Classification Former: Past Wife Unknown Created by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. | Occupation Scientist | |
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Portrayed by Shepard Menken (1961–90)Charles Berendt (A Chipmunk Christmas)Brian Chambers (CGI series) Duration 1961–1990; 2015–presentTelevision:The Alvin Show (1961–1962)Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983–90)ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks (2015–present) Similar Private Snafu, Quick Draw McGraw, Dave Seville, Simon, Theodore Seville | ||
Clyde crashcup the time machine clip 01
Clyde Crashcup is a fictional character from the early 1960s animated television series The Alvin Show. He is a scientist in a white coat who tended to "invent" things which had already been invented and whose experiments invariably failed. He usually invented by penciling the concept in air, with the picture becoming the actual object. The character has also appeared in comics and other Alvin and the Chipmunks works after The Alvin Show.
Contents
- Clyde crashcup the time machine clip 01
- Creation
- Fictional character biography
- Appearances
- Other media
- References
Creation
Clyde Crashcup was created by Ross Bagdasarian Sr.. He is voiced by Shepard Menken impersonating Richard Haydn.
Fictional character biography
Crashcup is a scientist in a white coat whose experiments invariably failed. His was the only voice heard in many of the episodes, because the other main character in the series was his assistant Leonardo, who only whispered into Clyde's ear.
Clyde Crashcup was primarily an inventor rather than a researcher, although he tended to "invent" things which had already been invented. However, in one episode, he built a functioning time machine. He typically would invent something by taking a pencil out of his lab coat's pocket and drawing a picture in midair of his conception: the picture would then become the actual object.
Clyde's catchphrase was to break down the name of his invention into its etonymic elements to explain his thought process. For example, when asked to justify the invention of the telephone, he would say "That's 'tele-' for tele and '-phone' for phone: telephone."
Appearances
In The Alvin Show, Clyde Crashcup had one of the four segments, and the Chipmunks starred in the other three (two of which were musical segments). Crashcup appeared in the following segments: