oh okay we'll play Blue's Clues to
figure out what time it is it's one of
the most successful critically acclaimed
and groundbreaking preschool television
series of all time and now after 10
years on the air the secrets the Blue's
Clues will finally be revealed you will
come and help me with this won't you how
the cuddliest pop on TV had to claw her
way to the top one of the things that
nobody knows is that blue was originally
a cat what my TV's top dog called it
quits at the height of his fame why this
guy Steve Bale anyways did he like get
tired of being rich which of Hollywood
stars battled for Steve Spa there's
nothing here how is it supposed to
answer me and how an unknown actor
without it you snagged the role of a
lifetime I thought it was like about the
blue it's like you know God to give it
so
now after 10 glorious years the real
story behind the clues okay let's just
get started huh he did celebrating 10
years with blue if you were born after
1990 chances are you are a member of
generation Bleu we used to sing along to
that song even in fifth grade he
shouldn't have said that I definitely
remember blue and I'd always answer back
and I think she'd totally hear me and if
you became a parrot any time in the last
decade chances are that you love blue
tooth if you don't know what blue scuzz
has you've been living under a rock oh
because there's shirts and toys all over
the place it encourages kids to think
and to be smart and you know the dog
blue was a hit at our home from day one
what most people don't know is that
behind blue inner clues behind mailbox
mr. salt mrs. pepper and their entire
condiment families was a very green
creative team they were all babies you
know they were fresh out of college and
I just had to trust them Nick executives
charged the young trio with a special
mission create a game show for the
network's youngest viewers we do believe
that kids come to TV with an active mind
we
done so much research to create games
where the kids at home feel like they're
playing along blue was born high above
New York's Times Square in a cramped
conference room in the summer of 94 we
sat in a conference room I would say for
about 30 days I don't think they ever
left and if you just slide Pizza under
the door one of the things that nobody
knows is that blue was originally a cat
what first his name was mr. orange and
then we're like oh maybe mr. blue with a
blue cat on the drawing board the team
put out the call for the music to make
her purr I got a call from Tracy I think
you guys would be great to do the music
maybe it's called blueprints we don't
know but Nickelodeon was already eyeing
a show featuring a feline so the cat was
tossed in the litter box
oh we were like what else could it be in
really well it could be a puppy or a dog
like okay animator dave palmer was
picked to prep the puppy for the pilot
when I draw blue her head is just made
up of circles we wanted her to be really
friendly looking see you should hear
okay
NIC execs new this dog for tots would be
more than just mark blue head bite what
in blue head legs so the team moved
forward next step find a host I think I
saw over a thousand people my first
audition for Blue's Clues in this room
against that wall I remember being in
that room when Steve walk dude we
couldn't go in and model this
long-haired skateboarding guy so I made
a little secret phone call or something
a little bit more conservative do you
have access to a hairdresser can you not
look like you tomorrow morning
whoa while others aspire to skidoo
alongside blue a test audience of kids
made the final
stinkhole can you help me today what did
you say young Steve Burns would be their
boy it was just something about this kid
who was fresh out of Pennsylvania who
just knew where to look in the camera to
really talk to kids
he was just right with Steven place to
search for clues every member of Team
Blue pitched in to play a part
I'd yes we didn't have any money and we
realized that we needed barks for blue
so basically we went around the room and
said can you barked and you barked can
you barking you barked and I could bark
Nick
was mr. salt here's a secret behind the
thing that mr. salt was originally not
French
oh the original mr. salt sounded
something like that hey mrs. pepper
looks like blue is in the kitchen and
might need a little help over there with
a completed pilot in the can
team blue headed back to school we went
to preschools first thing the next
morning at like 8 o'clock in the morning
by that third clue kids were on their
feet pointing and screaming now you're
