I genuinely can't remember life before we had access to the world wide web at our fingertips! "Blue's Clues Giving Top Non-Dog a Sendoff". [125] They also showed that since children are selective in the material they attend to and that their interaction increases with comprehension and mastery, children tend to pay more attention to novel information and interact more with material they have seen before and mastered. Researcher Alisha M. Crawley and her colleagues stated that the show was "unique in making overt involvement a systematic research-based design element. This page was last edited on 8 March 2021, at 01:31. I hate to admit it, I'd be completely lost without my smart phone. [5][6] By the time Blue's Clues premiered in 1996, there was a large number of TV shows for children, but most of them were violent and designed to sell action toys and other products. Kirkorian, Heather L.; Ellen A. Wartella; Daniel R. Anderson. Paprika and Cinnamon – Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper's young children. [129] Two-year-olds who viewed a pretaped video with instructions about how to find a toy in an adjoining room by a non-interactive researcher did not use the information, even though they smiled and responded to questions. By 2002, Blue's Clues had received several awards for excellence in children's programming, educational software, and licensing, and had been nominated for nine Emmy Awards. In the UK, this show was presented by a guy called Kevin Duala and I believe he's a reporter for The One Show. Crawley, Alisha M.; Daniel R. Anderson; Alice Wilder; Marsha Williams; Angela Santomero (Dec 1999). Blue's Clues was the first cutout animation series for preschoolers and resembles a storybook in its use of primary colors and its simple construction paper shapes of familiar objects with varied colors and textures. Crawley and Anderson also studied whether experienced viewers of Blue's Clues interacted more with other children's TV shows[124] and whether the viewing behaviors they learned from Blue's Clues could be transferred to other shows. Crawley, Alisha M.;Daniel R. Anderson; Angela Santomero; Alice Wilder; Marsha Williams; Marie K. Evans; Jennings Bryant (June 2002). If I ever see him, I will shake his hand immediately because I loved Blues Clues when I was younger. Slippery Soap – A bar of soap who lives in the bathroom sink. They used research about child development and young children's viewing habits that had been conducted in the thirty years since the debut of Sesame Street in the U.S. and revolutionized the genre by inviting their viewers' involvement. [39], Johnson was cast as Blue's voice because, of the show's crew, she was able to sound the most like a dog. The character Blue was originally conceived as a cat, and the name of the show was to be "Blue's Prints," but the show's name was changed and Blue became a dog because Nickelodeon was already producing a show about a cat. After getting a look at the ugly crone, Moe and Larry select Shemp to be the groom. Tracy's book is a business guide based on Nickelodeon and the history of. The show's producers and creators presented material in a narrative format instead of the more traditional magazine format, used repetition to reinforce its curriculum, and structured every episode the same way. Craig Doyle reports from Hamburg, Germany; first-time skiers Kevin Duala and his daughter take to the slopes in Austria; Valerie Singleton visits the chic Italian island of La Maddalena and Arabella Weir reports from the Seychelles. [103] The creators chose Jonathan Hochwald as the live show's producer,[102] Gip Hoppe as its director, and Dave Gallo as its set designer. Speaker: Nacho Martinez. Who is Kevin Duala? The show's extensive use of research in its development and production process inspired several research studies that have provided evidence for its effectiveness as a learning tool. Troseth, Georgene L.; Megan M. Saylor. The researchers predicted that since shows like Blue's Clues help children feel empowered to learn, it could have long-term effects in motivating children to learn and provide them with a lifelong love of learning. Like real dogs, she does not speak and communicates solely through inflection. (2000). I'm vegan. [35][24] Burns himself stated, "I knew I wasn't gonna be doing children's television all my life, mostly because I refused to lose my hair on a kid's TV show, and it was happenin'—fast. "Effects of Repeated Exposures to a Single Episode of the Television Program Blue's Clues on the Viewing Behaviors and Comprehension of Preschool Children. An open casting call for the show's new host occurred in April, and production began in the summer of 2018. [40], The series takes place inside of a picture book world in which everything is made of paper cutouts, clay, and other craft materials. "Researching Blue's Clues: Viewing Behavior and Impact". (May/June 2006). The choice for Blue's Clues became to tell one story, beginning to end, camera moving left-to-right like reading a storybook, transitions from scene to scene as obvious as the turning of a page. Please Note: Due to the Covid 19 pandemic the UK television schedules are currently subject to much alteration! Meanwhile, The One Show reporter Kevin Duala shared a photo of himself alongside a filming crew and … [113] They discovered that audience participation was lower for the first few viewings, because children paid more attention to unfamiliar material, and because it was more cognitively demanding to understand and solve the problems presented. Find exactly what you're looking for! [127], Georgene L. Troseth and her colleagues