Brady Einstein (Episode)

**Baby Einstein** (later retitled as **Language Nursery** since its mid-2001 rerelease, and also commonly known as its full title **Baby Einstein: Language Nursery**) is the 1st Baby Einstein video in the series ever to be released and the one that started it all. It was released to the public on January 31, 1997 and was later reissued in 2020. Brady Einstein exposes children to the sounds of foreign languages, but is not meant to teach foreign languages and is actually meant "to stimulate portions of the brain that are largely ignored". It is also the video where the Baby Einstein franchise was named after. The short also became a first of four specials (which known as 1 of 4). It's released to mixed reviews but became a huge financial success and performed very well despite all that so-called critic-and-audience-like stuff. Cal said, "You did just as You and I expected. Very good." while Wade Disney, "Thanks, that's what I do best."

## Kids

* Aspen Clark (wearing a black dress) (credits)
* Sierra Clark (1997 video discussion only)

## Distribution

* Guild Film Distribution (United Kingdom)
* Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)
* 20th Century Fox (1997-2001)
* Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (United States) (2004-2020)

## Trivia

* This is the very first Baby Einstein video ever made.
* This is the first video with girls.
* This video, along with Baby Bach, are the only videos not to feature any official Baby Einstein puppets.
	+ It is also the only video to not have any puppets at all.
	+ Because the Baby Einstein puppets make their debut in Baby Shakespeare.
* This is the only video that doesn't have any classical music, except the CD has classical music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and the CD was released three years after the video was originally released to the public.
* Originally, it was released under I Think I Can Productions, along with Baby Mozart.
* Some of the toys in this video were later seen in other videos: both versions of the Casey Toy Train Engine, People Car, Smiley Face Gondola and Circus Caboose, as well as the 2004 Big Blocks were later seen in Baby Shakespeare; and the Curious Creatures: Happy Starfish was seen in Baby Mozart and Baby Lullaby (Bonus Features).
* A Korean 1999 VHS was made as a combo of Baby Bach and Baby Einstein.
* This is the only video to have a Gymboree logo at the beginning.
* This is the only video to not have any classical music until [

World Music and World Animal Adventure.

* Around 1998, the Hebrew was re-recorded by Iris Zinger, replacing Lynne Albertson.
* Gabriele Rewis re-recorded most of her dialogue for later releases, with only the two songs she sang remaining untouched.
* The Japanese release of the video features a different Japanese speaker, Miho Mettais. She would later appear in American releases starting with the 2000 DVD release, though she remained uncredited until 2004.
* Starting with the 2000 DVD release, the French and Spanish voices were re-dubbed by a company called Voice Productions International.
* The cat seen near the end of the video belonged to Julie Clark.
* Julie Aigner-Clark hired Erica Silva, an employee at a local Mexican restaurant, after she fired the original Spanish narrator for not being conversational enough.
* The 2004 DVD saw many changes, including the replacement of several toys, redone page transitions, etc. Julie Clark and her family's voices were also muted during the credits scene.
* The original title of Language Nursery was Baby Einstein, this is especially because it was the original work of the entire franchise, it was retitled "Baby Einstein: Language Nursery" in mid-2001 to avoid confusion with the entire franchise as a whole.
* In the 2000 DVD, this is the first Concert Hall to have classical music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Ludwig van Beethoven. All versions of the VHS from 2000-2003 come with the Language Nursery CD except 2004, which comes with the Language Audio Sampler CD.
* Lynne Albertson's version of the Hebrew Alphabet scene features music while the foam blocks are being stacked, along with a falling noise when they are knocked over. Iris Zinger's version has no music, but the falling noise remains. In addition, Albertson sings the letters, while Zinger recites them normally.

## Crew

 English
 French
 German
 Hebrew
 Japanese
 Russian
 Spanish
 Kids
Sierra Clark (1997 video discussion only)

## Discovery Cards

**2003-2020, 2022:**

* Apple
* Banana
* Clock (Electronic Teaching Clock in 2003/Tick Tock Musical Clock in 2004)
* Cow (Roly Poly Cow)
* Duck (Small Plush Duck Rattle in 2003/Duck from Discovery Play Melody Mirror in 2004)
* Grapes
* Lamb (Lucy Lamb in 2004)
* Pea
* Star (Curious Creatures: Happy Starfish)
* Train (Amtrak Train in 2003/Wooden Train in 2004)

## Red, Black and White Shapes

* Black Rectangles on White Background
* White Circles on White Background
* Red Checkerboard
* Black Donut on White Background
* Yellow Moon on Black Background
* Black Target on White Background
* Red Lines
* Black Checkerboard
* White Rectangles on Black Background
* Red and Black Stripes on White Background
* Black Circles on White Background
* Red Target on White Background
* White Target on Black Background

## Production

"*Baby Einstein*" was directed by Valerie LaPointe and produced by Alice Dewey Goldstone.

## Release

The film premiered at the Brooklyn Film Festival on April 11, 1997, and subsequently accompanied "*Hercules*" in theaters.

## Reception

### Box Office

Although the film the short accompanied, "*Hercules*" underperformed expectations during its theatrical release, only taking $252,712,101 at the box office worldwide, "*Baby Einstein*" became a box office success by grossing $373,554,033 million on the $30 million budget and did the same as "*Toy Story*".

### Critical Response

"*Baby Eintein*" received mixed reviews by having an rating of 40% on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on nine reviews, with an average rating of 3.9/10, a 37/100 on Critic's Choice, a 34 on Metacritic and a A+ on CinemaScore.

### Accloades

"*Baby Einstein*" received a Annie Awards nomination for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in a Feature Production but lost to the feature film this short accompanied: "*Hercules*".