ABC's and 123's

ABC's and 123's
Release Date	late-1998 (completed) 1/12/1999 8/26/2003 (DVD release; bonus feature on Blue Takes You to School)
Type	VHS tape
Episodes Featured	"Blue's ABCs" "Math!"
Previous Video	Blue's Birthday
Next Video	Back to Basics (Unofficially) Rhythm and Blue

ABC's and 123's is a Blue's Clues VHS tape featuring 2 episodes from the 2nd season.

Episodes Featured

• "Blue's ABCs" ("Prereading!" on the back cover) (Season 2, Episode 7, 27th Episode)
• "Math!" (Season 2, Episode 8, 28th Episode)

Supplements

1. Paramount Means Family Entertainment VHS Trailer
2. Nick Jr. VHS Trailer (Song)
3. Blue's Clues VHS Trailer (Blue's Birthday, Arts and Crafts and Story Time)
4. Peanuts VHS Trailer
5. Paramount Feature Presentation/FBI Warning
6. Paramount Home Video logo
7. Nick Jr. ID Bumper - Frogs
8. Face Sings the Alphabet Song
9. "Blue's ABCs"
10. Face Counts Potatoes
11. "Math!"
12. Face Loves Bubbles
13. Blue's Clues Credits ("Math!")
14. Nick Jr. Ducks logo
15. Paramount Home Video logo

Face Promos

1. Face Sings the Alphabet Song
2. Face Counts Potatoes
3. Face Loves Bubbles

Credits

• Created by: Traci Paige Johnson, Todd Kessler, Angela C. Santomero
• Written by: Angela C. Santomero
• Directed by: Todd Kessler, Daniel Silverman
• Starring: Steve Burns
• Executive Producer: Todd Kessler
• Producer/Head Writer: Angela C. Santomero
• Producer/Designer: Traci Paige Johnson
• Supervising Producer: Jennifer Twomey-Perello
• Director, Researcher & Development: Alice Wilder
• Music & Sound Design: Nick Balaban & Michael Rubin
• produced at Murmur Music, Inc.
• Associate Producer: Wendy Harris
• Art & Animation Manager: Soo Kyung Kim
• Production Manager: Justin Burke
• Scripting and Development Manger: Michael Smith
• Research and Development Manger: Allison Gilman
• Animator Director: Dave Palmer
• Animators: Chris Boyce, Michael Dougherty, Christopher M. Gelles, Olexa O. Hewryk, Holly Klein, J. Scott Klossner, Anne Nakasone, Danial Nord, Jennifer Oxley, Joe Silver, Trixy S. Wattenbarger
• Assistant Art Director: Christian Hali
• Digital Designers: Rolfe Cunningham, Yo-Lynn Hagood, Jane Howell, Adam Osterfeld
• Art Production Assistant: Ian Chernichaw
• Storyboard Artists: Nancy Keegan, David Levy
• Storyboard Revisionist: Kevin Cardinali
• Techanial Manger/Ultimate Specialist: Rob Partington
• Editor: L. Mark Sorre
• Assistant Editor/Post Manager: "Duke" David Burger
• Voice Overs Produced by: Amy Starr & Allison Gilman for That's a RAP, Inc.
• Video Letter Directed by: Hal Rifken and Tanya Hamilton for That's a RAP, Inc.
• Scripting & Development Coordinator: Adam Peltzman
• Episode Coordinator: Koyalee Chanda
• Production Coordinator: Suzanne Molinaro
• Research Assisant: Alison Sherman
• Assistant to the Producers: Kristen Molina
• Studio Crew
  • Director of Photography: Skip Roessel
  • Gaffer: Carter Prue
  • Assistant Director: Jeremy Slutskin
  • Key Grip: John Theisen
  • Sound Mixer: Irin Strauss
  • Grip: Patrick Heffernan
  • Video Engineer: Tim Cereste & Tom Gilmour
  • Hair/Make-Up: Jeffrey Fernandez
  • Stylist: Christopher Del Coro
  • Stage Manager: William Keys
  • Set PA: Rachel Kleinman
  • Talent PA: Katie McWane
  • Prod. Assistant: Andrew Gilman
  • Music & Post Mixer: Peter Robbins
• Creative Consultant: Steve Burns
• Content Consultants: Dr. Dan Anderson, Amy Dombro, Herb Ginsburg
• Steve's Friends: Blue Traci Paige Johnson, Aleisha Allen, William H. Artist, Nick Balaban, Justin Burke, Jenna Castle, Koyalee Chanda, Marshall Claffy, Britteny Douglas, Jessica Greenberg, Julie Greenberg, Seth OHickory, Elizabeth Scefonas, Katie Scefonas, Stephen Schmidt
• Nickelodeon Production Management: Allison Dexter, Chris Linn
• Vice-President, Nick Jr. Production & Development: Brown Johnson
• Executive in Charge of Production: Janice Burgess
• Special Thanks: "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie" Text Copyright C 1985 by Laura Numeroff, Illustrations Copyright C 1985 by Felicia Bond, Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, "Corduroy" Text and Illustrations Copyright C 1968 by Don Freeman, Used by permission of Viking Press, "The Rainbow Fish" Text and Illustrations Copyright C 1992 by Marcus Pfister, Used by permission of North-South Books, Inc.
• Nick Jr.®
• Nickelodeon®
  • © 1999 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Blue's Clues, and all related titles, logos, and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.
• Paramount®
  • A Viacom Company

