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\nJanice Burgess, a longtime Nickelodeon television executive who promoted children\u2019s curiosity for decades, died on Saturday at 72. She oversaw shows like \u201cBlue\u2019s Clues\u201d and \u201cLittle Bill\u201d and created her own musical children\u2019s show, \u201cThe Backyardigans.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/5IP7O6h7Re<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/HdVZTJaPxv<\/a><\/p>\n
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- She oversaw shows like Little Bill and Blue’s Clues (original)<\/li>\n
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- She also created The Backyardigans, which had over 70 styles of music across its multiple episodes. She focused it on her childhoods in Philly, using her imagination to play.<\/li>\n
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- The music was composed by Evan Lurie, who said in an interview that Ms. Burgess\u2019s \u201cability to cut to the meat of what needed to be done was just astonishing.\u201d<\/li>\n
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- Ms. Burgess made sure to cast children of color, and the roles were recast every few years as their voices changed<\/li>\n
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- \u201cI\u2019m really quite a refined person, but there\u2019s nothing I like more than cops and robbers and gunfights and crazy driving and fast and furiousness,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen you think in terms of little kids, you don\u2019t want to scare them, and I\u2019m not in favor of showing any kind of violence or aggression, but you can certainly have a big adventure even if you\u2019re 3.\u201d<\/li>\n
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Backyardigans music still slaps, RIP icon!<\/i>
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