I remember when 'Steve' left and my mom and I had a serious discussion that sometimes people go. I remember being sad and playing with my Blue stuffed animal, never watching it again.
I had a similar thing happen to me, i never watched it again after steve was gone, once he left my friend was gone. there was no longer a reason to watch.
Thats sad y'all. I was born in 86 but my brother loved Blues Clues. I never got to see Steve leave because we didnt have cable. I liked the got coz he just had the charisma of pee wee Herman. Even when Pee Wee was kicked off the air, I couldn't understand why. So I guess what I'm saying is Pee Wee was my Steve. My brothers Steve was his Pee Wee.
Hesusio i mean but theyre literally like 4, and idk man, maybe it’s not bad. it’s like kids who want to see the avengers before they die, if it makes them happy, who really cares ig.
My mom would set up clue hunts for me, drawing paw prints on sticky notes and putting them on things around the house. Then, once I found them and drew them, I'd rush over and climb onto my thinking chair, a big armchair in our living room and think about it for a while, before triumphantly announcing the answer to her. I love her so much and I'm so thankful for all she did for me, she really made my childhood magical
If I remember correctly, Steve temporarily returned to say hi on episode 100. Joe filled him in on what "we" had learned so far, and Steve was impressed at us learning fractions. Good times. Steve leaving is where men cried.
“When someone leaves your life, those exits are not made equal. Some are beautiful and poetic and satisfying; others are abrupt and unfair; but most are unremarkable, unintentional and clumsy.” - Griffin McElroy
The new Steve in "Blue's Clues and You" can't even reach JOE'S level and I only saw him like two times in "Blue's Clues"? Idk but I only remember seeing the kind, soft old Steve.
I ran to my mom crying saying “steve is going to college mom! I’m going to miss him!” 😭 she looked at me like I was crazy! 😂 I was so invested in this show as a child. Steve was literally my best friend. So much nostalgia watching this video I love it ❤️
Im a 35 year old man and this whole video got me in tears, Steve was really someone special, I know the show was meant to talk one on one with the audience individually but no one could have done the way Steve did it, he didn't know how big of a legend he was going to become.
I was thinking the same thing. Like, he's just performing in front of a green screen all alone with a few props, when literally almost everything else is digitalized. musta been hard
Your ability to turn this mix of childhood anecdotes and depressing behind-the-scenes clips into such an emotionally resonant and uplifting narrative is pretty outstanding. This is a really touching video.
Just like how the ending of Amphibia once told us, "Change could be difficult, but it’s how we grow. It’s the hardest thing to realize you can’t hold on to something forever, but sometimes you have to let it go. But half the things you let go, you’d be surprised what makes its way back to you."
Its like on that very last line the real Steve and the fictional character finally intersected and Steve managed to be himself and completly honest in the show for once.
It's more accurate to say that was the only time he COULD truly be himself, since everything preceding this had to follow a rigid set of scripted phrases. When there would be no more scripts, Steve finally had the ability to be both versions of himself at once.
The way he drew in his handy dandy notebook was so satisfying cause it was always perfect. I think my obsession with tiny notebooks came from this show lol
Remember that this man spent years performing in front of a green screen, pretending as if he was talking to friends in a world... which actually never existed. To have to perform like that can take a toll on anyone's brain, yet he managed to keep up with it till the end. That's the mark of a great actor. Btw I used to watch this when I was 8. :)
He left before I was even born but when I was younger and watched cartoons I always thought that how the crayon fit perfectly into the notebook spiral was so incredibly satisfying
Yeah my dad made me watched this when I was a kid, and all of the episodes he made me watch was with Steve. I honestly didn't know he left months before I was born.
I never hated Joe, but after two episodes watching him I've stopped because he wasn't Steve. I felt that my childhood went away with Steve and left me a bit of an empty feeling.
It's somewhat fitting though depending on your age when you started watching it because by 2002, the original audience was starting to get older. It felt the same way for most kids that watched the original Power Rangers cast end up slowly breaking apart and being replaced over time.
When I was a kid, I used to think there was a device in the tv that allowed Steve to hear me because I could hear other children in the background. I would get mad because I would sometimes shout out the answer 1st and he would ignore me. I also believed that if I bought a bigger tv it would show more of the picture... I miss being a dumb kid, the world felt so much bigger.
Steve apologised recently to us for his sudden departure and I just cried my way through it? I don't think I realised that it was almost kind of traumatic for me as a kid for Steve to just.... leave like that. But like, in the way that it hurts when a friend moves away. I cannot believe it's been 25 years.
He left in 2002 you dunce. Thats only 20 years you absolute brainlet. Wow, guess you didnt listen to Steve during the addition and subtraction lessons at all huh? Wow.
I don't know what's weirder, the fact that there's a generation that lives with Joe instead of Steve, or the fact that there's a generation that lives with Josh instead of Joe and Steve.
@@thecreatorofpc7929 Oh, Josh was never mentioned in the video but he's basically the current host for the new Blue's Clues and You in Nick Jr. There's actually an episode where he didn't know what's going on with Blue and so he called Joe and Steve. It's such a beautiful moment because it feels like a response to this video.
There is an episode of the new blues clues where the new guy calls up Steve and Joe to ask for help with his current clue. At first this moment is nothing more than a cute cameo, then steve asks "hey do you mind if I talk to my friend for a moment". The mood gets a little more personal and the phone is oriented to face the screen. Steve then directly speaks to us like he always did, engaging with us and waiting for our response. Asking us to help the new guy like we helped him. I fucking instantly burst into tears. Its such a personal moment designed to engage with those that grew up with him. Maybe parents watching this new show with their kids would see that and be affected. Steve will always and forever be our friend.
Joe also said "like you helped me" to the audience like Steve... Steve and Joe BOTH told us to help Josh and honestly I cried im almost 22 and I honestly teared up when I watched that scene in the new show
I was in first or second grade when Steve left the show, and I remember, while talking about the change with some friends at lunchtime, one of my friends started to cry. When we asked her if it was because she was gonna miss Steve, she said no, it was because her parents were getting divorced. It seemed out of left field then, but now I wonder if talking about the smaller change (the loss of Steve) poked at the bruise of a much bigger one. Idk, just a thought. (Thank you for the video, it made me cry, in the good way.)
I believe Steve leaving must have reminded her of how her parents getting a divorcing and never sharing the same household again as big changes for her.
She probably saw it as one more thing changing in her life, and what would be next!! I can only imagine all those thoughts happening at the same time for a 1st or 2nd grader. She finally broke during lunch time and started crying.
Ok being honest terrible parents if you can't handle a child dont have one if your relationship isnt stable dont have a child dont make children suffer from your mistakes terrible parents terrible people
@@toast4breakfast92 dammmm why didn't the rest of the fucken world think about that 🤔 I personally haven't met anyone that purposely gets married and or have kids thinking let me figure the ways I can fuck this up 🤦
I remember having a huge crush on Steve when I was little. I cried so much when he left the show. It's weird how you can connect with someone without ever meeting them.
till you grow up and come to understand you never knew these people so how could you connect with them in any way other then a childish memory of the past. dont get me wrong grew up with the show too but its a show not an actual person to make a connection with. this hole comment section makes me chuckle beyond belief.
@@CaptainTittus Actually, it has nothing to do with living in a reality or not. My therapist actual brought up parasocial relationships to me, because I grow that type of attachment easily with youtubers & celebrities(or the characters they play) that I relate to in one way or another. If someone let's it get out of hand, that's when you get creepy obsessed people, who take it to far (stalking, finding phone numbers, ect.) But for people who don't let it get out of hand, it's a way that gives comfort or a sense of friendship. This happens most frequently with people who feel lonely, weither it's because they were emotionally neglected, or they never felt like they could find people who they related too, ect. That is typically the reason why people get so attached to people they follow on the internet, or watch on TV. Again, it's dangerous if it gets out of hand, but for most, it's a sense of comfort. Especially in this day and age where many people feel isolated (not just cause covid). Sorry for the long reply, just wanted to get my thought out there.
The discovery that the host speaks sign language while speaking, made my heart melt. I loooved it because I just thought he was very animated as a child, until later in life realizing that he did that so that anyone could understand Blue's Clues. Simply amazing and underrated.
madden8021 In a sense, yeah. But I guess it’s been a while since there had been a show that calmly and sweetly described to children the gravity of divorce, the negative repercussions of racism and even a mass shooting: which is sadly something more prevalent now more than ever.
DBfan 84 You kind of answered your question? Somewhat, anyway: When he passed away, he left a blueprint of what children’s television /should/ be, kind and gentle, not overbearing and able to communicate even the most important subject matters in an easy digestible manner for children to comprehend but still speaking to them like adults. It is a fine line that Fred Rodgers drew perfectly.
@@DiegoAlvarezBeltran1993. it doesn't even have to be a copy. Just teach kids it's okay to feel things. It's okay to be sad. It's okay to be angry. There's a reason they feel that way but they can also stop feeling that way if they want to.
