Steve Burns from Blue's Clues returns for the show's 25th anniversary to explain his 2002 exit

Burns acknowledges in the video posted by Nick Jr. that his departure in 2002 was “kind of abrupt,” but he got to go to college, and “now I am literally doing many of the things that I wanted to do.” Wednesday marks the 25th anniversary of Blue's Clue's premiere on Sept. 8, 1996. Burns ended his video by saying: "Now I am literally doing many of the things that I wanted to do. I really couldn’t have done all that without your help...I never forgot you -- ever."