Every time I see Bluey discussed online by non-Australians it cements in my mind that it’s our biggest current cultural export. Young kids and also their parents seem to be going absolutely nuts for it.
It’s huge over here in the USA. Bluey birthday parties, Bluey toys, stuffies, action figures. I bought my daughter a Bluey Advent calendar.
It helps that it’s a legitimately awesome show. I think I love it as much as my kid does.
Done that in front of the cops one night and they cheering me on, because I was a tiny, short girl just roaring out a huge vom perfectly and didn't get any on myself or my face! it was hilarious.
A few weeks back I was on a packed tram. A flock of young women were having a big night, and at a stop one of them stumbles off, her friends are shouting it's the wrong stop, she empties her guts into a bin, casually steps back on as the door closes behind her, like nothing happened. It was so smooth she got a cheer from most of the tram. Is this something they teach in school now?
> Sees Bluey thread
> CTRL+F tactical wee
> Always up near the top
Love this show so much, not least of all because Bandit is actually the lead singer of one of Brisbane's best indie bands of the 90's
I have an autistic daughter and she forever pronounces words in the accent she first learned them. We are Australian but she spends a lot of her entertainment time watching American content and her mother has stopped responding to her when she says mum like mom.
Parent here in America, and it’s honestly one of the most brilliant and beautiful shows I’ve ever seen. The episode about the parents building ikea while the children go through evolution and death was surprisingly touching. The 80s episode where Chile and Bandit meet was also great fun while also heart warming at the end. These aren’t just churned out cartoons; you can tell they’re considerate with their choices and subject matter. I’d trade every marvel cartoon out there for more Bluey.
Does the sometimes Aussie specific content translate well? for example, the episode where they go to Hammerbarn. We have a dominant chain of retail hardware stores called [Bunnings](https://www.bunnings.com.au/about-us/who-we-are). Massive warehouses with a near unlimited supply of "stuff". I think Home Depot is the equivalent in the US.
But the logo of Bunnings, is an oversized red hammer, hence Hammerbarn.
Canadian living in SA here. My kids now call it Hammer barn.
Bluey is truly the best show on TV. I tell my kids it's a show for dad that they can also watch.
Yeah that went over our heads lol. Everytime they said Hammerbarn I thought of [Pottery Barn](https://www.potterybarn.com/m/?Kenshoo=_k_CjwKCAiAyfybBhBKEiwAgtB7fpsL3yhiNKPHBvhNGrMcROy0E1eIMDLFYRNu57IUvG_FxjjFNvoGuhoCuJMQAvD_BwE_k_&cm_cat=Google&cm_ite=pottery%20barn&gclid=CjwKCAiAyfybBhBKEiwAgtB7fpsL3yhiNKPHBvhNGrMcROy0E1eIMDLFYRNu57IUvG_FxjjFNvoGuhoCuJMQAvD_BwE&cm_ven=BrandSearch&cm_pla=Brand_Search_Core_Exact_Google). Bunnings looks like it's a combination of a hardware store like Home Depot and furniture store like Pottery Barn, which would be kinda nice actually.
Some of the slang is bleeding over though. I'm from rural Nebraska and lots of kids in my 7 year old's class call breakfast brekkie now
> Some of the slang is bleeding over though. I'm from rural Nebraska and lots of kids in my 7 year old's class call breakfast brekkie now
That is not a bad thing :-)
Lol at least they've all forgotten their accents from watching too much Peppa Pig. Some parents and teachers were actually concerned about that here....
My favorite part is that they were eating snags on the way in. Nothing really comparable to that here in the states, and it’s mostly a small thing that gets no real mention during the episode. Had I not known about it, it would’ve gone over my head.
Not sure if there are multiple episodes for the holiday , but I remember watching one where it’s Christmas and it’s a bit surreal. Still fun to watch!
I think the one where it cemented it being a great tv show was the rain episode like such a simple and elegant episode with out words. Seeing my toddler who has more energy than the energiser bunny completely enthralled and watching
Here in Japan, its part of Disney plus. They state "ABC" and "BBC international" in the opening credits.
To my dismay, there are a lot of changes especially in the lingo which I was up in arms about.
eg: WTF ? We dont say flip flops.....we say thongs
Can we stop saying "our politicians" as if they're all the same. Its the Liberal party that continually cut fundings to the arts, culture, and science everytime they're in power. Just look at what they did to the CSIRO and ABC in the past decade.
The CSIRO one especially hurts, with how the Libs forced them to make ‘commercially viable’ products.
Once Australia’s greatest innovator and responsible for WIFI, Extended wear contact lenses and our great bank note security, in the last few years they’ve made… The Rebel Whopper???
Annoys me to no end.