Although this episode was the saddest moment, the most saddest moment was actually Fred Rogers Goodbye Speech that aired at the end of 2002 because one year after the speech, he passed away on February 27th, 2003. Although he was loved by everyone in the world, his goal wasn't achieved. Because even after his death, the world doesn't change. The US-led Coalition invade Iraq, the Afghan War continues to this very day, Libya, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen collapsed into Civil War, it seems like the world doesn't changed. Fred Rogers wanted the world into a better life. Which means he just wanted the world to end those bloodshed. If Fred Rogers lives longer, he would be totally disappointed when he sees the world today.
As a parent watching a lot of Blue's Clue, the genius part of the show is the non-verbal communications. Young kids picked up Steves facial expressions and Blue's actions. IMO, talking muppets just broke the magic of the show.
I feel like the biggest irony of the show is that Blue's Clues did fake interactivity so well and to a fucking art that stuff like Dora ended up feeling insultingly childish by comparison.
Your monologue at the end about people changing and friends moving on hits deep with me. Thank you for that, you really worded that absolutely perfectly.
That part hit me really hard. I started college this past year and was worried I wouldn’t really meet anyone because I’m not very outgoing. Thankfully, I’m in marching band and had an opportunity to meet some amazing people, so I did make some great new friends. Unfortunately, the first person I started to bond with and thought that I would actually be good friends with was in an accident the night before a performance. When we heard the news the next day I was absolutely devastated. This video reminded me of him, and while it makes me sad, it lets me reflect on how lucky I was to know him.
Same. The community center I work at had 2 receptionists who were very sweet, very intelligent, and they made me feel better about my self when I was down. I usually don’t like making friends at workplaces if only because of connections with the workplaces exist. Specifically, I work for my hometown’s local govt. It’s a city govt job, it’s more shite than your typical local govt, over 80% of the employees are miserable, incompetent, or both. I still don’t like that certain employees (dept heads, city officials, etc.) know who I am as that guy whose parents are city employees. But it was through working there that I discovered it wasn’t all bad. The 2 receptionists gave me a little bit of hope that things will get better. And then, within a month of each other, they moved on with their lives by quitting their jobs at the center. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy for them, wish the best and all, and hope they have a good life. But I miss them and miss having them there because they made me laugh in my dark times. Things change. That doesn’t always mean they will be better, but things do change.
Blues clues taught me that two triangles can make a square or rectangle. That means that two things can come together to create something greater. Two Ideas, two strengths, two friends, two brothers, etc. It taught me that just because one thing does not work, it could mean that its the only ingredient in this recipe. It could be needing something else to be able to function greater. I will never forget that show.
The episode that Steve left- it was the first to teach me loss... strangely enough, that was probably the last day I thought that everything was picture perfect, and the last day I really had that “spark.”
Similar to Stephen Hillenburg leaving Spongebob after the first movie. Spongebob's considered slapstick/physical humor: Laughs came from characters getting hurt. But many iconic jokes are in the show and nobody was injured. After he left, people forgot about that: Instead of slapstick, characters are just getting hurt in stupid ways, but it's not funny anymore. It's isn't the same without you, Stephen (1961-2018).
That year just wasn’t nice. I lost Steve and then the family cat. My childhood was gone and I was sent into a spiraling torrent of pain and misery. HOW COULD YOU LEAVE STEVE
I didn't really believe he wasn't coming back, only hit home on the first episode of the next season, but once I realized that he really wasn't coming back the experience was pretty similar to how you described it.
For real I had completely forgotten about the episode that Steve left and him talking about it brought those emotions back and I had to shed some tears for my main man Steve.
If Mister Rodgers is everyone's dad/granddad, Steve was everyone's cool older brother who's going to college at the end of Summer, so you spend more time with him before he goes. Edit : Thanks for liking. I should clarify I'm a fraud and we never got Mister Rogers in NZ. Edit 2: Im a fraud, yet again. In NZ we had a similar figure. Her name was Suzy Cato, but she also kind of became a bit of a Bill Nye type. Fantastic woman, like your wonderful Auntie that babysits you.
I grew up with steve and joe but never watched the episode where steve left on that one fateful day, after watching the episode after never watching it when i was little i still cried, i remember steve way more than joe, steve was a pretty big part of my childhood
I honestly have so much more respect for Steve Burns as an entertainer knowing that he had to pull off being a kids' show host while also being trapped in the blue screen dimension.
The whole "cultivating a relationship with the kids through the camera totally worked" is absolutely true. I'm STILL convinced that Steve went off to college.
One of my friends had his own life-size version of the thinking chair and I thought it was the coolest thing in the world. This show really did have a profound impact on people.
You know they actually let Steve keep the thinking chair in the end? Or at least one of them? Apparently he’ll actually sit in it with his (real) dog sometimes. You never think about what would happen to the thinking chair, but knowing that Steve still has his chair, still sits in it with his dog, that just keeps me going sometimes.
I had one too. By the time it was no longer in the house (I forget if we donated it or just threw it out), it was in very bad shape thanks to *years* of me endlessly bum-rushing the chair with notebook in hand.
My dog's name was Blue, they named her after the dog in Blue's Clues; Blue. She died November 2019 on veterans day. As you said, nothing lasts forever, and that's okay. RIP Blue 11-11-19
This video made me cry like a baby. I couldn’t put into words what Steve and Blue’s Clues meant to me. Even today as an adult, I feel comfort from it. Just hearing and seeing Steve Burns talk makes me happy inside. In a weird way, I guess. I just.. Steve was my best friend. When he went to college, I was happy for him but sad it was over. I didn’t realize it could end. Hell, I was that kid going around talking to furniture thinking everything had a sentience. I was overly nice to everyone. I had friends at school that we would pretend we had Blue or Magenta with us. Thank you, Steve. With you and Blue, I felt like I really could do anything.
I shouldn’t be crying so hard about a show I haven’t so much as thought of, let alone watched, in over a decade... I know it was a character he played, and he couldn’t really see or hear me, but... Watching Steve say goodbye was like watching a close friend leave my life. Thank you, Steve, for being that friend I needed as a kid. Because goodness knows I needed one.
The second that scene of Steve leaving for the bus started, I burst out into tears. You know, like a child. I was 6 when Steve left and it was around the time where organically I was maturing past the program, so seeing Steve moving on so maturely and handing over the reigns to his younger brother really helped me understand as a kid that it was okay for me to move on from it, too. It’s weird how important this show was for me. My little sister grew up with Joe and she had the same relationship with him that I had with Steve. I think it’ll be really beautiful to bring the show back with a new host for a new audience. And also, pocket world puppet Blue was pretty rad. Just saying.
I grew up with the show mostly with Joe because when Steve left the show, I was a baby (since I was around 1 at the time and of course I didn’t watch Blues Clues until I was around 4 or 5) and Joe mostly was the host when I had the time with the show so I can relate with your sister
I was born in 2002, the year Steve left, but I watched all the episodes of Steve as reruns. When I first saw the episode where he left, I was devastated. But I got a mix of Joe and Steve episodes as a child, whatever they aired that day was what I watched. Yet somehow, every episode without Steve was just heartbreaking. You could feel the shift, it wasn't the same. I almost burst out into tears watching this too many times.
@@mountaindew9921 I’m actually a non binary person and secondly I don’t think Joe was bad. Yeah sure Steve was better in my opinion but I really did like Joe since I grew up with Joe more than I did with Steve so I’m not sure why you are calling me a poor guy? 🙄
@@moonbased7796 i get what you mean, i said you where a poor guy because i thought steve was a great host and that you missed out by not growing up with him as a host, but i get what you mean i can see how you like joe too
Loved how you analyzed Blues Clues and the impact Steve had on families. Parents watched him with their children and I think we missed him more than the children
The reason none of the other foodstuffs talk is because Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper aren't sentient salt and pepper, they're sentient salt and pepper shakers. Kind of like how Kool Aid Man is just a giant empty pitcher who happens to contain Kool Aid.
Man, my stomach dropped when he first showed the part where they figured out the clues made a handy dandy notebook. Childhood sadness was reborn from this video
As a 12 year old, i guess my parent wanted me to grow with the OG 90’s steve which i didn’t know was from the 90’s but gladly still entertained me. But i believe i’ve seen joe atleast once because I recognize his green square hoodie for some reason.
I started drawing around the same time I started watching the show, now I'm at the point of developing my art skills to be a self taught artist after like half a decade of barely drawing stuff I like. I need to draw Blue and the others as a thank you for this spark in a thing I love a lot
Whenever I think of Blue’s Clues, I think of the one VHS special where Steve had an existential crisis about how he’s never the one to find the clues himself. It resolved with a clue literally falling on his head, giving him the validation he so desperately craved. EDIT: Thanks to Wikipedia for reminding me the special was called “Blue’s Big Musical Movie” Anyway, great video as always! Surprisingly emotional
This is one of the big advantages of live action characters: kids learn about how life changes and how the people in your life come and go. Animated shows often are afraid to portray big changes like this, but with live action they have no choice.
