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Pull out your pith helmet and prepare to kick up some Down Under dust with the wizards from Oz. On Wiggly Safari the bright-shirted groovesters ditch their Disney day jobs for a romp through the outback with croc hunter Steve Irwin, who spares us, mercifully, any stabs at singing in favor of intra-lyric animal commentary. Sometimes he inspires a solid "hmm." "Old Man Emu," for instance, presents the tale of an embattled bird that can't fly ("But I'm tellin' you / He can run the pants off a kangaroo"), and the maraca-shaking "Dingo Tango" tackles the wild dogs' ancestry. Other times, the facts fall flat: "Eat and chew / Animals eat, and so do you," "Feeding Time" reminds us. Musically, Safari offers standard-issue Wiggles wackiness: "Dorothy Queen of the Roses" stomps to a country beat; the "Koala La La" snuggles up, lullaby-style; the Hawaiian strains of "Swim with Me" set dorsal fins a-wagging; "The Crocodile Hunter" rocks; and the gem "Do the Owl" hoots along to a hopped-up disco beat. Suit 'em up in cargo shorts and dancing shoes and set them free in the playroom--so contagious is the Wiggly spirit that 2- to 6-year-olds who can't tell a kookaburra from a crocodile will kick up their heels. Keep in mind, though, that Safari's a strictly-for-kids expedition. Stick around for more than a couple repeat spins and you'll want to ship yourself off to Australia to escape it. --Tammy La Gorce