Alvin's Christmas Carol (1983)

Country of Origin: USA
Dates of Original Broadcast: 1983
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 23 mins
Format:
Colour Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: DIC/Bagdasarian Productions
Supervising Producer: Don Spencer
Associate Producers: Brian Miller, Thomas Watkins, Stephen Worth
Production Coordinator: Robert Winthrop

SCRIPT
Written by: Dianne Dixon
Creators/Executive Story Editors: Ross Bagdasarian, Janice Karman
Assistant Story Editor: Denice Ferguson
Novel: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (uncredited)

ANIMATION
Character Design: Andy Gaskill, Sandra
Storyboard Supervisor: Mike Sosnowski
Storyboard Artists: Andy Gaskill, Chris Schouten, Doug McCarthy, Dan Fausett, Scott Jorgenson, Phil Robinson, Dave Feiss, Liz Rathke, Kathy Carr
Animation Timing: Bill Reed, Greg Hill
Lip Assignment: Mike Stribbling, Bill Reed

MUSIC
Original Songs and Music: Chase/Rucker Productions, Inc.

DESIGN
Executive Art Director: Andy Gaskill
Art Director: Lou Police

VOICES
Ross Bagdasarian (Alvin/Simon/David Seville)
Janice Karman (Theodore)
Thom Watkins
Dody Goodman

PLOT SUMMARY

As Christmas approaches, Alvin is acting very selfishly and is shown the errors of his ways by three spirits of Christmas who visit him in a dream.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Television Broadcasters: NBC

REFERENCES

BOOKS

A Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations: A Critical Examination of Dickens's Story and Its Productions on Screen and Television by Fred Guida (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc (2000)) p.214
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KEYWORDS

animation, book into film, christmas, ghosts, misers

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008