Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Those of you with little kids might be sad to learn that Associated Press is reproting that Greg Page, lead singer of The Wiggles, is leaving the group due to a medical illness called orthostatic intolerance. Page is the Wiggle who wears the yellow shirt. <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/11/30/1164777697973.html?from=top5" target="_blank">http://www.smh.com.au/articles /2006/11/30/1164777697973.html?from=top5</a>
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan From the article: >>The Wiggles are Australia's highest earning entertainers. In 2005, Business Review Weekly declared the quartet's gross revenue hit $45 million a year, up from $9 million in 2001. That was more than either Russell Crowe or Nicole Kidman earned.<<
Originally Posted By threeundertwo >>medical illness called orthostatic intolerance.>> So "orthostatic" must mean acting like a complete idiot. I knew one of them had to snap sometime. I heard he's retiring to play golf with the purple teletubby.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo And your topic was very kind. The actual article says "Sick Wiggle Says Goodbye" LOL! Oxymoron much? I'm sure it's very sad for many 4 year olds and I do wish him well. But c'mon, the seriousness of the article is kind of funny.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan <--- puts threeundertwo in the "Not A Big Fan of The Wiggles" side on the binder paper chart.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Orthostatic intolerance is a confusing topic. Some of the confusion originates from recent appreciation of the condition's clinical variants, some from the emerging understanding of its diverse underlying pathophysiologies, and some from its nomenclature, which seems to change at least every year. <a href="http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2860.htm" target="_blank">http://www.emedicine.com/ped/t opic2860.htm</a> The term orthostasis literally means standing upright. Orthostatic intolerance may be defined as "the development of symptoms during upright standing relieved by recumbency." While use of a term such as orthostatic intolerance logically implies the presence of illness or abnormalities when upright, typically, blood flow and blood pressure (BP) regulation also are abnormal while supine or sitting, but these abnormalities may not be as apparent and may require orthostatic stress to become evident. Standing successfully requires interplay of physical, neurologic, humoral, and vascular factors. Under ordinary conditions, acute humoral alterations have little to do with the initial response to standing upright but may play an important role during chronic orthostatic intolerance or relatively late during upright standing. An example in which such interactions often prove inadequate is pure autonomic failure; patients with this condition not only cannot stand easily, but they also clearly have autonomic abnormalcy in all physical positions. Orthostatic intolerance, therefore, encompasses disorders of blood flow, heart rate, and BP regulation that are most easily demonstrable during orthostatic stress, yet are present in all positions. While orthostatic intolerance may be the most salient finding, this intolerance is only the most obvious manifestation of a more widespread impairment in integrative neurovascular physiology.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling Ohhh. That makes me sad. I really enjoyed watching him. My kids haven't watched for years now but man have I got some GREAT video of them dancing and singing along to their theme song! lol. I wish him well. That sort of illness must be very tough to deal with, especially for a performer like him.
Originally Posted By mj9401 ^^^ How is singing,dancing and entertaining children being 'a complete idiot'. Both my boys have grown up with the wiggles and I think it is sad that he has had to retire because of his illness.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I guess having this makes it pretty darn hard to sing, dance and wiggle.
Originally Posted By debtee Sorry I'm with mj on this! The wiggles have been great for Australia and you won't hear a bad word about them from me! Every child I have ever known for the last 15 years has grown up with the wigggles and adored them until they reach school age! When children love you I don't think you are doing things wrong, in fact you are doing a good in the world!
Originally Posted By mj9401 I am having trouble understanding why a news article about an entertainer who has to retire due to an illness is deemed to be funny.
Originally Posted By debtee <So "orthostatic" must mean acting like a complete idiot.> I don't understand why you are attacking the Wiggles and calling them idiots when all they have ever done is bring Joy and fun to children? 45 million dollars a year suggests others don't agree with you either!
Originally Posted By threeundertwo ok, you are right, I'm wrong. I'm sorry to offend all the wiggles fans out there. Maybe it's because I don't watch tv. I see them from a very different perspective than their captive audience. I do know very well who they are and have seen videos. I'm sure some of you might roll your eyes at the millionaire opera singers *I* admire. Please forgive me. Let's be friends please. I'm feeling attacked here for finding something funny.
Originally Posted By debtee Of course we can still all be friends threeundertwo! We were not attacking you and I'm sorry you felt that way. I was asking you, why you were attacking the wiggles? This is our major news story of the day and I think you failed to grasp how important the Wiggles have been for Australia's children and children all across the world. It's not like he's quitting to go sit on a beach somewhere and spend his millions, he is ill and we failed to see the humor in that. Anyway it's cool no worries!
Originally Posted By mj9401 I agree with Deb, I was also failing to see the humor in someone having to retire because of an illness. >>I'm sure some of you might roll your eyes at the millionaire opera singers *I* admire<< Yep, opera singers are not my cup of tea, but I would never find it funny if one of them had to give up the their career due to an illness. Anyway, there are no hard feelings here.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle I think this is sad. I feel sorry for anyone facing an illness like this at a young age! My nephews love the Wiggles and I wish him all the best.
Originally Posted By FaMulan Even though Page was one of the founder of the Wiggles, I hope they do cast a replacement as (silly as they can be) they do entertain and teach pre-schoolers quite a bit. My nephew and his best friend love the Wiggles and enjoyed their show both on TV and live. imo, they're several notches above the big purple dino.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA [whispers] I'm with you threeundertwo. The Wiggles wig me out too! Hey, I got in trouble for making a comment about The Wiggles a few months ago. I'm sorry that the guy is retiring due to illness, but as a group, they're kind of peculiar.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 I used to be in the group that can't stand the Wiggles. Since our grandson became a super fan I've had to learn to get over the oddness. There I said it, as an adult, if you sit and watch the show it is odd. I'm including their backup singers/dancers, Captain Feathersword, etc. However a 2 year old sees a bunch of people having fun and singing and dancing. DH even attended a Wiggles concert with our grandson last year and we were hoping to take our grandson again. I hope they continue but for anyone who has watched them it's obvious that Greg is the lead singer. As a Disney fan, if any of you think the song "It's a Small World" can get stuck in your head, NEVER watch the Wiggles sing "Big Red Car" Not saying I love them, we were lucky enough to miss the whole Barney thing, but their show or video is the 1/2 hour that our DD knows she can put him in one place (and he won't move) so she can take a shower, get dinner ready etc.
