Exclusive tour: The last Chuck E. Cheese with an original animatronic band

Rich DeMuro visits the Northridge, California Chuck E Cheese location, which will keep the animatronic band in tact. All other locations will be phasing out the original entertainment in favor of interactive dance floors, giant video walls and trampolines.

[@SmollGoblin]

BRING BACK THE BAND!!!!!!! Edit (Thanks for top comment!)

[@javairflorez7889]

Imagine taking something down reducing it to one just to hype it up on KZbin for handouts-_-

[@babyjg3759]

BRING BACK THE BANDDDD!!!!!

[@Raiplayswithherdolls]

no the are creepy

[@SmollGoblin]

@@Raiplayswithherdolls Welp the devil just found a new BFF and its name is YOU

[@Zcmzmd]

​@@Raiplayswithherdollsthey're cute, plus that's how fnaf was made

[@josephdegraff364]

That's great that they're keeping one someone traditional to the original Chuck e cheese but not sure why they can't keep at least a few more than just one because what if people want to visit there and like introduce their family to their childhood. I feel like that puts the pressure on to have to go all that way just to see some of the past. They are a very successful corporation and they could easily keep the bands at more than just one location.

[@juancena1117]

Too many kids know about FNAF it freaks them out.

[@jokerjosh3]

​@juancena1117 kids should not be playing that, and adults should be supervising more...

[@retro_cam925]

bc cec is greedy and only wants money

[@linqxx]

@@juancena1117honestly i love fnaf and i would love to be there in person but california is literally all the way across the country and it sucks

[@Skyla286]

​@juancena1117 the thing about fnaf was it was a bit of love letter to there characters while being a horror game.

[@yiandrea84]

I have so many fun memories as a kid going to Chuck E Cheese. Thank you!

[@BozoSquid]

I love the original band so much ❤❤❤

[@RatfromNadeaust]

I have no idea who gave these guys the loan to remodel all the locations when they're clearly going into debt every year. I used to work for CEC back in 2013 - 2017. 2013 was the last year's. It was the golden years until the company sold to Apollo Capital Management. After that it was all about profits. Customer complaints went up. Hours were cut, which meant dirty tables, longer lines. Cheaper toys. I can keep going. They had this whole plan about beating last year's numbers with less employees every year. It was just terrible.

[@chadkellan9681]

Sounds like Dollar General and other companies. It's sad

[@perfectsliceofcake]

shout outs logan for saving the band 😭

[@TailsFan92]

If fans on the East Coast want to experience the old animatronic shows of the 80’s, there is also Billy Bob’s Wonderland in West Virginia, which has the last publicly performing Rock-afire Explosion animatronics from before the Chuck E Cheese/Showbiz Pizza merger.

[@Rederister]

Also! The Chuck E Cheese in Charlotte/Pineville still has the modified Showbiz animatronic band, went there tonight with my brother for his birthday!

[@somerandomchicken]

I wanted to go to billy bobs for my birthday yesterday but my parents canceled last minute saying "it's just a chuck e cheese" I wanted to go for the animatronics. I settled for my local chuck e cheese and they got rid of the studio C chuck :(

[@Samarah.H23]

_Scott Cawthon saying he will never allow a Fnaf resturant to open up because of some physco recreating the story line_ Chuck E Cheese: *Are you challenging me?!*

[@gossbert_25]

There's no competition if they're not the same. They're allies and toxicities are bad. Me, Chuck, and CEC fans wanted to be respectful.

[@abe8718]

bro chuck e cheese has had animatronics since the 70s they aren't challenging scott at all lol

[@Samarah.H23]

@@abe8718 I know. It's a joke lol

[@phantomhourglass13]

can i watch a single cec video without someone making a fnaf joke

[@Landofrfr]

*the animatronics do get a bit quirky at night*

[@amarisrodriguez8672]

Took my kids to see them last night. It was bittersweet 😥

[@TheMidKnight]

1990-2005 gang we are here for Nostalgia

[@ProudOrbit217]

As someone born in 2005, I’m so thankful I was able to go to CEC and experience animatronics for the first time😭

[@LadyLaurapop]

🫡

[@terryw9838]

More screens to look at. I could just stay home and watch my big screen tv.

