4.Baby Van Gogh (1998)

Baby Van Gogh is the 4th video to be released in the Baby Einstein series. It includes classical music by Satie, Bizet, Rossini, Mussorgsky, Strauss, Jr., 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 in a 'special' pack including the VHS and the book. It was later re-released sometime in 2004, with some alterations. The video is a companion piece to Baby Newton, a video that teaches shapes. This segment also appears in the colors and shapes segments.

Opening

 * Cactus Cha-Cha, Weisbach: Carlos the Dancing Cactus in black
 * Opening Titles (Trois Gymnopédies No. 1 in B Minor, Lent Et Douloruex, Satie)
 * Vincent's Paint Accident, Weisbach: Fake VCR/VHS static appears, (before the part where you cannot see what's going on during crashing noises) Vincent Van Goat is covered in paint and paints the letter V on the palette in white.
 * Music video (Carmen Suite No. 1, Les Toreadors, Bizet): raindrops, strawberries in water, flamingos, chicks, red, yellow, and white flowers, pink flower blooming, colorful paint, hot air balloons, purple tunnel (could either be a whirlpool or a vortex), clouds, fall trees, macaw, butterflies, bumblebee on a purple flower, purple flowers blooming, green hill, yellow leaves

Yellow

 * Leaves reveal the word "yellow" in white.
 * FIRST 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 while making noises.
 * Music video (William Tell Overture, "Lone Ranger", Finale, Rossini): Vincent is cleaned up and prepares to paint, Wind-Up Fuzzy Chicks in black, sunflowers, food coloring in white, Sierra smells flowers in white, Baby's First Car in black, Vincent continues painting, Acrobats in black, Puppy Pull Toy in black, Teddy Mobile zoomed in in black, Aspen and Mia throw Easter Plastic Grass at each other in white, food coloring in white again, Blacklight Mind Bender Blurz in black in 2 different angles, Gearation, Vincent finishes the painting of Wheat Fields with Reaper at Sunrise (same scene)
 * Sierra sticks her tongue out onto a lemon, and says "Yellow." (different background in 2004)
 * Inchworm Finger Puppets in black (replaced by Shufflebugs Finger Puppets in black in 2004)

Green

 * Auto Shape Sorter in black
 * Bonkers the Frog plays with green balloons, but when Vincent shows up, he runs away. Then the balloons pop one by one, revealing the word "green" in black.
 * SECOND 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 Butterfly Garland Multicolor surround him
 * Music video (Pictures at an Exhibition, Promenade I, Mussorgsky): Vincent starts painting, frog, Creeping Caterpillar in black, Finch puts Easter Plastic Grass on her head stares at the camera for a few seconds and shakes it off her head in white, Green Glo Oozy Lamp, Vincent continues painting, Happy Color Musical Toy in black, Macrae wears Duckbill Headband behind the Daisy Pinwheel in black, Green Alien Orbiter in black, Vincent finishes painting of Lane in the Public Gardens (same scene)
 * Brad stacks Bag O' Blocks and shouts "Green!"
 * Fly Finger Puppet in black (replaced by Shufflebugs Finger Puppet in black in 2004)

Orange

 * Jester-in-the-Box in white
 * Baby Bach the Bunny finds himself (in a dual role) in the Magic Hat. They both leave and the word "orange" appears in white.
 * THIRD 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 (On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314, Strauss, Jr.): Vincent starts dancing, Gabriel, Aspen, and Brad rock back and forth, Vincent starts painting, Gabriel, Aspen, and Brad continue rocking, Benny the Butterfly in white (replaced by Hot Bungees Plush Monkey in white in 2004), Vincent continues painting, Brandon wears a Headband Hat and plays Giraffe Cone Puppet in white, Red-Orange Lava Lamp in black, Brandon and Huggy Buggy Car in white, sunset, food coloring in white, clownfishes, Blacklight Mind Bender Blurz in black, Vincent finishes painting of Fifteen Sunflowers in a Vase and signs his name
 * Gabriel, Aspen, and Brad each shout "Orange!"
 * Mosquito Finger Puppet in black (replaced by Shufflebugs Finger Puppet in black in 2004)

Purple

 * Level 4 Ramp Racer in black (replaced by Deluxe F1 Level 5 Ramp Racer in white in 5 different angles in 2004)
 * Vincent falls in love with Vivian Van Goat, and they leave to reveal the word "purple".
 * FOURTH 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 is hit by a Purple Gertie 9" Ball
 * Music video (Boléro in C Major, M. 81, Ravel): Vincent starts painting, Butterfly Crystalites in black, Purple Sand Picture, Dream Tour Lamp in white, Magma Lite Lamp: Midnight Oil in black (replaced by Fiber Optic Butterfly in black in 2004), Vincent continues painting, Mia and Sierra catch bubbles while wearing Butterfly Headbands, The Wave Machine with Purple and Green, Purple Doodletop in white, Vincent stops painting Orchards in Blossom, View of Arles, and Duck completes it.
 * Aspen, wearing a princess costume and princess cone, says "Purple."
 * Inchworm Finger Puppets in black (replaced by Shufflebugs Finger Puppets in black in 2004)

