In 1958, a young father in Van Nuys who supported his family working as a songwriter came up with a novelty group of three singing chipmunks, taking them from hit records to an animated TV show.

Paula in Indian Head, Maryland, writes: “I have a chipmunk living under my house. I like them and think they are cute, but they are rodents. Should I plan to catch and relocate it or just leave it ...

Theodore, Alvin, and Simon report for their first day of school. If you’ve read other sections of this week’s Express, you might have noticed that 2009 has been declared the Year of Animation. Movie ...

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 ...

At an Alvin and the Chipmunks concert, every seat is a bad seat. “Alvin and the Chipmunks” turns its titular rodents into the hottest helium-voice boy band since the Backstreet Boys. But the ...

Those chirpy chipmunks are back and your tolerance for Alvin and his buds in “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip” may depend entirely on whether you are watching with children or not. At my ...