[@idontknowwhattocallmyaccou349]

I think what they should do is they should keep one show intact in every state

[@timothyriggins8651]

Agreed 👍

[@Bluestar-bh3bf]

I remember back in elementary school my teacher handed the whole class stickers that would give us 10 free tokens and then later that Friday night the whole class as well as other teachers and students showed up what a great time I had as a kid

[@ProudOrbit217]

You had an epic school

[@fromthebay93]

I love those animatronics!

[@Misslaurenuni]

Not me

[@Bluemojieatscookie15]

​@Misslaurenuni you have no childhood memories

[@Misslaurenuni]

I know

[@Gedasher-kr2dc]

I saw these animatronics before that one video game was a thing

[@navygirlav2012]

Sad. The new is just stupid screens. Like kids dont stare enough at screens.

[@Princeton_James]

I'm 45. I seriously want my next birthday here.

[@BigJDawg4523]

Nice to have both the animatronic band and a dance floor. Trampolines?! NO WAY!!!

[@ProudOrbit217]

Pizzeria Simulator Lawsuits intensifies…

[@Gedasher-kr2dc]

I miss the skytubes

[@cmartin68137]

the trampolines are really tiny and can really only fit like a 7 year old or under

[@sascharay190]

They were my childhood

[@maisie4506]

I loved the animatronics as a kid.

[@robertlee9602]

Fnaf worked it seems.

[@falloutboy1379]

Not in the way we wanted it too. But this is fine.

[@TheFunArchivist]

@@falloutboy1379 FNAF had nothing to do with it. This happened thanks to Logan's petition to keep the animatronics.

[@gossbert_25]

It's just a different one, nothing happens at all and not the same

[@KlearChristal]

FNAF is largely inspired by chuck e cheese. Not the other way around.

[@GFLProductionsGuy27]

dam this location Is turning more and more popular.

[@cchico41]

i love that they’re keeping it!! i love that band and grew up watching them.

[@jimlewis3050]

I remember always going to the Chuck E Cheese in Peoria, IL every month growing up. I always enjoyed seeing the animatronic band.

[@heyimadino]

Didn’t they recently say they were bringing animatronics back to other locations? I hope that’s still true.

[@ProudOrbit217]

Let’s hope so

[@monopolygamer3rd]

2:21 minor correction. Only creative engineering animatronics (which can be found on 3 stages and cu-1 stages) had that mechanism. Not the CEC/PTT cyberamics.

[@giraffegirltheskatebirdsfa2490]

Awesome! Now we need to save the Pineville 3-stage! #savepineville

[@fnf2041]

Weird never knew Chuck E. Cheese had animatronics until FNAF. The locations inward like Los Angeles county only have the mouse that might come out and walk around. So weird all these years didn’t know!

[@animatronicsandarcades]

Wow I can't believe they got Nolan Bushnell to show up for this, that's awesome! I love CEC and Atari!

[@jimas9775]

I had bdays there and my kids have as well….expensive but fantastic

[@ruthmensah7920]

Bring back Chuck E cheese balcony and portrait stage.

[@adriandiaz6438]

SpongeBob Goofy Goober plus Five Nights at Freddy's similar to that

[@Squidistt]

Please have animatronics in more locations

[@jp6724]

Having both versions of the experience is basically like a Timeline of History right in the restaurant

[@stacyscooby8488]

this was my childhood chuck E cheese was my childhood both my brother and I celebrated our birthday's there.. WE had amazing Memoires.

[@crystinamarie1]

Let's go to Northridge y'all. This store should be a landmark. Those animatronics were a staple of my childhood. Scary but so nostalgic ❤

[@Crysisplaya]

*SAVE THIS RESTAURANT AT ALL COSTS*

[@sascharay190]

WAS THAT THE BITE OF 87!

