Obsession: Bluey

We are back for another season, and this time with two special guests. My two nieces are going to be on the podcast hopefully the whole time for this season. Ruby, Roxy, and Uncle Jonny talk about problem solving, and how if you learn to problem solve when you are young, a lot of difficulties will be turned into something fun.

We are back for another season, and this time with two special guests. My two nieces are going to be on the podcast hopefully the whole time for this season. Lai, Ellie, and Uncle Jonny talk about making other people feel good and being selfless, which is all over the place in this episode.

We are back for another season, and this time with two special guests. My two nieces are going to be on the podcast hopefully the whole time for this season. Lai, Ellie, and Uncle Jonny talk about making your own fun which seems to be what Bingo does so well in this episode. And we learn a valuable lesson about envy and share a lot of laughs as well.

We are back for another season, and this time with two special guests. My two nieces are going to be on the podcast hopefully the whole time for this season. Lai, Ellie, and Uncle Jonny talk about contentment and why it's so important to be happy with what you have and to not think the grass is always greener on the other side.

It is Christmas Eve, and Bluey tries to sneak over and peak at a present. Her dad catches her and tells her that Santa doesn’t give presents to naughty children—setting up the whole episode. Bluey, Bingo, and Muffin, then run off apologizing to people all over the place for knocking into them because they want Santa to know they are good kids. They play a game with Bandit and end up having a great time. But when Socks comes in and bites Bluey, Bluey gets bitter and sets out to teach socks a lesson. Bluey learns the real reason you should be nice to someone…and it’s not because Santa is always watching. It’s a good lesson for parents to not threaten kindness out of your kids, but rather to show that they ought to treat others the way they’d want to be treated.

Bingo and Bluey want a pet. So Bandit, thinking it’s a wise move, employs the service of his hand to act as an emu named Shaun to show his kids how difficult a pet can be. Bandit takes the girls all over the house and the town and seems to annoy them but also amuse them. And it ends up tiring Bandit out way more, and he crashes in the late afternoon and just sleeps all the way till morning. It also ends up backfiring as both of the girls now use their hands to peck at Bandit because Shaun had babies, and now the girls can annoy Bandit just like he annoyed them. The girls kinda bypass the idea of having a pet anymore and elect to have fun poking dad with Shaun’s babies.

Bluey and Bingo are getting ready for bed when Bluey starts to tease Bingo a little bit. Bingo complains and the parents get involved telling them they they should not tease one another. Then the girls launch a campaign against their dad for all the things he does to tease them. After their list comes to a close, Bandit shows them how they are only telling half of the story, and we don’t hear what the difference is between teasing and play, but we know that it involves two people having fun, and we know the girls got a better grasp at what teasing is through this episode.

It’s bedtime, but Bingo cannot find her beloved floppy. And we all know how kids can get if they don’t have their favorite stuffy to sleep with during bedtime. So Chilli, Bluey, and Bingo retrace their steps story at a time. The story is strange at first, but as they keep retracing their steps, we get more of what happened during this weird and crazy day that the Heelers had together. Bingo learns that she has a bad memory, but if someone says just the right word, it will unleash her memory to be able to remember where she hid floppy.

The family comes back from Crazy World, a theme park close by. The parents are exhausted after a long day with the kids, but the kids are still awake and ready to go. The ask to play one more game before bed and Bandit gives a condition that is has to be a game where he doesn’t have to move or speak with his mouth. So as mom and dad collapse on the couch, the girls decide to play Mount Mumandad—a game where they climb on their parents to reach the top (aka, Bandits nose). The girls learn that swiftness is not always as valuable as steadiness as the girls try to get to the top together.

Bluey has ADHD. And she cannot focus long enough on a task to be able to play a game with her family. The game they want to play is hide and seek, but Bluey loses her focus and ends up getting sidetracked by another toy. It’s only when she’s able to calm her mind and remember what she was doing a few minutes ago, that she goes off to find her family who are hidden all over the house. The family has a fun moment of games, but Bluey learns a lesson that focus can sometimes show another person that you care for them.

Rusty interrupted Bluey, Indy, and Honey’s game…or did he. Calypso acts as the mediator here as Bluey tells her story of how they were playing early baby and hospitals and Rusty came in with the baby when he shouldn’t have. But Rusty tells his side of the story where he battled a sausage dragon because it was eating villagers, and he bravely fought it to get the princess back for the king. And then did a swap with the baby the girls were playing with and the girls saw it and flipped out! And all it took for both of them to calm down was to understand the story of what each of them were doing. A great little episode about how perspective can change our attitudes toward another person.

Bandit 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.