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The Alvin Show

1961

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EP1 Good Neighbor Oct 04, 1961

While Dave is at the store, The Chipmunks meet the new neighbor, who does not like being disturbed as he sleeps. Unfortunately, he works nights, which doesn't bode well with The Chipmunks rehearsing their songs all day.

EP2 Ostrich Oct 11, 1961

While Dave and the Chipmunks are walking down the street they stumble upon a car dealer kicking an ostrich, who is trying to hatch a egg-shaped car, out to the street. After Dave refuses to do anything to help her, Alvin and the dealer trick Dave into "autographing" a contract, resulting in him taking ownership of the car along with the ostrich.

EP3 Squares Oct 18, 1961

Mrs. Frumpington, the head of a group called The Ladies of the Square, visits the Seville House. She explains that the goal of her group is to ban certain miserable music on television and radio. After she expressing a desire to outlaw Chipmunk music with the support of 2,500 signatures, The Chipmunks devise a plan to stop her.

EP4 Sam Valiant, Private Nose Oct 25, 1961

While Dave finds his newest song has gone missing, Theodore finds his pet bird has flown the coop. Dave and the boys hire a shady detective named Private Nose to investigate.

EP5 Overworked Alvin Nov 01, 1961

Dave comes home from work to find the yard and the house a mess. Disappointed in the boys lack of personal responsibility, Dave decides to begin acting as a drill sergeant to get The Chipmunks' acts straight.

EP6 Alvin's Cruise Nov 08, 1961

Dave and The Chipmunks have just completed a very busy schedule and are looking forward to a peaceful cruise. While aboard the ocean liner, Alvin, who only wants to sleep, is constantly being annoyed by an obnoxious social director named Roger Marsell at every turn.

EP7 Alvin's Alter-Ego Nov 15, 1961

Unwilling to do his chores or to rehearse their new song, Alvin is encouraged by his evil alter-ego to seek out the team's agent and work as a solo act. The evil conscience tells the boy of his future successes without the team.

EP8 Stanley the Eagle Nov 22, 1961

The Chipmunks are bored so they decide to build a bird house which rather quickly invites an eagle who is nervous to learn to fly. Alvin makes it his personal goal to get him flying.

EP9 Fancy Nov 29, 1961

While vacationing at a beach resort named Surf, Sand & Sea View, Simon, Theodore, and Dave enjoy the scenery as Alvin watches TV, uninterested in the beach. But when Alvin is accidentally hit with a beach-ball by the girl next door, he finds himself head over heels in love.

EP10 Sam Valiant: Real Estate Dec 06, 1961

The boys are tired of being stuck in the house and they convince Dave to take them out by showing him a brochure with beautiful pictures for Valhalla Estates. Dave calls Sam Valiant, now a real estate agent, who tries to sell Dave and the boys a rundown piece of property.

EP11 Dude Ranch Dec 13, 1961

Dave and the boys head for a popular dude ranch out west for a vacation. Once they get to their hotel, they discover that Sam Valiant is the room clerk. Hearing that Dave is trying to write a western song, Valiant keeps pestering Dave to use one of the songs he's written and replace The Chipmunks with himself by using various disguises.

EP12 Camping Trip Dec 20, 1961

When Dave and the boys go to a national park for their camping trip, they find themselves entangled with a bandit hiding out in the woods.

EP13 Bentley Van Rolls Dec 27, 1961

Alvin meets his new neighbor Bentley Van Rolls III, who turns out to be a spoiled little rich kid. Bentley has his butler, Reese, spy on Alvin from their balcony before heading out to attempt to play with Alvin. Instead of having fun himself, Bentley has his butler play his music and toys for him.

EP14 The Whistler Jan 03, 1962

The Chipmunks have just got back home from a long performance tour. While Dave, Simon, and Theodore are cleaning up the house, Alvin tends to his garden only to get into a match with the neighbor's dog who keeps burying its bone in his garden.

EP15 Lovesick Dave Jan 10, 1962

The Chipmunks are concerned by Dave's unusual behavior and attempt to follow him. Once they stop in front of the Justice of the Peace, they believe Dave's getting married. Back home they overhear Dave on the phone and believe the woman soon to visit is his fiancé. The boys spy on their conversation and become convinced Dave will get rid of them. When they confront Dave they find out she is really a representative for Sam Sweetheart's Swimming Pools Construction Company who is helping Seville pick out a swimming pool.

EP16 Jungle Rhythm Jan 17, 1962

While out in the jungles of Africa to record animals sounds for their new record, they hear a new and mysterious sound. While trying to find the source of the sound, Dave discovers are being stalked by a native with what appears to be a deadly blow gun filled with poisoned darts. After they jump into a cauldron and hear "Witch Doctor" playing, they are relieved to hear that the native is not dangerous, but is a fan who wants to play his flute for them.

