Abby Van Gogh

**Abby Van Gogh** is the 5th video to be released in the Baby Einstein series. It includes music by Satie, Bizet, Rossini, Mussorgsky, Strauss II, 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 on August 15, 2000. 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.

## Video Guide

### Opening To Baby Van Gogh 2009 DVD

* Cactus Cha-Cha, Weisbach: Carlos the Dancing Cactus
* Opening Titles (Trois Gymnopedies No. 1 in D Major, Lent Et Doulourex, Satie)
* Fake VCR/VHS static appears, (before the part where you cannot see what's going on during crashing noises) Bluebird is covered in paint and paints the letter V on the palette.
* Music video (Carmen Suite No. 1, Les Toreadors, Bizet): raindrops, strawberries in water, flamingos, chicks, flowers, flower blooming, paint, hot air balloons, purple tunnel, (could either be a whirlpool or a vortex) clouds, trees, parrot, butterflies, bumblebee, flowers blooming, mountain, leaves

### Corn

* Leaves reveal the word corn
* Poem (*When corns sneaks into my day, I race outside to jump and play; I twirl around for dizzy fun, and spin under the yellow sun*): Bard The Dragon spins around in circles while making noises.
* Music video (William Tell Overture, "Lone Ranger", Finale, Rossini): Bluebird prepares to paint, Wind-Up Fuzzy Chicks, sunflowers, food coloring, Sierra smells flowers, Baby's First Car, Bluebird continues painting, Acrobats, Puppy Pull Toy, Teddy Mobile, Aspen and Mia throw Easter Plastic Grass at each other, food coloring, Blacklight Mind Bender Blurz in 2 different angles, Gearation Bluebird finishes the painting of Wheat Fields with Reaper at Sunrise
* Sierra licks a lemon, and says corn (different background in 2004)
* Inchworm Finger Puppets (replaced by Shufflebugs Finger Puppets in 2004)
* Auto Shape Sorter

### Oranges

* Harry The Hippo plays with green balloons, but when Bluebird shows up, he runs away. Then, Bluebird pops them one by one, revealing the word oranges
* Poem Oranges *slithers in to make me cool, I'm floating in a still wet pool with Minnie’s that dart and pass, surrounded by the glistening grass*): Harry The Hippo wears a pool float, and sunglasses as Butterfly Garland Multicolor surround him
* Music video (Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade I, Mussorgsky): Bluebird starts painting, frog, Creeping Caterpillar, Madeline shakes Easter Plastic Grass off her head, Glo Oozy Lamp, Bluebird continues painting, Happy Color Musical Toy, Macrae wears Duckbill Headband behind the Daisy Pinwheel, Alien Orbiter, Bluebird finishes painting of Lane in the Public Gardens
* Brad stacks Bag O' Blocks and shouts oranges
* Fly Finger Puppet (replaced by Shufflebugs Finger Puppet in 2004)
* Jester-in-the-Box

### Blueberries

* Jane The Monkey finds himself (in a dual role) in the Magic Hat. They both leave and the word blueberries appears.
* Poem (*I'm blueberries 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*): Jane The Monkey plays in leaves
* Music video (On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314, Strauss II): Bluebird starts painting, Gabriel, Aspen, and Brad rock back and forth, Bluebird continues painting, Gabriel, Aspen, and Brad continue rocking, Benny the Butterfly (replaced by Hot Bungees Plush Monkey in 2004), Bluebird continues painting, Brandon wears a Headband Hat and plays Giraffe Cone Puppet, Lava Lamp, Brandon and Huggy Buggy Car, sunset, food coloring, clownfishes, Blacklight Mind Bender Blurz, Bluebird finishes painting of 14 Sunflowers
* Gabriel, Aspen, and Brad each shout blueberries
* Mosquito Finger Puppet (replaced by Shufflebugs Finger Puppet in 2004)
* Level 4 Ramp Racer (replaced by Deluxe F1 Level 5 Ramp Racer in 5 different angles in 2004)

