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In 1999, Aigner-Clark Productions changed its name to The Baby Einstein Company. From 2000 to 2001, the company's videos were distributed by Artisan Entertainment under the Family Home Entertainment label before Julie Aigner-Clark sold the company to The Walt Disney Company on November 7, 2001. Twelve years later, on October 14, 2013, Kids II, Inc. acquired the brand from Disney.

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1st Logo (November 23, 1999-November 23, 2010)	2nd Logo (August 15, 2000-November 21, 2007)	3rd Logo (November 21, 2007-November 23, 2010)

1st Logo (November 23, 1999-November 23, 2010)

Visuals: Same as the I Think I Can Productions and Aigner-Clark Productions logos, except the text now reads:

The Baby Einstein Company
Presents

The colors of the text vary depending on the tape. The logo is still.

Technique: Fading effects.

Audio: The opening of the show.

Availability: Seen on most Baby Einstein VHS tapes beginning with Baby Shakespeare: World of Poetry and ending with the Baby Einstein Discovery Kits.

2nd Logo (August 15, 2000-November 21, 2007)

Logo without Great minds start little.
In-credit variant
Alternate in-credit variant

Visuals: On a white background is a colorful caterpillar made up of several spheres. It has a yellow sphere for a head, with red antennas, beady black eyes and pink cheeks, made up of purple and blue balls for the body, with a smaller yellow ball connecting them in between, tiny red and yellow balls for the tail, and four lavender toy wheels. It enters from the far left of the screen in the distance, and slowly inches towards the screen (it glances at the viewer midway through). Once the caterpillar reaches the center of the screen, it comes to a halt, and looks at the viewer, blinking twice and opening its mouth. On the first blink, the company's logo fades in on the ground. The camera pulls up to a bird's eye view and zooms out, with the caterpillar continuing to look at the viewer as this happens, revealing the logo, consisting of the words "baby einstein" in a multicolored, sloppy handwritten font and a crude drawing of a boy's head with spiky hair and glasses next to the word "baby". "the" and "company" are above and below the logo. When the camera settles in place, the blue text "Great minds start little." flies down to the bottom left corner of the screen.

Trivia:

This logo was based on a scene from Baby Einstein: Language Nursery featuring a toy caterpillar.
The caterpillar in this logo would eventually be given the name Cal, after Baby Einstein was brought by Kids II.
The boy's head in this logo is said to have been the basis for the design of Leo from Little Einsteins, which Baby Einstein helped produce.

Variants:

Starting in the mid-2000s, the text "Great minds start little." does not appear. While some versions remove the text from the animation, others versions will simply freeze the logo before the text appears.
An in-credit still version appears on some episodes of Little Einsteins, placed on top of a blue square with copyright info in white text underneath. On some episodes, the blue square is omitted.
On the Baby Einstein Discovery Kits or 2007 Baby Einstein videos, this logo is shown, but with the Baby Einstein logo from the next one.
On 2000-2003 DVD versions of some Baby Einstein videos, this logo is shown, before it fades to black and the Digital Board Book logo fades in.

Technique: CGI by Stephen Rozmiarek. The 2007 version was done at Pixel Kitchen, Inc.

Audio: A calm, soothing woodwind/chime theme, with sounds of nature (ex. birds chirping and wind) in the background, and two cartoon blinking noises for the caterpillar. The music rises to a crescendo when the camera pulls upward, ending with three notes. This was composed by Bill Weisbach. When the logo's music ends, Julie Aigner-Clark says "For more information on our developmental products for babies, and toddlers, visit babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show."

Audio Variants:

Sometimes, there is no voice over.
The in-credit versions have the show's ending theme.
On the Baby Einstein Discovery Kits, there are different birds singing sounds in the logo.
Since 2008, Aigner-Clark now says "To learn more about Baby Einstein developmental products, and for tips on how to create moments of discovery with your baby, visit babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show." or "To learn more about Baby Einstein developmental and entertainment products, and for tips on how to create moments of discovery with your baby, visit babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show."