Red

 * Funny Train in black in 3 different angles
 * Morris Moose drops in with a cape, and drags in the word "red" in white.
 * FIFTH 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, Vivo, Offenbach): Vincent starts dancing, Grand Prix in white in 4 different angles, Morris in a triple role in white, Spiral Comets in black (replaced by Gemini Kinetic with added Hi-Bounce Balls: Swirls and Hi-Bounce Balls: Hot Rainbow in black in 2004), 32 Figures Flashing UFO in white (replaced by Magic Laser Pull-A-String Spinner in white in 2004), Morris in a triple role and at least one Morris looks around in white.
 * Vincent sighs upon his incomplete painting of Fishing Boats on the Beach, and hears a timpani noise and Vincent yawns feeling tired, turns off the light and leaves and has to go to bed. Duck returns to turn it on and finish the painting.
 * Maddison looks at the Girl Cone Puppet and the kids say "Red!"
 * Fly Finger Puppet in black (replaced by Shufflebugs Finger Puppet in black in 2004)

Blue

 * Voice-Controlled Euro Train in white in 3 different angles
 * Hickory Dickory Dock, Traditional: Misty Mouse finds blue in all the Paint Buckets and the word "blue" appears in white
 * SIXTH AND FINAL 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 Blue Liquid Bowl and looks at the moon.
 * Music video (Wiegnlied, Op. 49, No. 4, Guten Abend, Gute Nacht, Brahms): Vincent starts painting, Seagull Balance Toy in black, Blue Color Maze Liquid Timer in white, Brad and Gabriel get balloons dropped on the umbrella, Teardrop Jewel in black, Kinetic Rocking Dolphins in white, Vincent continues painting, Whale Motion Wave in white, Brad and Huggy Buggy Car, Whale Motion Wave in white, sunset, Vincent finishes The Starry Night. Brad ends the show by saying "Blue." (same scene)
 * Mr. Buggety Bugget in white (replaced by Symphony Sounds Music Pals: Dragon in black in 2004

Closing

 * Music video (Pictures at an Exhibition, The Great Gate of Kiev, Mussorgsky): penguin with sunrise, rainbow, starfish, flowers blooming, peacock, moth pollinating, flowers, cactus by sunset
 * 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 in blue and green, then all the puppets bowing (minus Vincent) along with Max Lamb in black, and then finally, Markie Scholz with Vincent and Duck in green (not shown in 2004).

Pictures at an Exhibition

 * Pictures at an Exhibition (not shown in US 2003 DVD and Late-2004 DVD & VHS)

Discovery Cards

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

Puppets

 * Vincent Van Goat (Host) (played by Markie Scholz) (only appearance)
 * Duck (L&L) (played by Markie Scholz) (first appearance)
 * Bonkers the Frog (played by Markie Scholz) (only appearance)
 * Baby Bach the Bunny (played by Markie Scholz) (first appearance)
 * Benny the Butterfly (2000-2003 DVD only) (played by Markie Scholz) (only appearance)
 * Vivian Van Goat (played by Markie Scholz) (only appearance)
 * Morris Moose (played by Markie Scholz) (first appearance)
 * Misty Mouse (played by Markie Scholz) (first appearance)
 * Max Lamb (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) (fifth appearance)
 * Brad Boller (wearing a green, orange and blue T-shirts) (only appearance)
 * Brandon Calbart (wearing a red cap, orange and red T-shirts) (does not speak) (only appearance)
 * Gabriel Mazon (wearing an orange and blue jacket and khaki pants) (only appearance)
 * Macrae Long (wearing a green button shirt and duck hat) (does not speak) (first appearance)
 * Maddison Long (wearing a red T-shirt) (does not speak) (first appearance)
 * Finch Pluto (wearing a green tank top) (does not speak) (last appearance)
 * Mia Mettais (wearing a yellow and white striped T-shirt, yellow skirt, purple shirt and butterfly hat) (does not speak) (first appearance)
 * Sierra Clark (wearing a yellow tank top, pink pigtails, purple shirt, butterfly hat and a pink sweatshirt) (fifth appearance)

Puppeteer

 * Markie Scholz (wearing a black shirt) (last appearance)

Video Compositions

 * 1) Cactus Cha-Cha, Weisbach (Dancing Cactuses)
 * 2) Trois Gymnopédies, No. 1 in D Major, Satie (Opening Credits)
 * 3) Carmen Suite No. 1, IV. March of the Toreadors in A Major, Bizet (Overture)
 * 4) William Tell Overture in E Major, IV. Finale: March of the Swiss Soldiers, Rossini (Yellow)
 * 5) Pictures at an Exhibition, I. Promenade in B-Flat Major, Mussorgsky (Green)
 * 6) Waltz in D Major, On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314, Strauss, Jr. (Orange)
 * 7) Boléro in C Major, M. 81, Ravel (Purple)
 * 8) Gaîté Parisienne, Vivo, Can Can in D Major, Offenbach (Red)
 * 9) Five Songs for Piano, Op. 49, No. 4 in E-Flat Major IV. Lullaby, Brahms (Blue)
 * 10) Pictures at an Exhibition, X. Great Gate at Kiev in E-Flat Major, Mussorgsky (Finale)
 * 11) 1812 Overture in E Flat Major, Op. 49, V. Largo, Tchaikovsky (Closing Credits)

