The Alvin Show

TV Series
1961–19621961–1962
TV-GTV-G
30m

Following the incredible popularity of the novelty record "The Chipmunk Song", this animated series about the singing rodents was created. Manager David Seville spends his days taking care o... Read allFollowing the incredible popularity of the novelty record "The Chipmunk Song", this animated series about the singing rodents was created. Manager David Seville spends his days taking care of his young chipmunk charges, Alvin, Simon and Theodore, as they regularly get into one ty... Read allFollowing the incredible popularity of the novelty record "The Chipmunk Song", this animated series about the singing rodents was created. Manager David Seville spends his days taking care of his young chipmunk charges, Alvin, Simon and Theodore, as they regularly get into one type of trouble after another. Included in each episode was a cartoon featuring inventor Cly... Read all

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Ross Bagdasarian in The Alvin Show (1961)

Following the incredible popularity of the novelty record "The Chipmunk Song", this animated series about the singing rodents was created. Manager David Seville spends his days taking care of his young chipmunk charges, Alvin, Simon and Theodore, as they regularly get into one type of trouble after another. Included in each episode was a cartoon featuring inventor Clyde Crashcup and his assistant, Leonardo. —Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>

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Trivia
The Chipmunks' names were taken from the names of three executives at Liberty Records, where David Seville and the Chipmunks made most of their early recordings. Alvin was named for label president Alvin Bennett, Simon for label vice-president/record producer Si Waronker, and Theodore for recording engineer Ted Keep. One of the first cartoon shows, along with "The Flintstones," to become a success in prime time.

Quotes
Alvin: [On cue from Dave] Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure...
[whips out his harmonica]
Dave Seville: [reacting to that, whispering] No Alvin! You're supposed to introduce the great inventer.
Alvin: [to Dave] Oh.
[Puts his harmonica away]
Alvin: Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to introduce the great inventor, Thomas Alva...
Dave Seville: [Interrupting] No!
Alvin: Alexander Graham...
Dave Seville: No!
Alvin: Wilbur and Orv...
Dave Seville: NO!
Alvin: [To Dave] Well, then who?!
Dave Seville: Clyde Crashcup!
Alvin: Clyde Crashc...
[puzzled]
Alvin: Clyde Crashcup?!

Crazy credits
Alvin is in the technical director's position. Pointing to each camera, camera one has the first four sets of credits, camera two has the rest of the show's credits, and camera three has the animation card for Bagdasarian Productions.

Alternate versions
Segments from this show (both the Alvin and the Chipmunks and Clyde Crashcup shorts) were shown as part of the Nickelodeon variety show Weinerville in the 1990s. Curiously, the Weinerville airings actually have title cards for the episodes, which the "normal" airings didn't.

Connections
Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #39.4 (2008)

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I want my OLD Alvin on DVD !!!!!!

I have great memories of watching the "old" Alvin show on Saturday morning in the 1960's. I would really like to see the the episodes, unedited, released on DVD. I have seen segmets of the show on a Nickelodeon show ten years ago and I believe Walt Disney owns the rights now as there are "sing-a-long" tapes on the market. Can't they just put the whole episode on DVD, including Prof. Crashcup?

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