Saturday, June 13, 2020

'Blue's Clues' Trends on Social Media as Fans Discover Reboot Uses Email and Smartphones

If you haven't checked in with the latest iteration of Blue's Clues since the series launched in 2019, it's likely you don't know that the long-running Nickelodeon preschool series has updated its content for a more modern age. In the new series, the Handy Dandy Notebook is essentially a reporter's notebook-style extension on a cell phone case, and while you still get to hear the mail song, it's remixed a bit, and usually the messages come via email. All of this is, it appears, a bridge too far for some now-adult fans of the original series, and when some of these details were highlighted on Twitter, the series trended.


A healthy chunk of the tweets were jokes, or parents defending the new show as not too bad. But quite a few were people really bummed out by the changes to Blue's world. Also, it's Twitter, so there was a vocal subsection of folks who used it as an excuse to opine on the financial hardships facing the U.S. Postal Service.

In Blue's Clues & You, Josh (the third host to befriend Blue and help her solve her mysteries) has actually teamed up and crossed over with Steve and Joe, bringing the three iterations of the show into an explicitly shared continuity and giving the parents of the current kids watching the show. Steve, too, got to grow into his role as a detective -- something that's fun for longtime viewers, including filmmaker Kevin Smith, whose daughter grew up with the original version. Joe also now runs his own present store.

Steve Burns also helped pick Josh Dela Cruz as the next host of Blue's Clues!

"In a world where the news cycle has the power to depress, frustrate, and terrify, I'm thankful it taught me that Blue's Clues Steve finally became the Detective he always wanted to be!" Smith tweeted recently. "I'm tearfully happy for a fictional character I've never met! Excellent fan service @NickJr!"

You can see how some of the internet is responding to their realizations about Blue's Clues & You below.

Parental advice


Somebody's asking the practical questions!


OK, Boomer


Mail call


What about Stamps.com?


A dog's lifespan


So many tears.


It's a generational thing

"It's a generational thing
Man you telling me salt and pepper from blues clues got 4 kids now . I’m old asf πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜­πŸ˜­πŸ˜­ pic.twitter.com/NdcRT4UHny

— 🍭 πŸŽ€ π’―π‘’π’Άπ’·π’Άπ’·π“Ž πŸŽ€ 🍭 (@teadaddyy) June 12, 2020"

A lot of thirst out there, too


Older Blue's Clues viewers will be pleased to learn that Josh's Notebook is still a Notebook with crayon and paper, it just has a smartphone in the back. Also, Mailbox still exists, and they still do the mail song, they just do email's now. In fact, Josh still does get letters from time to time!



Watch It


Blue's Clues & You! airs on Nickelodeon and Nick Jr., and is also available on demand and on the Nick Jr. App as well as Noggin, along with classic Blue's Clues episodes. Blue's Clues & You - Vol. 1 is available on DVD today.

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