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What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day?

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What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day? (Also titled Music in an Everyday Way, mainly from the home media releases) is the 11th episode of Blue's Clues from Season 2.

Summary[]

It was raining outside, but what does Blue want to do on this rainy day?

Elements[]

  • Musical Question: What does Blue want to do today?
  • Clues:
    • 1. Pot Lids (Saucepan Lids in the UK)
    • 2. A Drum
    • 3. A Marching Toy
  • Answer: A marching band parade
  • Living room picture: Farm (skidoo location)
  • Felt Frame picture: Freddy playing a tuba with Navy Blue music notes
  • Letter: Yellow (US) Green (UK)
  • Snail Appearances: (1. on Steve’s Guitar) (2. under a bale of hay) (3. part of the parade in wagon with Paprika)

Characters[]

Recap[]

The episode starts with black storm clouds rolling over the house and the sky getting dark as well. It even began to thunder. The doorbell rings. Steve opens the door for the viewers. Suddenly, Steve sees that it is raining outside. Steve and Blue thought the rain outside sounded like music too. Steve asks Blue what she would like to do on this rainy day. Blue leaves a pawprint on the screen. Steve thought to himself and thought today would be a great day to play Blue's Clues. So, Steve sings out a tune telling the viewers they were going to play Blue's Clues. Steve makes a little music with the pawprint by using a gong mallet. The pawprint's toes made xylophone sounds and the heel made a gong sound. After that, Steve goes to Sidetable Drawer to try to get his notebook. Sidetable Drawer opens and closes her drawer as she sings a tune. Sidetable Drawer opens her drawer and keeps it open so that Steve can reach for his notebook. Sidetable Drawer closes her drawer.

Steve tells the viewers how to Play Blue's Clues. First, they have to find the first pawprint which was the first clue and draw it in the notebook. Next, they have to find the second pawprint which was the second clue and draw it in the notebook. Last, they have to find the third pawprint which was the third clue and draw it in the notebook. After collecting all 3 clues, they go to the thinking chair and put all 3 clues together. Now that the viewers know how to Play Blue's Clues, Steve starts looking for clues. Steve notices that his feet were making music. When he taps his feet, he makes music. It looks as if he has tap shoes on his feet. So, Steve did a song and a dance. After that, he spots the first clue which was pot lids, but not before doing what seemed to be a finale with majestic music and funny dancing. Steve draws the first clue in his notebook. But he needed more clues to figure out the answer. Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, and Paprika were playing music. They had a little bit of trouble. They needed to find all the notes for the water xylophone. The notes had to be a bit lower at each time. The more water in the jar, the lower the pitch. After gathering the notes for the water xylophone, Steve still has the music stuck in his head. Steve claps his hands to the beat of the music. Steve tests the viewers' intelligence to see if they can do what he can do. Steve claps twice and slaps his arms twice. They repeat the sequence. Steve toughens them by clapping three times, a slap, a clap, another slap, and another clap. The viewers listened very carefully and repeated the sequence. Steve was impressed. The viewers did not see any clues. Steve and the viewers looked around. They find a clue on a musical instrument. Steve draws the second clue in his notebook which was a drum. Steve was not sure how to draw a drum. So, he tries very carefully to draw the second clue properly. But Steve did not have all three clues.

