Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Time Theatre, 4K Portrait Animatronics (1st Store) San Jose, California 1979

[@BobbiRakus]

Then: $10 is a premium price. Now: At least $100 if you want pizza and an hour of playing games.

[@richardvg7670]

Well actually considering today's prices and how much things have certainly increased that's not really that bad because I just went to Chuck e cheese's on my birthday a week ago and got a pizza and it was $24 but I didn't think that that was bad with today's prices and that's pretty much what you would pay just about anywhere else and the pizza was really good and then I come to find out that it's not going to be too much longer and then it's going to be Chuck e cheese's anniversary coming up so I'm glad really glad now that I went I just wish the Chucky's that I had gone to would have had the animatronic show still cuz I would have loved to watch them all perform again

[@Microsave2]

Inflation bedammed

[@SonicROMHacksAlt]

@@richardvg7670 When I went in July, The total for the food that we got along with getting a play pass was around $80 something Dollars

[@TooningIn2008]

“Which gives youngsters time to get hooked on the electronic games” “A computerized cabaret of puppet-like characters” It truly was ‘77 huh

[@provokedrobin608]

I liked how back then they were made out of latex and fiberglass. It gave them a slightly realistic but still cartoony feel

[@richardvg7670]

That and they also took off of how hounds and all looked in that time. Because I grew up in the 70s so I remember very well people walking around wearing flannel shirts having corn cob pipes and hats like Jasper head and even people with the bushy eyebrows 😎

[@cozyteardrop4you]

They still were, but the fabric and the homemade design gave it that feel.

[@Yeatsbear86]

this is a masterpiece!

[@thetankman760]

hi!!❤

[@quillllly]

you should do true nightmare all challenges it would be really funny i think

[@caydencrawford18]

I’m really interested to see how this would play in 4K!

[@TheFerraros]

Imagine how cool it would be if they made 1, 2, or even 3 old pizza time theaters that would be amazing

[@Dillone-eu2vc]

Love watching older footage. I wish the pizza still looked like that ❤

[@TSMASB]

I Agree as a fan id rather eat it like this then today's like dont get me wrong i actually like cec's today's pizza i just wish they didn't look so lazyish especially the stupid rat poison rumors they did on our boy

[@thegodzillafandomsrookie5514]

@@TSMASB they would be sued if there was rat poison in there

[@TSMASB]

@@thegodzillafandomsrookie5514 true

[@NeurospicyBitch88]

According to a few people who were close to Nolan Bushnell, the pizza at that store was not very good. In 1978, Ted Dabney (whom co-founded Atari in 1972 and left in early 1973) went to the first Pizza Time Theatre and afterwards gave Nolan a less than stellar review saying "It was dirty and loud. There was children screaming and when there wasn't, the video arcade machines threatened to drown the kids out. I had no idea when my pizza was ready until I went to the counter and finally got it. I took it to my table to try and it was not very good." Nolan said he could take care of the cleanliness part, but the noise was a major part of the place and was just kids having fun. As for the pizza, Nolan didn't care how good or bad it was. He wasn't in it for the pizza. He wanted kids pumping quarters into the video game machines. In the footage, there seems to be people downing the pizza okay so maybe it wasn't as bad. Who knows?

[@agimackenzie2361]

I'd go there just for the animatronics​@@NeurospicyBitch88

[@BluetheFortune2006]

It's not just 4K, but it's quite smooth and better! I can notice the difference between the original 2019 video and this.

[@auxilium5378]

This was incredible to watch. I can't believe just years ago we thought we'd never have Winchester footage yet here we are. The feeling of discovering old media thought to be lost is amazing, and I can't wait to see what other CEC stuff gets potentially uncovered in the future. Also I never realized the games were in little rooms like that. The first store looks like it really was tiny (also super 70s) Plus it's kind of interesting to see how the 2nd gen 70s animatronics moved livelier than the later ones. And they kept Crusty even after Munch was made? Wow!

