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Wiggles interview about Sam's firing goes bad (Today Show Australia)
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Anthony is asked some very simple questions about Sam being dumped by the Wiggles. He is completely unprepared which is bizarre for such a well-oiled machine. The fallout from this could do some damage for the Wiggles brand.
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I think greg jeff Murray and anthony they where right about sam I think sam was fire from the wiggles I don like sam he a villain i love greg page better greg is my favorite wiggle I love wiggles I grew up with them when I was a kid I still love team now in 2025 christian miller
Love you Greg page 🤗
1:01
Sam Moran made his first appearance in 1998 in the song “go captain go” as if the time period in 2012, that was 14 years ago not 9 years
Unpopular opinion: Sam fans are entitled to F*ck off! If you don’t like the way the situation was handled, then don’t listen to any non Sam-era Wiggles then!
Why didn't they just tell the truth? We couldn't afford Sam anymore. When Greg left we had to pay him millions of dollars and we were pretty much broke. We didn't renew Sam's contract because we couldn't afford him. Greg coming back was never meant to be long term but a short term fix till they could find another yellow wiggle.
I was glad Greg returned, as a huge fan growing up. But I could sense in this interview that they were not being entirely truthful on whatever it was that led to Sam’s departure, were sadly and unintentionally ultra-harsh with their words, and they were very uncomfortable explaining the situation. I get it…Greg was the original star and it would make sense for him to return when he got his health back…but they should have been more diplomatic and, while not disclosing everything from behind the scenes, helped us comprehend that, in their view, they couldn’t keep Sam if they wanted to grow with a new generation of Wiggles, even if you could make the argument of having Sam be on hiatus until Greg retired again. Instead of the alleged embellishment by them that Sam brought up, the Wiggles should have explained that they had to do different things, while acknowledging that Sam was valid and appreciated for his help. In this interview, they definitely didn’t give Sam the appreciation he deserved after working with them for a very long time. I get that they have a business to run and business involves major changes that alter relationships for good and bad. But Sam got a raw deal and, if they didn’t want him back and if I were in their shoes I would have made sure Sam got a way better severance package. And not openly used those words on television. He did more than the hired hand and a job.
@@r-urelentlessandunstoppable Greg was originally asked to return temporarily to help transition from Sam to Simon from January to August 2012
@@jer-iety that is what the Wiggles claimed at the time. Sam, however, has implied heavily that he has a different perspective and I’m sure the only reason why he hasn’t shared it is because of legal stuff regarding his contractual deal with the Wiggles at the time. And Anthony, in this interview, seemed nervous about it when explaining the Wiggles’ situation. It’s not our place to know what exactly happened, but I don’t believe Sam was a hired hand. He did far more for the group when they were in a bad spot without Greg. I think what Anthony should have said, that would have been more diplomatic was something like this: “Sam did good for us. His contract ended, and while we could have renewed it and put him on hiatus until Greg was finished with his service to our brand, we decided, as a group, that we couldn’t go forward with him any longer. Nothing against him personally, but we run a huge global business and Sam’s services weren’t going to work for the Wiggles as we are preparing for potential new singers for our group for the next generation. We wish Sam the best and thank him for his services. We will make sure that he has his royalties and the studio for his own projects. That is the best we can do for him.” I think if they worded it along those lines, there wouldn’t be any controversy and Sam would have been not as disappointed about his treatment as he was. Just my opinion.
@@r-urelentlessandunstoppable Well after 12 years, Annthony admited the truth of Sam's exit in his memoir (partly) To make it short, The Wiggles were bad in debt and couldn't keep Sam on as The Yellow Wiggle. When Greg returned, he was only supposed to help bring the group back on track financially. Then the media pounded the Wiggles on the switch-up and put them in a negative light. He failed to mention that he signed an NDA from talking about it or Sam finding out the day before the annoucement or the many ways they've tried to spin this over the years. But the Wiggles were "just saving their company" 🙄
@@halwiseman9420 what's Anthony's memoir called and when was it released?
@@jer-iety Out of The Blue and It was released a few days ago.
He was stunned for questions and answering wasn't flowing or irregularing?Why?
