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The TVClubHouse: Archives: 2004 January - Arpil: What is going on with Blue's Clues?: Archive through February 18, 2004 users admin

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Deesandy

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 10:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Blue is now going from a cartoon character to a puppet and will be speaking instead of dog-speak? What about Joe? Is Joe no longer a part of the Blue's Clues world? Is this new show to take place of the current one, or is it an addition?

Kimmo

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 11:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I read in "Child" magazine that this is a 1-hour special where Blue turns into an animated puppet and speaks. In future episodes, Blue might go to a special "Blue's Room" to apparently turn into a puppet and speak human some more.

I really don't want to see Blue as an animated puppet, talking! The picture of the puppet shown in "Child" was really, well, not attractive. Ugh. It makes me wonder if Nick Jr. thinks the show is not as popular as it once was because of "Joe." I don't have cable anyway, so I won't have to watch it (unless it reruns on CBS Saturdays). I really like Joe.

In other horrific children's programming changes, "Dragon Tales" was replaced on PBS this morning by the new monstrosity created by the creators of "Teletubbies"-- I can't remember what it's called. "Hoombah" or something. Like "Teletubbies," it looks like total rubbish. Ugh again.

Deesandy

Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 12:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kimmo, really? That is crazy! I love Joe and I think he does a great job. I don't think my child will get into Blue if she turns into a puppet. She loves shows like Dragon Tales and Dora the Explorer and shys away from the Bear in the Big Blue House.

Teletubbies are okay for the first year of a child's life. I did read that there was a problem with kids who watch a lot of the tubbies...they were slower to speak.

I highly doubt that we will be watching "Hoombah".

I hate it when they change the line-up of children's shows. Moms are on a schedule and count on little things like what time a certain program is on!

We have two PBS channels and they do show different shows at different times. Maybe you have a second channel you did not know about and it keeps the regular line-up you are used to.

Let's hope that Blue remains the sweet little puppy we all know and love!

Deesandy

Friday, January 23, 2004 - 5:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
http://www.nickjr.com/home/shows/blue/blue_talks/blues_room_sneak_peek.jhtml?minibar=true

Kimmo

Friday, January 23, 2004 - 5:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Deesandy, I'm afraid to click! The picture I saw was enough for me. :)

Neko

Friday, January 23, 2004 - 5:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ACK!!
I love Blues Clues!! And I love Joe!

This, just looks weird. And from the video, I found the voices annoying and high pitched...if that makes any sense.

Well this just ruined my day. :P

Deesandy

Friday, January 23, 2004 - 6:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I know Neko! I am hoping for the best. In the meantime, all the mom's in our mom's club are taping every show possible now "just in case"!

Kimmo

Friday, January 23, 2004 - 6:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ugh, I couldn't watch it! I skipped onto "Blue's Room," just to see if the Blue puppet was as awful as it seemed in the magazine. It was! If I wanted to watch a Muppet, I'd turn on "Sesame Street"! It's so horrible.

But I suppose they wouldn't do something like this unless they had researched that this is what kids would like to see-- Or if they just want to kill the show!

Maybe this should be in the TV Shows thread. I guess it's not something for sustained discussion, but I love "Blue's Clues" and watch it almost every day (taped off CBS).

Teachmichigan

Friday, January 23, 2004 - 9:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whew....SOOOO glad the DS is beyond Blue's age level. We lived Blue's Clues for years (mainly Steve...Joe joined as DS was outgrowing the show), but we definitely couldn't have handled this! :)

However...if someone wants to take this Pokemon stuff, turn it into puppets and let them talk instead of squealing non-stop for a half hour, I'll be the first to cheer!!!

Fabnsab

Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 1:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I watched Hoombah today. I stumbled upon it and thought it had to be a teletubbies type show. I will admit to watching teletubbies by myself. Hoombah was just plain weird.

