charliesmum | Thanks for doing your part, you sure are smart.

Charlie is going through a thing. Not quite sure what it is. He's been watching some kids shows 'on demand' on COmcast, and one of the shows they currently have is the last episode of Blue's Clues with Steve.

Charlie loved Blue's Clues as toddler - it was his generation's show, after all. My friend and I would often discuss the merits of Steve as a host, and agreed he was made of awesome because he was goofy without being a moron and never talked down to the children. He was obviously the kind of guy who 'got' kids. I like any show that a parent can actually sit through and mildly enjoy without wantin to tear out one's eyes by the end of it.

Anyway, Steve left the show in 2001, and by then Charlie'd moved on to The Wiggles. We still watched the many videos we had of Blue's Clues but we'd moved on. Besides I didn't like Joe nearly as much.

So now Charlie is watching this last episode and it makes him cry. Every time he watches it. And he's not faking it, either. He cries. We haven't had any major losses in our family recently, so I'm not sure why he's feeling this pretend one so keenly, but he is. Thank goodness for videos.

Meanwhile, I looked Steve up on the good ol' interweb to see what he's been up to. I listened to some of his songs. They're pretty good.

I also had Charlie send him an email because I thought it might make him feel better to say 'hi' to Steve.

So. Childhood TV show. What was it? What show, if you saw it again, would transport you back to your happy place?