He signed an NDA to avoid speaking about it; cowardly I may say
The Non-realistic Wiggles
This interview was featured in the new Wiggles documentary. What really happened was Greg was coming back because Sam wasn't going to continue on but it didn't come across that way in the media and the story became Greg wanted back in and kicked Sam out and that wasn't true. So it ended up a big mess with lot's of miscommunication etc. Even though I was happy that Greg came back I look at it now and I really felt for them at that time 💛💙❤💜
They didn't do a good job explaining Sam's depature in the doc; trying to painting off like he left over creative differences
Greg was originally asked to help transition from Sam to Simon from January--August 2012.
Why is Anthony stuttering so much? Is he hiding something?
Sam did a lot for the wiggles.... not only as the yellow wiggle but for years prior to that.... It wasn't handled very well at all and in particular when Greg along with Jeff and Murray decided to retire 3months after sacking Sam..... poor form. Yes they did extremely well with Emma, Lachy and Simon but it wasn't fair for Sam.
It makes a lot more sense as to why Anthony was the only returning member during the Emma era. Either he wanted to maintain control of the brand or Murray and Jeff just had enough
It's probably both. In 2010, Anthony felt that Sam was leaving because Sam did some occasional solo performances and released his first solo album. That was what caused creative differences between Anthony and Sam. Sam said that he didn't know that Greg was returning temporarily to replace him until the day before it was announced. Greg was asked to return temporarily for 8 months to help transition from Sam to Simon. Then Jeff & Murray decided to leave in 2012, so they asked Greg to extend his stay so he could leave alongside them. In the band's documentary that came out recently, Anthony said that he wasn't involved in a conversation with Jeff or Murray about them leaving and Jeff & Murray made the decision to leave without him knowing.
Energy looks flat
What if Sam Moran Narrated Australian Dub Of Thomas & Friends
That would be a great idea!
@@MHcollecterfan101 yeah
No not best wiggles good
I know it's difficult and the situation could've been handled better, but we need to respect people's decisions (sometimes). As audiences, we may never know exactly what happened behind the scenes. That's the reality of showbiz after all.
While I did grow up with the original Wiggles line-up (Anthony, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page), I understand that they need to evolve in order to stay relevant. They will continue to do so (whether or not you like it).
@@halwiseman9420 th-cam.com/video/PIo6T3iI71w/w-d-xo.html
Back In 2007 Back In 2012 WONDER Beatee
You know, maybe Greg, Anthony, Jeff and Simon are the colored guys with Lachy, Tsehay and the others.
Sam deserved a better send-off than this
Piggy: uaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa san is not here im crying realy loud
Sam Moran fans should tell Greg the magician: "When Sam wiggle left the wiggles, my entire life got screwed up. I was wondering maybe you can make it so he never did." Paul field will say: “Greg, don’t cast the spell, it’s too dangerous! As kids like you a lot.” Greg page reply’s : “Fine, I won’t.”
That says alot about the wiggles, the way Anthony spoke. Its so sick, poor Sam. Good on Richard for pushing them.
Why do I have to grow up 😭😭 why can't I just live in 2006 forever
Ware's Murray?
Yeah
They all look like they don’t wanna be there…it’s almost like watching an awkward high school interview/job training video.
1:02 Anthony ur the founder ofc u had something to do with it 😂😂😂😂
I mean, entertainment is a tuff business, lots of bands go through awkward stages like this.
I can see why they have comments disabled on Wiggles videos.
it is the new rules that came in 2019
I remember watching the wiggles as a kid I actually thought that Greg and Sam looked exactly the same. But now rewatching the episodes it was because they sounded so alike when they sang that made my child's brain think they were twins. XD I never watched much of when Sam was a member sadly but if he was good enough to sound exactly like Greg then I think he should have been a fifth Wiggle like when they first started.
Sam did more than he needed to because when greg could not go on stage because of his illness, sam quickly filled in as a yellow wiggle and, it was awful that they never talked to him and just dumped him really and anthony does not want to talk about sam because of the way he dumped sam
Its sad how the wiggles treated and still treats Sam Its like he was never there. Looking at the 30th anniversary album there are only around 2 Sam songs on there. He deserves more love. Tbh I think the Sam era might have been the best.
