As kid in the 80s...i absolutely loved Chuck E Cheese and Showbiz Pizza. I recall a CEC in Vancouver that had 2 floors, the arcade was upstairs...it was epic. Back then the lighting was super dim/dark and that was part of the magic...in 90s/00s it started getting brighter and blander, more like a hospital. If you didn't go in the 80s then you have no idea what it was like.
Pizza Time Theatre was definitely better than the Chuck E. Cheese era I grew up with, you had guest stars and extra rooms with more character performing.
I was born in 1996 , and Chuck E. Cheese was one of my favorite places to go for birthday parties ! The animatronics were my favorite part , even though I was terrified of them ! I love that they decided to keep the animatronics , it’s such a staple . It’s a shame that they changed the design ! It’s so bland .
One last vestige of the 80s. Kudos to them for keeping things largely intact. And who else can say the parents who bring their kids there enjoy it more than their kids?
I was watching five nights at Freddy's with my son and remembered the creepy showbiz pizza place animatronics they had. I did always enjoy the gorilla though. Not to sound like a old man but Everything was better back then.
I’m sick and tired of companies using screen entertainment. We take our children out to places like Chuck E to get away from all that crap. To have fun and go on magical adventures. We take them to spend time with them and make memories. I’m sorry to say, but Chuck E Cheeses is no longer the arcade pizzeria I remember. It breaks my heart that children are forced to watched TV screens and play touch screen games, rather than enjoy the fun challenging games of old. Not only were those games fun to play, but the challenge aspect of said games helped with a child’s development and coordination skills. The animatronics were fun too cuz they would sing and dance along to the music as you ate pizza and played games. I was never afraid of Chuck E growing up. In fact, in the town I grew up we had a Pizza Time Theater. It was located in Simi Valley Tiera Rejada RD and Sycamore AV. I had such fun times there I never wanted to leave, and I was devastated when it became the first of a line of old classic Chuck E Cheese to close down due to corporate A holes at the top making stupid business decisions to save money, and at the cost of the joy of countless families with children. These days Chuck E Cheese just doesn’t have the same feel anymore. When you go inside, it doesn’t feel like a family friendly place. It’s just another TV screen/Apple product placement. I will never set foot in any Chuck E Cheese ever again, until they change leadership and ratify every stupid business decision made since 2010. Stop shutting down Chuck E Cheeses, stop refurbishing them into modern garbage, stop removing the aspects of what makes them a fun place for kids and grown ups alike! Until the current leadership is ousted, I refuse to give my money to this corporate joke of a company.
Hey Kurt, I am with you. I definitely agree with you that the newer look is more sterile compared to the original decor. I hope this look will grow on me…
80s Life You actually weren’t mistaken. The band was actually performing. When the lights on stage are flashing to the beat of the music and/or the animatronics mouths are moving as well as certain movements (e.g. Munch’s and Pasqually’s arms moving up and down to the beat then they are performing. If the lights on the stage are not flashing to the beat and the animatronics are just doing random movements (without their mouths moving and little or no arm movements) then it is during an intermission. Usually intermissions have music videos from Kidz Bop and other artists as well as other content on the screens.
Good for CEC Northridge in deciding to keep the animatronic band! I wanted to cry when they were performing "Lend a Hand," thinking they were going to junk them soon. Shame they don't do spontaneous performances anymore, but they're still there, having survived the re-fit. That's what counts!
I heard they were going to change this location into a 'retro' style location and bring back vintage signs, vintage memorabilia and really make it a location for fans across the country to visit and relieve the awesome past of CEC... sadly it seems like that's not the case...at least not so far... literally everything in this location from the video looks updated except for the animatronics still there. The photos on the wall are all new. They took down the fake magazine ads from the wall near the entrance. If they want to make this a nostalgic retro location they're missing the mark so far.
They actually was performing to songs but they run on a system called "navori" it's a system where they stream the show to the store's rather than dvds, floppys, ext. So they don't only perform for birthdays but songs too, if the lights are flashing/on then their performing. Just some info on that.
Those animatronics used to creep me out as a kid. The way the moved around and you could hear the noises they made.. I've said enough, making me feel weird again..
