Basic Info

First Air: October 04, 1961

Rating: ⭐ 8.3/10 (7 votes)

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 26

Last Episode

Name: Disc Jockey

Season: 1, Episode: 26

Air Date: 1962-03-28

Runtime: 30 min

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.

Videos

The Alvin Show | Opening (1961)

The Alvin Show

1961 ⭐ 8.3/10 7 votes

Overview

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.