Paul E. Parrott Pizza N Games

Paul E. Parrott Pizza N Games - Phoenix, Arizona

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Күн бұрын

In this video we explore this 'lost' family entertainment center from Phoenix, AZ. Paul E. Parrott's Pizza N Games was one of the many Chuck E. Cheese copycat restaurants that appeared in the early 1980s, but is definitely one of the more obscure establishments.
Video footage credits: RetailArchaeology, Ashley Clifford (Esq), Kinolibrary, Chris Williams & Peril

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@computerfighter2000 Ай бұрын

you don’t want to know how loud I screamed when I heard you say Wallace & ladmo lmaooo 💀 this is extremely interesting! Thanks for sharing this info with us

@ChuckEEntertainment Ай бұрын

The company that made the tokens for PTT and SPP (or at least the designs) also made the Paul E. Parrot token design. I remember seeing it in a brochure also showed Sally animatronics in that same brochure.

@PasqAnimatronics Ай бұрын

Playmeter magazine?

@victoriashowbizpizzafan1979 Ай бұрын

Cool! I was there back in 2013 for a business trip and stopped at a neat place called Organ Stop Pizza it had a wulzier organ and player and had a cute cat marionette show at the top of the organ. I'm going to find the footage and put it on my channel. 😊

@allisoncrownoble3577 Ай бұрын

It still exists!! I went in September!!

@FlutterTheThing Ай бұрын

@@allisoncrownoble3577 does it still have it’s animatronics?

@victoriashowbizpizzafan1979 Ай бұрын

@FlutterTheThing No, it's not in the same place as PEP was, but its in the area around down there.

@bigman8994 Ай бұрын

@FlutterTheThingthey never had animatronics at Organ Stop. They’re marionette puppets. Very basic and kinda creepy. They’re hidden behind some curtains for most of the show but plenty of pictures exist. Wouldn’t be surprised if they’re from the locations from the 70s, and just moved to this location in 95’

@yaboichillwill2052 Ай бұрын

I love that place!

@spindleclown Ай бұрын

Mod Rat from animatronicappreciation here! I've always wondered about this place; it's really sad how many neat FECs like this are so scarce for info/photos/footage. Rockin' Rollie's and Circus Time Pizza also come to mind.

@BluetheFortune2006 Ай бұрын

Wallace and Ladmo... Aren't those the same guys that also did their own live show at one of the Pizza Time Theatre locations at Tempe, AZ at one point? (Which is a short drive away from Phoenix, one of the main areas in Arizona that broadcasted the show for KPHO-TV 5.)

@Misfiit-y8n Ай бұрын

I just found this channel - i've been needing this since I was younger, I love this stuff so much

@RolfeDewolfeeee Ай бұрын

I’ve had a really bad day. I went to Warrington Gullivers World to see the hard luck bears, but what they didn’t tell me is that they weren’t performing today. They gave me misinformation. But, this video did make me smile a bit.

@ZeepAtomic Ай бұрын

I wish animatronic pizza parlors were still around. They were such unique gimmicks for their time. Chuck E Cheese started that fad, and they ended it.

@britishchick09 Ай бұрын

I'm from Phoenix and I had no idea this existed! What a fascinating place! :D

@sonicbros8425 Ай бұрын

My grandma apparently saw the place back in the day but never went inside

@That_guy_who_draw Ай бұрын

I love your videos ❤️ It’s so interesting to learn that there is a lost restaurant in my home state and that mall you mentioned, I went there a lot so it feel cool. Keep up the great work 🙏🏽

@TheGemmyGroup Ай бұрын

those images of the characters on the newspapers definitely look like retrofitted cec cyberamics, but where would they have gotten them? im so curious about this place now.

@smokeyjoeproductions Ай бұрын

They do look like cec retrofits! The bunnys snout looks like wolfman zapps (not saying it is)

@Margaret-bl4ub Ай бұрын

Great unique video 😊. Thanks for sharing.

@Hidden19763 Ай бұрын

God I wish I could go back in time to take photos

@bigman8994 Ай бұрын

I’ll keep an eye out local thrift stores for any old home videos of this place. Maybe try the Phoenix subreddit. They love a good dose of nostalgia, and there’s a good amount of people who have been in the valley for a long time. Found a lot of information there when researching one of our old theaters that’s long gone

@Dangerzone334ArchiveOfficial Ай бұрын

This is fascinating!

@robotortoise Ай бұрын

Oh hey, there's something near me! I live in Phoenix. I'm going back to school but pretty laid-back as far as scheduling goes. I don't know what I would investigate, but maybe the local libraries have something?