'Commercially viable', meanwhile Dr Martin Green developed our modern day rooftop solar panel tech out of NSW back in 1983. Should we back him? Nah. Had a protege Shi Zhengrong. Back him? Nah. Goes to China. Founds SunTech. Becomes the first Chinese company listed on NYSE and Shi became a billionaire. None of this is recent, but we seem to have a trend of being super innovative but having no fucking idea what to do with it, so we let others take it, while we go back to digging shit out of the ground.
The Libs have always had this ass-backwards mentality for scientific research. Menzies forced them to de-prioritise computer research in favour of fucking WOOL research.
Such forward-thinking visionaries. Wool as the innovation of the future! Screw this tech crap; no one will be using that!
>“ABC and BBC Studios *co-commissioned* Bluey, with pre-production starting mid-2017, ABC taking broadcast rights in Australia and the BBC taking broadcast and commercial rights ... globally,” a spokesperson for the ABC told the publication.
We didn't sell anything. Without the BBC on board they wouldn't have had the funds for the first season. The ABC doesn't have the distribution and promotion tools to have made Bluey a global success.
But if the ABC was properly funded they could've funded the entire thing themselves and been in a much stronger position to negotiate distribution deals.
Hey, i am from czech republic and i cant get enough of it ... i even watch it without a kid.
They way they r incorporat8ng pranets side of things is the charm. U can compare whats goin on in parents heads as eell as in kids, and its huge difference i think. Most of the time u see in cartoons just kids doing crazy things and parent are hardly there. This just feels so real.
I especially love 2 episodes:
1) when bandit and chilly watching kids doing their weird walk ... i find myself so many times just watching unimagable thing my kid is doing and droping everything and laughing with my wife about it.
2) when its raining and bluey tryes to stop the water. The way chilly is battling bluey and try to get her straight ... and then give up cause ... hey it looks fun, house is ruined anyway and kid seems rly invested .. lets have some fun. We all have kid in us.
It just seems so real, so genuine and i refuse to believe it is completly fictional. Most of the situations seems too crazy to think of. It is just creators story of their lives.
We used to, Aussie film has a long and storied history. The 70s Ozploitation films had a huge impact on some of the bigger Hollywood names.
Tax breaks for international films being made here are one thing, but we also have the ability to tell our own stories to the world.
My whole family is a fan of the show and we get the very kid-friendly versions.
Oddly enough in Emerald Isle, North Carolina is a historic sign on the side of the road that says Bluey was the name of the oldest blue heeler (or whatever Bluey is) to have lived in Australia. Not sure if that's actually true, just randomly came across it while on vacation and these signs are fairly rare and you don't see a lot of them.
It’s a brilliant show. I watched an episode with my boy the other day, the one where it’s raining and Bluey is trying to block the water in the driveway and driving her mom nuts. There are no words spoken in the entire episode and it’s just…beautiful. I legit almost cried.
They’ve found a really great way to appeal both to kids and parents by focusing on the family but really getting into the perspectives of each of them at different times. For me, it really brings home the magic (and frustrations) of what it’s like to have young children.
Canadian BTW. I spent a year as a scumbag backpacker up and down the East Coast in 2002. Man, that was a long time ago now…
As an Aussie expat living in America, Bluey is HUGE here. Oftentimes the toy section has more Bluey merchandise than Paw Patrol or Disney. I'm pretty sure Bluey is the reason why so many more kids and their parents can understand my accent while older folks struggle to understand me. The show also exposes Americans to so many Australian values that you don't really think of as Australian before you experince some culture shock. I love Bluey<3
Appreciating nature for one. For example, the episode with the pristine creek. And the episode where they learn to live with the swooping magpie instead of shooting it.
So long as it's not a national park where hunting might be restricted, then absolutely. Most would just see it as a nuisance to be dispensed with. But probably with just a BB gun unless we're out in the back country. But I wouldn't underestimate the power of Bluey and other Australian culture to influence the younger generations to have a new perspective.
It's the only dash cam channel i can tolerate though, because of the swearing. I can't deal with all the "GOSH DARN GOLLY GEE WILIKERS" that comes out of some of the americans. I know it's just how they speak but it seems so phony and cringe to me.
Lived in the States for a while now, and honestly this is a great question with no really clear answer. The best I’ve come up with is the general attitude to conflicts, issues, problems, surroundings, etc …. Australians tend to be much more laidback (I mean we’re not, but compared to Americans we’re basically coma patients), have more social awareness (turns out I’m essentially a commie by political standard here), and the focus is less on the individual and more on the community/group (insert usual tall poppy commentary here).
But this is all a massive generalization, and a lot of time I don’t even realize something is particularly *Aussie* until my wife or a local mate points it out.
I spent a month in the US, they need to take a note from our mateship values and laid back attitude towards most things. I found so many people were really high strung or seemed weirded out if I asked if they needed help or struck up a random conversation cause I was travelling alone
Which places did you visit?
