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The Alvin Show is an American animated television series. It was the first animated show to feature the singing characters Alvin and the Chipmunks; it lasted for one season in prime time (October 4, 1961 – September 12, 1962) on CBS (Wednesdays, 7:30-8pm Eastern), and was initially telecast in black and white (color prints of the episodes were not seen until the series entered syndication in the fall of 1965).
'''The Alvin Show''' is an American animated television series. It was the first animated show to feature the singing characters Alvin and the Chipmunks; it lasted for one season in prime time (October 4, 1961 – September 12, 1962) on CBS (Wednesdays, 7:30-8pm Eastern), and was initially telecast in black and white (color prints of the episodes were not seen until the series entered syndication in the fall of 1965).


The Alvin Show was split into 4 different segments; a 7 minute Chipmunks cartoon, 1 music segment based around a song sung by the Chipmunks, a 7 minute cartoon with Clyde Crashcup, a crazy inventor, and 1 more music segment (different from the first one).  
The Alvin Show was split into 4 different segments; a 7 minute Chipmunks cartoon, 1 music segment based around a song sung by the Chipmunks, a 7 minute cartoon with Clyde Crashcup, a crazy inventor, and 1 more music segment (different from the first one).  
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If you have any lost segments, or anything in better quality then what is available above, please PM Rugratskid about it.
If you have any lost segments, or anything in better quality then what is available above, please PM Rugratskid about it.


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Revision as of 07:55, 11 February 2016

The Alvin Show is an American animated television series. It was the first animated show to feature the singing characters Alvin and the Chipmunks; it lasted for one season in prime time (October 4, 1961 – September 12, 1962) on CBS (Wednesdays, 7:30-8pm Eastern), and was initially telecast in black and white (color prints of the episodes were not seen until the series entered syndication in the fall of 1965).

The Alvin Show was split into 4 different segments; a 7 minute Chipmunks cartoon, 1 music segment based around a song sung by the Chipmunks, a 7 minute cartoon with Clyde Crashcup, a crazy inventor, and 1 more music segment (different from the first one).

The Alvin Show was syndicated on many stations, with the last appearance of the show on TV being on 1995, when it was shown on Nickelodeon. Since then, only 3 episodes have been made available for purchase, and 2 VHS tapes with songs from the song in a sing-along format, which are now out of print. The segments have been swapped around many times in syndication.

In 2008-ish, segments from The Alvin Show were uploaded to YouTube, but were taken down by Bagdasarian Productions, the owners of the show. In 2012, a user named "Rugratskid" began re-uploading segments to YouTube, which were later removed by Bagdasarian Productions. Rugratskid then began collecting any segments he could fine. As of now, he has all 26 of the 7 minute Chipmunks cartoons, around 10 of the Clyde Crashcup segments, and around 85% of the music segments. In 2015, Rugratskid found listings on Ebay for 16mm copies of Alvin Show segments. He sent the links to Badgasarian Productions Facebook page, who proceeded to buy all of them. He is still looking for any segments in better quality, or any that are still lost. Segments that are found and lost are listed below. Bold titles are found, and any that aren't bold are still not found.


# The Chipmunks Musical Segment 1 Clyde Crashcup Musical Segment 2
1 Good Neighbor Buffalo Gals Invents Jokes America The Beautiful
2 Ostrich Mexico-the Brave Chipmunks Invents Self-Preservation Yankee Doodle
3 Squares Italy-Oh, Gondaliero! Invents Glass I Wish I Could Speak French
4 Sam Valiant, Private Nose August Dear Invents the Chair Working on the Railroad
5 Overworked Alvin When Johnny Comes Marching Home Invents the West Swanee River
6 Alvin's Curse Old MacDonald-Cha, Cha, Cha Invents the Baseball Switzerland-the Magic Mountain
7 Alvin's Alter-Ego Japanese Banana Invents the Bathtub The Pidgin English Hula
8 Stanley the Eagle Stuck in Arabia Invents the Wife I Wish I Had A Horse
9 Fancy Chipmunk Fun Invents Flight Good Morning Song
10 Sam Valiant: Real Estate Alvin for President Invents the Baby Home on the Range
11 Dude Ranch Witch Doctor Invents the Stove Lilly of Laguna
12 Camping Trip Spain Invents Music Row, Row, Row Your Boat
13 Bentley Van Rolls Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Invents First Aid Comin' Thru' The Rye
14 The Whistler Coming Around the Mountain Invents Electricity Pop Goes the Weasel
15 Love Sick Dave If You Love Me (Alouette) Invents Egypt Maria from Madrid
16 Jungle Rhythm Alvin's Orchestra Invents the Bed The Little Dog
17 Theodore's Dog The Chipmunk Song Invents the Telephone Alvin's Harmonica
18 Hillbilly Son Three Blind Mice Invents Do-it-Yourself Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
19 Little League Clementine Invents the Time Machine Sing A Goofy Song
20 Eagle in Love Bicycle Built For Two Invents the Shoe On Top of Old Smokey
21 Alvin's Studio Whistle While You Work Invents Physical Fitness Ragtime Cowboy Joe
22 Haunted House My Wild Irish Rose Invents the Ship The Band Played On
23 Sir Alvin Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair This is Your Life, Clyde Crashcup! Funiculi-Funicula
24 Good Manners Git Along, Little Doggies Invents the Birthday Party The Man on the Flying Trapeze
25 Eagle Music Polly Wolly Doodle Invents Self Defense Down in the Valley
26 Disc Jockey The Alvin Twist Invents Crashcupland While Strolling in the Park

You can download the found segments below.

Alvin Episodes: https://mega.co.nz/#F!fAhRVaIJ!Fo65VC3pyPOK212aGPPanw

Music Segments: https://mega.co.nz/#F!qcwmgRpC!Y0gy8hmYh38FhOOeyZe78A

Clyde Crashcup Episodes: https://mega.co.nz/#F!4tVDzKQL!xBQsnaKSUI1cDJvMVO7uHw

There are some places online where you can buy The Alvin Show, none of which I (Rugratskid) have bought from, only due to a lack of having any money.

4 Volumes Here: http://shop.toonarific.com/search.php?mode=search&page=1 (got screenshots from these discs from someone back in 2012, so I can confirm it's real)

http://www.collectorsheaven.info/The-Alvin-Show-Complete-Series.html (Got a mp4 of disc 1 from someone in mid 2012; they are Nick reruns recorded on VHS, but Nick seemed to have the best quality reruns, at least from what I've found)

http://classicmoviesdvd.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=83 (only $7, thought about getting this one, but I have literally no money so I haven't)

If you have any lost segments, or anything in better quality then what is available above, please PM Rugratskid about it.