Baby Van Gogh

## Cover

Baby Van Gogh is the 5th video to be released in the BE Video Series. It includes music by Satie, Bizet, Rossini, Mussorgsky, Strauss II, Ravel, Offenbach, Brahms and Tchaikovsky. It's 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. The video was re-released as World of Colors in 2010.

## Video Guide

### Opening

* Carlos the Dancing Cactus
* *Gymnopédie No. 1* by Erik Satie: Opening Titles
* Vincent Van Goat paints the letter V on the palette
* Introduction (*Carmen Suite No. 1* by Georges Bizet): raindrops, strawberries in water, flamingos, chicks, flowers, flower blooming, paint, hot air balloons, purple tunnel, clouds, trees, parrot, butterflies, bee, flowers blooming, mountain, leaves

### Yellow

* Leaves reveals the word yellow
* 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.
* Music Video (*William Tell Overture, March of the Swiss Soldiers* by Gioachino Rossini): Vincent prepares to paint, Wind-Up Fuzzy Chicks, sunflowers, food coloring, Sierra Clark smells flowers, Baby's First Car, Vincent continues painting, Acrobats, Puppy Pull Toy, Teddy Mobile, Aspen Clark and Mia Mettais throw Easter Plastic Grass at each other, food coloring, Blacklight Mind Bender Blurz, Gearation, Vincent finishes painting and walks away.
* Painting: *Wheat Fields with Reaper at Sunrise*
* Sierra licks a lemon, and says "yellow"
* Inchworm Finger Puppets (replaced by Shufflebugs Finger Puppets in 2004)
* Auto Shape Sorter

### Green

* Bonkers the Turtle plays with green balloons, but when Vincent shows up, he runs away. Vincent then pops them one by one, revealing the word green.
* 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 butterflies surround him
* Music Video (*Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade No. 1* by Modest Mussorgsky): Vincent starts painting, frog, Creeping Caterpillar, Madeline Pluto shakes Easter Plastic Grass off her head, Glo Oozy Lamp, Vincent continues painting, Happy Color Musical Toy, Macrae Long wears Duckbill Headband behind the Daisy Pinwheel, Alien Orbiter, Vincent finishes painting and walks away.
* Painting: *A Lane in the Public Gardens at Arles*
* Brad Boller stacks Bag O' Blocks and shouts "green"
* Fly Finger Puppet (replaced by Shufflebugs Finger Puppet in 2004)
* Jester-in-the-Box

### Orange

* Baby Bach the Bunny finds himself (in a dual role) in the Magic Hat. They both leave and the word orange appears.
* 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 (*Blue Danube Waltz* by Johann Strauss, Jr.): Vincent starts painting, Gabriel Mazon, Aspen, and Brad rock back and forth, Vincent continues painting, Gabriel, Aspen, and Brad continue rocking, Benny the Butterfly (replaced by Hot Bungees Plush Monkey in 2004), Vincent continues painting, Brandon Calbart wears a Headband Hat and plays with Giraffe Cone Puppet, Lava Lamp, Brandon and Huggy Buggy Car, sunset, food coloring, fish, Blacklight Mind Bender Blurz, Vincent signs his name on the painting and walks away.
* Painting: *Sunflowers*
* Gabriel, Aspen, and Brad each shout "orange"
* Mosquito Finger Puppet
* Level 4 Ramp Racer (replaced by Deluxe F1 Level 5 Ramp Racer in 2004)

### Purple

* Vincent falls in love with Vivian Van Goat, and they leave to reveal the word purple
* 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 wanders, then kicks a Purple Gertie 9" Ball
* Music Video (*Boléro* by Maurice Ravel): Vincent starts painting, Butterfly Crystalites, Sand Picture, Modified Tornado Lamp, Magma Lite Lamp: Midnight Oil (replaced by Fiber Optic Butterfly in 2004), Vincent continues painting, Mia and Sierra catch bubbles while wearing Butterfly Headbands, The Wave Machine, Doodletop, Vincent partially completes the painting, while Duck finishes it.
* Painting: *Orchards in Blossom with View of Arles*
* Aspen, wearing a princess costume and princess hat, says "purple"
* Inchworm Finger Puppets (replaced by Shufflebugs Finger Puppets in 2004)
* Funny Train

### Red

* Morris the Moose drops in with a cape, and drags in the word red
* 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* by Jacques Offenbach): Vincent starts dancing, Grand Prix, Morris 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), Morris in a triple role.
* Vincent sighs upon his incomplete painting, turns off the light and leaves. Duck returns to turn it on and finish the painting.
* Painting: *Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries*
* Maddison Long says "red" with the Girl Cone Puppet
* Fly Finger Puppet
* Voice-Controlled Euro Train

