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Obsession: Bluey
Hosted by Jonathan · EN
Obsession: Bluey is a podcast about this stupid little Australian children's show called Bluey. It's probably one of the greatest TV shows of all time...not just in the children's genre either. And this host is obsessed. Absolutely obsessed.
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Bluey: S1E51 - Daddy Putdown
May 6, 2022Tap to summarizeChilli is off to a baby shower, but Bluey does not want her to go. As soon as she leaves, Bluey misses her, so Bandit comes up with some games to distract her, but distraction only goes so far. Bluey asks her dad to call mom and ask her to come back, but as he does it, Bandit describes how much mom was looking forward to this, and Bluey thinks of what her mom wants and asks her dad to hang up. She then mirrors her mom and has a baby shower with some of her toys and it makes her feel much better. This is also a really great episode for the dynamic between Bandit and Bingo. But Bluey learns about missing someone you love and how to cope.
Transcribe →Bluey: S1E43 - Camping
Apr 13, 2022Tap to summarizeThe Heeler family is on a camping trip. And Bluey, playing down by the river, meets a puppy who speaks French and doesn’t know a lick of english. This doesn’t stop Bluey from becoming friends with this dog and spending a lot of time with him over the next three days. Only, Jean Luc has to leave without Bluey getting a chance to say goodbye. Bluey learns that there are people that are in our lives for a little bit and then leave, but it doesn’t mean we can’t remember the good times we had with those people. And as she goes back to that camping spot many years later, Jean Luc finds her as the episode ends and EVERYONE is in tears.
Transcribe →Bluey: S1E41 - Mums and Dads
Apr 8, 2022Tap to summarizeRusty and Indy are playing mums and dads (mum with a u, not an o). They end up getting in a small little tiff about who goes to work, the mum or the dad. And when they can’t resolve it, Calypso, in her wisdom, plots and tells them to go play with Bluey and Mackenzie. But those play partners end up being even more miserable and they don’t play the game how Rusty and Indy do. So they meet up again, and resolve their issues with the other person, and then take it one step further, compromising and saying rather than it being a weekday, it’s the weekend and no one has to go to work! Problem solved. The two realize they are destined for each other, and they really just learn about compromise, how to work together, and how some of the gender roles we have in our society are just made up things.
Transcribe →Bluey: S1E38 - Copycat
Apr 1, 2022Tap to summarizeBandit wakes up to find that Bluey is copying him in everything he does. So Bandit gets real funny and weird and tries to get Bluey to do some really funny and weird stuff. But as they are walking like speed walkers down the sidewalk, Bluey stops because she notices a budgie, or a bird, laying in the grass. It’s hurt. And Bandit grabs it and pops it in a shoebox to bring to the vet. Fully expecting the vet to heal them, the viewer is shocked when the doctor comes out and tells Bluey that the little budgie has died. The rest of the afternoon as Bluey goes home, she asks Bingo to help her play a game, and they essentially relive the day, with Bingo acting as the bird here, until they get to the part where the bird has died again. Chilli delivers the news, but Bingo comes popping out of the house and flies around all over the place. It helps to lighten the mood, but the emotional pull of this episode still stays true.
Transcribe →Bluey: S1E35 - Zoo
Mar 25, 2022Tap to summarizeIt’s time to play zoo. Chilli is the mom, Bingo is the kid, Bluey is the zookeeper, and Bandit is the gorilla. Bandit is less than enthusiastic to play so Bluey prods him with a pool noodle to try to get him to move a little bit for the guests. It doesn’t work too much so they move on. But Bingo is intrigued and climbs into his cage where they develop a relationship. After the zookeeper notices, she grabs the hose and hoses Bandit down to try to stop him, but Bandit grabs Bingo and hops the fence in a beautiful slow motion masterpiece. The two end up on the run before a banana lures Bandit out of hiding and into captivity. The zookeeper recognizes the bond that they share though and while Bingo is sad as she goes to bed, Bluey brings the gorilla back to Bingo so they can share the love they have for each other. A strangely beautiful episode where the kids learn about the beautiful possibilities of what could have happened had Harambe lived.