Thanks for the video, I can understand the decline now. They left my area a long time ago. I was a kid in the 80's glad I got to enjoy them back then, I would not travel far for them now. I did enjoy the pizza and beer the few times I took my kids back in the early 2000's, looked like they still had the taps on the wall
So if your wondering why 90s ( avenger ) Chuck stayed on some items is because during chucks redesign they kept a lot of the older stuff which I can only assume is because of their outfit similarities
the Chuck that you spotted on that game, reffered to by fans as "Avenger Chuck" was used between the late 90s to 2012 when he was replaced by that CGI abomination.
Good video! Do you mind if I use a few snippets of footage from this video in my upcoming history on this Chuck E. Cheese location? I'll be sure to give credit in the video and in the description.
See I would think right now more than ever would be a good time for them to have the animatronics with the new FNAF movie that just came out. People will be interested in the nostalgia of the animatronics.
Agree with the boring *ss color scheme. Last time you were there you should have tried to steal the bathroom door sign! (I jest.) I know it was early and empty when you were there but I hope they continue to get customers.
Also, all that cool, nostalgic signage, probably ended up in the trash. Aside from the owner maybe keeping a few pieces. I would have enquired about buying a few of the smaller ones last time you were there. If I was you. Even if they had to modify them a bit, like drilling a tiny hole in them or changing a corner a bit, to make sure that you couldn't use them in your own business. Like used casino dice and cards get modified basically. Would have been great to just have a piece or two.
It's weird I have so much nostalgia for the animatronics. When I was a kid I didn't care about the animatronics or the pizza. Never played any of the skill games to try and win tickets and prizes. All I cared about was the video games.
They left these animatronics in because they're the only ones which haven't attacked anyone yet. The others walked off the stage and grabbed people. Bewareeeeeee
You don't have to film the party, just the animatronics. That isn't the band that i grew up watching. My band is The Rocka-fire Explosion. Those types of Chuck E Cheese places are not what i grew up with. Mine is what used to be in West Mifflin, PA before it was demolished.
I don’t know what Chuck E. Cheese looked like that during the 80s. During the 80s Chuck E. Cheese was a very dimly lit video arcade with an even more dimly lit eating area when the animatronics show was playing. That place is lame af. Whoever initially decided to do this remodel was an idiot. I can picture them in a back room right now, “fvkc them kids“ 😂. I remember going to a kids birthday party there years ago thinking what the hell did they do to this place it’s not even fun.
Maybe, just mayyyybe someone in market saw the success of the Five Nights at Freddy's movie and, after failing to see the success of the video games over the last decade, decided that the anamatronics are definitely still a draw. They dropped the ball big time, I think, on not noticing the success of FNAF previously. Not saying that every store needs anamatronics, but some flagship spots throughout the nation should definitely still have them.
Back then it was the Chuck E. Cheese now it’s 5 nights at Freddy’s. I wonder if anyone has built a 5 nights at Freddy’s restaurant yet or if that’s in the works….You know the creator of 5 nights at Freddy’s went to Chuck E. Cheese as a kid.
Bro enjoy your time with your kid. In about another year and a half he’s gonna completely lose interest in everything you’re interested in. Sad but true. I’m going through it right now with my 15 year old son
I wanna tell you some because Chucky looks the same but but his outfits different because his clothes has to change like in the is because you see his parents have the bit change and his shirt his old he used Chucky used to have some grace peach brown shorts but he does is replace with the usual pants same thing with the old T shirt
As kid in the 80s...i absolutely loved Chuck E Cheese and Showbiz Pizza. I recall a CEC in Vancouver that had 2 floors, the arcade was upstairs...it was epic. Back then the lighting was super dim/dark and that was part of the magic...in 90s/00s it started getting brighter and blander, more like a hospital. If you didn't go in the 80s then you have no idea what it was like.
Pizza Time Theatre was definitely better than the Chuck E. Cheese era I grew up with, you had guest stars and extra rooms with more character performing.
I was born in 1996 , and Chuck E. Cheese was one of my favorite places to go for birthday parties ! The animatronics were my favorite part , even though I was terrified of them ! I love that they decided to keep the animatronics , it’s such a staple . It’s a shame that they changed the design ! It’s so bland .
