{"id":6619,"date":"2022-02-09T14:46:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/?p=6619"},"modified":"2022-12-13T22:01:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T22:01:38","slug":"the-clues-he-shared-one-step-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/09\/the-clues-he-shared-one-step-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The clues he shared, one step at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"burns-visits-campus-shares-memories\">Burns visits campus, shares memories<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Steve-Burns-Lecture.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Students anxiously waited in their seats, talking amongst each other as the lights dimmed. The crowd roared with excitement as the iconic childhood character Steve was standing before them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Feb. 2, Texas A&amp;M University Kingsville (TAMUK) hosted a lectureship series, during which Steve Burns, the original <em>Blue\u2019s Clues<\/em> host, was invited to speak with students. Burns was welcomed to campus by students, many who grew up watching and learning with him<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe support feels wonderful,\u201d Burns said. \u201cIt\u2019s mostly just cool to sort of continue the conversation from when we were all so much younger. This always felt like we were really talking to each other and because of social media because of many things were still able to. It feels to me anyways, like we\u2019re continuing the same conversation with the same people and that is pretty awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Blue\u2019s Clues<\/em> first aired in 1996 and Burns hosted until 2002, before his character left for college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year for the 25th anniversary of the show, Burns recorded a message for <em>Blue\u2019s Clues<\/em> fans, but directed it towards those who had grown up with him on the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen we did that little viral video I remember thinking, oh I don\u2019t want to talk to the little kids now who are watching the reboot of <em>Blue\u2019s Clues<\/em>. I want to talk to you, the exact human beings that I talked to back then, and many of them are in college now, that\u2019s really the impetus for doing it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burns\u2019 video has amassed more than 40 million views since it was posted last year to <em>@nickjr<\/em> Twitter account. Burns was welcomed back by a generation that spent years watching him on TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to make that feel real you know, it\u2019s hard to explain to someone,\u201d he said. \u201cI can never really think about <em>Blue\u2019s Clues<\/em> as this thing that an entire generation experienced, for me it was always this little, tiny show. I was just talking to a camera; it seemed very small, very simple.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burns is overwhelmed and humbled by the support he has received since releasing the anniversary video, and tells of honor it is to be a part of something he describes as meaningful.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re often asked to have a dream,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to have this dream and you follow your dream at all costs; use your mind take a step at a time, follow that dream. But it was never my dream to be on children\u2019s television ever. It\u2019s nothing I\u2019ve ever thought about. I never gave it 10 seconds of thought in my life, and if I had just sort of followed a prescription in my life for what I wanted to do I would have missed that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve noticed in my life it\u2019s been very useful to expand the definition of your dream and to look for things that, if aren\u2019t exactly that, that might rhyme with your dream or are harmonious with your dream,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students were given an opportunity to compete for a chance to meet Burns if they could correctly answer when <em>Blue\u2019s Clues<\/em> first aired. The first 20 students to correctly answer were given the opportunity to speak with, meet and take a picture with Burns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was a big fan growing up. It was like my childhood coming completely full circle. It was very much nostalgic but made my heart warm in the best way possible,\u201d senior Bio-Medical Science major Maddi Guess said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guess was one of the students given the opportunity to meet with Burns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lecture consisted of Burns opening with his own words, a sit-down Q&amp;A with Dean of the College of Education &amp; Human Performance Dr. Steve Bain and submitted questions from the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burns was able to interact during this portion calling on those who submitted questions to stand so he could see them, and when thing got emotional, he even ran off stage to give a hug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was actually emotional for me and then to see an audience member crying it really kind of made me want to cry and it also brought my childhood back,\u201d freshman Vet-Tech major Jamie Miller said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To stay updated on all things Steve Burns follow him on Instagram <em>@steveburnsalive<\/em> or on TikTok <em>@hioutthereitsmesteve.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Steve Burns Full Interview\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h_ruews54qw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burns visits campus, shares memories Students anxiously waited in their seats, talking amongst each other as the lights dimmed. 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