New Dad Watches Bluey S2 (Dad Baby, Army, Fancy Restaurant, Stumpfest) for the First Time

[@NileBoogie]

The lemonade is spiked, that’s why Chilli is acting the way she does. They’re on the balcony getting loaded!

[@Cdog923]

@@NileBoogie I always assumed the lemonade was straight lemon juice

[@Gotamoona]

@Cdog923 I always had a feeling about it as well or the kids mixed up the sugar and salt cause if the moms where drunk; then Chilly wouldn't have been able to talk to Bluey the way she did

[@Baldwin-iv445]

What do you think they spiked it with? Beer? Whiskey? Is Sake sold in Australia?

[@dukeskunk]

@@Baldwin-iv445 Lemonade goes best with vodka.

[@Baldwin-iv445]

@dukeskunk Hmm. You better not be joking because I _will_ try that.

[@cpcoultertweedles7216]

Army is one of my favourite episodes, because it's such a great ADHD representation. ADHD isn't an inability to pay attention; it's a struggle to regulate how much attention you give a task. When Jack is told to sit still but isn't given something else to do, he goes straight back to moving around. But when he's on sentry duty and he knows that a) it's a part of a game that he really likes, and b) Rusty is counting on him to be still, he finds it much easier to lay there and focus.

[@paulhewes7333]

While Pat (AKA Lucky's Dad) is the best neighbor, Wendy is not far behind... -Jack has AD or ADHD. He wasnt just rambunctious.

[@Una1]

ADD is currently being phased out in favor of the acknowledgement of different types of ADHD. Jack has Hyperactive ADHD, if anything.

[@toanthlp]

don't worry, they know

[@TriXJester]

The fact that Chili and Trixie got absolutely sloshed in Stumpfest always makes me laugh 😂

[@NDJunction]

its funny how long it takes for ppl to realize xD its not the first one, either. Both bbq episodes with the cousins / friends had all the adults in party mode xD

[@TheScarecrow78]

As a little boy who had extreme ADHD I really love the representation here in Army with Jack. He's my fave Bluey character.

[@bountyofbeagles]

Chili and Trixie were daydrinking the whole episode, which is why they were a little les helpful in the begining. So the guys drank spiked lemonade and they were NOT expecting it, thus the face

[@454LuisDeLaTorre]

Army is my absolute favorite episode, my heart breaks everytime I hear Jack say there's something wrong with him because I was that forgetful, distracted, never quiet kid. This series is amazing.

[@Baldwin-iv445]

I've been that kid my entire life, so Jack is definitely the most relatable character in our cases.

[@silverdemonwolf426]

I think the implication for the lemonade in Stumpfest is that it's what the moms were drinking, and they added something a little harder to it. Or you can just assume the kids made the lemonade with either way too much or way too little sugar.

[@5Seed]

I told my kid bluey made it was salt. 😂 No need to explain mum's cutting loose. 😅

[@MikeJF85]

'Lemonade' in Australia is a term for Sprite-style drinks. The american lemonade drink isn't really a thing in Oz, nor is homemaking it.

[@5Seed]

@@MikeJF85 I am aware, I lived in oz. But my kid had just learned how to make American style lemonade so it was just an easy reason to give.

[@Baldwin-iv445]

Why do people assume it's spikes lemonade? There's plenty of yellow alcoholic drinks. The ladies could just be simply trying to make it look like lemonade for the sake of the kids.

[@Michelle-s2z6l]

The dads were drinking beer at the beginning too.

[@tranatkikomi6873]

Jack’s parents are voiced by a real married couple (Hamish Blake and Zoe Foster Blake) and Rusty’s dad (as well as the postie dog from Dance Mode) is voiced by Anthony Field, who is better known as the Blue Wiggle. Anthony was also part of the Australian forces.

[@liamross340]

i love the idea that the blue wiggle has a grizzled war past

[@Tensen01]

I knew I recognized Hamish's voice.

