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{{Short description|American animated TV series}}
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{{Infobox television
| image                = The Alvin Show logo.svg
| image_size           = 
| caption              = 
| genre                = {{Plainlist|
* [[Television comedy|Comedy]]
* [[Musical film|Musical]]
* [[Animated sitcom]]
}}
| runtime              = 25:40 per episode (7 minutes for The Chipmunks and Clyde Crashcup each, 3-4 minutes for both musical segments each)
| creator              = [[Ross Bagdasarian Sr.]]
| based_on             = {{Based on|[[Alvin and the Chipmunks]]||Ross Bagdasarian Sr.}}
| executive_producer   = [[Herbert Klynn]]
| producer             = Ross Bagdasarian Sr.
| writer               = {{Plainlist|
*  Ross Bagdasarian Sr. 
*  Jack Cosgriff 
*  [[Al Bertino]] 
*  [[Tedd Pierce]]  
*  Bill Danch 
*  Chris Jenkyns 
*  Jan Strejan 
*  Dale Hale
}}
| director             = {{Plainlist|
*  Osmond Evans 
*  [[Rudy Larriva]] 
*  [[Alan Zaslove]] 
*  [[Gil Turner (animator)|Gil Turner]] 
*    Hal Ambro 
*  [[Jack Kinney]]
}}
| voices               = {{Plainlist|
* Ross Bagdasarian Sr.
* [[Shepard Menken]]
* [[June Foray]]
* [[Lee Patrick (actress)|Lee Patrick]]
* [[Bill Lee (singer)|Bill Lee]]
* [[Johnny Mann]]
* [[Larry Storch]]
* Mort Marshall
* [[Daws Butler]]
* [[Paul Frees]]
}}
| theme_music_composer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Ross Bagdasarian Sr.]]
}}
| num_seasons          = 1
| num_episodes         = 26 (104 segments)
| composer             = {{Plainlist|
*  [[Ross Bagdasarian Sr.]] 
*  [[Johnny Mann]]
}}
| company              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Bagdasarian Productions|Bagdasarian Film Corporation]]
* [[Format Films]]
}}
| country              = United States
| network              = [[CBS]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1961|10|04}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1962|03|28}}
| related              = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983 TV series)|Alvin and the Chipmunks]]'' {{small|(1983–1990)}}
* ''[[Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks|ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks]]'' {{small|(2015–2023)}}
}}
}}

'''''The Alvin Show''''' is an American [[animated television series]] that aired on [[CBS]] in the early 1960s. This was the first series to feature the singing characters [[Alvin and the Chipmunks]]. ''The Alvin Show'' aired for one season, from October 4, 1961, to March 28, 1962<ref>{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |page=24}}</ref> and was originally sponsored by [[General Foods]] through its [[Jell-O]] gelatin and [[Post Consumer Brands|Post Cereal]] brands. Although the series was created in color, it was initially telecast in black and white. It was later rebroadcast in color from 1962-65 for Saturday mornings on CBS and again Saturday mornings on [[NBC]] in 1979.<ref name=Woolery>{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981 |date=1983 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1557-5  |url=https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool/page/14/mode/2up |access-date=14 March 2020 |pages=14–15}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Paietta |first1=Ann |last2=Kauppila |first2=Jean |title=Animals on Screen and Radio: An Annotated Sourcebook |date=1994 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810829398 |page=294}}</ref>

