A new memoir details the mental and physical torment Anthony Field endured over decades – and how he helped launch the Wiggles into the stratosphere.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Somewhere inside Sydney’s Hot Potato Studios, which also serves as the Wiggles’ corporate headquarters, is a portrait of founding member Anthony Field – which he keeps hidden under a blanket., it depicts Field as square-jawed and handsome; his steel-blue eyes conveying an intense yet thoughtful disposition. Field adores it, yet he can’t bring himself to hang it up.
While participating in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York in 2001, the Wiggles were inundated by police requesting photos for their children.Out of the Blue Yet it’s obvious why the blue skivvy-wearing Field – the only original Wiggle still with the group – was instrumental in building what would become the biggest touring act in Australia. He has a refreshing enthusiasm, giving genuine thought to each question, and is devoid of the performative world-weariness of other seasoned performers.
“Children are always being told to do this or that,” he says. “Suddenly, they had power over an adult! They loved Jeff because they could yell at him.” Field’s health problems began in utero, when a doctor advised his mother to take the antibiotic tetracycline, which gave his teeth a grey-black hue; now, he has no original teeth left.
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