Availability: Seen on most Baby Einstein videos starting with Baby Van Gogh and ending with Lullaby Time, which has the next logo instead. Also appears on a Baby Einstein promotional video from 2002. This also appeared on post-2007 prints of these Baby Einstein videos with the next logo. However, this logo doesn't appear on post-2007 prints of these videos, as they use the next logo instead. This also appeared on the Baby Einstein Discovery Kits or 2007 Baby Einstein videos, but with the new Baby Einstein logo instead.

3rd Logo (November 21, 2007-November 23, 2010)

Visuals: Same as the previous logo, but it has been re-animated and the Baby Einstein logo is now in a blue box that includes the Disney logo also in blue.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Same as the previous logo, but Julie Aigner-Clark now says "To learn more about Baby Einstein developmental products, and for tips on how to create moments of discovery with your baby, visit babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show." or "To learn more about Baby Einstein developmental and entertainment products, and for tips on how to create moments of discovery with your baby, visit babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show." Sometimes, Aigner-Clark's voiceover from the previous logo is used.

Audio Variant: As with the previous logo, there is no voice over sometimes.

Availability: Seen on most Baby Einstein videos from Lullaby Time to World Music, as well as the Baby Einstein Discovery Kits. The Baby Einstein Discovery Kits or 2007 Baby Einstein videos has the previous logo, but with the new Baby Einstein logo instead.