@jacksonvill33 Ай бұрын

you should look into this place called whipples fun center also in phoenix, arizona! my stepdad used to work there and it’s a lot like this restaurant but it was opened up more recently

@kierstenseethaler941 Ай бұрын

I don’t know about you, but that tambourine-playing bunny seems so familiar to me! 😅

@maggs9255 Ай бұрын

I live half an hour from Christown and I stg I’ve seen that logo in goodwills and stuff before this rabbithole crazy ash

@maggs9255 Ай бұрын

Gonna look into the old phx newspaper archive building to see what I can find 🫡

@BiggsHobbies Ай бұрын

Just a thought, and probably very wrong as I don't know much about CEC locations and their spinoffs, but is it in any way possible that the bots were re-used cyberamic bots? The masks look very similar to PTT mask designs, at least, the racoon looks a bit like how chuck e would have looked around that time. Additionally, they were described as puppets, implying limited movement; the PTT cyberamic bots had very limited movements, and like some puppet shows, were only visible from the waist up. Maybe a nearby PTT location had closed, or a lease ran out and the bots were re-used here? Again, I don't know much about when PTT locations opened/closed, so I could be wrong, but it's just an idea. I do wish there was more info about shows like these. If there are locations where all we have is a newspaper ad or two, imagine how many more small shows we don't even know existed.

@Getlazy7056 9 күн бұрын

For your next episode of pizza time, it will be about the history of the cec summer of fun concert tour that is currently on hiatus

@diggingattycho7908 Ай бұрын

That storefront wasn't a part of Christown proper. But a shopping center on 19th Ave and Missouri(north east corner). I recognize the building, I used to go there a lot. Tower Records was in the same mall. I have ne memory of this place, there was a pizza place in that mall( I think Peter Pipers). Unusual restaurants like this wasn't uncommon back in the day. There was a variety of themed restaurants around Phoenix, that I saw as a kid in the 70's. But that isn't a thing anymore. If you want a better idea of what Christown used to look like use historic aerials. Google doesn't go back far enough. But the newspaper archives are pretty complete. The next step is to get a name/s of whoever owned the place. See if they are still around, or relatives who might know something. The sad part about stuff like this, people do not think it's worth preserving. They think it's too new, it is hard for some of us to face, the fact that a lot of things we grew up with are now antiques. Wallace and Ladmo are true legends, who entertained generations of Arizonians.

@thefreakazoid420 Ай бұрын

have you heard about Fuzzy Wuzzy's Wizard Wonderland? I remember looking around for stuff about it over a year ago including older newspapers that werent found before talking about it. previously the only information about it was from a legal case regarding music and some newspaper photos

@pikalove8201 Ай бұрын

I remember that one. I have a couple other solo videos for restaurants planned out, as well as putting a few into a compilation video that have little info on them. Not sure if that one has enough to be its own video but definitely was an interesting place lol

@Esshersimpbdlcrew Ай бұрын

This is intresting. i remember my friend supra mentioned there being a lost animatronic from some kids place. it was a ripoff of the genie from aladin and didnt realy work. all they did with it was bring it out just for people to take photos of it. sadly the place is shut down and the owner has no idea what happened to the animatronic. if anyone in spain has found a animatronic that looks like a bootleg version of the genie from aladin please let me know cause at this point its lost media (not even the lost media subredit would accept it sadly)

@FECvision Ай бұрын

You might be thinking about Jollie Genies, took the former spot of the two story Chuck E. Cheese’s in Burnaby in 1996, closed in the early 2000s

@Esshersimpbdlcrew Ай бұрын

@FECvision im sorry i cant find anything about that. If you can please send a link to a website so i can ask her tomorow? Also kinda think it is a little weird how a cec animatronic ended up in spain for a kids place

@SHUVOSARKAR-143 Ай бұрын

Amazing

@CEC_Altoona1983 Ай бұрын

Looks like we are finally back!

@CheddarChuckE3956 Ай бұрын

What a small but interesting story.

@partycattheoneandonly4563 Ай бұрын

i lived in Arizona for most of my life and never was aware of it Q.Q i missed out big time

@WilliamCarroll-x7u Ай бұрын

Where can I find all these obscure animatronic pizza places? Please I gotta know! Also, Captain Carnivals Pizza Theater perhaps? Teehee! Also, I’ve tried looking on this channels namesake website, the arcade preservation wiki, and cheese e pedia but I’ve hardly found anything on CCPT. If anyone knows where I can find info about this place, much appreciated, thanks!

@matthewmoshe6315 Ай бұрын

You guys should do a video of the history of huckleberry junction and do some research on the first show they had before dainel and the Dixie diggers the ainmal kracker band

@elCharlieXDgamer39797 Ай бұрын

More lost media go go go

@natedaboi1608 Ай бұрын

Start by asking Wallace and ladmo fans or if they’re a wiki or something? There’s a community for everything Jesus loves you 😊

@acyiz Ай бұрын

i found a facebook post, it wont let me post a link, but it has a comment saying a guy named "mark efros" was a manager there, if you want I can dm you the link.