[@enriqueramirez0615]

Featuring the cast: Chuck E. Cheese, Jasper T. Jowls, Pasqually, The Wablettes, Crusty the Cat, Dolli Dimples.

[@ΧρυστάλλαΓιάγκου-ψ8γ]

i wish that chuck e Cheese’s still looked like this

[@richardvg7670]

Yeah I know that reminds me of a saying that McCoy said in Star Trek once he says well that's the problem where do you go from up? So what CEC should have done was had a retro redo of their animatronics and have them be like this again instead of trying to see how many stores you can build and I can understand that point it's like well we got a good thing going let's make more of it put more effort into what you've already got make the ideas good stick with a classic and what works because if they like the old saying goes if it ain't broke don't fix it and that's how you do it yeah of course some changes inevitable and you have to change a little bit to keep going but just don't go overboard with it

[@RanHam]

They did a good job with the movements on dolli dimples.

[@NathanSpies]

What a coincidence this video was uploaded on the anniversary of Five nights at Freddy’s!

[@CarsonsPlushiePalooza]

*Freddy & Chuck E Cheese Laugh From Your Window*

[@emagenevanhorn1543]

Dude fnaf ruined this franchise get outta here

[@Lego_Zilla]

@@emagenevanhorn1543it did not ruin Chuck e cheese Stoopid

[@itz.bbhrains2]

@@emagenevanhorn1543stfu if ur so immature u believe a indie game took down a whole company than you need to leave.

[@smellylily]

​@@emagenevanhorn1543yeah but on the flip side, fnaf got me interested in animatronics. When fnaf first came out, I was scared of animatronics but that made me want to see them even more.

[@Cheezyfacts]

Excellent upscaling especially from an AI. I’m super impressed!

[@RatKingLiam]

Mhmm!!?

[@paulmerachango]

Before this I never even noticed how beat up chuck e's hat is 5:37 🤯 thank you so much. GREAT work, congrats.

[@GrimmJas]

I may be a nearly 14 year old teenager in 2024, but I wanna go all the way back in time to 1977 just to witness these animatronics. Bring them back omfg 😭😭😭

[@dumb-fun-studios2010]

same

[@Novi.Starrr]

Me too!! I’ll be 14 in September and I would love to experience this in person. It’s just so fascinating to me and I love hearing about the old mechanics of these bots.

[@tobysgamingworld1550]

we all do and I will say this now young one... take my advice wait until around the point you would be in college (18 to 21) Plans are already underway >:) and they have been for a year now i am 15 now and plans are already underway for a New restrauant with jungle characters Just a few more years child just a few more years

[@GrimmJas]

@@tobysgamingworld1550 *I shall take your advice*

[@haleandguu]

seriously tho, im 28 and went to chuck e cheese probably around 2003 and i DEFINITELY want to go back in time to this video timeframe. !!!

[@somerandomperrson]

The fact that the guy called the chuck e cheese suit a super-sized rodent...

[@tobysgamingworld1550]

yes

[@roymackenzie-jy4lr]

I love how sarcastic and miserable he sounds

[@Architect532]

Pisqually's singing is legendary 🔥

[@tolucaheights]

He knows his line

[@smallestchannel1]

Pisqually is one of the best names I've ever heard, better than Pasqually IMO First place goes to Luigi though...

[@danielwhiteside6876]

Chuck E Cheese and his friends look way different back then before I was even born 💜

[@SuperFlashDriver]

This would exist around the time your parents were kids/teens back in the day. I know my mom did.

[@archangelrapheal5231]

@@SuperFlashDriver My parents were born in the 50s so they got to see this version of Pizza Time Theatre AKA Chuck E Cheese

[@SuperFlashDriver]

@@archangelrapheal5231 That's awesome, lucky for your parents to experience something I sadly never experienced back in the 70s and 80s.