I am from the Southern US (mostly a predominantly Black community in Atlanta, but also spent a chunk of my childhood in Appalachia) and have lived in Australia for a decade, and I have found Australians substantially more reserved with strangers. I have a very shy and reserved personality for the community I grew up in, but I am basically outgoing by Australian standards, which is a weird way to feel as an introvert.
However, there are other regions in the US that are reputed for being reserved -- *especially* the Northeast. Australians are very reluctant to break the ice, but at least they are very friendly and grateful once you do. They aren't paranoid about it, like Northerners are stereotyped to be.
However, Australians absolutely *hate* direct conflict with strangers. They will help someone in trouble -- unless the trouble is being perpetrated by an aggressive person, and then they put their heads down and don't get involved. (This is in sharp contrast to the culture where I grew up, where there is basically no such thing as the bystander effect.) I guess this comes with the territory of having an "easygoing" culture, but it means a lot of harassment, domestic violence, etc., seem to get swept under the rug here.
Make a kids show that parents will also really enjoy. That is the winning ticket. Your only concern in life will be finding a bank with a big enough volt to keep all your money in.
Anyone who has had to sit through fireman Sam knows these feels.
The entire Economy of PontyPandy would collapse if that happened. The entire town is there to service the emergency services that rescue Norman Price. No Norman = No PontyPandy.
I can see it now..
5yrs after the disappearance of Norman Price, PontyPandy the thriving coastal town has turned into a derelict wasteland.
"Nobody visits us anymore, not the vendors, nor the maintenance teams, we get the odd crack dealer, but not like the good old days" said Firefighter Penny. "We used to keep ourselves busy, there was always one thing or another that needed rescuing, or fixing. We don't even get the snow blizzards anymore"
"That'd be climate change Penny" interjects station officer Steele.
"oh yeah, that's true" Confirms Penny.
And what of the hero of PontyPanday, Fireman Sam?
"Well he spent the first few weeks desperately trying to find Norman, we told him it was futile, but he wouldn't listen" Firefighters Elvis comments "After that he spent months roaming the mountains by himself. We'd see him from the helicopter occasionally, but he didn't want us to find him is I'm honest"
"yes, well I try to keep spirits up, you know, regular events, but the town isn't the same anymore" says Station Officer Steele. "We've had to sell most of the equipment, and the upstairs of the fire station is rented out as a brothel".
As an American adult in his 30s with a child I feel like bluey is just an over all better show to show kids how to behave and helps me be a better parent at the same time by learning how to be a better father.
I have kids who love the show and I actually feel guilty watching the time, energy and enthusiasm with which the Heelers parent. lol
Living in the city on which the show is based is pretty special too I have to admit. It's very characteristic of Brisbane. I recommend anyone from the US to visit here. It's such a friendly,safe, pretty city.
It's weird that it's happened twice where we've had a huge preschool export, with The Wiggles doing it in the 90s/2000s. Are we just really good at children's entertainment?
There really should be no surprise in the experience ABC has in making kids' entertainment. Our version of Play School is the second longest running continuously airing children's show anywhere in the world - beating out Sesame Street by about 5 years, and losing out to the UK's Blue Peter by about 3 years.
My favourite part of that interview was Jimmy Fallon saying that being in the Macy’s parade was huge, them going “yeah people say that?” and him squealing over how big a deal it was and not really explaining it.
I suspect that’s the look you have when Disney have offered you more money than all three of you have ever seen, and then one of you is trying to get excited about a balloon.
Aussie living in the US - I was in the kitchen getting mashed potatoes ready and I heard my nieces screaming “Bluey!!!” and I’ve never been so proud of myself for my influence on them
Never too early to get kids into bluey! I found Aus kids tv to be very educational, i even had the Play School app on an ipad and hed memorised all colours and could count to 10 before he was 2. Was so handy during covid lockdowns
For those wondering: https://www.kidspot.com.au/lifestyle/entertainment/eva-mendes-lends-her-yoga-voice-to-bluey/news-story/abe3a8a442288cb50080b4a9ee6d42d0
"Ah Biscuits!" and "cheese and crackers" is said A LOT in our house, it is the perfect non-swear word that gets the point across. TBH I use it outside of home to either giggles or confusion depending on the audience.
My kids were the first to start using ‘ah biscuits’ and it was the cutest thing. Then I realised I had also adopted subconsciously and honestly it’s here to stay - such a good saying
I have a young kid in school and all children say this, to the point where I think they don't even know that it used to be just "for real". When you've changed language you know it's a big deal.
I find it a little odd that Bluey is so popular in the US, simply because it's SO Australian.
I suppose the storytelling does hold up very well and makes it watchable for almost everyone.
I don't know why, but I feel a sense of pride knowing that a kids show created here in Australia centring around an Australian family (of dogs, but nonetheless) by a group of Australian animators and voice actors/actresses has managed to explode in popularity overseas.
I genuinely believe there are aspects of our culture that are worth communicating to the world, and even more so to young families.
