Neighborhood Animals

## Cover

Baby Dolittle - Neighborhood Animals (Also known as Neigbourhood Animals in the UK) is the 7th Baby Einstein video to be released in the Baby Einstein video series. It is a video that teaches your child about 12 animals in 4 habitats. The 4 habitats are, House, Yard, Farm, River. The 12 animals are Dog, Cat, Mouse, Rabbit, Bug, Bird, Cow, Horse, Pig, Frog, Otter and Duck. It was early released in May 15, 2001. It was later sold as Neighborhood Animals.

## Video Guide

### Opening

* Flip the Frog in a dual role, Duck, Pig, and Pavlov the Dog in a parade
* Opening Titles (*The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Variation* by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
* Flying Cow Mobile
* Pavlov's Neighborhood (*The Tale of Tsar Saltan, "Farewell and Departure"* by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov): swans, cows, horses, dog, geese, pigs, bird, dog, horse, cricket, owl)

### Animals in My House

* *Grand Canyon Suite* by Ferde Grofé: Pavlov pulls string along to reveal the drawing of a house

#### Dog

* + Pavlov chases dog paw prints past a tree and barks.
	+ Music Video (*Contradance No. 10* by Ludwig van Beethoven): dog stock footage, The Great Dalmatian Chase, Mia Mettais pets a dog
	+ Tyler and Joyful Puppy

#### Cat

* + Pavlov chases cat footprints and crashes. He gets back up and meows.
	+ Music Video (*Contradance No. 6* by Ludwig van Beethoven): cat stock footage
	+ Cat Crystalite

#### Mouse

* + Pavlov gets dizzy because of the mouse footprints then squeaks.
	+ Music Video (*Contradance No. 3* by Ludwig van Beethoven): stock footage, Xylophone Playing Mouse, girl wearing Mouse Headband
	+ Mousetrap (replaced by Rallina Activity Toy)
	+ Misty the Blue Mouse (in a dual role) has a food fight, surprising Violet the Pink Mouse

### Animals in My Yard

* *Grand Canyon Suite* by Ferde Grofé: Pavlov pulls a bone down to reveal the drawing of a yard

#### Bird

* + Pavlov watches bird footprints go into a nest. He then pops out of the nest and tweets.
	+ Music Video (*The Snow Maiden Suite* by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov): stock footage, Woodpecker
	+ Flying Goose Mobile

#### Rabbit

* + Pavlov watches rabbit footprints hop across the screen, then wears the Rabbit Ears Headband and twitches his nose.
	+ Music Video (*Capriccio Espagnol, Alborada* by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov): stock footage, Rabbit in a Hat Puppet, Pavlov twitches his nose with a rabbit, girl pets a rabbit, Pavlov feeding a rabbit
	+ Finger Follies: Rabbitears

#### Bug

* + Pavlov tries to swat a bee with a Fly Swatter.
	+ Music Video (*The Tale of Tsar Saltan, "Flight of the Bumblebee"* by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov): stock footage, Dottie Ladybug, Sierra Clark plays with Praying Mantis Glove Puppet
	+ Sierra tells joke while wearing Bee Hat and Bee Glove Puppet: "Why did the bee go to the doctor? Cause he had hives!"
	+ Bug stock footage

### Animals on the Farm

* *Grand Canyon Suite* by Ferde Grofé: Pavlov pulls string along while wearing a Straw Hat to reveal the drawing of a farm
* Animals on the Farm: horse, pig, cow

#### Old MacDonald Had a Farm

##### Cow

* + Pavlov watches cow footprints move across the screen and moos.
	+ Akiala Nanyamka singing, stock footage, Cool Cow Cone Puppet

##### Horse

* + Pavlov watches horse footprints move across the screen and whinnies.
	+ Sierra singing with Horse, stock footage, Mia wearing Cowboy Hat on a Rocking Horse

##### Pig

* + Pavlov watches pig footprints move across the screen and oinks.
	+ girl singing with Pig, stock footage
	+ Mr. Bacon
* Horse keeps tossing Cud the Cow's stacks of hay, and eventually he catches him. Pig rides by on a tractor.