Definitely not the best era
Wiggly politics
Sam did a wonderful job, but he just always looked awkward as if he didn’t really belong. But I agree that he should’ve been brought back
Maybe he couldn't
He would’ve been brought back if they handled the situation better
@samuelmartins441 Sam was let go from the Wiggles in January 2012, so the Wiggles asked Greg to return for 8 month's from January until August 2012 to help transition from Sam to Simon who was going to be the new yellow Wiggle, but Jeff and Murray decided to leave that year. Then they asked Greg to extend his stay so he could leave with them. In this interview I'm sending as a link Sam said he didn't know what was happening until the day before it was announced that Greg was returning temporarily. th-cam.com/video/PIo6T3iI71w/w-d-xo.htmlsi=tP88wlQOX5dxy1jn
Anthony was clearly not a fan of Sam's...there always seemed to be tension between them. The handling of Sam's departure was sad and I personally think it was Anthony's pleasure to get rid of him. Sad, as my daughter grew up watching both lineups and we were partial to Sam. A little side note, I portrayed Sam in a Tribute to The Wiggles in New England from 2009 to 2012 and even met Mr. Moran, who was nothing but polite and a true gentleman
I always felt Anthony took Greg’s original departure much more personally compared to Murray and Jeff. Especially considering Greg was there from the very beginning and was a founding member of the group. I understand why he may have felt some tension when Sam was bought on board. I was sad to see Greg leave the first time (even though I was 10 and clearly outgrown my Wiggles phase) but from what I saw, Sam proved himself to be a worthy addition and a good replacement. He was exactly what the group needed during such a difficult time. However, I still maintain Sam’s departure was handled awfully and a very poor business decision. I believe they should’ve least told Sam well in advance that the decision was made to have Greg return and Sam would graciously step aside to let Greg return as the OG yellow wiggle. Why wait until his contract ended? I don’t get it? The transition from Sam to back to Greg also could have had some more time thought out to ease things in. Compared to the first transition from Greg to Sam, it was very rushed and very unprepared. Suddenly, children who grew up on the Sam era were confused on why the OG yellow Wiggle was back without any sense of build up. It was very clear from this interview that Anthony, nor even the rest of the Wiggles, were prepared for the backlash and it shows. Greg thankfully did his best to not make the situation awkward but Anthony just stumbled. And you don’t agree with the interviewee that your former colleague was a “Hired Hand”. How extremely harsh. However, I do think later on, The Wiggles clearly regretted the way they treated Sam during this time. As their manager went on to explain that they should have handled things much better than what eventually happens. Overall. The Wiggles could have found a better way to have Sam leave and Greg return. But it was badly handled and badly thought out. They were very unprofessional with their treatment of Sam, as well as the nature of his departure.
@@LegendaryAwesome122 realistically, why wouldn’t he take Greg’s departure seriously. He was the voice of the band and one of the founders. Greg leaving took a big toll on the band and the members. It’s not like they expected Greg to be the one to leave first especially since he’s the youngest. Did you not see Anthony’s reaction towards Greg fainting during that reunion earlier this year? That says it all right there. Why wouldn’t Anthony take it personally. I do agree with somewhat of the San part. If they wanted to released him, they could’ve done better.
@@heelgill Maybe they had good reason to release him
@@LegendaryAwesome122 Anthony admitted that he wish that he handled the situation better
Sam was basically laid off from the Wiggles because they went through a recession at the end of 2011. The Wiggles asked Greg to return temporarily from January--August 2012 to transition from Sam to Simon. Then Jeff and Murray chose to leave in 2012, so they asked Greg to extend his stay so he could leave with them
I wonder what would have happened if richard had asked them about phillip whilcher as well in that interview?
Heres how they should have handled it - brought greg back as a new colour, kids would have been intrigued and eager to side with the new colour so long as it was done right
Maybe Sam couldn't come back, we don't know the whole story
@@kbanghart from what i know and understand he was on a contract
Hard hitting journalism with the Wiggles!
I was glad for Greg when he came back for one more year in 2012. But honestly I think Sam should’ve came back when Greg, Murray, and Jeff retired. I grew up with Sam and he was amazing.