at Vanderbilt University studied how toddlers use information gained from prerecorded video and from interactions with a person through closed-circuit video, and found that two-year-olds do not learn as much from prerecorded videos because the videos lack social cues and personal references. I wanted so much to give kids a television show that celebrates how smart they are, because I truly believe they are brilliant. [75], Sesame Street reflected the prevailing view that preschoolers had short attention spans; it featured a magazine-like format[56] consisting of varied segments. Nielsen ratings of the show's first season, when the same episode was shown daily, were flat over the five-day period, which indicated to Anderson that young children did not tire of its repetition or of its complexity over time. They wanted to provide their viewers with more "authentic learning opportunities"[65] by placing problem-solving tasks within the stories they told, by slowly increasing the difficulty of these tasks, and by inviting their involvement. I've been vegetarian since childhood and decided to go vegan when my "[3] They found that as the pilot progressed, children's attention was not only captured and sustained, but they became excited and actively participated with what they saw, to the point that they stood up to get closer to the television and spoke back to the host. "[34] Burns remained on Blue's Clues for seven years and was in over 100 episodes before he left. Episode repetition seemed to empower viewers, as shown in their enthusiastic efforts to solve the problems presented to them. Kevin Duala Narrator TV24.co.uk is a fast and easy way to check what's on TV in the United Kingdom. Nick Balaban, who wrote the music for the show along with Michael Rubin, was cast as the voice of Mr. Salt. Magenta Comes Over is a Blue's Clues VHS tape featuring 2 episodes from its 1st and 2nd seasons. [105] Nick Balaban and Michael Rubin, who wrote the music for the TV show, composed the live show's soundtrack. He dreams of becoming the captain of a boat when he grows up. Fisch, Shalom M.; Rosemarie T. Truglio (2001). [25], The pace of Blue's Clues was deliberate, and its material was presented clearly. [32] The show's digital design department combined high-tech and low-tech methods by creating and photographing three-dimensional objects, then cutting them out and placing them into the background. He is an avid Liverpool FC supporter but opted to go to drama school after an injury stalled his football career. One viewer managed to work out Kevin's identity and took to Twitter to reveal the news. Troseth stated that repetition, repeated exposure, and familiarity with the show's host may increase children's ability to learn facts and to use strategies they learn from Blue's Clues to solve new problems. [109] In total, the show was syndicated in 120 countries, and was translated into 15 languages. [16] He also worked as a freelance producer for Nickelodeon from 1993 to 1994. [61] Like Sesame Street, formative research which the producers called their "secret sauce,"[62] was used during all aspects of the creative and decision-making process during the production of Blue's Clues. An ethical loan helps a man launch his own barbecue business in an authentic American school bus, and a woman looks for £1,500 to transform her daughter's bedroom. [7][8] According to author Diane Tracy in her 2002 book Blue's Clues for Success, "The state of children's television was pretty dismal. The show was originally hosted by Steve Burns, who left in 2002 and was replaced by Donovan Patton as Joe until 2006. A rough video, in which the host performed from the revised script in front of a blue screen with no animation, was filmed and retested. [114] Repetition, which the researchers called "an inexpensive tool to maximize comprehension,"[115] improved comprehension, held children's attention, and increased audience participation. Ryan, Erin; Cynthia Nichols; Melissa Weinstein; Rebecca Burton. It has been syndicated in 120 countries and translated into 15 languages. Dhingra, Koshi; Alice Wilder; Alison Sherman; Karen D. Leavitt (April 2001). [100] It also won a Peabody Award in 2001. "Do Children Learn How to Watch Television? The Liverpudlian started his career on stage appearing as Rocky 1 in Starlight Express. [63][64] In addition to a curriculum that emphasized reasoning skills relevant to preschoolers' everyday lives, the producers wanted to include audience participation, called by Variety its "call and response style,"[26] that encouraged mastery of the information presented, positive reinforcement, and prosocial messages. Its creators believed that if children were more involved in what they were viewing, they would attend to its content longer than previously expected—for up to a half hour—and learn more. The season 3 episodes with most of it with Kevin Duala, but some episodes with Steven Burns Topics: Kevin Duala, Steven Burns. [note 2][39] Patton had never seen Blue's Clues before he auditioned for the part but, like Burns, was the favorite with preschool test audiences. In the United Kingdom it was hosted by Kevin Duala[108] and the Korean version became part of pop culture in South Korea. Sidetable Drawer – The keeper of the Handy Dandy Notebook, whom the host must visit before every game of Blue's Clues. Burns was involved in Patton's selection. [6] The cable network Nickelodeon, which had been airing programs for six- to twelve-year-olds, was not legally bound by the CTA but complied with it many years before the laws and regulations were passed anyway. After getting a look at the ugly crone, Moe and Larry select Shemp to be the groom. When I believed we had the best show on television that could educate preschoolers and positively impact their lives, I was relentless. Assuming there is food and water there, I'd take Sunscreen. 