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won the Golden Reel Award in the category "Best Sound Editing–Direct to Video– Sound Editorial" for the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein. a b c Leydon, Joe (December 13, 2007). "Alvin and the Chipmunks". Variety. Archived from the original on June 28, 2017 . Retrieved December 13, 2011. Alvin and The Chimpmunks and The Magic Camera from 1984 – Video Dailymotion. Dailymotion.com. Retrieved 7 May 2012. Weitzman, Elizabeth (June 3, 2008). " 'Chipmunks' drive us to rodent rage". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020 . Retrieved December 24, 2019.
After the success of "Witch Doctor", Liberty Records asked Bagdasarian to create another successful novelty record. He then came up with three singing chipmunks who were named, as an inside joke, after executives at Liberty Records. Alvin (named after Al Bennett), Simon (named after Si Waronker), and Theodore ( Ted Keep). [6] a b Hartlaub, Peter (December 14, 2007). "Review: 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' get a 21st century update". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on November 14, 2011 . Retrieved December 24, 2019. Both movies featured the original cast of the second series reprising their roles as the tone was very similar to the series. Universal lost the rights to the characters in 2002 due to a breach of contract with Bagdasarian Productions.
a b Ebert, Roger (December 13, 2007). "Alvin and the Chipmunks". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020 . Retrieved December 23, 2019. Super Duper Bad: The Worst Films of 2007". PopMatters. January 10, 2008. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020 . Retrieved December 25, 2019. was nominated for a Young Artist Award in the category "Best Motion Picture–Animation" for the movie The Chipmunk Adventure. a b "Alvin and the Chipmunks". Time Out London. December 17, 2007. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020 . Retrieved December 24, 2019.
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a b c Haber, Matt (January 10, 2008). "In Defense of David Cross". The New York Observer. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020 . Retrieved December 26, 2019. Bagdasarian (again as Seville) recorded a follow-up song, " The Bird on My Head", singing a duet with his own sped-up voice as the bird. It also reached the Top 40, peaking at No. 34. [4] While driving in Sequoia National Park, Bagdasarian saw a chipmunk dash in front of him. That moment inspired him to create his chipmunk characters. [5] He again used the same technique to pitch up the voice to create the chipmunks. The Chipmunks made multiple appearances on ads for Food Safety to help kids learn safe food practices. won three Grammy Awards for Best Recording for Children, Best Comedy Performance and Best Engineered Record–Non-Classical for the song "The Chipmunk Song" (it was also nominated for Record of the Year, but did not win).Jason Lee as David "Dave" Seville, a struggling songwriter and father figure to Alvin, Simon and Theodore a b c Vice, Jeff (December 13, 2007). "Film review: Alvin and the Chipmunks". Deseret News. Archived from the original on January 17, 2018 . Retrieved December 23, 2019. a b "Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) - Weekend Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on December 9, 2008 . Retrieved December 16, 2007. In December 2007, the album debuted at number 133 on the Billboard 200. In its second week of sales, the album jumped to number 67 on the chart. was nominated again for a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Record–Novelty for the television tie-in album The Alvin Show.