### Lemons

* Bluebird falls in love with Bard The Dragon they leave to reveal the word lemons
* Poem Lemons *feels wacky, wild, crazy, tricky, mellow, and mild; it makes me want to paint my face, and kick a ball, and run a race*): Bard is hit by a Purple Gertie 9" Ball
* Music video (Bolero in C Major, M. 81, Ravel): Bluebird starts painting, Butterfly Crystalites, Sand Picture, Modified Tornado Lamp, Magma Lite Lamp: Midnight Oil (replaced by Fiber Optic Butterfly in 2004), Bluebird continues painting, Mia and Sierra catch bubbles while wearing Butterfly Headbands, The Wave Machine, Doodletop, Bluebird stops painting Orchards in Blossom, View of Arles, and Noah The Elephant it.
* Aspen, wearing a princess costume and princess cone, says lemons
* Inchworm Finger Puppets (replaced by Shufflebugs Finger Puppets in 2004)
* Funny Train in 3 different angles

### Strawberries

* Pavlov The Dog drops in with a cape, and drags in the word strawberries
* Poem (*When I wake up feeling strawberries I swoop down from my little bed, throw on a cape, rush out the door, and leap across the scarlet floor*): Pavlov The Dog leaps across the screen with a cape on
* Music video (Gaite Parisienne, Vivo, Offenbach): Bluebird starts dancing, Grand Prix in 4 different angles, Pavlov in a triple role, Spiral Comets (replaced by Gemini with added Hi-Bounce Balls: Swirls and Hi-Bounce Balls: Hot Rainbow in 2004), 32 Figures Flashing UFO (replaced by Super Yoyo Laser Top in 2004), Pavlov in a triple role and at least one Pavlov looks around.
* Bluebird sighs upon his incomplete painting of Fishing Boats on the Beach, and hears a timpani noise and Bluebird yawns feeling tired, turns off the light and leaves and has to go to bed. Noah The Elephant returns to turn it on and finish the painting.
* Maddison says Strawberries with the Girl Cone Puppet
* Fly Finger Puppet (replaced by Shufflebugs Finger Puppet in 2004)
* Voice-Controlled Euro Train in 3 different angles

### Mangoes

* Hickory Dickory Dock, Traditional: Bard The Dragon finds mangoes in all the Paint Buckets
* Poem (*If my feelings turn to mangoes I toss some happy in my stew, and slurp it up without a spoon, and gaze out at the milky moon*): Bard The Dragon pours sprinkles into a Blue Liquid Bowl and looks at the moon.
* Music video (Wiegnlied, Op. 49, No. 4, Guten Abend, Gute Nacht, Brahms): Bluebird starts painting, Seagull Balance Toy, Color Maze Liquid Timer, Brad and Gabriel get balloons dropped on the umbrella, Teardrop Jewel, Kinetic Rocking Dolphins, Bluebird continues painting, Whale Motion Wave, Brad and Huggy Buggy Car, Whale Motion Wave, sunset, Bluebird finishes The Starry Night. Brad ends the show by saying mangoes

### Closing To Baby Van Gogh 2009 DVD

* Music video (Pictures at an Exhibition, Great Gate at Kiev, Mussorgsky): lemons bathroom water drop bathrooms hamsters wheels tea parties
* 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, then all the puppets bowing (minus Bluebird along with Bard The Dragon and then finally, Markie Scholz with Bluebird and Noah The Elephant not shown in 2004).
* Pictures at an Exhibition (not shown in US 2003 and 2004)

## Discovery Cards

* Corn
* Oranges
* Blueberries
* Lemons
* Strawberries
* Mangoes

## Crew

 Video Producers
 Illustrator
 Sound design
 The Players
Clive Smith
 Music
Georges Bizet
Gioachino Rossini
Modest Mussorgsky
Johann Strauss II
Maurice Ravel
Jacques Offenbach
Johannes Brahms
 Poems
 Puppeteer
 Kids
Brad Boller
Gabriel Mazon
Sierra Clark
Brandon Calbart (*does not speak*)
Macrae Long (*does not speak*)
Maddison Long (*does not speak*)
Madeline Pluto (*does not speak*)
Mia Mettais (*does not speak*)