[@archangelrapheal5231]

@@SuperFlashDriver I like that name "Super Flash Driver", sounds like a name of a action packed movie that involves Nascar racing

[@SuperFlashDriver]

@@archangelrapheal5231 Well Fun Fact: The name "SuperFlashDriver" was actually inspired by three different things and ideas I had in my house back in 2009/2010. The word "Super" being the "Super Nintendo" or "Superhero" anything related to something better than before. "Flash" and "Driver" were insipred by Flash Drives, aka USB flash Drives as well as the educational K-6 book series called "FlashKids Math/Reading" books that we used to ue back in 5th to 8th grade and such. And "Driver" referncing the video game "Driver I and II" and something you plug into the computer. So if you take the first letter of each name is "SFD' and that acronym can also mean "Special Forces Division/Department" or anything related to department divisions or organizations related to S.F.D. It also has the same three letter acronym as F.B.I, C.I.A, N.S.A, T.S.A., and D.H.S. to name a few. So it was inspired by governmental bodies, computers and electronics, video games, and home video/movie/tv media that is related to solving crime or basically talk about anything on the channel. However, since 2018 I haven't uploaded a video because I don't have ideas at the moment of what I wanted to upload next, so it's been on the backburner for 5 years in favor of real life personal/family assistance, work, and events/appointments that occurs outside of KZbin. So while I do have the time to make videos, I'd rather watch other people's videos than my own videos, but that's just me. Also, considering the landscape of KZbin today compared to 14 years ago, it's not quite the same as it once was when I joined on January 1st, 2010, with my other accounts occuring in 2012 and 2014.

[@fratzzze]

fucking crazy how a family dinner at chuck e cheese was almost twice as much as a normal pizza place at $10.

[@richardvg7670]

Well you figure you have a lot of employees doing things you have your equipment that you're running you have supplies that you have to get and even if you do buy supplies that perhaps a restaurant supply store and get a discount because you're buying in bulk you still have quite a bit of stuff you have to maintain so that's why stuff would cost more but look at it this way where else are you going to get to see and do an experience things like this? And it has a lot to do with prices of time change too just like Kings Island I can remember back in 1984 you could take 20 or $40 to go to Kings Island with it only cost $12.95 to get in the park now it cost you around $50

[@DoodledSandwichthe2nd]

Inflation

[@DoodledSandwichthe2nd]

10$ is 50$ Dollars in 2024

[@christhejedimaster1885]

So eve after Munch was introduced they still had Crusty

[@spunchbop47428]

Until about 1980

[@Brycam]

Omg That Was Awesome I Love It! Better Then The Original!! 🐀🧀

[@samuelludke1420]

Little did they know that this idea would create or inspire pop culture and entertainment for years to come, Rockafire Explosion, Five Nights at Freddy's, etc. truly an icon

[@YandereFan604]

Imagine Freddy Fazbear Pizza actually Existed right next to this Restaurant

[@dickmcwood]

0:44 sounds like they knew.

[@Sebbiiboi]

3:56 this just shows how long the bad pizza cutter was used for, the uneven slices 😂

[@Frosty-1983]

I was born in 1977 so i went to pizza time theater the pizza and games were so cool! and also the entertainment with CEC and jasper and crusty with pasqually i LOVE IT!!

[@Darius_Videos]

This video was made on my birthday and the release of five nights at freddys

[@liamJKDAT1gamer]

5:00 is a tressure trove for me and i love this due to it being a clean actual recorded clip and audio from the show room at the first location!

[@fizzyliftingchaotic_]

aughhh better than the original, absolutely loveeee this

[@DougCraftOfficial]

need to mention it was at *Winchester Ave,* San Jose, California

[@showbizpizzacom]

It’s in the description - and it’s notable that the end segment with Dolli was actually across town at the Kooser location.

[@DougCraftOfficial]

Since footage of Pasqually’s segment is shown, it’s possible it and a few others were edited to have the new voices or just the intro cut out of his segment so it’s just him and the Warblettes

[@ElRafauricio]

They REALLY knew what they were doing back then... Unlike now sadly

[@KatFuzzOfficial]

I am very interested in the history of Chuck E. Cheese I wished I was able to tour the location

[@Builds.by_micha3ll]

this was amazing im glad i was apart of the first to see this

[@thatpositivefandomgirl]

0:19 *Chuck E:* That’s because it’s not your birthday, nitwit!

