5.Baby Shakespeare (1999)

**Baby Shakespeare** is the 5th video to be released in the Baby Einstein series. Almost all of its classical music is by Ludwig van Beethoven (except the main theme of the video and the alphabet song) and the visual content consists of nature, toys and puppet shows featuring Bard the Dragon and other classic BE puppets. It was released in 1999 despite the original tape saying 2000 and was later reissued that year. The counterpart CD is the Baby Beethoven CD. It was also sold in a 'special' pack including the VHS and the book. It was later re-released sometime in 2004, with some alterations. This video is a companion piece to Numbers Nursery, a video that teaches numbers through poems by Julie Aigner-Clark

### Opening

* Theme from Symphony No. 9, 2nd Movement: The Tale of Custard the Dragon - Ogden Nash: Bard the Dragon's Introduction in black
* Baby Shakespeare Theme, Weisbach: Opening Titles (different in 2004)
* Bubbles in black
* The Alphabet Song (Acoustic Version) - Pull Along ABC Block Cart in white (replaced by Wooden Block Cart with Bag O' Blocks and Big Blocks in white in 2004); The Baby Shakespeare Kids with Sunny Bunny, Bluebird, and Cud Cow in white:

* Applause

### Train

* Focus Pocus' Theme, Weisbach: Focus Pocus clicks to the word "train" in black
* Bard's Train Ride, Weisbach: Bard rides across the screen on the Sesame Street Express Train Ride-On in white (replaced by Casey Toy Train Engine, People Car, Smiley Face Gondola and Circus Caboose in white in 2004 with footage reused from Language Nursery) The word "train" follows.
* A Modern Dragon - Rowena Bastin Bennett(Locomotive type: Truck Shay No. 14 from Georgetown Loop Railroad, Colorado)
* Rondo à Capriccio in G Major, Op. 129, "Rage Over a Lost Penny": Pull Along Soft Cars in white, Bugs on the Run in black in 4 different angles (replaced by Gears! Gears! Gears! Dizzy Fun Land in black in 4 different angles in 2004), Pull Along Soft Cars in white, Gearation zoomed in with 3 different angles, Polaris Kinetic in white, Bugs on the Run in black in 2 different angles (replaced by Gears! Gears! Gears! Dizzy Fun Land in black in 3 different angles in 2004), Pull Along Soft Cars in white

### Flower

* Focus Pocus' Theme, Weisbach: Focus Pocus clicks to the word "flower" in black
* Bard sniffs and sneezes the word "flower" because of Sunny the Singing Sunflower in black (replaced by 50 Centimeter Sunflower in black in 2004)
* A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare
* Bluebird attempts to rise a Bendy Flower, fails twice, and gets it up the third time in black background.
* Ball Party: Round About Tower in white
* Applause

### Apple

* Focus Pocus' Theme, Weisbach: Focus Pocus clicks to the word "apple" in black
* Bard paints the word "apple" in Magnetic Letters. Then, an apple is painted on the canvas, which may imply what Bard truly painted in black.
* The Apple Tree - Galway Kinnell
* Two Rondos Op. 51, No. 1 in C Major: Taggly in black, Butterfly Knob Puzzle in black, Taggly in black, Teaching Tower in black (replaced by IQ Baby Busy Box in black in 2004), Taggly in black
* Applause

### Cat

* Focus Pocus' Theme, Weisbach: Focus Pocus clicks to the word "cat" in black
* The Cat and the Moon - W. B. Yades
* Threading Apple in black

### Grass

* Focus Pocus' Theme, Weisbach: Focus Pocus clicks to the word "grass" in black
* Stripes the Tiger pops up and hops through the grass. He makes a big leap offscreen and leaps back. He then walks away and a lawnmower is heard. The "lawnmower" appears to be the word "grass" in black
* Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59, "Für Elise": Heavenly Grass - Tennessee Williams
* Stripes practices his roar, but is scared away by Quackamus Duck in black.
* Applause

### Frog

* Focus Pocus' Theme, Weisbach: Focus Pocus clicks to the word "frog" in black
* Bard hops to the Frog-in-the-Box, dumps the frog into the water then laughs. He then goes away, and the word "frog" bounces to the screen in white (the letters bounce in 2004).
* Wadasa Nakamoon - Ray A. Young Bear
* The Alphabet Song (Reprise) (Percussion Version) - Pull Along ABC Block Cart in white (replaced by Wooden Block Cart with Bag O' Blocks and Big Blocks in white in 2004); The Baby Shakespeare Kids in white

The Alphabet Song (Reprise) (Percussion Version)
 EFG
 HIJK
 LMNOP
 QRSTUV
 WXY and Z
 Now I know my ABCs, next time won't you
 Sing with me?

