Joe Vs. Steve

You know how some families are diehard fans of sports teams?

Like maybe you grew up in New York but live in Anaheim so you are surrounded by Angels fans. There may be some friendly competive spirit going on between you and your friends.

Our family isn't like that. Sure, Michael likes the Carolina Panthers, and I like the Angels and Texas Rangers...but we don't take it super seriously. Ok, so I got a LITTLE bit upset when the Angels lost the playoffs last year...but anyway.

What makes the Faries' family grit their teeth? What are we diehard fans about?

Steve. Blues Clues was a new show when Hannah and Tara were little, and I let them watch it. I would record it on VHS (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA) and show them the same episode every day for a week. They loved solving the clues. Their dream was to have their own "thinking chairs" and I am sure they had notebooks at one point.

But sadly, Steve decided to leave the show. And this is what we got.
Crappy poopy head Joe. Doesn't he look like a goober? Sorry, Joe, no offense, but we just don't like you.

About the time Steve was leaving and Joe was Blue's new best human, the girls were growing out of it anyway. Keep in mind that I didn't let the girls watch TV until they were in elementary school, other than Jesus VCR movies and Blues Clues. They were VERY loyal to Steve. So we TRIED to give Joe a chance...we really did. But he's a goober. And apparently Steve had helped write some of the memorable Blue's Clues songs, like "We just figured out Blues Clues..." and stuff.

In walks Joe with his goofy grin and ugly shirt and to make it worse, his songs SUCKED!

Fast foward to 2009. My little ones were spoiled silly and their Daddy made sure they got a dual screen DVD player for our van when they were on sale. What did we have to play in the DVDs for them? Nothing. So I went out proudly and bought a Blues Clues DVD about colors and shapes. Awesome.

Stupid Heather! I forgot about Joe-gate and that our beloved Steve had left us with goober boy with his goober songs. Everytime we would play the DVD in the van we would grit our teeth when Joe sang his stupid songs. It is just sacrilege, really.

Hannah was SO angry about Joe-gate that she brought the Jungle Book DVD out to the van so she wouldn't have to deal with goober Joe. Yes, she is very bitter. Joe is NOT Steve. Can you blame her?

We have had many dinner conversations about this. If you think this is a joke...think on.

Michael and I even looked up what brought about Joe-gate, why Steve left, why Joe came and they did some new songs....and this is what we found out...

Steve got tired of looking like this...
They made him wear that haircut for years and years. Steve wanted to stop looking pre-pubescent. Steve wanted to look like this:

Steve is a rockstar, folks. And although we can't blame him for leaving us with Goober Joe, we still miss him. We still grit our teeth everytime Joe sings his goober songs instead of Steve's superior songs.

But we deal with Joe because well, I am too cheap to throw away a DVD I payed $7 good dollars for. The end.