# Blue's Clues Steve Video Blue's Clues Steve Video is a 55-second clip posted by Nick Jr. on September 7th, 2021, in which original host Steve Burns addressed grown-up fans about leaving the show for college and what they had accomplished since. The video drew 17 million views in 24 hours on Twitter[1] and set off a wave of crying reaction posts and self-deprecating screenshot jokes on Reddit's r/WholesomeMemes[3]. ## Origin Steve Burns hosted Blue's Clues on Nickelodeon starting in 1996 and quietly said goodbye at the end of the fourth season in 2002, a departure the show never explained on air[2]. His original goodbye scene was later uploaded to YouTube by the channel Crystal Tate on May 11th, 2016, where it pulled roughly 322,000 views over five years and kept the question of why he left circulating online[4]. On September 7th, 2021, the official Nick Jr. Twitter account posted a new message from Burns with the caption "So about that time Steve went off to college..." tagged #BluesClues25[1]. In the clip, Burns tells viewers he never forgot them and praises what they went on to do, framing his sudden 2002 exit as a parent-style send-off rather than a disappearance[2]. - **Platform:** Twitter (Nick Jr.) - **Creator:** Steve Burns / Nick Jr. - **Date:** 2021 ## Overview Blue's Clues Steve Video is a short message filmed by Steve Burns for the show's 25th anniversary, in which the former host directly addresses millennials who grew up watching him in the late 1990s[1]. Speaking into the camera in the same gentle cadence he used on the Nickelodeon series, Burns explains that he left in 2002 to go to college, acknowledges the abrupt exit, and tells viewers to look at all they have done since[2]. The reaction that turned the clip into a meme centered on two uses. One was earnest, with people sharing crying selfies, personal stories about watching the show as kids, and screenshots of the line "look at all you have done and all you have accomplished" as a sincere pick-me-up[5]. The other flipped the same quote into self-deprecating jokes, pairing the screenshot with images implying the poster had accomplished nothing at all[2]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Blue's Clues Steve Video? It is a 2021 anniversary clip from Nick Jr. where former Blue's Clues host Steve Burns speaks to grown-up fans about leaving the show and what they have accomplished since[1]. ### Where did Blue's Clues Steve Video come from? The official Nick Jr. Twitter account posted the clip on September 7th, 2021, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Nickelodeon show[1]. ### What does Blue's Clues Steve Video mean? The video treats the audience's 2002 childhood goodbye as finally finished, with Burns telling them he left for college and praising what they did with their lives since[2]. ### How do you use Blue's Clues Steve Video? People typically share crying reaction images and personal stories, or pair the screenshot "look at all you have done and all you have accomplished" with self-deprecating photos of their actual lives[2]. ### Is Blue's Clues Steve Video still popular? The original tweet pulled 17 million views in a day and is still cited as a touchstone nostalgia meme for millennials who grew up with the show[1]. ## References 1. [https://x.com/i/status/1435332689532440579]() 2. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/blues-clues-steve-video]() 3. [https://old.reddit.com/r/wholesomememes/comments/pk2xd4/it_was_good_to_visit_again/]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HQGhaEhIEM]() 5. [https://twitter.com/itsKozmic/status/1435368676899889160]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/blues-clues-steve-video Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library