Talk:Alvin and the Chipmunks

A Bit Of Editing

I just simply added a break between the description and the characters ( give my own long descriptions, along with new pictures). I also removed the "tone" tag too, since I've read and I haven't seen anything wrong with the tone about the Chipmunks, such as the other who took it out before me. If you're going to, at least explain WHY you think it is and fix it yourself instead of tagging it. The too much trivia tag I removed too, since it only explains the Pop culture influence, is part of the article, and is not "too much" either. Seriously. I did some minor edits, capitalized a few things, but otherwise nothing more.

Talk of a movie

There was in late September 2004 talk of a CGI/live action motion picture in the works through 20th Century Fox. The reader might want to check out this news article and this discussion. I take it the Bagdasarians prevailed in their case against Universal? - knoodelhed 08:27, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I agree that seems likely... but I haven't been able to find any announcements to confirm. I'm a little concerned the movie will turn out to be vapor (or, worse, be unwatchable)... If you can find a press release or other documentation that the lawsuit is over, that would be helpful. JRP

Maybe there should be some discussion of the speeded-up vocal technique and its use in recordings by artists like The Goons, Pinky and Perky and Sweety the Chick. Lee M 22:56, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Since the movie has recently been confirmed, does anyone think there is a possibly of a return of either The Alvin Show or Alvin & the Chipmunks; or (preferably) both? 208.27.124.172 22:54, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge

The article List of songs by Alvin and the Chipmunks was nominated for deletion. The debate was closed on 27 November 2005 with a consensus to merge the content into the article associated with this talk page. If the merger is not completed promptly, List of songs by Alvin and the Chipmunks might be re-nominated for deletion.

To discuss the merger, please use this talk page.

I carried out this merge per AfD consensus. The highly incomplete list of songs was partly redundant with the list of singles, so I instead merged the extended covers info to those. IMO, there ware way too many AS&T songs to fit on the main page, so a list is warranted—if someone recreated a comprehensive one, I'd vote to keep for sure. Brighterorange 17:36, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Chipmunks' Background

Can someone write a section on the Chipmunks' background? The Chipettes have one, so why not Alvin and the gang? - NES Boy 21:47, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removed "tone" marker

I don't see much wrong with the "tone" of this article about fictional singing special-effects rodents. If you do see something wrong, fix it, and forego the hifalutin marker. Ortolan88 17:43, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvios

The bios of The Chipmunks (and The Chipettes) look like they were ripped from the Chipmunks website (http://www.chipmunks.com/bios.php). Can somebody check this article and other related articles (Alvin and the Chipmunks (TV series), The Chipettes, etc.)? --Geopgeop 05:30, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mr. Lonely

† Does anyone know if that's The Chipmunks featured with Akon in Mr. Lonely if it that was just done with a computer?

I think it was just the original (Bobby Vinton) sped up. -- JaffaCakeLover 18:41 28 January 2007 (GMT)

Pitch-shifting as part of Pop Culture Influence?

Proposed addition for pop culture influences section:

William A. Dembski utilized pitch-shifting his own voice to produce a flash animation attacking Judge John E. Jones III. There is crossover with the influence of Matt Stone and Trey Parker, as the animation features a lot of flatulence as well.

See this section of Dembski's talk page for more details. --Wesley R. Elsberry 17:55, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Name of the group

In case this info might be of use...

On the very first record (the "Chipmunk Song" single in its original issue, Liberty F-55168) the artist was credited as "The Chipmunks, Alvin, Theodore & Simon, with The Music Of David Seville." (David Seville's non-Chipmunk singles usually listed the artist as "The Music Of David Seville." (Several Chipmunk singles had non-Chipmunk Seville B-sides.)

For a while afterwards, the credit said "David Seville And The Chipmunks." Starting in 1961, it said, "Alvin, Simon & Theodore With David Seville." (In fact, The Alvin Show album does not use the Chipmunks name at all, and some early 1980s vinyl reissues again list the artist on the label as "Alvin, Simon & Theodore With David Seville," and not "The Chipmunks." (On most of the later singles, it's a compromise: "The Chipmunks, Alvin, Simon & Theodore With David Seville.")

I don't think "Alvin & The Chipmunks" was ever used in the original (Bagdasarian, Sr.) incarnation of the Chipmunks.