The series rode the momentum of creator [[Ross Bagdasarian Sr.]]'s original hit musical gimmick and developed the singing Chipmunk trio as rambunctious kids&ndash;particularly the show's namesake star&ndash;whose mischief contrasted to his tall, brainy brother Simon and his chubby, gluttonous brother Theodore, as well as their long-suffering, perpetually put-upon manager-[[father figure]], David Seville.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |pages=75–78}}</ref> The animation was produced by [[Herbert Klynn]]'s [[Format Films]]. The pilot episode, an early version of the fifth episode "Good Neighbor", was written and produced to sell the show to CBS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://animationresources.org/story-alvin-show-pilot-board/|title = Story: Alvin Show Pilot Board|date = 18 November 2021}}</ref> The actual show featured a re-worked version, which aired as part of the fifth episode. With producer Fred Calvert (who would later work on ''[[The Thief and the Cobbler]]'') calling them in, the opening sequence was animated by Bobe Cannon and assistant animated by [[Iwao Takamoto]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Takamoto |first1=Iwao |title=Iwao Takamoto : my life with a thousand characters |date=2009 |publisher=[[University Press of Mississippi]] |url=https://archive.org/details/iwaotakamotomyli0000taka/ |pages=99–100}}</ref>

Each episode consisted of a Chipmunks and Clyde Crashcup segment, both of them seven minutes long. Following each segment was a musical number with Dave and the Chipmunks.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Alvin Show - 20 WTXX TV Reruns |url=http://archive.org/details/alvin-20-wtxx-tv |access-date=2025-10-15}}</ref> Most of the songs came from the first three albums that had already been released by the time the show premiered (''[[Let's All Sing with The Chipmunks]]'', ''[[Sing Again with The Chipmunks]]'', and ''[[Around the World with The Chipmunks]]''). By the second half, all the songs from the new fifth album, ''[[The Chipmunk Songbook]]'', were also featured. In addition to the non-album ''[[Alvin for President]]'', "Maria from Madrid", which was previously released as a non-Chipmunks B-Side to "Judy" in 1959 under Bagdasarian's stage name of David Seville,{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} and two unreleased Chipmunk covers, "[[Oh My Darling, Clementine|Clementine]]" and "[[Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair]]", rounded out the remaining song segments.

The show was followed in 1983 by another Chipmunks series, ''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983 TV series)|Alvin and the Chipmunks]]'' which aired on NBC.

== Syndication ==
[[CBS]] reran the series on Saturday mornings after the show's prime time run ended in 1962.<ref name=Gitlin>{{cite book |last1=Gitlin |first1=Martin |last2=Wos |first2=Joseph |title=A Celebration of Animation: The 100 Greatest Cartoon Characters in Television History |date=2018 |publisher=Lyons Press |isbn=9781630762797|page=125}}</ref>

In the mid to late 1960s, the individual show segments were culled together and sold as a syndication package under the title ''Alvin and the Chipmunks''. The original episodes began airing under the ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' title on [[NBC]] Saturday mornings in 1979 for a short period.<ref name=Gitlin/><ref>{{cite news |title=Television Programs |url=https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252023%2FTarrytown%2520Ny%2520Daily%2520News%2FTarrytown%2520Ny%2520Daily%2520News%25201967%2FTarrytown%2520Ny%2520Daily%2520News%25201967%2520-%25200575.pdf%23xml%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffba4ef063%26DocId%3D5559766%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520S%26HitCount%3D4%26hits%3Df5%2B865%2B867%2B868%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252023%2FTarrytown%2520Ny%2520Daily%2520News%2FTarrytown%2520Ny%2520Daily%2520News%25201967%2FTarrytown%2520Ny%2520Daily%2520News%25201967%2520-%25200575.pdf&xml=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffba4ef063%26DocId%3D5559766%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520S%26HitCount%3D4%26hits%3Df5%2B865%2B867%2B868%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false |access-date=July 26, 2022 |publisher=The Daily News}}</ref>