That's a great point! To add to it, As Told by Ginger is the only cartoon I can think of where the characters not only grew, but they would consistently change their wardrobes between episodes. If anyone knows other cartoons which did that, I'd love to hear it.
I was 7 when I watched this, I was blank minded when I realized heard him say "college" All I remember him doing was walking into a blue bus and peeking out the door waving, saying goodbye and smiling.
I was a 2005s kid, yet somehow I NEVER heard about "Joe" , I only ever watched Steve, but grew out of it before I could even get to the part where he left
Born 2004 and I didn't even know Joe existed until a year ago and then I got a bit sad because Steve being the main character in Blues clues is what I grew up with but he left before I was even born.
this is gonna sound lame, but to this day i can't watch that episode where steve leaves without crying and my cousins and little sister (who are like 2-8 yo and who i watch it with whenever i babysit them) never understand why because they grew up with joe and that new guy whose name i can't remember. they didn't become steve's friend like i did. i remember wanting so badly to go to college because i thought that if i went there, steve would be there too and then i could still be his friend. now i'm filling out college applications and life is getting real.......
My 4 year old just got to those episodes. I've rarely seen her cry like this, and only once over something on a show. Truly an amazing, sweet, and heartbreaking thing to see.
The fact that the theory that the Actor who played Steve died was just awful. He just Quit to move to comedy because he was balding XD he's quite a funny comedian though....I'm not gonna lie about that (Edited to fix grammar errors)
At first I didn't see "theory" and had a heart attack thinking the actor had actually died. The WAVE of relief that came over me when I realized my mistake was......a lot.
(I know you already fixed the grammar some, but there’s an part missing from a sentence structured with the leading of ‘The fact’ follow directly by ‘that the theory’, as it leads to a connection to the actor dying (not being your opinion on it). I literally broke my brain trying to explain why it doesn’t make sense, but from my perspective I see two rephrasing possibilities: ‘The fact that there was a theory that the Actor who played Steve died, is just awful.’ or, ‘The fact that the theory was that the Actor who played Steve, died, is just awful’. I suppose you could keep the past tense of was in the second half, if you want to to make the existence of the theory present tensed, but personally I feel more inclined to the first possibility. Where it was placed, ‘was just awful.’, could, and was considered correct because of the inconsistency of the dependent clause the sentence began with, however after reconstruction, unless you wanted to allude to it that you don’t feel it is awful anymore or is not causing effects at this time, you should adjust it. I don’t know if that made any sense cause English is wack, but the options I gave you work anyway. Edit: Cause my sleep deprived brain had to pause to try and remember English a few times and the send button was right next to where I needed to press to start typing at the end of the reply. And, nother half an hour of my life gone. Yay. Have a good day Idk :p :< )
... I got multiple bald spots... alopecia... some spots regrew in a couple of months, my big one took 2 years... apparently the doc can give you some steroid cream to try to fix it...
I’m being completely serious when I say that this video nearly brought me to tears. I found myself singing or saying out loud old sound bites from the show. I remembered the notebook, the chair, the characters, all of it. Maybe the hardest throwback I’ve ever been hit with, to a time I can only remember through those moments that bring me back
@@cloudywillowshome My child brain used to think Pepper and The Mailbox would fall in love, no clue why I thought that but I did. Got pretty upset when she got with Salt. 7/10 Romance Plot
Man, I’m actually really glad he left because he felt he couldn’t keep playing Steve. For some reason I had it in my mind that he quit because of drug abuse.
This makes me wanna save these shows for my kids when I have them. Blue's Clues, the earlier Tom & Jerry, earlier Spongebob ect. Things have more soul back then
You really made me have an existential crisis in which memory and time caught up to my present. I'm going to college and have no idea what I'm doing and that's ok. It's not a sad moment but one I will remember fondly. Thanks, genuinely.
I get this man is probably in his early 40's now, I'd still call him my friend, even though I know he's not the same as he was on the show. He made my childhood, especially since I didn't have any friends irl back then. He was the only friend I had, so him leaving hurt me so much, and it still kinda does now, though I do have at least one irl friend now.
Same i thought he was my only friend and I didnt know there were episodes where he left bcoz of him I thought I dont need any friends I also send a letter to him in a nearby post office DO U WANNA BE MY BEST FRIEND? But sadly now I realized that it was a old mail box
Decided i'd reply to 1 comment, and yours resonated to me. :o I too didn't have many friends when i was.. 5 or 6, and I had the Handy Dandy notebook, and a stuffed animal of blue. Steve was a better friend then most friends will ever be now.. I never watched the episode Steve left on, because i was at the age where I wandered to other shows, and occasionally my mother would yell, "oh hey it's your favorite show!" and we'd all watch.. then Steve was gone on one of those.. random episode encounters.. and we forever stopped watching.. We never knew why he left, and I'm glad it was on his terms, and not various other reasons. by now, age 26, I realize my love for drawing probably started with Blues Clues, however minor it was. Now.. I've lost my imagination.. :/ oh well.. I'm glad I stumbled on to this video, kinda adds Closure to what happened to Steve.
@@qwaszxcvbnm7 it's ridiculous how qe are finding each other and being connected because of a kids show. I too used to wander to other shows, ofc the only (2) difference is that the shows I used to watch (including blue's clues) was saved on a laptop that we would just connect to our tv, and that I was younger than 5 back when I watched the show. I have a terrible memory so my memories of that show was very vague, so I can't really remember if I did watched the episode where steve left, but even if memory was vague, I can clearly recall steve, blue (which I still thought a boy until this video) and the theme of the show, which is doing detective work (as I like to call it back then) and finding clues scattered around the house and fit the puzzle pieces to make something very cool, like a experiment I would be lying if I said that my drawing skills didn't came from the show, but that isn't really what I got from the show. What I TRULY got from the show was my love for mystery solving. I've always loved gravity falls' idea of a boy trying to solve the mysterious things that's happening of the said place, and I've also fallen into the ARG (short for Alternate Reality Game) rabbit hole. But there's something that's going I to my mind, what's the reason? Why do I love these things? Ofc I know the reason that I've been connected into this genre since childhood, like the mecha genre, but from where exactly? I mean, I already know where I got my love from mecha, it's because my country just loves voltes v and I've fallen into that bandwagon, but I don't really know exactly why I've also fallen in love with the mystery genre. But after watching this video, that madee recall that it was blue's clues which is the reason why I love the mystery genre. It's because of how steve finds the clues that blue's leaves throughout the place, and that makes me feel even more connected to the show. Damn I miss those plain simple days where everything was just normal, no covid, and we were all still careless about our surroundings, only us and our little fantasies...
The part of the video where you talked about the importance of teaching kids loss while the vcr whirred in the background really pulled at my heartstrings. Good job dude
I had a weird fascination with pre-school aimed television when I was a pre-teen. I would watch Nick Jr and find it genuinely interesting despite being technically "way too old" for it. As such, I enjoyed Blues Clues but could see it from the perspective of someone who would be the target age for the show. It's neat to know that the intent of the show actually worked, to hear from you who is a good 10 or so years younger than me and thus were at the right age for this show when it was out that the show really did teach and create a sense of validation. I don't know, it's pretty cool. My fascination with early childhood programming has come back in recent years as I've begun to have pre-school aged kids of my own.
do you think you could be autistic? my nephew also loves to watch pre school age shows (he is on the spectrum..he does very well in school and typically watches age appropriate things) but yeah he enjoys "baby shows" as he lovingly calls them lol god bless his soul. i find myself often getting sucked into kids shows, especially ones from my actual childhood (it helps that i have my own kids/nephews I'm introducing the throwbacks too)
I watch the new version of Blue's clues with my kids every Saturday nite before the head to bed . I think Joe has a role in that one working in the toy store.
@@WingMaster562 no haven't seen that one yet. The one we watched tonite was about "love day". I didn't know Valentine's day was considered offensive now haha.
@@tendresseak27 Things don't have to be offensive for kids shows to make their own version of it. True & The Magic Kingdom calls Halloween "Tricky Treat Day".
I remember when 'Steve' left and my mom and I had a serious discussion that sometimes people go. I remember being sad and playing with my Blue stuffed animal, never watching it again.
I remember my gran had to tell me that too I was a 2011 kid because I was born in 2009 yet still know the horror I got through with That episode
awww
I had a similar thing happen to me, i never watched it again after steve was gone, once he left my friend was gone. there was no longer a reason to watch.
Thats sad y'all. I was born in 86 but my brother loved Blues Clues. I never got to see Steve leave because we didnt have cable. I liked the got coz he just had the charisma of pee wee Herman. Even when Pee Wee was kicked off the air, I couldn't understand why. So I guess what I'm saying is Pee Wee was my Steve. My brothers Steve was his Pee Wee.
@@violinfanatickamraz1403 You must be 34 then?