[@knuclear200x]

Cool that Bushnell was alive to see this happen

[@ProudOrbit217]

I had no idea that the guy was still alive💀

[@knuclear200x]

@@ProudOrbit217 me neither🤯🤯

[@Bluemojieatscookie15]

Five nights at Chuck E Cheese

[@ChixenLil]

It is great! I drive 40 min to get there and trust me it is worth it! Small chuck e cheese but WE LOVE IT!

[@mariogarcia2254]

Great job Logan 👍

[@supersonictrix80]

Finally, something actually interesting on the news

[@911sceneobserver]

So many Awesome memories 🙌

[@ryanward652]

I’m sure gonna miss them

[@Binx345me]

Chuck e cheese made a big mistake when they got rid of the animatronics! I am very glad 1 store kept it. But the giant wall paintings, and dance floor is not nearly as cool as the animatronics.

[@MoJose-sq5ip]

lets protest more chuck e cheese like the one in warwic ri when i found out that they were getting rid of the animatronics i was hart broken

[@Zcmzmd]

Please just bring them back, singing animatronics are nice to me, plus I love watching the chuck e cheese's mech preforming videos. Please bring them back.

[@Creature_X]

Bro was talking to William Afton

[@jackson4162]

Aw this makes me sad. Those animatronic bands were fun

[@XxNiTrODONxX]

Y'all should do a story of the Abraham Lincoln animatronic @ Disneyland. I doubt he will retire any time soon

[@edward_lee]

@1:55 ok this Nolan Bushnell is a mf'ing legend.. he also founded Atari in the 70s.

[@jackbauer562]

They never appreciate it, until they gone

[@pattbud]

thank you so much for keeping the 2-stage but what about 3-stages? Here in visalia, we have a 3-stage location but we need one of those retro and original show stages!

[@nicholaskania9106]

This information isn’t correct. The district manager of Pineville-Matthew’s Road in Charlotte North Carolina recently said that they will be keeping their 3-stage show.

[@backwoodsblake]

We have one here in Ohio. Well we did about 5 years ago I haven't been back since

[@Gedasher-kr2dc]

You can now see the 3-stage in Visalia California Tallahassee Florida Billings Montana Altoona Pennsylvania and pineville North Carolina

[@Grandpapi69-bj5qh]

Hopefully these animatronics aren’t possessed by any child ghosts 💀

[@CapitalProductions-zv5bo]

they aren't they are pneumatic and use about 25 psi

[@kingdom-dude]

I heard of something like this, but I was still shocked and confused. Literally the Chuck E Cheese animatronics are going extinct?! Chuck E Cheese was my childhood and I don’t really have memories with the robots, but I know I’ve seen them at times when I went to Chuck E Cheese as a kid, and even saw them performed at some kid’s party I was invited to when I was very little. I just read that they’re getting rid of the robots because of the FNAF movie. How stupid and dramatic can our world get?

[@dinagancear7391]

Nah we don't need animatronic we want a real one like chuck e can dance and could sleep and drink water

[@Delta21OnYT]

Theyve been removing animatronics since 2019 for the dance pads mentioned in the video

[@TheSmcUniverse]

NorthRidge now has History!

[@teashiaincrediibleh.3646]

Chuck E Cheese and the Animatronic Band. ❤❤ Heyyyy!

[@ricarleite]

That's genius. People will flock to this one to see it.

[@airwriq]

Cool, I'd like to see em!

[@riddlez3177]

This is a great story man.

[@arlingtontrains7]

Those things creeped me out as a kid lol

[@ProudOrbit217]

Honestly, who wasn’t?😂 I swear Helen Henny just straight up hated me😀

[@Gedasher-kr2dc]

I’m not.

[@Christmasfan1000]

I just heard that C.E.C Entertainment decided to return the animatronics back on stage,what good news amirite :)

[@eevee242]

I just feel like yesterday, that I went to Chuck E. Cheese and saw the animatronics and the play place but people used to being poop in there so they got rid

[@BillytheKid213]

Wow I gotta go. Awesome. All the others I went to. They dnt have the OG animatronics thT is badass. 🤝🏻

[@romeosfamilyadventures27]

Billings, MT Chuck E Cheese still has the original animatronics.

