The Rise and Fall of Chuck E Cheese
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English - March 31, 2022 00:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsHistory Kids & Family history true crime strange vintage mystery Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Chuck E. Cheese. Where a kid can be a kid and adults can be absolute animals.
Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari, had another money making idea. Bring arcades out of pool halls and bars and place them inside family restaurants.
When Disney wouldn't hire him, he decided to bring Disney style animatronics to his restaurants. Chuck E. Cheese, Mr. Munch, Pasqually and the rest of the crew were soon putting on shows for countless kids across the country.
Somewhere along the way, Chuck E. Cheese restaurants became magnets for murder, fights and a host of other legal issues. Nearly forty years later, they're still going strong. What is it that we love... and hate... about Chuck E. Cheese.
And how did one man take the idea of animatronics coming to life and turn it into a million dollar video game, movie, toy and book franchise with Five Nights at Freddy's?