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And the Oscar goes to...Side Table Drawer!
Pros
1.25 hours later and my two-year-old is still watching!
Cons
Over-hyped Periwinkle should be sent to Vanilla Ice's retirement home now while the getting is good!
Recommended it?
Yes
Remember George Takei's big break out role on Star Trek when he's hallucinating swords coming at him and has delusions of grandeur regarding his samurai-like skills? Well, step aside, Sulu! Side Table Drawer is going to the Best Supporting Furniture Oscar in the surprisingly stirring "Blue's Big Musical Movie!"
Okay, so maybe some of you don't remember that episode or Star Trek. But everybody knows of at least one movie or TV series where a previously minor character steps forward and steals the show. That's what the usually quiet Side Table Drawer does in this first feature length movie from our friends on Blue's Clues. Nope, it's not the much-hyped Periwinkle (who I find a little peri-pushy). It's the sweet, sad, dulcet sounds of Side Table Drawer that stirs pitiful sighs from my little two year old who says, "Poh Sigh Doh" (which can be translated as "Poor Side Table Drawer!").
What's got Side Table Drawer so down in the dovetails? It seems that Steve and the gang are putting on a musical show featuring duets from a select few. One of the pairings, Blue with Tickety-Tock is kaput when Tickety comes down with la"ring"itis. Suddenly, the gang must find a new singing partner for Blue. Blue decides to play Blue's Clues to figure out whom she thinks would make a great partner. Meanwhile, Side Table Drawer looks on longingly, too shy to tell Steve she wants a part in the show. And not just any part, but a singing part. When she is left alone (which is frequently - hey, she's not a coffee table, after all) she mournfully sings in a minor key how sad it is to be so shy you're unable to express your secret desires. And every time she breaks into this, my toddler sinks to the floor, hugs her Side Table Drawer toy from Subway and says, "Poh Sigh Doh" in a woe-is-me voice that rivals Susan Lucci.
Steve, the only live action character in the show as well as its host, is his usual fun self, although even he elicits a "Poh Stee" from my little one when he bemoans the fact that he is never the first to find a clue. He is the keeper of the checklist, a "to do" list he has created to help get ready for the big show. Throughout the movie, he and his friends consult this list to check on their progress in a cantor-like, sing-songy way. It helps to keep the movie cohesive and I believe is key in keeping the absolute and resolute attention of my two-year-old. I was shocked that she was still there, after an hour and a quarter, still enthralled with the story line, still singing along with the gang.
I'm proud to say she has good taste in music, too, as she really digs "G-Clef" - voiced by Ray Charles. He and his notes (voices from his band "The Persuasions") teach Steve the basics of music theory so that he can make a song for this show (one of the items on his checklist). The piece seemed a bit long to me to hold her attention, but she was there every bit of the way, keeping up with my five year old who found this segment very helpful in her own music studies. We meet the notes, who start out as whole notes before turning into the eighth notes and quarter notes for their assigned rhythm. They are then assigned a tempo. And then finally, the tune gets some much-needed soul. By this point, my kids are on their feet, shouting "Hey, Hey! Shoobidoday! Be Bop Bay! Hey! Hey!" I love Ray Charles read. His been-in-too-many-bars, blues-belting voice is rich in character as he speaks to kids in a cool, "I'm not your parents" way. And his band mates are hilarious as the notes. They should get their own animated show.
Other standouts in Blue's Big Musical Movie are the bumbling Mr. Salt (Steve's Kramer, no doubt) and a fun little ditty with Slippery Soap in a latinesque beat about wearing silly hats. Periwinkle the cat, for all his hype, is like the cute, witty kid sitcoms in their twilight always throw in to try to salvage ratings. Annoying. If Houdini had gone around pushing his magic act on people like this cat does, he'd still be shuffling cards on a street corner.
So with an Oscar nod to Side Table Drawer, I thoroughly recommend you get this video. I lucked out and got it for $12.50! But even at full price, if it can keep a toddler enrapt for over an hour, if it can make my normally speechless daughter scat, it's worth every penny!
Okay, so maybe some of you don't remember that episode or Star Trek. But everybody knows of at least one movie or TV series where a previously minor character steps forward and steals the show. That's what the usually quiet Side Table Drawer does in this first feature length movie from our friends on Blue's Clues. Nope, it's not the much-hyped Periwinkle (who I find a little peri-pushy). It's the sweet, sad, dulcet sounds of Side Table Drawer that stirs pitiful sighs from my little two year old who says, "Poh Sigh Doh" (which can be translated as "Poor Side Table Drawer!").
What's got Side Table Drawer so down in the dovetails? It seems that Steve and the gang are putting on a musical show featuring duets from a select few. One of the pairings, Blue with Tickety-Tock is kaput when Tickety comes down with la"ring"itis. Suddenly, the gang must find a new singing partner for Blue. Blue decides to play Blue's Clues to figure out whom she thinks would make a great partner. Meanwhile, Side Table Drawer looks on longingly, too shy to tell Steve she wants a part in the show. And not just any part, but a singing part. When she is left alone (which is frequently - hey, she's not a coffee table, after all) she mournfully sings in a minor key how sad it is to be so shy you're unable to express your secret desires. And every time she breaks into this, my toddler sinks to the floor, hugs her Side Table Drawer toy from Subway and says, "Poh Sigh Doh" in a woe-is-me voice that rivals Susan Lucci.
Steve, the only live action character in the show as well as its host, is his usual fun self, although even he elicits a "Poh Stee" from my little one when he bemoans the fact that he is never the first to find a clue. He is the keeper of the checklist, a "to do" list he has created to help get ready for the big show. Throughout the movie, he and his friends consult this list to check on their progress in a cantor-like, sing-songy way. It helps to keep the movie cohesive and I believe is key in keeping the absolute and resolute attention of my two-year-old. I was shocked that she was still there, after an hour and a quarter, still enthralled with the story line, still singing along with the gang.
I'm proud to say she has good taste in music, too, as she really digs "G-Clef" - voiced by Ray Charles. He and his notes (voices from his band "The Persuasions") teach Steve the basics of music theory so that he can make a song for this show (one of the items on his checklist). The piece seemed a bit long to me to hold her attention, but she was there every bit of the way, keeping up with my five year old who found this segment very helpful in her own music studies. We meet the notes, who start out as whole notes before turning into the eighth notes and quarter notes for their assigned rhythm. They are then assigned a tempo. And then finally, the tune gets some much-needed soul. By this point, my kids are on their feet, shouting "Hey, Hey! Shoobidoday! Be Bop Bay! Hey! Hey!" I love Ray Charles read. His been-in-too-many-bars, blues-belting voice is rich in character as he speaks to kids in a cool, "I'm not your parents" way. And his band mates are hilarious as the notes. They should get their own animated show.
Other standouts in Blue's Big Musical Movie are the bumbling Mr. Salt (Steve's Kramer, no doubt) and a fun little ditty with Slippery Soap in a latinesque beat about wearing silly hats. Periwinkle the cat, for all his hype, is like the cute, witty kid sitcoms in their twilight always throw in to try to salvage ratings. Annoying. If Houdini had gone around pushing his magic act on people like this cat does, he'd still be shuffling cards on a street corner.
So with an Oscar nod to Side Table Drawer, I thoroughly recommend you get this video. I lucked out and got it for $12.50! But even at full price, if it can keep a toddler enrapt for over an hour, if it can make my normally speechless daughter scat, it's worth every penny!
