STEVE BURNS

'Steve Burns' (born October 9, 1973), in Boyertown, PA, is best-known for his stint as host of the popular Nickelodeon children's television show ''Blue's Clues''. Burns hosted the show starting with its inception in 1996 and continuing through 2002, at which time the character Joe (portrayed by Donovan Patton) took over hosting duties.
Shortly thereafter, a rumor circulated that Burns died from a drug overdose. Then Steve made an appearance on the Rosie O'Donnell Show to confirm his good health. The legend may have started from Burns' appearance as an autistic teenager in an April 1995 episode of ''Law & Order'', in which his character died before the opening credits. Burns' "overdose" may also have been simply another iteration of a sub-genre of urban legend in which celebrity figures whose public personas are associated with innocence are supposedly revealed to have a hidden, seedier side.[1]There was a rumor that Steve left Blues Clues because of his mental issues. According to a 15 minute documentary on Nickelodeon, titled "Behind the Clues", Burns left Blue's Clues to start a self titled band. Burns was quoted on said program saying "[He] didn't want to lose [his] hair in children's television." (Steve is prematurely balding) Other "seedy side" urban legends related to Steve include that he was formerly a Hell's Angel's biker and always wore long sleeves to cover his full-arm-length tattoos. This, too, is false.
After Burns left ''Blue's Clues'' in 2002, he recorded a rock album, ''Songs for Dustmites'', which was released in 2003. The album was produced with the assistance of producer Dave Fridmann of Tarbox Road Studios, and with the assistance of and contributions by Steven Drozd, drummer for The Flaming Lips. (During the recording, Burns portrayed an engineer aboard a spacecraft in The Flaming Lips' film, ''Christmas on Mars''.) The album was well-received by critics, many of whom expressed surprise at the album's quality (given their previous associations of Burns as "merely" a children's show host). Burns followed up the album's release with an international tour in 2003 and 2004. Burns also made an appearance on Figure It Out: Wild Style as one of the panelists.
In 2003, Steve Burns supported The Flaming Lips on their UK tour.
Burns recently contributed a cover of They Might Be Giants' "Dead" to the TMBG tribute album, ''Hello Radio''.
Burns has an active voice-over career. His voice can be heard on numerous Rubbermaid commercials, as well as the 1996 McDonald's commercial that introduced the Arch Deluxe sandwich, and Mobil's "Mobil On The Run" radio commercials.
On October 26th, 2006, Steve Burns released two new songs on his new MySpace page that will appear on his next album, which will be titled ''Deep Sea Recovery Efforts''. He was also featured on the Noggin network show Jack's Big Music Show, performing "I Hog the Ground" with Steven Drozd of Flaming Lips. (That same show featured a cameo by Daily Show host Jon Stewart). The clip is available on the Jack's Big Music Show website.
In 2007, Burns landed the lead role of Otto Granberry -- a likeable, flesh-eating vampire -- in the undead office comedy, Netherbeast Incorporated.
Most recently, Burns played the title role of ''Amadeus'' in the 2007 season of the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.

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★ Steve's Web Page — Burns' official website

★ Steve Burns at MySpace

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