Ross Bagdasarian Sr. died of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] on January 16, 1972, seemingly bringing to an end any further Chipmunk productions. Years later, his son, [[Ross Bagdasarian Jr.|Ross Jr.]], picked up on a disc jockey's joke and produced the album ''[[Chipmunk Punk]]'' in 1980.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaplarf |first1=Eliot |title=Chipmunks Off The Old Block |url=https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%25202%2FUtica%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Observer%2FUtica%2520NY%2520Observer%25201983%2520pdf%2FUtica%2520NY%2520Observer%25201983%2520-%25201663.pdf%23xml%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D318add69%26DocId%3D2408878%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520F%26HitCount%3D7%26hits%3D192%2B193%2B217%2B218%2B225%2B226%2B2a4%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%25202%2FUtica%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Observer%2FUtica%2520NY%2520Observer%25201983%2520pdf%2FUtica%2520NY%2520Observer%25201983%2520-%25201663.pdf&xml=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D318add69%26DocId%3D2408878%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520F%26HitCount%3D7%26hits%3D192%2B193%2B217%2B218%2B225%2B226%2B2a4%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false |access-date=July 26, 2022 |publisher=[[Observer-Dispatch]] |date=1983}}</ref> The success of ''Chipmunk Punk'' spurred renewed interest in a new animated series by [[Ruby-Spears]], which launched in September 1983 on NBC and was titled ''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983 TV series)|Alvin and the Chipmunks]]'', with Ross Jr. taking over for his father as the voices of Alvin, Simon, and Dave Seville. His wife, [[Janice Karman]], voiced Theodore, as well as [[The Chipettes]], who are the Chipmunks' female counterparts.<ref name=Gitlin/> The show ran until 1990, with episodes after 1988 produced by [[DIC Entertainment]] (eleven episodes were produced by [[Fred Wolf Films|Murakami-Wolf-Swenson]] in association with DIC; these were strictly for a syndication package that included all of the Ruby-Spears produced by episodes).

To coincide with the new series, [[Viacom (original)|Viacom Enterprises]] distributed reruns of ''The Alvin Show'' to local (mostly independent and future [[FOX Television|Fox]]) stations; the rerun package was also carried nationally over [[superstation]]s [[WGN America|WGN]] and [[TBS Superstation|WTBS]] at various times beginning in September 1983 and ran for mostly a few years on half of the markets. However, some stations continue to run the show at various times as late as 1993. Prior to its superstation runs, ''The Alvin Show'' was picked up in a few markets such as [[WKBD-TV|Detroit]], [[WNYW|New York]], [[WKBF-TV|Cleveland]], and in international markets such as in [[Network Ten|Australia]] and [[Brazil]] among others. The show made its way to Europe in the United Kingdom when the [[BBC]] (now [[BBC One]]) began broadcasting the program as well.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

In 1981, Clyde Crashcup made an appearance during a dream sequence in ''[[A Chipmunk Christmas]]''. During recent network airings of the special, the sequence has been cut out, due to network time constraints concerning commercial ad time.

In 1990, ''The Alvin Show'' versions of the Chipmunks and Clyde Crashcup reappeared in an episode of ''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983 TV series)|The Chipmunks Go To the Movies]]'' titled "Back to Alvin's Future" (a spoof of the 1985 movie, ''[[Back to the Future]]'').

A majority of the songs and clips from ''The Alvin Show'' were featured in the ''Alvin and the Chipmunks Sing Along Songs'' VHS releases that were released in the mid-1990s. The songs, however, were slightly remixed to sound more modern. The only song that kept its original broadcast soundtrack was "Alvin's Orchestra" in the 1993 Sing-Along video ''Ragtime Cowboy Joe''. The Bagdasarian closing logo from the show was also remixed in the 1994 Sing-Along video, ''Working on the Railroad''.

