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Blue's Clues

Toys made in Blue and Periwinkle's image

Blue's Clues is a daytime children's show which airs on Nickelodeon and now appears on several "On Demand" channels. It features live action superimposed upon paper-cutout animation similar to that of South Park. The series follows a blue dog, named Blue, through her everyday life, providing small children with educational entertainment.

The Show

From 1996 to 2002, Blue's owner was Steve, a non-animated character played by Steve Burns. When Burns chose to leave the show, the character Steve went off to college and his younger brother Joe (played by Donovan Patton) moved in to take care of Blue.

The game of Blue's Clues begins near the beginning of the episode, when the host asks Blue some sort of question. Blue responds by jumping at the screen and marking it with a blue pawprint. The host, with the help of the audience (who are constantly spoken to and asked questions by the host), then searches the house for Blue's three clues. Along the way, the host speaks with many other residents of the house, which are usually characters based on inanimate objects such as a side-table drawer, a shaker of salt, and a mailbox. After all three have been found, the host sits in his "thinking chair" and puts the three clues together to form a central image. This image is the answer to the host's original question, which goes along the lines of "What does Blue want to do today?"

In a 2004 Blue's Clues episode, The Legend of the Blue Puppy, Blue talks as a puppet in a segment called Blue's Room. Several direct-to-video DVDs have since been made based around the Blue's Room concept.

Blue's Clues was extensively analyzed by Malcolm Gladwell in his bestselling book, The Tipping Point. According to Gladwell, Blue's Clues has been carefully designed so that its educational messages will 'stick' in a child's mind.

A UK version of Blue's Clues also exists, with Kevin Duala as the host.

The original show, dubbed in German, appears on German TV under the title "Blau und Schlau", literally "blue and smartly".

Blues Clues was created at Nickelodeon by a creative team led by Angela Santomero, who is currently creating similarly advanced children's programming with her partner, Samantha Freeman (also of Nickelodeon), at their new production company Out of the Blue Enterprises LLC.

Humongous Entertainment released several PC/Mac games featuring Blue's Clues chatacters.

Controversy

On 11 February 2003, Nickelodeon aired an episode of Blue's Clues that was an obvious St. Valentine's Day special, yet was referring to the holiday as "Love Day". Nickelodeon was widely criticized for attempting to evade the Christian connotations concerning the Catholic St. Valentine.

Characters

Hosts

  • Steve:

Up until 2002, was the host of show. Steve's motive for leaving was to attend college. A widely popular internet rumor stated that he had died of a heroin overdose. Both Nickelodeon and Steve have stated that these rumors were false. Steve is now in his own indie band.

  • Joe:

Joe is the younger brother of Steve.

Animated Characters

  • Blue - a female blue dog
  • Magenta - Blue's best friend, a female magenta dog
  • Mailbox
  • Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper
  • Paprika and Cinnamon - Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper's children
  • Pail and Shovel
  • Periwinkle - the next-door neighbor, a talking cat
  • Side Table Drawer
  • Slippery - a bar of soap
  • Tickety Tock
  • Purple Kangaroo
  • Orange Kitten
  • Green Puppy
  • Miss Marigold - Blue's Teacher

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Joe is the younger brother of Steve. It is used for screws and wires. Steve is now in his own indie band. It is somewhat stronger than copper and it has equivalent ductility. Both Nickelodeon and Steve have stated that these rumors were false. Commercial bronze is 90% copper and 10% tin. A widely popular internet rumor stated that he had died of a heroin overdose. Alpha bronze alloys of 4-5% tin are used to make coins, springs, turbines and blades.

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The original show, dubbed in German, appears on German TV under the title "Blau und Schlau", literally "blue and smartly". In the twentieth century, silicon was introduced as the primary alloying element, creating an alloy with wide application in industry and the major form used in contemporary statuary. A UK version of Blue's Clues also exists, with Kevin Duala as the host. Some common examples are the high electrical conductivity of pure copper, the excellent deep-drawing qualities of cartridge case brass, the low-friction properties of bearing bronze, the resonant qualities of bell bronze, and the resistance to corrosion by sea water by several bronze alloys. According to Gladwell, Blue's Clues has been carefully designed so that its educational messages will 'stick' in a child's mind. Copper and its alloys have a huge variety of uses that reflect their versatile physical, mechanical, and chemical properties. Blue's Clues was extensively analyzed by Malcolm Gladwell in his bestselling book, The Tipping Point. The cost of copper-base alloys is generally higher than that of steels but lower than that of nickel-base alloys.