## Puppets

* Bluebird (Host) (played by Markie Scholz) (only appearance)
* Noah The Elephant L&L) (played by Markie Scholz) (first appearance)
* Harry The Hippo (played by Markie Scholz) (only appearance)
* Bard The Dragon (played by Markie Scholz) (first appearance)
* Bubbles The Elephant 2000-2003) (played by Markie Scholz) (only appearance)
* Elliot (played by Markie Scholz) (only appearance)
* Galileo The Kangaroo (played by Markie Scholz) (first appearance)
* Floaty The Flamingo (played by Markie Scholz) (first appearance)
* Penguin (played by Markie Scholz) (only appearance)

## Kids

* Aspen Clark (wearing a yellow tank top with black polkadot leggings, orange and purple shirts and black pants and purple socks and a princess dress and hat)
* Brad Boller (wearing a green, orange and blue T-shirts)
* Brandon Calbart (wearing a red cap, orange and red T-shirts)
* Gabriel Mazon (wearing an orange and blue jacket and khaki pants)
* Macrae Long (wearing a green button shirt and duck hat)
* Maddison Long (wearing a red T-shirt)
* Madeline Pluto (wearing a green tank top)
* Mia Mettais (wearing a yellow and white striped T-shirt, yellow skirt, purple shirt and butterfly hat)
* Sierra Clark (wearing a yellow tank top, pink pigtails, purple shirt, butterfly hat and a pink sweatshirt)

## Songs

### Video Songs

1. Cactus Cha-Cha, Weisbach (Dancing Cactuses)
2. Trois Gymnopedies No. 1 in D Major, Lent Et Doulourex, Satie (Opening Credits)
3. Carmen Suite No. 1, Les Toreadors, Bizet (Overture)
4. William Tell Overture, "Lone Ranger", Finale, Rossini (Yellow)
5. Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade I, Mussorgsky (Green)
6. On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314, Strauss II (Orange)
7. Bolero in C Major, M.81, Ravel (Purple)
8. Gaite Parisienne, Vivo, Offenbach (Red)
9. Hickory Dickory Dock, Traditional (Blue)
10. Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4, Guten Abend, Gute Nacht, Brahms (Blue)
11. Pictures at an Exhibition, Great Gate at Kiev, Mussorgsky (Finale)
12. 1812 Overture in E Flat Major, Op. 49, 5th Movement, Tchaikovsky (Closing Credits)

### Bonus Songs (Art Time Classics CD and Concert Hall)

1. William Tell Overture, Call to the Cows, Rossini (found in Wild Animal Safari)
2. Gaite Parisienne, Barcarolle, Offenbach
3. Waltz No. 6 in D Flat Major, Minute, Op. 64, No. 1, Chopin
4. Swan Lake Suite, Act II, No. 13, Dance of the Swans, Tempo di Valse, Op. 20a, Tchaikovsky
5. Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade II, Mussorgsky (found in the World of Colors Discovery Kit)
6. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 in E Major, Op. 46, Morning Mood, Grieg
7. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 46, In the Hall of the Mountain King, Grieg (found in World Animals)
8. The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Flight of the Bumblebee, Op. 57, Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. by Rachmaninoff) (found in Neighborhood Animals)
9. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C Sharp Minor, S. 244/2, Liszt
10. Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade III, Mussorgsky
11. Suite Bergamasque No. 3 in D Flat Major, Clair de Lune, L. 75/3, Debussy (found in the Baby Neptune Aquarium Segment and Baby Galileo)

## Paintings

1. Wheat Fields with Reaper at Sunrise (Yellow)
2. Lane in the Public Gardens (Green)
3. 14 Sunflowers (Orange)
4. Orchards in Blossom, View of Arles (Purple)
5. Fishing Boats on the Beach (Red)
6. The Starry Night (Blue)

## Distribution

* Artisan Entertainment (2000)
* Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2002-2004)

