4.Baby Van Gogh (1998)

**Baby Van Gogh** is the 4th video to be released in the Baby Einstein series. It includes classical music by Satie, Bizet, Rossini, Mussorgsky, Strauss, Jr., Ravel, Offenbach, Brahms and Tchaikovsky. Its counterpart CD is Art Time Classics. It teaches your child about art in six colors, yellow, green, orange, purple, red, and blue. It was released in a 'special' pack including the VHS and the book. It was later re-released sometime in 2004, with some alterations. The video is a companion piece to Baby Newton, a video that teaches shapes. This segment also appears in the colors and shapes segments.

### Opening

* Cactus Cha-Cha, Weisbach: Carlos the Dancing Cactus in black
* Opening Titles (Trois Gymnopédies No. 1 in B Minor, Lent Et Douloruex, Satie)
* Vincent's Paint Accident, Weisbach: Fake VCR/VHS static appears, (before the part where you cannot see what's going on during crashing noises) Vincent Van Goat is covered in paint and paints the letter V on the palette in white.
* Music video (Carmen Suite No. 1, Les Toreadors, Bizet): raindrops, strawberries in water, flamingos, chicks, red, yellow, and white flowers, pink flower blooming, colorful paint, hot air balloons, purple tunnel (could either be a whirlpool or a vortex), clouds, fall trees, macaw, butterflies, bumblebee on a purple flower, purple flowers blooming, green hill, yellow leaves

### Yellow

* Leaves reveal the word "yellow" in white.
* ***FIRST POEM*** (*When yellow sneaks into my day, I race outside to jump and play; I twirl around for dizzy fun, and spin under the yellow sun*): Duck spins around in circles while making noises.
* Music video (William Tell Overture, "Lone Ranger", Finale, Rossini): Vincent is cleaned up and prepares to paint, Wind-Up Fuzzy Chicks in black, sunflowers, food coloring in white, Sierra smells flowers in white, Baby's First Car in black, Vincent continues painting, Acrobats in black, Puppy Pull Toy in black, Teddy Mobile zoomed in in black, Aspen and Mia throw Easter Plastic Grass at each other in white, food coloring in white again, Blacklight Mind Bender Blurz in black in 2 different angles, Gearation, Vincent finishes the painting of Wheat Fields with Reaper at Sunrise (same scene)
* Sierra sticks her tongue out onto a lemon, and says "Yellow." (different background in 2004)
* Inchworm Finger Puppets in black (replaced by Shufflebugs Finger Puppets in black in 2004)

### Green

* Auto Shape Sorter in black
* Bonkers the Frog plays with green balloons, but when Vincent shows up, he runs away. Then the balloons pop one by one, revealing the word "green" in black.
* ***SECOND POEM*** (*Green slithers in to make me cool, I'm floating in a still wet pool with butterflies that dart and pass, surrounded by the glistening grass*): Bonkers wears a pool float, and sunglasses as Butterfly Garland Multicolor surround him
* Music video (Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade I, Mussorgsky): Vincent starts painting, frog, Creeping Caterpillar in black, Finch puts Easter Plastic Grass on her head stares at the camera for a few seconds and shakes it off her head in white, Green Glo Oozy Lamp, Vincent continues painting, Happy Color Musical Toy in black, Macraewears Duckbill Headband behind the Daisy Pinwheel in black, Green Alien Orbiter in black, Vincent finishes painting of Lane in the Public Gardens (same scene)
* Brad stacks Bag O' Blocks and shouts "Green!"
* Fly Finger Puppet in black (replaced by Shufflebugs Finger Puppet in black in 2004)

### Orange

* Jester-in-the-Box in white
* Baby Bach the Bunny finds himself (in a dual role) in the Magic Hat. They both leave and the word "orange" appears in white.
* ***THIRD POEM*** (*I'm orange and happy, brilliant, bright! My spirit's soaring like a kite! I cartwheel through leaves of fall, they're crunchy orange, they're big and small*): Baby Bach plays in leaves
* Music video (On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314, Strauss, Jr.): Vincent starts dancing, Gabriel, Aspen, and Brad rock back and forth, Vincent starts painting, Gabriel, Aspen, and Brad continue rocking, Benny the Butterfly in white (replaced by Hot Bungees Plush Monkey in white in 2004), Vincent continues painting, Brandon wears a Headband Hat and plays Giraffe Cone Puppet in white, Red-Orange Lava Lamp in black, Brandon and Huggy Buggy Car in white, sunset, food coloring in white, clownfishes, Blacklight Mind Bender Blurz in black, Vincent finishes painting of Fifteen Sunflowers in a Vase and signs his name
* Gabriel, Aspen, and Brad each shout "Orange!"
* Mosquito Finger Puppet in black (replaced by Shufflebugs Finger Puppet in black in 2004)