### Blue

* Misty the Blue Mouse looks for the blue Paint Bucket
* 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 bowl and looks at the moon.
* Music Video (*Lullaby* by Johannes Brahms): Vincent starts painting, Seagull Balance Toy, Color Maze Liquid Timer, Brad and Gabriel get balloons dropped on the umbrella, Tear Drop Jewel, Kinetic Rocking Dolphins, Whale Motion Wave, Brad and Huggy Buggy Car, Whale Motion Wave, sunset, Vincent finishes painting and walks away.
* Painting: *Starry Night*
* Brad signs out saying "blue"

### Closing

* Finale (*Pictures at an Exhibition, The Great Gate of Kiev* by Modest Mussorgsky): Penguin with sunset, rainbow, starfish, flowers blooming, peacock, moth pollinating, flowers, cactus by sunset
* End Credits (*1812 Overture* by Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky): Each credit has a child from the video behind the scenes after it, then all the puppets bowing (minus Vincent) along with Max the Lamb, and then finally, Markie Scholz with Vincent and Duck (not shown in 2004).
* Pictures at an Exhibition (Not in 2003 and 2004)

## International Versions

Baby Van Gogh has been dubbed into several languages. Some dubbed the poems while others didn't.

## Sketches (Mini Shows)

### Pictures at an Exhibition

* *Pictures at an Exhibiton, Promenade No. 1* by Modest Mussorgsky: *Wheat Fields with Reaper at Sunrise*, food coloring, Sierra smells flowers, Teddy Mobile, painting close-up, *A Lane in the Public Gardens at Arles*, Creeping Caterpillar, Alien Orbiter, painting close-up
* *Gymnopédie No. 1* by Erik Satie: *Orchards in Blossom with View of Arles*, Sand Picture, Butterfly Crystalites, painting close-up, *Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries*, Maddison with Girl Cone Puppet, Machine Ball Factory, painting close-up, *Starry Night*, Seagull Balance Toy, Color Maze Liquid Timer, painting close-up
* *Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade No. 2* by Modest Mussorgsky: *Sunflowers*, Food Coloring, Lava Lamp, fish, Vincent signs his name on the painting and walks away

### Vincent's World of Colors

* Carlos the Dancing Cactus
* Introduction (*Carmen Suite No. 1* by Georges Bizet): raindrops, strawberries in water, flamingos, chicks, flowers, flower blooming, paint, hot air balloons, purple tunnel, clouds, trees, parrot, butterflies, bee, flowers blooming, mountain, leaves
* Yellow (*William Tell Overture, March of the Swiss Soldiers* by Gioachino Rossini): Duck spins around in circles, Vincent prepares to paint, Wind-Up Fuzzy Chicks, sunflowers, food coloring, Sierra smells flowers, Baby's First Car, Vincent continues painting, Acrobats, Puppy Pull Toy, Teddy Mobile, Aspen and Mia throw Easter Plastic Grass at each other, food coloring, Blacklight Mind Bender Blurz, Gearation, Vincent finishes painting and walks away
* Painting: *Wheat Fields with Reaper at Sunrise*
* Purple (*Boléro* by Maurice Ravel): Vincent starts painting, Butterfly Crystalites, Sand Picture, Modified Tornado Lamp, Magma Lite Lamp: Midnight Oil, Vincent continues painting, Mia and Sierra catch bubbles while wearing Butterfly Headbands, The Wave Machine, Doodletop, Vincent partially completes the painting, while Duck finishes it.
* Painting: *Orchards in Blossom with View of Arles*
* Red (*Gaîté Parisienne* by Jacques Offenbach): Vincent starts dancing in front of a partially completed painting of *Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries*, Grand Prix, Morris in a triple role, Machine Ball Factory, 32 Figures Flashing UFO, Morris in a triple role.
* Finale, Part 1 (*Pictures at an Exhibition, The Great Gate of Kiev* by Modest Mussorgsky): Penguin with sunset, rainbow, starfish, flowers blooming, peacock, moth pollinating, flowers, cactus by sunset
* Finale, Part 2 (*1812 Overture* by Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky): fish, Aspen with Brad and Gabriel, Kinetic Rocking Dolphins, Happy Color Musical Toy, Mia playing with Easter Plastic Grass, Brad watching Huggy Buggy Car, Modified Tornado Lamp, Madeline shaking Easter Plastic Grass off her head, Creeping Caterpillar, all the puppets bowing (minus Vincent) along with Max, Vincent starts dancing, Vivian kicks a Purple Gertie 9" Ball, Mosquito Finger Puppet

## Discovery Cards

* Yellow (Wheat Fields with Reaper at Sunrise)
* Green (A Lane in the Public Gardens at Arles)
* Orange (Fifteen Arles Sunflowers in a Vase)
* Purple (Orchards in Blossom with View of Arles)
* Red (Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries)
* Blue (Starry Night)

