VLVL2 (9.5): "The Famous V & B Tow Company Theme"

[Dave Monroe]

"It was the famous V & B Tow Company Theme, based on
the Disney cartoon anthem '"I'm Chip!"--"I'm Dale!"'
sung originally by a chipmunk act that never quite
acheived either the charisma or the recognition of
Ross Bagdasarian's trio, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore."
(VL, Ch. 9, p. 180)


"'I'm Chip'--'I'm Dale'"

First appeared in "Private Pluto," in which Pluto is
ordered by Sgt. Pete to guard a pillbox that two pesky
chipmunks are using for acorn storage. 
 
Chip and Dale came into their own when Disney was
looking for another foil for Donald Duck. Chip and
Dale were the answer. These two critters were to
become Donald's most popular and enduring adversaries.
Although always together, they have quite distinct
personalities. Dale is certainly the more capricious
and flutter-witted of the two, and the slightly more
logical Chip frequently has to bring him back in line,
even if by force. Luckily, this behavior doesn't
create any ill feeling between the two, nor does it
divert them from their main aim in life: to amass as
vast a stockpile of food as possible. 

http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/characters/chipdale/chipdale.html

And see as well ...

http://www.bcdb.com/pages/Walt_Disney_Studios/Shorts/Chip_an__Dale/

http://www.bcdb.com/pages/Walt_Disney_Studios/Television/Chip__n_Dale_Rescue_Rangers/

http://www.cybercomm.net/~paltiel/CDRR/EverythingRR/listing.html

http://www.cybercomm.net/~paltiel/

But Disney's apparently been pretty thorough about
keeping that theme song off the Internet ...


"Ross Bagdasarian's trio"

Ross Bagdasarian, a.k.a. David Seville (1919-1972)

http://www.rockabilly.nl/artists/dseville.htm

http://imdb.com/name/nm0046564/

http://voices.fuzzy.com/actor.idc?actor_id=2008


"Alvin, Simon, and Theodore"

http://www.chipmunks.com/

http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/watch/tv_shows/chipmunks/

http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-2827/

Cf. "The Chipmunks Sing Marvin Hamlisch" (VL, p. 165)

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0311&msg=87388&sort=date

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