[@slackerlitgeek]

As the dad of a kiddo who struggles with ADHD (and who may be undiagnosed myself), Jack's episode is one of my favorites because it demonstrates both the struggles and incredible strengths of kids with those challenges, as well as low-key teaching how you can adapt activities to play to those strengths (combining activity with information, engaging hyperfocus, and providing lots of positive reinforcement to replace the negative self-talk feedback loop).

[@bloodobsessed]

So, there is a theory that Chili and Trixie were drinking some kind of adult drink during this episode which is why they seem a little loopy

[@paulhewes7333]

oh, they are sloshed...

[@bloodobsessed]

@@paulhewes7333 100 percent they are.

[@Gotamoona]

I disagree there is way too much that doesn't aline with the theory

[@MikeJF85]

Yeah, they're tipsy. The show's not too shy about that kind of thing. There's another episode later about the parents being hung over.

[@EMLtheViewer]

@@Gotamoona They don’t seem tipsy to you? Why couldn’t they be drinking?

[@Drakoni23]

Everyone hyped about Dad Baby, meanwhile me super giddy for especially Jay to react to Army. While there are hints that Bluey could have AD(H)D, Jack is definitely meant to represent that. How he sais how bad he is at remembering and paying attention, when during the game he's great at it.

[@kentubuchi6899]

Yea and even Jacks dad might have it too

[@Drakoni23]

@@kentubuchi6899 Something I didn't think about when I watched it the first time. But it is something that gets inherited so that would make a ton of sense.

[@DisneyLover258]

you mean Jack, not Lucky

[@Drakoni23]

@@DisneyLover258 Yup you're right, gonna edit, thx

[@kentubuchi6899]

​@Drakoni23 it's not really in this episode, but in an upcoming one. Don't remember the season lol.

[@toanthlp]

"I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS THE SOMETHING" is by far Pat's most hilarious line in the whole show

[@kylestubbs8867]

I mean, who possibly could?

[@TriXJester]

The youtuber Pugly talks about Bluey and how he uses it during therapy with kids as his work, and he has said that Jack is his favorite character due to how well he portrays the troubles kids with attention deficits can have. There's also the great portrayal of kids with military parents in Rusty, as even if the Australian Army is different from the US I grew up with a lot of military kids around and this episode reminded me so much of playing with them the same way.

[@slackerlitgeek]

"Suck it, Pat... HOORAY!" Love it.

[@foof76]

I absolutely love when the Bluey reactions post on Wednesdays, because it's my day off and then I can actually drop everything immediately

[@tameniai]

Pat is THE Best Friend. Disney also cut a scene in another episode (where Chili is at a baby shower) and one of the kids asks how the baby gets in the woman's belly. Bandit, who had twisted the swing, let go rather than answer. It was glorious.

[@lainejay]

Army episode has a small but significant difference. The touching scene between Jack and Rusty in the treehouse… “there’s something going on with me” - Disney “there’s something wrong with me” original. Many American reactors don’t pick up on Jacks story arch at all.

[@charlotteadase6814]

The “hooray!” bit is one of my favorites lol

[@WahleeUT]

In Disney's defense, it's not them that decided that Dad Baby wasn't appropriate for preschoolers-- it's the overall content ratings in the FCC guidelines. This particular episode gets a Y7 rating, while the entire rest of the series is rated Y. In order for Disney to air this episode, they'd have to change the rating for the entire series to Y7. Since Disney Junior only airs Y-rated content, that means this episode isn't available on Disney Jr. or Disney+. It's not the evil Disney censors, it's the evil FCC. So if you're going to blame someone, that's who to blame. Also, although it only got uploaded to KZbin recently, it was available to buy as an individual episode in the US via Apple, Amazon, Google, etc., and is on the DVDs and an extra. So it's not outright banned, either. That being said, it is 100% the funniest episode in the show and I'm glad it's more widely available via KZbin now. :)

[@wavy6617]

Yes, case in point, this episode is on Disney+ in Canada! So clearly not an issue for them to have it on their platform in other markets, just US regulations.

