Chuck E Cheese's [[ Irving, TX 2015 ]]

This is a compilation of short videos I shot at the Irving Chuck E. Cheese's store to showcase the animatronic band there. As you can see, the animatronics are in pretty rough shape. Please forgive the slightly shaky camera work; I don't have a tripod to mount my phone to while filming.

[@markcola4582]

Oh god chucks arm, Jasper's eye, I never thought this show would get to be this bad

[@captainimposter]

the fact that this store is literally walkable from the corporation is pathetic, this show should be one of the best working ones out there...

[@CECFlorida]

spacesickelk110 When Donovan finishes programming the 3-stage, he can't even visit this store to test programming on the CEC stages. He has to go over to Arlington, TX, where the show is presentable. This is ridiculous.

[@diegovalenzuela9898]

Showbiz Rock-afire that is sad..

[@BrandonJamesGuetersloh]

Showbiz Rock-afire Who's Donovan?

[@diegovalenzuela9898]

Praying Kitten the guy who programs shows for stores.

[@BrandonJamesGuetersloh]

Bat Munch Oh.

[@CECWestCoast]

Wow... I will say that it looks like they have been trying to fix the show light wise. All they need to do for the most part is connect everything to the right circuits and fix Chuck E and Helen's spotlight. Gotten way worse mechanical wise since I visited last year.

[@VegaThreeCEC]

CECWestCoast It's a small positive that the show's lighting has been improved a little since you visited the location, but it majorly stinks that the rest of the show's essentially gone to pot. I watched your video and honestly, if they could get things working even to that caliber again it'd be great!

[@bigboomer1013]

oh lord jasper your eye

[@TheFrogChannel]

Jasper is in the best working condition, but the cosmetics are in the worst.

[@ShowbizSouth]

This makes me sad :,(

[@VegaThreeCEC]

CEC South Trust me, from the moment I got close enough to see how poorly maintained these guys were, it made me sad too. Maybe if enough folks went there, ate, and filled out the survey and complained about the show's condition it'd get fixed up. I know I did.

[@CECFlorida]

Sarah Bartowski The saddest part is, Corporate would respond with tearing down the show, rather than fixing it. Very, very sad.

[@lilhoney1657]

just a little they can move

[@claudiathompson7294]

Pasquale's working the best

[@ChucksterCEC]

Am I the only one who wants to know what's behind threfd at 0:40?

[@drew80045]

computer and parts room

[@patrickboots7799]

Nice Video... It Looks like the show was aired down in the beginning. *Subs Channel*

[@jackzternal3148]

What happened to Jaspers eye

[@VegaThreeCEC]

Jack The Gamer His iris either fell out or was pulled out at some point.

[@VegaThreeCEC]

Beaglejuice jasper Actually it isn't just painted on. The hole in his eye is where the iris gets plugged in. They can be replaced! The eyeball itself is a hollowed out, glorified croquet-like ball. Proof in the pudding can be found here: w11.zetaboards.com/Retro_Pizza_Zone/topic/11167527/3/

[@patrickboots7799]

Sarah Bartowski Plugging the Thread I See! And that show does look in disrepair.. Yowza.

[@lilhoney1657]

Sad Sad Sad Chuck E cheese they cant move

[@BrandonJamesGuetersloh]

Are they still like this?

[@VegaThreeCEC]

Praying Kitten Unless the tech has worked multiple miracles on this show since this was uploaded, I'd say they probably are still in this condition. :( You must try to keep in mind that the tech may not necessarily be incompetent in fixing the show (though it's a possibility they are). This particular one is less than two feet off the floor, so children and adults alike can walk up and abuse these animatronics. They're also very old, parts aren't exactly overly abundant, and techs get a shoestring budget to fix shows with. Something in this state of disrepair can be really tough to keep maintained on a small budget, much less get better parts for.

[@dagoobah]

jasper is scaring me :o whats wrong with him

[@VegaThreeCEC]

Stacy White He's in a pretty terrible state of disrepair but I'm not sure what all's wrong with him and everyone else. I suspect there's major mechanical trouble under everyone's cosmetics.

[@nathanlopez5667]

they should fix this classic 3 stage would be a waste to take it down

[@3105ace]

Why were the puppets not moving when the show was going on why did they stay asleep

[@VegaThreeCEC]

Shane Everson I'm not entirely sure why they stayed still like that to be honest with you. The show randomly started working about an hour after I'd been there; Pasqually randomly woke up and kicked things off, then everyone else joined in. The lights began working again too. It was really bizarre! Maybe something backstage has a loose power connection, or isn't properly sending signals.

[@dagoobah]

Shane Everson the animatronics are in sleep mode and the show is what the puppets are doing but pasqually is in random mode

[@CECFlorida]

Sarah Bartowski It appears that the show was aired down upon your initial visit. I bet one of the employees saw you filming, and decided to turn the compressor on. No wonder that they keep the compressor turned off. Their show is in shameful condition.

[@VegaThreeCEC]

CEC Florida Y'know, I never thought about that! I wasn't being inconspicuous about filming earlier on in the evening while the show was off so even though staff was pretty busy that night, someone might have noticed me and went off to turn the show on. And you're right. Corporate would likely rather trash this show and install a COL stage than attempt fixing it.