◄	Aigner-Clark Productions

The Baby Einstein Company

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 {{Infobox company|founded=January 31, 1996 ({{age|1996|1|31}} years ago)|country=United States|formerly={{Plainlist|
-* I Think I Can Productions (1996–1998)
+* I Think I Can Productions (1996-1998)
-* Aigner-Clark Productions (1998–1999)
+* Aigner-Clark Productions (1998-1999)
 }}|founder=Julie Aigner-Clark|name=Baby Einstein|parent={{Plainlist|
 * Independent (1996-2000)
 * Family Home Entertainment (2000-2001)
 * The Walt Disney Company (2001-2013)
-* Kids II (2013- )
+* Kids II (2013-)
 }}|image=Baby-Einstein-logo.png}}
 ===Background===
-'''The Baby Einstein Company''' is an early children's entertainment company founded on January 31, 1996 by Julie Aigner-Clark at her home in Alpharetta, Georgia to expose children to classical music, poetry, and art. The company was originally named '''[[I Think I Can Productions]]''' before changing its name to '''[[Aigner-Clark Productions]]''' in October 1998, likely due to her two-video deal with the I Think I Can English School, a Japanese school that teaches English, expiring, making her lose the rights to said name. A few months later, the company changed to its current name. From 2000 to 2001, the company's videos were distributed by [[Artisan Entertainment]] under the [[Family Home Entertainment]] label before Aigner-Clark sold the company to [[The Walt Disney Company]] on November 7, 2001. Twelve years later, on October 14, 2013, Kids II, Inc. acquired the brand from Disney.
+In 1999, [[Aigner-Clark Productions]] changed its name to '''The Baby Einstein Company'''. From 2000 to 2001, the company's videos were distributed by [[Artisan Entertainment]] under the [[Family Home Entertainment]] label before Julie Aigner-Clark sold the company to [[The Walt Disney Company]] on November 7, 2001. Twelve years later, on October 14, 2013, Kids II, Inc. acquired the brand from Disney.
 {{ImageTOC
-||1st Logo (November 23, 1999-November 23, 2010)
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 |The Baby Einstein Company (2000).png|2nd Logo (August 15, 2000-November 21, 2007)
 |The Baby Einstein Company (2007).png|3rd Logo (November 21, 2007-November 23, 2010)
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 ===1st Logo (November 23, 1999-November 23, 2010)===
+[[File:The Baby Einstein Company (1999) (From - Baby Shakespeare).png|center|350px]]
-'''Logo:''' Same as the [[I Think I Can Productions]] logo, except the text now reads
+'''Visuals:''' Same as the [[I Think I Can Productions]] and [[Aigner-Clark Productions]] logos, except the text now reads:
 The Baby Einstein Company <br>
 Presents
-The colors of the text vary depending on the tape.
+The colors of the text vary depending on the tape. The logo is still.
-'''Technique:''' None.
+'''Technique:''' Fading effects.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The opening of the show.
+'''Audio:''' The opening of the show.
-'''Availability:''' Common. Seen on most Baby Einstein tapes beginning with ''Baby Shakespeare: World of Poetry'' and ending with the Baby Einstein Discovery Kits.
+'''Availability:'''  Seen on most Baby Einstein VHS tapes beginning with ''Baby Shakespeare: World of Poetry'' and ending with the Baby Einstein Discovery Kits.
 ===2nd Logo (August 15, 2000-November 21, 2007)===
 <gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+File:2000Greatmindsenglish.jpg|alt=
-The Baby Einstein Company (2000).png|Logo without '''''Great minds start little.'''''
+File:2000Frenchcanadabetterquality.png|alt=
+File:The Baby Einstein Company (2000).png|Logo without '''''Great minds start little.'''''
+File:2002Lightingodd3.png|alt=
+File:The Baby Einstein Company Logo with Registered Trademark Symbol.png|alt=
+File:The Baby Einstein Company (2002).png|alt=
+File:2002Samplerlogo.jpg|alt=
+File:Curious Pictures The Baby Einstein Co. Playhouse Disney Original (2005) (60fps) 0-5 screenshot.png|alt=
+File:The Baby Einstein Company (2005 -2).png|alt=
+File:The Baby Einstein Company (2005).png|In-credit variant
+File:Baby Einstein Company logo on Little Einsteins.png|Alternate in-credit variant
+File:2006promologo.png|alt=
+File:2007rarelogo.jpg|alt=
+File:Baby Einstein Logo (2007-2008) Baby's First Sounds with Website.png|alt=
+File:2007logo.png|alt=
+File:2010logo.jpg|alt=
 </gallery>
 {{YouTube|id=QjwX1IRqIOI|id2=oNzL_Rp_gMk}}
-'''Logo:''' On a white background, we see a colorful caterpillar made up of several spheres. It has a yellow sphere for head, with red antennas, beady black eyes and pink cheeks, made up of purple and blue balls for the body, with a smaller yellow ball connecting them in between, and tiny red and yellow balls for the tail, and four lavender toy wheels. It enters in the distance from the far left of the screen, and slowly inches towards the screen (it glances at the viewer midway through). Once the caterpillar reaches the center of the screen, it comes to a halt, and looks at the viewer, blinking twice with its mouth open. On the first blink, the company's logo appears on the ground. The camera pulls up to a bird's eye view and zooms out, with the caterpillar continuing to look at the viewer as this happens, revealing the logo with the words "baby einstein" in a multicolored, sloppy handwritten font and a drawing of a boy's head next to the word "baby", and when the camera settles in place, the {{color|blue}} words "'''''{{Font|Arial|Great minds start little.}}'''''" fly down to the bottom left corner of the screen.