@@NintegaDarioi prefer the avenger era.
Showbiz pizza "where a kid can be a kid". Memories of growing up there
I am so glad that this location kept the animatronics!!
I miss the old school vintage look
It soooo boring now and not colorful
Some of my best childhood memories were in my local classic Chuck E. Cheese's. I hope as much of that era as possible of the restaurant can survive!👍
You gotta love them 80s - thank you!😮💖💙💚💯🤍👍!
One last vestige of the 80s. Kudos to them for keeping things largely intact. And who else can say the parents who bring their kids there enjoy it more than their kids?
Looked better with the bright colors.
Dude, they gutted that location's soul..
I was watching five nights at Freddy's with my son and remembered the creepy showbiz pizza place animatronics they had. I did always enjoy the gorilla though. Not to sound like a old man but Everything was better back then.
I enjoy fatz too!
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Recently I’ve been wanting to go to Chuck E Cheese again lol, next week I will, haven’t been there in years. Good video!👍🙏
I’m sick and tired of companies using screen entertainment. We take our children out to places like Chuck E to get away from all that crap. To have fun and go on magical adventures. We take them to spend time with them and make memories.
I’m sorry to say, but Chuck E Cheeses is no longer the arcade pizzeria I remember. It breaks my heart that children are forced to watched TV screens and play touch screen games, rather than enjoy the fun challenging games of old. Not only were those games fun to play, but the challenge aspect of said games helped with a child’s development and coordination skills. The animatronics were fun too cuz they would sing and dance along to the music as you ate pizza and played games.
I was never afraid of Chuck E growing up. In fact, in the town I grew up we had a Pizza Time Theater. It was located in Simi Valley Tiera Rejada RD and Sycamore AV. I had such fun times there I never wanted to leave, and I was devastated when it became the first of a line of old classic Chuck E Cheese to close down due to corporate A holes at the top making stupid business decisions to save money, and at the cost of the joy of countless families with children.
These days Chuck E Cheese just doesn’t have the same feel anymore. When you go inside, it doesn’t feel like a family friendly place. It’s just another TV screen/Apple product placement. I will never set foot in any Chuck E Cheese ever again, until they change leadership and ratify every stupid business decision made since 2010. Stop shutting down Chuck E Cheeses, stop refurbishing them into modern garbage, stop removing the aspects of what makes them a fun place for kids and grown ups alike! Until the current leadership is ousted, I refuse to give my money to this corporate joke of a company.
Couldn't have said it better
Hey Kurt, I am with you. I definitely agree with you that the newer look is more sterile compared to the original decor. I hope this look will grow on me…
You and your son are so cool 80s life rules😊
I miss colourfull. And kids love colour. They don't need depression grey
Chuck E. Cheese has grown up. He now answers to Charles Edward Cheese, he's a stock broker and certified CPA. He lives in Encino.
80s Life You actually weren’t mistaken. The band was actually performing. When the lights on stage are flashing to the beat of the music and/or the animatronics mouths are moving as well as certain movements (e.g. Munch’s and Pasqually’s arms moving up and down to the beat then they are performing. If the lights on the stage are not flashing to the beat and the animatronics are just doing random movements (without their mouths moving and little or no arm movements) then it is during an intermission. Usually intermissions have music videos from Kidz Bop and other artists as well as other content on the screens.
Our petition worked!! Glad you went back and updated 😊 I’m excited to go to the new Chuck E Cheese Waterpark!!
since when did you start the petition? the animatronics were staying since this was remodeled a few months ago.
Nah, ever since that quiznos lookin 2.0 sign went up at Northridge, cec is now completely d3ad to me
@@romarisrogers8005they just remodeled the entire thing but kept the bots, like how is that special?💀
@@GigaChadObject exactly...some half axx isshh
Fun video again. I’m sure he picked the glasses for you, he wanted the stretchy hand! Hahaha
He didn't have enough tickets for the stretchy. It was double le what he had. He wore those glasses to school today... he's a little weirdo 😁
lets go guys, the trauma of seeing chuck's cold, dead eyes shift towards you will go on for generations.
