Rewatch! - The Doctor
25 min
•Apr 21, 20267 days agoSummary
The Dinner with the Heelers family rewatches the Bluey episode 'The Doctor,' where children play a doctor's office game with increasingly absurd medical emergencies. The episode explores themes of patience, friendship, self-awareness, and leveraging personal strengths to fit social situations.
Insights
- Emotional intelligence in friendship: Bluey recognizes Honey's sadness and proactively engages with her to rebuild confidence, demonstrating how awareness of others' feelings strengthens relationships
- Adaptive problem-solving: Honey learns to observe social context and adjust her approach by creating a more dramatic 'problem' that aligns with the game's implicit rules
- Strength-based participation: Rather than forcing a predetermined role, Honey succeeds by identifying and leveraging her natural gift for making others laugh
- Patience as a social skill: The episode demonstrates that waiting and managing expectations are important developmental skills for children in group play scenarios
- Parental modeling of observation: Adults can teach children to be aware of environmental cues and social dynamics rather than just following literal instructions
Trends
Emotional intelligence development in children's media narrativesStrength-based learning approaches in educational entertainmentInclusive play design that accommodates different participation stylesParental co-viewing as a framework for discussing social-emotional learningPodcast family engagement models with multi-generational participation
Topics
Childhood social dynamics and peer relationshipsEmotional awareness and empathy developmentImaginative play and creative problem-solvingPatience and delayed gratification in childrenSelf-advocacy and confidence buildingParental guidance on social skillsCharacter strengths identificationInclusive friendship practices
People
Quotes
"Bluey is aware that Honey is getting upset. And so she makes a point to make her feel better when she sees Honey being sad. She wants her friend to feel happy."
Eric
"I think maybe another lesson could be that from Honey's standpoint, when you're in a situation and you're Honey, you need to look and be aware of kind of the parameters of the things going on around you."
Eric
"Your strengths was making people laugh. Yeah. And so I think that is a bit of a lesson, right? From both sides. Just be aware of the other people that you're interacting with and playing with."
Eric
"I don't think I'd ever be able to just think of like me like being a hippopotamus and burping out baby hippos."
Amanda
Full Transcript
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If this is your first time listening to us, we are an episode by episode bluey podcast, where we watch an episode of bluey and then talk about it and the lessons we learned. Does that sound right to you guys? It sure does. In this episode, we are re-watching season one, episode 18, The Doctor. And talking about how we feel about it now three years later after we watched it the first time and it is going to be super fun. It sure will. Before we do that, let's jump into the business. Be sure to check out the show description. You'll find a link to our website. Theblueypodcast.com Our email address. Blueypodcast.com Links to our social media. A link to our T-Public merch store. Time stamps so you can jump right to the part of the episode you're looking for. And you'll also find a link so you can sign up to listen to the show ad free via Patreon for just $1 a month. And a huge, huge thank you to our subscribers. You guys are awesome. They sure are awesome. We appreciate you guys so much. Speaking of things that are awesome, we just got done re-watching The Doctor. How can I help? I need to see The Doctor. Oh yes, I'm sure we can squeeze you in tightly. Great. Now, what's wrong with you today? Henry, could you tell us what was going on at the beginning of this episode? At the beginning of the episode, we see Bluey, the receptionist, which her name is Edna in this game, and she gets a phone call from a patient and she's talking to the patient. And then Honey comes up and says that she needs to see The Doctor, but Bluey tells her to wait a bit. And after her phone call, Chilly and The Doctor come out and Chilly says that my schnauz feels better. And The Doctor, which is Bingo, says, yeah, you just got to keep the bandage on for six months. Not that long. And then The Doctor tells Chilly to pick out a lollipop. And then after Chilly walks off, Honey tells Bluey what's wrong with her, which she bumped her knee. And Bluey tells her that she needs to hobble whenever she walks. So then Honey hobbles her way over to the seat. Honey couldn't decide what was supposed to be wrong with her. She really didn't know. And she asked Bluey for advice. And when they landed on it being her knee, Bluey seemed a little concerned that that maybe wasn't exciting enough. It's going to be Honey's turn next. And Bingo wants to know what's wrong with her. Stella, what happens? Honey tells Bingo that all that's wrong with her is that she hurt her knee. And Dr. Bingo was like, that's all that's wrong with you? But she just says it's whatever. And she decides to go and take care of her. But then Lucky comes over and he has a crocodile on his head. Yeah, right on his head. And Stella, what do they say it is? They say that it's a pickle. Yeah, it's quite the pickle. Amanda, Bluey is being a good receptionist and trying to make Honey feel better about having to wait. What is she telling her? Bluey, or Edna, apologizes to Honey about her weight and said that it shouldn't take very long. I'm sure the doctor won't