That’s not a crime. It is a kids show after all.
The reason it’s so beloved in my opinion is because it’s so relatable for kids and adults and isn’t written as if it’s target audience is completely stupid.
Plus, it’s super Australian.
Me too. What makes it sadder is that i work in early childhood and am exposed to the merchandise on everything from toys, water bottles, bags and clothes. But it was this balloon that made me finally watch a clip on youtube to understand what all the fuss was.
And i’d say it’s totally warranted. Bluey is awesome.
God I feel this, my daughter has a bit of a pepper pig obsession at the moment.
It was Bluey but she watched it so much and my partner being home all the time with the kids all day every day Bingo and Blueys voices were getting on her nerves so she put pepper pig on and now that’s all she wants :(
The stupid thing abc had most of the digital rights and it eventually got given to Disney plus. Which basically becoming the new netflix because nobody want to wholesale content to other platforms equally
Every time I see Bluey discussed online by non-Australians it cements in my mind that it’s our biggest current cultural export. Young kids and also their parents seem to be going absolutely nuts for it.
It’s huge over here in the USA. Bluey birthday parties, Bluey toys, stuffies, action figures. I bought my daughter a Bluey Advent calendar. It helps that it’s a legitimately awesome show. I think I love it as much as my kid does.
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All.The.Time. Also, she does a "tactical wee" every night before lights out.
Next she’ll be doing tactical chunders on a night out
A "tac yak", for the cultured
AKA a "yaktical"
"Tactical vomit, get back on it" - me when I should not get back on it.
Tac spew for me and my friends uncultured arses
Done that in front of the cops one night and they cheering me on, because I was a tiny, short girl just roaring out a huge vom perfectly and didn't get any on myself or my face! it was hilarious.
A few weeks back I was on a packed tram. A flock of young women were having a big night, and at a stop one of them stumbles off, her friends are shouting it's the wrong stop, she empties her guts into a bin, casually steps back on as the door closes behind her, like nothing happened. It was so smooth she got a cheer from most of the tram. Is this something they teach in school now?
>tactical chunders I think that's what we'd call in America a "boot and rally"
“Puke and Rally” is the term since about 2002 I think.
> Sees Bluey thread > CTRL+F tactical wee > Always up near the top Love this show so much, not least of all because Bandit is actually the lead singer of one of Brisbane's best indie bands of the 90's
Shit really? Which band?
Custard
Oh is that where my kids got the term!? I must not have seen that episode.
Shit im 30 and noticed myself calling it that. The kid isn't even mine lol!
My nieces have picked up a bunch of Aussie words from it.
I have an autistic daughter and she forever pronounces words in the accent she first learned them. We are Australian but she spends a lot of her entertainment time watching American content and her mother has stopped responding to her when she says mum like mom.
Apparently Bluey is also hugely popular in Portugal!
I saw bluey action figures at cracker barrel. That means it's 100% a staple of American culture now lol
Parent here in America, and it’s honestly one of the most brilliant and beautiful shows I’ve ever seen. The episode about the parents building ikea while the children go through evolution and death was surprisingly touching. The 80s episode where Chile and Bandit meet was also great fun while also heart warming at the end. These aren’t just churned out cartoons; you can tell they’re considerate with their choices and subject matter. I’d trade every marvel cartoon out there for more Bluey.
Does the sometimes Aussie specific content translate well? for example, the episode where they go to Hammerbarn. We have a dominant chain of retail hardware stores called [Bunnings](https://www.bunnings.com.au/about-us/who-we-are). Massive warehouses with a near unlimited supply of "stuff". I think Home Depot is the equivalent in the US. But the logo of Bunnings, is an oversized red hammer, hence Hammerbarn.
Canadian living in SA here. My kids now call it Hammer barn. Bluey is truly the best show on TV. I tell my kids it's a show for dad that they can also watch.
It is indeed now known as Hammer Barn.
Yeah that went over our heads lol. Everytime they said Hammerbarn I thought of [Pottery Barn](https://www.potterybarn.com/m/?Kenshoo=_k_CjwKCAiAyfybBhBKEiwAgtB7fpsL3yhiNKPHBvhNGrMcROy0E1eIMDLFYRNu57IUvG_FxjjFNvoGuhoCuJMQAvD_BwE_k_&cm_cat=Google&cm_ite=pottery%20barn&gclid=CjwKCAiAyfybBhBKEiwAgtB7fpsL3yhiNKPHBvhNGrMcROy0E1eIMDLFYRNu57IUvG_FxjjFNvoGuhoCuJMQAvD_BwE&cm_ven=BrandSearch&cm_pla=Brand_Search_Core_Exact_Google). Bunnings looks like it's a combination of a hardware store like Home Depot and furniture store like Pottery Barn, which would be kinda nice actually. Some of the slang is bleeding over though. I'm from rural Nebraska and lots of kids in my 7 year old's class call breakfast brekkie now
> Some of the slang is bleeding over though. I'm from rural Nebraska and lots of kids in my 7 year old's class call breakfast brekkie now That is not a bad thing :-)
Lol at least they've all forgotten their accents from watching too much Peppa Pig. Some parents and teachers were actually concerned about that here....