[@tobysgamingworld1550]

Jasper: OH YEAH! *chaotic laugter*

[@robertrivera7249]

My fault, big C

[@skunkman9815]

0:20 remember when chuck used to call his friends nitwhits? I wish the chuck seen in the video could see his current version and call the current owners nitwhits

[@V.G.F.]

Damn I missed it! Nice job on the upscale, feels so real!

[@matthewmoshe6315]

Can't wait to see this ❤❤❤

[@kylekeller3398]

I ❤ Chuck E. Cheese! 🐭

[@Tete_Ninjala]

This just blows my mind!!!

[@richardvg7670]

This is fantastic I love seeing all this of the original animatronics too! 🙂

[@DiegoojedaMendez]

CHUCK E. CHEESE'S PIZZA TIME THEATER SHOULD BE REOPENED IN THE FUTURE.

[@NeurospicyBitch88]

Tell that to CEC Entertainment. They won't care

[@margach2140]

I plan To make a future ptt location

[@NeurospicyBitch88]

​@@margach2140 and then face a lawsuit from CEC Entertainment for copyright infringement

[@HorribleHomeVideo]

this is the first video to show me exactly what i recall as a kid in 85, worn down animatronics with off blinks and stains

[@TaylorCEC]

Nice video ya Nitwit!

[@princesskristan]

This looks so cool! One of the locations close to me was a PTT, so its interesting to see what it possibly looked like back in the day

[@gwrduck7975]

I like the old Chuck E. Cheese he’s more entertaining

[@kikiafton618]

This looks so cool ❤

[@miloshkavitz9370]

I hate how Chuck E. Cheese removed all there animatronics and instead they put a freaking dance floors and giant screens!!😖😖🤌🏻🤌🏻💀💀😞😞

[@NeurospicyBitch88]

We all do. Those Animatronic Shows were the very last thing Chuck E Cheese had left in the way of its Atari and Nolan Bushnell roots. Now there is 0 acknowledgement of the chain's roots (other than maybe an occasional reference in the soulless on-screen puppet shows)

[@I-like-memes123]

How cool 😭

[@loserpurnia5453]

I can’t wait to see it in 4K!

[@chad5893]

The upscaling on this was fantastic

[@Polygonlin]

MAN Those Pizza's looked Amazing!

[@NeurospicyBitch88]

According to many of Nolan Bushnell's colleagues (including several Atari employees who were there on opening day. And even Ted Dabney circa 1978), the pizza looked much better than it actually tasted. It was not very good. Even Nolan himself knew this. He made the pizza semi inedible on purpose so more customers would pump quarters into the video games instead. One trick he learned working at Amusement Parks, make sure the food is twice the price and mediocre at best. If you have affordable food that's good at an Amusement Park, it will take away from the rides, games and attractions. Having said that, maybe the pizza wasn't as bad as Nolan's colleagues made it out to be. I mean... you do see at least a few customers downing it okay in the clips.

[@BobbiRakus]

I love hearing him say *”Chuck E. Cheese’s”* 💀

[@JoaquinFromOhio]

I got tired of looking at fnaf performance vhs videos so I thought I’d see the real deal.

[@margach2140]

I wanna see more pictures of the warblettes bot

[@Becauseimme]

$10 for a family, I just spent $60 for pizza and salad bar, for two kids!!!! I absolutely hate these times!

[@GodzillaBoy54]

I just love this footage 🥰 so cool.

[@GrumpySlob]

This looks mad! Well done

[@seanpatrickfay825]

CAN U UPLOAD THE SEPT 98 STUDIO C FOOTAGE WITH BOTS PLEASE

[@showbizpizzacom]

That’s not something we have unfortunately 🥲

[@GojiBoiEarth1964]

“In 10 years, Chuck E Cheese will be more popular than Mickey Mouse” How do we tell him?

