Bluey: Creator Joe Brumm on Why Play is Essential to Shaping Good Humans
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Through the powerfully disruptive force of the Peabody Award-winning series Bluey, we explore the question with creator and writer Joe Brumm, “How and why does an animated children’s show about talking dogs make us laugh, cry, and be better humans?”
Episode Description
In this episode of We Disrupt this Broadcast, Gabe González introduces us to the Peabody Award-winning series, Bluey, an outstanding animated children’s show that has become renowned as the best family co-viewing experience. WDTB Executive Producer Caty Borum interviews creator and writer Joe Brumm about how he developed a series that is funny, heartwarming, realistic (despite its dog characters), and tackles some of life’s toughest issues in each 7-minute episode. They discuss the power of play in the lives of children (and adults), the strategy to make both parents and kids laugh and why it’s important to have a girl character lead the show. Gabe then chats with The Read host and podcasting legend Crissle, a vocal Bluey fan, about what makes the series so disruptive, changing the way we see children’s television.
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