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Several years after the death of novelty album recording artist Ross Bagdasarian, his son Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. brought his father's most popular creation, Alvin and the Chipmunks, back to life with a record album called Chipmunk Punk (1980). The resurgence in popularity of the high-pitched, squeaky-voiced, animated chipmunks Alvin (the mischievous one), Theodore (the giggly, shy, fat one) and Simon (the brainy one) allowed Bagdasarian, Jr. to follow that project with Alvin & the Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Christmas (1981), a half-hour television special and accompanying record album. Voicing the same character Bagdasarian had, that of the chipmunks' "father" Dave Seville, Bagdasarian, Jr. created the story of the chipmunks preparing a Carnegie Hall appearance, only to realize that Alvin has given away his harmonica, an instrument with which he's scheduled to perform a solo. On the play list for their big show was "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas, Don't Be Late)," the single that launched the chipmunks' decades-spanning career in 1958. So popular was Alvin & the Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Christmas, that in 1983, NBC produced a second chipmunks TV series, Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983-1990), which ran as a Saturday morning children's program, spawning a variety of videos and further record albums. Karl Williams

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Nearly a decade after the heyday of the daily cartoon series Alvin & the Chipmunks came this Halloween-themed cable TV special. Anxious to join the Monster Club, precocious singing chipmunk Alvin undergoes a grueling trick-or-treat initiation. Naturally, things go awry, spelling trouble not only for Alvin but for his chipmunk siblings Simon and Theodore--not to mention long-suffering David Seville. In keeping with the Chipmunks' tradition of "covering" popular songs, this special includes a spirited rendition of the 1961 novelty hit "The Monster Mash." Trick or Treason debuted October 28, 1994, over the USA network, which was then showing reruns of the original Alvin & the Chipmunks. Hal Erickson

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Includes three holiday-themed DVDs in one gift set:
Trick Or Treason includes five adventurous and hilarious Halloween themed episodes from the classic Alvin and The Chipmunks TV series:
Trick or Treason
Babysitter Fright Night
Theodore's Life as a Dog
Nightmare on Seville Street
No Chipmunk is an Island

Alvin's Thanksgiving Celebration includes:
A Chipmunk Celebration (Thanksgiving)
Food For Thought
Cookie Chomper III
Dave's Getting Married

A Chipmunk Christmas features three adventure and music-filled episodes, including the classic Chipmunk Song, "Christmas Don't Be Late"
A Chipmunk Christmas
Merry Christmas Mr. Carroll
Dave's Wonderful Life

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Celebrate Thanksgiving Chipmunk style with these fun-filled original episodes from Alvin and the Chipmunks. On this DVD, the world-famous Chipmunks, Alvin, Simon and Theodore perform in a play, recall famous moments in American History, take care of a kitten, and face the marriage of Dave!

Product Details

• UPC: 097368926349
• Source: PARAMOUNT
• Region Code: 1
• Presentation: Pan & Scan
• Editions: Slip Sleeve, Mixed Media Set
• Time: 3:41:00
• Sales Rank: 10,425

This set contains DVDs which may be available separately:

• Alvin and the Chipmunks - Trick or Treason
• Alvin and the Chipmunks - A Chipmunk Christmas
• Alvin and the Chipmunks - Alvin's Thanksgiving Celebration

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