SNACK TIME

SNACK TIME IS THE 1ST EPISODE OF BLUE'S CLUES 

CHARACTERS PRESENT

 * BLUE
 * STEVE
 * MAILBOX
 * SIDETABLE DRAWER
 * MR. SALT
 * MRS. PEPPER
 * SHOVEL (OPENING SEQUENCE ONLY)
 * PAIL (OPENING SEQUENCE ONLY)
 * TICKETY TOCK (NO LINES)
 * SLIPPERY SOAP (OPENING SEQUENCE ONLY)
 * SNAIL
 * ELEPHANTS
 * FREDDY
 * CHICKS
 * COW

SUMMARY
"SOMETHING IS MISSING FROM BLUE'S SNACK, AND WE PLAY BLUE'S CLUES TO FIND OUT. WE LEARN TO RECOGNIZE COLORS, IDENTIFY SHAPES, AND MATCH CHICKS ON A FARM."
 * THE FACT THAT IT'S THE PREMIERE GOES LARGELY UNACKNOWLEDGED, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME MINOR REFERENCES TO IT, LIKE THE VIEWER HAS YET TO MEET MR. SALT AND MRS. PEPPER.

TRIVIA

 * THIS IS THE FIRST EPISODE TO USE THE "NOTEBOOK!" LINE. IT WILL BE USED IN THE SEASON SIX EPISODE, BEHIND THE CLUES: 10 YEARS OF BLUE.
 * THIS EPISODE MIGHT HAVE FOLLOWED THE SAME PLOT AS THE PILOT.
 * YUVAL KOSSOVSKY IS THE EDITOR OF THIS EPISODE.
 * FOR THE MAJORITY OF THIS SEASON, L. MARK SORRE WILL BE THE NEW EDITOR.
 * THE ANIMATION FOR THIS EPISODE AND SEVERAL OTHERS IN SEASON 1 SEEM TO BE MORE CHOPPY AND STIFF THAN THE LATER EPISODES, MOST LIKELY DUE TO THE BUDGET THE SHOW WAS ORIGINALLY GIVEN.
 * THAN ALL THE LATER EPISODES OF THIS SEASON AND THE SERIES, THE DESIGN OF BLUE LOOKS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN THIS EPISODE, ESPECIALLY IN A PART WHEN IT IS ALMOST SNACK TIME.
 * EVEN THOUGH TICKETY MADE HER APPEARANCE, SHE DIDN'T TALK IN THIS EPISODE. HOWEVER, SHE STARTS TALKING IN LATER EPISODES.
 * AT THE BEGINNING OF THE VIDEO LETTER SEGMENT, STEVE INTRODUCES THE KIDS BY THEIR NAMES (WHICH ARE MORGAN, PERRY AND BRENT (WHO IS A MALE.))
 * IN LATER EPISODES HE WILL SIMPLY SAY, IT'S A LETTER FROM OUR FRIENDS.
 * ALSO IN THIS EPISODE, AFTER STEVE INTRODUCES THE KIDS, THE SCENE SIMPLY FADES INTO THE VIDEO LETTER.
 * IN LATER EPISODES, IT SIMPLY SWITCHES TO IT.
 * IN THIS EPISODE, STEVE THINKS THROUGH ABOUT THE CLUES HE ALREADY HAS AND IT'S POSSIBILITIES.
 * IN ALL OTHER EPISODES, HE JUST ASK THE VIEWERS WHAT THEY THINK IT IS.
 * THE ONLY OTHER TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED WAS IN JOE GETS A CLUE, WHEN JOE PLAYED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
 * AFTER THE OUTRO, THE MUSIC WILL PLAY OVER THE NICK JR. STILL LOGO (WITH SHORT 1996 COPYRIGHT INFO; IN THIS EPISODE: FATHER AND SON.)
 * AT THE END OF |CAFÉ BLUE ON VHS, THE NICKELODEON BONE LOGO (WITH 2001 BLUE'S CLUES COPYRIGHT INFO,) WAS SHOWN.
 * THIS ALSO SHOWS AT THE END OF BLUE'S BIG HOLIDAY VHS (RETAINED ON BLUE'S FIRST HOLIDAY DVD) AND GEOGRAPHY.
 * BLUE'S CLUES IS AIRED IN 120 COUNTRIES AND HAS BEEN DUBBED IN FIFTEEN LANGUAGES.
 * FROM VISITOR VOTES ON TV TOME, "SNACK TIME," THE PREMIERE EPISODE IS OVERALL THE SECOND LEAST-LIKED OF THE SERIES.
 * ONE OF THE CLUES IN THIS EPISODE HAS THREE PAWPRINTS FOR THE SECOND CLUE ON A STRAW AND ANOTHER TWO FOR THE LAST CLUE OM THE COW, MAKING IT ONE OF THE ONLY TWO EPISODE TO DO IT.
 * THE OTHER EPISODE WAS WHAT DOES BLUE WANT TO MAKE OUT OF RECYCLED THINGS?
 * AS A GENERAL RULE IN LATER EPISODES, ONLY A SINGLE PAWPRINT WILL BE USED FOR EACH CLUE, STARING IN WHAT TIME IS IT FOR BLUE?
 * THE CONTENT CONSULTANTS FOR THE SHOW WERE:
 * DANIEL R. ANDERSON
 * AMY LAURA DOMBRO
 * AND DR. KAREN HILL SCOTT.
 * THIS IS THE ONLY TIME STEVE FALLS DOWN WHEN THE TELEPHONE RINGS.
 * THE TELEPHONE PICK-UP SOUND HAS BEEN DIFFERENT (IT WAS ALSO DIFFERENT IN |BLUE'S FAVORITE SONGFOR THIS EPISODE BUT HAS CHANGED IN LATER EPISODES.
 * STARTING WITH THIS EPISODE, STEVE'S VOICE WAS HIGH-PITCHED, CHEERFUL AND EXCITING.
 * IN MID-LATE EPISODES OF SEASON 1, HIS VOICE WAS CALMED DOWN.
 * ONE SONG THAT HAD STEVE'S HIGH VOICE THROUGH A LARGE MAJORITY OF STEVE'S RUN WAS MAILTIME; FOR WHATEVER REASON, A DIFFERENT RECORDING OF THIS SONG WAS RARELY USED.
 * THIS IS THE FIRST USE OF STEVE'S HIGH-PITCHED VOICE. THE VOICE BECOMES A BIT LOW PITCHED LATER IN THIS SEASON, STARTING IN PRETEND TIME]
 * 20 YEARS LATER, WHEN THIS EPISODE WAS FIRST BROADCAST, A PROMOTIONAL VHS TAPE WAS RELEASED. FEW COPIES ARE KNOWN TO EXIST, AND SOME HAVE CIRCULATED ONLINE.
 * THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT STEVE AND BLUE VISIT THE FARM.
 * THE OTHER TWO ARE BLUE'S FAVORITE SONG AND WHAT DOES BLUE WANT TO DO ON A RAINY DAY?.
 * THIS IS THE 1ST EPISODE OF THE SHOW.
 * AS OF TODAY, BLUE'S CLUES IS 23 YEARS OLD.