[@VGMelodies]

I was looking for this comment lol

[@backfilesa785]

I have a video idea: We have very few photos and footage of Winchester's portrait bots, but you know what we have even less documentation on? The cyberamics that replaced them in that same store. They were put in during 1980 and remained until the building closed in 85, yet there's not even a photo, video, or any other info on them. I think it be cool to shed some light on the later history of the Winchester store

[@lilgary_]

I always wondered how the standard cyberamics (Because the portrait bots are also considered to be cybers as well) looked in Winchester. Especially with the store's unique layout, I wonder if they put the bots in the exact same place as before. Or if they remodeled the store to have a shelf setup

[@showbizpizzacom]

If we could find any info whatsoever we would love to share it. Honestly all we have in the archives is the auction notice from the newspaper when it closed. When we licensed this footage we got it sight-unseen and I had a sinking feeling it was going to be footage of regular cybers and not the latex/fiberglass ones. Thankfully they hadn’t swapped them out yet when this was filmed.

[@disneysonicfan221]

Would this mean there was a cyberamic Crusty? In my opinion, probably not, because when they got the cyberamics they would have also gotten Munch in place of him. But it depends, especially if you look at how long they would’ve wanted to have Crusty there before giving him the boot and making way for Munch.

[@roymackenzie-jy4lr]

They apparently received a cyberamic potrait stage in 1981, and the king some time after the cyberamics, the first guest star was most likely Harmony howlette followed by madame oink and broadway helen henny

[@roymackenzie-jy4lr]

​@sonicfan91 That would mean they'd have to program a crusty show specifically for Winchester. It's definitely out of the question

[@ashleyhinkle1402]

Will you guys visit the last 3 stage when it comes down to it 😢

[@showbizpizzacom]

That would be fun. And I'm sure that day is probably coming sooner than later. :(

[@back2themouse917]

Also I can’t wait for my animatronic I’m makeing🎉

[@billygraff5870]

Maybe In the future we could see the prototype portrait animatronics in action

[@timeforvideoman4093]

I would like to know how the original footage was found, And who found it

[@showbizpizzacom]

We’ve known about this footage for around 10 years now, as it was listed in an old company newsletter that we obtained in 2012. CEC Master did a lot of the footwork in contacting ABC to secure this clip (other fans had tried previously but ABC had not digitized their archives that far back at the time). But once he discovered they had it available in digital form he sent the info to us and we paid for the public license for the clip - sight unseen as all we had was a vague transcript with time stamps. Could have been a hundreds of dollars bust because there was no solid indication it included portrait footage. Thankfully it paid off! 😅

[@aaronsarchive82]

Wonderful restoration! Super clean, but the movements seem more fluid as well.

[@edgar-maciel]

They were never able to restore them and so this footage is when they were working

[@V.G.F.]

I can’t wait!

[@ElajahHere]

This is so nice! Now i can see a lil more now!.”

[@theluisman250]

Now we need Kooser Ave. in 4k 60 fps (if thats even possible)

[@potatocraft952]

Damn i wish we had something like that here im Brazil

[@Marcos1702C1]

We already got It, not so good but we had chIcO cheese, yeah, sad

[@bobs3999]

Awesome and thanks for sharing!

[@helloworld3943]

I remember Showbiz. As a kid, the animals freaked me out.

[@haleandguu]

"are you comparing this to frank sinatra?" "oh hah well no, i wouldnt call sinatra an animal, haha" THE REPORTER DID NOT CATCH THAT WHIP CRACKINGLY SLICK COMEBACK

[@gingerjon3955]

The pizza guy is the foxy of this place.

[@AltF4-n9f]

im from italy and i love so much chuck e cheese but ive never been in one

[@animatronicentertainmentdude]

I wonder how weird it would be to have somewhat of a retro store, based off of pasqually. A real Pasquallys pizza and wings with maybe a studio C style pasqually retrofit.

