Baby Shakespeare

**Baby Shakespeare** is the 4th video in the Baby Einstein series, and was released in November 23, 1999. The video, starring Bard the Dragon, introduces babies to 12 words through poetry, and uses the music of Ludwig Van Beethoven. Baby Shakespeare was also the last video to be distributed by The Baby Einstein Company, because the following video, Baby Van Gogh, would be distributed by Family Home Entertainment.

## Baby Shakespeare (1999-2008)

* Tune up and theme from Symphony No. 9, 2nd Movement, Beethoven: Custard the Dragon - Ogden Nash: Bard's Introduction
* Baby Shakespeare Theme, Weisbach: Opening Titles
* The Alphabet Song - Pull Along ABC Block Cart (replaced by Wooden Block Cart with Bag O' Blocks and Big Blocks in 2004); The Baby Shakespeare Kids (Feat Sunny, Boss, and Betsy)

### Train

* + Focus Pocus clicks to the word train
	+ Bard rides across the screen on the Sesame Street Express Train Ride-On (replaced by Casey Toy Train Engine, People Car, Smiley Face Gondola and Circus Caboose in 2004)
	+ A Modern Dragon - Ogden Nash
	+ Rondo a Capriccio in G Major, Op. 129, Beethoven: Pull Along Soft Cars, Playful Insects (replaced by Gears! Gears! Gears! Dizzy Fun Land in 2004), Pull Along Soft Cars, Gearation, Polaris, Playful Insects (replaced by Gears! Gears! Gears! Dizzy Fun Land in 2004), Pull Along Soft Cars

### Flower

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

### Apple

* + Focus Pocus clicks to the word apple
	+ Bard paints the word apple (Magnetic Letters on a Magnet Board)
	+ The Apple Tree - Galway Kinnell
	+ Rondo in C Major, Op. 51, No. 1, Beethoven: Taggly, Butterfly Knob Puzzle, Taggly, Stack & Sort Shape Sorter Buckets (replaced by Busy Box in 2004), Taggly

### Cat

* + Focus Pocus clicks to the word cat
	+ The Cat and the Moon - W. B. Yates
	+ Threading Apple

### Grass

* + Focus Pocus clicks to the word grass
	+ Stripes the Tiger roars in the grass
	+ Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, Fur Elise, WoO 59, Beethoven: Heavenly Grass - Tennessee Williams
	+ Stripes continues to roar, but is confronted by Quackamus Duck

### Frog

* + Focus Pocus clicks to the word frog
	+ Bard dumps the Frog-in-the-Box into the water and laughs
	+ Wadasa Nakamoon - Ray A. Young Bear
	+ The Alphabet Song (REPEATED)

### Leaf

* + Focus Pocus clicks to the word leaf
	+ Bard dives into a pile of leaves
	+ Nothing Gold Can Stay - Robert Frost
	+ Allegro for a Flute Clock, Beethoven: Form "C" Kinetic, Pop Pop Top (replaced by Ball Popper in 2004), Blacklight Mind Bender Blurz, Gearation, SpinTrix Disc, Stacking Clown

### Snow

* + Focus Pocus clicks to the word snow
	+ Bard plays in the snow
	+ The Revival - Steve Crow
	+ Jane the Monkey plays in the snow
	+ Max the Pull-Along Dog chases Quack-Along Ducks

### Tree

* + Focus Pocus clicks to the word tree
	+ Bard runs away from a tree after he hears an owl
	+ Loveliest of Trees - A.E. Housman
	+ Military March No. 1 in F Major, WoO 18, Beethoven: Mr. Monkey, Pudgey Pig, Dancing Go-Go Gorilla, Pudgey Pig again, Mr. Monkey, Pretty Kitty, Mr. Monkey with Dancing Go-Go Gorilla

### Cow

* + Focus Pocus clicks to the word cow
	+ Bard finds the word cow with moos
	+ The Calf-Path - Sam Walter Foss
	+ Quack-Along Ducks chases Max the Pull-Along Dog

### Butterfly

* + Focus Pocus clicks to the word butterfly
	+ Bard chases butterfly and hits wall
	+ The Butterfly - William Wordsworth
	+ Betsy and Cud eat grass, but when Tooter Bull shows up, they fan out. Tooter then flicks a butterfly off of his nose.
	+ The Ruins of Athens, "Turkish March," Op. 113, Beethoven: The Torpedo Run: Figure 8 Starter Set passes Little Knotties, Teddy Copter

### Moon

* + Focus Pocus clicks to the word moon
	+ My Loves - Langston Hughes, Sonata No. 8, "Pathetique," Op. 13, 2nd Movement, Beethoven: Bard goes to sleep and kisses his Curly Beanie Baby good night

### Closing

* + Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, "Choral," 4th Movement, Op. 125, Beethoven: Markie Scholz with Bard and Bluebird (replaced by Bard dancing in 2004), Gabrielle and Stripes, Madeline and Sunny, Sierra Clark dancing, Dakota and Dylan with Bluebird, Sunny, and Stripes, Aspen Clark with Tooter, Bard, credits

## Cast

### Baby Shakespeare Kids

* Aspen Clark - herself
* Sierra Clark - herself
* Gabrielle Margas - herself
* Madeline Pluto - herself
* Dakota Snyder - herself
* Dylan Snyder - herself