Awh man... "many sick children wanted to see their friend Steve." is both super sad and touching.
Hesusio i mean but theyre literally like 4, and idk man, maybe it’s not bad. it’s like kids who want to see the avengers before they die, if it makes them happy, who really cares ig.
*TORTURED SCREAMING AND CRYING AT THE BUS STOP IRL*
mysterymilk boi That's not the sad part.
It’s uplifting in a way
It made me tear up
My mom would set up clue hunts for me, drawing paw prints on sticky notes and putting them on things around the house. Then, once I found them and drew them, I'd rush over and climb onto my thinking chair, a big armchair in our living room and think about it for a while, before triumphantly announcing the answer to her. I love her so much and I'm so thankful for all she did for me, she really made my childhood magical
that's so sweet omg I wish all the happiness in the world for you and your mom
that's so beautiful it made me cry
I’m tearing up omg
That’s so sweet and beautiful🥰
A..hah hah...
If I remember correctly, Steve temporarily returned to say hi on episode 100. Joe filled him in on what "we" had learned so far, and Steve was impressed at us learning fractions.
Good times. Steve leaving is where men cried.
When Steve left, all the children of the world grew a small a chest hair that day
@@MosiahWhite not bc They grew to be a man... But bc They had to, there was no other way to endure the pain
And him returning a few days ago, made us cry too
I was pretty much 4 by 2002 and didnt see the show until like 2004 yet I still teared up seeing it for the first time in this video
Terrible day for rain
the hate-mail gag was both hilarious and profoundly heartbreaking at the same time
What hate mail gag? Was that in the vid or show?
@@thegreatcornholio5025 8:49
@@crazygrape ah, thanks
It was hilarious? It was hysterical!
“We just got a letter
We just got a letter
We just got-
It’s another death threat”
“When someone leaves your life, those exits are not made equal. Some are beautiful and poetic and satisfying; others are abrupt and unfair; but most are unremarkable, unintentional and clumsy.” - Griffin McElroy
I never expected to see this here, but i'm so glad it is.
Well put, although I'd argue that the most poetic losses are often the really tragic ones. Depends on your taste in poetry, I guess.
im sorry but i can't hear "griffin mcelroy" without hearing "40 FT VERTICAL LEAP
Back soon
The most impactful thought I've ever had, is that at some point you'll say goodbye to a friend for the last time, but you won't know it.
I do actually have somewhat of a soft spot for Joe. He never quite reached Steve's level, but I could never hate him.
That basically sums up his entire aesthetic
Same here. He's just being himself and I still thought joe was fun. Steve's big role just overshadowed him
Joe was chill
The new Steve in "Blue's Clues and You" can't even reach JOE'S level and I only saw him like two times in "Blue's Clues"? Idk but I only remember seeing the kind, soft old Steve.
@@angelcoffee1972 I wonder if they would ever do a reunion special, where Steve AND Joe come back.
I ran to my mom crying saying “steve is going to college mom! I’m going to miss him!” 😭 she looked at me like I was crazy! 😂 I was so invested in this show as a child. Steve was literally my best friend. So much nostalgia watching this video I love it ❤️
I did the same!
Im a 35 year old man and this whole video got me in tears, Steve was really someone special, I know the show was meant to talk one on one with the audience individually but no one could have done the way Steve did it, he didn't know how big of a legend he was going to become.
None of us hated joe, we just missed steve
I never knew who joe was cause I grew up before I was able to watch those episodes
@@laudt Dude same, I watched Blue's Clues before Steve wen't to collage. So I never got to be sad when Steve wen't to collage
True that
@Braden Nolan reruns?
Yea
Imagine memorizing an entire plot and having to do it in front of a green screen
I was thinking the same thing. Like, he's just performing in front of a green screen all alone with a few props, when literally almost everything else is digitalized. musta been hard
@@maisha4287 now to put in a separate episode of Blue's Clues on Steve's shirt
It’s so weird because he’s doing it all alone
1,100 liker
@@thedrbat9572 my comment like growth is insane
Your ability to turn this mix of childhood anecdotes and depressing behind-the-scenes clips into such an emotionally resonant and uplifting narrative is pretty outstanding.
This is a really touching video.
👏👏 👏 👏 👏👏👏👏 👏
_Bravó!_
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Agreed.
I am angry that he didn't mention the garfield comic where Jon drank a full cup of dog cum without noticing
I can’t believe he was able to do that
@@IcyDiamond is interesting to see people in the mind
*"Blue's Clues taught me.... that nothing is forever. And that's okay."*
Damn. That hits so hard. 😢
And patterns… can’t forget about the patterns
I wanna cry
Just like how the ending of Amphibia once told us, "Change could be difficult, but it’s how we grow. It’s the hardest thing to realize you can’t hold on to something forever, but sometimes you have to let it go. But half the things you let go, you’d be surprised what makes its way back to you."
Thanks
"we just got a letter, we just got a letter, we just got a let- oh it's a death threat."
Don’t u do this to me, don’t u ruin my favorite childhood show
L M A O
NO NOT BLUE FROM THE HIT SHOW BLUES CLUES
Someone needs to make a comedy of blues clues and add that in
Yeah for the guy on blues clues in the new one
Its like on that very last line the real Steve and the fictional character finally intersected and Steve managed to be himself and completly honest in the show for once.
It's more accurate to say that was the only time he COULD truly be himself, since everything preceding this had to follow a rigid set of scripted phrases. When there would be no more scripts, Steve finally had the ability to be both versions of himself at once.
My mom still talks about how she cried when Steve went to college.
Plot twist Steve was your father
@@largemarge2098 0_0 I never saw it coming!
It’s pretty understandable
If I was a parent I probably would too-
How old is your mom? Just wondering, not being disrespected
The way he drew in his handy dandy notebook was so satisfying cause it was always perfect. I think my obsession with tiny notebooks came from this show lol
Omg same!!!!!
The new guy from the 2019 reboot is Great!!! But his drawings in the notebooks suck.
Same lol
Remember that this man spent years performing in front of a green screen, pretending as if he was talking to friends in a world... which actually never existed. To have to perform like that can take a toll on anyone's brain, yet he managed to keep up with it till the end. That's the mark of a great actor.
Btw I used to watch this when I was 8. :)
Chad
Your comment is so cringe and it's sad that you watched this a year ago 😭😭
@@AB-zc5ff be humble brother
@@AB-zc5ff shut up Roblox pfp
@@AB-zc5ff I also watched it now
"many sick children, when presented with any possible wish in the world, asked to see their friend steve"
cheers mate im crying now
😭😭😭😭
Me to me to :(
@@wabai_879 too and too
@@mbdg6810 you really correcting me when I’m tryna cry?
@@wabai_879 I'm not trying to take away the oppurtunity to express any emotion you are feeling.
He left before I was even born but when I was younger and watched cartoons I always thought that how the crayon fit perfectly into the notebook spiral was so incredibly satisfying
You just unlocked a memory I didn’t know I had
Share it, yo
I too liked that crayon
Yeah my dad made me watched this when I was a kid, and all of the episodes he made me watch was with Steve. I honestly didn't know he left months before I was born.
Same. I remember that episode
🎶We just got a letter!🎶
🎶We just got a letter!🎶
🎶We just got- It's another death treat.
Lol
8:58
😂
HAHAHAHA
hes lucky i get little to no death threats XD
now THIS is gamer.
Damn right
More gamer than ProJared
Dude this is dark web
Hell yeah
Birb
I never hated Joe, but after two episodes watching him I've stopped because he wasn't Steve. I felt that my childhood went away with Steve and left me a bit of an empty feeling.
Same
I felt the same like my child hood was never the same
yeah it wasn’t nearly the same.. an i probably felt resentment toward joe. steve made the show what it was along the energy he brought
Your entire childhood went away with steve???
It's somewhat fitting though depending on your age when you started watching it because by 2002, the original audience was starting to get older.
It felt the same way for most kids that watched the original Power Rangers cast end up slowly breaking apart and being replaced over time.
When I was a kid, I used to think there was a device in the tv that allowed Steve to hear me because I could hear other children in the background. I would get mad because I would sometimes shout out the answer 1st and he would ignore me. I also believed that if I bought a bigger tv it would show more of the picture... I miss being a dumb kid, the world felt so much bigger.
Lol, you know how videos say "leave a thums up"? So idk how so i LITTALLY did a thums up when i was 4.
thats so cute
Nope just shows the same part of the screen just bigger. I LEARNED THE HARD WAY
Wait you mean that wasn't the case?Oh my God if Steve couldn't hear me dose that mean Dora and Diego couldn't either? My whole childhood was a lie.
Same....miss being a tiny dummy
Steve apologised recently to us for his sudden departure and I just cried my way through it? I don't think I realised that it was almost kind of traumatic for me as a kid for Steve to just.... leave like that. But like, in the way that it hurts when a friend moves away.
I cannot believe it's been 25 years.