[@ProudOrbit217]

Words cannot express how happy I am, they better keep their damn promise CEC Entertainment, DONT.F*CK.THIS.UP.

[@harysuper]

They should bring back the band for the Burbank Location

[@HueGenex]

So nostalgic

[@TOASTERBOI_2004]

Damn these were my childhood, even peaked under the clothing to look at the mechanical parts as a kid bc I was always curious and thought they were real lol

[@josebarajas5818]

Will just have to wait until 2087 to see what happens.

[@Waffle429]

Was that the bite of 87?!???!

[@MushroomyPlayzYT]

“This one’s here to stay!” Until it goes bankrupt :(

[@Rederister]

Another is in Charlotte/Pineville North Carolina! Different band from this one, having the modified Showbiz band but it has all the members!

[@MrPillowStudios]

CEC is still going and I love it

[@ILikeParties-mq3bl]

Thats what they should do. #savepineville #savepineville3stage

[@dorinamuraska5137]

The Birthday cake was excellent back in the day😊

[@crookscorner7894]

I respect the Northridge

[@grantdustin1]

Rich Demuro-Are you going to be a the trampoline... Grand Opening ??? 0:23

[@ginatennis5514]

No the Chuck-E-Cheese in Visalia CA also has the original style animatronics so this is not the only one

[@Showbizpizzafanyt]

It'll take a like 10 hours to go to California maybe ill go back for a second time

[@myrahamby2531]

Emma Tronic, kids by kids went missing

[@itzamia]

@2:20 What did she sprinkle in her pizza? Also, they should bring back the animatronics. Eating pizza and watching the Pizza chef play the drums made me want to eat more pizza.

[@Binx345me]

probably parmesan cheese or peppercorn. its on every chuck e cheese table

[@itzamia]

@@Binx345me Lol, she was talking really fast, but nothing wrong with parmesan cheese and peppercorn. I always throw some of that on my pizzas!

[@josejimenaz]

My nostalgic 😮memories❤😊

[@FurTschechoslowakei]

''was that the bite of 87?!''

[@TheSmcUniverse]

WE NEED THIS!

[@KXG_gt]

actually I think they lied, the chuck e cheese in mira mesa ca they still have the animatronics. I went there actually but I thought they were telling the truth and I’m actually lucky. I’m kinda scared of them but I loved them when I was younger, and I still do their cool!

[@KXG_gt]

@AnthonysMultimedia2736 i know it got removed on the 19th.

[@KXG_gt]

@AnthonysMultimedia2736and they put up the new logo yesterday.

[@KXG_gt]

@AnthonysMultimedia2736 and this was 1 month ago too when it didn’t get 2.0

[@debrasexton6050]

I remember me and my friends taking are kids all the time. Fond memories. We drank a lot of beer. Lol❤😂

[@matgame-iz5bc]

Than you for the information

[@DennisTamayo]

Well, there's one animatronic figure left at Chuck E. Cheese's in Burbank, California.

[@DavidBustillo-b7v]

I wish I went there

[@jenniferwebb677]

So many memories ❤❤

[@jake24685]

Keep them 😢😢😢 as the museums

[@larryramirez9007]

Five nights at Chuck E Cheese😨

[@jennipennyhernandez7006]

I wish we had it here in bakersfield.

[@oeao2841]

Bushnell created Atari Inc.

[@Lucky_9705]

They should update the animatronics instead of phasing them out with better artificial intelligence

[@Shibuyach0]

The start to Five Nights at Chucky's

[@somerandomchicken]

They got rid of the studio C chuck i had at my chuck e cheese for A TV SCREEN, A LITERAL BIG TV SCREEN

[@rsxjr05]

The Chuck E. Cheese I go got the 2.0 and me and my dad is sad because are childhood where just seeing the animatronic

[@Xxxxxrrr6464]

Now this is news

[@GODSONS777]

Yup for real lol damn innocence never smelt so real as this. This is truly like tear because I can remember the true child hood innocence of going there