i loved this christmas song when i was a kid. (i loved the cartoon show too)

[orleans]

[debm55]

1. Thank you orleans. Used to sing it with my son when he was young.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. ALVIN!

OKAY!

[DFW]

3. My parents were FAR less benevolent! They taught me this song:

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[orleans]

4. omg! LOL -- i never heard of this one. nt

[Wiz Imp]

5. 5 diifferent versions of this song hit the Billboard Chart in 1955

(Stan Freberg's version came later). This was the highest charting version:

By the way, Barry Gordon went on to an extremely successful career as an adult as a character actor.

Also, Gordon was the longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild, holding the office for seven years.

In 1998, Gordon was the Democratic Party nominee for the United States Congress from the Pasadena, California area. He was defeated by Republican Party incumbent James Rogan.

In 2004, when the local Air America Radio affiliate in Los Angeles went off the air, for a then-unspecified period of time, Gordon started a live, call-in progressive political talk show on Pasadena's public-access television cable TV channel 56. It continues to be cablecast and webcast live

In 2005, Gordon hosted a weekly radio talk show heard on KRLA in Los Angeles, California.

In 2006 and early 2007, Gordon hosted Barry Gordon from Left Field, a weekly talk show broadcast throughout the 25th largest U.S. radio market—the San Bernardino/Riverside region of Southern California—on KCAA Radio in Loma Linda, California. With live streams and podcast archives, the show was notable for featuring nationally known guests, including senators, congressmen, bestselling authors, and entertainment figures.

Since 2007, Gordon has taught courses in politics and the media at the California State University, Los Angeles.

In 2008, Gordon debuted his daily Internet talk show Left Talk on BlogTalkRadio.

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[orleans]

9. this was interesting. i looked him up on imdb -- and he's got a lot of credits on there and is very familiar. thanks. nt

[werdna]

6. Chipmunks Forever!

Just wish whoever now owns the rights to The Alvin Show would release the entire episodes to dvd/blu-ray. So far four episodes are all that's available.

[AllaN01Bear]

7. this. Ross Bagdasarian Sr.

Bagdasarian Productions (also credited as Bagdasarian Company) is an American production company founded by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (also known as David Seville) on February 20, 1961. The company holds the rights to Alvin and the Chipmunks and related intellectual property assets. fan letter writing campaing. update:
the chipmunks ARE on dvd. https://www.amazon.com/alvin-chipmunks-dvd/s?k=alvin+and+the+chipmunks+dvd

[orleans]

10. i think those are movies and movies that came decades later. they aren't the original cartoons nt

[RazorbackExpat]

11. They released what they called "original episodes" a few years ago

But apparently they were mostly 80s crap, with only one truly original episode from the 60s.

At one time, a lot of original 60s episodes were available on Youtube, but Bagdasarian Productions had them removed. While they were available, I came to realize how much those early episodes had influenced me as a toddler.

[AllaN01Bear]

12. they were part of who this bear became . crazy r. :)

[orleans]

13. it's really too bad that these little treasures vanish. i think the original casper the friendly ghost cartoons

aren't around either. (but i might be wrong)

[RazorbackExpat]

14. It's the same with The Jetsons and Astro Boy DVDs--

80s crap posing as "originals". And the Bullwinkle DVDs have original 60s episodes mixed in with 90s crap.

[tanyev]

8. You're in good company.