1 Episodes Featured 2 Contents 3 Face Promos 4 Facts 5 Number 6 Printdate 7 Gallery "Magenta Comes Over" (Season 1, Episode 19) "What Does Blue Want to Do with Her Picture?" Make sure you join us to find out more about the up and coming tour, what life is really like living with Blue and how you can help your child learn through play. "[25] Every episode of Blue's Clues was structured in this way. [54], Nickelodeon researcher Daniel R. Anderson called the structure of Blue's Clues a game that presented its viewers with increasingly challenging and developmentally appropriate problems to solve. [110] Blue's Clues won an award from the Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness (GLAD) for promoting deaf awareness in the media. After five viewings, more of the viewers' cognitive resources were available for interaction and participation, so they answered more questions. ", "Blue's Clues for Success: The 8 Secrets Behind a Phenomenal Business", "The Children 's Hour Revisited: The Children ' s Television Act of 1990", "TV NOTES; 'Blue's' Creator Wouldn't Stay", "The Joy of Repetition, Repetition, Repetition", "You're in good company: Alice Wilder '88", "Calling Blue: And on That Farm He Had a Cellphone", "Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues is Back, Remade for a New Generation of Preschoolers", "Steve Burns Finally Confirms Why He Left 'Blue's Clues. Back to Blue's World [17] Santomero worked at Nickelodeon as a researcher and Johnson was a freelance artist and animator. Blue's Clues was the longest-running Nick Jr. series until it was surpassed by Dora the Explorer in 2012. So normal, in fact, that when I met the show’s Kevin Duala, who hosts alongside my hero Angela Rippon, I didn’t even realise and chatted menopause to him for ages. "'Blue' skiddoos, live, to Rosemont Theatre". [90] Their process looked like traditional cut-out animation, but was faster, more flexible, and less expensive, and it allowed them to make changes based on feedback from test audiences. Kevin Duala was on the BBC show to talk about the NHS but it was his familiar face that got people talking. Alice Wilder joined the team shortly after its debut and, according to Tracy, reinvented the role of research in children's television, as well as helping to train the writers and animators to trust and use research. The producers believed this telecast strategy empowered young children by giving them many opportunities to master the content and problems presented to them. [103] As of 2002, over 2 million people had attended over 1,000 performances. [26], In March 2018, Nickelodeon announced it would revive Blue's Clues with an order of 20 episodes. Writers created a goal sheet, which identified their objectives based on the show's curriculum and audience needs. Those he interviewed both admitted they were running for charities close to their hearts, with one revealing he was raising money for an organisation that had supported him after his 14-year-old daughter … [26] In 2000, it became one of the first preschool shows to incorporate American Sign Language into its content, with between five and ten signs used consistently in each episode. [65][74] These learning opportunities included the use of mnemonics in the form of mantras and songs, and what Tracy called "metacognitive wrap-up"[73] at the end of each episode, in which the lessons were summarized and rehearsed. [27], In 2000, with very little "fanfare" and after 75 episodes, co-creator and co-producer Todd Kessler left Blue's Clues and Nickelodeon, to pursue other projects. "[119] A similar study, also conducted in 2000 by many of the same researchers, found that experienced Blue's Clues viewers interacted more with other educational programs than did inexperienced viewers, which proved that watching Blue's Clues changed the way children watch television. "Recognised the reporter on The One Show tonight and couldn't figure it … [37] Patton was subjected to the same kind of scrutiny to earn the job,[24] and was selected out of 1,500 auditions. After pausing, child voice-overs provided the answers so that they were given to children who had not come up with the solution and helped encourage viewer participation. People are always surprised when I tell them I'm vegan, often commenting "but you look so healthy" which always makes me chuckle! [118] They found that when the content of a program was new and challenging, children paid more attention, and when it was familiar, either from previous viewings or in a format they recognized, they instead interacted more. 19.00: The Noble Romans as 10am 20.00: Laughter in the Air [74] It has been described as the first commercial television show for preschoolers that was both educational and profitable. Blue's Clues is an American live-action/animated educational children's television series that premiered on Nick Jr. on September 8, 1996. Producers/creators Angela Santomero, Todd Kessler, and Traci Paige Johnson combined concepts from child development and early-childhood education with innovative animation and production techniques that helped their viewers learn. The writers and creators revised the scripts based on this feedback. At the end of the study, regular viewers outperformed the non-viewers, solving problems more successfully and systematically. [55] Early episodes focused on basic subjects such as colors and numbers, but later the programs