[[Nickelodeon]] picked up [[United States|US]] broadcast rights to ''The Alvin Show'' on March 7, 1994, after the last of a few independent stations pulled the show. The prints from the syndicated reruns were digitized and the Nickelodeon logo was added to several spots in the opening theme. The show aired as part of Nickelodeon's morning lineup for most of the next year.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

During this time, as well as for some time after the full episodes stopped airing, the individual Chipmunk and Clyde Crashcup cartoons and musical segments were inserted into episodes of ''[[Weinerville]]''. In 1996, Nickelodeon stopped showing ''The Alvin Show'' segments altogether and no television station has aired them since then.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

== Voice cast ==
* [[Ross Bagdasarian Sr.]] - [[Alvin and the Chipmunks#Alvin Seville|Alvin Seville]], [[Alvin and the Chipmunks#Simon Seville|Simon Seville]], [[Alvin and the Chipmunks#Theodore|Theodore Seville]], [[Alvin and the Chipmunks#Dave Seville|David Seville]], Sam Valiant, Gondaliero; additional voices
* [[Shepard Menken]] - [[Clyde Crashcup]], Neighbor; additional voices
* [[June Foray]] - Daisy Bell, Mrs. Frumpington (provides singing voice in "Squares"); additional voices
* [[Bill Lee (singer)|Bill Lee]] - Additional voices
* [[Johnny Mann]] - Additional voices
* [[Lee Patrick (actress)|Lee Patrick]] - Mrs. Frumpington; additional voices
* [[Daws Butler]] - Additional voices
* [[Larry Storch]] - Additional voices
* [[Paul Frees]] - Additional voices 
* Mort Marshall - Additional voices

