I'm officially near-famous. If you've got four year old kids and you've got cable, then you've got no choice but to know who I am. But if you're one of my peers - a 26-year old guy who lives in Manhattan - you have no idea who I am. I'm only famous if you're four.

He loved kids but he didn't want to make a career out of it. Johnson said that "what made Burns a great children's host was that 'he didn't want to be a children's host. " In 2000 People magazine included Burns in their annual list of America's most eligible bachelors.

Steven Michael "Steve" Burns (born October 9 1973) is an American entertainer. He is best known as the original host of the long-running children's television program Blue's Clues.