Transcribe →Bluey: S1E33 - Trampoline
Mar 18, 2022Tap to summarizeBluey, Bingo, and Bandit are all on the trampoline for a morning jumping sessions. They’re playing and having fun when Bandit lets them know he has to leave to go to work. He gets out of the trampoline and Bingo and Bluey persuade him to come back on to play another short game. This happens about three more times until Bandit really lets them know he has to go. The girls are super bummed and as Bandit gets ready to leave, Bluey comes up to him letting him know that she doesn’t want him to go to work. Bandit then tells her that her job is just as important as his, her job is to come up with fun games. And this unleashes a lot of creativity for Bluey as she goes back to the trampoline and creates a really fun game with her sister, so fun, in fact, that Chilli stops her gardening to join them. And Bluey learns the wonderful possibilities of creativity.
Transcribe →Bluey: S1E28 - Grannies
Mar 7, 2022Tap to summarizeBingo is just in the backyard enjoying some flossing. She’s practicing a bit when Bluey comes up to her and asks if she wants to play grannies. Bingo obliges and the girls then proceed to be two destructive grannies. Bingo comes out of character every once in a while to floss again and the age old question arises: can grannies floss? They recruit the help of Nana and Bob and when they discover that Grannies can’t indeed floss, Bingo is a little annoyed and leaves the game. Bluey is upset that Bingo left but also knows that she's right, so she remedies that by having Nana learn how to floss and Bingo is super happy about it and they keep playing. They barrel Bandit over with their car, he hurts something in his back, and the girls stand there and floss as Chillis helps Bandit and they both dream together of their future of flossing when they’re old and gray.
Transcribe →Bluey: S1E26 - The Beach
Mar 2, 2022Tap to summarizeThe Heeler clan is headed to the beach. Bingo, Bluey, and Bandit all get there a little bit earlier as they ride on a skateboard, and mom is behind them, taking her time, walking at her own pace. The family then has a great day at the beach and half way through the day, Chilli decides to go for another walk down the beach. Bluey is confused why she likes walking by herself, and Chilli says she doesn’t, she just does. So she starts walking. Bluey then finds a shell and decides she wants to go show mom, Bandit lets her run to mom, which is one of the first moments of independence for Bluey here, and she has an adventure as she runs a solid mile on the beach chasing after her mom. They meet and Bluey shows her the shell and she learns about independence and the niceness of a hug.
Transcribe →Bluey: S1E22 - The Pool
Feb 21, 2022Tap to summarizeIt’s a hot day in the Bluey-verse. And as the girls are lying around trying not to move because it’s way too hot, Bandit walks in and says that Uncle Stripe is letting them use their pool while they're away in Bali. The girls go with dad and leave mom behind but mom tells them to bring the bag with all the boring pool stuff they need. Dad is big picture, and just leaves without it, thinking about how much fun they’re going to have in the pool. And when the girls get to Uncle Stripes house with dad, everything starts to slowly go wrong until it’s too much for Bandit to handle. But right in the nick of time, mom is there to save the day with all the stuff they left behind. And Bluey learns a valuable lesson about how the boring things are still very important and can make fun experiences even more fun.
Transcribe →Bluey: S1E19 - The Claw
Feb 14, 2022Tap to summarizeThe family are at a restaurant when Bluey and Bingo come across a claw machine—one of those machines you have to guide and you can get prizes when it grabs something. They quickly realize how rigged the game is and drive home very mad at the injustice of it all. While home, Chilli comes up with a home remedy game of the claw to try to put the girls in a better mood. Bingo loves it, but Bluey finds it a bit too easy. So dad makes the game much more difficult and the girls try to win a block that will give them bottomless ice cream sundays after dinner. Haha. Bottomless. Things go a bit awry after this, and no one really learns a lesson and the house is not cleaned. We’re just out here having fun.
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