It is Mail time. Mailbox comes in to join in on the Mail Time song. Steve gets his letter and as he opened the letter, a group of kids sat on the floor as they played "repeat the beat". The kids started by rubbing their hands twice and then hitting the floor once. Then it was time for a different music beat. The kids had to clack the rhythm sticks 4 times which was clack-clack-clack-clack. After reading the letter, Steve tells the viewers that he just loves to sing and make music. Then, he starts making music on the thinking chair. Steve gets interrupted by the sound of animals on the farm. The farm was on the picture frame. The two sing "Blue Skidoo" as Steve and Blue skidoo to the farm, just like they did in Snack Time and Blue's Favorite Song. There were so many animals making music. A chick pops out and was looking for her friend who sings the song that sounded just like her. She went chirp-chirp, chirp-chirp. The other chick also went chirp-chirp, chirp-chirp. The cow went moo-moo-moo. The sheep went baa-baa-baa. Two chicks sang the same tune and had the same rhythm. The cow had a song too. She was looking for her friend who sings the song that was just like her which was moo-moo-moo. There was a duck, a mouse, and a sheep. The duck went quack-quack-quack. The mouse went squeak-squeak-squeak-squeak. The sheep went baa-baa-baa. The sheep sang the tune that sounded like the cow. Despite the fact that they were different animals, it was the same tune and the same rhythm. The frog on the lily pad had a song too which was ribbit-ribbit-ribbit-ribbit. Suddenly, another frog, a pig, and a cardinal come along. The frog on the rock went ribbit-ribbit-ribbit-ribbit. The pig went oink-oink-oink-oink. The cardinal went chirp-chirp-chirp, chirp-chirp-chirp. The pig sang the same tune and the same rhythm as the frog on the lily pad. Steve and Blue sing and dance to "Animal Sounds" with the animals. Two chicks went "Chirp-chirp, chirp-chirp". The cow went "Moo-moo-moo". The sheep went "Baa-baa-baa". The frog on the lily pad went "Ribbit-ribbit-ribbit-ribbit". The pig went "Oink-oink-oink-oink". After the song, the two skidoo back home.

A wind-up marching toy soldier starts marching in the living room. Steve saw that there was a clue on it and asked the viewers if it was. After they confirmed that it was, Steve draws the third clue in his notebook and the gong sound effect is heard. Steve sits in the thinking chair to put all the clues together and the gong sound effect is heard again. The clues were pot lids, a drum, and a marching toy soldier. Steve realizes that the drum makes music. The pot lids can make music too by banging them together to sound like cymbals. And the marching toy soldier can just simply march. The viewers thought Blue wanted to have a marching band parade. After figuring out Blue's Clues, Blue started the marching band parade holding the baton. Blue comes back and is banging the pot lids as cymbals and alongside is Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, and Paprika. Blue comes back is now beating the drum. The chicks join in too. Steve joins in on the parade too. The rain has stopped and the sun came out, which no one noticed. Steve claps to the beat as he sings the So Long Song. The episode ends with a rainbow in front of the Blue's Clues house.

Farm Animal Sound Effects[]

Sound Effect Scenes[]

  • Steve strucks the heel with a gong mallet as the gong sound effect is heard.
  • Steve drums the thinking chair with both hands and the cow mooing sound effect is heard.
  • Steve sees the farm on the picture frame and the cow mooing sound effect is heard.
  • The cow mooing sound effect is heard as Blue skidoos to the farm.
  • Steve skidoos to the farm and the cow mooing sound effect is heard often in low, normal, and high pitches.
  • The cow mooing sound effect is heard often in normal, high, and normal pitches during the animal sound game.
  • Steve says bye to the two chicks and the cow mooing sound effect is heard.
  • The cow was looking for a friend who sings the song that sounds just like the cow, and the cow mooing sound effect is heard often in low, normal, and high pitches.
  • The cow mooing sound effect is heard often in low, normal, and high pitches when Steve tells the cow and sheep that they had the same tune and the same rhythm.
  • The cow mooing sound effect is heard often in low, normal, and high pitches during the song "Animal Sounds".
  • The gong sound effect is heard before the Thinking Time segment as Steve goes to the thinking chair.
  • The gong sound effect is heard during the Thinking Time segment as Steve drums the thinking chair with both hands.

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Watch Episode[]

This episode is available for streaming on Paramount Global's video streaming service Paramount+.
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Trivia[]

