Blue's Clues: Blue's ABC's (Special Teacher's Edition) (1998 VHS)

Blue's ABC's is an episode of Blue's Clues. This episode was released as a Special Teacher's Edition VHS.

Characters

 * Steve
 * Blue
 * Sidetable Drawer
 * Mr. Salt
 * Mrs. Pepper
 * Paprika
 * Word "Jump"
 * A Girl and Her Puppy

Synopsis
As we open the Blue's Clues House door, we see Steve reading A Really Great Book, not noticing the viewer, until he turns around and looks up. Steve greets the viewer and tells us that today we'll be reading words. The viewer notices his name written in black on the back on his shirt. As Steve looks on the back on his shirt, he notices his name and spells out the letters.

He goes over to his room, where Blue finds a book titled Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Steve asks the viewer to help him read the words. When the book is done, Blue tells Steve she wants to read something else, so she sticks a pawprint on the screen, reminding Steve that we're going to play Blue's Clues to figure out what Blue wants to read next. Steve finds a way of removing the pawprint by drawing a P on it, the first letter in the word "pawprint", and it disappears with a "pop".

After Steve retrieves his notebook (with the word "Notebook" labeled), he asks the viewer to help him find clues and he launches into singing the Blue's Clues Theme Song. After that, as Steve goes to look for the first clue, the viewer points out that it's in a book. Steve looks into it and sees that there's a pawprint on a picture of a moon and the word "moon" underneath.

After Steve draws the first clue, Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper call him for help in the kitchen. There, he sees them pretend shopping with Paprika. They give him a list of things to buy - milk, bread, and juice. Steve asks the viewers to help him find the items on the list by reading the food labels. After all the items are found, Steve goes to look for the second clue while naming C words. When the viewer says "A clue", Steve, not listening, adds that "clue" also starts with C, until the viewer points out that there's a clue on a drawing of a cow with the word "cow" written underneath.

After the second clue is drawn, it's mailtime! Mailbox gives Steve some letters in the alphabet, along with a video letter. Steve opens it and watches two girls visiting a library. After the letter is done, Steve follows Blue skidooing into a book. Inside, some of the sentences are mixed up as follows:


 * A ball threw the girl.
 * The ball caught a puppy.
 * Puppy snack the and the ate a girl.

Steve asks the viewers to help him put the words in the right order. The sentences now read:


 * The girl threw a ball.
 * A puppy caught the ball.
 * The girl and the puppy ate a snack.

After all the sentences are read, the word "Jump" appears with a pawprint stuck on it, which means that the word "Jump" is the third clue. After the word "Jump" is drawn, we skidoo back home, ready for the thinking chair. Steve looks through the three clues and wonders that Blue is going to read with a moon, a cow, and the word "Jump". He notes that something will jump, and makes the cow jump, and uses the moon to be jumped over, so the answer is "Hey Diddle Diddle"!

Steve and Blue go to the bedroom, ready to read "Hey Diddle Diddle", when joined by Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, Paprika, and the word "Jump". Steve asks the viewer to read the rhyme along with him. After the story is read, Steve thanks the viewer for their help and sings the "So Long Song" with lyrics on-screen.