Blue's Clues is a daytime children's show which airs on
Nickelodeon. It features a paper-cutout animation similar
to that of South Park. The series follows a blue dog,
named Blue, through her everyday life, providing small
children with educational entertainment. From 1996 to
2002, Blue's owner was Steve, a non-animated character
played by Steve Burns. When Burns chose to leave the show,
the character Steve went off to college and his younger
brother Joe (played by Donovan Patton) moved in to take
care of Blue. The game of Blue's Clues begins near the
beginning of the episode, when the host asks Blue some
sort of question. Blue responds by jumping at the screen
and marking it with a blue pawprint. The host, with the
help of the audience (who are constantly spoken to and
asked questions by the host), then searches the house
for Blue's three clues. Along the way, the host speaks
with many other residents of the house, which are usually
characters based on inanimate objects such as a desk drawer,
a shaker of salt, and a mailbox. After all three have
been found, the host sits in his "thinking chair"
and puts the three clues together to form a central image.
This image is the answer to the host's original question,
which goes along the lines of "What does Blue want
to do today?"
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