  • Mailbox, Dairy Cow, Frog, Pig, Black Sheep, and Sidetable Drawer do not appear at the end of the episode because they were very busy.
  • Steve does not cover his ears loudly at the end of the episode because he was very busy with the Marching Band Parade.
  • This episode premiered alongside Blues Sad Day as part of Blues Big Marathon on Nick Jr.
  • The cow mooing sound effect is heard 4 times in this episode.
  • The cow mooing sound effect is heard often in low, normal, and high pitches.
  • This episode features 2 stock sound effects: Sound Ideas, COW - SINGLE MOO, ANIMAL 02 & Sound Ideas, COW - SINGLE MOO, ANIMAL 01.
  • This is the second and final episode to feature the gong sound effect and the cow mooing sound effect.
  • The cow mooing sound effect is heard 19 times, while the gong sound effect is heard 3 times.
  • This is the last episode to use the phrase "A Clue, A Clue" from The Grow Show.
  • This is the sixth episode to use the phrase "Right there" from Magenta Comes Over.
  • This episode is available on the 1999 VHS of Rhythm and Blue and as a bonus on the 2003 DVD of Blues Big Band alongside Blue Wants to Play a Song Game.
  • This is the first episode where Mailbox sings his own song, the Mailtime song, he will later sing it again in Playdates.
  • This episode has a lot of singing and music.
  • This episode was filmed in early 1997.
  • On the back cover of Rhythm and Blue and the Blues Big Band DVD, this episode was titled "Music in an Everyday Way."
  • When Steve plays the drums on the thinking chair and hollers "Huh?", he is playing the jungle style music.
  • Steve sang the first part of Play Blues Clues instead of talking it out.
  • After Steve says "Our third clue. Our third clue! Where do you go?", the cymbal roll is not heard at all before the viewers say "Our thinking chair!"
  • Before "We Just Got a Letter," the four-note cowbell does not clink.
  • Steve and Blue both skidoo to the farm, just like they did in Snack Time and Blue's Favorite Song. In The Snack Chart, Joe will skidoo to a felt farm.
  • After Steve says, "We just figured out Blue's Clues!", he gets an extra line of dialogue, which is "And that means… WE GET TO SING!"
  • This episode was originally titled "Music in an Everyday Way" on DirecTV airings of this episode, before it changed to the new episode title in the early 2010s decade.
  • The footage where Steve says "Let's go" in this episode would later be reused in the Nick Jr. on CBS weekend intro.
  • This is the only episode to have clues that have no sound at all and Steve is the only one to cover his ears because he knew the music would be very loud.
  • The episode is available on the 1999 VHS release, Rhythm and Blue.
  • This is the first time where Steve finds a clue and says, "Huh?", then skidooing.
  • Before Blue's signals pawprint, Steve asks her what she wants to do today by singing it operatically.
  • In this episode, Mailbox says, "Bye!" after saying, "I just made it up." instead of "Here's your letter!".
  • In the beginning, Steve sings part of "Ding Dong Bell" from Rounds Galore and More.
  • At the end of the letter, the kids say, "Goodbye, Steve!", instead of "Bye, Steve!", which sounds completely good. This is the only time this happens.

Goofs[]

  • When Steve mentions "Wonder where they...", a boom mic is visible at the top of the screen.
  • Another boom mic can be seen when he walks and claps in the living room.
  • In the last scene of this episode, Steve skidoos both into and out of the picture frame upside down.
  • When Steve first speaks to Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper, his legs and back are not fully visible.
    • This also happens when he walks towards the viewers at the end of the episode.
  • During the credits, Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper appear higher up as if the credits were not updated. This episode was actually meant to be produced earlier in the season.

Quotes[]

  • Mailbox: Mailtime is my favorite thing, it just makes me wanna sing.
  • Steve: Wow, that's it's a really good song, Mailbox. 
  • Mailbox: Yeah, I just made it up. Bye.
  • (Steve getting the letter out of mailbox, then mailbox leaves) 
  • Steve: You know I'm gonna make up of our song too.
  • Cow: Moo!
  • Cow: Moo, moo, moo!
Blue's Clues Season 2
Steve Gets the Sniffles | What Does Blue Want to Build? | Blue's Senses | What Experiment Does Blue Want to Try? | What Does Blue Want to Make Out of Recycled Things? | What Was Blue's Dream About? | Blue's ABCs | Math! | Blue's Birthday | What Does Blue Want to Do with Her Picture? | What Does Blue Want to Do on a Rainy Day? | Blue's Surprise at Two O'Clock | The Lost Episode! | Blue's Sad Day | What Game Does Blue Want to Learn? | What Did Blue See? | Nurture! | Blue Is Frustrated | What Is Blue Trying to Do? | Mechanics!
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