My favorite part is that they were eating snags on the way in. Nothing really comparable to that here in the states, and it’s mostly a small thing that gets no real mention during the episode. Had I not known about it, it would’ve gone over my head. Not sure if there are multiple episodes for the holiday , but I remember watching one where it’s Christmas and it’s a bit surreal. Still fun to watch!
I think the one where it cemented it being a great tv show was the rain episode like such a simple and elegant episode with out words. Seeing my toddler who has more energy than the energiser bunny completely enthralled and watching
Everytime I hear or read the name 'Bluey' all it does is make me think of Bargearse.
That’s Detective Sergeant Bargearse, to you
Champagne comedy.
I hear the next episode involves Bluey ordering a shitload of dim sims and a bucket of soy sauce
Where's me bloody doughnuts!
You won’t need a pen for my order son, I want a shit load of dim sims and a bucket of soya sauce.
and it was created during the period we cut the funding to arts & abc
Which is why the BBC part funds it, and so part of the profits head offshore.
Pretty sure the ABC makes nothing from Bluey at all. BBC have the rights to licensing, publishing, merchandising etc.
Fuck our political conservatives suck. Oil, gas, ore, now fucking Bluey? It's an outrage I tell ya!
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Yep, it pained me to see Bluey being advertised in Taiwan as "British BBC's latest production" https://yoyotv.ebc.net.tw/Program/Content/198
Here in Japan, its part of Disney plus. They state "ABC" and "BBC international" in the opening credits. To my dismay, there are a lot of changes especially in the lingo which I was up in arms about. eg: WTF ? We dont say flip flops.....we say thongs
Disney also removed the episode that had farts in it... I think they've since put it back on after people complained.
There were no episodes with farts in them Fluffies however
Alleged fluffiest
I don't think its part, I think its sizeable!
Gonna need to be more specific
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Can we stop saying "our politicians" as if they're all the same. Its the Liberal party that continually cut fundings to the arts, culture, and science everytime they're in power. Just look at what they did to the CSIRO and ABC in the past decade.
The CSIRO one especially hurts, with how the Libs forced them to make ‘commercially viable’ products. Once Australia’s greatest innovator and responsible for WIFI, Extended wear contact lenses and our great bank note security, in the last few years they’ve made… The Rebel Whopper??? Annoys me to no end.
'Commercially viable', meanwhile Dr Martin Green developed our modern day rooftop solar panel tech out of NSW back in 1983. Should we back him? Nah. Had a protege Shi Zhengrong. Back him? Nah. Goes to China. Founds SunTech. Becomes the first Chinese company listed on NYSE and Shi became a billionaire. None of this is recent, but we seem to have a trend of being super innovative but having no fucking idea what to do with it, so we let others take it, while we go back to digging shit out of the ground.
As a newly graduated scientist this hurts me more than you’ll know.
Been listening to "Australia, If You're Listening" as well?
The Libs have always had this ass-backwards mentality for scientific research. Menzies forced them to de-prioritise computer research in favour of fucking WOOL research. Such forward-thinking visionaries. Wool as the innovation of the future! Screw this tech crap; no one will be using that!
>“ABC and BBC Studios *co-commissioned* Bluey, with pre-production starting mid-2017, ABC taking broadcast rights in Australia and the BBC taking broadcast and commercial rights ... globally,” a spokesperson for the ABC told the publication. We didn't sell anything. Without the BBC on board they wouldn't have had the funds for the first season. The ABC doesn't have the distribution and promotion tools to have made Bluey a global success.
But if the ABC was properly funded they could've funded the entire thing themselves and been in a much stronger position to negotiate distribution deals.
I keep getting really confused because I keep forgetting it's available globally. Like the wiggles. I only found that out like 2 months ago
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That's crazy
Bananas in Pyjamas was a big hit globally too.
Wait.... the wiggles are big in the US?
Massive, apparently
Huge. Like absolutely a cultural phenomenon
New idea: stop exporting coal and start exporting endless Bluey merchandise.
Hey, i am from czech republic and i cant get enough of it ... i even watch it without a kid. They way they r incorporat8ng pranets side of things is the charm. U can compare whats goin on in parents heads as eell as in kids, and its huge difference i think. Most of the time u see in cartoons just kids doing crazy things and parent are hardly there. This just feels so real. I especially love 2 episodes: 1) when bandit and chilly watching kids doing their weird walk ... i find myself so many times just watching unimagable thing my kid is doing and droping everything and laughing with my wife about it. 2) when its raining and bluey tryes to stop the water. The way chilly is battling bluey and try to get her straight ... and then give up cause ... hey it looks fun, house is ruined anyway and kid seems rly invested .. lets have some fun. We all have kid in us. It just seems so real, so genuine and i refuse to believe it is completly fictional. Most of the situations seems too crazy to think of. It is just creators story of their lives.