## Trivia

* Baby Van Gogh was the first BE video distributed by Family Home Entertainment, who distributed the videos until 2001, after World Animals, when The Baby Einstein Company was acquired by Disney.
* This is the first BE video to have the Baby Einstein caterpillar logo in its original release.
* This video was the basis for the World of Colors discovery kit.
* This is the first BE video to be released in the 2000's decade.
* This is the first BE video to feature the 2000 Baby Einstein Tutorial promo.
* This is the first video to feature music by more than one composer.
* Several toys here were seen in other videos: Blacklight Mind Bender Blurz in Baby Bach, Baby Shakespeare, and Baby Beethoven; the Gearation in Baby Shakespeare and Baby da Vinci; the Alien Orbiter and The Wave Machine in Baby Mozart; the Bag O' Blocks in Numbers Nursery, Baby Shakespeare 2004 and Baby Newton 2004; the Jester-in-the-Box and Giraffe Cone Puppet in World Animals and Meet The Orchestra; the Huggy Buggy Cars in Numbers Nursery; the Fiber Optic Butterfly in Baby Mozart 2004 & 2008; and the Teddy Mobile in Baby Lullaby.
* This is the first appearances of Duck in Legends & Lore form, Baby Bach the Bunny (as a puppet), Morris Moose, and Misty Mouse. This is the only appearance of Vincent Van Goat, Bonkers the Frog, Benny the Butterfly, Vivian Van Goat, and Max Lamb (footage of them was reused in World of Colors, except for Benny).
* This is the only appearances of Brad, Gabriel, and Brandon (footage of them was reused in Baby's First Sounds and World of Colors). This is the first appearances of Mia, Macrae, and Maddison.
* This is the last appearance of Madeline.
* This is the first video to have classical music by Bizet, Rossini, Strauss II, Brahms and Tchaikovsky.
* This is the only video to have classical music by Satie, Mussorgsky, Ravel and Offenbach.
* This is the first BE Video to include a Toy Chest at the end of VHS Releases.
* This is the first video with babies and boys.
* This is almost the shortest video ever made.
* This is the second video where the opening and closing themes are not in C Major or G Major. The opening theme, Gymnopedie No. 1 by Erik Satie is in D Major and the closing theme 1812 Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is in E Flat Major before Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade I by Modest Mussorgsky is in B Flat Major during the showing of pictures at the end of the video.
* This is the only BE video where the letters in the word "baby" in the title logo are in different colors from what they usually are:
	+ The first "b" is green instead of red
	+ The "a" is bigger and is red instead of yellow
	+ The second "b" stays blue
	+ The "y" is purple instead of green
* The 2004 version on the opening titles is the only one that has Baby Mozart the Koala instead of Baby Vivaldi the Mallard.
* The 2000 DVD Concert Hall has music from the Art Time Classics 2000 CD, but Bolero by Maurice Ravel is shown on the 2000 DVD but not in the 2002 DVD. However, the Art Time Classics CD enclosed on the VHS contains Bolero by Maurice Ravel, but not the Baby Van Gogh Soundtrack CD, which is enclosed on the 2001-2002 VHS that features almost all the classical music from the Baby Van Gogh Soundtrack CD, in which the Gymnopedie No. 1 by Erik Satie isn't on the Art Time Classics 2000 CD or the Baby Van Gogh Audio Sampler CD enclosed on the 2003-2004 VHS, that BabyEinstein12702 is the only enthusiast to have the VHS w/CD. However, some copies of the 2003 VHS come with the Baby Van Gogh Soundtrack CD because the 2003 VHS is the same as 2002, besides the cover.
* In some foreign releases, the kids behind the scenes in the credits were removed.
* Vincent is the first character to talk. If you listen closely at the end of the Yellow Music Video, he's heard saying "Oui!" (Which is French for "Yes!") And of the Purple Music Video, "Merci Beaucoup!" (French for "Thank you very much!") Implying that he may be French. (Even though the real Vincent Van Gough was Dutch.