Neighborhood Animals

2000 VHS cover

**Neighborhood Animals** (originally named **Baby Dolittle Neighborhood Animals**) is the 7th video in the Baby Einstein series and it was released on May 7, 2001. The video introduces babies to 12 animals that live close to home. It uses music composed by Beethoven, Rimsky-Korsakov, Vivaldi, Pachelbel, Scarlatti, and Grofe.

## Neighborhood Animals (2001-2004)

1. Neighborhood Animals
2. Puppet Procession (Tsar's Farewell, Rimsky-Korsakov)
3. Opening Titles (Variation on Rimsky-Korsakov, Weisbach)
4. Overture: Pavlov's Friends (Tsar's Departure, Rimsky-Korsakov)
5. Introducing House (On the trail, Grofe)
6. Animals in My House
7. Music Video: Dog (Contradance No. 10, Beethoven)
8. Music Video: Cat (Contradance No. 6, Beethoven)
9. Music Video: Mouse (Contradance No. 3, Beethoven)
10. Introducing Yard (On the trail, Grofe)
11. Animals in My Yard
12. Music Video: Bird (Snow Maiden, Dance of the Birds, Rimsky-Korsakov)
13. Music Video: Rabbit (Alborada, Rimsky-Korsakov)
14. Music Video: Bug (Flight of the Bumblebee, Rimsky-Korsakov)
15. Introducing Farm (On the trail, Grofe)
16. Animals on the Farm
17. Music Video: Cow, Sheep, Pig, Horse, Goat, Chicken, Rooster (Old MacDonald's Farm)
18. Introducing The River (On the trail, Grofe)
19. Animals in the River
20. Music Video: Frog (Sonata E Major, Scarlatti)
21. Music Video: Otter (Concerto for 2 Trumpets, Vivaldi)
22. Music Video: Duck (Canon, Pachelbel)
23. Finale: Pavlov's Friends (Fandango, Rimsky-Korsakov)

## Kids and Puppets

1. Sudsy The Dog
2. Knee Deep The Frog
3. Ducky The Duck
4. Oinky The Pig
5. Misty The Mouse
6. Violet The Mouse
7. Betsy The Cow
8. Nathan The Horse
9. Chloe The Horse
10. Roger The Rooster

## Puppeteers

* Julie Aigner-Clark
* Markie Scholz
* Mark Burr (puppeteered Dog, Cat, Mouse, Cow, Horse, Pig, Frog & Duck in Neighborhood Animals)

## Neighborhood Animals Soundtrack

1. Tsar Saltan, Tsar's Farewell
2. Variation on Rimsky Korsakov
3. Capriccio Espagnol, Alborada
4. Concerto for 2 Trumpets
5. Contradance No. 6
6. Contradance No. 10
7. Sonata in E Major
8. Dance of the Birds, The Snow Maiden
9. Flight of the Bumblebee
10. Contradance No. 3
11. Canon
12. Capriccio Espagnol, Fandango

## Baby Dolittle Flash Cards

The Baby Dolittle flash cards is the flash card counterpart of both Neighborhood Animals and World Animals. The set includes 29 cards, including all of the animals in both of the videos, including extras and different kinds of insects. They were renamed to the Animal Discovery Cards in 2002.

## Book

Unlike World Animals, Neighborhood Animals had its own book. In the book, it introduces 9 animals from the video. Each page has 3 or 4 facts about each animal and an image of the animal.

## Einstein Trivia

1. This is the first video to have music by Vivaldi.
2. This is the first video to be released in the 21st century.
3. This is the second video to have music by Beethoven.
4. This is the only video to have music by Grofe, Pachelbel, Rimsky-Korsakov & Scarlatti.
5. There is evidence of this and World Animals being filmed at the same time. More is explained on the World Animals page.

## Trivia

* Flying Cow Mobile by Bohemian Crafts Appeared In Baby Galileo.
* Wind-Up Side Stepping Frog by Merry Thoughts Appeared in Baby Da Vinci.
* Flipping Frog by Merry Thoughts Appeared in Baby's First Moves.
* After the F.H.E. Kids Logo Appears, The Screen fades to White instead Black on the VHS Version.