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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 4:31 pm
Okay, I guess I just HOPED older toddlers will love it! DS and I both sat there in a moment of stunned silence after I turned off the TV. I hated having to explain the change to him! Gee, he has only been watching Blue since November (the same 3-5 episodes), and now this happens. It seems like there are way too many characters in "Blue's Room" to keep all the other characters on. It totally marginalized Joe, and it's not like Blue couldn't talk before she turned fuzzy, it's so frustrating! Yet I read an article saying the producers had been working up to this for years. I can't believe this was the end they had in mind. Blah.
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Hippyt
Member
09-10-2001
| Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 4:35 pm
I can't either,I'm very disapointed. I read an article awhile ago that said it takes about nine months to do one episode. I bet this is a move to make more shows,easier and quicker,and probably cheaper.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 4:43 pm
The new segment really interested my 4 year old. So much so that I had to dig up all the Blue's Clues videos that we packed away Those experts must know something!!! I heard before Barney came out, the ladies who created that show did all sorts of research and from that data, they determined all the details, like his color, name, etc...
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Neko
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 5:20 pm
The Smurfs, Rainbow Brite, Jem and the Gemstones, Fraggle Rock (My friend actually has a Fraggle Rock shirt he wears to school and I want it!! ^_^) I saw Boombahs, and it looks like, to me, something someone would see when they were drugged on something causing hallucinations... And I still don't like "Blue's room." 
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Hippyt
Member
09-10-2001
| Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 5:24 pm
Oh gack,Neko,the Boombahs are like Teletubbies on LSD!
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Neko
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 7:55 pm
It's true!! LOL I was staring at my TV when I was supposed to be getting ready for school, transfixed at all the pretty flashing colours..
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Deesandy
Member
08-12-2003
| Friday, February 20, 2004 - 1:25 pm
When did Joe stop drawing the pictures in the handy dandy notebook? Now they just appear and dance and sing. How will that teach my child about drawing? So many changes...
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Friday, February 20, 2004 - 2:33 pm
I've only seen one episode where Joe doesn't draw ("Blue Takes You to School"), but then I haven't seen that many....I was hoping that was just a total aberration. On CBS they don't seem to show BC in any kind of chronological order. They just showed "Takes You to School" 2 weeks before "The Legend of the Moon Fairy"-- But "School" must be at least a year older than "Moon Fairy". Other episodes that look more recent (just speculating due to haircut/weight gain/ better acting on Joe's part) than "School" still included the traditional BC elements.
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Deesandy
Member
08-12-2003
| Friday, February 20, 2004 - 7:55 pm
Does anyone here have to watch the Rubbadubbers?
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Monday, March 15, 2004 - 11:40 am
I am just going to stop recording this now-- Every episode since Blue became "real" has been so awful. I feel so ashamed of myself for trying to watch yet another episode with DS each weekend. Someone please put all the good ones on DVD for us to enjoy and forget this "new" Blue's even exists! All the clues are animated and sing the funky music; the way they've truncated the traditional songs so that Blue gets more time in her room, is disturbing; the first 2/3 of the show is also disturbingly fast-paced in order to fit in the cruddy Blue's Room time.... Joe gets increasingly moronic and/or crazed/disturbed (at least, that is the idea I got when watching the one where he portrayed a wisecracking duck and Little Red Riding Hood while playing "Joe's Clues"). Get this off the air!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 15, 2004 - 2:08 pm
KImmo, you can buy the old versions on VHS for super cheap. Just check ebay or a local childrens resale shop. You seem to be awfully upset about the new episodes. Actually we have at least 10 (Probably more like 20) VHS Blue Clues that we were gonna put on ebay. I'll sell some to ya cheap if ya want...
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Monday, March 15, 2004 - 4:06 pm
No, I'm not awfully upset-- I just really don't like the show anymore. I watched 2 episodes in 2 days, which has probably made me react more extremely than merely watching the first "new" show did. I have been thinking of getting old tapes on Ebay. Just put them up! I'll probably check them out. I just wish they'd put *children's* shows on DVD in entire seasons, instead of just adult programming! Oh well.
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Deesandy
Member
08-12-2003
| Monday, March 15, 2004 - 8:08 pm
My daughter has completely stopped watching Blue. It is sad!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 7:30 am
So has my son, but it is not cuz of the new blue segment. He has "upgraded" to SpongeBob, Dragon Tales, Maggie & the Ferocious Beast and Max & Ruby. Kids just go thru cycles. He used to love Barney and Teletubbies. I am very happy that he got "out" of those. Especially the tubbies!!!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 9:15 am
My daycare child who just turned 3 will not watch Blues Clues anymore. She loves Spongebob, Maggie and Max & Ruby.
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