== Episodes (1961–1962) ==
26 episodes each were produced for the ''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks]]'' and ''[[Clyde Crashcup]]'' segments, along with 52 musical segments.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color: #fbdb90" | #
! style="background-color: #fbdb90" | ''The Chipmunks''
! style="background-color: #fbdb90" | Musical Segment 1
! style="background-color: #fbdb90" | ''Clyde Crashcup''
! style="background-color: #fbdb90" | Musical Segment 2
! style="background-color: #fbdb90" | Original air date
|-
|1||Stanley the Eagle||[['O sole mio|Oh Gondaliero]]||Clyde Crashcup Invents Baseball||I Wish I Could Speak French||{{Start date|1961|10|04}}
|-
|2||Sam Valiant, Private Nose||August Dear||Clyde Crashcup Invents the Bathtub||Alvin's Orchestra||{{Start date|1961|10|11}}
|-
|3||Squares||[[Old Folks at Home|Swanee River]]||Clyde Crashcup Invents the Wife||The Magic Mountain||{{Start date|1961|10|18}}
|-
|4||Ostrich||The Brave Chipmunks||Clyde Crashcup Invents the Baby||[[Yankee Doodle]]||{{Start date|1961|10|25}}
|-
|5||Good Neighbor||The Little Dog (Oh Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone)||Clyde Crashcup Invents Electricity||[[Old MacDonald Had a Farm|Old MacDonald Cha Cha Cha]]||{{Start date|1961|11|01}}
|-
|6||Fancy||Japanese Banana||Clyde Crashcup Invents Music||[[When Johnny Comes Marching Home]]||{{Start date|1961|11|08}}
|-
|7||Alvin's Alter Ego||The Pidgin English Hula||Clyde Crashcup Invents the West||Chipmunk Fun||{{Start date|1961|11|15}}
|-
|8||Sam Valiant, Real Estate||[[I've Been Working on the Railroad|Working on the Railroad]]||Clyde Crashcup Invents the Stove||Stuck in Arabia||{{Start date|1961|11|22}}
|-
|9||Camping Trip||Good Morning Song||Clyde Crashcup Invents Jokes||I Wish I Had a Horse||{{Start date|1961|11|29}}
|-
|10||Overworked Alvin||[[Witch Doctor (song)|Witch Doctor]]||Clyde Crashcup Invents Flight||[[The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)]]||{{Start date|1961|12|06}}
|-
|11||Dude Ranch||[[Home on the Range]]||Clyde Crashcup Invents First Aid||[[Alvin for President]]||{{Start date|1961|12|13}}
|-
|12||Jungle Rhythm||[[Lily of Laguna]]||Clyde Crashcup Invents Egypt||[[Row, Row, Row Your Boat]]||{{Start date|1961|12|20}}
|-
|13||Bentley Van Rolls||[[Swing Low, Sweet Chariot]]||Clyde Crashcup Invents Self-Preservation||[[Comin' Thro' the Rye|Comin' Thru the Rye]]||{{Start date|1961|12|27}}
|-
|14||Good Manners||[[Daisy Bell|Bicycle Built for Two]]||Clyde Crashcup Invents Physical Fitness||[[Ragtime Cowboy Joe#The Chipmunks|Ragtime Cowboy Joe]]||{{Start date|1962|01|03}}
|-
|15||Little League||[[Buffalo Gals]]||Clyde Crashcup Invents the Chair||[[The Fountain in the Park|While Strolling in the Park One Day]]||{{Start date|1962|01|10}} 
|-
|16||Hillbilly Son||Spain||Clyde Crashcup Invents the Bed||[[Pop Goes the Weasel]]||{{Start date|1962|01|17}}
|-
|17||Alvin's Cruise||[[Alvin's Harmonica]]||Clyde Crashcup Invents the Telephone||If You Love Me (Alouette)||{{Start date|1962|01|24}}
|-
|18||Lovesick Dave||[[She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain|Coming 'Round the Mountain]]||Clyde Crashcup Invents the Time Machine||[[Three Blind Mice|The Three Blind-Folded Mice]]||{{Start date|1962|01|31}} 
|-
|19||Eagle In Love||Sing a Goofy Song||Clyde Crashcup Invents Do it Yourself||[[Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star]]||{{Start date|1962|02|07}} 
|-
|20||Theodore's Dog||[[Oh My Darling, Clementine|Clementine]]||Clyde Crashcup Invents the Shoe||Maria from Madrid||{{Start date|1962|02|14}} 
|-
|21||Haunted House||[[Whistle While You Work]]||Clyde Crashcup Invents Glass||[[My Wild Irish Rose]]||{{Start date|1962|02|21}}
|-
|22||Alvin's Studio||[[Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair]]||[[This Is Your Life (American franchise)|This is Your Life, Clyde Crashcup!]]||[[The Band Played On]]||{{Start date|1962|02|28}} 
|-
|23||The Whistler||The Alvin Twist||Clyde Crashcup Invents the Boat||[[The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze (song)|The Man on the Flying Trapeze]]||{{Start date|1962|03|07}} 
|-
|24||Sir Alvin||[[Git Along, Little Dogies]]||Clyde Crashcup Invents Crashcupland||[[Down in the Valley (folk song)|Down in the Valley]]||{{Start date|1962|03|14}} 
|-
|25||Disc Jockey||[[Funiculì, Funiculà]]||Clyde Crashcup Invents Birthdays||[[Polly Wolly Doodle]]||{{Start date|1962|03|21}}
|-
|26||Eagle Music||[[On Top of Old Smoky]]||Clyde Crashcup Invents Self-Defense||[[America the Beautiful]]||{{Start date|1962|03|28|}}
|}

[[General Foods]] was the show's main sponsor; as such, Dave Seville and The Chipmunks appeared in several humorous half-minute commercials for [[Jell-O]] and [[Post Cereals]].

== Home media ==
In 1993-94, [[Buena Vista Home Video]] released the home video series ''Alvin and the Chipmunks Sing Alongs'', featuring musical segments from ''The Alvin Show''. Both videos in this series have never been released to DVD.

