(Source: LA Times) "A Chipmunk Christmas" was the franchise's first television special and aired in 1981. This was followed by the debut of "Alvin and the Chipmunks" in 1983. The animated series ...

(Source: LA Times) "A Chipmunk Christmas" was the franchise's first television special and aired in 1981. This was followed by the debut of "Alvin and the Chipmunks" in 1983. The animated series ...

From there, he came up with the idea of the Chipmunks ... And so: “The Chipmunk Song,” the song where the personalities of Alvin, Simon, and Theodore all begin to assert themselves.