"The Truth Behind 'Blue's Clues'" | Creepypasta

nostalgia easily one of the best feelings in the world right well yes and no nostalgia is such a bittersweet feeling it consumes you with the innocent happiness that once was yet fills you with sadness at the fact that those times are over forever it can even give you a jolt of hate for the way things turned out in life for me Blue's Clues is about as nostalgic as it gets I remember sitting on the floor in front of the television screaming a clue a clue it almost became a borderline ritual if you were to ask me now I'm sure I'm not the only one that practiced Blue's Clues worshipping as a child I always loved Steve his signature green stripes were always a comfort to see after a day of having your toy stolen and your sandcastles crushed if only the problems today were as simple the way he would always greet me personally well he said you but when you're five that's how most people address you you know before we all go through the identity crisis of being a teenager being such an avid fan as a kid I would feel terrible if I just let the face pass me by I proudly watch please clear today despite my age being over 3 to 6 which is printed on most of my old Blue's Clues toys and puzzles out time does fly you can imagine my excitement when I had an opportunity to be with some of the workers at the show my mom's always had strong connections to industries being a writer herself when she heard she had a possible job opportunity to work in children's television she instantly thought of me let's just say I'm not very mature when it comes to my taste in television I like to indulge in the feeling of nostalgia a bit more than the average person anyway my mom eventually learned that she wouldn't be used as part of a children's writing staff which canceled any type of plans for me to meet with the writers as a result I was pretty bumped I've been marking down the days in my head for what felt like an eternity only to have my dreams dashed then again that sort of thing usually happened to me so as nothing out of the ordinary however I did receive a complimentary email to replace of the visit undoubtably my mother had a handedness that's one thing about my mom she's not willing to let her baby and his dreams crossed without doing something about it normally I hit around about her mighty grown business I was actually glad she stuck her nose where it didn't belong this time the email was basically just saying how sorry for what was that I would not be able to visit after all and now they were sorry that my mother wouldn't be contributing to any of their projects I shrugged off most of that I really believing that anybody was sorry I mean I'm sure they may have felt bad I was almost positive this was one of those things that receptionist sent out to ease the blow of the situation as I continue to read I found one particularly interesting part of the email I can't really remember too much of the actual conversation but I was offered a chance to have a one-on-one conversation with one of the producers of diskless Angelus santomero via email the conversation was pretty slow as there was a long wait period between email responses the time total we spent talking roughly added up to about a month at least that's what I figure whereas the actual timespan was probably over a year due to the waiting periods and gray areas of our conversation as I became further involved in the conversation I asked a question that a lot of people would wonder about their favorite shows especially their favorite nostalgic show what was your inspiration [Music] there was another stretch of waiting each day was almost agonizingly long as my mind was bombarded with possibilities could blue have been based on a personal pet pal why was Steve chosen even though he was just a skateboarding rebel before being hired these are just a few of the thoughts running through my mind one morning as I braced myself for another disappointment I checked my email again my eyes lit up and died part of my leg which freaked the out for a solid five minutes when I noticed I actually had an email from the producers I opened it with a grin of a good on my face resembling a Creature from the Black Lagoon here is when I discovered when I opened the letter there was a little reluctance at the beginning of the email but that was probably just from jitters so not wanting to divulge too much information trust me when you're in a business like this you learn a telling too much is a big no-no however after getting the okay from higher authorities they were cleared tell me the inspiration for the original run of Blue's Clues you know Blue's Clues that predated Joe Blue's room and many other not to smashing new features I can't post the exact contents of the email as they are classified just between myself and the producers I can't however leak the story in my own words at least I have been to my friends I'm Eid Hamad I got as close to a nostalgic dream as possible I can't just buy my tongue about that so here's the story written in my old words brace yourself you are about to enter what is a very touching story about one of the most well known children's shows of all time if you don't count the seemingly never-ending Sesame Street during the planning stages of Blue's Clues which was originally to be titled blues prints the producers were determined to create a show that was new and exciting something that would really put children in and get them involved with the characters they did this by researching about child development the viewing habits of young children a test that had also been performed over the then 30 years span of Sesame Street it took these habits and completely flipped it on its head which led to a similarly overnight phenomena as they began getting ready discussing characters working out details reworking things that didn't sit well and roping in cast and crew the team of producers had one very special child in mind his inspiration for the character of Steve yes yes I know a child was the inspiration for an adult character to simply answer your question yes while each character was impacted in some way by the habits of children and even the habits of parents Steve must based on a child a particular they didn't just space the character upon the traits of a child but an actual child you see as they were doing the research it would set a group of children around a television at a variety of children view previews of what was then blues prints to get a rough estimate of what every type of child would respond to no matter what their learning abilities were some of the children were physically handicapped others mentally so some of the children were just your ordinary children that went to preschool others were sick with a wide range of illnesses you get the picture one of the children of the group had been sick with rhabdomyosarcoma a tumor that appears in the cells of muscles and can be found at any part of the body since he was an infant he stood out to the team as