### Puppets

* Bard the Dragon
* Bluebird
* Stripes Tiger
* Gumbo the Duck
* Jane the Monkey
* Betsy McCow
* Cud the Cow
* Tooter the Purple Bull
* Sunny the Yellow Rabbit

## Baby Beethoven Concert Hall

### Beethoven for Little Ears

1. Tune up and theme from Symphony No. 9, 2nd Movement
2. Symphony No. 1, 3rd Movement, Op. 21
3. Minuet in G
4. Sonatina in F
5. Sonata No. 14 (Moonlight), Op. 27, No. 2, 2nd Movement
6. The Ruins of Athens, Turkish March, Op. 113
7. Rondo in C, Op. 51, No. 1
8. Fur Elise, WoO 59
9. Rondo a Capriccio in G, Op. 129
10. Symphony No. 5, Op. 67, 1st Movement
11. Military March No. 1 in F, WoO 18
12. Sonatina in G
13. Sonata No. 8, (Pathetique), Op. 13, 3rd Movement
14. Symphony No. 9, Op. 125, 4th Movement
15. Sonata No. 2, Op. 2, No. 2, 1st Movement
16. Allegro for a Flute Clock
17. Symphony No. 6, Op. 68, 3rd Movement
18. Sonata No. 8, (Pathetique), Op. 13, 2nd Movement
19. Symphony No. 9, Op. 125, 4th Movement Coda

### Beethoven for Bedtime

1. Sonata No. 8, (Pathetique), Op. 13, 2nd Movement
2. Sonata No. 14 (Moonlight), Op. 27, No. 2, 2nd Movement
3. Fur Elise, WoO 59
4. Sonatina in G
5. Sonata No. 2, Op. 2, No. 2, 1st Movement
6. Sonata No. 8 (Pathetique), Op. 13, 2nd Movement

### Beethoven for Playtime

1. Symphony No. 1, 3rd Movement, Op. 21
2. Sonatina in F
3. The Ruins of Athens, Turkish March, Op. 113
4. Rondo in C, Op. 51, No. 1
5. Rondo a Capriccio in G, Op. 129
6. Symphony No. 5, Op. 67, 1st Movement
7. Military March No. 1 in F, WoO 18
8. Symphony No. 9, Op. 125, 4th Movement
9. Allegro for a Flute Clock
10. Symphony No. 6, Op. 68, 3rd Movement
11. Symphony No. 9, Op. 125, 4th Movement Coda

## Toy Chest (2000-2003)

1. Bard the Dragon by Legends and Lore
2. ABC Block Cart by Learningsmith
3. Yellow Bunny by Legends & Lore
4. Focus Pocus Camera by Ambi Toys
5. Playtime Train by Tyco
6. Soft Pull Cars by Lamaze
7. Playful Insects by Pacific Innovations
8. Gearation with 11 Gears by Tomy
9. Polaris by Carlisle
10. Sunny the Singing Sunflower by Gemmy Industries
11. Bluebird by Legends & Lore
12. Plastic Flower with Watering Can (Manufacturer Unknown)
13. Ball Party: Round About Tower by Tomy
14. Travel Easel by Bob Ross
15. Rainbow Markers by Crayola
16. Apple Trophy by Crayola
17. Magnetic Letters (Manufacturer Unknown)
18. Taggly by The First Years
19. Butterfly Puzzle by Doron Laveled
20. Teaching Tower by Battat
21. Threading Apple by Kids Classics
22. Tall Green Grass (Manufacturer Unknown)
23. Stripes Tiger by Legends and Lore
24. Gumbo Duck by Legends and Lore
25. Frog in a Box by Galt America
26. Leaf Pit (Manufacturer Unknown)
27. Kinetic Sculpture by Natural Wonders
28. Pop Pop Top by Battat
29. Rainbow Mind Bender Blruz by AADLP
30. Spintrix Disc by Lightrix
31. Stacking Clown by Brio
32. Snowballs (Manufacturer Unknown)
33. Monkey C. (Manufacturer Unknown)
34. Max by Ambi Toys
35. Quack Along Ducks by Tomy
36. Standing Cherry Tree (Manufacturer Unknown)
37. Mr. Monkey by Charm
38. Pudgey Pig by Charm
39. Dancing Go-Go Gorilla by Metro
40. Cat by Iwaya
41. Cow by Legends and Lore
42. Purple Bull by Legends and Lore
43. Red Butterfly Prop (Manufacturer Unknown)
44. All Pieces of the Lionel Train by Learning Curve
45. Teddy Copter by Ambi Toys
46. Beanie Babies: Curly by TY

## Book

Baby Shakespeare not only had a counterpart CD and cassette, but also a counterpart book. The book, Baby Shakespeare, was released in 2000, and features all 12 poems used in the video. the order of the pages was rearranged.

## Einstein Trivia

* The original VHS and DVD covers depicted Bard the Dragon, but after 2001, a gecko would be shown on the cover.
* This is the first video to have Markie as the puppeteer and to have kids other than Aspen and Sierra. (not counting the 1998 Baby Mozart discussion)
* All of the kids in this video are girls.
* This is Jane the Monkey's first appearance. She would later be the host in World Animals.
* This is the first video to have music by Beethoven.