Bonus Compositions (Art Time Classics CD and Concert Hall)

 * 1) William Tell Overture, Call to the Cows, Rossini (Gray) (found in Wild Animal Safari)
 * 2) Gaîté Parisienne, Barcarolle, Offenbach (Pink)
 * 3) Waltz No. 6 in D Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1, "Minute Waltz", Chopin (Brown)
 * 4) Swan Lake, Op. 20a, Act II, No. 13, Dance of the Swans, III. Tempo di Valse, Tchaikovsky (White)
 * 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 (Gold)
 * 7) Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 46, In the Hall of the Mountain King, Grieg (Indigo) (found in World Animals)
 * 8) The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Flight of the Bumblebee, Op. 57, Rimsky-Korsakov (found in Neighborhood Animals)
 * 9) Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C Sharp Minor, S. 244/2, Liszt (Black)
 * 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)

Bonus Composition (2003 DVD Menu)

 * 1) Concerto for Two Violins in D Major, RV 93, 1st Movement, Vivaldi

Paintings

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

Gallery
Baby Van Gogh/Gallery

Transcript
Baby Van Gogh/Transcript

Distribution

 * Artisan Home Entertainment/Family Home Entertainment/F.H.E. Kids (2000-2001)
 * Buena Vista Home Entertainment/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 also the first video to feature music by more than one composer.
 * This is also the first video to feature babies and boys rather than just girls.
 * Several toys here were seen in other videos: Blacklight Mind Bender Blurz in Baby Shakespeare; 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.
 * Orange, purple, and red are the only colors to feature toy alternations from 2000-2003 and 2004.
 * 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 appearances 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 Finch.
 * This is the first video to have classical music by Bizet, Rossini, Strauss, Jr., Brahms and Tchaikovsky.
 * This is the only video to have classical music by Satie, Mussorgsky, Ravel and Offenbach.
 * This is the only video to include a toy chest at the end of a VHS release in its original release.
 * This is also the fifth and last video to include a toy chest at the end of a VHS release, the other four being Language Nursery, Baby Mozart, Baby Bach and Baby Shakespeare.
 * 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, Gymnopédie 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 release 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, except; Boléro in C Major, M. 81 by Maurice Ravel is in the Concert Hall Selection, and it was omitted in the 2002, UK, Chinese, and some other foreign DVDs. The reason for that was due to the issues regarding copyright; given the piece being composed in 1953. However the piece's copyright expired in 2016. However, the Art Time Classics CD enclosed on the VHS contains Boléro in C Major, M. 81 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 Gymnopédie No. 1 in D Major 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.
 * Baby Van Gogh was originally going to have the sections about the colors Gray, Pink, Brown, White, Gold, Indigo, and Black on the Art Time Classics 2000 CD, but they were removed because Julie think the video might be way too long.
 * In some foreign releases, the kids behind the scenes in the credits were removed.
 * Vincent is the first character to talk. At the end of the Yellow Music Video, he's heard saying "Oui!" (Which is French for "Yes!") and in the Purple Music Video, "Merci beaucoup!" (French for "Thank you very much!"), implying that he may be French. (Even though the real Vincent Van Gogh was Dutch.)
 * The video's toy chest included an image of Vincent behind the paint buckets (the same ones in the "Blue" introduction). It's possible that this could have been a deleted scene in the video, however many speculate it was made just for the toy chest.
 * The 2004 DVD release removes Markie's in-credits scene, as well as Julie Clark's credit for the color poems. The name chyrons for the children are also missing for an unknown reason just like Baby Shakespeare.

Goofs

 * There's a green screen error in the Mid and Late 2000-2003 versions in Baby Van Gogh in Vincent's Paint Accident scene. His green spots are gone and was transparent to the actual background. But Disney fixed it in 2004 and 2010 Discovery Kit versions. This is one of the few times where Disney fixes a mistake for later releases.
 * If you look closely when Vincent Van Goat is finished painting in the Orange segment, you can see a bug crawling up Vincent's back.
 * In the orange puppet show when Bach the Bunny in a dual role leaves in a white backdrop the puppeteer Markie Scholz´s sleeve can be seen briefly
 * If you look carefully at the transition from the Deluxe F1 Level 5 Ramp Racer to the purple puppet show in the 2004 version, you can see a little bit of the Level 4 Ramp Racer from its original release.
 * At the end of the "Purple" music video, Vincent can be seen trying to make finishing touches to the painting, yet when he turns around, he isn't holding a paintbrush at all. Plus Vincent´s puppeteer Markie Scholz´s hand can be briefly visible
 * In the Purple puppet show where Vincent meets Vivian Van Goat, if you look closely as Vincent says "Ooh la la!" Markie Scholz's head can be visible above the purple bar.
 * During the red music video when Morris Moose dances in a triple role in a white backdrop Morris on the left sides puppeteer Markie Scholz´s sleeve can be seen