EP17 Theodore's Dog Jan 24, 1962

Theodore finds a dog (Alexander) at an animal shelter and drags him home. Theodore tries to convince Dave to allow a dog to live with them, but he says no since they travel too much. Desperately wanting a dog, Theodore hides Alexander in the basement; when he escapes, Dave believes there are burglars and he calls the police. Dave becomes angry when he finds Theodore's been hiding the dog, but his brothers convince Dave to take him on their trip.

EP18 Hillbilly Son Jan 31, 1962

Chuck Wagon, one of Dave's cousins, comes to visit. After he states he can't do anything, Alvin makes it a point to teach him to do everything. hoping something will be his forte.

EP19 Little League Feb 07, 1962

Alvin tries to play baseball with his team and care for a bratty baby, Billy Brown, at the same time. While Alvin is playing, Billy keeps bugging Alvin to let him play ball, but Alvin won't let him since he is too young. When his team is losing (with the bases loaded), Alvin has the infant play against the rival team's lead player Roger. The little guy, given the nickname "slugger", hits a home run and wins for Alvin's team.

EP20 Eagle in Love Feb 14, 1962

Stanley the Eagle finds a lost necklace and gives it to an eagle statue atop a clock tower. (Stanley thinks that the eagle statue is a female, and he wants to impress her.) Unfortunately for Stanley, the owner of the necklace reports her jewelry stolen and Stanley is being sought by the police. Alvin and his brothers find Stanley and take him to the cops. They drop the charges, but the cops force Dave to be responsible for Stanley.

EP21 Alvin's Studio Feb 21, 1962

Dave's ready to rehearse a new song but the boys aren't (Alvin's playing with a yo-yo, Simon's reading, and Theodore's playing with a parakeet (George)). When Dave walks out on his boys (to play golf) following a heated argument about their new song, Alvin takes over and he tries to have his brothers perform a different song. In doing so, he begins to sound like Dave. After some time arguing with each other and the neighbor about how to yell Alvin, a large group of people congregate outside the house. Dave arrives to the pleasure of the boys and they sing his song.

EP22 Haunted House Feb 28, 1962

Dave inherits the Chesley Estate and is excited to show the boys. Unknown to Dave, a ghost (JP Lester) is excited to have the opportunity to scare him in order to get the Ghost of the Year award. After the ghost's first failed attempt, Dave has Simon bring the things in from the car and Theodore starts painting while Alvin sets off looking for ghost tracks. The ghost fails three more times at scaring the boys. After failing yet again (mistaken for Alvin), the ghost sleeps with them. In the morning, they find out he is a ghost and take off running. When the ghost accidentally plays a record, he flies away in terror as well.

EP23 Sir Alvin Mar 07, 1962

Daisy Belle comes over to stay at the Seville House while her mother is shopping. When Simon and Theodore take off into another room, Alvin is forced to spend time with her. In order to amuse the girl, he has to use his imagination to create a medieval fantasy. Daisy plays the part of a prisoner held by an evil fire-breathing dragon and Alvin is her brave knight trying to rescue her, but the dragon unfortunately is more cowardly than fierce.

EP24 Good Manners Mar 14, 1962

After The Chipmunks disrupt a visit with Mrs. Frumpington by breaking a window and acting sarcastically, Dave loses his temper. Mrs. Frumpington volunteers to teach the boys good manners. She attempts to instruct the boys on how to properly act at the table and how to treat visitors.

EP25 Eagle Music Mar 21, 1962

Stanley the Eagle attempts to sing with other birds but is driven away. When The Chipmunks find him in his birdhouse, Simon tries to get Stanley to sing for him, but he is too upset. After Dave hears Stanley's failed effort, he tells the boys that eagles can't sing, they scream. Alvin solves the problem by having Stanley play music instead on a pair of cymbals. The boys join in and before long television crews arrive to cover the story.

EP26 Disc Jockey Mar 28, 1962

Dave is out attempting to convince radio stations to play a new track but when he returns he informs the boys they don't want to air singing Chipmunks anymore. Alvin and his brothers set out to save their careers. When a disc jockey named King Malchun still refuses to play the song, "The Alvin Twist", Alvin is determined, sneaking it onto the radio.
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Synopsis

The Alvin Show is an American animated television series. It was the first to feature the singing characters Alvin and the Chipmunks, although a series with a similar concept The Nutty Squirrels Present had aired a year earlier. It lasted for one season in prime time on CBS, originally sponsored by General Foods, and initially telecast in black and white. The series rode the momentum of creator Ross Bagdasarian's original hit musical gimmick and developed the singing Chipmunk trio as rambunctious kids–particularly the show's namesake star–whose mischief contrasted to his tall, brainy brother Simon and his chubby, gluttonous brother Theodore, as well as their long-suffering, perpetually put-upon manager-father figure, David Seville. The animation was produced by Herbert Klynn's Format Films.

