If you were a kid who grew up on Blues Clues, I have bad news for you: you’re old now. Yes, the show is still on, but the old host of Blues Clues you’re probably familiar with, Steve, has been replaced. He’s now played by a new actor under the name Josh. None of that is bad in itself, of course. Progress! New ideas! All very normal stuff for Nickelodeon, one of our more progressive kid’s networks. But it can be hard to face change for us nostalgic adults.
Well, I’m here to make it worse.
The Blues Clues reboot had changed Mail Time, a classic segment. Instead of receiving a physical letter out of the mailbox, Josh is now getting emails. This was pointed out by Twitter user @MissLady_Leah, who wrote, “I want y’all people with no kids to know… Blues Clues gets emails instead of letters now.”
I want y’all people with no kids to know….
Blues Clues gets emails instead of letters now.
— Wednesday. (@MissLady_Leah) June 11, 2020
The tweet went viral as people reckoned with the passage of time and the way technology steamrolls everything good in life, like notepads.
It’s Josh. pic.twitter.com/KOmS4OGYJ3
— Wednesday. (@MissLady_Leah) June 11, 2020
😭 and then his note pad has fookin screen on it. I can’t 😭😂 pic.twitter.com/YyUVISmbgA
— #MyLifeMatters🤎✊🏽 (@MystSanity19) June 12, 2020
Now I’m gonna have to start singing Mail Time when we get actual mail just for the memories.
— Wednesday. (@MissLady_Leah) June 11, 2020
We just got a letter. We just got a letter. We just got a letter. I wonder who its from 😂😂
— Renee Mac (@ReneeMacBLM) June 12, 2020
Every time the mail comes through the slot… even though it’s just junk 😭
— Jessica 🧐 (@JessTKB) June 11, 2020
Me when we make advances in technology: This is amazing!
Me when a childhood show starts advancing as well: pic.twitter.com/KgmR4KunCo— Aliza Noria (@AlizaNoria) June 12, 2020
People are also extremely angry on Mailbox’s behalf, because making him stick around for this change seems absolutely sadistic:
Bills. 😢
— Jess Gray (@HeyJessGray) June 12, 2020
Gotta love how they still make Mailbox come inside to witness himself being replaced lol
— Ｔｈｅ Ｇｒｕｎｇｅ Ｗｉｔｃｈ (@TheGrungeWitch) June 12, 2020
— miranda 🦋 (@mirandagalati) June 12, 2020
And ironically, even email will be left behind eventually:
Sad part is, nobody under 30 checks their email. The next generation will be checking Tik Tok once that is obsolete.
— Tenessa Gemelke (@gemelket) June 12, 2020
I guess all that matters is that Blue’s Clues keep coming in for the younger generation…until TV itself becomes obsolete.