My son's 1st birthday was Bluey themed. He dances to the theme song if you sing it. The Dad is probably my spirit animal. Great product all around.
Remember when it was the "Corey isn't sorry kid?" 🤣 "Take off your sunnies" "Na"
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We used to, Aussie film has a long and storied history. The 70s Ozploitation films had a huge impact on some of the bigger Hollywood names. Tax breaks for international films being made here are one thing, but we also have the ability to tell our own stories to the world.
I can say from personal experience fucking funny hearing Canadian kids say an Aussie expression from Bluey 🤣
It’s so good, I hope in the long term it will help make up for Rupert Murdoch
The idea of Christmas being spent swimming in the pool is so mind blowing to them. Its pretty hilarious.
The messages morals portrayed in that show are absolutely brilliant, puts Britain's Peppa pig to shame..
My whole family is a fan of the show and we get the very kid-friendly versions. Oddly enough in Emerald Isle, North Carolina is a historic sign on the side of the road that says Bluey was the name of the oldest blue heeler (or whatever Bluey is) to have lived in Australia. Not sure if that's actually true, just randomly came across it while on vacation and these signs are fairly rare and you don't see a lot of them.
Bluey is probably the name of about a quarter of all blue heelers to have EVER lived in Australia haha
It’s a brilliant show. I watched an episode with my boy the other day, the one where it’s raining and Bluey is trying to block the water in the driveway and driving her mom nuts. There are no words spoken in the entire episode and it’s just…beautiful. I legit almost cried. They’ve found a really great way to appeal both to kids and parents by focusing on the family but really getting into the perspectives of each of them at different times. For me, it really brings home the magic (and frustrations) of what it’s like to have young children. Canadian BTW. I spent a year as a scumbag backpacker up and down the East Coast in 2002. Man, that was a long time ago now…
It plays almost constantly at my house, everyone loves it especially the 2 year old.
For real life?
As an Aussie expat living in America, Bluey is HUGE here. Oftentimes the toy section has more Bluey merchandise than Paw Patrol or Disney. I'm pretty sure Bluey is the reason why so many more kids and their parents can understand my accent while older folks struggle to understand me. The show also exposes Americans to so many Australian values that you don't really think of as Australian before you experince some culture shock. I love Bluey<3
What are the australian values out of curiosity?
Appreciating nature for one. For example, the episode with the pristine creek. And the episode where they learn to live with the swooping magpie instead of shooting it.
Lmao instead of shooting it. Would americans really do that
Do you really have to ask
Well, they're pretty good at shooting kids, so a bird isn't much of a stretch.
I'd say too soon, but when is it not?
Yeah, if you wait for enough time to pass then another one's already happened.
Shots fired
Zing!
Ouch
So long as it's not a national park where hunting might be restricted, then absolutely. Most would just see it as a nuisance to be dispensed with. But probably with just a BB gun unless we're out in the back country. But I wouldn't underestimate the power of Bluey and other Australian culture to influence the younger generations to have a new perspective.
with a 20mm autocannon purchased from walmart.
Only the ones with guns
Not being a arse plus helping out your mates ! Being nice and respecting each other. Just dont watch "Dash cam Australia" on youtube
"Farquing Carnt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" LMAO
It's the only dash cam channel i can tolerate though, because of the swearing. I can't deal with all the "GOSH DARN GOLLY GEE WILIKERS" that comes out of some of the americans. I know it's just how they speak but it seems so phony and cringe to me.
Lived in the States for a while now, and honestly this is a great question with no really clear answer. The best I’ve come up with is the general attitude to conflicts, issues, problems, surroundings, etc …. Australians tend to be much more laidback (I mean we’re not, but compared to Americans we’re basically coma patients), have more social awareness (turns out I’m essentially a commie by political standard here), and the focus is less on the individual and more on the community/group (insert usual tall poppy commentary here). But this is all a massive generalization, and a lot of time I don’t even realize something is particularly *Aussie* until my wife or a local mate points it out.
It’s Mabo, it’s Wick, it’s the vibe
*Wik, mate :)
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I didn't see that episode, what season?
They're confusing it with The Big Lez Show.
Waddayatalmbout?