He left in 2002 you dunce. Thats only 20 years you absolute brainlet.
Wow, guess you didnt listen to Steve during the addition and subtraction lessons at all huh?
Wow.
Its more than 25 years now, and now we get to see our friend Steve at conventions.
What I learned from this:
Steve was a 90s sk8tr boy
But she said see you later boy
He wasn't good enough for her.
Now he’s a super star
I knew that since I was three!
He totally listened to Ska Music
I don't know what's weirder, the fact that there's a generation that lives with Joe instead of Steve, or the fact that there's a generation that lives with Josh instead of Joe and Steve.
Who’s Josh? Didn’t watch the full video so i have no clue if “Josh” is someone he mentioned.
@@thecreatorofpc7929 Oh, Josh was never mentioned in the video but he's basically the current host for the new Blue's Clues and You in Nick Jr. There's actually an episode where he didn't know what's going on with Blue and so he called Joe and Steve. It's such a beautiful moment because it feels like a response to this video.
The only reason why I knew about Josh is because he's Filipino, and it made headlines here
Josh???
Who the hell is Josh???
Ok i understand now
I really didn't expect to cry at a video about blue's clues
Me neither but this video really filled the current hole in my life
yep, especially the make a wish part
Same here! Even though I remember crying when my kids and I were watching the episode where Steve left. *Sniff*
I definitely did
why are my eyes watering
There is an episode of the new blues clues where the new guy calls up Steve and Joe to ask for help with his current clue. At first this moment is nothing more than a cute cameo, then steve asks "hey do you mind if I talk to my friend for a moment". The mood gets a little more personal and the phone is oriented to face the screen. Steve then directly speaks to us like he always did, engaging with us and waiting for our response. Asking us to help the new guy like we helped him. I fucking instantly burst into tears. Its such a personal moment designed to engage with those that grew up with him. Maybe parents watching this new show with their kids would see that and be affected. Steve will always and forever be our friend.
Joe also said "like you helped me" to the audience like Steve... Steve and Joe BOTH told us to help Josh and honestly I cried im almost 22 and I honestly teared up when I watched that scene in the new show
Ya I saw that on facebook and ugly cried 😭
"Daddy why are you crying?"
"HE IS STILL SO KIND, AFTER ALL THIS YEARS"
please have some respect. that new guy is josh. I grew up with this show and remember so well when we got joe. I'm 25. josh is absolutely killing it.
@Lemonworm, such episode was this?
I was in first or second grade when Steve left the show, and I remember, while talking about the change with some friends at lunchtime, one of my friends started to cry. When we asked her if it was because she was gonna miss Steve, she said no, it was because her parents were getting divorced. It seemed out of left field then, but now I wonder if talking about the smaller change (the loss of Steve) poked at the bruise of a much bigger one. Idk, just a thought.
(Thank you for the video, it made me cry, in the good way.)
I believe Steve leaving must have reminded her of how her parents getting a divorcing and never sharing the same household again as big changes for her.
I was in like kindergarten or something
She probably saw it as one more thing changing in her life, and what would be next!!
I can only imagine all those thoughts happening at the same time for a 1st or 2nd grader. She finally broke during lunch time and started crying.
Ok being honest terrible parents if you can't handle a child dont have one if your relationship isnt stable dont have a child dont make children suffer from your mistakes terrible parents terrible people
@@toast4breakfast92 dammmm why didn't the rest of the fucken world think about that 🤔
I personally haven't met anyone that purposely gets married and or have kids thinking let me figure the ways I can fuck this up 🤦
"Steve is an actor, he was playing a character"
Me: "No! Stop it! STOP IT!!! IT HURTS MY FEELINGS!" 😂
LOL
"😂"?
Hurting you feelings while laughing?
@@citysaltlake Sometimes, you have to laugh to keep from crying
@@MahouShoujo-Studios well don't use THAT emoji u know?
I remember having a huge crush on Steve when I was little. I cried so much when he left the show. It's weird how you can connect with someone without ever meeting them.
till you grow up and come to understand you never knew these people so how could you connect with them in any way other then a childish memory of the past. dont get me wrong grew up with the show too but its a show not an actual person to make a connection with. this hole comment section makes me chuckle beyond belief.
There a replacement named josh
That's why the term parasocial relationship exists.
It's also why Twitch is a thing.
@@Caydiem yeah never experienced that, guess i live in reality.
@@CaptainTittus Actually, it has nothing to do with living in a reality or not. My therapist actual brought up parasocial relationships to me, because I grow that type of attachment easily with youtubers & celebrities(or the characters they play) that I relate to in one way or another.
If someone let's it get out of hand, that's when you get creepy obsessed people, who take it to far (stalking, finding phone numbers, ect.) But for people who don't let it get out of hand, it's a way that gives comfort or a sense of friendship.
This happens most frequently with people who feel lonely, weither it's because they were emotionally neglected, or they never felt like they could find people who they related too, ect.
That is typically the reason why people get so attached to people they follow on the internet, or watch on TV. Again, it's dangerous if it gets out of hand, but for most, it's a sense of comfort. Especially in this day and age where many people feel isolated (not just cause covid).
Sorry for the long reply, just wanted to get my thought out there.
The discovery that the host speaks sign language while speaking, made my heart melt. I loooved it because I just thought he was very animated as a child, until later in life realizing that he did that so that anyone could understand Blue's Clues. Simply amazing and underrated.
It’s unbelievable that Fred Rodgers was the standard for children’s programming at one point, he should be the standard again.
Even Bear from Bear in the Big Blue house was comparable to Fred Rodgers.
madden8021
In a sense, yeah. But I guess it’s been a while since there had been a show that calmly and sweetly described to children the gravity of divorce, the negative repercussions of racism and even a mass shooting: which is sadly something more prevalent now more than ever.
@@DiegoAlvarezBeltran1993. Very True indeed.
DBfan 84
You kind of answered your question?
Somewhat, anyway: When he passed away, he left a blueprint of what children’s television /should/ be, kind and gentle, not overbearing and able to communicate even the most important subject matters in an easy digestible manner for children to comprehend but still speaking to them like adults.
It is a fine line that Fred Rodgers drew perfectly.
@@DiegoAlvarezBeltran1993. it doesn't even have to be a copy.
Just teach kids it's okay to feel things. It's okay to be sad. It's okay to be angry. There's a reason they feel that way but they can also stop feeling that way if they want to.
Although this episode was the saddest moment, the most saddest moment was actually Fred Rogers Goodbye Speech that aired at the end of 2002 because one year after the speech, he passed away on February 27th, 2003. Although he was loved by everyone in the world, his goal wasn't achieved. Because even after his death, the world doesn't change. The US-led Coalition invade Iraq, the Afghan War continues to this very day, Libya, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen collapsed into Civil War, it seems like the world doesn't changed. Fred Rogers wanted the world into a better life. Which means he just wanted the world to end those bloodshed. If Fred Rogers lives longer, he would be totally disappointed when he sees the world today.
Itmakes me sad and i loved mr.roger and blues clues
People want to watch the world burn.
But a very rare few just want to watch the world learn.
@MrBloxBlix He kinda did though with children's educational tv programs for pbs.
That’s because this world is run by a satanic elite, not good people like Mr Rogers
@@taidakun_ig boy this is good counter to that quote commenting, cause there is no bookmark/save option, have a like! ;]
Sherlock Holmes can eat it’s heart out. Blues Clues was where the real mysteries were.
Amen
Scooby is blue's uncle? :O
@@moistsocks2188 no... Blue was scoobys uncle
@@sharkbiteshitposts5506 wait but blue is a girl...O.O
Also, scooby doo is much older than blue's clues. So it would fit that scooby is her uncle
@@moistsocks2188 It was a joke I-
As a parent watching a lot of Blue's Clue, the genius part of the show is the non-verbal communications. Young kids picked up Steves facial expressions and Blue's actions. IMO, talking muppets just broke the magic of the show.
I feel like the biggest irony of the show is that Blue's Clues did fake interactivity so well and to a fucking art that stuff like Dora ended up feeling insultingly childish by comparison.
Why am I a 21 year old, sitting on bed, during covid, watching this realizing the reality and wanting to cry 😂
Thats me but younger and its 1:43 T^T
Because this show was a classic
😫
@@Noodles-_ nice rhyme bro
@@Mex-ge9kj wai- wha?
Steve is not just a character. HIS OUR FRIEND 😢😢😢
Not just a friend, a best friend
Not just a best friend a legend
Sorry if this make u mad but it's supposed to be He's not his.
Not just a ledgend but the left hand of god
@Dorian Redwine ok
Your monologue at the end about people changing and friends moving on hits deep with me. Thank you for that, you really worded that absolutely perfectly.
something like that happened to me very recently, and it was heart breaking, but in a weird way this video has helped me come to terms with it
FR literally been through that so it hit way to close to home
That part hit me really hard. I started college this past year and was worried I wouldn’t really meet anyone because I’m not very outgoing. Thankfully, I’m in marching band and had an opportunity to meet some amazing people, so I did make some great new friends. Unfortunately, the first person I started to bond with and thought that I would actually be good friends with was in an accident the night before a performance. When we heard the news the next day I was absolutely devastated. This video reminded me of him, and while it makes me sad, it lets me reflect on how lucky I was to know him.
