Blue's Room
Blue's Room is an American children's live-action/animated puppet television series originally broadcast on Nickelodeon as part of the Nick Jr. block. It is a spin-off series of the popular Blue's Clues series, and was created by Traci Paige Johnson and Angela C. Santomero.[1] The show started as short segments on Blue's Clues episodes in Season 6.
| Blue’s Room | |
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| Genre | Children's television series |
| Created by | Traci Paige Johnson Angela Santomero |
| Based on | Blue's Clues by Traci Paige Johnson Todd Kessler Angela Santomero |
| Presented by | Donovan Patton Victoria Pontecorvo |
| Starring | Leslie Carrara-Rudolph Peter Linz Cheryl Blaylock Joey Mazzarino Tyler Bunch Marc Petrosino Donovan Patton Antonio Oriz |
| Voices of | Jared Goldsmith Christiana Anbri Brianna Gentilella Victoria Pontecorvo |
| Opening theme | "(Me and You) In Blue's Room" |
| Ending theme | "Way Great Playdate (With You)" |
| Composer(s) | Nick Balaban Michael Rubin J. Walter Hawkes (associate composer) (season 1) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 17 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-Camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Nick Jr. Productions Out of the Blue Enterprises (uncredited in season 1) |
| Distributor | MTV Networks |
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| Original network | Nickelodeon |
| Original release | August 10, 2004 – March 29, 2007 |
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| Related shows | |
In March 2015, the entire series was made available as part of the Noggin app.[2]
Premise
The series centers around the title character and host of the show, Blue, a happy-go-lucky female blue puppy who talks and loves to sing, dance, and play with her new friends. Blue often interacts with her friends including Sprinkles, Blue's shy little brother who was introduced in the second season as the co-host, Roar E. Saurus (or simply Roary), an orange dinosaur who likes to practice roaring, Frederica, a purple doll who likes to pretend it's her birthday, and Polka Dots, a sea-foam plush toy who creates puzzles for others to solve. Together, they go on adventures, solve different problems, and use their imaginations.
Characters
Main
- Blue (puppeteered by Leslie Carrara-Rudolph and voiced by Victoria Pontecorvo) – The title character and hostess of the show. Blue is a happy-go-lucky female blue puppy who is Sprinkles' older sister. She often greets others by shouting, "Hi you!" and usually asks viewers open-ended questions. Her catchphrase is "Hoop-dee-doo!"
- Polka Dots (puppeteered and voiced by Peter Linz) – Blue's best friend, a sea-green plush toy who creates puzzles for others to solve.
- Frederica a.k.a Fred (puppeteered and voiced by Cheryl Blaylock) – Fred is one of Blue's good friends who usually pretends that it is her birthday every day. She is a purple doll with orange hair.
- Roar E. Saurus a.k.a Roary (puppeteered and voiced by Joey Mazzarino) – An orange dinosaur who likes to practice roaring.
- Sprinkles (puppeteered and voiced by Joey Mazzarino) – Blue’s baby brother and the co-host of the show added to the cast in the second season. Sprinkles is a somewhat shy spotted puppy.
- Doodle Board (puppeteered and voiced by Peter Linz) – An easel who doodles and draws to tell the viewer to guess what the object is.
- Dress-Up Chest (puppeteered and voiced by Tyler Bunch) – A purple treasure chest who gives the others costumes to wear. He occasionally narrates story segments.
- Boogie-Woogie (puppeteered and voiced by Joey Mazzarino) – A jukebox who likes to sing and dance.
- Silly Seat (puppeteered by Marc Petrosino and voiced by Jared Goldsmith) – A chair who tells silly jokes, crazy riddles and other funny things. He disappears from the supporting cast in the second season for unknown reasons.
- Joe (portrayed by Donovan Patton; guest, season 1; main, season 2) – A human, Blue's caretaker and Steve's younger brother and "Blue's Clues"-playing apprentice. He is often seen alongside Sprinkles.
Recurring
- Handy Dandy Journal (voiced by Brianna Gentilella) – A talking book whose face and design resembles that of Polka Dots. Blue writes and draws various thoughts about specific aspects of episodes in his pages.
- Dictionary (also voiced by Brianna Gentilella) - A book containing many words and their definitions that Blue looks in almost every day to find out what the Word of the Day is. She has a face and has the ability to speak, similar to all other residents of Blue's Room.
- Key (voiced by Jared Goldsmith) – One of the few animated characters in the show, Key is a magical key Polka Dots keeps in his pocket. He opens Dress-Up Chest's lock and is colored gold and orange.
- Moona (voiced by Christiana Anbri) – Similarly to Key, Moona is an animated character in the show. She is a green and blue-colored fairy made of crescent shapes who tells Blue it is time to go home and appears at the end of each segment and episode.
