Hot Potatoes! The Wiggles - The Best Of The Wiggles [DVD] [2009]

My wife and I first bought this for our daughter after she'd caught The Wiggles TV show on Nick Jr and was immediately entranced by it when she was around 7 months old. I'd never thought that this would appeal to such a young child, but it leaves her absolutely enthralled.People will often tell you that too much TV is a negative influence on your child and watching and dancing along to this with your child (advert free!) is a great way to spend some quality time with them. Used in the right way, I am convinced that material like this is a really effective tool in development.This is the DVD to buy to start off your Wiggles collection. My daughter is now a year old and knows and loves the whole DVD - she even joins in the dances. This DVD really does contain some excellent videos and really catchy songs. They are a really positive influence on our daughter and we teach her dances and hand movements as she joins in. She claps, rubs her tummy and mimes eating along with the boys on screen.The Wiggles just seem genuinely nice blokes and genuinely committed to making music and learning fun for kids - they do it brilliantly. I never thought I would be listening to stuff like this and smiling when I was younger I can tell you and before I had kids I probably would never have understood how The Wiggles were so popular.I have to say how impressed I am with the quality of the tunes. The musical styles are all over the place - from traditional folk and country songs like 'Here Comes The Chicken' and 'Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport' (With Rolf!) right through to ska with Kylie Minogue(?!) doing 'Monkey Man' and disco with 'You Make Me Feel Like Dancing' (with Leo Sayer) and the wonderful 'Do The Owl'. The classic Wiggles tracks like "Big Red Car', 'Hot Potato' and 'Fruit Salad' are all here too and they really are a delight.Even the biggest misery guts in the world could not tap their feet and smile at their child's reaction to this DVD - it's an instant hit and I absolutely recommend it.

My 3 year old daughter took an instant liking to The Wiggles after seeing a single episode on another compilation DVD & I got fed up with watching the same episode on repeat so hunted on Amazon for more DVD's for her birthday.I instantly found a whole load of Wiggles DVD's (in fact I didn't realise how long they had been going & quite how popular they are!).The DVD I purchased was Hot Potatoes The Best of The Wiggles, the price was excellent value & was delivered within 2 days. It has all the favourite Wiggles songs on it & features all the usual characters Captin Feathersword, Dorothy the Dinosaur, Wags the Dog & Henry the Octopus. Slightly bizarre to see how The Wiggles have aged over the years as the episodes dont follow chronologically & it has some very random appearances from Steve Urwin(RIP), Kylie Minogue, Rolf Harris & Leo Sayer!!!! However my daughter loves it and it was a great birthday present for her.

I actually brought this DVD over a year ago for my little girl but she wouldn't watch it (she has autisum) but this summer we took a limited number of DVD's to the seaside with us, Hot potatoes being 1 of them. In just 5 day's my little girl had watched it so much that I had to purchase it again as she wore it out by watching it 24 hrs a day. This has nothing to do with the quality of the dvd just the amount of use it had. Excellent entertainment for all the family with songs that you won't be able to get out of your head, and had helped my daughter with her co-ordination and her speech, as she wanted to join in with the dvd. Her 20 month old brother loves The Wiggles too and we have endless fun with this dvd, Fantastic buy!!!

Fantastic DVD and I didn't realise the Wiggles had been going for so long! As it's 'the Best of' there are some old tracks with the Wiggles looking considerably younger! My 2 year old could watch it round the clock and the songs are really good fun and catchy. There are a couple of odd tracks at the beginning of this particular version before the actual Wiggles start. One is something about 'Parimithi' (never heard of it and seems unrelated) and the other one is about Dorothy the Dinosaur. Maybe a couple of trailers.....? Anyway worth every penny and I love Rock a Bye Bear.

I bought this for my 18 month old daughter and she has loved it from the first moment she saw it. She finds it great fun and it has been invaluable on those times when she has been unwell or overtired and not up to playing.There are lots of songs and it did take a while before we got anywhere close to the end of the DVD because her attention span wasn't that long to start with which only meant that we have kept on discovering new favourites. This is particularly important for any adults watching alongside because it keeps you interested too. The only thing to look out for is that the songs are very catchy and you will end up singing them out loud in public!

All my grandchildren love these catchy tunes to dance and sing to. Have introduced The Wiggles to my friends grandchildren too. Sometimes we have to say CD is “broken” as they always want to listen to it!! Great CD

My toddler fell in love with the Wiggles (new line up) so I thought I'd try a couple of DVDs. I wasn't sure if he would like the older stuff as much (I had never heard of the wiggles until stumbling across a clip online) but no fear, he loves the original line up just as much, and this DVD is guaranteed to put a smile on his face. Full of fun, catchy songs, he loves dancing along and doing the actions. Happy toddler = happy mummy!

This dvd is fantastic. My daughter is 5 months old and she was mesmerised for the whole 123 mins! She is only 5 months old but already is laughing at Mr Featherstick! The dance routines are really interative and easy to pick up, so when she is walking she will love copying them. The guest appearances are great too - Kylie Minogue on Monkey Man got my husband interested in the dvd, while Ralph Harris, Steve Erwin and Leo Sayer were great too! The Wiggles have the added bonus of making me laugh - I think Jeff is hilarious! A definite must buy, I LOVE THE WIGGLES!!!