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Bagdasarian a cartoonist or not?

If you know of a cartoon drawn by David Seville, please add a description and discussion to the article. The fact that a cartoon was made of the Chipmunks in no way makes him a cartoonist. Some of the greatest comic books ever drawn are about Tarzan, but that doesn't make Edgar Rice Burroughs a cartoonist. Ortolan88 01:52, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I have removed the reference and category of Bagdasarian being a cartoonist. Please provide a reference to back up the claim that he was a cartoonist before re-adding it to the article. Kevyn 16:07, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Someone might want to go and read the History section on http://www.TheChipmunks.com/ ; it seems to establish that in the pre-1960 record packaging the Chipmunks were represented as fairly natural looking chipmunks; their later anthropomorphized forms are more conducive to animation (especially given the prevalent techniques of the time). This latter form seems like a step that would have been taken at a television network or a contract animation house. Final approval might still have rested with Ross, leaving his status as producer and creator intact, but this does not require him to have been a cartoonist. knoodelhed 18:14, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Recording

I have an old record albom recorded bt Ross. On the record are the songs - Hey Brother Pour the Whine (side A) and Let's Have a Merry Merry Christmas(side B) -it is on Mercury Records. Anyone have an idea of when this may have been recordedasthere is no date onthe album? Please reply to: ktroberts@charter.net—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.240.188.15 (talk) 14:47, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

main image

Could someone please help me with the emmbeding of his picture? i tried, but could only get it in farther down the page —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blumonkeyboy (talk • contribs) 21:50, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks who ever did it! Blumonkeyboy (talk) 18:18, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Revised the date in the image's caption. Was: "in 1972" (the year of Bagdasarian's death); is: "circa 1958 or before,". This photo appears on the rear cover of the "Let's All Sing with the Chipmunks" album, which was recorded in late 1958 and released in early 1959. - B. Salvisberg 50.174.97.118 (talk) 08:25, 4 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Another page that won't show up on Facebook when posted there because it has a period "." at the end of its URL. 50.54.231.229 (talk) 13:41, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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David Seville

Is David Seville a stage name? or a character? In the lede, it's described as a stage name, but that links to an article about the fictional character. Did he BILL himself as David Seville as his real name? Or was that just his stage personal as a character? TheHYPO (talk) 22:10, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

He was known professionally as David Seville, which he eventually morphed into the character when he created the Chipmunks and used the same name. Ollieisanerd (talk • contribs) 21:07, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 10 April 2020

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

It was proposed in this section that multiple pages be renamed and moved.

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Moved per consensus garnered below. Kudos to editors for your input, and Happy Publishing! (nac by page mover) P.I. Ellsworth ed. ^put'r there 06:14, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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– Per WP:ONEOTHER. A similar situation existed at the former Lon Chaney disambiguation page which listed Lon Chaney Sr. and Lon Chaney Jr.. Since there have been only two men named Lon Chaney as well as only two men named Ross Bagdasarian and the elder Chaney and Bagdasarian were never referenced as "Sr." during their lifetimes, the dab page for the two Chaneys has been deleted and the dab page for the two Bagdasarians should be likewise deleted. A hatnote atop Lon Chaney states, "For his son, see Lon Chaney Jr." and a hatnote atop Ross Bagdasarian Sr. states, "For his son, see Ross Bagdasarian Jr.". In each case, the father was never referenced as "Sr." in his lifetime, while the son has been primarily referenced as "Jr." Anyone searching for the son's entry already has the hatnote at the father's entry without the need of going through the dab page. It may be also noted that the main title header Ross Bagdasarian was created in June 2004, while the Ross Bagdasarian Jr. page was created in February 2005. The move to "Sr." and the creation of the father/son dab page was done unilaterally in August 2007. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 02:17, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: target or "new" titles cannot have non-redirected content unless they are to be moved or deleted. So this request has been altered to reflect the nom's wishes. If this request is granted, then Ross Bagdasarian (disambiguation) must also be deleted. P.I. Ellsworth ed. ^put'r there 20:27, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support moving Ross Bagdasarian Sr. over the disambiguation page. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 19:27, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. ----Երևանցի ^talk 09:12, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Nationality

Bagdasarian was born in the United States. A naturally-born United States citizen, he lived in the United States. He died in the United States -- still a national of the United States.

Bagdasarian's ethnicity does not change his nationality. "Nationality is a legal identification of a person in international law, establishing the person as a subject, a national, of a sovereign state."

Bagdasarian could have dedicated every waking moment of his life to immersing himself in the Armenian way of life: food, clothing, the language he spoke, who he spoke to, how he decorated his house, etc. Remaining an American citizen -- a "U.S. national" -- means his nationality was American. - SummerPhD^v2.0 22:54, 2 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]