[@crimsonghoul8983]

​@@wavy6617 Is FCC wrong?

[@poppy7599]

Is this why Bluey suddenly stopped showing on my kids Disney+ Junior account? I’ve not rechecked their account, but like a week and a half ago blue and a couple other shows disappeared from Junior, but I could see them on my adult again still. Wonder if the actually did up it to Y7 to include Dad Baby??

[@peteryang5056]

Man, Rusty is just the best.

[@paulhewes7333]

Rusty's feature episode later on, really made this episode more.

[@Cdog923]

@@peteryang5056 Rusty was originally going to be the main character and focus of the show.

[@pompe221]

Pretty sure the lemonade at the end of "Stumpfest" is spiked with alcohol (based on how Chili and Trixie were acting earlier).

[@VengefulPurity]

“Get to the chopper!” It may be Rusty saying it, but I always always hear Arnold Shwarznager shouting it in the back of my mind. Hahaha.

[@Nichole-1989]

I actually read it in Arnold's voice. 😂

[@alexkramerblogs]

Chili's background bit of going to the restroom really tickled Adam!

[@salemsloane5820]

The lemonade thing at the end is because Chili and Trixie were getting drunk, and they gave the guys really strong drinks

[@Legolegs]

I love that Pat says "but NO UNICORNS!" Then it cuts to him with a unicorn headband on. 😂

[@blsco]

Please don’t ever stop HOORAYING!!!

[@StuffSteffSays]

Not eating the disaster special to save Jay's life? That's not very bRomance, Adam. 😂 Love this collection of episodes - hooray!

[@Legolegs]

*guttural goblin noises Also, I love that y'all matched the hype of the dads in Stumpfest before even seeing the episode!

[@TinyKrisGaming]

YES! Ive never even seen Bluey and I don't have kids. But I never miss these episodes. One of my favorites moments in a day. Edit: Is there a blooper reel somewhere? I feel like that would be hilarious.

[@pReviewd]

The Patreon watch along has the whole unedited version of this episode. And let me tell you the ending is……..unhinged. We lost it! Highly recommend.

[@amyrouding7892]

I love rusty. Wait for “cricket”. Makes me tear up every time.

[@KitsuneRokaku]

As someone on the spectrum, I love Jack and want to protect him so much. Army is one of my favorite episodes Jack and Rusty's friendship is so sweet

[@jamietmarie3]

FUN FACT: I read sowmhere that Rusty was almost they main character of this series, I think about that a lot because he's my favorite of Bluey's friends (plus Mackenzie). Also hearing Jack say "I don't know" made me so emotional

[@IceMetalPunk]

Jay: "I think I'd be good at carrying a baby." Somewhere, Kimberly suddenly can't stop laughing, and she doesn't know why 😂 Every time Adam talks about how he was the kid who always needed reasons before obeying authority, it reminds me that Adam and Jay somehow embody the two halves of my personality 😂 I'm definitely the "need a reason or I'm not doing it" type, but I'm also the "be whimsical and empathetic rather than seeking vengeance" type 😁

[@percyprune]

The Rusty episode 'Cricket' is one of the best of the whole show. And it features the voice of the Blue Wiggle (himself an ex-soldier) as Rusty's dad.

[@jinnimoo]

His name is Pat. 'Pat the dog' 😂

[@kylestubbs8867]

Also, St. Patrick. Along the lines of his son named “Lucky”.

[@craigstambaugh]

I don't have that same "can't sit still"energy...but I definitely pace while on the phone. Have forever! Meanwhile my wife has the same anxiety about wanting an end seat. So the two of us watching this could feel you for different reasons. 😂

[@Cdog923]

GET YOUR GIANT SPOONS READY, BLUEY GOBLINS!

[@greyygoblinn5639]

That army episode almost got me man, what a sweet episode, also drunk chili and trixie are hilarious

[@DMbyChoice]

I look forward to these so much, it's crazy.

[@thepuzzleoracle6760]

I had absolutely horrible pregnancies both times. But I think something that a lot of women don’t experience is, I actually really liked my body while I was pregnant. I’ve never liked my body before, so I didn’t feel I was loosing anything. And now it was creating an absolute miracle. So yeah, I love how I looked pregnant. Not how I felt. I felt absolutely awful. Edit: also, I love Jack!!! As a kid with ADHD and who has had every kind of criticism and negative character trait continuously commented on or ridiculed, this episode really got to me. I was Jack. And I wish I’d had a friend like rusty!!

[@SarahRichardsGraba]

As a small chested woman, I LOVED the look of my pregnant and postpartum breasts. They didn't always feel great, but damn they looked amazing 😂

[@thepuzzleoracle6760]

@@SarahRichardsGraba yeah, same here!!

[@erinmccabe1984]

Just a side notes that Rusty's Dad is voiced by the Blue Wiggle. Many of the adult characters from now a mostly voice by famous Australians. Lin Manuel Miranda voices a horse at some point

[@rosenrot234]

My fav cameo is still Robert Irwins. I'd imagine Steve would have had a blast on this show so I hope the rest of the family joins in with lil cameos. It'd be cute.

[@theresaremsing2777]

Jack represents an invisible disability either ADHD or ASD. Me and my son love this episode. It made me cry the first time I watched it and the first time my son watched it he said Jack is me.

[@cyberwolf_1013]

I just love how Bluey has incorporated all different types of kids and families. Like Jack, who is coded as having ADHD, and Rusty whose dad is away from the family a lot. And in season 1 we saw Indy who either was a preemie baby herself or possibly has a sibling who was a preemie. (Early Baby) And Wendy, the Heeler's neighbor, being a divorced single mom to Juno.

[@zoesumra9152]

Indy's sibling was a preemie. Their mother is a vegan hippie-ish small businesswoman, hence the contrast between Indy and Rusty's ideas of family structure.

[@InABroadwayStateOfMind]

These episodes are just hits right across the board

[@eliasfitzgerald1786]

More Bluey? Hooray!

[@_greymalkin_7377]

As the kid of an army dad, the ending of that episode always hits different

[@jasonmarbach]

“Maybe you should wear your kid as a hat” absolutely killed me, Adam 🤣 because it was both so obvious and joke but somehow so completely unexpected 🤣🤣🤣

[@skarrin]

Disney won't do anything that causes parents to have to explain childbirth. Just - nope. It's not because the episode as anything unpleasant or weird in it, but kids in the US will ask "why DON'T dads have babies?" and then the boycotts start.

[@PelafinaLievre]

And there’s also all the people that would be upset that a man was playing pregnant and what that was teaching their kids. Sigh.

[@andrewchristian5406]

Smooth didn’t notice any edit on Hooray! Got it in One! 😉

[@Jandypoptvstars]

"You gotta take the good with the bad" 😂😂 Just wait until you get to Smoochy Kiss in season 3😂😂 Also regarding Army/Stumpfest, I want to see the reaction to Helicopter😊

[@aussieanna1540]

Sweetened condensed milk is found in australian MREs it comes in a tube and its used in tea and coffee but you also just eat it straight for energy. It is highly sort after from other countries and used to trade.

[@StandUpComedyFan28m]

I wonder if Jay or Adam randomly yell "Hooray!" when they're out and about. Lol

[@andrewchristian5406]

Fancy Restaurant was one of the Best Adam reactions in a while.

[@foof76]

I absolutely understand what Jay is saying about being confined. I get extremely claustrophobic that way. I have no issues with close spaces, it's being restrained. I have trouble sitting in a back seat, and I'm never climbing in the back of a 2 door again. I can be fine until I even think about not having an option to move or get out, and no matter how much I recognize that I can't stop the panic.

[@dukeskunk]

This is for sure the first time we hear Lucky's Dad called Pat, but the first use of Wendy's name was in Dance Mode. "Morning Wendy" is my favourite running gag in the whole show.

