My initial reaction to David Cross appearing in Alvin and the Chipmunks was, of course, "so what?" But I identify Cross with his brilliant stand-up (which, in my opinion, equals Hicks' for pure smart funny) moreso than his role on Arrested Development , and his routine is based on ripping hypocrisy, sell-outs, and pre-packaged schlock (squagels, anyone?) to shreds. Given that, there is a bit of... no, wait, I still don't care at all. I don't need David Cross to wear some hair shirt representing his comic purity in order for me to enjoy his talent (wanting to enjoy his talent precluded me from going to see an obviously stupid movie with talking CGI chipmunks in which he happened to appear - no skin off my ass there).