[@ethanSderrick]

Awesome!

[@SouthJerseySam]

Man, you can tell how it changed for the better between the animatronics and pizza quality.

[@BillyRabbit-b5l]

This is smoother than real life itself

[@dinothebetatt6733]

I wonder where all these customers are now, considering this is from almost 45 years ago.

[@martinnahuel736]

This is a Master piece

[@TrekkieMae]

THANK YOU!!!

[@imbrosia80]

Dude I remeber these animatronics from when i went here as a kid thanks for bringing back memories and i have a lot of story's from this place!

[@richardvg7670]

Yeah thanks for sharing this and finding it and bring back some great memories because this is really cool because I grew up with it and later experienced it later in the 80s too and on so it makes it really special

[@imbrosia80]

@@richardvg7670 it really does

[@TSMASB]

Ngl your content is top Peak

[@Ghostly1989]

0:50 :D how many landfills of his animatronic are there by now?

[@StarlightSnowball]

I always wondered why Jaspers eye and Pasqually are different from Chuck e and crusty

[@tobysgamingworld1550]

Because Chuck E and Crusty are Updated versions

[@evans4628]

I am late, but i think the 70's Kids must be very happy to be in Pizza Time Theater, not how now...

[@kingdelbert]

I don't know about the "going strong" part, but great restoration

[@edgar-maciel]

They were never able to restore them and so this footage is when they were working

[@BobaIsCoole]

*1979 Chuck e Cheese*: Shelf Stage Last ever 3 Stage: *I am not dying*

[@roymackenzie-jy4lr]

0:52 1000 stores? I wonder how possible that was, apparently they thought the novelty of singing animals and video games was enough to being people back at least 3 times a month

[@Jaspertcrusty]

I can see the details i didn't see before around the location

[@RQBtv]

This is incredible!!

[@BluetheFortune2006]

I was wondering if you could try to restore the same 1979 Kooser Rd footage (the earliest footage of Mr. Munch and Reddy-like Helen Henny) in 4K as well? (if you guys do have one)

[@showbizpizzacom]

Possibly! We don’t have the original video file but it’s something we can try to upscale. 😊

[@RatKingLiam]

​@@showbizpizzacomYaya!!?

[@Ironnykvist-hm9rv]

bring back 70s pizza time chuck he had an attitude and a cool accent someone in robotics should recreate him

[@ArturoTepetla-Cuamatzi]

Yep, you say that, Nathan.

[@MrHorrorSlaughterHouse-hw8zt]

It says 1979, Crusty was only around until 1978, so why is Crusty still here

[@lilgary_]

Crusty wasn't removed from the store til they upgraded til regular cyberamics. So he was still there even though Munch took his place in other locations...

[@cec_oregon]

Crusty was removed in 1980

[@ChuckMaythem]

AWESOMEEE

[@Mickey-fj2zg]

Oh you were here!

[@robotortoise]

This looks great! What software did you use to upscale it?

[@showbizpizzacom]

It was Topaz Video AI, and a combination of a few different models cut together. Some models looked better on the portraits and background footage (while the close-ups of Gene looked a little overly textured in an unnatural way), so we just cut together the best views from a couple of upscales.

[@robotortoise]

Nice!! Topaz is generally the best I've found, but that's really cool you cut a few different models together! It looks phenomenal.

[@MytokyokittyStudios]

3:39 Why is this kid eating a napkin? Was the pizza that bad back then? 🤨

[@NeurospicyBitch88]

According to many of Nolan Bushnell's colleagues, yes. It really was that awful. Even Nolan himself knew it was awful. He made it bad on purpose so customers wouldn't buy the pizza but instead would pump quarters into the Atari and Exidy arcade machines

[@zaythecreator846]

The Fruit Cake Dog plays that Banjo so much his Hand Leaves him

[@margach2140]

I think I was from his real banjo

[@crashbandicootspyrohinson05]

does anyone know what the animatronics are saying in the showtape i guess i mean i know the crusty version of the showtape is lost and all