[@Darshantre]

30:31 it's alcohol , that why chilli was abit tipsy and booing the boys

[@JonathanMartinez-ei4up]

Dad Baby might be my favorite episode so far. That was really funny. And it’s just hilarious to imagine yourself as the neighbor who either sees your neighbor having a kiddy-pool birth…or being the neighbor who commits to that bit.

[@Shaharalyn1977]

I told you guys his name was Pat when you were doing first season previews lol. I also told you how "Morning Wendy!" was something you're gonna hear a lot. Surprised you didn't notice it the fist few episodes of this season.

[@SarahRichardsGraba]

Hooray! 🙌🏼 Bluey! Previewd! Highlight of my week, and after today, I needed this video ❤

[@emilylewis5373]

Army is one of my favorite episodes. The way the army is played off as a Child's specials interest only to reveal about the father.

[@hanaomer4419]

Something about bluey heals my soul and so do your reactions ngl

[@foulrot]

I have never felt more scene by this show that I did in Jack from Army.

[@liamwhite3522]

Jack has difficulty sitting still, remembering things, and doing what he's told. But he is great at playing Army.

[@Officialcxnnamonroll]

PEAK CONTENT RIGHT HERE

[@kioku119]

Army was about adhd. Also the experience you mentioned around sitting really sounds like an adhd experience (not that it can't be other things).

[@nikkiwood2523]

I loved how the guys basically just laughed through this whole watch along 😂

[@kentubuchi6899]

Chili and Trixie were drunk lol

[@MyJdbrown]

I love how much fun you guys have with these and always appreciate Jay's pov as a new dad. Jack is one of my favorite characters. I love every episode he's featured in. Stumpfest is one of my fav episodes because I was the little girl who played outside and used stumps as tables and never wanted my parents to remove them. I can't wait for Baby Race!

[@caylem00]

Jay's comment about sitting still being the most difficult part of streaming got my adhd brain thinking about the keyboardist of Rammstein who walks on a treadmill while playing on stage to help with the restlessness.. And another youtube reactor who used to walk on his treadmill while reacting... Maybe a treadmill under a standing desk, even just for editing?

[@tofystedeth]

lol was that kid's name Jack Russell? Also it was kind of neat they combined the Dad returning from deployment thing with Dog greeting returning soldier thing

[@tofystedeth]

Did Bandit say "we used to carry you around in the park in this instead of sleeping?"

[@SarahRichardsGraba]

Yup. And that experience is accurate 😂

[@ezyrile]

my brain still is trying to register that Rusty's dad is Anthony from the Wiggles. Like, I know it but I'm just so amused that I didn't figure it out.

[@melissafrench9572]

Don’t forget about the sign and the two Christmas episodes that only come out close to Christmas

[@alyssabullock6421]

The Sign is at the end of season 3, they dont need to watch it yet

[@Kloudrunner]

Pat is the GOAT 🐐 Baybay. He is the light in the dark. Water in a drought. He is the morning sun and evening Moon. I'd take a bullet for Pat. Know why ? Cos Pat would take one for me.

[@jasonmarbach]

Today I learned that Jaybird and I are essentially the same parent. Get stumped! 🤣❤️

[@puppypaws2858]

The episode Dad Baby is so hilarious but so traumatizing at the same time

[@koreanforrabbit]

I teach kindergarten, and am watching this on a Sunday morning while I lesson plan for the week. Hello! I just wanted to say that I am so impressed, Jay, at the way you're using these episodes as a tool to reflect on your own parenting "practice". I do it too (Calypso is a QUEEN). Typically, I recommend parents keep their kids the hell off of screens, especially in early childhood - but there are two exceptions. One of these is Mister Rogers Neighborhood, because duh. The other is Bluey, because so many episodes are excellent social-emotional learning parables for both children and adults. I use it in my own classroom to start conversations with the kids when I start noticing behavioral trends that need to be addressed. By the way, I was also a wiggly little kid. For some of us, learning is easy, but school is hard. I'm happy to report that, these days, schools tend to be a lot kinder to kids like us (and, possibly, your son when he joins the "big kids" in elementary). Modern classrooms offer more options for seating, more opportunities for movement and brain breaks, and more hands-on experiences that get us away from our desks. Oh, and best practice these days is to explain the "why" - learning objectives - at the beginning of each learning activity. It's good to have a target to aim at, and really helps students who require a stated "why" before engaging, which is a behavior common among kids who are GT.