Episodes
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 6 | August 10, 2004 | September 17, 2005 | ||
| 2 | 11 | July 27, 2006 | March 29, 2007 | ||
Season 1 (2004–2005)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Snacktime Playdate" | August 10, 2004 | |
| Blue asks viewers what they enjoy most about snacktime, and Dress-Up Chest reads a snack-based story called “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | "Fred's Birthday" | November 24, 2004 | |
| Fred's birthday, her favorite day of the year, arrives. | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Holiday Wishes" | December 3, 2004 | |
| Blue, Polka Dots, Fred and Roary learn about winter holidays and await a visit from Joe. | ||||
| 4 | 4 | "It's Hug Day" | January 25, 2005 | |
| Blue and her playroom friends celebrate "Hug Day," a holiday that resembles Valentine's Day. | ||||
| 5 | 5 | "Beyond Your Wildest Dreams!" | April 18, 2005 | |
| Blue uses her imagination to transform the room into fantastic new worlds. | ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Alphabet Power" | September 17, 2005 | |
| Sentient letters visit the room, inspiring Blue to learn more about them. | ||||
Season 2 (2006–2007)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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| 7 | 1 | "Meet Blue’s Baby Brother" | July 27, 2006 | |
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Blue travels to Puppyville to meet for the first time her estranged younger brother, Sprinkles.
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| 8 | 2 | "Blue's Farm Playdate" | January 26, 2007 | |
| Blue and Sprinkles take care of Old MacDonald's (portrayed by Joe) farm while he's gone for the day. | ||||
| 9 | 3 | "Shape Detectives" | February 2, 2007 | |
| Shapes from Roary's painting scatter across the room. Note: This episode is a reference to the Blue's Clues book of the same name. | ||||
| 10 | 4 | "Masterpiece Museum" | February 9, 2007 | |
| Polka Dots reads about museums and decides to create one of his own. | ||||
| 11 | 5 | "Sprinkles' Sleepover" | February 16, 2007 | |
| Sprinkles is unable to go to sleep. So Blue has to help him find a sleepy game that helps him go to sleep, on their journey, Roary had to do a bedtime story, then, they tried Doodle Doodle Dreams, and now they also try Joe's game, and then Blue's lullaby. Then, Sprinkles found a way to get his sleepy game, saying goodnight game is the key! | ||||
| 12 | 6 | "World Travelers" | February 23, 2007 | |
| Blue and Sprinkles travel to exotic locations in search of three magic keys. | ||||
| 13 | 7 | "Mathstronauts!" | March 2, 2007 | |
| Blue and Sprinkles search all of outer space to find numbers. | ||||
| 14 | 8 | "Away Great Playdate" | March 16, 2007 | |
| Blue, Sprinkles and Joe visit real-life places around the world as they try to return a lost hat to their friend, Jalen. | ||||
| 15 | 9 | "Little Red Riding Blue" | March 27, 2007 | |
| Blue and Sprinkles act out "Little Red Riding Hood" as they bring Roary some banana bread. | ||||
| 16 | 10 | "Knights of the Snack Table" | March 28, 2007 | |
| Blue and Sprinkles become knights and help King Joe locate his missing dragons. | ||||
| 17 | 11 | "Music Stars" | March 29, 2007 | |
| Boogie Woogie overhears Blue and Sprinkles making music and tells them that they could become rock stars. | ||||
List of home media releases
| Name | Release Date | Number of Episodes | Episode Titles |
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| Snacktime Playdate | August 10, 2004 | 4 |
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| It's Hug Day | January 25, 2005 | 4 |
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| Beyond Your Wildest Dreams! | April 19, 2005 | 4 |
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| Alphabet Power | September 17, 2005 | 4 |
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| Holiday Wishes | October 4, 2005 | 4 |
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| Fred's Birthday | March 21, 2006 | 4 |
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| Meet Blue's Baby Brother | November 14, 2006 | 3 |
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| Knights of the Snack Table | January 30, 2007 | 4 |
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| Shape Detectives | May 29, 2007 | 4 |
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| Little Blue Riding Hood | July 3, 2007 | 4 |
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| World Travelers | November 13, 2007 | 4 |
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Episodes on Nick Jr. compilation DVDs
| Name | Release Date | Number of Episodes | Episode Titles |
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| Nickelodeon: Sleepytime Stories | April 15, 2008 | 1 |
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| Nickelodeon: All About Fall! | July 29, 2008 | 1 |
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| Nickelodeon: Once Upon A Rhyme | April 30, 2013 | 1 |
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| Nickelodeon: Let's Learn Patterns and Shapes | August 5, 2014 (Walmart) September 9, 2014 (Retail) |
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See also
- Blue's Clues
- Blue's Clues & You!
- Nick Jr.
References
- Nick Jr. (3 January 2007). "Nick Jr.'s Beloved Blue Puppy and Her New Baby Brother". prnewswire.com.
- "Nickelodeon Turns Its Archives Into A Mobile Distraction For Your Kids". Fast Company.
External links
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