Same. The community center I work at had 2 receptionists who were very sweet, very intelligent, and they made me feel better about my self when I was down. I usually don’t like making friends at workplaces if only because of connections with the workplaces exist. Specifically, I work for my hometown’s local govt. It’s a city govt job, it’s more shite than your typical local govt, over 80% of the employees are miserable, incompetent, or both. I still don’t like that certain employees (dept heads, city officials, etc.) know who I am as that guy whose parents are city employees.
But it was through working there that I discovered it wasn’t all bad. The 2 receptionists gave me a little bit of hope that things will get better.
And then, within a month of each other, they moved on with their lives by quitting their jobs at the center.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy for them, wish the best and all, and hope they have a good life. But I miss them and miss having them there because they made me laugh in my dark times.
Things change. That doesn’t always mean they will be better, but things do change.
@@gavinyeet5821 I'm very sorry for your loss.
Blues clues taught me that two triangles can make a square or rectangle.
That means that two things can come together to create something greater. Two Ideas, two strengths, two friends, two brothers, etc. It taught me that just because one thing does not work, it could mean that its the only ingredient in this recipe. It could be needing something else to be able to function greater.
I will never forget that show.
That is BEAUTIFUL ToT
That's deep
The episode that Steve left- it was the first to teach me loss... strangely enough, that was probably the last day I thought that everything was picture perfect, and the last day I really had that “spark.”
Damn. Out all of these comments, this one resonates with me and I can't understand why.
Big sad :(
Similar to Stephen Hillenburg leaving Spongebob after the first movie. Spongebob's considered slapstick/physical humor: Laughs came from characters getting hurt. But many iconic jokes are in the show and nobody was injured. After he left, people forgot about that: Instead of slapstick, characters are just getting hurt in stupid ways, but it's not funny anymore. It's isn't the same without you, Stephen (1961-2018).
That year just wasn’t nice. I lost Steve and then the family cat. My childhood was gone and I was sent into a spiraling torrent of pain and misery. HOW COULD YOU LEAVE STEVE
I didn't really believe he wasn't coming back, only hit home on the first episode of the next season, but once I realized that he really wasn't coming back the experience was pretty similar to how you described it.
We just got an upload! We just got an upload! We just got an upload! I wonder who it's from!
It’s another death threat
Oh no...
..
@@DreadBirate Blue, put it in the pile.
@@cherrylemon2940 *Throws into a pile of 1000 or so bloodstained VHS tapes*
Damn why u gotta make me cry like that 😤
Same 😭 I miss you Steve
dude same
It’s 5:30 I couldn’t sleep and now i gotta cry
For real I had completely forgotten about the episode that Steve left and him talking about it brought those emotions back and I had to shed some tears for my main man Steve.
ANJERY
I see no better way of celebrating the franchise’s 25th anniversary than watching this great vid .
There is Steve giving every one our age the feels
If Mister Rodgers is everyone's dad/granddad, Steve was everyone's cool older brother who's going to college at the end of Summer, so you spend more time with him before he goes.
Edit : Thanks for liking. I should clarify I'm a fraud and we never got Mister Rogers in NZ.
Edit 2: Im a fraud, yet again. In NZ we had a similar figure. Her name was Suzy Cato, but she also kind of became a bit of a Bill Nye type. Fantastic woman, like your wonderful Auntie that babysits you.
Agree!
Yeah
true
Dang, the child in my heart is sobbing violently now.
@@naprizodenvtuber2529 mine too
Not me at 20 years old actually crying about Steve leaving
Oh good. Glad to know I wasn't alone lolol
Seriously! I never watched the show but I'm so sad
I grew up with steve and joe but never watched the episode where steve left on that one fateful day, after watching the episode after never watching it when i was little i still cried, i remember steve way more than joe, steve was a pretty big part of my childhood
This was my favorite show since I was a CHILD now I'm a teen 🥺
Me too.
I honestly have so much more respect for Steve Burns as an entertainer knowing that he had to pull off being a kids' show host while also being trapped in the blue screen dimension.
The whole "cultivating a relationship with the kids through the camera totally worked" is absolutely true. I'm STILL convinced that Steve went off to college.
I remember wanting a notepad and an oversized crayon because of this show.
I got my little sibling one, it made her so happy...
SO RELATABLE 😂
Comically large crayon
When I was a kid it was the same. Honestly I think this show is the reason that I like mystery and detective stuff so much now.
I destroyed many a notebook trying.
One of my friends had his own life-size version of the thinking chair and I thought it was the coolest thing in the world. This show really did have a profound impact on people.
That IS the coolest thing in the world. I want one
You know they actually let Steve keep the thinking chair in the end? Or at least one of them? Apparently he’ll actually sit in it with his (real) dog sometimes. You never think about what would happen to the thinking chair, but knowing that Steve still has his chair, still sits in it with his dog, that just keeps me going sometimes.
Kal that’s beautiful 😭
I had one, dont know where it is though
It came with crayons and the Handy dandy Notebook
I had one too. By the time it was no longer in the house (I forget if we donated it or just threw it out), it was in very bad shape thanks to *years* of me endlessly bum-rushing the chair with notebook in hand.
My dog's name was Blue, they named her after the dog in Blue's Clues; Blue. She died November 2019 on veterans day. As you said, nothing lasts forever, and that's okay.
RIP Blue 11-11-19
RIP, hope you’re feeling better random internet person.
25 years of blues clues. Steve's message made me cry in front of my friends and you know what? They did too.
@Juice Campbell a last goodbye bye Steve
@@Ttegegg ew a dream Stan with stupid standards, I didn't know dream stans existed here
@Juice Campbell "look at you, look at all you've done"
"We just got a letter we just got a letter, we just got a letter, I wonder who it's from?"
"NIntendo? Super Smash Bros? wow!"
I wonder what his final smash is
Obviously a Blue's clue.
It's a letter from Hogwarts.
Steve is already in Smash lol
(Wait not this Steve the other one)
"Nintendo?
Cease and desist? wow!"
It makes me sad that they didn’t give Steve a better goodbye. All the characters are just like “okay bye Steve 😽👋”
@@shartface929 rip
I wish blue went with him and blues clues ended, would’ve been the perfect ending
@@GUAMzillaa oh my gosh yes
@@GUAMzillaa just b normal and stop watching then!
@@blessedwolfNotAFurry wtf?
"Nothing is forever and that's okay"... didn't think I'd be getting a dose of reality from this video, but here we are
This is exactly what I expected from this video
This video made me cry like a baby. I couldn’t put into words what Steve and Blue’s Clues meant to me. Even today as an adult, I feel comfort from it. Just hearing and seeing Steve Burns talk makes me happy inside. In a weird way, I guess. I just.. Steve was my best friend. When he went to college, I was happy for him but sad it was over. I didn’t realize it could end. Hell, I was that kid going around talking to furniture thinking everything had a sentience. I was overly nice to everyone. I had friends at school that we would pretend we had Blue or Magenta with us. Thank you, Steve. With you and Blue, I felt like I really could do anything.
I shouldn’t be crying so hard about a show I haven’t so much as thought of, let alone watched, in over a decade... I know it was a character he played, and he couldn’t really see or hear me, but... Watching Steve say goodbye was like watching a close friend leave my life.
Thank you, Steve, for being that friend I needed as a kid. Because goodness knows I needed one.
I felt the same way
Bro I haven't even watched this show at all and I just broke down.
The second that scene of Steve leaving for the bus started, I burst out into tears. You know, like a child. I was 6 when Steve left and it was around the time where organically I was maturing past the program, so seeing Steve moving on so maturely and handing over the reigns to his younger brother really helped me understand as a kid that it was okay for me to move on from it, too. It’s weird how important this show was for me. My little sister grew up with Joe and she had the same relationship with him that I had with Steve. I think it’ll be really beautiful to bring the show back with a new host for a new audience.
And also, pocket world puppet Blue was pretty rad. Just saying.
I grew up with the show mostly with Joe because when Steve left the show, I was a baby (since I was around 1 at the time and of course I didn’t watch Blues Clues until I was around 4 or 5) and Joe mostly was the host when I had the time with the show so I can relate with your sister
@@moonbased7796 you poor man
I was born in 2002, the year Steve left, but I watched all the episodes of Steve as reruns. When I first saw the episode where he left, I was devastated. But I got a mix of Joe and Steve episodes as a child, whatever they aired that day was what I watched. Yet somehow, every episode without Steve was just heartbreaking. You could feel the shift, it wasn't the same. I almost burst out into tears watching this too many times.
