Chuck E. Cheese's Origin Story Is Sadder Than You Remember
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- Опубликовано: 14 май 2022
- Weird History Food is taking you back to relive Chuck E. Cheese - The real-life story of Chuck E. Cheese, the global pizza franchise, is one of hubris, technological advancement, and the shifting entertainment tastes of the United States. What started as the brainchild of a video game guru looking to update the arcade concept became a cheerfully retro fast-food juggernaut that is still seeking to define itself in the internet era.
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I loved Chuck E Cheese......... As a kid you never notice the poor pizza quality, the bored and underpaid staff, or the filthy poorly maintained animatronics.... it was truly magical.
I went there a lot when I was a kid. I vividly remember being blown away when some teenagers graciously donated their tickets to me. Ever since, on the occasion I find myself in an arcade that offers tickets, I give it away to kids, or sometimes adult who are collecting. The reaction of the kids are worth everything.
When my friend’s daughter was only about 3 years old, she couldn’t say Chuck E. Cheese. So when she would want to go to Chuck E. Cheese, she would ask her dad, “daddy, can we please go to Chunky Jesus?“ It was WAY TOO funny!
That mouse and his gang scared the crap out of me at 6 years old. I'm 36 and his eyes still creep me out a little.
Believe it or not, there was at least one located in Hong Kong back in the early 80’s, when it was still a British colony. As a kid growing up in HK, visiting Chuck E. Cheese was a major event.
Kudos to them for the ghost kitchen thing. That whole industry did boom once every restaurant realized they could be 5 restaurants. The food probably mostly sucked, but it's still a genius idea.
I dunno, maybe it's just being a child of the 80s, but the animatronics never frightened me as a child.
I actually worked as the Costume Character at my local Chuck E. Cheese. My senior year of high school. It was a great way to burn fat. Lol! And all I really had to do was take care of the costume, rotate the music video DVD, and prepare birthday cake with sprinkles and names. It was great time!
The animatronics were always “broken” when I went. As an adult, I realize that was a smart choice on their part hahaha
Is it me or does Chuck E Cheese smell funky?
An orphan just wanting to give kids the best birthday ever because he never had a a birthday celebration of his own is surprisingly wholesome
"Charles was an orphan"
I had some of the best and fun memories as a kid there during the 1990s. Chuck E Cheese has a special place in my heart next to Toys R Us!
My dad was a district manager for Chuck E Cheese and I used to get to go to work with him. Handfuls of tokens. Got to make my own pizzas and sundaes. It was awesome!
I recall a couple of early 80s birthdays here, mine and other kids. The video games were definitely the best part, although to my single digit age palate the pizza was pretty good too. And the animatronics would sing happy birthday which was hella exciting when you were 7. Organ Piper had better pizza but was already too old school by 1985.
I went a few times as a teenager there to both the San Jose, and Modesto locations but I did not know that the San Jose location was the original. For me was usually overwhelming. Not the chaotic atmosphere of those places but because of how it overstimulated my parents lol.
We had a Showbiz Pizza where I lived as a kid and I used to love it. Playing all those awesome Atari arcade games was a lot of fun. =)
So glad I found this channel (or I guess found Weird History and subsequently found this sister channel) because I was so crazy about DidYouKnowGaming's sister channel DidYouKnowFood but they made like 5 videos then stopped abruptly. This is great!!
As an adult I know it's only the nostalgia that makes me love that place. It's pizza was bland, the games would break, and the band only half worked at the branch I went to. But considering the shit childhood I had, where the only time I saw my moms side of the family was at chuck e cheese, that place was a God send. Literally some of my happiest shild hood memories are there.
Never been.-Was beyond happy to go to the "Hut".