Baby Einstein (The Baby Einstein Company) is a series of videos designed for infants. Founded by Julie Aigner-Clark in 1996 in her Atlanta home, Clark couldn't find a video to share with her first-born child, Aspen Clark.[1] After successful sales in the first five years, Clark sold the company to The Walt Disney Company (Disney)[2] in 2001. After eleven years of producing videos, Disney sold the company to Kids II, Inc. in 2013. The franchise has since been rebranded under Kids II, which primarily focuses on toys and other infant products.[3]
Pre-Disney videos
All pre-Disney videos were directed by Julie Aigner-Clark.[4] Following the purchase of the company by Disney, each of the following videos were re-released sometime in 2004, with some alterations.[5]
| # | Title | Topic | Original release date | Composers | Puppets | Children | Notes |
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| 1 | Language Nursery: Voices from Many Lands | Exposure to foreign language | October 9, 1996[6] | Bill Weisbach |
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Released originally under I Think I Can Productions as Baby Einstein[7] |
| 2 | Baby Mozart: Music Festival | Classical music by W.A. Mozart | January 18, 1998[8] | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
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Released originally under I Think I Can Productions, re-released in 2008,[7] re-released again in 2010 |
| 3 | Baby Bach: Musical Adventure | Classical music by J.S. Bach | October 11, 1998[9] | Johann Sebastian Bach |
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Released originally under Aigner-Clark Productions[7] |
| 4 | Baby Shakespeare: World of Poetry | 12 words through poetry by William Shakespeare and other poets | November 22, 1999[10] |
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First educational video; first video released under The Baby Einstein Company;[7] re-released in 2010 as World of Words |
| 5 | Baby Van Gogh: World of Colors | Colors of the rainbow through paintings by Vincent van Gogh | August 12, 2000[11] |
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First video with multiple composers' music;[7] re-released in 2010 as World of Colors |
| 6 | Baby Santa's Music Box | Winter Holidays | October 31, 2000[12] |
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| 7 | Neighborhood Animals: Discovering Familiar Animals | Animals | May 7, 2001[13] |
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Originally released as "Baby Dolittle: Neighborhood Animals"[7] |
| 8 | World Animals: A Musical Safari | June 12, 2001[14] |
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Originally released as "Baby Dolittle: World Animals"[7] |
Disney videos
Sometime in 2004, most of the videos were re-released, with some alterations. Additional rereleases of the videos came out in 2008 and 2010.
| # | Title | Director | Topic | Original release date | Composers | Puppets | Children | Notes |
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| 9 | Baby Newton: All About Shapes | Julie Aigner-Clark | Shapes | September 12, 2001[5] |
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None | |
| 10 | Baby Beethoven: Symphony of Fun | Julie Aigner-Clark | Classical music by Beethoven | September 9, 2002[5] |
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Last video directed by Julie Aigner-Clark until the discovery kits, re-released in 2008[7] |
| 11 | Baby Neptune: Discovering Water |
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Water | October 9, 2002[15] |
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First video directed by Jim Janicek and Len Marino, re-released in 2009 |
| 12 | Baby Galileo: Discovering the Sky | Park Place Productions | The sky and outer space | January 14, 2003[5] |
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First video by Park Place Productions |
| 13 | Numbers Nursery |
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Numbers 1 to 5 | March 1, 2003[16] |
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First video not named after a historical figure |
| 14 | Baby MacDonald: A Day on the Farm | The farm | September 9, 2003[17] |
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Re-released in 2009 | |
| 15 | Baby da Vinci: From Head to Toe | Park Place Productions | Parts of the body displayed through art by Leonardo da Vinci and other artists | March 20, 2004[5] |
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| 16 | Baby Noah: Animal Expedition |
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Wild Animals | June 14, 2004[7] |
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Re-released in 2009 |
| 17 | Baby Monet: Discovering the Seasons | Seasons displayed through paintings by Claude Monet | January 14, 2005[18] |
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| 18 | Baby Wordsworth: First Words - Around the House | Mark LaVine | Household items and their sign language | March 3, 2005[19] |
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Featuring deaf actress Marlee Matlin; first video directed by Mark Lavine; re-released in 2009 |
| 19 | On the Go: Riding, Sailing and Soaring |
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Vehicles | June 12, 2005[21] |
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| 20 | Meet the Orchestra: First Instruments | Instruments in the Orchestra and classical music | March 7, 2006[22] |
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| 21 | Baby's Favorite Places: First Words - Around Town | Mark LaVine | Places around a town and their sign language | July 25, 2006[23] |
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Featuring deaf actress Marlee Matlin |
| 22 | Baby's First Moves: Get Up and Go! |
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Movement Milestones | October 24, 2006[24] |
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Re-released in 2009 |
| 23 | My First Signs: See and Sign with Baby | Mark LaVine | First Sign Language | March 13, 2007[25] |
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Featuring deaf actress Marlee Matlin; re-released in 2009 |
| 24 | Discovering Shapes: Circles, Squares, and More! | Shapes | June 12, 2007[26] |
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Last video directed by Mark LaVine | |
| 25 | Lullaby Time: Soothing Sounds for Babies |
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Calming Music and bedtime | October 19, 2007[27] |
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| 26 | Baby's First Sounds: Discoveries for Little Ears | Exposure to foreign languages and words | March 4, 2008[7] |
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All footage of children from this video was reused from older videos.
