The Alvin Show was the first television series 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 just one season in prime time. 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 (and usually exasperated) his tall, brainy brother Simon and his chubby, gluttonous brother Theodore, as well as their long-suffering, perpetually put-upon manager-father figure, Dave Seville.

Cast and Characters
Voices

• Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. as Alvin, Simon, Theodore, David Seville
• Shepard Menken as Clyde Crashcup
• June Foray as Mrs. Frumpington and other female voices
• Bill Lee
• Johnny Mann
• Lee Patrick
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• Alvin
• Simon
• Theodore
• David Seville
• Clyde Crashcup
• Mrs. Frumpington

Broadcast History
First Telecast:SeptOctober 4, 1961
Last Telecast: September 12, 1962
Number of Episodes: 26
Number of Seasons: 1
Original Network: CBS

• October 4, 1961- September 1962, CBS, Wednesday 7:30-8:00pm

Theme Song and Opening Credits

This is the Alvin Show, The Alvin Show, You'll positively gonna love the Alvin Show. There's Dave Seville, And what is more Here's the boy we know as Theodore. Now you see, On camera three, The brother known as Simon on the family tree. And here's the star of the show, Alvin, Alvin! (musical interlude) Spoken: I am Clyde Crashcup Spoken: Clyde Crashcup, the great inventor. Ready, here we go, Here's the Alvin Show.

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