With his glasses and lack of hair, Steve looks nothing like he did when he hosted Blue's Clues 20 years ago. Today people hardly believe he was once the beloved children's host who danced, sang and 'wailed' every time he got the mail. One of the more dramatic changes in Steve's life is his appearance. Steve's boxer dog Mickey, pictured, loves to sit in it Steve was given the original Thinking Chair for his 25th birthday by the Blue's Clues producers. And Mickey loves to sit in the Thinking Chair. Burgess Meredith is a boxer dog named after the actor, though Steve calls him Mickey, after Meredith's character in the Rocky movies. He also still has a dog, though this one isn't animated. He still has the rugby shirt – though he says it doesn't fit anymore – and he even has the original Thinking Chair in his Brooklyn apartment, which the show producers gave him in 1999 for his 25th birthday. Show creators compared the transition to meeting a new babysitter or going to school for the first time and they wanted to be sure that the children would be happy for Steve.Įven though he 'left for college', Steve hasn't gone too far from his Blue's Clues roots. Joe took over playing 'Blue's Clues' with the children and Blue and when Steve said goodbye, he was sure to thank the children for helping him grow. They had a three-part special where Joe came to the house to learn to play Blue's Clues, Steve told viewers he was going to college and Steve packed and left. Producers also eased Steve out in 'baby steps'. It's just not going to happen.' Steve is pictured with the other cartoon characters and his 'younger brother Joe', left, right before Steve 'left for college' When he explained leaving the show, he said: 'I was going bald and I kind of looked around and I'm like – the people who decided that I should wear these pants are not going to choose a wig with any dignity for me.
In every episode of the show, Steve, pictured right, wore the same iconic striped green rugby shirt and the same pleated khaki pants, which he wasn't too thrilled with. They made sure to find a good match to play Steve's 'younger brother Joe', played by Donovan Patton. It eventually became one of the highest-rated television shows for preschoolers in America and there were off-shoots of the show all over the world.Įven Steve's goodbye in 2002 was planned strategically so that young viewers wouldn't be shocked or too upset. The entire show, from the colors that were used for the animation to the short songs and dances, was specifically designed to help with early childhood development. But Angela Santomero, who invented Blue's Clues was a genius and she did a lot of crazy risks that are now normal. 'It was a really incredibly made show,' Steve said. At the end of each 30 minute episode, he would sit in his 'Thinking Chair' to figure out what Blue's message was.
She would leave her blue paw print on objects throughout their cartoon house and Steve would draw or write down each clue in his 'handy dandy notebook'. Steve, who was replaced by Joe, spoke directly to viewers and asked them for help to solve games and puzzles that their animated dog Blue would lead them through. Created for children in preschool, Blue's Clues was unlike most other television shows of its time in the mid-90s.
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They brought in Steve's 'younger brother Joe' played by Donovan Patton to meet the children as they eased Steve out so he could 'go to college'įor seven years, Steve played the only live-action character on the Nickelodeon cartoon TV show, Blue's Clues. When Steve left in 2002, producers made sure it was well structured.
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