he seemed to be one of the more responsive children to the video despite his illness he also seemed to have an advanced rate of intelligence not a genius or something you read about in sci-fi comics he was definitely ahead of the rest of the group a team like to test the show with many other groups the boy always stood out their minds one day as the show's production began slow they were still lost in the proper name and developed their hosts signature striped shirt and given the hosting definite name and didn't really do much with a lively inanimate objects we all know from the 90s they received a letter from the boy again I can't say the exact words of the letter not only because it's confidential but because I was only provided with the gist of the letter myself basically the boy had scribbled out a short letter in crayon it had many misspelled words they said they were able to figure out what he meant mostly because the boy's mother had attached a version of the letter in her writing without her son knowing it said something along the lines of thank you for letting me a visit the show was good I liked it very much I wish I could come and play with you again in the mother's version of the letter she had requested the team come and visit her son his illness landed him at a Children's Hospital shortly after he had written his version of the letter the team read the letter with heavy hearts and decided to pay the boy a visit of course most of the team stayed behind to continue working on the show unable to get the time off from production to visit in person however Angela managed to let Tracy and Todd the other two had producers keep charge of the studio while she ratted herself for the visit she had kept in contact with the boy's mother via phone calls I think received the woman's number at the end of her letter that requested the visit about an eider soap for Angela was to make the visit she got an urgent phone call from the woman saying that the boy would placed into a medical induced coma while his illness began to spread in cause organ failure however despite the panic but woman refused to cancel the visit knowing that it may have been her son's dying wish to see the team once again so Angela decided to continue on her way to the hospital the days ahead when she arrived there a patient she was looking for was said to still be in the coma he had a few bad spells but was stable enough to have a very brief visit the boy's mother and Angela talked for a short time before entering the boys room Angela said that the visit was so long ago but she's still remembered what to think about the boy well the boys Hospital back rather it was striped with two shades of greed one lights one dark when she asked where he had gotten such unique bag from his mother said that it was a gift from a relative who enjoyed sewing her son and picked out the colors he went through a face we wanted everything to be greed or half stripes his mother even made a joke but I was the only time she could ever get him to eat his grades Angela made a mental note of this as an idea hashed into her mind she has said he was one of those times then everybody dreams off when searching for inspiration as she looked closer she noticed a toy aardvark sitting next to the comatose boy obviously and sewed with dark patches of green fabric curious she asked about it the toys name was Steve the mother said something about how the name stem from a book she used to read her son at bedtime the Steve character in the book had always bet her son's favorite so was expected that his favorite toy would gain the same name after spending some time talking to or at rather the boy angel and the boy's mother exited the room since she was getting ready to leave the mother decided to take the time to thank Angela for the visit and apologize for any inconvenience it had costs it's sad that her son never really made any friends as his illness always had him in the hospital and he never really got to know other children at the hospital due to intensive treatments and exams Angela told me that if the woman knew at the time how much her son impacted the show she probably would have been thrilled and felt no need to apologize the email had stopped there since these producers are busy people with lots of projects weighing on their heads however I was promised another email as soon as the hustle-and-bustle had drawn closed after another long waits of about 3 or 4 months another email popped into my inbox I was in so much anticipation that I even dropped working on a school project to read it still managed to get an 85 on that project though not too shabby if you ask me while the beginning of the email left me feeling sad as it informed me the young boy passed away soon after Blue's Clues premiered in September of 1996 I still follow sense of happiness from it after having explanations I couldn't help it I was happy to see that despite his tragic passing the boy's soul still lingers on in history being portrayed and what if the greatest kid shows out there now even all these years later when I watch Blue's Clues I smile but Steve comes on the screen not only because of the nostalgia but because of the innocence behind it because of the warp that breaks to me knowing that a child's wish was granted and only the comfort something as simple as a children choke bring to a family that had a tragic experience I'm not really sure about anything else or any other shows a Bob's moved on to work on her own projects it hasn't really dabbled too much to children's shows obviously I no longer keep contact with the producers and crew of Blue's Clues since the time I was promised had run out plus they are busy people so am i nowadays what with having grown up at all in conclusion it was a great experience it an amazing honor to be able to come that close to know in the background of just one of the many shows I loved as a kid I ended up following my mother's footsteps aspiring to write for television I'm actually wanting to work in children's television specifically so who knows maybe I'll end up getting the inside scoop of some other great shows and I promise if I do I'll keep in touch if I'm allowed that is this business is more hush-hush than you think I just soap a chatterbox like myself can keep my mouth shut [Music] everyone I hope you enjoyed today's video if you want to see more let me know in the comments below and tell me what you thought of this narration make sure to follow me on Twitter for updates and if you'd like to get early videos shout outs in much much more I'd appreciate it if you check out my patreon page it's a place where you can help support my channel while getting awesome rewards in the process and every pledge helps out a ton no matter the size so if you'd like to see all the rewards I offer and consider becoming a patron in mean a ton to me if you click the link in the 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Length: 18min 33sec (1113 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 27 2018