Bluestock (Blue's Clues & You!)

The remake version of "**Bluestock**" is the seventeenth episode of Season 1 in the reboot series *Blue's Clues & You!*. It is a remake of the original "Bluestock."

## Characters

* Blue
* Josh
* Joe
* Sidetable Drawer
* Mailbox (with three others)
* Mr. Salt
* Mrs. Pepper (cameo)
* Paprika (cameo)
* Cinnamon (cameo)
* Sage (cameo)
* Ginger (cameo)
* Tickety Tock
* Slippery Soap
* Shovel (cameo)
* Pail (cameo)
* Magenta
* Orange Kitten (cameo)
* Purple Kangaroo
* Saxophone
* Ally Brooke
* Boris
* Sun
* Notebook (invisible cameo)
* Handy Dandy Phone (invisible cameo)

## Summary

It's a big musical event when Josh and Blue have the Bluestock concert in the backyard. Famous artists are on hand, as are many old, familiar songs. Josh and Blue explore a variety of musical styles, from reggae to jazz. We also play a musical edition of Blue’s Clues to figure out what song Blue wants to sing in the concert.

## Elements

* **Question:** What song could Blue sing in the music show?
* **Tune Clues:**
	+ 1. F-F-F-C (Piano)
	+ 2. D-D-C (Electric Guitar on a Stereo Speaker)
	+ 3. A-A-G-G-F (Saxophone)
* **Answer to Blue's Clues:** Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Same answer from Song Time with Blue)
* **Living room picture:** A red barn in the house, a music note on the stage
* **Email or Letter?:** Letter

## Differences

* The original episode started out with Another Blue's Clues Day, but this episode started out with the theme song like it usually does it.
* There is no Blue's Room segment in this episode, but there was one in the original.
	+ There is no reboot on the Blue's Room segment so far, and it is unknown if there will be one in future episodes. (it is unlikely)
* There are 2 mats the characters sit and stand on, but in the original, there were more.
* The Green Puppy, the Giraffe and the Duck appeared in the original. In this episode they were replaced by Mrs. Pepper, Paprika, Cinnamon, Sage and Ginger.
	+ Mrs. Pepper, Paprika, and Cinnamon don't appeared in the original or the end credits.
* Josh doesn't sing We Are Gonna Play Blue's Clues.
* In the original, the pawprint on the screen turns into musical notes when Joe sings, but in the remake, the pawprint was taken by two strings.
* Josh doesn't sing the short version of the main theme and Sidetable Drawer doesn't sing with Josh.
* In the original, Joe talked to Sidetable Drawer before singing Play Blue's Clues with her, but in the remake Josh talked to her after singing the same song.
* In the original, Joe hears the viewers say "A clue!" well for all three clues, because they were found after listening all the three songs, but in the reboot, Josh mishears viewers say "A clue!" just for the first clue because it was found before listening the Planets Song.
* Periwinkle doesn't appear in this episode but he did in its original counterpart due to not being reintroduced yet. He would appear in Our New Neighbor.
	+ Because of this and because the singer Macy Gray was old at the time of airing of this episode, his and her's performance of Do the Daisy was replaced with Ally Brooke singing "I'm So Happy, You Are Here".
* Magenta's role was larger in the remake.
* In the original, the first clue was a banjo tune and the second clue was a bass guitar tune, but in the remake, the first clue was a piano tune and the second clue was an electric guitar tune.
* Ginger and Sage didn't appear in the original, because they were not born yet.
* The Sun sings the "Planets Song" with Tickety, who does not introduce the song instead of Toni Braxton.
	+ Also, Tickety no longer has purple glitter on her bells. The original it does.
		- In the original, "The Planet Song" was placed before Blue's Clues started, but in the remake it took place after Josh found the first clue.
* In the original, The Mailtime song was sung by India Arie in reggae style, but in the remake, it was sung by the Mailtime quartet in barbershop style.
* In the original, Joe sang a reggae version of We Just Got a Letter, but in the remake, Josh sang it in the normal style.
* The clues played in F# major. In the original, they played in C major.
* Joe's stuffed duck, Boris makes a surprise return in this episode. This was Boris's first appearance in the reboot, except that his feet and beak are marigold instead of orange.
* In the original, the guest singers sang "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" with Joe and Blue. In this episode, only Josh and Joe sing it with Blue.
* In the original, the episode started outside. In this one, it started inside.
* In the original episode, Joe used a kazoo to play the clues instead of his notebook. In this reboot, Josh uses his guitar instead of his notebook.
* In the original, Joe sang "The Goodbye Song", but in the remake, Josh sings "The So Long Song" like he usually does.
* The group They Might Be Giants only appeared in the original version. Mary Gray also appeared in the original.
* In the original, Joe sang We Sat on Down by himself. In the reboot, he and Josh sang it in a duet.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode in the reboot to be a remake from a Season 6 episode, as this is the finale of the original series.
* Slippery Soap plays an electric guitar and Purple Kangaroo plays the piano accompanying Ally Brooke singing "I'm So Happy, You Are Here". This is the first time in the franchise that Purple Kangaroo can play the piano and Slippery Soap can play an electric guitar in Blue's Clues franchise.
* Ally Brooke's dialogue before she sings I'm So Happy, You Are Here was similar to Steve's from A Playdate with Blue.
* This is the 6th episode to not have "With Blue" in the title.
	+ If this was the case, the episode would be "Music Show with Blue" or "Sing Along with Blue".
* This is also the second episode to be remade from a Joe episode. The first was "Colors Everywhere with Blue".
	+ Coincidentally, he makes an appearance in this episode.
* This is the second episode of the franchise to be named "Bluestock". Some people may even call this "Bluestock 2", however the correct term is "Bluestock Remake".
	+ Coincidentally, both this and the Blue's Clues version share most of the same plot elements.
	+ In the illustration representing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" during clue review, the cow, Old MacDonald himself, and the pig appear exactly as Josh drew them in "Meet Josh!" (Remake of Snack Time), "Song Time with Blue" (Remake of Blue's Favorite Song") and "Story Time with Blue" (Remake of Blue's Story Time) respectively.
* Ginger and Sage are wearing ear protection headphones.
* This episode reveals that the Mailtime chorus was sung by 4 different mailboxes known as The Mailtime Quartet: a blue mailbox, a pink mailbox, a green mailbox, and Mailbox himself.
	+ This is the very first time that the Mailtime chorus singers are shown in the entire *Blue's Clues* franchise.
* The saxophone appears in the episode. In this remake he has now legs.
* Josh got to sing We Sat On Down with Joe singing along with him. This is the first time it was sung in this series.
	+ So far, this is Josh's first time he sings We Sat on Down.
* This is the first, and so far, 1st *Blue's Clues & You!* episode where "We Just Figured Out Blue's Clues" wasn't sung.
* This was the third time that Josh appears in the credits.
	+ The other times were "Growing with Blue" and "Science with Blue".
* This is the first time "We Sat On Down" was sung ever since the Blue's Room episode "Meet Blue's Baby Brother".
* Ally Brooke guest starred in this episode and she would later make an appearance in the 2020 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on the Blue's Clues & You! parade float.
* Additionally, this episode was released on DVD.
* Contrarly to Meet Josh! and 123's with Blue Joe did not appear while singing the So Long Song.
* Steve is the only guest who does not appear in this episode.
* This episode was later made into a story told by Josh's grandmother Lola.