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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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. From 1996 to 2002, Blue's owner was Steve, a non-animated character played by Steve Burns. . The series follows a blue dog, named Blue, through her everyday life, providing small children with educational entertainment.

It features live action superimposed upon paper-cutout animation similar to that of South Park. Blue's Clues is a daytime children's show which airs on Nickelodeon and now appears on several "On Demand" channels. Miss Marigold - Blue's Teacher. Green Puppy.

Orange Kitten. Purple Kangaroo. Tickety Tock. Slippery - a bar of soap.

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

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