[@WheresMyTea]

My husband streams, and the sitting still is hard for him too. He usually finishes his stream and washes the dishes just to stand for a bit 😂

[@heathinvaderstudios]

As a person with ADHD, the Australian Original version of Army is one of my favorites. They handled the subject so well with the character of Jack.

[@psuede085]

I like that evil land developer Jay gains a kind of accent as he gets into angry Jay character.

[@CooperGal24]

11:50 Condensed milk has more sugar than regular cow's milk, so aside being used in baking, it's pretty much considered a sweet treat to adults and kids in other countries, like Australia. But for adults, it can be used in coffee or tea, since it's sweetened milk, which is handy if you want to save on milk/cream and sugar. Plus it makes said coffees and teas really tasty. I've done this myself sometimes in my coffee and it's REALLY good! It gives the coffee a silky, smooth and creamy feeling when you drink it. Plus, condensed milk is an ingredient in Vietnamese iced coffee, so that's another reason to try it.

[@kioku119]

Also as people are saying I think Australia just realizes that kids see their parents get drunk. There's at least 3 other times it comes up later (one is more subtle. Someone was doing work on their house and the kids were drawing some of the things they were talking about including beers in the picture.)

[@kylestubbs8867]

“Daddy, did you skip a sleep?”

[@WheresMyTea]

Sooooo excited for Adam to watch Fancy Restaurant 😂😂😂 muahahaha!

[@Radiago713]

As a fellow dad, I am 100% not surprised that jay is the one who enforces boundaries.

[@MyClassNotebook]

We had an adult agreement…. With a child haha

[@vanessazorro6297]

Bluey! HOORAY!

[@SquirrelGirl13]

Army is such a cute episode, and as someone with ADHD it's so nice to see it

[@SunCrushr]

I think the "lemonade" at the end was just pure lemon juice.

[@heathinvaderstudios]

Yeah, the lemonade in Stumpfest was spiked. That’s why Chili and Frisky were a bit loose and tipsy when they were up on the balcony. They seemed to sober up by the time it was time to remove the nail salon stump.

[@catherinehall5415]

Hooray! Agreed with Adam on the beef stroganoff. Haaate it. Also, feel so seen by Army. My husband, I, and our son were all diagnosed with ADHD in 2022 and it just all makes sense now.

[@xTaintedRedx]

Jay, I putz around ALL the time on the phone. If I’m standing and have to be there I shift hips. I’m just moving. I totally get it

[@bjacobs2221]

Great reaction this week! Next week you’ll have “The Show.” Get ready for that one! Ranked 2nd in Bluey episodes that’ll make you cry!

[@wtimmins]

My son paces a LOT. I have to tell him to pace in one particular area so I'm not swiveling my head a lot (which punches my unhappy buttons).

[@Darshantre]

Dad baby perfectly shows how hard it is to have a baby, when bingo eat the wantans shows that most of the food goes to the baby not the mom, bingo pulling bandit fur shows the pain of birth

[@cary_domiii]

Just got off watching your Deadpool & Wolverine reaction...totally had a BLAST!

[@Grengriles2763]

Trixie and chilli being out of it was the funniest thing ever 💀💀

[@loviatar_gaming]

Being fair to dad baby's banishment, lots of parents simply don't want their kids to know anything about childbirth or where babies come from, some wait till sex ed and Hope for the best because the topic is so uncomfortable for them. Which king of the hill actually discusses very well in its pilot episode, but thats an adult animation.

[@scapri22]

I love when the characters say something unique to their breed. Ex. Jack saying he’s a good runner

[@irerin]

Army always gets me. My sweet boy Jack