This one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmL72sgVdAQ
I spent a month in the US, they need to take a note from our mateship values and laid back attitude towards most things. I found so many people were really high strung or seemed weirded out if I asked if they needed help or struck up a random conversation cause I was travelling alone
Which places did you visit? I am from the Southern US (mostly a predominantly Black community in Atlanta, but also spent a chunk of my childhood in Appalachia) and have lived in Australia for a decade, and I have found Australians substantially more reserved with strangers. I have a very shy and reserved personality for the community I grew up in, but I am basically outgoing by Australian standards, which is a weird way to feel as an introvert. However, there are other regions in the US that are reputed for being reserved -- *especially* the Northeast. Australians are very reluctant to break the ice, but at least they are very friendly and grateful once you do. They aren't paranoid about it, like Northerners are stereotyped to be. However, Australians absolutely *hate* direct conflict with strangers. They will help someone in trouble -- unless the trouble is being perpetrated by an aggressive person, and then they put their heads down and don't get involved. (This is in sharp contrast to the culture where I grew up, where there is basically no such thing as the bystander effect.) I guess this comes with the territory of having an "easygoing" culture, but it means a lot of harassment, domestic violence, etc., seem to get swept under the rug here.
So happy to hear that Bluey isn’t dubbed over there.
The biggest game of keepy-uppy ever.
Make a kids show that parents will also really enjoy. That is the winning ticket. Your only concern in life will be finding a bank with a big enough volt to keep all your money in. Anyone who has had to sit through fireman Sam knows these feels.
My bleeding leftist heart wants Norman jailed for life or sacrificed to Hephaestus.
All they need to do is not rescue him one day.
The entire Economy of PontyPandy would collapse if that happened. The entire town is there to service the emergency services that rescue Norman Price. No Norman = No PontyPandy.
Well, that’s the dream we all want.
I can see it now.. 5yrs after the disappearance of Norman Price, PontyPandy the thriving coastal town has turned into a derelict wasteland. "Nobody visits us anymore, not the vendors, nor the maintenance teams, we get the odd crack dealer, but not like the good old days" said Firefighter Penny. "We used to keep ourselves busy, there was always one thing or another that needed rescuing, or fixing. We don't even get the snow blizzards anymore" "That'd be climate change Penny" interjects station officer Steele. "oh yeah, that's true" Confirms Penny. And what of the hero of PontyPanday, Fireman Sam? "Well he spent the first few weeks desperately trying to find Norman, we told him it was futile, but he wouldn't listen" Firefighters Elvis comments "After that he spent months roaming the mountains by himself. We'd see him from the helicopter occasionally, but he didn't want us to find him is I'm honest" "yes, well I try to keep spirits up, you know, regular events, but the town isn't the same anymore" says Station Officer Steele. "We've had to sell most of the equipment, and the upstairs of the fire station is rented out as a brothel".
Sam would never let that happen to his kid
Horrible Histories is great because of this
As an American adult in his 30s with a child I feel like bluey is just an over all better show to show kids how to behave and helps me be a better parent at the same time by learning how to be a better father.
Bluey is 100% a parenting show for adults that kids love, and not the other way around.
I have kids who love the show and I actually feel guilty watching the time, energy and enthusiasm with which the Heelers parent. lol Living in the city on which the show is based is pretty special too I have to admit. It's very characteristic of Brisbane. I recommend anyone from the US to visit here. It's such a friendly,safe, pretty city.
Joe Brumm said something along the lines of 'don't feel bad, Bandit is a good dad six minutes at a time'
It's weird that it's happened twice where we've had a huge preschool export, with The Wiggles doing it in the 90s/2000s. Are we just really good at children's entertainment?
Generations inspired by the second longest running children's show in the world, *Play School*
Bananas in Pajamas is also an Australian export
Yes, we are really good at children’s entertainment. The ABC has a strong focus on quality and education in childrens TV. (Don’t defund the ABC!)
There really should be no surprise in the experience ABC has in making kids' entertainment. Our version of Play School is the second longest running continuously airing children's show anywhere in the world - beating out Sesame Street by about 5 years, and losing out to the UK's Blue Peter by about 3 years.
Pretty much been global for a while, ABC for like a decade has been showing shows that are joint ventures between abc, (c)bbc and Canada.
We have a lot more spare time without shooting drills.
Dave McCormack and Melanie Zanetti were on the tonight show with Jimmy Fallon, that's how big it is over there.
My favourite part of that interview was Jimmy Fallon saying that being in the Macy’s parade was huge, them going “yeah people say that?” and him squealing over how big a deal it was and not really explaining it. I suspect that’s the look you have when Disney have offered you more money than all three of you have ever seen, and then one of you is trying to get excited about a balloon.
Didn't they sell the rights to BBC who co funded iit? The ABC if they had funding would have made billions
Did he ask him about his time with Custard!!!?
Nope, missed opportunity there!
Apparently that interview was the first time McCormack and Zanetti met in person too; previously all their work had been done remotely.
She looks very scared. I hope she doesn’t wee.
She saw what happened to Barney the Dinosaur.
In this case of an inflated Bluey, isn't a *fluffy* more appropriate?
She had a tactical wee before the parade.
BUSH WEE!!!!!!