be long. This is going to take ages. Since Dr. Bingo says it's going to take a while, Bluey offers Honey some tea while she waits. And there's a whole bunch of action going on behind the curtain. We see stuff flying out and lots of yelling and carrying on. And Bluey seems concerned that maybe Honey's problem isn't dire enough. Are you sure you haven't been attacked by a giraffe or something? No. No? Because that will be a real pickle. There it goes! Amanda, what do you think being attacked by a giraffe would look like? I really don't know. Would you get trampled on by the giraffe? Or would they try to knock you out with their head? Like headbutt you? I don't know. Yeah, I'm really not sure. Lucky is okay and he gets to pick a lollipop. And it's going to be Honey's turn. But, Henry, what happens? Snickers comes running in and he has a cactus stuck to him. And then he says that a crocodile fell out of the sky. I wonder where it came from. Yeah, and it got its tail, didn't it? Yeah. Honey realizes she's not going to be able to get in ahead of Snickers. And Bluey apologizes for the wait and says Honey is definitely, definitely going to be next. Bingo rushes Snickers in for emergency treatment. Honey barely gets sat down before somebody else comes in. Henry, who is it? Indy and Coco come running in and Indy says that her arms fell off when she was hanging up the wash. And then Coco said that she got bit by seven scorpions. Yeah, she had a foam hand on, right? Like you might see at a sporting event. And I guess that was her hand all swollen from being stung by the scorpions. Stella, have you ever seen somebody's arms fall off when they were hanging up the wash? No, I haven't actually. See, that's exactly why I try to not do the wash myself because I'm scared that, you know, I play guitar. I can't just have my arms falling off. That's true. Have you ever been scared that that might happen to you? No. Honey is pretty upset, but listen, she's definitely going to be next. But then Stella, who comes in and what's going on? Rusty comes over and he says that he ate a hippopotamus and whenever he burps, he spits out baby hippopotamuses. I thought it was interesting that he said he accidentally. Oh yeah, he accidentally somehow ate one. Ate a hippopotamus. I'm not sure how that happens. Amanda, do you think that could be an accident? Most definitely not. Everybody is trying to catch the baby hippos and there are like little motorized toys that are driving around and somebody tells Indy to grab them. But what does she tell him, Amanda? She doesn't have any arms to grab them with. How is she supposed to do that? Well, this whole situation has turned into something. It has turned into a major pickle. A real pickle and Honey is getting super annoyed by this because she just wants to play too. And she seems like she thinks it's funny everything that's going on, but she's still just stuck there doing nothing. And she's starting to feel pretty sad. Blueie can tell and she goes and sits down by her. Amanda, what happens? Blueie sits down next to Honey and Honey, she's kind of starts swinging her legs because obviously at this point she's getting a little bit bored. And then Blueie sees her swinging her legs and she starts swinging hers. And pretty soon we see their legs sink up like they're both swinging in the same direction. And it just kind of brings a smile and a giggle to both of the girls. And Blueie tells Honey, Honey, you always make me laugh. And Honey laughs and she says, yeah, I do always make you laugh. And you can tell Blueie's really doing her best to try to make her friend feel better. Henry, once Honey thinks about the fact that she does make Blueie laugh, it gives her an idea. What does she come up with? Her idea is that, you know how dogs, whenever they wag their tail, it's only their tail that waggs, not their body. Well, for her, it's reversed. It's her body that waggs and her tail that stays still. Yeah. And she starts putting on a show. And oh my gosh, all of the kids loved it, didn't they? Yeah, they found it really funny. Rusty is finally finishing up and he makes a promise. What does he say? He says that he will not swallow hippos anymore. Yeah, what a deal. Good on him though, I guess. Bingo sees what's going on with Honey. Oh my stars, you tell anybody I'll make stuff. Everybody in the world, but her tail is still. This is a real pickle. Really? A pickle? This is the biggest pickle I've ever seen. Come with me right away. That made Honey super happy, didn't it, Stella? Yeah, it did. And it's finally going to be her turn. But then, Bluey haulers out an instruction for her when she's on her way in. What does she tell her? She says that she needs to hobble because she hurt her knee. Right, her knee is still a problem. So I'm wondering, do you think that the tail standing still and her body wagging was a result of the knee injury? Maybe, maybe it was. Man, I better look out if I ever hurt my knee. I don't want that happening to me. It's finally Honey's turn. We see that Indy and Coco are still sitting there waiting, so Honey's problem was such a big pickle that it got in front of the no arms and the scorpions. But Stella, we cut to somebody else. Who else is playing the game? Bandit is playing the game and what does he have on him, like snakes? Yeah, it looked like he had snakes wrapped around him and bandages all on him. And a thermometer in his mouth, I think, right? Is that right, Henry? I think so. But what do they tell him? They tell him to be patient. Boy, I feel like I've been there. And that was the episode. Henry, did we forget anything? Nope, I don't think so. Well, you know what it's time