Baby Van Gogh

2000 DVD Cover

**Baby Van Gogh** is the 5th Movie in the Baby Einstein series & was released in August 15, 2000. The video, starring Vincent Van Goat, introduces baby to 6 colors through art, & uses music from the Romantic period. It was the first video to be distributed by Family Home Entertainment.

## Video Guide

1. Dancing Cactuses (Cactus Cha Cha, Weisbach)
2. Opening Titles (Gymnopedie No. 1, Satie)
3. Puppet Show: Vincent's Paint Accident (Sound effects)
4. Overture: A World of Color (Carmen Suite No. 1, Les Toreadors, Bizet)
5. Introducing the color **yellow**
6. Poem: "When yellow sneaks into my day"
7. Music Video: White Fields with Reaper (William Tell Overture, "Lone Ranger", Rossini)
8. Sierra's Yellow Message (Sound effects)
9. Interlude: Insect Puppets (Sound effects)
10. Interlude: Auto Shape Sorter (Sound effects)
11. Introducing the color **green**
12. Poem: "Green slithers in"
13. Music video: Lane in the Public Gardens (Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade, Mussorgsky)
14. Brad's Green Message (Sound effect)
15. Interlude: Fly Puppet (Sound effect)
16. Interlude: Jack in the Box (Sound effect)
17. Introducing the color **orange**
18. Poem: "I'm orange and happy"
19. Music Video: Vase with 14 Sunflowers (Blue Danube Waltz, Strauss II)
20. Brad, Aspen, and Brandon's Orange Message (Sound effect)
21. Interlude: Mosquito Puppet (Sound effect)
22. Interlude: Ramp Racer (Sound effect)
23. Introducing the color **purple**
24. Poem: "Purple feels wacky"
25. Music video: Trees in Blossom (Bolero, Ravel)
26. Aspen's Purple Message (Sound effect)
27. Interlude: Insect Puppets (Reprise) (Sound effect)
28. Interlude: Crazy Train (Sound effect)
29. Introducing the color **red**
30. Poem: "When I wake up feeling red"
31. Music video: Fishing Boats on the Beach (Gaite Parisienne, Vivo, Offenbach)
32. Maddison's Red Message (Sound effect)
33. Interlude: Fly Puppet (Reprise) (Sound effect)
34. Interlude: Euro Train (Sound effect)
35. Introducing the color **blue**
36. Poem: "If my feelings turn to blue"
37. Music video: Starry Night (Lullaby, Brahms)
38. Finale: Great Gate at Kiev, Mussorgsky
39. Closing Credits: 1812 Overture, Tchaikovsky

## Art Time Classics Concert Hall

1. Orchestra Tune-Up
2. Carmen Suite - Georges Bizet
3. Blue Danube Waltz - Johann Strauss II
4. Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky
5. William Tell Overture, "Bucolic" - Gioachino Rossini
6. William Tell Overture, "Lone Ranger" - Gioachino Rossini
7. Gaite Parisienne, "Barcarolle" - Jacques Offenbach
8. Gaite Parisienne, "Vivo" - Jacques Offenbach
9. Minute Waltz - Frederic Chopin
10. Swan Lake, "Waltz" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
11. Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky
12. Peer Gynt Suite, "Morning" - Edvard Grieg
13. Peer Gynt Suite, "Mountain King" - Edvard Grieg
14. Bolero - Maurice Ravel (2000 DVD only)
15. Flight of the Bumblebee - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
16. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - Franz Liszt
17. Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky
18. Claire de Lune - Claude Debussy
19. Pictures at.../1812 Overture - Mussorgsky/Tchaikovsky
20. Lullaby - Johannes Brahms

## Characters

1. Vincent Van Goat (debut)
2. Ducky The Duck
3. Bonkers The Frog (debut)
4. Sunny The Rabbit (debut)
5. Bach The Rabbit (debut)
6. Benny The Butterfly
7. Vivian Van Goat (debut)
8. Morris The Moose (debut)
9. Misty The Mouse (debut)
10. Max The Sheep (debut)
11. Harry The Hippo (2008 Bonus)
12. Soapy The Bear (In Cartoon)
13. Beethoven The Giraffe (In Cartoon)
14. Mozart The Koala (In Cartoon 2004 Only)
15. Vivaldi The Duck (In Cartoon 2008 Only)

## Cast

#### Baby Van Gogh Kids

1. Sierra Clark - Herself
2. Aspen Clark - Herself
3. Brandon Calbert - Himself
4. Mia Mettais - Herself
5. Gabriel Mazon - Herself
6. Madeline Pluto - Herself
7. Brad Boller - Himself
8. Maddison Long - Herself
9. Macrae Long - Herself

## Book

The book, Baby Van Gogh, was released in 2000, & features the 6 poems used in the video, along with the paintings & Helen Ulan drawings.

## Einstein Trivia

1. There was rumor of a deleted section of the video about the colors pink, brown, gray, black, white, gold, and indigo.
2. This is the first BE video to have the Baby Einstein caterpillar logo in its original release.
3. The rare VHS has the voiceover on the warning screen say "Hi, I'm Julie Clark, creator of Baby Van Gogh", unlike the common VHS or DVD which has the voiceover that says "Hi, I'm Julie Clark, founder of The Baby Einstein Company"
4. This is the first BE video to be released in the 2000’s decade.
5. This is the first video to feature music by more than one composer.
6. This is the first video to feature music by Bizet, Brahms, Rossini, Strauss II, and Tchaikovsky.
7. This is the only video to feature music by Mussorgsky, Offenbach, Ravel, and Satie.
8. This is the first BE video to feature music from composers who don't come from the United States, Germany & Austria.
9. This is the first BE video to feature music from composers who come from France, Italy, Russia, Poland, Norway & Hungary.
10. This is the Last Toy Chest from VHS.
11. 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 & is red instead of yellow, the second "b" is still blue & the "y" is purple instead of green.
12. Bolero in the concert hall is absent in the Late 2000 and 2002 of the DVD releases.