VERY INTERESTING: BLUEY

 Hello ladies and gents this is the Viking telling you that today we are talking about honestly this one wasnt planned like the rest of our posts. It was requested by our fans because it seems like people in their 20ies love this show please enjoy.

BLUEY

Things we bet you didn’t know about our favourite cartoon of all time. 

1 - Bluey first came to life in 2016, in a one-minute pilot episode made in the creator's spare time. While network bosses loved it, the clip never got to air. “It just had some dangerous stuff in it,” Bluey creator Joe Brumm told The Saturday Paper. “Bandit was pushing Bluey and she wanted to go all the way around on a swing, so she ends up doing a full 360 degrees. It was just unsafe. You could never put that on kids TV.” 

2 - Joe Brumm is the second eldest in a family of three boys (like Bandit). Joe’s older brother is Professor Adam Brumm, who has been involved in archeological discoveries such as the fossilised remains of Homo Floresiensis (the 'Hobbit'). And it was actually him who nicknamed it at a Queensland university. As we know, Bandit is an archaeologist, so that’s where that inspo comes from.

3 - Uncle Stripe - who is Bandit’s younger brother and the dad of muffin and Socks - is voiced by Dan Brumm, Joe’s younger brother, who is also the sound designer on Bluey. Meanwhile, Nana (Bandit’s mum) is played by Chris Brumm, who is yep, you guessed it: Joe’s mum.

4 - Dance Mode features a celeb appearance from the Blue Wiggle Anthony Field. But there’s another voice that you may not have picked: Australian-British actor Rupert Degas, who plays the role of the yes/no button. He was the voice of ‘Scrambler’ in Bob the Builder from 2002 to 2011. He’s also been in Thomas & Friends and The Adventures of Blinky Bill. 

5 - There is a long sausage-type dog called 'long dog' hidden in many episodes. In Charades, it’s hidden in the knitting on the couch. Long dog was designed by one of the background artists in series one, and the pup also turns up in some of the books. 

6 - Brisbane landmarks as Queen Street Mall and Southbank -  and not so recognisable places such as toilet blocks and shopfronts - feature in several episodes. In Piggyback, the Heelers take a trip up the Queensland coast where Noosa’s Big Pelican makes a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearance. 

7 - In season two, Bingo’s car seat has changed. In season one, she was in a lap-sash seat and Bluey creators received feedback from fans saying she wasn’t big enough for that, so now she’s in a four-point harness seat. 

8 - In Hammerbarn, Chilli is humming the Bluey theme song as she wanders through the garden centre. In fact whenever you hear Mum or Dad humming, it's always the theme tune.

9 - In Dance Mode, at the top of the Busker’s hat, there is a five dollar note with a tooth fairy sticker still on it from the episode Markets. It's actually the same Busker from that episode and voiced by the show's Brisbane based composer, Joff Bush. For real life. 

10 - If you look closely, there’s a mystery dog in the family portrait behind Nana’s couch in Charades. There’s Nana, Bob, Bandit, brother Stripe and their families. Fans are hedging their bets that Bandit has another brother we haven’t met yet.

And as always have a chilled day from the Viking