Can’t say I have vivid childhood memories of Ross Bagdasarian Sr.’s “The Alvin Show.” But what I do vaguely recall is pleasant enough, as long as those helium chipmunk harmonies were limited to one ...

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Comedy. Starring Jason Lee, David Cross and Cameron Richardson. Directed by Tim Hill. (PG. 92 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. "Alvin and the Chipmunks" is a movie that features ...

The cartoon band isn’t a new concept. It dates back to at least the late 1950s, when Fresno’s Ross Bagdasarian Sr. — better known by the stage name David Seville — created the furry troubadours Alvin ...

John F. Kennedy was running for president in 1960 when he jotted off a memo to a songwriter. "I'm glad to know that I have at least one worthy opponent," the note said. Kennedy wasn't referring to ...

Animated chipmunks just naturally don't have all those really sweet moves. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (out on Blu-ray and DVD today) is the latest cinematic effort showcasing the various ...

Six decades is a long time in the life of a chipmunk. Alvin and his brothers started life as disembodied voices on a novelty record in 1958, and first appeared in animated form in the 1961 primetime ...

Forty-eight years ago, songwriter Ross Bagdasarian was taking a drive through California’s Yosemite National Park when a chipmunk scampered out in front of his car and stared him down in the way a ...

I’ve Never Heard Of Alvin And The Chipmunks. What Is It? Back in the 1950s, songwriter Ross Bagdasarian Sr. — famous for playing small roles in films like Rear Window and being in the cast of his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By the early '90s, though, those kids had all become teenagers and the new generation of younger viewers had more viewing options ...

Alvin and the Chipmunks is a running joke that's lasted fifty years. It began as a novelty record featuring witch doctors in the 1950s (speeding up vocals to chipmunk squeakiness) and branched out ...