just sitting there crying like okay this
is this is it cool then
on September 8th 1996 Blue's Clues made
its Nickelodeon debuted its me see I
believed in Blue's Clues and I thought
it was magic but it was another thing to
see that all these other people thought
it was magic to him but Blue's Clues was
more than a hit it was a home run
soon independent studies showed that
kids wouldn't just play along they'd
think along - hi come on in
you just can't get away from how smart
and how well done the basic architecture
of the show is and how well it
understands children and the way they
watch television
Steve and blue led kids through a
colorful world of learning and parents
love them for it
we have Blue's Clues to thank for taking
the standard and raising it good work
blue soon everyone was celebrating
Blue's Clues I thought it was color
blind for a while and it turns out it
was just blue everywhere suddenly blue
was bigger than life floating over the
New York City sky and coming down
Broadway now is felt Steve and giant
inflated drew boy sure looks cold
success spawned a series of primetime
specials squadron of celebrity gasps a
TV movie musical and a live national
tour
blue bark in 16 languages and new Steve
sprang up from the United Kingdom me
Kevin to Korea Lu was even making
late-night news may a related story
President Bush took the week off to
catch up on Blue's Clues for seven
glorious years Steve and his cuddly pup
are inseparable like peanut butter and
jelly nope could imagine them apart and
then the world of toddler TV was rocked
after nearly 100 episodes and at the
pinnacle of his fame Steve made a
shocking announcement he was leaving the
show oh we just lost her breath we were
just sweep didn't know we we called
Steven we said what are you doing what
are you doing to us never mind you what
huh he said he was leaving to pursue a
music career but the tabloids didn't buy
it and soon rumors of Steve's demise
were flying there are some wild rumors
why he left and Hannah won't go into his
cuz they were crazy
I did hear these rumors that Steve is
dead I was like I was free kept the
rumor mill surrounding me has always
been really strange no one could figure
it out
you know people were calling me up going
to jr. Steve d*ed from Blue's Clues I'm
like what it was ridiculous so he had to
go on the Rosie O'Donnell show to prove
that he was still breathing said we're
here to announce that he's not dead
but Steve did have a secret what is the
secret reason and now in a Nick jr.
exclusive he reveals the bald truth
about his departure I knew I wasn't
gonna be doing children's television all
my life
mostly because I refused to lose my hair
on a kids TV show and it was happening
that's the network launched a worldwide
search to find our favorite cutting a
new pal why this guy Steve Bale anyways
he like get tired of being rich in to
who's who of Hollywood audition there's
nothing here
how is it supposed to answer me i'm
donovan patton but it was a 24 year old
unknown actor who snagged the role even
though he didn't have a clue about blue
I was picturing this dog with a soul
patch in a saxophone oh I thought it was
like about the blue it's like you know
Steve what's Blue's Clues Donovan was
cast as Joe
Steve's little brother sure he's not
coming back in the to worked around the
clock to prepare him for the passing of
the fall his mail never fails
makes me wanna bang my tail man thanks
again for all your help
in April 2002 Steve skidooed to college
leaving Joe in charge have fun playing
boo schools for Joe hi hi Steve hi Joe
the Steve off to college his brother Joe
is now the host of this colorful show
for preschoolers what is please quiz
yeah in a primetime special in February
Oh for Nick jr. opened the door to Blues
room and with a wave of a wand she could
talk I can talk to you now as Blue's
Clues celebrates its 10th anniversary
and even more miraculous secret is about
to be revealed when the 10th anniversary
special comes along we're gonna put gold
clues we're gonna find out this Blue's
gonna have a baby brother I can't say
any more after a decade on the air
Blue's Clues hasn't missed the b*at
remains a massive hit with all kids
young and old blues BLISK
happy 10th anniversary blues
anniversaries anniversaries
anniversaries anniversary at the
anniversary congratulations blue happy
anniversary 10 years
blue
happy 10 years blue you go girl
congratulations that's great new best
wishes
congratulations congratulations
congratulations congratulations well one
thing will always be true is that the
message will be there that you can do
anything that you want to do