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Baby Einstein Legacy - Interview #1: Zarainy Dewberry (Baby Beethoven)

Very first interview in this blog. This is Zarainy Dewberry, from Baby Beethoven who I interviewed. She is the girl playing the huge xylophone with her twin brother, Ashano.  Keep in mind she and her brother were only two at the time, I answered her nine questions, but she could only answer two, since she could not remember much. How did you end up in this production? My mom was a hair stylist at the time and they needed babies, my mom had twins, and everything kinda just fell together, I guess. What are you doing now? Funny enough, I am a preschool teacher and have since been able to share said video with my students, as well as former teachers and their children, along with my nieces now. More interviews to come in the future. Stay tuned for the next one.
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Majority of characters are named after important people

It’s actually noticeable that most characters from the Baby Einstein series are named after very important people from years gone by. These are such examples - many people noticed the references, some were not sure. I have identified a few, and positive ones. Bard the Dragon - Named after William Shakespeare, nicknamed “The Bard of Avon”. Vincent Van Goat - Obviously named after Vincent Van Gogh. Pavlov the Dog - Named after scientist Ivan Pavlov, known for experiments with dogs. Jane the Monkey - Likely named after Jane Goodall. Neptune the Turtle - Named after Neptune, the God of the Sea. Isaac the Lion - Named after Isaac Newton. Rudy the Reindeer - A shortened name for Rudolph, one of Santa’s reindeer. Da Vinci the Monkey - Named after Leonardo Da Vinci. Noah the Elephant - named after the mythology “Noah’s Ark”. It is possible that other characters might be named after historical people. I cannot identify any other at this point, but it was very important that these characters wer
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The Baby Einstein Legacy

Anyone in the 2000s zone will remember Baby Einstein and its other videos. Baby Einstein and its company was created by Julie Aigner Clark in 1996. Before Baby Einstein, Julie was a teacher and was eventually a stay-at-home mom with two daughters, Aspen and Sierra. Julie wanted her daughters to be exposed with classical music, poetry, shapes, colors, toys and so on. Julie and her husband borrowed some video equipment and invested over $15,000 of their savings to produce what would be called none other, than Baby Einstein. The company was founded in 1996 in Alpharetta, Georgia, and, at that time, was known as I Think I Can Productions. It would later be renamed to Aigner-Clark Productions, and then in 1999, would be renamed to The Baby Einstein Company. It grew from $1 million in 1998, to $25 million in 2001. For two years, The Baby Einstein Company was owned by Family Home Entertainment.  In 2001, Disney acquired the company for an undisclosed amount. The next year, Julie stopped direc
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