Blue's Story Time

Blue's Story Time (also known simply as Story Time and as What's Blue's Favorite Story? in its home media release) is the 4th episode of Blue's Clues from Season 1.

Summary[]

"It's storytime and Blue wants to read her all-time favorite story, so we play Blue's Clues to figure out what the story is. Couched between the clues, we help Shovel and Pail act out Jack and Jill, arrange our photo album in order, and help three bears choose which bowl and cup belong to whom."

Elements[]

Question: What is Blue's all-time favorite story?
Clues:
- 1. Bricks
- 2. A Wolf
- 3. A Pig
Answer to Blue's Clues: The Three Little Pigs
Wrong Answer: The Little Pig Who Cried Wolf
Living room picture: Humpty Dumpty
Skidoo location: Storybook Forest
Felt Frame picture: Felt Friends reading book
Snail Appearances: (1. on the round table next to the vase.) (2. in front of stump by the flower.)

Recap[]

Blue does not want Steve to read "A Puppy's Day," so they play a game of Blue's Clues to find out Blue's all-time favorite story. Along the way, they help Shovel and Pail play out "Jack and Jill", put the pictures tell the story of how Blue met Magenta in the right order, and match the three bears with their belongings. The clues were bricks, a wolf, and a pig. Steve thinks it is the story of "The Little Pig Who Cried Wolf," but the answer was "The Three Little Pigs," because it had a pig who built a house of bricks and a big bad wolf tried to blow down the brick house. After figuring out the answer to Blue's Clues, it was Storytime. Shovel, Pail, Tickety Tock, Magenta, and the three bears all came to hear the story. After the story, Steve sings The So Long Song, and the episode ends.

Characters[]

Objects[]

Bricks
Notebook
Ice Cream
Porridge
Bowls
Photo Album
Books
Milk

Video Releases[]

Story Time (VHS, 1998)
Big, Blue and Just for You (VHS, 1998)
Season One (3 Disc Set, DVD, 2014)

Gallery[]

Blue's Clues Blue's Story Time

Three bears say for Steve and Blue Thank you so Much!

Steve everyone read the three little pigs from Blue's Story Time

Watch Episode[]

This episode is available for streaming on Paramount Global's video streaming service Paramount+.

Quotes[]

Mailbox: Jack and Jill went up a hill to fetch... the mail.

Steve: Hey, That's pretty funny Mailbox.

Mailbox: Yeah, here's your letter. Bye.

(Steve getting the letter out of Mailbox)

Steve: Bye Mailbox. (then Mailbox leaves).

Trivia[]

At the end of this episode, the viewers don't join in on The So Long Song.
This episode aired the same day the Nintendo 64 (with Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64) was released in North America.
Coordinating producer Penelope Jewkes and Cecilia Gonzalez, the relative of future senior animator Dayna Gonzalez, are also Steve's friends in this episode, as well as the third creator of the show, Angela C. Santomero.
This was the first episode to be directed by Traci Paige Johnson.
This is the first episode in which the living room picture is not the official Skidoo location.
This is Shovel and Pail's first official appearance in the series, despite appearing in the intro from the three previous episodes.
Multiple paw prints were seen for the first clue (bricks).
Pictures of Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, and Tickety Tock from "Snack Time" and "What Time Is It for Blue?" are shown in Blue's photo album.
On certain Noggin airings, the Noggin logo at the bottom-left corner entirely blocked out the paw print on the second clue until the camera angle changed to focus on it. It also blocked out Blue hiding under the book in the beginning of the episode.
This episode is the first of two episodes on the "Story Time" VHS tape.
This is the first episode to use the "Right there," "No," "Behind you," "Thinking Chair," and "A clue, a clue, a clue" phrases.
This is the second time to use the "Notebook" phrase from Mailbox's Birthday, as well as the "No" and "A clue" phrases from What Time Is It for Blue?.
This is the first time Magenta is mentioned and shown. Magenta looks exactly like Blue, just with the fur colored differently. Magenta won't fully appear until Magenta Comes Over. Magenta is voiced by Koyalee Chanda, rather than Traci Paige Johnson, the voice of Blue, as some information suggests.
When Steve observed the wolf (the second clue), he comments: "What big teeth it has," a reference to the story of "Little Red Riding Hood."
When Steve says, "Is it the story of the little pig who cried wolf?'" (his incorrect answer), it is a reference to Aesop's fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf."
This is the first episode where Mailtime happens before the second clue is found.
This is the first episode where Steve and Mailbox have a conversation during the Mailtime segment.
This is the only time the viewers respond to Steve asking "Will you help me?"
This is the first episode to the use the "Oh, good" phrase. It will be used in later episodes up until Playdates.
This is the first episode Steve happy cries (too much excitement and hyperactiveness) when he finds the first clue.
- Though he almost happy cried when he found the first clue in the pilot episode Snack Time, What Time Is It for Blue? and Mailbox's Birthday.
This was the first time Steve and Blue did not Skidoo into the living room picture. This also happens in later episodes of the show.
The Oogla Boogla monster is mentioned in this episode's Mailtime segment as a puppet. That name also appears in the third season episode of Blue's Big Costume Party, but with a different image and gender.
All three bears from "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" appear in this episode.
This is the first episode where Steve says, "That's it! That's brilliant!"
- He will say this again in Blue Goes to the Beach, A Snowy Day, Blue Wants to Play a Game, What Story Does Blue Want to Play?, What Is Blue Afraid Of?, What Does Blue Want to Build?, What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things?, and Nurture!.
This is the first episode where the first clue is found outside.
This is also the first episode where two clues are found outside with only one clue found inside.
This is the first episode where Steve and Blue go outside (not counting when they went to the farm in Snack Time).
This is the first episode where Steve stands on the left side of the screen with the Pawprint on the right side before playing Blue's Clues. This happens again in later episodes.
This episode was later remade in Blue's Clues & You! as titled Story Time with Blue.
This is the first time Jack and Jill happens. This will happen again later in Blue's Big Treasure Hunt when Jill's not around and Puppets when she appears in the book, being frozen and not being a clue.
The answer to Blue's Clues is the same as one of the answers to gold clues in the online game, "Blue's Gold Clues Challenge".
This is the first time in the series that Blue has to make the answer for Blue's Clues.
This is the first time Steve finds a clue without asking a question or calling a friend.
This is also the fourth episode of the series.
This is the first time Humpty Dumpty happens, but only on the picture frame. This will happen again later in The Fairy Tale Ball as the answer.

Goofs[]

After Steve drew the third clue down in his notebook, the clue is still seen on the pig (the third clue) until Steve and Blue skidooed from the Storybook Forest back to their bedroom.
When Mailbox says, "Here's your letter! Bye!", his sound effects are missing.
Steve gets closer to the camera when he says "MAIL!!!".
When Steve lies against the brick wall, if you watch very carefully, his arms go right through it.
In the credits, Blue's 3rd act is missing.
When Steve says, "MAIL!!!", Blue can't be heard howling it.
Before Steve and Blue read “The Three Little Pigs”, the other characters in the episode, aside from Mailbox, appear as if they were not in the room, except Tickety.

Blue's Clues Season 1