A Chipmunk Christmas

A Chipmunk Christmas
Written byRoss Bagdasarian
Janice Karman
Directed byPhil Monroe
StarringRoss Bagdasarian Jr.
Janice Karman
R.J. Williams
Music byChris Caswell
Country of originUnited States
Production
ProducersRoss Bagdasarian
Janice Karman
Running time24 minutes (without commercials)
Production companiesBagdasarian Productions
Chuck Jones Enterprises
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseDecember 14, 1981 (1981-12-14)
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A Chipmunk Christmas is a 1981 animated Christmas television special based on characters from Alvin and the Chipmunks.[1] Produced by Bagdasarian Productions in association with Chuck Jones Enterprises, it first aired on NBC December 14, 1981, nine years after the death of Alvin and the Chipmunks creator Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (also known as David Seville).[2] This was the first time that Alvin, Simon and David Seville were voiced by Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and the first time that Theodore was voiced by Janice Karman.

  1. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 46. ISBN 9781476672939.
  2. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 74–75. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.