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Which animated series are you a fan of?

The 1960s(The Alvin Show) or the 1980s(Alvin and the Chipmunks)

Some of you are aware of the history of these squeaky voiced rodents-Ross Bagdasarian(a.k.a. David Seville) used a speeded up voice to record the hit song Witch Doctor and that lead to the Chipmunk Song.

Anyway Ross's son,Ross Bagdasarian Jr.took over after his father's passing in 1972.
In 1996,Ross Jr.sold the rights to Universal Pictures and they,in turn,released a series of direct-to-video movies(The Chipmunks meet Frankenstein and the Chipmunks meet the Wolfman.)
By 2000,Bagdasarian Productions sued Universal for breach of contract in order to recoup monentary damages and to regain control of the Alvin and the Chipmunks characters.

If the lawsuit is not successful,the contract will expire in 2006(has that already happened yet this year?)

Now on to the live action film,Fox 2000 Pictures,Twentieth Century Fox Animation and Bagdasarian Productions are planning to use CGI puppets to be the Chipmunks and to cast an actor in the role of David Seville.While I'm at it, should they also cast the roles of Clyde Crashcup and his assistant Leonardo,Miss Miller?
Should there also be CGI versions of the Chipettes too?

there truly is no God

"We're the Chipmunks! C.H.I.P.M.U.N.K!"

God I LOVED that cartoon.

I still have my copy of the Chipmunks big adventure on VHS somewhere.

loved the 1980's "Alvin & The Chipmunks"!

I grew up watching THE ALVIN SHOW. My Dad actually bought me several of their albums when they first came out!

Many years later, I picked up the first few albums by Ross Jr.... CHIPMUNK PUNK (great stuff), URBAN CHIPMUNK (lots o' fun) and what proved to be my all-time favorite, CHIPMUNK ROCK (they actually did a cover of Pat Benatar's "Heartbreaker" that I liked better than the original-- yeah, I know, it's nuts, but there you go...)

Several years later, ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS debuted... and I found myself SEVERELY disappointed on every single level. "Better" animation does not a "better" show make, when the writing sucks, and they didn't even have music segments, like the original show did. (sigh) But that's me.

Incidentally, my favorite of the original albums is AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE CHIPMUNKS-- although the first 2 Christmas albums, CHRISTMAS WITH THE CHIPMUNKS and CHRISTMAS WITH THE CHIPMUNKS VOL.2 are to this day my all-time fave Christmas albums.


Now if you really wanna hear something strange, go find a copy of the 45 "The Trouble With Harry" / "A Little Beauty", by "Alfi & Harry". It's really Ross Sr., about 3 years BEFORE he did "The Witch Doctor". In fine print it says, "Inspired by the Alfred Hitchcock Film". How bizarre is this? It has nothing whatsoever to do with the film, apart from the title. Some years back, when I finally saw the movie REAR WINDOW (during its restoration reissue), I couldn't help but notice that the piano player who lived in the next apartment was... David Seville!