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Last video to be directed by Jim Janicek and Len Marino | |
| 27 | World Music |
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Cultural classical music and traditional instruments around the globe | February 14, 2009[28] | Various/Traditional |
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Only videos directed by Rick Pendleton and Greg Peterson |
| 28 | World Animal Adventure | Animals from the seven continents | September 29, 2009[29] |
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| 29 | World of Colors | N/A | Colors around the globe | N/A | N/A |
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N/A | Cancelled video |
Discovery Kit Videos
In 2010, a series of Baby Einstein box sets called Discovery Kits were made with Julie Aigner-Clark as the director. Later in 2012, they were released as original videos. The nine Discovery Kits came with a DVD, CD with selections of music heard in the video, and a book for small children.
| # of Discovery Kit Series | Title | Topic | Original release date | Composers | Puppets | Children | Notes |
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| 1 | Baby Mozart | Classical music by Mozart | November 22, 2010 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
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Aspen and Sierra Clark | Updated version of Baby Mozart |
| 2 | Baby Beethoven | Classical music by Beethoven | Ludwig van Beethoven |
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Updated version of Baby Beethoven | |
| 3 | Animals Around Me | Animals |
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Based on Neighborhood Animals and Baby MacDonald | |
| 4 | Wild Animal Safari |
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Based on World Animals and Baby Noah | |||
| 5 | World of Words: A Performance by Bard | 12 words through poetry | Ludwig van Beethoven |
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Previously released as Baby Shakespeare | ||
| 6 | World of Colors | Colors of the rainbow |
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Previously released as Baby Van Gogh | ||
| 7 | Baby Lullaby | Calming music and images | February 22, 2011 |
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None | Based on Baby Bach and Lullaby Time |
| 8 | Neptune's Oceans | Animals in the ocean |
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Based on World Animals and Baby Neptune | ||
| 9 | World of Rhythm | Rhythm |
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References
- ↑ "Julie Aigner-Clark". CNBC. 2012-04-11. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ↑ "Baby Einstein: $20 million within 5 years & 2 time Cancer Assassin - with Julie Clark [Inspiration]". INspired INsider - Inspirational Business Interviews with Successful Entrepreneurs and Founders with Dr. Jeremy Weisz. 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ↑ "Baby Einstein | Kids2". www.kids2.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ↑ "Language Nursery with Baby Einstein | Language Nursery | Baby Einstein - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Disney DVD Movies | Preschool DVDs". www.disneydvdmovies.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ↑ "The Baby Einstein Company - Press - Multilingual developmental video for infants". 2001-01-29. Archived from the original on 2001-01-29. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Baby Einstein Commercial/Promo Compilation". YouTube.
- ↑ "The Baby Einstein Company - Press - Infants Can Increase Reasoning". 2000-08-18. Archived from the original on 2000-08-18. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
- ↑ "Infants and toddlers discover Bach in new video from The Baby Einstein Company". Internet Archive Wayback Machine. 1999-01-01. Archived from the original on 2001-01-29. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ↑ "Baby Einstein Announces Triplets. - Free Online Library". 2018-03-03. Archived from the original on 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ↑ "The Baby Einstein Company - Press - July 18, 2000". 2001-01-23. Archived from the original on 2001-01-23. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ↑ "The Baby Einstein Company - Press - September 16, 2000". 2001-01-23. Archived from the original on 2001-01-23. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ↑ Baby Einstein: Neighborhood Animals (2001) - | Releases | AllMovie, retrieved 2021-02-18
- ↑ "Baby Einstein - World Animals". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ↑ =https://www.amazon.com/Baby-Einstein-Neptune-Discovering-Water/dp/B00007J88T
- ↑ "Disney DVD And Video Newsletter - November 2003 - Baby Einstein®: Numbers Nursery™". disney.go.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ↑ "Baby Einstein: What's New". 2004-04-01. Archived from the original on 2004-04-01. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ↑ Janicek, Jim; Marino, Len (2005-03-08), Baby Monet (Family), Julie Aigner-Clark, Savannah Corn, Devon Dahl, Chloe Davison, retrieved 2021-02-18
- ↑ "Disney DVD And Video Newsletter - July 2005 - Baby Wordsworth™ First Words - Around The House". disney.go.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ↑ "Hollywood Child Artist Alexandria Suarez Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ↑ "Disney DVD And Video Newsletter - October 2005 - Baby Einstein On The Go and Pooh's Heffalump Halloween". disney.go.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ↑ "Disney DVD And Video Newsletter - March 2006 - Baby Einstein: Meet The Orchestra". disney.go.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ↑ "Disney DVD And Video Newsletter - July 2006 - Baby Einstein™: Baby's Favorite Places: First Words — Around Town". disney.go.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ↑ "Baby Einstein: Baby's First Moves DVD Review". www.dvdizzy.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ↑ "Disney DVD And Video Newsletter - March 2007". disney.go.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ↑ "Baby Einstein: Discovering Shapes - Circles, Squares and More! DVD Review". www.dvdizzy.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ↑ "Baby Einstein: Lullaby Time - Soothing Sounds for Baby DVD Review". www.dvdizzy.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ↑ "DVD Talk". www.dvdtalk.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ↑ Baby Einstein: World Animal Adventure (Video 2009) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-02-18
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