blue's boos
i really, really, really don't like blue's room. i just don't. i can't believe the folks behind blue's clues decided to move in that direction.
a week or two ago paul and i were watching an ep on the nick jr. site and it was so surreal because joe showed up. blue and his friends had a candle burning in the window so that joe would know where to go. how on earth did joe get into that little box? more importantly, what happened to joe, mailbox, the spices, et al. when blue decided she'd rather live in her one-room house so she could talk with the voice of a five-year-old boy? so much for the much-vaunted loyalty of a dog.
whenever an ep of blue's clues is on with the blue's room segment tacked on at the end, i tend to just zone out after i hear "buh-bah-buh-bah-buh-blue's room!" i wake up when moona tells blue it's time to go back home. it's so funny to think how i used to be creeped out by the way the blue's clue's characters faces moved when their heads didn't -- i infinitely prefer those felt and construction paper folks to the playroom puppets.