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Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!
Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.
OllieSuave-007 This was one of many cartoon shows I've watched when I was a kid. It wasn't one of my favorites, but it was still good entertainment for me at the time.The show features a stories about the adventures (and misadventures) of singing rodents named Alvin, Simon and Theodore, as they try to make it in showbiz and also regularly get into trouble one after the another.I don't remember too much from the show, but it did create nice childhood memories and I did remember it being a funny show with interesting characters that will make you laugh and some fun adventures that will make the show pretty entertaining (who wouldn't be laughing hearing chipmunks singing with their high helium-like voices?).Grade B-
John T. Ryan REMEMBERING the old adage about "Striking while the Iron is Hot", Songwriter Ross Bagdasarian inked a deal to give form, faces and anthropomorphic life to his Chipmunks on the TV Screen via the animated half-hour series. THE ALVIN SHOW (Bagdasarian Films, Ltd./Format Productions /CBS TV Network, 1961-62)hit the Tiffany Network in the Autumn of 1961. MR. BAGDASARIAN, who was probably much better known to the public under his Stage Name of David Seville,* was capitalizing on the big-time popularity of his "Chipmunks Singing Group"; consisting of Simon, Theodore and Alvin, who had the number one (that's # 1!) Popular Record Hit, "The Chipmunks' Christmas Song". The decidedly 'novelty' record shot to the top of the Charts in December of 1958;making an annual re-visit every year at the Christmas Holiday Season. This was followed up with some other hit records and the all important Record Album, which is a 33 1/3 RPM collection of many song recordings.THE comic format followed was not unlike that which had been used by folks such as Hannah-Barbera Productions in such successful cartoon half hours as HUCKLEBERRY HOUND, RUFF 'N REDDY, QUICKDRAW McGRAW, THE JETSONS AND (yabba-dabba-doo!) THE FLINTSTONES. In order to establish a format for animated short cartoons which would mixed 'Funny Animal' characters with their 'Human ' Straight-Man counterparts, the production team's writers made the rodent trio into, not pets**; but rather sort of adopted wards of mentor, the animated David Seville.TYPICALLY an adventure would involve some family-type of spat and follow the events that were undertaken when the Chipmunk/Child Figures go off disobeying the Dave/Parental Symbol; or the yuk-yuks generated when the kids put something else over on adults. As we recall, most often the Chipmunk Cartoons would wind-up or at least feature a song from The Quartet (Now concentrate, Schultz! That's 1 Man + 3 Chipmunks = 4, the number needed for a quorum). This should be no surprise, being that their origin is in the records business. Also as to be expected the songs were Bagdasarian's own compositions; which included not only existing Chipmunk 'standards, but also some original songs (such as Ross' first Hit Parade Top 10 ranking, "The Witch Doctor".SPEAKING of music, the show had its own original score. In addition to the aforementioned opening theme song ("It's the Alvin Show, the Alvin Show, you're positively gonna love the Alvin Show…..), there was bright, peppy and fresh incidental music that was easily recognizable and judiciously used throughout the three cartoon shorts that made up the program.APPERAING in each show as a 2nd Banana Sort of back-up feature, the series was presented chronicling the adventures of CLYDE CRASHCUP, a madcap inventor. Quite original and cleverly amusing, we actually looked forward to Clyde's appearances as being the high-point of the show.BEING tall, thin, scraggly haired and mustachioed, this eccentric genius possessed a distinctly high pitched nasally voice; with which he would always announce his latest brainstorm to his diminutive, nearly mute and cherubic assistant, the bespectacled Leonardo. This routine of Crashcup's doing all of the 'mike' work, with the much shorter and silent Leonardo only occasionally whispering back in the boss' ear is an astoundingly close approximation of the format that would be followed by comic magicians PENN & TELLER some 35 years or so in the future. (Sounds silly, maybe; but, just take a look-see sometime and let us know what you think.) DEMONSTRATING a distinctly adult appeal (No Schultz, not the "X" Rated variety!), as well as making it at the same a mark of distinction, was not only the manner in which the wacky inventor would announce his new ideas, but also the nature of his inventions. Remembering that he is not a discoverer, but rather an inventor; Clyde would abruptly shout from a dead silence something such as "That's it, Leonardo! I'll invent NOISE!" The list was long and varied, but the essential point was that he was INVENTING some Natural Phenomenon, rather than some Rube Goldberg-type of kooky contraption.IT was a great demonstration of how some complex ideas can have such a simple genesis. We give it an overall rating of ***1/2, that's Three Stars, Schultz, with or without our overalls! NOTE * Some years later, it was Ross Bgdasarian. Jr. who masterminded, wrote and voiced "ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS" (Bagdasarian/Ruby-Spears/National Broadcasting Corporation, 1983-91), as well as some other Chipmunk Specials, both to Television as well as Direct to Video.POODLE SCHNITZ!!
Catherine_Grace_Zeh I used to watch this show when I was a little girl. When I think about it, I remember it pretty well. If you ask me, it was a good show. The opening sequence and theme song are two things I remember pretty well, too. In addition to that, everyone was ideally cast. Also, the writing was very strong. The performances were top-grade, too. I hope some network brings it back so I can see every episode. Before I wrap this up, I'd like to say that I'll always remember this show in my memory forever, even though I don't think I've seen every episode. Now, in conclusion, if some network ever brings it back, I hope that you catch it one day before it goes off the air for good.
james8463 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?