However, on September 8, 2009, [[Paramount Home Media Distribution|Paramount Home Entertainment]] released the first episode of the show, along with two "modern" specials. In 2014, "The Brave Chipmunks" musical sequence was released as a bonus feature on ''[[The Chipmunk Adventure]]'' Blu-ray and DVD combo pack. In 2015, three complete episodes (#01, #04, and #10) were released together as ''The Alvin Show'' on Blu-ray and DVD.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Alvin-DVD-Update/20668 |title=The Alvin Show DVD news: Update about the Alvin Show &#124; TVShowsOnDVD.com |access-date=2016-01-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130235602/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Alvin-DVD-Update/20668 |archive-date=2016-01-30 }}</ref>

== International broadcast ==
{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2022}}
* Australia
** [[Network Ten]] (1973 & 1997-2001)
** [[Nickelodeon (Australia and New Zealand)|Nickelodeon]] (2002-2004)
* Canada
** [[CBMT-DT|CBMT]] (1966)
* Chile
** [[TVN (Chile)|TVN]] (1969–1973 & 1975–1979)
* Russia
** [[Channel One Russia]] (1992–1996)
** [[Russia-1 (TV channel)|Russia-1]] (1996–1998)
* United Kingdom
** [[BBC One|BBC]] (1962)
** [[Nickelodeon (UK and Ireland)|Nickelodeon]] (1995–1997)
** [[Cartoon Network (UK and Ireland)|Cartoon Network]] (1997–2000)
** [[Toon Disney (UK and Ireland)|Toon Disney]] (2000–2004)
* Italy
** [[Hiro (TV channel)|Hiro]] (1980)
** [[Italia 7]] (1980)
*  Brazil (Unconfirmed)
**  [[TV Rio]] (1968)
**  [[Record TV]] (1969)
**  [[TV Piratini]] (1970)

===Syndicated stations===
{{update|date=July 2022}}
** '''[[WTBS-TV]]''' - [[Atlanta, Georgia]]
** '''[[WGN-TV]]''' - [[Chicago, Illinois]]
** '''[[WNEW-TV]]''' - [[New York City]] (first station to run the show as a syndicated series on weekday afternoons in 1965, shortly before CBS cancelled its run as a Saturday Morning program)
** '''[[KTVU-TV]]''' - [[San Francisco, California]]
** [[WSFL-TV]] - [[Miami, Florida]]
** [[WXIX-TV]] - [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]
** [[KXTX-TV]] - [[Dallas, Texas]]
** [[WVTV-TV]] - [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]
** [[WPSG|WGBS-TV]] - [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
** [[WXNE-TV]] - [[Boston, Massachusetts]]
** [[WTXX-TV]] - [[Hartford, Connecticut]]
** [[WUSA-TV|WTOP-TV]] - [[Washington, District of Columbia]] (aired on Sunday mornings from January until September 1970)
** [[WDCW|WFTY-TV]] - [[Washington, District of Columbia]]
** [[WPNT|WPTT-TV]] - [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]
** [[WTTE-TV]] - [[Columbus, Ohio]]
** [[WKBF-TV]] - [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
** [[WOIO-TV]] - [[Cleveland, Ohio]] (aired weekday mornings in the mid-1980s)
** [[WKBD-TV]] - [[Detroit, Michigan]]
** [[WRDC|WPTF-TV]] - [[Raleigh, North Carolina]] (aired on Sundays in the mid-1980s)
** [[KSMO-TV|KZKC-TV]] - [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
** [[WISH-TV]] - [[Indianapolis, Indiana]] (ran as a syndicated program before CBS's Saturday Morning block in the early 1990s)
** [[WFTS-TV]] - [[Tampa, Florida]]
** [[WTZA-TV]] - [[Kingston, New York]]
** [[WSWB|WOLF-TV]] - [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]]
** [[WSAZ-TV]] - [[Huntington, West Virginia]] (ran as a syndicated program before NBC's Saturday Morning block in the early-1980s)

==Further reading==
* {{Cite book|title=Aaaaalllvvviiinnn!!!: The Story of Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., Liberty Records, Format Films and The Alvin Show |last=Arnold|first=Mark|author-link= Mark Arnold (historian)|year=2019|isbn=9781629334325|publisher=BearManor Media}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Wikiquote}}
* [http://www.toonopedia.com/alvin.htm Alvin and the Chipmunks page at ''Toonopedia'']
* {{IMDb title|0054514|The Alvin Show}}

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