Yikes Man......This is Very Awkward they all look so Uncomfortable especially Anthony he was not prepared for this question
I think the interviewer was unfair
They should have made Sam an Orange Wiggle...
Wow
Omg yes a new wiggle, green or orange
No
@Victor Ibarra no
My kids grew up with Sam after they fired him on sams daughter birthday no less, when he was on vacation. I was happy enough to never play them in my house again.
I also grew up with sam . Wiggle and learn was so good now all they play on TV is wiggle town
you'll never know what's going on behind the scenes, sam could have been a horrible person
ღMiniLilღ when dealing with a business/corporation being professional is needed and a must. What the wiggles did with the firing, it wasn’t.
@@thehermi true
Big deal, you sound like a complainer, I love enjoying their music
People get fired all the time when contracts end. Contracts end! Thats what they do! It was a quick and sudden change. Mighta been nice to ease the public back in and watch how they gave this news to the public. They did a better job when the 3 wiggles left together of prepping the kids for the new show, still hard to watch the newer wiggles and not wish it was the originals. Also worth pointing out is sam was not the first wiggle to go, or even the second. Philip was first to leave followed by greg then sam. He was 3rd! So hardly new.
"Hired hand?",that's a bit harsh don't you think
he was on a contract and was a back singer
Y’all talking about how they need to bring Sam back but without Greg the wiggles wouldn’t even exist, and for Sam it is the life of the understudy like seriously
There are lots of people who grew up with sam (including me) so changing the wiggle changed the show for me and a lot of kids my age
1:15 he was NOT a hired hand. That is very rude and harsh
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The interviewer said that, not Anthony.
@@kbanghart But Anthony agreed to it!
@@joel_upham to what? Sorry, this is from quite a while ago LOL
@@kbanghart to Sam being a hired hand.
Noooo. Sam was the best wiggle
sams a loser
i miss him these new wiggles are just aweful horrible ballet horrible pipe music Nd wayyyy to much focus on emma we get it shes the star but least back then had more focus on eadch wiggle now just seems the whole show is about 1 wiggle and the worst wiggle at that the fact that shes the only girl makes me cringe id rather 2 or more females or all same gender just weird to have 3 men with 1 girl who's entire focus is on making her life happy and nothing more to singing horrible music that makes no sense back then least SOME songs taught the kids something now its just noise and nonsense. They tried to hard miss the old wiggles also WHAT the hell happened to Dorthy's voice? She used to have such a soothing sweet inviting voice now she just sounds like she swallowed an entire helium tank and is now age 5 in a 50 year old Dinosaur's body Wiggles What happened? It has is ups and downs but the old wiggles were 1000% better than this joke they air now days. happy my kids still enjoy it but honestly its just not the same if they'd cut back on the focus of Emma and added a few more songs and focused more on the other wiggles fixed Dorthy's voice and cut the ballet and pipe music down 10,000 notches it might be a decent kids show to enjoy again i mean kids will like anything regardless but the least the creators can do is try and make it less annoying for the adults as well no one wants to sit tru 10+ Hours of nonsense pipe bag music nonstop and watch a yellow tutu dancing self centered wiggle dance to nothing literally nothing NO one hardly sings anymore mainly dancing and if they do sing its music that basically lulls you to sleep were lucky if we get back any old songs like captain feather sword or even wags the dog anymore its always Emma Emma Emma shes freaking HORRIBLE! we get it shes the only girl wiggle main character but theres such a thing as overdoing it when shes ALREADY the main character and main focus why push it more than she already is? . Its sad that there was an entire episode on nothing but teaching kids how to do Emma's hair.... bag pipe music dance and Emma's Freaking hair!! how stupid is that? they went from showing kids how to be polite in the kitchen and clean up for themselves, moving your body for healthy exercise and be great helpers to teaching kids if a freaking hairline is straight or not and how to do pigtails....... are you people serious? lol eh like i said has its benifits and flaws lol pluses and minuses i suppose. But oh my god! at least TRY and make it SOMEWHAT barable for parents who must sit thru these things for their little angels enjoyment lol parents already sit in agony thru these things they dont need to be tortured further by horrible music and a horrible performance at least go back to how it used to be barable lol
I feel so awkward watching this
Ok I think Sam was better tbh
I don't