TVSquad

Due to chronic illness, Greg Page, the one in yellow, has announced his departure from The Wiggles (read the statement, watch the video message). He's been suffering from orthostatic intolerance, which is a condition related to blood pressure, and hindered him from performing onstage. The rest of the Wiggles have been going through a tour with a replacement, understudy Sam Moran, for their usual yellow leader. Page plans to focus on managing his health.

Okay. Well. When I heard about this, I seriously died a little inside. The Wiggles was one of those few children's programs that I thought my toddler cousins should watch. None of that irritating Lazytown nonsense, thank you. The show is reasonably funny (I distinctly remember laughing for about two straight minutes at some face Murray made in one episode... and that crazy Jeff, always fallin' asleep) and songs are always fun (in high school, my friends and I would shout parts of "Hot Potato" to each other in the hallways. We were the coolest kids in school, let me tell ya). And sure, this doesn't mean the break-up of The Wiggles, but the absence of Greg's familiar face is still tremendously unfortunate.