Blue's Room
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 Tim Lagasse Tyler Bunch Noel MacNeal Marc Petrosino Donovan Patton Antonio Oriz Matt Vogel Heather Asch James Godwin Lisa Buckley Pam Arciero |
Voices of | Jared Goldsmith Christiana Anbri Brianna Gentilella Victoria Pontecorvo Alex Hoffman |
Opening theme | "(Me and You) In Blue's Room" |
Ending theme | "Way Great Playdate (With You)" |
Composers | Nick Balaban Michael Rubin J. Walter Hawkes (associate composer) (season 1) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 17 |
Production | |
Camera setup | Multi-Camera |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Nickelodeon Animation Studio Out of the Blue Enterprises (uncredited in season 1) |
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Network | Nick Jr. |
Release | February 8Blue’s Clues) August 10, 2004 (as a main show) – May 10, 2004 (as a segment from Blue’s Clues) March 29, 2007 (as a main show) | (as a segment from
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Blue's Room is an American children's live-action 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 Santomero.[1] The show started as short segments on Blue's Clues episodes in Season 6.
In March 2015, the entire series was made available as part of the Noggin app.[2] The series was added to Paramount+ (at the time CBS All Access) in January 2021.[3]
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 in season 1, then Noel MacNeal in season 2, 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 (originally puppeteered and voiced by Tim Lagasse in the pilot and shorts, then Peter Linz in season 1 and James Godwin in season 2) – Blue's best friend, a sea-green plush toy who creates puzzles for others to solve.
- Frederica (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.
- 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. Originally a plain white puppy, Sprinkles developed spots upon learning a few things.
- Doodle Board (originally puppeteered and voiced by Peter Linz in season 1, then an unknown puppeteer in season 2) – An easel who doodles and draws to tell the viewer to guess what the object is.
- Dress-Up Chest (originally puppeteered and voiced by Tim Lagasse in the pilot and shorts, then Tyler Bunch in the series) – 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 live-action human and Blue and Sprinkles’ caretaker who is often seen alongside Sprinkles.
Recurring
- Handy Dandy Journal (voiced by Alex Hoffman) – An animated 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 (voiced by Brianna Gentilella) - An animated 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) – An animated 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) – An animated 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.
- Antonio (performed by Antonio Ortiz) - A young boy who often visits Blue and her friends at the playroom.
- Grandma Roary (puppeteered and voiced by Heather Asch) - The elderly grandmother of Roary.
- Cookbook (voiced by Victoria Pontecorvo) - An animated red and white book full of food recipes.
- ABC Puppy (puppeteered by Matt Vogel and voiced by Jared Goldsmith) - A pink puppy who lives in alphabet city and loves letters.
- Colors Puppy (puppeteered by Noel MacNeal and voiced by Jared Goldsmith) - An orange puppy who lives in color town and loves colors.
- Princess of Numbers Puppy (puppeteered by Lisa Buckley and voiced by Christiana Anbri) - A purple puppy who lives in numbers kingdom and loves numbers.
- Shapes Puppy (puppeteered by Pam Arciero and voiced by Brianna Gentiella) - A yellow puppy who lives in shapes forest and loves shapes.
Episodes
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 6 | August 10, 2004 | September 17, 2005 | |
2 | 10 | January 26, 2007 | 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. Meanwhile, 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 Antonio and 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 | "The Power of the Alphabet" | 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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Special | Special | "Meet Blue's Baby Brother" | August 6, 2006 | |
Blue's baby brother is here and they play a game of gold clues (which has rules that is the same to Blue's Clues) to figure out who Blue's baby brother is. | ||||
7 | 1 | "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. | ||||
8 | 2 | "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. | ||||
9 | 3 | "Masterpiece Museum" | February 9, 2007 | |
Polka Dots reads about museums and decides to create one of his own. | ||||
10 | 4 | "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! | ||||
11 | 5 | "World Travelers" | February 23, 2007 | |
Blue and Sprinkles travel to exotic locations in search of three magic keys. | ||||
12 | 6 | "Mathstronauts!" | March 2, 2007 | |
Blue and Sprinkles search all of outer space to find numbers. | ||||
13 | 7 | "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. | ||||
14 | 8 | "Little Red Riding Blue" | March 27, 2007 | |
Blue and Sprinkles act out "Little Red Riding Hood" as they bring Roary some banana bread. | ||||
15 | 9 | "Knights of the Snack Table" | March 28, 2007 | |
Blue and Sprinkles become knights and help King Joe locate his missing dragons. | ||||
16 | 10 | "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 |
Blue's Clues:
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It's Hug Day | January 25, 2005 | 4 |
Blue's Clues:
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Beyond Your Wildest Dreams! | April 19, 2005 | 4 |
Blue's Clues:
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Alphabet Power | September 17, 2005 | 4 |
Blue's Clues:
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Holiday Wishes | October 4, 2005 | 4 |
Blue's Clues:
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Fred's Birthday | March 21, 2006 | 4 |
Blue's Clues:
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Meet Blue's Baby Brother | November 14, 2006 | 3 |
Blue's Clues:
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Knights of the Snack Table | January 30, 2007 | 4 |
Blue's Clues:
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Shape Detectives | May 29, 2007 | 4 |
Blue's Clues:
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Little Blue Riding Hood | July 3, 2007 | 4 |
Blue's Clues:
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World Travelers | November 13, 2007 | 4 |
Blue's Clues:
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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
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.
- ^ "Blue's Room". Paramount+. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
External links
- Nick Jr. original programming
- 2000s American children's television series
- 2004 American television series debuts
- 2007 American television series endings
- American television spin-offs
- American children's fantasy television series
- American preschool education television series
- American television series with live action and animation
- American television shows featuring puppetry
- 2000s preschool education television series
- Television series by 9 Story Media Group
- Television series created by Angela Santomero
- Television shows about dogs