![]() ![]() What's it been like to see your face on all this branded merch? It must be surreal to say, "Here I am, there's my face on the shelf." "Blue's Clues" is such a big brand for Nickelodeon. We're a community, even though we're not in the same room all the time, it doesn't mean that we're not connected. The show has been so healing for me, as well as our crew, as much as it's been for everyone watching at home. Through the effort of everyone on set and the people consulting, and our producers, we were able to get through it. I'm so grateful that we were able to work and we went 87-plus days of filming without a single incident. When we were filming, we had a COVID compliance officer. On the floor, I think we have 12 people, 12 to 14 people in the room tops. Thankfully, we're so grateful that we were able to get into Canada and work, because like you said, our show is built for the restrictions. My wife and I, we were in New York and then we were in Delaware and we didn't know what would happen to the next season. We were so worried when everything started to come down and it started to happen. ![]() I have found that my mood, because I'm just more positive generally, and really working to stay positive, and be a positive force whenever I'm walking through my day to day, I have been in a much, much better mood. We're back in New York City after being in Canada and especially post-quarantine, being out with people again, and coming into contact with people, and taking a deep breath and being like, "Oh, that's not a big deal." And carrying that with me. I'm a human being and the day to day can get frustrating sometimes. It's also been a hugely positive experience for me, outside of the fact that I get to do what I love to do, but that I have to carry that positivity with me and take a deep breath. It's going to be a great time and you're going to learn. It's a great feeling to be some sort of anchor, especially for parents and kids having to go through what they've been going through in the past year, year and a half, that no matter what, they know that when our show comes on, they can just sit back and know that it's going to be a good show. I'm so grateful that every experience so far has been so positive. If they work up the courage to ask me, they would be like, "Where's Blue?" I'll have to say that, "She's taking a nap at home," or "She's in school." It's a lot of fun. That's how I am still, even after I see a Broadway show and I have friends that are in the show, I'll go to the stage door and other actors will come out and I'll still be very shy, because I'm like, "Wow, you're really, really good." The third reaction is I get this sideways glance where they're like, "What are you doing out here? Where's Blue?" That's usually the only thing kids will say to me. The other one is they get very shy and their parents say, "Oh, you watch Josh every day," and that's how I am. You're my best friend," and then we just have a great time and laugh. Then once the parents draw the attention of the kid, then I get one of three reactions. I don't have to worry about anything that's a sticky situation. Thankfully, my reactions, whenever people recognize me, are positive. ![]() Speaking of meeting those kids, have you had a chance to encounter any of your young fans? What kind of reaction do they give you when they see you face to face? You don't have an auditorium of 500, 1,000 people to amp up your energy or put your focus out to. They are the expert." Really personalizing the character in the lens is something that is immensely helpful because, again, it's so different. Just keep celebrating you and then doing what you do and always remember that you can't move on until the kid on the other side of the screen has helped you. Don't ever feel like you have to replicate or do anything that we've done in the past. I think what I found was the most helpful was Steve Burns and Donovan Patton, the original hosts of the show, they pulled me aside and they said, "Hey, we love everything that you're doing and the reason you're here is because of the things that you did. I know how to do this." I'd been taking film and television class for a few years prior to that and so I was really trying to hone in on this different audience perspective. Once I realized that I was like, "Oh, okay, I can do this. But it's essentially just the black box in your imagination. If they're lucky, they just get maybe an actual glass so they don't have to mime it. But then I realized that, "Oh, you know how to do this," because every kid that's gone to any theater school or any theater camp whatsoever knows that they don't actually get props or costumes or anything. I'm so used to having props and having costumes and having other actors on stage. ![]()
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