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Steve Burns ( October 9 , 1973 – ) is an Actor , Singer , and Guitarist 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. During his run as host, Burns also appeared as an abused high school student in a April '' and as himself in a 2000 episode of '' Yes, Dear ''. Burns has also contributed performances to limited-release or student films such as ''La Leçon'', ''The Bill'', and ''Marie and Bruce''. In the fall of having a criminal past [http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/mrrogers.asp]. The genre dates at least as far as back as the 1920s with a supposed incident surrounding children's radio show host Uncle Don [http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/radio/bastards.htm].) After Burns left '' Blue's Clues '' in 2002, he recorded a rock album, '' Songs For Dustmites '', that 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 which expressed surprise at the album's quality (given their previous associations of Burns as "merely" a children's talk show host). Burns followed up the album's release with an international tour in 2003 and 2004 . Burns is currently working on a new album. He has recently contributed a cover of They Might Be Giants ' "Dead" to an upcoming 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. EXTERNAL LINKS
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