@@mountaindew9921 I’m actually a non binary person and secondly I don’t think Joe was bad. Yeah sure Steve was better in my opinion but I really did like Joe since I grew up with Joe more than I did with Steve so I’m not sure why you are calling me a poor guy? 🙄
@@moonbased7796 i get what you mean, i said you where a poor guy because i thought steve was a great host and that you missed out by not growing up with him as a host, but i get what you mean i can see how you like joe too
Oh my god the birth of Baby Paprika was one of my most defining childhood moments
i saw baby paprika when i was little and i loved her. paprika was what made me want a baby sibling
I actually forget about him at all. But this video immediately reminded me of that and I remember how happy I am when I saw baby Paprika is born.
Yes and when I was little I never thought peprika was an actually real
Same
Same
Loved how you analyzed Blues Clues and the impact Steve had on families. Parents watched him with their children and I think we missed him more than the children
The reason none of the other foodstuffs talk is because Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper aren't sentient salt and pepper, they're sentient salt and pepper shakers. Kind of like how Kool Aid Man is just a giant empty pitcher who happens to contain Kool Aid.
Logic.
I've also thought about this
What about baby paprika
Also Steve is just talking skin and just happens to contain a brain, bones, and organs
@@baconbot62 make scenes for me
@@poncedefreon84 Scenes about talking skin that just happen to contain a brain, bones, and organs?
Man, my stomach dropped when he first showed the part where they figured out the clues made a handy dandy notebook. Childhood sadness was reborn from this video
_Every kid and adult lost it when Steve left_ 😭
As a 12 year old, i guess my parent wanted me to grow with the OG 90’s steve which i didn’t know was from the 90’s but gladly still entertained me. But i believe i’ve seen joe atleast once because I recognize his green square hoodie for some reason.
I just did
I never watched Blues clues, cause it isn't airing on my country, so I guess everyone excluding me?
@@akisa7865 i watched the show and wasn’t bothered by it ironically
Same
I am now realizing that Joe was the host when I watched Blue’s Clues, and yet Steve IS Blue’s Clues to me. Steve left 6 months before I was born
Yup. Just like quinton and alnost everyone else her e, acting like they only liked steve yet they werent even born yet for it or were an infant.
can i just say that transition from blues clues steve to the real person at 12:41 was absolutely sick
Ikr idk if it was on purpose
I was just like wha-who’s this dude...wait. That’s Steve?!?!
That was epic
This show sparked my love to draw. I followed along and memorized the way Steve drew the pictures. Now I'm an art student :-))
LET'S GO! ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS!
Art? What about science or engineering
I started drawing around the same time I started watching the show, now I'm at the point of developing my art skills to be a self taught artist after like half a decade of barely drawing stuff I like.
I need to draw Blue and the others as a thank you for this spark in a thing I love a lot
Hey me too. Now i'm an art student too
@@ignatiadwiintan7883 physics teacher? Nice
Quinton: "We just got a letter!"
Me: barely holding back singing along
Quinton: *"It's another death threat."*
Honestly I wanna cut that snippet from the video and use it as a Discord meme, that's gold 🤣
No one talks about how hard it was on the parents when Steve left. As a new Mom, I was broken. 😢 My two year old, however, took it all in stride. 💪🏻 😀
Whenever I think of Blue’s Clues, I think of the one VHS special where Steve had an existential crisis about how he’s never the one to find the clues himself. It resolved with a clue literally falling on his head, giving him the validation he so desperately craved.
EDIT: Thanks to Wikipedia for reminding me the special was called “Blue’s Big Musical Movie”
Anyway, great video as always! Surprisingly emotional
Oh My Lord, I remember that. I rented that tape all the time from Blockbuster.
Agent Raven Aaaaaa, I had that vhs!!! I remember it fondly 💙💙💙
No joke the song steve learns in that movie is still stuck in my head nearly 20 years later Beep Bop Bay Hey Hey
All of the songs in that special unironically slap
@@SharkieTheDork I still know so many of them word for word! It just makes me really happy.
I love the episode of Blue Clues where I was taught about Marxist Theory.
I’m sorry whT
He legit just had a book from chapo trap house
based.
All of them
What episode was that
This is one of the big advantages of live action characters: kids learn about how life changes and how the people in your life come and go. Animated shows often are afraid to portray big changes like this, but with live action they have no choice.
I think the way this show wrote the write off of steve was genius for a kids show
Yeah, like when the store owner died on sesame street.
That's a great point!
To add to it, As Told by Ginger is the only cartoon I can think of where the characters not only grew, but they would consistently change their wardrobes between episodes.
If anyone knows other cartoons which did that, I'd love to hear it.
@@mbdg6810 Definitely. A lesser show would have just recast Steve.
I was 7 when I watched this, I was blank minded when I realized heard him say "college"
All I remember him doing was walking into a blue bus and peeking out the door waving, saying goodbye and smiling.
Thats heartwarming🥲❤❤❤
I was a 2005s kid, yet somehow I NEVER heard about "Joe" , I only ever watched Steve, but grew out of it before I could even get to the part where he left
Me too
Born in 2003 and Steve is still my blues clues host
Born 2004 and I didn't even know Joe existed until a year ago and then I got a bit sad because Steve being the main character in Blues clues is what I grew up with but he left before I was even born.
I miss steve. Im also a 2005's Kid
Never heard "Joe"
Edit:I remeber now the shirt took me awhile to remember
2006
this is gonna sound lame, but to this day i can't watch that episode where steve leaves without crying and my cousins and little sister (who are like 2-8 yo and who i watch it with whenever i babysit them) never understand why because they grew up with joe and that new guy whose name i can't remember. they didn't become steve's friend like i did. i remember wanting so badly to go to college because i thought that if i went there, steve would be there too and then i could still be his friend. now i'm filling out college applications and life is getting real.......
Life sucks :(
bruh
This really making me sad 😢
@@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory yea serously
That’s wholesome, touching, nostalgic and I feel that.
Maybe the real Blues Clues is the friends we made along the way.
Your not wrong, 😭
Stop, I don't wanna cry
They really were.
*sad salute*
Slept with*
I didn’t know we were making memories. We were just having fun!
-Winnie The Pooh
😢
Quinton: **has a wholesome moment to think on his morality**
VCR: _oooOooOOHH g0d PlAy Me!! iT bBbUuUuRrRrRrRnNnNsSsSs_
We just got a letter
We just got a letter
We just go-
It’s another death threat
good on you for watching the video! wouldn't have caught it otherwise, thanks! :D
Russian soldier receives letter from home before going to fight at Stalingrad (circa 1943)
I was expecting it to go
We just got a letter
We just got a letter
We just got a let-
I have prostate cancer
@@luxiken6719 holy shit that took a sharp turn
Another
*early 2000S TV noises in the morning*
"We just got a letter we just got a letter wonder who it's from!"
I will never forget the 2000S
The episode when Steve left is actually the only episode I clearly remember.
I know every generation says it but I’m genuinely so happy to have grown up in the late 90’s/early 2000’s. It really was a golden age of tv
Ah yes, the good days :’)
The episode I remember most clearly was the episode where Magenta comes to visit Blue. 💖
I also had the biggest crush on Steve growing up.
My 4 year old just got to those episodes. I've rarely seen her cry like this, and only once over something on a show. Truly an amazing, sweet, and heartbreaking thing to see.
Steve leaving was the saddest thing I can endure
The new blues clues disappoints me
Yeah
Ikr the new blues clues sucks
Wait. There is a new one? I didn't watch the whole thing vid yet.
It’s like this new dude, I saw it the other day and had to turn it oFfff
Yes it even has a different name now
I remember the cameo they did where they showed Steve as a full grown adult working as a police detective
Yep I saw that too. And Joe owns a present store.
What season and episode?
@@hawkfeather6802 I wonder if it’s “THE” present store that Steve brought Blue’s turtle from. Cause if it is, that would be amazing.
@@TheNaturalGamer1 season 1 of blue's clues & you, hosted by Josh. Didn't know what episode though. Joe's costume evolution is *chef's kiss*.
@@modrenwarefare yes it’s the same store you can watch the full episode on UA-cam here’s the link to it ua-cam.com/video/HDlO4JIDFtM/v-deo.html
As someone about to become a true adult within less than a year from now, I'm borderline tearing up to this video.
Congrats on being an adult.
You never really do become a "true adult", as you may or may not have learned by now
Steve's hairline: I'm about to end this mans whole career.
LITERALLY
😭
Bruh I miss him 🥺
Funny enough, it literally did XD
Sigh it really kinda did : (
Fun fact: Steve wrote the theme song for the show “Young Sheldon” on CBS.
Huh. You learn something everyday!
Really?
Huh
@@mreggsplays2080 wth r you talking bout
@@mreggsplays2080 you try too hard to fit in
The fact that the theory that the Actor who played Steve died was just awful.
