Wish to hear one thing wild? The man who sings “Mighty Little Man,” the theme music for “Younger Sheldon” — the primary main spin-off of “The Huge Bang Idea” that stars Iain Armitage as a younger model of Jim Parsons’ grown-up genius — additionally seems on the present, and he is the man from “Blue’s Clues.”
That is a number of data I simply threw at you, so let’s again up. “Younger Sheldon,” which ran from 2017 to 2024 and was created by unique “Huge Bang Idea” head honcho Chuck Lorre and one other veteran of the unique sitcom, Steve Molaro, opens every episode with a music referred to as “Mighty Little Man” with lyrics like, “I’m a mighty little man / No one else is stronger than I’m / Yesterday I moved a mountain / I wager I may very well be your hero / I’m a mighty little man.” Because it seems, this music is an unique creation by Steve Burns, an actor and musician who included it on his 2003 album “Songs for Dustmites.” Burns additionally performs a small position on “Younger Sheldon,” however you in all probability know him finest as a fictional model of himself from “Blue’s Clues.” Permit me to interrupt this all down.
Who’s Nathan on Younger Sheldon?
So who precisely does Steve Burns even play in “Younger Sheldon”? Throughout 4 episodes of the present, he performs a man named Nathan, who lives in the identical city as Sheldon and the Cooper household and in addition occurs to be actually into comedian books. He first exhibits up within the season 3 episode “A Dwell Hen, a Fried Hen and Holy Matrimony,” the place Meemaw (Annie Potts) finds him watching one thing with Sheldon within the Cooper family — particularly, “Star Trek,” which Sheldon has been making an attempt to seek out to no avail.
Nathan exhibits up occasionally in “Younger Sheldon,” together with within the season 5 episode “A Pink Cadillac and a Wonderful Tribal Dance” (the place he finally ends up becoming a member of Sheldon for a comic book guide conference), the season 6 episode “A More durable Nut and a Observe on File” (the place he and Sheldon commerce comedian books), and the season 7 installment “A New Residence and a Conventional Texas Torture,” the place Nathan strikes to Pasadena and Grownup Sheldon’s voice-over (performed by Jim Parsons) says he by no means encountered Nathan once more.
The place have you ever seen Nathan’s actor Steve Burns earlier than?
So far as Steve Burns goes, for the umpteenth time, he hosted the Nickelodeon collection “Blue’s Clues” from 1996 till 2002, at which level he handed over the reins to Donovan Patton (who, in contrast to Burns, did not use his actual first title for his character, preferring to make use of the title “Joe”). Burns’ time on “Blue’s Clues” was marked by his light and affected person internet hosting gig as Steve, Blue’s “proprietor” … and years after he left the present, he labored on “Younger Sheldon” and began a collection of movies that present a secure area for grown-up followers of “Blue’s Clues” who could be having a tough time on this tumultuous world.
In response to a 2024 interview with Right this moment, Burns first checked in along with his now-adult followers on X (previously generally known as Twitter) in 2021, and ever since, he is been making TikTok movies that simply principally function a psychological well being break for viewers (Burns often asks how the viewer is doing and does not say so much, simply offering slightly help).
“The philosophy of ‘Blue’s Clues’ was all the time about respect, and all the time about speaking with the house viewer from a spot of understanding and with out condescension,” Burns informed the outlet. “Again within the day, that meant speaking about shapes and colours and graham crackers, however should you merely scale that up, now we’re speaking in regards to the pandemic and scholar loans and adulting. We’re speaking about how troublesome it’s to maneuver by means of this life as an grownup individual, but in addition how great it’s.” That is an extremely candy gesture from Burns, and in addition, now you understand he sang the theme music for “Younger Sheldon” in addition.
“Younger Sheldon” is accessible to stream on each Max and Netflix.