Several direct-to-video DVDs have since been made based around the Blue's Room concept. Bronzes also conduct heat and electricity better than most steels. In a 2004 Blue's Clues episode, The Legend of the Blue Puppy, Blue talks as a puppet in a segment called Blue's Room. Bronzes resist corrosion (especially seawater corrosion) and metal fatigue better than steel. This image is the answer to the host's original question, which goes along the lines of "What does Blue want to do today?". Bronzes are softer and weaker than steel, and more elastic, though bronze springs are less stiff (and so storing less energy) for the same bulk. After all three have been found, the host sits in his "thinking chair" and puts the three clues together to form a central image. They are generally about 10 percent heavier than steel, although alloys using aluminium or silicon may be slightly less dense.

Along the way, the host speaks with many other residents of the house, which are usually characters based on inanimate objects such as a side-table drawer, a shaker of salt, and a mailbox. Copper-based alloys have lower melting points than steel and are more readily produced from their constituent metals. The host, with the help of the audience (who are constantly spoken to and asked questions by the host), then searches the house for Blue's three clues. Steel, of course, has wondrous properties that bronze cannot compete with. Blue responds by jumping at the screen and marking it with a blue pawprint. It is considerably less brittle than iron and has a lower casting temperature. The game of Blue's Clues begins near the beginning of the episode, when the host asks Blue some sort of question. While it develops a patina, it does not otherwise oxidize into nothingness.

When Burns chose to leave the show, the character Steve went off to college and his younger brother Joe (played by Donovan Patton) moved in to take care of Blue. Excluding steel from the discussion, bronze is superior to iron in nearly every application. From 1996 to 2002, Blue's owner was Steve, a non-animated character played by Steve Burns. As ironworking improved, iron became both cheaper and stronger, eclipsing bronze in Europe by the early to mid-Middle Ages. . Bronze was still used during the Iron Age, but for many purposes the weaker iron was sufficiently strong. The series follows a blue dog, named Blue, through her everyday life, providing small children with educational entertainment. But the Bronze Age gave way to the Iron Age, perhaps because the shipping of tin around the Mediterranean (or maybe from Britain) became more limited during the major population migrations around 1200 – 1100 BC, which dramatically limited supplies and raised prices [1].

It features live action superimposed upon paper-cutout animation similar to that of South Park. Bronze was stronger than the era's iron; quality steels were not available until thousands of years later. Blue's Clues is a daytime children's show which airs on Nickelodeon and now appears on several "On Demand" channels. The earliest tin-alloy bronzes date to the late 4th millennium BC in Susa (Iran) and some ancient sites in Luristan (Iran) and Mesopotamia (Iraq). Miss Marigold - Blue's Teacher. For Europe, the major site for tin was Britain. Green Puppy. The archaeologists suspect a serious disruption of the tin-trade led to the development of the Iron Age.

Orange Kitten. Serious bronze has always involved trade. Purple Kangaroo. While copper and tin can natually co-occur, the two ores are rarely found together (an ancient site in Thailand does prove they can co-occur). Tickety Tock. In early use, the natural impurity arsenic created a superior natural alloy; this is termed arsenical bronze, which Ötzi's axe is made of. Slippery - a bar of soap. First used in the Bronze Age, it made tools, weapons and armor harder or more durable than their stone and copper ("Chalcolithic") predecessors.

Side Table Drawer. . Periwinkle - the next-door neighbor, a talking cat. (See table below). Pail and Shovel. Bronze is the usual English term for a broad range of copper alloys, usually with tin as the main additive, but other elements may be the main additive (e.g., phosphor, manganese, aluminum, silicon). Pepper's children.

Salt and Mrs. Paprika and Cinnamon - Mr. Pepper. Salt and Mrs.

Mr. Mailbox. Magenta - Blue's best friend, a female magenta dog. Blue - a female blue dog.

Joe:. Steve:.