Blue's Big Beat Band

"**Blue's Big Beat Band**" is the first episode of the second season and the twenty-first episode overall in the reboot series *Blue's Clues & You!*. It is a new version of "Blue's Big Band." Unlike other Blue's Clues & You! episodes, it is not a remake of the season 5 episode "Blue's Big Band."

## Characters

* Blue
* Josh
* Sidetable Drawer
* Mailbox
* Magenta
* Felt Friends
	+ Felicia
	+ Freddy (cameo)
* Tickety Tock
* Snail
* The Banjo Bunny Band (debut)
	+ Bunny Jo (debut)
	+ Bunny Bob (debut)
	+ Bunny Ray (debut)
* Frog Bassist

## Elements

* **Question**: What instrument does Blue want to play with the band?
* **Clues**:
	+ 1. A Circle
	+ 2. Another Circle
	+ 3. A Beat
* **Answer to Blue's Clues**: The drums
* **Incorrect Answer**: A "beat sandwich", made by putting the beat in between the two circles.
* **Living room picture**: A picture of Josh's guitar
* **Skidoo location**: A song book
* **Email or Letter?:** Email

## Trivia

* This is the first episode of the reboot to have an entirely original story, rather than just remaking an episode of the original series. This episode was announced in July 2020 and is mistakenly believed to be the remake of "Blue's Big Band" because that episode is very similar to this episode, it also has a similar title and many of its characters (other than the ones that are missing).
	+ This was also the first episode as a new story since the original Season 6 finale, "Bluestock".
* This is the first episode since "Science with Blue" to feature an incorrect answer to Blue's Clues.
	+ This was also the first original episode in the franchise since "Math!" to feature an incorrect answer to Blue's Clues.
* This is one of the episodes to use a circle as a clue.
* This marks the eighth episode in the franchise where any type of musical instrument was drawn or the answer to Blue’s Clues. The others being Mailbox's Birthday, Blue's Favorite Song, Song Time with Blue, What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things?, What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day?, The Baby's Here!, and Blue's Big Band.
* A beat sandwich was similar to what happened in What Does Blue Need? when Steve thought Blue wanted to put the bubbles between the towel and the soap and make a bubble sandwich.
* Sidetable Drawer is voiced by Shazdeh Kapadia, replacing Liyou Abere.
	+ Additionally, her star-shaped glasses were from Song Time with Blue.
* Different music has been recorded in this episode's "Play Blue's Clues", "We Just Got An Email" and "The So Long Song".
	+ In addition Josh sing a We Just Got An Email in a Opera version.
	+ At the end of Josh singing the song, you can literally see a footage of audience clapping & cheering.
* Josh got an email in this episode.
	+ This is the seventh episode it happened in the show.
* This is the first episode to use a variant of To Play Blue's Clues that is not simply a change of instrumentation or a change of lyrics. (an example of the former is Sad Day with Blue, and an example of the latter is Getting Glasses With Magenta)
* This episode marks:
	+ The first original episode in the franchise since "Signs" that "Play Blue's Clues" was done partially the way it was in the first 2 seasons of the original series.
	+ The first original episode in the franchise since "Morning Music" to feature the full version of "Play Blue's Clues".
	+ The first original episode in the franchise since "Joe Gets a Clue" that "We Just Figured Out Blue's Clues" was sung after solving Blue's Clues.
	+ The first original episode in the franchise since "Blue's First Holiday" that "The So Long Song" was sung.
* A beat is a clue in sue motion.
* This episode features a new kind the notebook drawing footage. It will be used for the rest of the season.
* This episode introduces a new version of the Thinking Chair. Presumably, this new version will be in place for the rest of the series.
* This season has introduced a new pattern for the episode title, namely Blue (or *character*)'s *subject*. The Season 1 pattern *Subject* with *character* will return in a few episodes, including the next one, "Hide and Seek with Blue".
	+ This is the first where the musical story of the piglets was not featured in this remake.
* The notebook ding was low-pitched this episode.
* During the Skidoo segment when Josh was skidooing into the song book, he is wearing a life jacket before landing.
	+ The first being in Steve Gets the Sniffles.
* Apparently, the title is kind of the same name of Nickelodeon's other preschool show "The Fresh Beat Band".