I thought Steve was much better than Joe. I think Joe has a hard time making the character his own. I am sure they want him to do all the same things because children don't like change but to me he is the lesser version of Steve.

Don't even get me started on Little Bill. It is the most boring cartoon ever created and his mother wears orange shoes with a green dress!

Its so funny that I can sit here and comment on these things and I dont even have kids!

Kimmo

Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 7:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My son is only 2, so we only started watching TV in the past 3-4 months. So we started watching Blue with Joe, not Steve. I think Joe is more directly identifying with the toddlers by being "like" them while Steve was more into making you feel grown-up.

However, I have noticed that Joe's acting style varies from show to show, I guess that's because he doesn't really know "who" he is. The only Steve I watched was in pre-mommy days and I couldn't watch it on my own, I thought Steve seemed creepy.

Then CBS re-ran a holiday episode with Steve, so my baby had no idea what was going on! But then we got him "Meet Joe!" for Christmas so he could see why Steve and Joe were in the same show. The more I watch the Steve episodes, the more I like him.

Aw, Fabnsab, when I did watch cartoons pre-baby, "Little Bill" was one I actually got up to watch! I don't know why, it holds no interest for me now, so I really have nothing to say in its defense. :) I just seemed different at the time, but now I find LB's voice annoying.

Kimmo

Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 7:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm a hypocrite. I turned on that "Hoombah" or whatever it's called the other day. It really looks like something that would be played at a rave (all dancing, trance music and rainbows/ pulsing lights). Is there any sort of plot or attempt at using language?

At least on "Teletubbies," they say "Tubby toast," have some sort of storyline, and a segment with actual people speaking English! (Not that I'm advocating "Teletubbies," it's just that, wow-- I didn't think it could get worse than "Teletubbies," but it did!)

All I saw were children landing, one by one, in the middle of a park via a large shining orb, then dancing to trancy dance music. The first child did cartwheels, then left. Two girls shrugged their shoulders and moved side to side, then left. One girl did actual dancing, then left. They all did it in normal time, slo-mo, and double time (segments repeated over and over for each child).

That was 15 minutes of the show (I tuned in at the middle)! I can see it might be to help babies learn to move better, but my guy already knows how to dance! Agh!

Jewels

Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 7:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It is actually called Boombah, and it is supposed to be an exercise show for kids. It is created by the same people who did Teletubbies. I read an article about it and they said that parents usually hate it, but kids love it and parents never understand why. Imagine that, our brains working different than our kids?
It has been on the air in England for a couple years.

Kimmo

Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 7:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for the right name of the show and the other info, Jewels!

...If they are exercising, why are the Boombahs so big?! I know, it's to make all sizes feel good about their bodies and exercising isn't about making your shape different, but feeling good. :) But how do cartwheels fit in?

An exercise show wouldn't work for DS-- Any show that has dancing featured (like "The Wiggles," that's a real workout if you actually dance to all the songs on one tape), is just for watching, not dancing along.

If I get up to dance, he says, "No, Mom! No dancing, please. Stop." I think he just likes watching "the experts" do it! So we only dance when the TV is off and music is on.

Deesandy

Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 9:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kimmo, I bet he changes his mind when he is three years old. My daughter was the same at age two...no dancing/singing allowed! Now she loves joining in and the more the merrier!

I love both Joe and Steve and appreciate their individuality. I believe that Steve was getting burned out towards the end of his five year run. Now that he is in a punk rock band, I am sure he would like to leave Blue behind him!

It is never easy to try to fill someone else's shoes. I think that Joe is adorable. Don't forget that Blue is not "his" dog but rather is his friend. Blue will always be Steve's dog.

I have not seen Boombah. I do not understand why children's programs have to be set in such a fast pace. Have you noticed that the opening for Dora the Explorer has been sped up?

They used to do that with Seseme Street as well. Perhaps they base this theroy on children having short attention spans...

Little Bill...he is the opposite! He is way too slow paced. My daughter will watch the first 10 minutes only and that is on a good day!

