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7 unusual facts about Alvin and the Chipmunks


Buzz Dixon

He wrote numerous episodes of GI Joe: A Real American Hero, The Transformers, Thundarr the Barbarian, Jem, Inhumanoids, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Tiny Toon Adventures, Tarzan and the Super 7 (the Web Woman installments), Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, and Teen Wolf.

Get Nervous

Alvin and the Chipmunks covered "Anxiety (Get Nervous)" for their 1985 Alvin and the Chipmunks episode "Court Action."

Janice Karman

The focus of Bagdasarian Productions company is on creating albums, cartoons, and other products based on the Alvin and the Chipmunks characters, who were created by Bagdasarian's father Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. Besides helping to produce the records and cartoons, Karman provides the voice of Theodore and the members of the female spin-off group The Chipettes: Brittany, Jeanette, and Eleanor (Dody Goodman also did the voice of Miss Beatrice Miller as well).

Joiner, Arkansas

Joiner was the birthplace of record company executive Al Bennett, for whom the character Alvin of Alvin and the Chipmunks was named.

Pitch shift

Alvin and the Chipmunks recordings with David Seville (aka Ross Bagdasarian) were created by recording vocal tracks at slow speeds, then playing them back at normal speeds.

St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold

It still turned out to be the fourth biggest hit of the 2009 Christmas season, beaten only by Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes, and Avatar.

Switchblade Sisters

Lee was the voice of several supporting characters in the original Rainbow Brite series and Karman provides the voice of Theodore of Alvin and the Chipmunks.


Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

The Chipmunks and The Chipettes covered this song for the album in the 2011 film Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, sung alongside Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" and Katy Perry's "Firework".

Dare Me

The song was covered by The Chipettes in "Quarterback in Curlers," an episode of Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Fox Music

Highlights include the record-breaking soundtracks from Titanic, Waiting to Exhale, Moulin Rouge!, Garden State, Romeo + Juliet, The Full Monty, Hope Floats, Dr. Dolittle, Bulworth, Anastasia, Walk the Line, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Once, and Juno.

Harvey Karman

Karman was the father of Janice Karman, a singer-songwriter better known as Theodore Chipmunk of Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Here She Comes

1986 Alvin and the Chipmunks episode "Experimment in Error", as performed by The Chipettes

Linda Woolverton

In 1984 she worked as a children's television writer, penning scripts for shows such as Ewoks, The Real Ghostbusters, Alvin and the Chipmunks,"My Little Pony" Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers and Ducktales.

Natalie Cohen

She has made several minor on-screen appearances in such films as: Ocean's Thirteen (2007), Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007), The Hangover (2009), The Chosen One (2010), Date Night (2010), and Small Apartments (2012).

USA Cartoon Express

By the end of the 1980s, a more diverse lineup of cartoons aired on the Cartoon Express, including G.I. Joe, Transformers, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, The Real Ghostbusters, Jem, Robotech, and Alvin and the Chipmunks.

We'll Be Alright

The Chipmunks and The Chipettes covered the song as an exclusive iTunes bonus track on the Deluxe Digital Edition of the Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked: Music from the Motion Picture O.S.T. A few lyrics were changed in this version.


see also

Old Bridge High School

Cameron Richardson (born 1979, class of 1997), actress, star of Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Paramount Home Media Distribution

This distributor released Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Very First Alvin Show on DVD September 8, 2009 featuring A Chipmunk Reunion and Rockin' Through the Decades.

Ross Bagdasarian

Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. (1919–1972), creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks