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Clyde Crashcup (voiced by Shepard Menken), is a fictional character from the early-1960s animated television series The Alvin Show, a scientist in a white coat whose experiments invariably failed. His was the only voice heard in most episodes, because the other character in the series was his assistant Leonardo, who spoke only into Clyde's ear as he whispered. In one episode, though, Clyde invented a wife; her voice was provided by June Foray (who also portrayed Rocky J. Squirrel in Rocky and Bullwinkle). Clyde had one of the four segments, and the Chipmunks starred in the other three (two of which were sing-alongs).

The character and his voice appear to have been based on characters from the 1930s and 1940s. The voice of the scientist in the 1943 Bugs Bunny cartoon, Super Rabbit, is very similar; and both are similar to that of radio-era comic actor Richard Haydn, who often played slightly befuddled or eccentric characters.

He appeared in the following episodes:

Crashcup later had a special guest spot in the modern Alvin and the Chipmunks cartoon episode "Back to Alvin's Future", in which he showed up in the time of the new show with a time machine and brought the modern Chipmunks back to his time, where they temporarily switched places with the Alvin Show Chipmunks.

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