I hope that the change in Blue's Clues doesn't take away the love that my daughter has for the program. She especially loves the computer games.

We love you the way you are Blue!

Deesandy
Member

08-12-2003

Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 7:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The new show was on tonight and I missed it! Any reviews???

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 8:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
:-(

I love Dragon Tales!!

DD has outgrown Dragon Tales, but she loves the Spanish she learned in this wonderful, whimsical, fantasical way...

*heavy sigh

Hey what about my fav, cartoon, those wonderful blue creatures....



THE SMURFS!! Remember how easily they could alter their language? Adj, nouns, verbs, it was all smurfalicious!! :-)

Deesandy
Member

08-12-2003

Monday, February 09, 2004 - 5:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I miss Fraggle Rock!

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Monday, February 09, 2004 - 10:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
holly loved fraggle rock! i think when jim henson died that alot of his brilliant creations went with him. it was too much to keep everything going. i still don't think that kermit is the same without jim's voice.

Carrie92
Member

09-15-2003

Monday, February 09, 2004 - 10:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, my son is 6 and he watched it today and loved it. Just when I thought he was starting to grow out of it!

I think they said something about it's only going to be on Mondays, but not sure.


I miss Fraggle Rock too. They had some old videos at our video store, my son liked them, but then they rearranged the store to make more room for DVD's and the Fraggles disappeared! I wish they would start putting those things on DVD.


Wargod
Member

07-16-2001

Monday, February 09, 2004 - 11:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Reader, I have the Smurfs on a bumper sticker on my car, LOL. I loved them when I was a kid. I've tried to get my kids interested and they just don't seem to like them.

Dakota at 5 still watches Blue to Carrie. DId you see the episode a few weeks ago where Joe and Blue were singing about their morning routines? First thing you do when you get up is go to the bathroom. I was howelling. They were singing a little song about going to the potty, "first you sit on the toilet like an adult would, then you see what you can do do do dooooooo." Went throught the whole routine including washing hands, and I realized that she'll probably be growing out of it soon since the things that Blue teaches are lessons she's already learned. Kind of makes me sad that both my kids have pretty much outgrown the great shows that are made for little kids.

Deesandy
Member

08-12-2003

Monday, February 09, 2004 - 2:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I managed to tape the new show this morning and my daughter watched it in the afternoon. She loved it! She interacted with every request by Blue and asked to watch it again.

I suppose we should assume that the experts know what they are doing when they make these changes!

Of course, now there will be a new line of toys to haunt the parents...

Kimmo
Member

05-02-2003

Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 12:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just watched it last night (taped off CBS this past Saturday)...When Blue went into her room and turned into a talking puppet, DS said, "Turn this off. Turn Blue's Clues on, please! PLEASE."

I felt bad, it was so different-- No clues, no notebook, no thinking chair, just the key and Blue's friends singing their seemingly "The Wiz"-inspired song about finding the key....Plus Joe acting perhaps even more moronic than usual (looking for the key under bananas and in shoes), to maybe make up for the fact that he looked like he was going to cry at the end of the show?

No ending song, Joe just said, "You and Blue. Best friends," with that holding-back-the-tears look, then said, "Good night!" and ran off. It really made me feel like Joe is going away-- With all the emphasis on "you" being Blue's very best friend. What about Steve? Or Joe?

Ack. I'm sure older toddlers will love it, DS accepted that this fuzzy thing was Blue about halfway through the room segment ("Blue. That's Blue"), but golly. I also didn't expect Blue's voice to be so low.

Hippyt
Member

09-10-2001

Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 1:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My 3 year old hates it,and so do I. I was thinking it was just a special. Are they really gonna do the show like that from now on?

Deesandy
Member

08-12-2003

Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 2:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My daughter who is three liked it at first. Now she ignores it. We love Joe! I hope he is still a part of the Blue's Clues world. It did seem as if they were trying to out him.

I guess all good things come to an end...