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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Live on Stage!". Archived from the original on June 25, 2015 . Retrieved June 25, 2015. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Live On Stage. alvinandthechipmunkslive.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015. Their fourth Christmas album, A Very Merry Chipmunk, saw a release in 1994, then When You Wish Upon a Chipmunk in 1995, and Club Chipmunk: The Dance Mixes in 1996 which peaked in the Top 10 on Billboard's Top Kid Audio. The Chipmunks first appeared in comic book form on Dell Comics' Four Color Comics series, issue #1042 ( cover-dated Dec. 1959). Alvin, Theodore and Simon were depicted as somewhat realistic, nearly identical anthropomorphic rodents with almond-shaped eyes. When Herb Klynn's Format Films made a deal to develop the Three Chipmunks for animation, the old designs were rejected and new versions of the characters were created. Liberty Records eventually re-issued the early albums with the "new" Chipmunks and it was this new version of the Chipmunks that was used when Alvin's own title was released by Dell in 1962. Alvin and the Chipmunks Live Action Stage Show Commercial. YouTube.com. Retrieved 20 December 2018. The Chipmunks performed with Canned Heat on the band's interpretation of "The Chipmunk Song", which is sufficiently derivative of the Chipmunk's 1958 hit that Ross Bagdasarian Sr. gets sole writing credit. It was featured as the flip-side of the band's Christmas Blues single released in late 2009. [15]

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Perez, Rodrigo (January 3, 2008). "David Cross Defends Participation In Wretched 'Alvin And The Chipmunks' Film". The Playlist. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020 . Retrieved December 26, 2019.A week after Cross-published on his blog, The New York Observer interviewed him and reported that he "seemed genuinely hurt by the criticism he was being subjected to online." Cross stated while being interviewed: [75] Brodesser, Claude (September 14, 2004). " 'Alvin' to squeak again". Variety . Retrieved December 21, 2019. The Chipmunks first officially appeared on the scene in a novelty record released in late fall 1958 by Bagdasarian. The song, originally listed on the record label (Liberty F-55168) as "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)", featured the singing skills of the chipmunk trio. One phrase in the chorus has Alvin wishing for a hula hoop, which was that year's hot new toy. The novelty record was highly successful, selling more than 4 million copies in seven weeks, and it launched the careers of its chipmunk stars. It spent four weeks at Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart from December 22, 1958, to January 12, 1959, succeeding " To Know Him Is to Love Him" at Number 1 on the same chart by the Teddy Bears, a pop group that featured Phil Spector. It also earned three Grammy Awards and a nomination for Record of the Year. At the height of its popularity, Bagdasarian and three chipmunk hand-puppets appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, lip-synching the song. "The Chipmunk Song" appeared on the Chipmunks' debut album, Let's All Sing with the Chipmunks, in 1959, and was repeated on Christmas with the Chipmunks, released in 1962. The song also has been included on several compilation albums. Response towards Cross [ edit ] Negative fan responses as well as a joke about Cross' involvement in Alvin and the Chipmunks made in a blog by Patton Oswalt (pictured) influenced Cross to write on his blog about why he worked on the film. Ty Burr of the Boston Globe said, "the script leans heavily on the pranks and big-eyed cuteness of the li'l guys and leaves the live actors with unfunny dialogue and nothing to do." [44] According to The New York Times, "its animated protagonists are egregiously eclipsed by the live-action characters." [43] Chicago Reader criticized the "cardboard" characters of David Seville and Ian Hawke. [45] The most common censure was the film's satire on commercialism, which was hypocritical due to being bombarded with popular brands, including the chipmunks themselves. [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] Explained Burr, the film's message "is torn between the glitz that sells and the homilies that endure." [44]

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