Trivia

• This and Rhythm and Blue VHS tapes were produced by Paramount Home Video and Nickelodeon on January 12, 1999.
• This is the first video to feature two episodes from season 2.
• These Blue's Clues episodes were back to back Blue's Clues episodes from Season 2.
• This is the first Blue's Clues VHS to have back to back Blue's Clues episodes. Other VHS tapes with back-to-back episodes include Blue's Discoveries, Playtime with Periwinkle, and the two Blue's Big News volumes.
• This VHS has three Nick Jr. Face segments, one after the Nick Jr. Frogs ID, one in between episodes 1 and 2, and one after episode 2 and before the credits.
• The Face Sings the ABC song, the Face Counting Potatoes, and Face Loves Bubbles Promos have the same video such as Jack's Adventures with Bailey and Millie.
• These episodes from this VHS release were also included as a bonus on the DVD release of Blue Takes You to School.
• The promo where Face sings the alphabet was originally used to announce Max and His Alphabet Adventures on Nick Jr.. A version for Dora the Explorer also exists. The audio version also appeared on the album Dance and Sing! The Best of Nick Jr. as "Alphabet Song." Click on the titles below to view each version.
  • Max and His Alphabet Adventures
  • Blue's Clues
  • Dora the Explorer
  • Dance and Sing! The Best of Nick Jr.
• The promo where Face counts potatoes was originally used to announce Countin' Carl on Nick Jr.. Click on the titles below to view each version.
  • Countin' Carl
  • Blue's Clues
• The Face Sings The ABC's segment would later be seen on the 2002 VHS of Blue's Clues: Reading with Blue and the 2003 VHS of Blue's Clues: Blue Takes You to School. It also appears in the Jack's Creative Studio video such as Jack's Adventures with Bailey and Millie.
• The Face Loves Bubbles segment was previously seen on the 1998 VHS release of Allegra's Window: Sing Along with Allegra and Lindi, and would later be seen on the 1999 VHS release of Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Pajama Party and the 2003 VHS of Dora the Explorer: Cowgirl Dora. It also appears in the Jack's Creative Studio video of Jack's Adventures with Bailey and Mille. It also appears in the VHS video releases with the TV show crossover of Sesame Street segments and Between the Lions segments such as Winnie the Pooh: Playtime: Detective Tigger, Winnie the Pooh: Learning: Growing Up, Winnie the Pooh: Playtime: Happy Pooh Day, Winnie the Pooh: Friendship: Tigger-ific Tales!, and more.
• This video along with Rhythm and Blue and Little Bear: Friends are the last to have the Nick Jr. VHS Trailer (Song).
• The previews from this VHS are the same as the previous VHS, but the ID Bumper & Face Promo is different, it shows the Nick Jr. Frogs ID and the Face Sings the Alphabet Song Promo instead of the Nick Jr. Pigs ID and the Face Sings We Are Looking For Blue's Clues Promo.
• This VHS contains two episodes from the second season, one involving ABC's, and the other involving 123's.
• The closing logo used for this VHS is the Nick Jr. Ducks logo.
• This VHS was seen on the Supernanny episode "The Wischmeyer Family."

Number

• 64

Printdate

• January 12, 1999

Gallery

Back cover

1999 tape

2000 VHS

2001 VHS

2002 VHS