This was originally posted in my MySpace blog back on August 6:

I just saw the Meet Blue's Baby Brother special for Blue's Clues (oh, excuse me, I mean Blue's Room).  Let me just say that it was bloody awful.  It looked like it was either made quickly or cheaply (or both); it looked like they didn't go to a lot of effort to try to make Joe meld with the CG background (compared to normal, anyway; it was much more obvious than usual that Joe didn't "fit in" with his surroundings).

In this story, Blue and Joe go to Puppyville to find Blue's baby brother; instead of playing "Blue's Clues" to find him, they played "Gold Clues" (gold pawprints instead of blue ones).  The first clue was really ridiculous (it was the word "puppy"... ummm... hello, Joe and Blue made it really clear that they were looking for a puppy before they found that clue... and... HELLO... they went to PUPPYville...)

While in Puppyville, they encounter a shy little white puppy named Sprinkles.  Sprinkles is going on an adventure to find his spots; Joe and Blue invite him to go along with him on their quest for the gold pawprints.  Along the way, they stop in areas where Sprinkles can learn his letters, colors, numbers, and shapes (and each time he learns one of these concepts, he gets some spots).  Joe and Blue also find the other gold clues (circles and colored swirls (yellow, orange, and purple... which match the colors of the spots that Sprinkles got)).  And guess what... when they go over the clues in the golden Thinking Chair, they discover that... a ha... Sprinkles is Blue's baby brother!

Overall, I think this story would've been stronger if it had been a normal length episode (there were times it felt like they were stretching things out).  Also, they probably could have come up with a better first clue (sorry, but the word "puppy" was a cop-out!).  I'm not really adverse to the idea of Blue having a baby brother, but I think he could've had a much better introduction (as well as a better name!).