The Alvin Show
The Alvin Show
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The Alvin Show

8.3 / 10
1961
1 season
26 episodes
Animation

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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The Alvin Show | Opening (1961)

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Seasons

  • Good Neighbor

    1.Good Neighbor

    04-10-196130m

    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 Ch...

  • Ostrich

    2.Ostrich

    11-10-196130m

    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 r...

  • Squares

    3.Squares

    18-10-196130m

    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 televi...

  • Sam Valiant, Private Nose

    4.Sam Valiant, Private Nose

    25-10-196130m

    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.

  • Overworked Alvin

    5.Overworked Alvin

    01-11-196130m

    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 T...

  • Alvin's Cruise

    6.Alvin's Cruise

    08-11-196130m

    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 const...

  • Alvin's Alter-Ego

    7.Alvin's Alter-Ego

    15-11-196130m

    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 t...

  • Stanley the Eagle

    8.Stanley the Eagle

    22-11-196130m

    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 flyin...

  • Fancy

    9.Fancy

    29-11-196130m

    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 accid...

  • Sam Valiant: Real Estate

    10.Sam Valiant: Real Estate

    06-12-196130m

    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 Valian...

  • Dude Ranch

    11.Dude Ranch

    13-12-196130m

    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...

  • Camping Trip

    12.Camping Trip

    20-12-196130m

    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.

  • Bentley Van Rolls

    13.Bentley Van Rolls

    27-12-196130m

    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...

  • The Whistler

    14.The Whistler

    03-01-196230m

    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 wi...

  • Lovesick Dave

    15.Lovesick Dave

    10-01-196230m

    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 hom...

  • Jungle Rhythm

    16.Jungle Rhythm

    17-01-196230m

    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...

  • Theodore's Dog

    17.Theodore's Dog

    24-01-196230m

    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 muc...

  • Hillbilly Son

    18.Hillbilly Son

    31-01-196230m

    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.

  • Little League

    19.Little League

    07-02-196230m

    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 Al...

  • Eagle in Love

    20.Eagle in Love

    14-02-196230m

    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.) Unfortu...

  • Alvin's Studio

    21.Alvin's Studio

    21-02-196230m

    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...

  • Haunted House

    22.Haunted House

    28-02-196230m

    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...

  • Sir Alvin

    23.Sir Alvin

    07-03-196230m

    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 ord...

  • Good Manners

    24.Good Manners

    14-03-196230m

    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 m...

  • Eagle Music

    25.Eagle Music

    21-03-196230m

    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 upse...

  • Disc Jockey

    26.Disc Jockey

    28-03-196230m

    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 brothe...

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