Just got back from taking my daughter to see it.. it may have been the best day of her life.. she was screaming in sheer joy the whole way through.. when Iggle Piggle came on she started jumping up and down and totally lost her shit, arms waving shouting etc.
We then paid to meet Iggle Piggle and she loved it, was a little shy then couldn't stop the hugging
It is also the last year they are doing it.. last dates are late August I think.
My girl is 2ish but there was quite a range of ages.
Totally recommend going if you have a little one as this is your last chance.
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She’s 11 now but she was talking about it the other day... still remembers it well.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Now she’s 15 and I only have to play the first two notes to get a rise out of her. It’s great!
If I’m playing something on the guitar and she comes in the room I gently segue into the theme and see how quickly she notices. Simple pleasures.
I have seen The Wiggles more times than any band that i like. 5 i think. It might be 6.
I have seen the Sam Moran as Yellow Wiggle era; the post- Sam Moran fallout reunion tour with Greg back in the Yellow shirt; and then a final farewell tour which was emotional as the original band bowed out.
I know way more about this shit than i should
But a few years ago, when I sprained my hand and was in the constant pain phase (which meant I was permanently high on a combination of painkillers and natural endorphins) and knew I couldn't get to sleep for the pain, I remembered hearing about ITNG, and played every episode available at that time on my iPad as I lay there trying to drift off to sleep.
It's genuinely one of my favourite television series ever, but I watch it as a close relation of the Twin Peaks reboot as much as anything else.
Uppsy Daisy is an outrageous flirt. She's forever lifting her skirt for iggle piggle.
I always thought that the night garden characters looked at bit weird.
The actual show was really good.. you could see the actors were having fun with it, they must (or probably did when they started) really get a kick out of seeing so many ridiculously happy kids shouting with sheer joy at them.
Her mum and I split up when she was 3 years old so i look back on the cbeebies years with great fondness of when i used to see her everyday.
Our favourite used to be 3rd and Bird.
Makkapakka is a rock monster who seems to speak nonsense in a garbled manner but I admire his dedication to his causes, he seems like a good guy.
As for the Pontipines, I have no fucking idea what's going on there
Utterly off it's face, like Magic Roundabout was errr when I was lickle.
I identified strongly with Macca Pakka.
This was the last thing I wanted to hear! I was fully committed to taking my daughter next year when she was two. Then my wife found out that they were stopping it this year, gutted isn't the word. Just can't take her this year at all.
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...
A picture with Iggle Piggle or Upsy Daisy would make a great momento for her.
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