GOOFS

 * IN THE CLOSING CREDITS, ANGELA SANTOMERO IS CREDITED AS ANGELA C. SANTOMERO.
 * THIS EPISODE IS FULL OF ERRORS, BUT THAT'S MOST NOTICEABLE IS DURING STEVE'S FIRST SKIDOO, WHERE THE WHOLE SCENE HAS A WHITE BANNER AROUND IT.
 * RIGHT AFTER STEVE GRABS THE NOTEBOOK, STEVE AND BLUE SING A SONG WHERE BLUE PULLS OUT THE NOTEBOOK STEVE HAS IN HIS POCKET.
 * AT SOME POINTS IN THE EPISODE, STEVE'S HAIR STYLE CHANGES BETWEEN SCENES.
 * AT THE END OF THE EPISODE WHERE THE ELEPHANTS COME IN, YOU CAN SEE THE BOOM MIC AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN.
 * THE ELEPHANT WEARING A HAT, WHICH WAS ALREADY PAINTED EARLIER, WAS ORANGE, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO ORANGE PAINT.
 * IT'S POSSIBLE THAT BLUE MIXED RED AND YELLOW EARLIER TO MAKE ORANGE TO PAINT THE ELEPHANT.
 * WHEN EACH ELEPHANT TAKES A PEANUT OUT OF THE BOWL, THEY JUST TAKE THE OUTLINE OF THE PEANUT, WHICH BECOMES AN ACTUAL ONE.
 * GRAHAM CRACKERS AREN'T USUALLY STORED IN THE FRIDGE.
 * WHEN STEVE ASKS THE CHICKS WHERE BLUE IS, NOTHING IS ON HIS HEAD. WHEN THE CHICKS TELL STEVE WHERE BLUE IS, SHE SIMPLY APPEARS ON HIS HEAD.
 * JUST AFTER THIS, WHEN STEVE STANDS UP, A FAINT STATIC IS HEARD, AND AN OBJECT IS HEARD FALLING OVER OFFSCREEN.