15:29 Who wants a tootsie roll when you can grab some glasses like those😎plus all of the other goodies as well🥳
Now there are technically more rock afire explosion animatronics than Chuck E. Cheese animatronics.
Good for CEC Northridge in deciding to keep the animatronic band! I wanted to cry when they were performing "Lend a Hand," thinking they were going to junk them soon. Shame they don't do spontaneous performances anymore, but they're still there, having survived the re-fit. That's what counts!
I heard they were going to change this location into a 'retro' style location and bring back vintage signs, vintage memorabilia and really make it a location for fans across the country to visit and relieve the awesome past of CEC... sadly it seems like that's not the case...at least not so far... literally everything in this location from the video looks updated except for the animatronics still there. The photos on the wall are all new. They took down the fake magazine ads from the wall near the entrance. If they want to make this a nostalgic retro location they're missing the mark so far.
They actually was performing to songs but they run on a system called "navori" it's a system where they stream the show to the store's rather than dvds, floppys, ext. So they don't only perform for birthdays but songs too, if the lights are flashing/on then their performing. Just some info on that.
I go to tat one all the time sometimes so super nostalgic😊
Still has the 🏀 hoops
That game where you squirt the ducks is a classic.
Those animatronics used to creep me out as a kid. The way the moved around and you could hear the noises they made.. I've said enough, making me feel weird again..
back in the 80s a middle aged man hanging around a chuck e cheese parking lot with a camera was a felony - times have changed lol
Thanks for the video, I can understand the decline now. They left my area a long time ago. I was a kid in the 80's glad I got to enjoy them back then, I would not travel far for them now. I did enjoy the pizza and beer the few times I took my kids back in the early 2000's, looked like they still had the taps on the wall
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You are the best! :]
Remember going to CEC as a kid. The location was somewhere in LA. I don’t know where exactly but it was a big deal then.
So if your wondering why 90s ( avenger ) Chuck stayed on some items is because during chucks redesign they kept a lot of the older stuff which I can only assume is because of their outfit similarities
Ha was thinking about you! I used to go with my school on Halloween to this location
That’s cool that they kept the animatronics
I just couldn’t get Five Nights at Freddie’s out of my head… 😂
Good times, had my birthday party once at CEC, the one in Pico Rivera
I went to a few birthday parties at this location in the 80s. The interior used to be a lot darker back then.
cool video thank you
My cousin used to have his birthday party's at Chuck-E-Cheese good times
Another thing about the animatronics is that some of the mech parts date back to 1983 when it was a PTT
That place is in the same parking lot corn stars go to get tested , and there is also a testing spot across the street 😂😂
I want to go visit and check out this Chuck E. Cheese location!
Another CZcamsr did a request and they are keeping the animatronics at that location
The CEC in Annapolis MD isnt far from me now i wanna go see how it looks i haven't been there in many years
the Chuck that you spotted on that game, reffered to by fans as "Avenger Chuck" was used between the late 90s to 2012 when he was replaced by that CGI abomination.
Did anybody notice how it said "Where a kid can be a KD?" I thought it was a misspelling but nobody's noticed it.
Good video! Do you mind if I use a few snippets of footage from this video in my upcoming history on this Chuck E. Cheese location? I'll be sure to give credit in the video and in the description.
Sure, no problem. Thank you.
Fun fact: the sketch book old chuck E cheese logo is from the 2000s
Yesssss!!!
Lucky that’s still around 🐸🍺🔪🔥
Usually when they do upgrade they had major building damage that needed repairs especially when the health department do inspections
See I would think right now more than ever would be a good time for them to have the animatronics with the new FNAF movie that just came out. People will be interested in the nostalgia of the animatronics.
Chuck e studio c outfit is gone 😢😢 its been replaced with the rockstar outfit.
Agree with the boring *ss color scheme. Last time you were there you should have tried to steal the bathroom door sign! (I jest.) I know it was early and empty when you were there but I hope they continue to get customers.
Missed opportunity to say you're not, The Head Cheese, Kurt, but great video
The Chuck E Cheese on Chase Ave. in Milwaukee has the band.
