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About Us. B2B Publishing. Business Visionaries. Hot Property. Times Events. Times Store. While not yet a parent himself, Burns said he'd heard from plenty of them who had "told me you're kind of held a little hostage by some of the media your kids are ingesting. Back in , "Blue's Clues" star Steve Burns purchased a funky townhouse in the hipster-friendly Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg. According to People , the property dates back to the s, and was originally a garage and wood shop before being converted into a two-story, 2,square-foot townhouse.

The custom-built home is spectacularly unique, including such features as walls made from the building's original roof joints and a central courtyard with an ironwood deck constructed from salvaged boards from the original boardwalk at Coney Island. Burns once told New York Magazine that he would often sleep outside, on that deck, on hot summer nights. In November , Burns put the place on the market, and it wasn't cheap.

The Burns-less "Blue's Clues" soldiered on for two more years, reported The New York Times , before it was eventually canceled in In , Nickelodeon announced plans for a reboot, titled "Blues Clues and You"; neither Burns nor Patton would star in this new version of the beloved children's show.

After an extensive casting search, Broadway actor Josh Dela Cruz was chosen to be the star of the 21st-century reboot. Burns may not have resurrected his Steve character for the new iteration of "Blue's Clues," but he did have an offscreen role. As the New York Post reported, he was a consulting producer on "Blue's Clues and You," and was also part of the team that ultimately made the decision to cast Dela Cruz.

In addition, he and Donovan appeared on the show to introduce viewers of the reboot to its new star. In a Nickelodeon press release , Burns lent his seal of approval. He can definitely fill my shoes, and the rugby shirt," he declared. Burns, said Dela Cruz, took him aside and offered a few words of encouragement. Burns also told him to avoid trying to imitate what he'd done in the original. It was that pep talk, Dela Cruz admitted, that allowed him the freedom "to go onto set and be able to be myself and to kind of let go of what they're doing and explore the role.

Considering that Steve Burns was just 22 when he was cast for "Blue's Clues," the success of the show pulled him away from his first love: the theater.

In fact, as the Reading Eagle recalled, Burns was still in college when he was part of the cast of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival way back in , a performance that proved to be his big break. His acting was singled out, and wound up taking his burgeoning career to the next level. Not long after, Burns landed his life-altering role with "Blue's Clues," putting his theatrical ambitions on hold for more than a decade.

Related Story 'Annie Live! And that was really challenging, by the way, but great because I got to use my mind and take a step at a time, and now I literally am doing many of the things that I wanted to do. Student loans, and jobs and families? And some of it has been kind of hard, you know? I know you know. The reboot is as much a homecoming for the show's stars and producers — as well as the millennials who watched as kids — as it is a fresh introduction for kids to a series that was a trailblazer in children's television.

When Blue's Clues first aired in , it broke ground as the first show for preschoolers that broke the fourth wall and left space for viewers to respond to the host, starting with Burns. It ran until , with Donovan Patton known as "Joe" replacing Burns for the last four years. Things will be a little different this time around, though. Blue and her pals are now computer-generated, Dela Cruz's trusty notebook is also a smartphone, and that iconic rugby shirt is now blue.

But much is also the same as the original, including the signature pauses for silence. As Dela Cruz and Burns act out their lines, there are long pauses. To an adult, it feels awkward, like a space that needs filling. But to a preschool audience, this is the magic that made Blue's Clues a hit. I see a lot of differences.