Product Details

• Actors: Aleisha Allen, Kathryn Avery, Nick Balaban, Steve Burns, Jenna Marie Castle
• Directors: Koyalee Chanda, Bruce Caines, Elizabeth Holder, Jonathan Judge, Nancy Keegan
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Live, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Nickelodeon Network
• VHS Release Date: February 4, 2003
• Run Time: 51 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00007G23R
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #25,441 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Rhythm and ritual reign in this jazzy duo of Blue's Clues episodes. When Blue and Joe decide to form a band in "Blue's Big Band," Tickety taps the triangle, Magenta shakes the tambourine, Sidetable raps, and Joe claps along with preschool viewers as they copy rhythms and practice careful listening to unearth the story behind the music. What instrument will Blue play? "Bedtime Business" details the bedtime routine at Blue's house, including Blue's favorite part of getting ready for bed. Viewers help identify body parts during Blue's bath and sort by pattern and color to help Blue's friends find their pajamas. Jam with Blue's big band, dance the "Toothbrush Tango," or just sit back and enjoy these two fun-filled musical stories. (Ages 2 to 6) --Tami Horiuchi

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Toddler And His Dad Recommend "Blue's Clues", March 18, 2005

By	marvista2004 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blue's Clues - Blue's Big Band (DVD)

Fun and creative, "Blue's Clues" is my 2-year-old son's favorite "TV on DVD" show. In the words of its creators, it is a "story-based game show for kids."

The series creates a simplified universe featuring a boyish-looking host (Steve, later Joe), his yapping puppy Blue, and their animated friends. The centerpiece of "Blue's Clues" is a well-defined, open-ended structure (three clues, notebook, mailtime, thinking chair, recurring songs) where new themes are explored within an established framework.

The featurette "Backstage With Blue's Clues" on the "Blue's Big Musical Movie" DVD explains how a staff of 80 brought episodes of the show to life, with audiences of preschoolers vetting a typical episode at various stages of development. Each facet of the show is clearly thought through from multiple perspectives, including child development, child psychology, and sheer entertainment value.

"Blue's Big Band" is the best disc in the series. Four thumbs up (from toddler and Dad)! The great episode entitled "Bedtime Business" is the best overall episode in the entire series in our opinion.

In general, all "Blue's Clues" DVDs provide around 100 minutes of content, much more than the typical 35 or 45 minutes on other children's DVDs.

"Blue's Clues" knows how to have fun without taking itself too seriously, without indulging in tired cliches, and without grating on adult viewers (how often do you run across a character named "Sidetable Drawer"?). This is an intelligent show that often "winks" at adult viewers. On repeat viewings, look for subtle changes in the "12" on Tickety's clock face, in the stamp on the envelope during the "We Just Got A Letter" sequence, and in the framed pictures on the wall of the house.

Newcomers to "Blue's Clues" should know that the series began with "Steve" as its host for about 100 episodes, then "Steve" went off to college and "Joe" became the new host. This change was apparently difficult for some young fans of the show to accept when they were watching it on TV. However, when introduced to the series (as we were) on DVD, it just seems like "Blue's Clues" has two different hosts. This impression is reinforced by the way the DVDs are set up - there are generally two "Joe" and two "Steve" episodes on each disc.

With all Blue's Clues DVDs, "Play All" option only plays the 2 episodes with Joe. Go to "Bonus Episodes" on "Episode Selection" menu to get 2 more full shows with Steve.

"Blue's Clues" DVDs - together with a "tablet-style" DVD player that attaches to the passenger-seat headrest in the car - completely transformed the backseat car-riding experience. Now my toddler looks forward to spending time in the car - it's a mobile screening room.

Note of caution: "Blue's Clues" is NOT the same as "Blue's Room." The latter series features Blue as a talking dog puppet and is completely different - father and son cannot recommend "Blue's Room."

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blue's Big Band, September 15, 2005

By	D. Lane "Book lover" (austin, tx United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This a cute fun video and one of my favorite blues clues videos. I'm a home daycare provider. Over the yrs I have collected over 100 kids videos. Blue's Big Band seems to entertain my daycare kids ages 14 months to 5 yrs greatly. I also enjoy singing along to the tunes.

The first show of the video is about music which is great. The 2nd show is about bed time routines. Both are great.

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Episodes Lousy DVD Setup, March 25, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Blue's Clues - Blue's Big Band (DVD)

We loved the new music epsiodes w/ Joe and it was great to finally have the ones W/ Steve on dvd instead of vhs. I just wish Nick Jr would realize that more and more parents are driving long distances with their kids and using dvd's in their vehicles. This one has 4 epsiodes total but 2 are "bonus" ones hidden in special features. It will play the two Joe from the main menu only and you can't set them to repeat. We LOVE repeat and just close up the screen until our kids are ready to view them again so we don't have to pull over and fiddle w/ the menu screens. If you go to the bonus episodes, it'll only play one at a time. They really don't make good use of the potential of a dvd. This is one that will stay in the house. What a shame for such great epsiodes!