* Applause

### Leaf

* Focus Pocus' Theme, Weisbach: Focus Pocus clicks to the word "leaf" in black
* Bard dives into a pile of leaves, then the word "leaf" falls down in black.
* Nothing Gold Can Stay - Robert Frost
* Five Pieces for Mechanical Clock, WoO 33, No. 3 in C Major: Form C Kinetic in black, Pop Pop Top in black in 2 different angles (replaced by Dancing Teddy Push Toy in 2 different angles in 2004), Blacklight Mind Bender Blurz in black, Gearation zoomed out, SpinTrix Disc, Stacking Clown zoomed out in black then in
* Applause

### Tree

* Focus Pocus' Theme, Weisbach: Focus Pocus clicks to the word "tree" in black
* Bard runs away from a tree after he hears an owl. The letters in "tree" then fall down in white.
* Loveliest of Trees, The Cherry Now - A. E. Housman
* Military March No. 1 in F Major, "For the Bohemian Guard", WoO 18: Mr. Monkey in white in 2 different angles, Pink Pudgey Pig in black, Dancing Go-Go Gorilla in white, Pink Pudgey Pig in black in a different angle, Mr. Monkey in white in a different angle, Pretty Kitty in black, Mr. Monkey with Dancing Go-Go Gorilla in white (same scene)
* Applause

### Cow

* Focus Pocus' Theme, Weisbach: Focus Pocus clicks to the word "cow" in black
* Bard with straw hat finds the word cow with moos and paints it on the fence in white.
* The Calf-Path - Sam Walter Foss
* Quack-Along Ducks chases Max the Pull-Along Dog in black in a different angle

### Butterfly

* Focus Pocus' Theme, Weisbach: Focus Pocus clicks to the word "butterfly" in black
* Bard chases the Red Butterfly Prop and hits wall. The word "butterfly" then falls down in white.
* To a Butterfly - William Wordsworth
* Cud Cow (in a dual role) eats grass, but when Tooter the Cow shows up, she gets away. Tooter then flicks a Red Butterfly Prop off of her nose in white.
* The Ruins of Athens, Op. 113, "Turkish March": The Torpedo Run: Figure 8 Starter Set, with bright lights dome car and flashing caboose passes Little Knotties: Lion, Pig, and Rabbit in black, Teddy Copter in black (same scene)
* Applause

### Snow

* Focus Pocus' Theme, Weisbach: Focus Pocus clicks to the word "snow" in black
* Bard plays in the snow, throws a snowball, and creates the word "snow" in black.
* The Revival - Steve Crow
* Jane the Monkey plays in the snow, then gets buried by some snow that covers her. She pops out and laughs in black.
* Max the Pull-Along Dog chases Quack-Along Ducks in black

### Moon

* Focus Pocus' Theme, Weisbach: Focus Pocus clicks to the word "moon" in black
* My Loves - Langston Hughes, Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, "Pathetique", Op. 13, 2nd Movement: Bard yawns and smacks his lips. He then kisses his Beanie Baby: Curly good night. He yawns and smacks his lips again and lies down on his bed. The moon then is shown moving in black.

### Closing

* Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, "Chorale", 4th Movement, Op. 125 (Ode to Joy) (second half only): Markie with Bard and Bluebird in white (replaced by Bard dancing in white in 2004), Gabrielle and Stripes in white, Finch and Sunny in white, Sierra dancing in white, Dylan and Dakota with Bluebird, Sunny, and Stripes in white, Aspen with Tooter in white, Bard in black, closing credits