for. Did we learn anything today? Could anyone tell us what did you learn today? I learned that if you have a big pickle at the hospital, you'll always be able to go in first. I learned that I should never hang up laundry ever again because my arms might fall off. I pretty much saw that coming. Ryan Reynolds here from Mint Mobile, the message for everyone paying big wireless way too much. Please for the love of everything good in this world, stop. With Mint, you can get premium wireless for just $15 a month. Of course, if you enjoy overpaying, no judgments, but that's weird. OK, one judgment. Anyway, give it a try at mintmobile.com. I don't know if there was really a lesson to learn with this episode except for maybe sometimes you just have to have patience when you're playing. Yeah, that's a component of it. I mean, Henry was right. The bigger your issue is at the emergency room, you're going to get seen first. That's how it's supposed to work because it's for emergencies, right? Yes. But I think there's a couple of things at play here that maybe you could say were lessons. One, Bluey is aware that Honey is getting upset. And so she makes a point to make her feel better when she sees Honey being sad. She wants her friend to feel happy. And so she goes and does something with her that she knows will make her feel included and feel good. Yes. Which I thought was really sweet. It was that moment was very sweet. And she was also kind of trying to guide her with, are you sure you don't have a better problem than this to kind of tell her what the rules were of the game, like the idea behind it. Yeah. I think maybe another lesson could be that from Honey's standpoint, when you're in a situation and you're Honey, you need to look and be aware of kind of the parameters of the things going on around you. And you're like, oh, wait, the whole idea of this game is the wackiness of some major problem. And what I'm driving at with that is that it's your responsibility to be as aware as possible of what's going on around you. Yeah, that's a good point. Not that Honey was doing anything wrong. No, absolutely. And in the fact that their kids sometimes, you know, they just don't get that. And once she was finally realizing, oh, wait, I guess my problem isn't big enough. She combined several things. She made up a bigger issue that she needed to be seen for. And she also realized that, hey, wait, my gift is making people laugh. So I'll use my giftedness in this game. And because you do, you need to lean on your strengths, play to your strengths, right? Right. And your strengths was making people laugh. Yeah. And so I think that is a bit of a lesson, right? From both sides. Just be aware of the other people that you're interacting with and playing with. Bluie realizing Honey's sad, Honey realizing, hey, wait, everybody else is doing it like this. Yeah, I think it kind of goes both ways. I agree with you. Yeah. It was just a fun episode too. There was a lot of wackiness and hijinks in it. It was. How do you have any parting thoughts about the episode? I thought it was funny when Dr. Bingo would be done with a patient, like her first patient, Chilly, she told her to leave the bandage on her schnoz for, what was it, like six months. But when she got done with Lucky, I'm pretty sure she told him to leave his bandages on for 11 years. Yes. 11 years. I thought that was rather funny. Yeah. I like the way everything was super drawn out, much like how it seems dealing with doctors and stuff can be where everything seems to take a long, long time. Not going to be able to get in for an appointment for 15 months. Leave this on for 11 years. That is a lot. I personally feel bad for Bandit because it looks like he got beat up a lot. He's just having to sit there and wait for a really long time. Yeah. He didn't look like he was in very good shape. I was glad he at least made an appearance in the episode. He does sort of get the short end of the stick a lot. He gets blamed for things when they go wrong. He is the one who gets beat up on and kind of poked fun at the most. Poor guy. He got blamed for farting and blew his face in that one episode. But it turned out he did. I liked how creative they all were with what was wrong with them because I don't think I'd ever be able to just think of like me like being a hippopotamus and burping out baby hippos. I don't think I'd ever just be able to think of that off the top of my head. You're pretty creative though. Yeah, sometimes. The hippopotamus thing was pretty good though. And I like that Snickers did the thing where he saw the croc come flying through the air and decided to incorporate it into his stick as well, which is good on him. I thought it was cute too when we see him and he's got like a hundred band-aids all over him. I remember when you kids were like that, every time we needed a real band-aid, there wasn't one to be found because you were putting them on imaginary boo-boos and stuff like that. But you definitely go through a phase of parenthood where you have no band-aids ever. Right. I was questioning Bingo's license to practice medicine, but she seems pretty young for a doctor. She does, but so was Doogie Hauser. That's true, but Bingo's still preschool age, but seriously, I really like seeing how she is like out of breath and stuff, but still trying to have like a professional decorum and telling people to make sure they pick their lollipops. Because boy, I remember when I was young, if I went to the doctor, I was going to get a sucker. And that somehow made everything all better. That made the shots worth it. Yeah. Well, guys, we think bluey is awesome. And speaking of things that we think are awesome, Henry, what should we do next? The Howl Out. Okay, listen up. Everyone has to clap and go, woo, yeah, all right, that's awesome. Got it? Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! We have the best fans in the world, and we are so, so thankful for you guys. That's right. We do have the best fans. You guys sure are awesome. Let's take a look at the comments from Spotify. We heard from Gabriella. We heard from Scarlett, who we're going to hear from again in just a little bit. Our buddy, Alex, who gave us some cool facts about the previous episode. You guys have got to go to the comment section of Spotify and check out what Alex says every week. It's really good. Yeah, definitely check it out. We heard from Genesis, whose favorites are Stella and Amanda. Thank you, Genesis. Thank you. We heard from our friend Hope, Piper, Shy, someone whose username is 1x08-something-something, and we also heard from someone whose username is Music Lover. You know what? I love music too, so I totally get that. Yeah, I think all of us in this household are music lovers. I think so. Right, guys? Yeah. Yeah, I like music. On Facebook, we got a video from Hailey. Hi, to do with the anilers, my name is Hailey, and I just wanted to say that I really like your podcast. I listen to it every night. When I go to bed, my favorite two characters are Henry and Eric, which I have, calling pages of them right here. And my favorite episodes are probably Unicorns and Hotel. I do like all of them, but those aren't my personal favorites. I like Henry because he's very funny. He's like the class clown, if you consider your family as a class. And Eric, I think, he's just the main narrator and writer of this podcast. And I found it something funny. So when you look at these calling pages and look at the profile, Henry and Eric, you guys look like Lucky's dad and Lucky. And I thought that was really cute. So yeah, bye. Thank you, Hailey, for seeing us a video. And I'm glad you think I'm funny. And yeah, I do agree that me and my dad's characters kind of look like Lucky and Lucky's dad. Yeah, they are similar. And you know what? I'll take that. I think he's great. I don't know if he plays a flying V guitar. You know, he does play the piano quite well. We did find out. And Henry, you are hilarious. You are the entertainer of the family when it comes to that sort of thing. We've got funny bits and funny stuff that you do. You are a riot. Thank you very much, dad. Yeah, thank you, Hailey. That was awesome. We got some emails we heard from Everett, who is five. He lives in Austin, Texas and loves Henry. Thank you, Everett. Yeah, Everett. Thank you so much. I love Austin, Texas. I went to one of the best Whataburger's I've ever been to in Austin. Now, it may have been the best because I had just got done playing a gig and it was super late at night. But man, there's something about Whataburger in Austin. Plus the music seems pretty great. And also Everett lives there. So that's cool too. Lots of great things. Yeah. We got a voice message from Scarlett that had commented on Spotify. Hi, Gina with the Healers. My name is Scarlett. So I am here to tell you about my theory about Calypso. My theory about Calypso is that she's actually the fairy that you see in the episode of Louis Fairies. Because she just seems like she would be magical and she has a beautiful voice like a fairy. And in the episode of Wild Girls, when Indy and Chloe were playing farmers and Coco sad and she's crying, you hear like fairy music and Calypso pops up. So my theory is that Calypso is the fairy. And she just seems very, very-ish. Thank you. Bye. Thank you for your message, Scarlett. It was great to hear from you. And I like your ideas about how Calypso could be the fairy. And I agree with you. She has a beautiful singing voice and she is kind of magical. Yeah, she is pretty great. My only counterpoint to that would be is that I don't know that Calypso would be so mischievous. The way the unseen fairy in the episode Fairies was. She seems like she'd be more of a straight shooter than that. And be like, you listen here. This is what's getting ready to happen. But it is a cool theory and I like the way you put all those pieces together. That was really neat. Yes. Yeah, it was very neat that she thought of that. Good job. We also got a voice message from Vivian. Hi. My name is Vivian. I'm 12 years old and I'm going to be playing the blue theme song on my violin. Mo. Dad. Fingal. Bluey. Thank you guys. I love your podcast a lot and my favorite Hello Cutie character is Cinnamon Roll. So thank you. Bye. Vivian, that was an awesome job playing the theme song on the violin. Great job and thank you for sharing that with us. I love young people playing music and it makes me happy that people are giving the bluey theme song ago. It's tricky. That super fast run at the end that's triplets. That was hard for me to play on guitar. But Vivian, keep up the good work. Keep practicing and keep being awesome. Guys, thank you so much for all of the emails, the five star reviews, the voice messages and comments. We read all of them and they mean so much to us. They sure do. We just love hearing from you guys and we love that you love the show. Thank you so much for reaching out to us. If you would like to send us a voice message, ask a parent to help you. You can record yourself on a phone, tablet or computer and email that file to Estella. Where should they send that? Blueypodcast at gmail.com. You can also send a voice message directly in the messaging section of Instagram, which is pretty cool. Well guys, until next time, we are out of here. Bye guys. Bye. Once again.