Alvin and the Chipmunks

Alvin and the Chipmunks is an animated television series to feature the hit singing characters, The Chipmunks, produced by Bagdasarian Productions in association with Ruby-Spears Enterprises from 1983–87, and DIC Entertainment from 1988-90. It aired from 1983 to 1990 on NBC and is the follow-up to the original 1961–62 series, The Alvin Show.

The show introduced The Chipettes, three female Chipmunks with their own human counterpart, Miss Beatrice Miller (who joined the cast in 1986). In 1988, the show switched production companies to DiC Enterprises (with 11 additional episodes produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson) and was renamed just The Chipmunks.

In 1987, during the show’s fifth season, the Chipmunks’ first animated feature film, The Chipmunk Adventure, was released to theaters by The Samuel Goldwyn Company. The film was directed by Janice Karman and featured the Chipmunks and Chipettes in a contest traveling around the world. In its eighth and final season, the show again switched titles to The Chipmunks Go to the Movies.

Each episode was a spoof of a Hollywood film like Back to the Future or King Kong. Several television specials featuring the characters were also released. In 1990, the special Rockin’ Through the Decades was produced. That year, the Chipmunks also teamed up with other well-known cartoon characters (such as Bugs Bunny and Garfield) for the drug abuse-prevention special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.

From 1993 to 2001 Cartoon Network aired the 65-episode syndication package of the series. From 1995 to 1997 Nickelodeon aired the show. While the show is currently no longer in syndication in the U.S., it is being broadcast in Canada on Teletoon Retro.

Alvin And The Chipmunk Opening Theme

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Alvin and the Chipmunks Animated Tv Series

Format : Animated series
Created by : Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. (characters)
Voices of : Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., Janice Karman, Dody Goodman
Composer(s) : Thomas Chase, Stephen Rucker
Country of origin : United States
Language(s) : English
No. of episodes : 102 (168 distinct segments; usually 2 per episode) + 7 specials, 2 of which were syndicated as regular episodes + 6 movies. (List of episodes)
Running time : Approx 30 minutes (11 minutes per segment)
Production company : Bagdasarian Productions, Ruby-Spears Enterprises (1983-87), Murakami-Wolf-Swenson (1988, 11 episodes), DiC Enterprises (1988-90), Lorimar (Distributor, 1983-1986), Lorimar-Telepictures (Distributor, 1986-1988), Warner Bros. Television, Distribution (Distributor, 1988-present)
Original channel : NBC
Original run : September 17, 1983 (1983-09-17) – December 1990
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