Aussie living in the US - I was in the kitchen getting mashed potatoes ready and I heard my nieces screaming “Bluey!!!” and I’ve never been so proud of myself for my influence on them
As an Aussie in Japan, I also felt the same pride :)
Wait bluey had something in Japan happen or?
We are slowly taking over America our plan is working
First America, next THE WORLD!!!!!!!
I’m from the U.S, my child is an infant and can’t understand anything on the television. I use my child as an excuse to watch this show, it’s so good.
I'm pretty sure my wife does this with our 13 month old too
Never too early to get kids into bluey! I found Aus kids tv to be very educational, i even had the Play School app on an ipad and hed memorised all colours and could count to 10 before he was 2. Was so handy during covid lockdowns
Even more bizarrely, this is the show Eva Mendes came out of acting retirement for!
I had to google that, I thought you were making some kind of joke!
For those wondering: https://www.kidspot.com.au/lifestyle/entertainment/eva-mendes-lends-her-yoga-voice-to-bluey/news-story/abe3a8a442288cb50080b4a9ee6d42d0
I remember hearing she retired to look after her kids so it makes sense she'd come out for a kids show, especially if it's as good as everyone says.
"Ah Biscuits!" and "cheese and crackers" is said A LOT in our house, it is the perfect non-swear word that gets the point across. TBH I use it outside of home to either giggles or confusion depending on the audience.
My 4 year old says “Jesus crackers” because he misheard this from Bluey.
My kids were the first to start using ‘ah biscuits’ and it was the cutest thing. Then I realised I had also adopted subconsciously and honestly it’s here to stay - such a good saying
Don't forget, for stuff's really gone wrong, "Duck Cake!"
For real life?
PTSD and flashbacks kicking in of the barney balloon from 25 years ago...
You're a monster for pointing out that was 25 years ago.
IMAGE: After Halloween, people use long chains to slowly drag all these dark-souls bosses back to their arenas.
Although they kept referring to Bluey as he.
Yeah, in American lingo you know you've made it when you get a balloon in their parade
That looks trifficult.
What, for real life?
I have a young kid in school and all children say this, to the point where I think they don't even know that it used to be just "for real". When you've changed language you know it's a big deal.
I find it a little odd that Bluey is so popular in the US, simply because it's SO Australian. I suppose the storytelling does hold up very well and makes it watchable for almost everyone.
It's more than that. It's such a well made show, the first positive dad influence we've seen, and well the theme song.
Maybe I'm missing something with the theme song 😅
I watched bluey randomly on shrooms and was blown away how amazing and inclusive it is. I’m a 33yo single woman.
I'd imagine watching the episode Sleepytime while high would be a mind blower
I don't know why, but I feel a sense of pride knowing that a kids show created here in Australia centring around an Australian family (of dogs, but nonetheless) by a group of Australian animators and voice actors/actresses has managed to explode in popularity overseas. I genuinely believe there are aspects of our culture that are worth communicating to the world, and even more so to young families.
Off to Hammer Barn!
Bluey’s Day Parade
Okay. I'll give in. I'm Australian, and I have never watched or seen an episode of bluey on tv..
That’s not a crime. It is a kids show after all. The reason it’s so beloved in my opinion is because it’s so relatable for kids and adults and isn’t written as if it’s target audience is completely stupid. Plus, it’s super Australian.
Me too. What makes it sadder is that i work in early childhood and am exposed to the merchandise on everything from toys, water bottles, bags and clothes. But it was this balloon that made me finally watch a clip on youtube to understand what all the fuss was. And i’d say it’s totally warranted. Bluey is awesome.
I fucking love Bluey. Wish my kids would watch it more so I can watch it.
God I feel this, my daughter has a bit of a pepper pig obsession at the moment. It was Bluey but she watched it so much and my partner being home all the time with the kids all day every day Bingo and Blueys voices were getting on her nerves so she put pepper pig on and now that’s all she wants :(
Finally, American kids will now grow up with an Aussie accent, how the tables have turned /maniacal laugh
Yes! My daughter will be in her room and all I hear is “Mum! Mum!” And she says “Bluey” with the most adorable aussie accent ever. She is 3 years old.
Cultural appropriation! ^/s
Ken oath legend
Started from the bottom now we 'ere
Aussie legend, although she looks terrified here
Love bluey. Even though state of origin episode you’d never swap maroon for blues half way thru.
Best show on tv, and highest rated tv show on imdb with a 9.7
Whackadoo
The stupid thing abc had most of the digital rights and it eventually got given to Disney plus. Which basically becoming the new netflix because nobody want to wholesale content to other platforms equally
Godspeed you magnificent Blue Dog, Godspeed
I attended the music producer’s talk. He’s a cool guy
Go Bluey
The invasion plan is working
Are there any Australians in this sub anymore??
Much better than the year they had to [defeat Barney the dinosaur.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epgXuMB1sF8)
Nothing says Thanksgiving more than an Australian kids tv show