+'''Visuals:''' On a white background is a colorful caterpillar made up of several spheres. It has a {{color|gold|yellow}} sphere for a head, with {{color|red}} antennas, beady black eyes and {{color|hotpink|pink}} cheeks, made up of {{color|darkviolet|purple}} and {{color|blue}} balls for the body, with a smaller {{color|gold|yellow}} ball connecting them in between, tiny {{color|red}} and {{color|gold|yellow}} balls for the tail, and four {{color|mediumpurple|lavender}} toy wheels. It enters from the far left of the screen in the distance, and slowly inches towards the screen (it glances at the viewer midway through). Once the caterpillar reaches the center of the screen, it comes to a halt, and looks at the viewer, blinking twice and opening its mouth. On the first blink, the company's logo fades in on the ground. The camera pulls up to a bird's eye view and zooms out, with the caterpillar continuing to look at the viewer as this happens, revealing the logo, consisting of the words "{{color|red|b}}{{color|gold|a}}{{color|blue|b}}{{color|limegreen|y}} {{color|darkviolet|e}}{{color|red|i}}{{color|green|n}}{{color|darkviolet|s}}{{color|red|t}}{{color|limegreen|e}}{{color|gold|i}}{{color|blue|n}}" in a multicolored, sloppy handwritten font and a crude drawing of a boy's head with spiky hair and glasses next to the word "baby". "'''the'''" and "'''company'''" are above and below the logo. When the camera settles in place, the {{color|blue}} text "'''''{{Font|Arial|{{color|blue|Great minds start little.}}}}'''''" flies down to the bottom left corner of the screen.
-'''Variants:'''
-*In the logo's later years, it would oftentimes freeze before the text "'''''Great minds start little.'''''" appears.
-*An in-credit version appeared on ''Little Einsteins'' on [[Wikipedia:Disney Junior|Playhouse Disney/Disney Junior]] and a print of Baby Einstein shows such as ''Baby Mozart''.
-*On the Baby Einstein Discovery Kits or 2007 Baby Einstein videos, this logo is shown, but with the Baby Einstein logo from the next one.
-*On either 2000-2003 DVD versions of some Baby Einstein videos, this logo is shown, before it fades to black and a Digital Board Book logo fades in.
-*Since either 2008, except it is re-created in better CGI, and the logo is seen but with the next logo.
 '''Trivia:'''
 *This logo was based on a scene from ''Baby Einstein: Language Nursery'' featuring a toy caterpillar.
 *The caterpillar in this logo would eventually be given the name Cal, after Baby Einstein was brought by Kids II.
+*The boy's head in this logo is said to have been the basis for the design of Leo from ''Little Einsteins'', which Baby Einstein helped produce.
+'''Variants:'''
-'''Technique:''' CGI by Stephen Rozmiarek. None for the in-credit version.
+*Starting in <u>the mid-2000s</u>, the text "'''''Great minds start little.'''''" does not appear. While some versions remove the text from the animation, others versions will simply freeze the logo before the text appears.
+*An in-credit still version appears on some episodes of <u>''Little Einsteins''</u>, placed on top of a blue square with copyright info in white text underneath. On some episodes, the blue square is omitted.
+*On <u>the Baby Einstein Discovery Kits</u> or <u>2007 Baby Einstein videos</u>, this logo is shown, but with the Baby Einstein logo from the next one.
+*On <u>2000-2003 DVD versions of some Baby Einstein videos</u>, this logo is shown, before it fades to black and the Digital Board Book logo fades in.
+'''Technique:''' CGI by Stephen Rozmiarek. The 2007 version was done at Pixel Kitchen, Inc.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A calm, soothing woodwind/chime theme, accompanied by birds singing, and a winking noise, followed by Julie Aigner-Clark saying: "For more information on our developmental products for babies, and toddlers, visit babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show." The in-credit version has the show's ending theme.
+'''Audio:''' A calm, soothing woodwind/chime theme, with sounds of nature (ex. birds chirping and wind) in the background, and two cartoon blinking noises for the caterpillar. The music rises to a crescendo when the camera pulls upward, ending with three notes. This was composed by Bill Weisbach. When the logo's music ends, Julie Aigner-Clark says "For more information on our developmental products for babies, and toddlers, visit babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show."
-'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
+'''Audio Variants:'''
-* Sometimes, there is no voice over.
-*On the ''Baby Einstein Discovery Kits'', there are different birds singing sounds in the logo.
