While The Simpsons finally dragging their yellow asses on to the silver screen is a big deal, cartoons have been making the transition for decades. Beating The Simpsons to the big screen by over 20 years are a couple of fellas who just want a hula-hoop.
You may know them only from an annoying Christmas tune, but Alvin and the Chipmunks brought the squirrelly antics of chipmunks to their big screen debut, The Chipmunk Adventure, in 1987. The movie held the attention of film viewers for over an hour! 77 minutes, to be exact. While you may say that’s hardly a movie, others may say that’s mostly a movie.
The plot involved guy chipmunks racing girl chipmunks around the world in hot air balloons. A more classic tale of triumph has never been forged before this, and may not be realized again in our lifetime.
On a interesting and non-sarcastic note, Nancy Cartwright, the voice talent behind Bart Simpson, played the voice of an Egyptian prince who capture The Chipettes. “Chipettes,” of course, is the scientific name for female chipmunks.
And if all of this information wasn’t enough for you, a live action version of Alvin and the Chipmunks is coming to theaters this December. Can we expect a live action version of The Simpsons in 20 years? Let me answer that question with another question. Does FOX like money?
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