wow. seeing this video in 2025 is crazy. thank you for posting this! i was born in the 2000s, so i went to chuck e. cheese SEVERAL times in my life growing up. it was such a blast! i used to be scared of the stage as a child, but now, i really wish i took full advantage of it. time flew. it’s fascinating to see what this place once was. awesome food by the way!
@ryanthompson413514 күн бұрын
1972
@payson113 күн бұрын
1979
@Aubergine_10Ай бұрын
i wish there were more animatronic restaurants nowadays, wasnt even alive then but i feel oddly nostalgic watching this
@payson1Ай бұрын
00:00 Jimmy Stewart-So Blue 05:23 The Porri Band-Brass Tactics 09:18 Opia-Takin' it Down 14:38 Eat A Peach-Big Brown Sound 18:32 Rick Richards-Mystic 23:40 If 6 Was 9-Get Down Tonight 27:13 Robert Jansen-I'm Free 30:28 Brent Campbell-Nevermore 33:48 Johnson Avenue-Everything You Need 39:02 Steve and Jared-You Are My Mirror
@Bradley142572 ай бұрын
I live in Phoenix and ween i see the footage its cool
@UnicornFairy423 ай бұрын
Hello
@michaelkay27324 ай бұрын
Such a great video!!! You really captured what Chuck e Cheese used to be! Thanks!!!!
@UncleSamOfficial-t1u4 ай бұрын
Do you know what the entire location looks like, aside from the animatronics.
@payson14 ай бұрын
I did, but it closed back in '85.
@UncleSamOfficial-t1u4 ай бұрын
@@payson1 can you tell me some of the details.
@payson14 ай бұрын
If you watch the PM Magazine video you can see more of that restaurants activities and games.
@UncleSamOfficial-t1u4 ай бұрын
@@payson1sad that the location is now a plasma, but it closed because of ptt's bankruptcy.
@payson14 ай бұрын
@@UncleSamOfficial-t1u We were a franchise, doing well. Because Showbiz wanted to double our royalty payments, our owners called it quits.
@markhill-x1z5 ай бұрын
michael are you back to working for cec again i notice you work for peter pipers pizza i believe that has been bought by cec
@payson15 ай бұрын
I retired when we went on furlough with covid. Never went back.
@LostArachnid5 ай бұрын
Anyone here in 2024?
@ryder45085 ай бұрын
I can't believe someone posted this 18 years ago. This must be one of the first KZbin videos.
@AngelMaldonado-lq4wl5 ай бұрын
guys i think this is the fnaf look how dead and eerie and quiet it is inside giving off total fnaf vibes there are totally no kids inside or adults
@CECEntertainmentAKAChuckEChees5 ай бұрын
1:39
@WaterDrinker000016 ай бұрын
Damn it looks so nice lit like that, almost like a movie theatre
@BB0Y06 ай бұрын
FNAF be like
@AdrianDelacruz-e2h7 ай бұрын
No crusty the cat
@steventalvinzvestal4207 ай бұрын
Forget the animatronics being creepy, that food looked really good especially the pizza!
@payson17 ай бұрын
It was!
@stupidproductions695 ай бұрын
I didn’t know you still replied to comments payson
@OriginalBell4807 ай бұрын
The sky looks so liminal
@MrRandomYouTuber19968 ай бұрын
How the did you make this video?
@payson18 ай бұрын
Video tape recorder.
@SmeeTheCat10 ай бұрын
The five year old is 52 years old now 😢
@SmeeTheCat10 ай бұрын
My dad went to this exact one in the 90s
@payson110 ай бұрын
No he didn't. It closed in 1985.
@sophiecola10 ай бұрын
a bit of a bizarre question - do you remember the store number?
@payson110 ай бұрын
Can't remember.
@jadenbreezzeewinfield10 ай бұрын
0:51 I found this section of this video in another video I wondered where it’s from
@rosegoldswirl10 ай бұрын
I love how mean Chuck was to the other animatronics but not to the kids (for obvious reasons) and its freaking hilarious XDDD
@Harperman870710 ай бұрын
Hey do have any more Chuck E. Cheese pizza time theater videos or stories or photos.
@payson110 ай бұрын
Just what I have listed on my site. If I find more, I'll post them.
@Warhawkqueen2111 ай бұрын
Sooooo vintage. I love it!😆😆😆
@matty659811 ай бұрын
Great video!
@joes-lv7ro Жыл бұрын
Thank You.
@Elboud Жыл бұрын
time traveling would be amazing
@CharlieDobbe Жыл бұрын
My parents never went to chuck e cheeses so they never took me or my siblings (I'm the oldest btw) and I'll probably never get to bring my kids cause it may not exist by the time I'm out of my teen years.