Rock-A-Fire was amazing in the day
we want Pineville nc to be the next retro store
#savepineville #savepineville3stage
Good to know
Rip Munch's Hand
I like the other booths they were more colorful
The original CEC phrase was smile America say Chuck.E.Cheese
Also, all that cool, nostalgic signage, probably ended up in the trash. Aside from the owner maybe keeping a few pieces. I would have enquired about buying a few of the smaller ones last time you were there. If I was you. Even if they had to modify them a bit, like drilling a tiny hole in them or changing a corner a bit, to make sure that you couldn't use them in your own business. Like used casino dice and cards get modified basically. Would have been great to just have a piece or two.
they should’ve done this to Huntington Beach (they are the oldest location with the oldest animatronics in a location)
You remember chucky cheese when it was called showbiz pizza
Pizza Time Theater was awesome...it was dark lighting like watching a movie
I remember when it was Showbiz Pizza and the mascot was Billy Bob the bear
reminds me of that movie with nick cage
Willy's Wonderland! Fun movie!
I might be years late but when tf did Chuck E Cheese become so . . . BRIGHT??? and no ball pit??? This is so sad
oId schooI vintage chuck E cheese
Let’s be honest here. Place is a shell of itself what once what was.
It's weird I have so much nostalgia for the animatronics. When I was a kid I didn't care about the animatronics or the pizza. Never played any of the skill games to try and win tickets and prizes. All I cared about was the video games.
11:50 bro roasted new chuck.e
They left these animatronics in because they're the only ones which haven't attacked anyone yet. The others walked off the stage and grabbed people. Bewareeeeeee
dude shut up no they didn’t
You don't have to film the party, just the animatronics. That isn't the band that i grew up watching. My band is The Rocka-fire Explosion. Those types of Chuck E Cheese places are not what i grew up with. Mine is what used to be in West Mifflin, PA before it was demolished.
0:26 ❤🔋🔋🔋
Sweet Vid! I have been wanting to go there and do a video too! Do you need a kid to have lunch or dinner there??
It's probably best.
The Chuck E. Cheese in Bell Gardens still has the band 🤷🏻♂️
I don’t know what Chuck E. Cheese looked like that during the 80s. During the 80s Chuck E. Cheese was a very dimly lit video arcade with an even more dimly lit eating area when the animatronics show was playing. That place is lame af. Whoever initially decided to do this remodel was an idiot. I can picture them in a back room right now, “fvkc them kids“ 😂. I remember going to a kids birthday party there years ago thinking what the hell did they do to this place it’s not even fun.
The extra outlets are city code for remodeling, pretty ridiculous
Maybe, just mayyyybe someone in market saw the success of the Five Nights at Freddy's movie and, after failing to see the success of the video games over the last decade, decided that the anamatronics are definitely still a draw. They dropped the ball big time, I think, on not noticing the success of FNAF previously. Not saying that every store needs anamatronics, but some flagship spots throughout the nation should definitely still have them.
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Corona still has them.
Go to the chuck e cheese in brick NJ pleas!!!!
Back then it was the Chuck E. Cheese now it’s 5 nights at Freddy’s. I wonder if anyone has built a 5 nights at Freddy’s restaurant yet or if that’s in the works….You know the creator of 5 nights at Freddy’s went to Chuck E. Cheese as a kid.
Is that how they should do it
I would pay anything to see that band play a Radiohead song.
I wonder if the success of Five Nights made them reconsider 🤷♂️
definitely not the case.
HOW do you survive three nights at Chucky cheese
After FNAF, popularity will increase families to visit also they need to add one from the movie. Hopefully, you and family ordered food.
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Its just Peter Piper Pizza if they didnt have the band
5:49 but they were moving there mouth’s singing
Bro enjoy your time with your kid. In about another year and a half he’s gonna completely lose interest in everything you’re interested in. Sad but true. I’m going through it right now with my 15 year old son
Why don’t they have the dance floor and the animatronics???
What location is it from
Just like five nights at Freddy's
I wanna tell you some because Chucky looks the same but but his outfits different because his clothes has to change like in the is because you see his parents have the bit change and his shirt his old he used Chucky used to have some grace peach brown shorts but he does is replace with the usual pants same thing with the old T shirt
Do you think they are new animatronics or do you think they are the same ones?
Same ones