He just Quit to move to comedy because he was balding XD he's quite a funny comedian though....I'm not gonna lie about that
(Edited to fix grammar errors)
At first I didn't see "theory" and had a heart attack thinking the actor had actually died. The WAVE of relief that came over me when I realized my mistake was......a lot.
(I know you already fixed the grammar some, but there’s an part missing from a sentence structured with the leading of ‘The fact’ follow directly by ‘that the theory’, as it leads to a connection to the actor dying (not being your opinion on it). I literally broke my brain trying to explain why it doesn’t make sense, but from my perspective I see two rephrasing possibilities: ‘The fact that there was a theory that the Actor who played Steve died, is just awful.’ or, ‘The fact that the theory was that the Actor who played Steve, died, is just awful’. I suppose you could keep the past tense of was in the second half, if you want to to make the existence of the theory present tensed, but personally I feel more inclined to the first possibility. Where it was placed, ‘was just awful.’, could, and was considered correct because of the inconsistency of the dependent clause the sentence began with, however after reconstruction, unless you wanted to allude to it that you don’t feel it is awful anymore or is not causing effects at this time, you should adjust it. I don’t know if that made any sense cause English is wack, but the options I gave you work anyway.
Edit: Cause my sleep deprived brain had to pause to try and remember English a few times and the send button was right next to where I needed to press to start typing at the end of the reply.
And, nother half an hour of my life gone. Yay. Have a good day Idk :p :<
)
@@astroboystan thanks for the learning experience dude, I'm dyslexic so writing is an issue for me at times
... I got multiple bald spots... alopecia... some spots regrew in a couple of months, my big one took 2 years... apparently the doc can give you some steroid cream to try to fix it...
I've heard good things about hair transplants aswell, but I'm not sure about beard transplants...
love your videos Eli! cool to see you on a video commenting!
chair
Wait why did you say this
@@usmanshah9089 i just fell on a chair and thats all i could think about
I’m being completely serious when I say that this video nearly brought me to tears. I found myself singing or saying out loud old sound bites from the show. I remembered the notebook, the chair, the characters, all of it. Maybe the hardest throwback I’ve ever been hit with, to a time I can only remember through those moments that bring me back
Nearly, don't lie, you cried, like me, 35 year old man and this video made me shed tears.
😭I miss it
Steve going to college: Truly the saddest moment in TV history :(
Ah good to know my memory did not fail me and that he did go to college
I never got this many likes before...
(Like any person would call out, ThAnKs! C:
The only thing I took away from this video is that BLUE IS A GIRL.
I grew up feeling like the king of the play ground cause I knew that Blue was female
Before I knew about Blue being female, I shipped her with Magenta XD
@@cloudywillowshome My child brain used to think Pepper and The Mailbox would fall in love, no clue why I thought that but I did. Got pretty upset when she got with Salt. 7/10 Romance Plot
@@cloudywillowshome hey, you can still ship them!
@@cloudywillowshome magenta is a boy
Man, I’m actually really glad he left because he felt he couldn’t keep playing Steve. For some reason I had it in my mind that he quit because of drug abuse.
i think my parents told me that too
It’s an old playground tale that Steve died from a cocaine overdose
I heard it was a car crash... Like we all couldn't think of Blue's Clues without Steve to the point we thought he died?
Bro for some reason I thought he went to college in the last episode. Then I heard that he died in a car crash.
@@immanuel1329 *irl*
This makes me wanna save these shows for my kids when I have them. Blue's Clues, the earlier Tom & Jerry, earlier Spongebob ect. Things have more soul back then
*GRAVITY FALLS*
@@JETS5 *_it's just another goofy episode filled with jokes for kids_*
Don't forget KND and Regular Show
I agree with this
Tom and Jerry is one of the few shows that stayed pretty good.
This was sad, nostalgic, happy, and depressing at the same time...
I miss my childhood...
I do too...😭
You really made me have an existential crisis in which memory and time caught up to my present. I'm going to college and have no idea what I'm doing and that's ok. It's not a sad moment but one I will remember fondly. Thanks, genuinely.
I get this man is probably in his early 40's now, I'd still call him my friend, even though I know he's not the same as he was on the show. He made my childhood, especially since I didn't have any friends irl back then. He was the only friend I had, so him leaving hurt me so much, and it still kinda does now, though I do have at least one irl friend now.
Same i thought he was my only friend and I didnt know there were episodes where he left bcoz of him I thought I dont need any friends I also send a letter to him in a nearby post office DO U WANNA BE MY BEST FRIEND? But sadly now I realized that it was a old mail box
Decided i'd reply to 1 comment, and yours resonated to me. :o I too didn't have many friends when i was.. 5 or 6, and I had the Handy Dandy notebook, and a stuffed animal of blue. Steve was a better friend then most friends will ever be now.. I never watched the episode Steve left on, because i was at the age where I wandered to other shows, and occasionally my mother would yell, "oh hey it's your favorite show!" and we'd all watch.. then Steve was gone on one of those.. random episode encounters.. and we forever stopped watching.. We never knew why he left, and I'm glad it was on his terms, and not various other reasons. by now, age 26, I realize my love for drawing probably started with Blues Clues, however minor it was. Now.. I've lost my imagination.. :/ oh well.. I'm glad I stumbled on to this video, kinda adds Closure to what happened to Steve.
@@qwaszxcvbnm7 it's ridiculous how qe are finding each other and being connected because of a kids show. I too used to wander to other shows, ofc the only (2) difference is that the shows I used to watch (including blue's clues) was saved on a laptop that we would just connect to our tv, and that I was younger than 5 back when I watched the show. I have a terrible memory so my memories of that show was very vague, so I can't really remember if I did watched the episode where steve left, but even if memory was vague, I can clearly recall steve, blue (which I still thought a boy until this video) and the theme of the show, which is doing detective work (as I like to call it back then) and finding clues scattered around the house and fit the puzzle pieces to make something very cool, like a experiment I would be lying if I said that my drawing skills didn't came from the show, but that isn't really what I got from the show. What I TRULY got from the show was my love for mystery solving. I've always loved gravity falls' idea of a boy trying to solve the mysterious things that's happening of the said place, and I've also fallen into the ARG (short for Alternate Reality Game) rabbit hole. But there's something that's going I to my mind, what's the reason? Why do I love these things? Ofc I know the reason that I've been connected into this genre since childhood, like the mecha genre, but from where exactly? I mean, I already know where I got my love from mecha, it's because my country just loves voltes v and I've fallen into that bandwagon, but I don't really know exactly why I've also fallen in love with the mystery genre. But after watching this video, that madee recall that it was blue's clues which is the reason why I love the mystery genre. It's because of how steve finds the clues that blue's leaves throughout the place, and that makes me feel even more connected to the show. Damn I miss those plain simple days where everything was just normal, no covid, and we were all still careless about our surroundings, only us and our little fantasies...
Imagine a 40-year old being a friend
Happens all the time..
The fact that this man changed our childhoods and is so humble. 😊🤗🥲
The part of the video where you talked about the importance of teaching kids loss while the vcr whirred in the background really pulled at my heartstrings. Good job dude
I had a weird fascination with pre-school aimed television when I was a pre-teen. I would watch Nick Jr and find it genuinely interesting despite being technically "way too old" for it. As such, I enjoyed Blues Clues but could see it from the perspective of someone who would be the target age for the show. It's neat to know that the intent of the show actually worked, to hear from you who is a good 10 or so years younger than me and thus were at the right age for this show when it was out that the show really did teach and create a sense of validation. I don't know, it's pretty cool. My fascination with early childhood programming has come back in recent years as I've begun to have pre-school aged kids of my own.
do you think you could be autistic? my nephew also loves to watch pre school age shows (he is on the spectrum..he does very well in school and typically watches age appropriate things) but yeah he enjoys "baby shows" as he lovingly calls them lol god bless his soul. i find myself often getting sucked into kids shows, especially ones from my actual childhood (it helps that i have my own kids/nephews I'm introducing the throwbacks too)
i wasn't trying to be rude, you know how they didn't diagnose people for that back in our youth..and autistic to me means uniquely genius anyways 😏
@@leahcar5312 I lost it when i read that first sentence 😂
Lol me too I used to watch when I was 12 too
@@leahcar5312 Lol as an autistic person, we don't all have the same interests. It is pretty common for us to have "niche" interests, though.
I watch the new version of Blue's clues with my kids every Saturday nite before the head to bed . I think Joe has a role in that one working in the toy store.
Have you seen the one where they called Steve? And in his cameo, he is revealed that he became a police detective
@@WingMaster562 no haven't seen that one yet. The one we watched tonite was about "love day". I didn't know Valentine's day was considered offensive now haha.
@@tendresseak27 Things don't have to be offensive for kids shows to make their own version of it. True & The Magic Kingdom calls Halloween "Tricky Treat Day".
Question if your an adult than why are you saying nite not night and tonite not tonight
@@CowsEatPineaples30 I'm French. English is my second language. Always thought that both ways were acceptable.
You can clearly see Steve holding back tears on that last line before going out.