Sonic the Hedgehog is still the most popular live-action animated franchise, but Alvin and the Chipmunks is even better.

Can’t say I have vivid childhood memories of Ross Bagdasarian Sr.’s “The Alvin Show.” But what I do vaguely recall is pleasant enough, as long as those helium chipmunk harmonies were limited to one ...

Alvin and the Chipmunks is a running joke that's lasted fifty years. It began as a novelty record featuring witch doctors in the 1950s (speeding up vocals to chipmunk squeakiness) and branched out ...

In the years since an aspiring small-time actor named Ross Bagdasarian bought a variable-speed tape recorder and sang “The Chipmunk Song” into its embedded microphone in 1958, his mischief-making ...

The persistence of “Alvin and the Chipmunks” as a cultural text is rather baffling. The mischievous singing rodents were created in 1958 for a novelty record, which makes them 57 years old. You’re ...

In 1958, Ross Bagdasarian Sr. used the last $200 he had to purchase a state-of-the-art tape recorder and crafted the blend of sped-up vocals/standard-paced music for his novelty hit “Witch Doctor.” ...

Ever seen a kid giggle at someone inhaling a helium balloon? Show them a high-pitched singing chipmunk and you can double that effect. Make that three chipmunks and you’ve hit paydirt - or so seems ...