The Yellow Wiggle (Greg Page to us adults) has quit, according to Reuters. He had a double hernia operation a year ago. No doubt his physician has told him to take care when lifting heavy objects and to stop wiggling.
For years now, we’ve been telling toddlers that The Male Half of the Staff is “the Fifth Wiggle.” Those tots heavily into their “Wiggles Phase” then regard The Male Half with a mixture of awe and dread– It’s as if one of the Wiggles has popped out of the set and now stands before them. They often short circuit. When the Male Half effects an Australian accent (and sings “I use my fins… to swim and flop around…”), they shriek and sometimes weep.