### Purple

* Level 4 Ramp Racer in black (replaced by Deluxe F1 Level 5 Ramp Racer in white in 5 different angles in 2004)
* Vincent falls in love with Vivian Van Goat, and they leave to reveal the word "purple".
* ***FOURTH POEM*** (*Purple feels wacky, wild, crazy, tricky, mellow, and mild; it makes me want to paint my face, and kick a ball, and run a race*): Vivian is hit by a Purple Gertie 9" Ball
* Music video (Boléro in C Major, M. 81, Ravel): Vincent starts painting, Butterfly Crystalites in black, Purple Sand Picture, Dream Tour Lamp in white, Magma Lite Lamp: Midnight Oil in black (replaced by Fiber Optic Butterfly in black in 2004), Vincent continues painting, Mia and Sierra catch bubbles while wearing Butterfly Headbands, The Wave Machine with Purple and Green, Purple Doodletop in white, Vincent stops painting Orchards in Blossom, View of Arles, and Duck completes it.
* Aspen, wearing a princess costume and princess cone, says "Purple."
* Inchworm Finger Puppets in black (replaced by Shufflebugs Finger Puppets in black in 2004)

### Red

* Funny Train in black in 3 different angles
* Morris Moose drops in with a cape, and drags in the word "red" in white.
* ***FIFTH POEM*** (*When I wake up feeling red, I swoop down from my little bed, throw on a cape, rush out the door, and leap across the scarlet floor*): Morris leaps across the screen with a cape on
* Music video (Gaîté Parisienne, Vivo, Offenbach): Vincent starts dancing, Grand Prix in white in 4 different angles, Morris in a triple role in white, Spiral Comets in black (replaced by Gemini Kinetic with added Hi-Bounce Balls: Swirls and Hi-Bounce Balls: Hot Rainbow in black in 2004), 32 Figures Flashing UFO in white (replaced by Magic Laser Pull-A-String Spinner in white in 2004), Morris in a triple role and at least one Morris looks around in white.
* Vincent sighs upon his incomplete painting of Fishing Boats on the Beach, and hears a timpani noise and Vincent yawns feeling tired, turns off the light and leaves and has to go to bed. Duck returns to turn it on and finish the painting.
* Maddison looks at the Girl Cone Puppet and the kids say "Red!"
* Fly Finger Puppet in black (replaced by Shufflebugs Finger Puppet in black in 2004)

### Blue

* Voice-Controlled Euro Train in white in 3 different angles
* Hickory Dickory Dock, Traditional: Misty Mouse finds blue in all the Paint Buckets and the word "blue" appears in white
* ***SIXTH AND FINAL POEM*** (*If my feelings turn to blue, I toss some happy in my stew, and slurp it up without a spoon, and gaze out at the milky moon*): Misty pours sprinkles into a Blue Liquid Bowl and looks at the moon.
* Music video (Wiegnlied, Op. 49, No. 4, Guten Abend, Gute Nacht, Brahms): Vincent starts painting, Seagull Balance Toy in black, Blue Color Maze Liquid Timer in white, Brad and Gabriel get balloons dropped on the umbrella, Teardrop Jewel in black, Kinetic Rocking Dolphins in white, Vincent continues painting, Whale Motion Wave in white, Brad and Huggy Buggy Car, Whale Motion Wave in white, sunset, Vincent finishes The Starry Night. Brad ends the show by saying "Blue." (same scene)

### Closing

* Music video (Pictures at an Exhibition, The Great Gate of Kiev, Mussorgsky): penguin with sunrise, rainbow, starfish, flowers blooming, peacock, moth pollinating, flowers, cactus by sunset
* Closing Credits (1812 Overture in E Flat Major, Op. 49, 5th Movement, Tchaikovsky) Each credit has a child from the video behind the scenes after it in blue and green, then all the puppets bowing (minus Vincent) along with Max Lamb in black, and then finally, Markie Scholz with Vincent and Duck in green (not shown in 2004).

### Pictures at an Exhibition

* Pictures at an Exhibition (not shown in US Early-2004 DVD and Late-2004 DVD & VHS)