## Crew

 Creator
Leslee Anne Terpay (2010)
 Illustrator
Tom Nazziola
 Music
Georges Bizet
Gioachino Rossini
Modest Mussorgsky
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Maurice Ravel
Jacques Offenbach
Johannes Brahms
 Poems
 Puppeteer
Brad Boller
Brandon Calbart
Gabriel Mazon
Macrae Long
Maddison Long
Madeline Pluto
Mia Mettais
Sierra Clark

## Puppets

* Vincent Van Goat (Host)
* Duck (Legends and Lore)
* Bonkers the Turtle
* Baby Bach the Bunny
* Benny the Butterfly (2000-2003)
* Vivian Van Goat
* Morris the Moose
* Misty the Blue Mouse
* Max the Lamb

## Kids

* Aspen Clark
* Brad Boller
* Brandon Calbart
* Gabriel Mazon
* Macrae Long
* Maddison Long
* Madeline Pluto
* Mia Mettais
* Sierra Clark

## Songs

1. Cactus Cha-Cha, Weisbach (Opening)
2. Gymnopédie No. 1, Satie (Opening Titles)
3. Carmen Suite No. 1, Les Toréadors, Bizet (A World of Colors)
4. Overture to William Tell, "Lone Ranger", Rossini (Yellow)
5. Pictures an an Exhibition, Promenade I, Mussorgsky (Green)
6. On the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 314, Strauss, Jr. (Orange)
7. Boléro, Ravel (Purple)
8. Gaîté Parisienne, Vivo, Offenbach (Red)
9. Five Songs, Wiegenlied: Guten Abend, gute Nacht, Op. 49, No. 4, "Brahms' Lullaby", Brahms (Blue)
10. Pictures at an Exhibition, The Great Gate at Kiev, Mussorgsky (Finale)
11. Festival Overture in E-flat major, Op. 49, "1812 Overture", Tchaikovsky (End Credits)
12. Pictures an an Exhibition, Promenade II, Mussorgsky (Pictures at an Exhibition, 2010 only)

## Bonus Songs (Art Time Classics Concert Hall)

1. Overture to William Tell, Bucolic, Rossini
2. Gaîté Parisienne, Barcarolle, Offenbach
3. Three Waltzes, Op. 64, No. 6 in D Flat, "Minute Waltz," Chopin
4. Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 2, No. 13, Dances of the Swans, Waltz, Tchaikovsky
5. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46, Morning Mood, Grieg
6. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46, In the Hall of the Mountain King, Grieg
7. The Tale of Tsar Sultan, Op. 57, Flight of the Bumblebee, Rimsky-Korsakov
8. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C Sharp Minor, Liszt
9. Pictures an an Exhibition, Promenade III, Mussorgsky
10. Suite Bergamasque, III. Clair de Lune, Debussy

## Trivia

* This was the first BE video distributed by Family Home Entertainment.
* This is the first appearance of Duck in Legends & Lore form, Baby Bach (as a puppet), Morris, and Misty. This is the only appearance of Vincent, Bonkers, Benny, Vivian, and Max (footage of them was reused in World of Colors, except for Benny).
* This is the only appearance of Brad, Gabriel, and Brandon (footage of them was reused in Baby’s First Sounds & World of Colors). This is the first appearance of Mia, Macrae, and Maddison. This is the final appearance of Madeline.
* This is the first video to have classical music by Bizet, Rossini, Strauss Jr., Brahms, and Tchaikovsky, as well as the only video to have music by Satie, Mussorgsky, Ravel, and Offenbach and the first video with more than one composer.
* This is the last BE Video to include a Toy Chest at the end of VHS Releases.
* This is the first video with boys.
* The 2004 version on the opening titles is the only one that has Baby Mozart the Koala instead of Baby Vivaldi the Mallard.

## Goofs

* A green screen error was occurred in the early releases during Vincent's introduction scene. His green spots are gone and were transparent to the actual background. This was fixed on later releases.
* There are multiple scenes where Markie Scholz is visible:
	+ In the third color introduction scene when Baby Bach the Bunny in a dual role leaves in a white backdrop
	+ In the fourth color introduction scene as Vincent says "Ooh la la!"
	+ At the end of the fourth music video
	+ During the fifth music video when Morris (in a triple role; specifically the one on the left side) dances
* If you look closely when Vincent is finished painting Fifteen Arles Sunflowers in a Vase, you can see a small bug crawling up his back.
* If you look carefully at the circle transition from the Deluxe F1 Level 5 Ramp Racer to the fourth color introduction in the later releases, you can see a little bit of the Level 4 Ramp Racer from the original releases.