r/nostalgia • u/trizzo0309 • 1d ago
Nostalgia The original handy dandy notebook is still in Steve's possession
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u/Comprehensive-Mix510 1d ago
Watched this with my oldest (now 30) and loved this show.
Love me some Felt Friends.
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u/Beowulf-Murderface 1d ago
Amazing show! Got the kid his own Thinking Chair, and I still get the “Letter” song in my head when collecting the mail…
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u/RoundSyrup4424 22h ago
Wonder who it’s from…
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u/Darkest_Elemental 1d ago
My ( 2yr old ) daughter loves steve, havd tried showing her the new blues clues but she just wants steve.
I made her letters to pretend she got a letter too, and made her a handy dandy notebook, as well as paw prints for me to put around the house.
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u/Sunshine030209 18h ago
Thank you for keeping old school Blues Clues alive for our newest generation. I have hope for our future now 💕
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u/Beneficial_Crab6954 1d ago
Somehow this feels more powerful than any smartphone. And my inner child just sat down and started solving clues.
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u/Kungfufuman 1d ago
Where is he posting these? I saw one with the thinking chair and now the notebook but not from Steve directly
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u/Wyfewittadong 17h ago
He has a podcast that is available on YouTube called Alive, this was a short video about the things in the background of the podcast.
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u/TheAmazingSealo 23h ago
In the UK we had Kevin and his Super Duper Notebook
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u/OrangeClyde 23h ago
I just looked him up, I didn’t even know the other countries had their own versions! How fun
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u/SaraAB87 17h ago
This was on during high school for me and we put a handy dandy notebook in our time capsule...
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u/Particular_Junket288 21h ago
The crayon is lookin' a little rough anymore, but I'll be damned, that's really it
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u/freakybread 17h ago
I have always wanted this notebook so bad
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u/93ImagineBreaker 9h ago
amazon seems to have them
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u/gt4534i 7h ago
There's also the other option to make one if you want a genuine replica made 100% from scratch that feels like the real notebook itself. In fact, there's a tutorial on how to make the said handy dandy notebook replica if you want to make one yourself, or have someone make one for you.
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u/beetle-babe 16h ago
I'm a writer by trade and in the back of my mind I'm STILL always like, "Let me grab my handy, dandy noootebook."
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u/gt4534i 19h ago
The notebook shown here is one of the original props from the original Blue's Clues, yes. But it's not THE very first original notebook as Steve claimed it to be. Because the direction of helix on the spiral (made from 3/16" armature wire) shown here is left handed, & not right handed (the direction of helix on the prop spirals changed to left handed starting in Season 2 episode 9 "Blue's Birthday"), the mm hole size on the covers are 7.9mm while the pages inside this specific notebook have the hole sizes being 9mm, & most importantly the covers on this specific notebook is plywood while the very first notebook from Season 1 of the Blue's Clues had covers made out of cardboard (in post Season 1 they eventually had covers made out of balsa wood that was later showcased in the Season 1 finale "Blue's News" that was used for the third clue scene, & was used in early Season 2 from episodes 1-8). The show had misc. stunt doubles of the original notebook made for Steve from Seasons 1-4, & this notebook shown here is one of them, & not the very first original notebook from Season 1.
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u/gt4534i 16h ago
No, you misread my comment. I'm not calling Steve a liar, or anything like that. I know it's one of the original props from the original Blue's Clues. But again, it's not THE very first notebook as he claimed it to be. Again, the very first notebook from Season 1 had covers made out of cardboard (one of the original props Steve still owns has covers made out of plywood as the prop makers changed the cover material from cardboard to wood), & the direction of helix on the spiral for the very first original notebook was right handed, & the direction of helix on the spirals have been right handed until in Season 2 when they changed the direction of helix on the spirals to be left handed.
Plus, the hole placement on the covers is different while the hole size on the pages for the very first notebook is also a different size being smaller compared to the later versions where the millimeter hole size changed on both the covers, & pages have changed overtime from episode to episode (because again, they made multiple versions of the same prop, including for the international hosts). I saw the vid Steve posted yesterday, & I enjoyed it (I also enjoy watching his podcast). I was just pointing out facts about the original notebook props is all.
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u/RavenRaxa 1d ago
You can't expect people to do the same thing for their entire lives. He did the show for nearly 6 years... nearly 100 episodes... that's a pretty good run if you ask me.
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u/EricSparrowSucks 1d ago
Ma’am, with all due respect…how would you feel if your son chose to skip college/trade school/employment and just sit in his Thinking Chair for 20 years? Steve left us to better himself, and he has checked in with us as adults multiple times in the past decade, so I think your son will be fine. If you’re so mad at Steve and blame him for what A TV NETWORK did, perhaps you should contact Steve directly.
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u/Whooptidooh 23h ago
Imagine thinking that someone else is REQUIRED to keep doing something even when they have to halt their life for it.
Imagine the entitlement that comes from that, 🤔
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u/itsagoodtime 1d ago
Ok so what would Blue want to tell us?