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Bagdasarian Productions (also credited as Bagdasarian Company) is an American production company founded by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919-1972) (also known as David Seville) on February 20, 1961. The company holds the rights to Alvin and the Chipmunks and related intellectual property assets.
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The series focuses three chipmunk brothers, Alvin, Simon and Theodore. The trio have been adopted by and are living with Dave (human). Each episode finds the boys getting into trouble and new and unusual situations.
Main
1. The Chipmunks: the main characters of the series 1.1. Alvin Seville (voiced by Ross Bagdasarian, Jr.): the oldest brother and leader of the Chipmunks, Alvin is the talented troublemaker of the group. 1.2. Simon Seville(also voiced by Ross Bagdasarian, Jr.): the middle brother (also the tallest), Simon is the intelligent realist and the most responsible of the group. 1.3. Theodore Seville (voiced by Janice Karman): the youngest brother, Theodore is the cute innocent butterball of the group....
Minor
1. Samantha (voiced by Janice Karman) - She is Dave's girlfriend in the series and is heavily inspired by The Alvin Show segment, Lovesick Dave and the DiC episode, Dave's Getting Married. She is also a caricature of her actress.
Development
After the Alvin and the Chipmunks 80s' series' cancellation in 1990, Bagdasarian broke its partnership with DiC Entertainment. The studio was unsatisfied with the poor-quality animation and its executive meddling. Several years later, Bagdasarian and Karman tried to pitch the series again throughout several different studios. First came Disney. The studio didn't want to do any Halloween specials starring the Chipmunks and Chipettes, realizing it might be too dark for family films and particip...
Writing
Writers from ToonMania and Life of the Noveltoons, such as Alexandra Farwell, Julian Reilly, Dianne Dixon, Jack Enyart, Matt Utiz and Ellinor Pullen, wrote the episodes for the show along with Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and his wife, Janice Karman. Two writers from Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs, Sherri Stoner and Deanna Oliver, were brought in to the series as well.
Animation
Animation for the series was outsourced to various studios, such as Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS Entertainment) (first season only), Wang Film Productions, Koko Enterprises, most notably PTA's Canadian subsidiary (intro and second season's Halloween special only) and Rough Draft Korea. Alvin and the Chipmunks was made with a higher production value than standard television animation; the show had a higher cel count than most TV cartoons. The Alvin and the Chipmunkscharacters often move fluidly, a...
Toys
1. Action figures were made and came out during the start of the second season.
Tie-ins
1. Golden Book stories were made based off the series. 2. A series of comic books based off the series was made by Paramount Comics.
The show is the result of the Chipmunks and Chipettes reverting to their late 80s/early 90s character designs. Also, Tom Chase and Steve Rucker returned to compose the music for the series.The show recreates elements from the Chipmunks' first TV incarnation, The Alvin Show, albeit new 90's style elements were added to rehash the entire show. Plus, the MWS/DiC closing credits sequence...Paramount wasn't the first option to pitch the series. Other options included Walt Disney Television for ABC, Saban Entertainment for Fox Kids, Columbia TriStar Television (through Adelaide Product...The series was originally intended to be cancelled after one season, like The Alvin Show. But after seeing high ratings of the show, it was renewed for six more seasons.In 2000, Bagdasarian Productions, led by Ross Jr., sued Universal Studios for $100 million claiming that the studio hadn't followed through with its licensing agreement.
Jul 27, 2022 · Enjoy this classic episode, plus two bonus episodes, Rockin' Through The Decades and A Chipmunk Reunion. 2009 DVD release by Paramount Home Entertainment with Bagdasarian Productions. This is the first time that The Alvin Show received a proper home media...
May 22, 2024 · Bagdasarian Productions is a production company which holds the rights to Alvin and the Chipmunks and related intellectual property assets. It is owned and operated by Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. and Janice Karman.
Jan 15, 2014 · Bagdasarian Productions (also credited as Bagdasarian Company) is a production company which holds the rights to Alvin and the Chipmunks and related intellectual property assets. The company is currently owned and operated by Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. and Janice Karman.
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Paramount Home Entertainment (formerly Paramount Home Video and Paramount Video) is the division of Paramount Pictures dealing with home video and was founded in 1976. Paramount handled all DVD releases of Chipmunk-related programming from 2005 to 2010 except for the four CGI/live-action films.
