Product Details

• Actors: Steve Burns, Traci Paige Johnson, Donovan Patton, Courtney Taylor Burness, Nick Balaban
• Directors: Angela Santomero, Bruce Caines, Daniel Silverman, Dave Palmer, John Rowe
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Live, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Nickelodeon Network
• VHS Release Date: September 21, 1999
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305559007
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,828 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Blue's Clues features Steve and his friend, the sweet, long-eared, curious dog Blue. Each segment explores problem-solving, something that the show's young audience will deal with, in various levels, on a daily basis. Blue's Clues slowly offers up three clues to uncover what's missing, what Blue wants, and other examples that are easy for preschoolers to relate to. Blue's Discoveries contains two science-oriented stories that feature an experiment Blue wants to try and what Blue would like to do with recycled items. These experiments can easily be replicated at home by kids and parents. --N.F. Mendoza

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great video, October 26, 2001

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Mother of two under three (Kenner, LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue's Clues - Blue's Discoveries [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My 2 year old got this for his birthday in March. We watch it ALL of the time. He sings all of the songs and does the little hand motions that Steve does when singing. He knows all of the planets in the solar system and when he sees something that resembles saturn (any ball with what looks like rings), he yells to anyone around - 'SATURN HAS ICY RINGS'. No my younger son, 15 months, dances and runs into the room when he hears Steve.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This one's a Hot Star!, September 3, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Blue's Clues - Blue's Discoveries [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This was my FIRST favorite Blue's Clues episode! Now there are too many favorites to name of course. Even at age 2 my son was singing along to the planets. I would start with "the sun's a..." and he would finish "...hot star!". We would do this through all the planets, and finish together. Now that he's 4 we reverse it, and when I finish with the wrong description (Earth is...really small), he tells me I'm silly and sings it correctly. Now my youngest is 2, and he's learning and singing along with his brother. I also enjoy the recycled episode, and it did teach my son that there are some things we don't throw in the garbage, but it seemed preachy at times. I can't think of one Blue's Clues video we DON'T like (we have about 8 pre-recorded tapes and about 40 episodes recorded from TV).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the more educational episodes, May 13, 2004

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"cyao12" (Taipei, Taiwan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue's Clues - Blue's Discoveries [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I acknowledge the flaw pointed out by another reviewer that going around with a magnifying glass looking at things does not exactly constitute an experiment, but it's easy to forgive that since there are so many other good things in this video. This is my personal favorite, and my three and a half son loves it too. As a result, we've had to reenact the cyclone experiment and traipse around with a magnifying glass. The planets song is the highlight of the whole tape: a fun, catchy way to remember them all.