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Dec 2016
41m 49s

Angela Santomero and Traci Paige Johnson

NICKELODEON
About this episode
Blues Clues creators Angela Santomero and Traci Paige Johnson forever changed the way that kids interact with television. Combining their backgrounds in child development, love of Mister Rogers and the paper cut-out aesthetic of Monty Python, they created an animated/live-action phenomenon. Skidoo into the studio with Hector, Angela, Traci and Blue to discov ... Show More
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