we’d love to keep going’.

Here’s to another 15 years of The Wiggles!

The Courier-Mail, November 30, 2006

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From A Second Hand Conjecture:

My oldest son dressed as Greg Wiggle this year for Halloween, complete with yellow shirt, magic hat, rabbit and wand (Greg is the Wiggle who wants to be a magician). Luckily, my son is only three, and with subtle prodding from Mommy and Daddy will only “remember” either a three-man group or the equivalent of Darrin being replaced on Bewitched.

From Paula Mooney (who has a great shot of The Wiggles with Sam Moran):

My sis never cared much for The Wiggles because she says they hardly ever have black folks on their show. From my observations of The Wiggles’ shows, I believe she’s right.

But The Wiggles, after all, are from Australia, and I keep getting reports that Australians aren’t too keen on black folks down under. Come and spend your tourist money for sure, scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef, but if you want to pack up and move there it’s off to the bush for you, they say.

I hope that’s not really true. Any blacks folks living in Australia reading this? Please hit me up and let me know for sure. I must see the land of under before I die.

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If we could, we would hand this trophy to Greg Page.

Greg Page, Wiggle Forever, Nov 30, 2006

From RedKid.net via Leora

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• Yellow Wiggle Steps Down – Personal message from Greg where he hands over his yellow shirt to Sam Moran
• Emotional Time For Wiggles – You can see Sam Moran speak.

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“It’s always been a little daunting obviously filling in for him, but it’s just a great new challenge for me and I’m just looking forward to that,” Moran said today.

Moran, born in Wagga Wagga and educated at the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney, joined The Wiggles team in 1998 as host of the Dorothy the Dinosaur Show.

Since then, he has also spent time as a “Wiggly dancer, and a Wiggly band member”, and is married to former Dorothy the Dinosaur star Lyn Stuckey.

It was four years ago, when Page first started exhibiting symptoms of his condition, that Moran became his understudy.

Sounds like Sam is more than qualified to be the new yellow Wiggle. Good luck, Sam!!

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Greg suffers from orthostatic intolerance, which makes it virtually impossible for him to conduct a normal, active life. What a sad, sad day.

Here’s a video of Greg’s farewell message. I admit to having watched it with a few tears in my eyes.

From the press release:

Greg has been suffering symptoms for many months, affecting his ability to perform. The condition is related to blood pressure and while in no way life threatening it affects his balance, breathing and coordination at unpredictable times and with varying severity. Greg has discovered he is genetically predisposed to this condition and that he now needs to focus on managing his health.

We love you, Greg. Get well soon!!! We’ll all be waiting for your guest performances.

What do you think of Sam Moran? Do you think his voice will be able to replace Greg’s?

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