Story Time with Blue

### Writer

Angela C. Santomero (script writer and editor)Becky Friedman Lowitt (additional script editor)

### Director

Steve WrightM.R. Horhager

"**Story Time with Blue**" is the twelfth episode of Season 1 in the reboot series *Blue's Clues & You!*. It is a remake of "Blue's Story Time."

## Summary

It's story time with Blue and Josh, the viewers help Josh to figure out the favorite story for Blue.

## Characters

* Blue
* Josh
* Mailbox
* Sidetable Drawer
* Tickety Tock
* Felt Friends
	+ Freddy
	+ Felicia
	+ Felt Blue
	+ Felt Pigs
* Magenta
* Baby Bear
* Papa Bear
* Mama Bear
* Pigs
* Jimmy Neutron
* Wubbzy
* Daizy

## Elements

* **Question:** What is Blue's favorite story?
* **Clues:**
	1. Bricks
	2. A Wolf
	3. A Pig
* **Answer to Blue's Clues:** The Three Little Pigs
* **Wrong answer:** The story of a pig who had bricks but no one believed her so she cried for a wolf
* **Living room picture:** Humpty Dumpty
* **Email or Letter?:** Email

## Trivia

* This is the last episode to be a remake of a season 1 episode.
* This episode premiered alongside the *Bubble Guppies* episode "A Furry Tale!", which was also themed on fairy tales.
* Starting from this episode, Magenta appears with her glasses in the theme song.
* When Blue and Josh skidoo out of the storybook where the three bears were helped and the third clue (a pig) was found, a different recording for "Blue Skidoo, We Can Too" was used for the music track that is played when it is time for the Thinking Chair (nicknamed "Race to the Thinking Chair" by fans). Back in the Blue's Clues House, the normal brass "Blue Skidoo, We Can Too" for Blue's Clues & You! is heard for the second half.
* Josh does an impression of the French Narrator from Spongebob Squarepants while reading the “Three Little Pigs”.
* This is the 2nd episode in the reboot that Magenta wore her glasses.
* This is the 1st episode in 2020 where a clue was found right after the Mailtime segment.
* This episode reveals that Sidetable Drawer is ticklish.
* Coincidentaly, in "What Story Does Blue Want to Play?" and in the bedroom picture in "Animal Behavior!", the Big Bad Wolf was played by the host (Steve in this case) and the 3rd little pig (more specifically in "What Story Does Blue Want to Play?") was played by Blue.
* Jimmy appears himself without Timmy, but he didn't appear again with him in the credits.

## Differences

* Sidetable Drawer's normal statement of "Blue's Clues, I'm so excited!" was extended, with Josh agreeing with her and Sidetable being tickled when Josh got his notebook out of her.
* The part where Steve asks Mr. Salt and Ms. Pepper where Blue went was omitted.
* The bricks had 1 paw print instead of 3 paw prints.
* When Steve drew the bricks, he said, “kind of like a rectangle,” but Josh said, “sort of like a rectangle,”.
* The Bricks had bigger rectangles inside in the original. In the remake, they had smaller rectangles.
* Shovel and Pail acting out as Jack and Jill wasn’t included.
	+ The episode summary, however, erroneously includes this part.
* Mailtime came immediately after the 1st clue.
	+ Mailbox's story of Jack and Jill remained in this version, only "Jack and Jill went up a hill to fetch an email."
		- This means Josh got an email.
* In the original, Magenta had no glasses since that episode took place before "Magenta Gets Glasses". In the remake, she had glasses since this episode took place after "Getting Glasses With Magenta".
* The wolf that represents the 2nd clue is more toy like with stitches and button eyes and appeared in the same position as the original version throughout the whole episode until it was story time.
	+ The version of the wolf on the pages of "The Three Little Pigs" also looked different from the toy wolf, while the book and toy version from the original episode were the same character.
		- The pigs in the story's pages and cover also look different.
	+ The Storybook Forest book also appears next to the wolf in the same area for the same amount of time. In the original episode it was located in the bedroom.
* In the original when Steve drew the wolf, he drew a round body. In the remake, Josh drew the wolf with a square body.
* When the wolf danced above Steve’s head, the wolf’s right arm was upwards instead of upwards.
* The pictures of Mr. Salt, Ms. Pepper and Tickety Tock on the first page of the photo album were replaced by screenshots of Orange Kitten, Blue and Purple Kangaroo from Sad Day with Blue.
* Tickety doesn't appear until story time. In the original she appeared earlier after organizing the pictures of Blue's first day of school to remind Steve that it's almost story time.
* The Storybook Forest and characters are drawn in 2D with outlines unlike its original counterpart.
	+ A different version of the Three Bear is introduced in this episode.
	+ The swan and its cygnets are absent.
	+ There are 2 butterflies instead of 1.
	+ The pigs (including the one that represents the 3rd clue) are more detailed and have visible legs and mouthes (and occasionally turned their heads around), and the one reading to them lowered the book to show his face.
* When Steve said, "Papa and Mama Bear," Papa and Mama Bear's stomachs made a loud bong or gong sound. In the reboot, they didn't.
* The story of The Three Little Pigs is told as a play (Plays also became on What Story Does Blue Want to Play? and Blue's Play): Josh plays the Big Bad Wolf (with the viewer's help), Magenta plays the 1st little pig, Tickety Tock plays the 2nd little pig, and Blue plays the 3rd little pig.
* Steve simply said "The little pig who cried wolf" as the wrong answer in the original episode but Josh said a much longer one mentioned above. (See elements for the wrong answer)
* In the reboot, the race to the thinking chair music was played, in the original the race to the thinking chair music wasn’t heard because it wasn’t made yet.