focused on math, physics, anatomy, and astronomy. [126], Erin Ryan and her colleagues performed a 2009 study on the effect of the use of American Sign Language (ASL) in Blue's Clues episodes. The purpose of the recurrent formats and content, which were similar in every episode, was to increase viewers' attention, comprehension, and participation during key educational lessons. She was voiced by, Joe – Steve's younger brother and his Blue's Clues playing apprentice who hosts the fifth and sixth seasons. A Field Guide to the Children's Television Act". [5] By 2002, Blue's Clues had received several awards for children's programming, educational software, and licensing[98] and been nominated for nine Emmy Awards. Paprika is their daughter, and Cinnamon is their newborn son who is introduced in season four. [73] The creators and producers used film techniques to present information from multiple perspectives in many "real world" contexts, or situations within the daily experiences of young children. The music, produced by composer Michael Rubin and pianist Nick Balaban, was simple, had a natural sound, and exposed children to a wide variety of genres and instruments. 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"Tale of the Pup: Innovative Skein Leads Way to Preschool TV boom". [127][128] The purpose of signed communication and its connection with ASL and the Deaf community was not clearly explained, either. [19] At first, Nickelodeon had hired Anderson as an adviser for its Nick Jr. block of preschool programs starting in 1993, although Santomero had already been getting his input about research informally. Troseth speculated that their research had implications for interactive educational shows like Blue's Clues, which although was "on the right track"[130] due to the way in which the host invites interaction with the show's viewers, did not provide children with the social cues to solve real-world problems. "[25] The length of the pauses, which was estimated from formative research, gave children enough time to process the information and solve the problem. She is very number-oriented, likes to keep schedules, and often helps Steve or Joe with basic math. When they recover some tax money stolen by a corrupt official, the King rewards them with marriage to his daughter. The Dispossessed Daughter. He was voiced by. The producers wanted to foster their audience's sense of empowerment by eliciting their assistance for the show's host and by encouraging their identification with the character Blue, who served as a stand-in for the typical preschooler. "[65] The show was designed and produced on the assumption that, since children are cognitively active when they watch television,[19] a show could be an effective method of scientific education for young children by telling stories through pictures and by modeling behavior and learning. [91] Unlike traditional animation environments, which tended to be highly structured, the animators were given information about the characters and goals of the scenes they would animate, and then given the freedom to work out the timing and look of each scene themselves, as long as their creations were true to the characters and to the story. As of 2002, over 2 million people had attended over 1,000 performances. He compared regular viewers and non-viewers and found that the show's episode repetition strategy improved children's comprehension while holding their attention and increasing their participation, which suggested that watching Blue's Clues increased children's learning and social interactions. [73], Blue's Clues was set in the home—the environment that was most familiar and secure for preschoolers—and looked like no other children's television show. [15] Kessler had a background in children's television, with prior experience on Sesame Street, but he disagreed with its format and thought that it was too static and not visual enough. Jasmine is never in one place for long; if she's not, then she's likely to be working on an insightful documentary or chasing around after her two year old daughter. [14] According to The New York Times, Kessler was the first creator to be brought on board to the project; Santomero and Johnson joined soon after. "[5][note 1], There was little incentive for producing high-quality children's television until 1990, when Congress passed the Children's Television Act (CTA), which "required that networks be held accountable for the quality of children's programming or risk losing their license". Blue's Clues was the first animated series for preschoolers that utilized simple cut-out construction paper shapes of familiar objects with a wide variety of colors and textures, resembling a storybook. The features were also in the form of both recurrent and unique formats and content. A live production of Blue's Clues, which used many of the production innovations developed by the show's creators, toured the U.S. starting in 1999. "Young Children's Use of Video as a Source of Socially Relevant Information". He is perhaps best known for hosting United Kingdom's version … [3] Producers/creators Angela Santomero, Todd Kessler, and Traci Paige Johnson combined concepts from child development and early-childhood education with innovative animation and production techniques that helped their viewers learn. [10] Congress provided little direction in how the CTA was enforced and the law was so vague, no real improvements were made,[11] so the FCC "strengthened its regulations enforcing the CTA"[12] in 1996. He wears Steve's outfit * Although much of the musical content is the same, some of the song lyrics are different.