@payson1 Жыл бұрын
This is the closest you'll ever get to the original and authentic CEC. What CEC is now is a blasphemy of what it one was.
@Elboud Жыл бұрын
@@payson1Original CEC is by far huge? I would say it had to be bigger than the newer versions of CEC.
@neomixstudio Жыл бұрын
Awesome footage! Took me back
@MrWolfSnack Жыл бұрын
Wow!! It's the King!!! He had a very very short run with CEC and was not in performance very long.
@thepizzatimebloxburg Жыл бұрын
hi I was wondering what guest star did they have in the theater and did they had dolli dimples ?
@payson1 Жыл бұрын
As I recall, Madame Oink, then Helen Henny.
@RetroGamesPixels Жыл бұрын
Idk why this feels fake but I feel a sense of nostalgia from watching this, it’s strange.
@payson1 Жыл бұрын
LOL Definitely not fake!
@Free_Samples Жыл бұрын
It is so sad that area is a complete ghetto trash dump now.
@payson1 Жыл бұрын
It wasn't too bad back in the early-mid '80's. Sold my house in the mid '90's and got what I paid for it.
@Free_Samples Жыл бұрын
@@payson1 no back then it wasn’t bad at all, now it is terrible. It’s just sad to see how things once were compared to now
@Free_Samples Жыл бұрын
@@payson1I went to this location a couple times after it became a Pistol Petes. I was trying to remember if the location took up the space from the front door all the way to the end of the plaza but I couldn’t remember. I think when it eventually turned into a Peter Piper Pizza much later it seemed to be smaller inside than I remembered
@Gedasher-kr2dc Жыл бұрын
1:41 out of this world
@Gedasher-kr2dc Жыл бұрын
0:40 super Pac-Man sound effects
@RidgeRunner5150 Жыл бұрын
Glad I found this
@ernestsanchez5159 Жыл бұрын
If Chuck E. Cheese were to reintroduce a classic place like this, it would make millions die to all the people our age that want to go back. Because let’s face it Chuck E. Cheese sucks these days
@payson1 Жыл бұрын
Amen!
@josephbuckley1574 Жыл бұрын
Damn....sounds like 'Doors' demo!!! Wow!!
@ILikeParties-mq3bl Жыл бұрын
444 comments OK WHAT Its now 445
@sleepyknight-ow4gw Жыл бұрын
Jesus how dark is it in there
@payson1 Жыл бұрын
Keep in mind the limitations of early video tape camera capabilities.
@UncleSamOfficial-t1u5 ай бұрын
no, it's actually the dim lighting PTT's had.
@luvcraft Жыл бұрын
yep, that's the super-dark Chuck E Cheese I remember...
@Bluemantopvids Жыл бұрын
The Video is so good.. like it’s so old but its amazing
@CreesNostalgiaHut Жыл бұрын
As someone born in 1970 this is what cec looked like when i was 13.. loved playing pole position there.. looking for footage of Seventies cec.. back then they had B&W games,,, young me was scared of those.. but i mostly outgrew them..
@5starpre Жыл бұрын
2:10
@itrashcant7947 Жыл бұрын
My mom grew up poor, and she told me that she wished she could’ve gone here as a kid. It makes me kinda sad she was never able to do that.
@RadicalSharkRS Жыл бұрын
My mom grew up poor too, she got lucky somehow but doesn't remember a thing, but at least I got a vintage photo of madame oink tho
@itrashcant7947 Жыл бұрын
Why is it so dark? Where is everyone? How did the filmer get access to the building? How does that man know the filmer’s name? Is his name Michael Afton? I have so many questions.
@payson1 Жыл бұрын
I was technical director and coming into work that day. It was before we opened for business. The general manager knew my name because I worked there. No, my name isn't Afton.
@itrashcant7947 Жыл бұрын
@@payson1 haha that last question was a joke referencing a popular video game. Thanks for posting the video 👍 I wasn’t alive then so these videos give me insight of how things were back then.
@Nickrj3 Жыл бұрын
I noticed at the end there was a sports room. Is that like a bar for grownups to watch your favorite sports games and drink beer?
@payson1 Жыл бұрын
A somewhat quieter room with a projection TV.
@Nickrj3 Жыл бұрын
@@payson1 that probably showed the big Phoenix Suns game. It was the only pro team they had back in 1983.
@Jusbobby Жыл бұрын
ive been here but in like 2018 or 2019 or osmethign likethat they still have it open i think its very cool :edit: im actulyl probally wrong but nto sure tho.