#I suppose vanessa would inherit the company next?? she works on the show with her parents so idk

[kylejsugarman]

last night i dug up the mini-documentary that was on the special features of the 2007 alvin and the chipmunks dvd and not only realized that every detail of that featurette is stamped into my memory, but just. marveled at how ross jr and janice have managed to keep the franchise alive for so many decades. thats not to say what they're making is great (the cgi movies are successful but were painful, naked attempts to stay hip and relevant, and the nick series is average at best) but their ability to keep ross sr's characters alive without handing the chipmunks over to a mega-corporation is admirable. not to say that id be surprised if they eventually sold the chipmunks off to a big media company, but its crazy how they've at least somewhat kept up with the times and kept the business in the family.