-* Since 2008, Julie Aigner-Clark now reads: "To learn more about Baby Einstein developmental products, and for tips on how to create moments of discovery with your baby, visit babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show." or "To learn more about Baby Einstein developmental and entertainment products, and for tips on how to create moments of discovery with your baby, visit babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show."
+* Sometimes, there is <u>no voice over</u>.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on most ''Baby Einstein'' videos starting with ''Baby Van Gogh'' and ending with ''Lullaby Time'', which has the next logo instead. Also appears on a Baby Einstein promotional video from 2002. This also appeared on post-2007 prints of these Baby Einstein videos with the next logo. However, this logo doesn't appear on post-2007 prints of these videos, that has the next logo instead. This also appeared on the Baby Einstein Discovery Kits or 2007 Baby Einstein videos, but with the new Baby Einstein logo instead.
+* The in-credit versions have the show's ending theme.
+*On <u>the ''Baby Einstein Discovery Kits''</u>, there are different birds singing sounds in the logo.
+* Since <u>2008</u>, Aigner-Clark now says "To learn more about Baby Einstein developmental products, and for tips on how to create moments of discovery with your baby, visit babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show." or "To learn more about Baby Einstein developmental and entertainment products, and for tips on how to create moments of discovery with your baby, visit babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show."
+'''Availability:''' Seen on most Baby Einstein videos starting with ''Baby Van Gogh'' and ending with ''Lullaby Time'', which has the next logo instead. Also appears on a Baby Einstein promotional video from 2002. This also appeared on post-2007 prints of these Baby Einstein videos with the next logo. However, this logo doesn't appear on post-2007 prints of these videos, as they use the next logo instead. This also appeared on the Baby Einstein Discovery Kits or 2007 Baby Einstein videos, but with the new Baby Einstein logo instead.
-=== 3rd Logo (November 21, 2007-November 23, 2010) ===
+===3rd Logo (November 21, 2007-November 23, 2010)===
 <gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+File:6caterpillar2009.jpg|alt=
-The Baby Einstein Company (2007).png|Re-animated logo
+File:The Baby Einstein Company (2007).png
+File:Baby Einstein (2008, prototype).jpg|alt=
 </gallery>
-{{YouTube|id=v7BQ9EQyWXY|id2=OAJ0mCiBcnc}}
+{{YouTube|id=OAJ0mCiBcnc}}
-'''Logo:''' Same as the previous logo, but it has been re-animated and the Baby Einstein logo is now in a box with the Disney logo in.
+'''Visuals:''' Same as the previous logo, but it has been re-animated and the Baby Einstein logo is now in a {{color|blue}} box that includes the Disney logo also in {{color|blue}}.
-'''Later Variant:''' Since 2013, the logo is seen without the Disney logo, after Disney sold Baby Einstein to Kids II, Inc.
-'''Technique:''' CGI animation.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the previous logo, but Julie Aigner-Clark now reads: "To learn more about Baby Einstein developmental products, and for tips on how to create moments of discovery with your baby, visit babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show." or "To learn more about Baby Einstein developmental and entertainment products, and for tips on how to create moments of discovery with your baby, visit babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show." Sometimes, Julie-Aigner Clark reads it from the previous logo.
+'''Audio:''' Same as the previous logo, but Julie Aigner-Clark now says "To learn more about Baby Einstein developmental products, and for tips on how to create moments of discovery with your baby, visit babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show." or "To learn more about Baby Einstein developmental and entertainment products, and for tips on how to create moments of discovery with your baby, visit babyeinstein.com. Enjoy the show." Sometimes, Aigner-Clark's voiceover from the previous logo is used.
-'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' As with the previous logo, there is no voice over sometimes.
+'''Audio Variant:''' As with the previous logo, there is <u>no voice over</u> sometimes.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on most Baby Einstein videos starting with "''Lullaby Time''" to "''World Music''", as well as the Baby Einstein Discovery Kits. The Baby Einstein Discovery Kits or 2007 Baby Einstein videos has the previous logo, but with the new Baby Einstein logo instead.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on most Baby Einstein videos from ''Lullaby Time'' to ''World Music'', as well as the Baby Einstein Discovery Kits. The Baby Einstein Discovery Kits or 2007 Baby Einstein videos has the previous logo, but with the new Baby Einstein logo instead.
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