Alvin and the Chipmunks

Alvin and the Chipmunks
Premiere	pilot December 14, 1981 series September 17, 1983
Finale	December 1, 1990
Creator	Ross Bagdasarian
Network/Provider	NBC
Style	30-minute animated comedy
Company	Bagdasarian Productions Chuck Jones Productions (pilot), Ruby-Spears Enterprises (seasons 1–5), Murakami-Wolf-Swenson (season 6), DiC Entertainment (seasons 7–8)
Distributor	Lorimar-Telepictures (1988–1989) Warner Bros. Television (1989– )
Seasons	8
Episodes	102 + 1 theatrical film + 6 specials + 2 direct-to-video features
Origin	USA

Alvin and the Chipmunks is an animated comedy that aired on NBC. It was an all-new edition of Ross Bagdasarian's novelty act which previously appeared in cartoon form as The Alvin Show.

Overview

Dave Seville is still the harried manager, composer and surrogate father to Alvin, Theodore and Simon, only now they have counterparts--The Chipettes. Brittany, Jeanette and Eleanor are three singing girl chipmunks under the management and care of elderly Miss Miller (introduced in season 4). Brittany is the vainglorious diva, Jeanette is shy and rather smart, and Eleanor is the chubby Chipette.

Alvin and the Chipmunks was produced by Bagdasarian Productions, produced in association with Ruby-Spears Enterprises for the first five seasons. The pilot (co-produced with Chuck Jones Productions) aired in 1981, and the first season began airing on NBC's Saturday morning schedule two years later. After five seasons, Ruby-Spears left the co-operation. Bagdasarian then produced another 11 episodes together with animation studio Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, which, alongside the five first seasons, and two primetime specials originally aired in 1984 and 1985, went into syndication as a package of 65 episodes.

Simultaneously the show continued on NBC; new episodes of the show, now renamed The Chipmunks was made by Bagdasarian in association with DiC_Entertainment. Two seasons later, it became The Chipmunks Go to the Movies.

In the mid-1990s, Bagdasarian, this time in association with animation studio A-1 Production, returned with another three specials, and in 1999 and 2000, two DVD movies, produced by Bagdasarian and Universal Cartoon Studios, were released.

Warner Bros. Television now owns and distributes the series due to parent WarnerMedia's ownership of the Ruby-Spears catalogue.

Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Main Cast		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ross Bagdasarian, Jr.	Dave Seville	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Alvin	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Simon	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Janice Karman	Theodore	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Brittany	o	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Jeanette	o	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Eleanor	o	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Orange/Red/o indicates a recurring or guest role during that season. Dark Green indicates top billing during that season.
Supporting/Recurring Cast		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Frank Welker	Additional voices	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Tress MacNeille	Additional voices	*	*	*	*	*
Alan Young	Additional voices	*	*	*	*	*
Johnny Haymer	Additional voices	*	*	*
Julie McWhirter	Additional voices	*	*	*
Walker Edmiston	Additional voices	*	*
June Foray	Additional voices	*	*
Derek Barton	Additional voices		*	*	*	*
Kerrigan Mahan	Additional voices		*	*	*
Nancy Cartwright	Additional voices		*	*
Peter Cullen	Additional voices		*	*
Dody Goodman	Beatrice Miller				*	*	*	*	*
Philip L. Clarke	Additional voices				*	*
Ken Sansom	Additional voices				*	*
Thom Watkins	Additional voices						*	*	*

Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale				#
NBC
Season One	September 17, 1983	December 10, 1983				13
Season Two	September 8, 1984	December 1, 1984				13
Season Three	September 14, 1985	November 16, 1985				10
Season Four	September 13, 1986	November 1, 1986				8
Season Five	September 12, 1987	October 31, 1987				8
NBC/Syndication
Season Six	September 10, 1988	January 28, 1989				24
NBC
Season Seven: The Chipmunks	September 23, 1989	December 16, 1989				13
Season Eight: The Chipmunks Go to the Movies	September 8, 1990	December 1, 1990				13

Specials

Title	Network		Airdate
A Chipmunk Christmas	NBC		December 14, 1981
I Love the Chipmunks Valentine Special	NBC		February 12, 1984
A Chipmunk Reunion	NBC		April 13, 1985
Trick or Treason	USA		October 28, 1994
A Chipmunk Celebration	USA		November 20, 1994
The Easter Chipmunk	USA		April 14, 1995

Theatrical Films

Title			Release Date
The Chipmunk Adventure			May 22, 1987

Direct-to-Video Features

Title			Release Date
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein			September 28, 1999
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman			August 29, 2000

In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series

DVD Releases

Title			Release			Discs
Episode Collections  (Region 1)
A Chipmunk Christmas			November 1, 2005			1
Chipmunks Go To The Movies: Funny, We Shrunk The Adults			April 1, 2008			1
Daytona Jones and the Pearl Of Wisdom			September 9, 2008			1
The Alvinnn! Edition			September 16, 2008			2
Holiday Gift Set			September 23, 2008			3
Alvin's Thanksgiving Celebration			September 23, 2008			1
The Chipettes			January 13, 2009			1
Mystery of the Easter Chipmunk			February 10, 2009			1
Chipmunks Go To The Movies: Star Wreck			September 8, 2009			1
Alvin and the Chipettes in Cinderella Cinderella			March 30, 2010	purchase		1

External Links

• opening creditson YouTube