### Animals on the River

* *Grand Canyon Suite* by Ferde Grofé: Pavlov wears sunglasses and pulls along the drawing of a river

#### Frog

* + Pavlov watches frog footprints then ribbits
	+ Music Video (‘’Keyboard Sonata in E *by Domenico Scarlatti): stock footage, Farley Frog Lollipuppet, Wind-Up Side-Stepping Frog*
	+ Flipping Frog

#### Otter

* + Pavlov swims and watches otter footprints
	+ Music Video (*Double Trumpet Concerto, 1st Movement* by Antonio Vivaldi): stock footage

#### Duck

* + Xylophone Playing Duck
	+ Pavlov watches duck footprints then quacks
	+ Music Video (*Canon in D* by Johann Pachelbel): stock footage
	+ Quacky Quack Ducky (replaced by Barnyard Knuckleheads Finger Puppet: Duck in 2004)
* Flip and Duck make their own river animal noises, but eventually try the opposite

### Closing

* Animals in My Neighborhood and End Credits (*Capriccio Espagnol, Fandango* by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov): swan, chipmunk, otter, swan, horse, cricket, cat, cows, horses, geese, ants, butterflies, swans, otter, dog, birds

## International Versions

Neighborhood Animals has been dubbed in several languages. Some skipped over the bee joke and the Old McDonald song, and some simply left it in English. Additionally, some countries simply narrated the video and no on-screen text appeared.

## Puppets

* Flip the Frog (Co-Host)
* Duck (L&L)
* Pig (L&L)
* Pavlov the Dog (Host)
* Misty the Blue Mouse
* Violet the Pink Mouse
* Horse (L&L)
* Cud the Cow

## Kids

* Akiala Nanyamka
* Elizabeth
* Hannah
* Mia Mettais
* Sierra Clark
* Tyler

## Choir

* Austin
* Briana
* Harry
* Kelsey
* Natasha
* Trevor Weisbach

## Puppeteers

* Markie Scholz
* Julie Aigner-Clark

## Discovery Cards

* Bee
* Bird
* Butterfly
* Cat
* Caterpillar
* Cow
* Dog
* Duck
* Frog
* Horse
* Ladybug
* Mouse
* Pig
* Rabbit
* Squirrel

## Songs

1. The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57, Act 1, The Tsar's Farewell and Departure, Rimsky-Korsakov (Puppet Procession and Pavlov's Neighborhood)
2. The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Variation on Tsar's Farewell, Rimsky-Korsakov (Opening Titles)
3. Grand Canyon Suite, On the Trail, Grofé (Pavlov Pulls the String)
4. Contradance No. 10, WoO 14, Beethoven (Dog)
5. Contradance No. 6, WoO 14, Beethoven (Cat)
6. Contradance No. 3, WoO 14, Beethoven (Mouse)
7. The Snow Maiden Suite, Dance of the Birds, Rimsky-Korsakov (Bird)
8. Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34, Alborada, Rimsky-Korsakov (Rabbit)
9. The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57, Act 3, Flight of the Bumblebee, Rimsky-Korsakov (Bug)
10. Old MacDonald Had a Farm, Traditional (Cow, Horse and Pig)
11. Keyboard Sonata in E major, K. 380, Scarlatti (Frog)
12. Double Trumpet Concerto in C major, RV. 537, 1st Movement, Vivaldi (Otter)
13. Canon in D major, Pachelbel (Duck)
14. Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34, Fandango, Rimsky-Korsakov (Animals in My Neighborhood and End Credits)

## Trivia

* This is the official debut of Flip, Pig, Pavlov, Violet, and Horse.
* The VHS cover had many changes:
	+ Pavlov's color from red to brown
	+ Bluebird substituted with Stella
	+ Flip's eyes from blue to green
* This is the first video to have:
	+ Clive Smith as the audio producer
	+ Mavis Baker as the video producer
	+ Classical music by Rimsky-Korsakov, Scarlatti, Vivaldi, and Pachelbel
	+ A sing-along music video
	+ Julie Aigner-Clark as one of the puppeteers
* This is the final video to have Mia Mettais as part of the children's cast.
* This is the only video to have:
	+ Classical music by Grofé
	+ Elizabeth, Hannah, and Tyler as part of the children's cast
	+ Aspen Clark as the narrator

## Goofs

* In later releases, the page transition from the mouse drawing to the cat drawing is blue, and the page transition from after the clip of Tyler playing with the Joyful Puppy to the cat drawing is red unlike in the original release where it's white.
* In the original release, the Crystalite Cat Mobile and Dotty Ladybug clips were exported in 30fps, but in the later releases, they were exported in the fixed 60fps.
* The first "mouse" in the third music video is not a mouse at all. It's a pika, which is related to rabbits.
* In the later releases, the clip where Pavlov sees bird footprints and pops up inside the nest shows the light switch in the background.
* During the clip where Pavlov wears a Rabbit Ears Headband and hops around, Markie Scholz's head is visible for a brief second.

## Gallery

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