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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre (Partially lost showtape recordings for animatronic theater; 1977-1995)}}
{{InfoboxLost
{{InfoboxLost
|title=<center>Pizza Time Theater Showtapes</center>
|title=<center>Pizza Time Theater Showtapes</center>
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These usually contained skits and/or songs sung by the animatronic characters on stage.  
These usually contained skits and/or songs sung by the animatronic characters on stage.  


== Main Showtapes (Pizza Time Players) ==
==Main Showtapes (Pizza Time Players)==
The following listed are CECPTT main stage showtapes, their dates release and both audio and animatronic signal status.
The following listed are CECPTT main stage showtapes, their dates release and both audio and animatronic signal status.


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! style="background-color:lightblue" |Audio Status
! style="background-color:lightblue" |Audio Status
! style="background-color:lightblue" |Signal Status
! style="background-color:lightblue" |Signal Status
|-
|The Big Cheese Birthday Show Conceptual Dialogue Recording Session
|October 7, 1976 (Never released to the public)
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2cQFyz12hA<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:grey">'''Non-existent'''
|-
|-
|Original PTT Tape with Crusty
|Original PTT Tape with Crusty
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|Madam Oink "Portrait" Showtape #2
|Madam Oink "Portrait" Showtape #2
| May 1979
| May 1979
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|-
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|-
|-
| Madam Oink - Around the World (Normal and X-Mas ver.)
| Madam Oink - Around the World (Normal and X-Mas ver.)
| November 1980
| October or November 1980
|[https://youtu.be/W0jHHAQloXE<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>] (Both Variations)
|[https://youtu.be/W0jHHAQloXE<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>] (Both Variations)
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
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|Harmony II - Harmony's Hoedown (Normal and CEC's 5th B-day)
|Harmony II - Harmony's Hoedown (Normal and CEC's 5th B-day)
|December 1981
|December 1981
|[https://youtu.be/ytf-g-xnR-s<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>] (Both Variations)
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytf-g-xnR-s&t=1707s<span
style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>] (Both Variations)
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> (Both Variations)
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> (Both Variations)
|-
|-
|Madame Oink III - Tunnel of Love (CEC's 5th B-day and Normal)
|Madame Oink III - Tunnel of Love (CEC's 5th B-day and Normal)
|May 1982-March 1983
|May 1982-March 1983
|[https://youtu.be/Qklt7vORabo<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>] (Both Variations)
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1wE3JO3Ics&t=2730s<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>] (Both Variations)
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> (Both Variations)
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> (Both Variations)
|-
|Madame Oink III - "Tunnel of Love" Spanish Version
|1982
|[https://youtu.be/MDRDwOUsxm4<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|-
| Madame Oink IV - "The Tune Machine"
| Madame Oink IV - "The Tune Machine"
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|Broadway Helen Henny
|Broadway Helen Henny
|June 1983-March 1984
|June 1983-March 1984
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz8UK1CwOrA&t=18s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKtCJCNjQyw<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|Madame Oink III - "Tunnel of Love" Spanish Version
|September 1983- 1984-1986??
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDRDwOUsxm4&t=219s<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|-
|-
|Bandstand 1
|Bandstand 1
|March 1984
|March-May 1984 (Produced in July 1983)
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytf-g-xnR-s&t=1707s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOc3nP0lWww&t=386s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|Bandstand 2
|Bandstand 2
|1984
|June-August 1984 (Produced in August 1983)
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZcC5vAst4U<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_N-wam_yMQ<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|Country Helen
|Country Helen
|1984
|September-November 1984 and January-March 1985 (Produced in 1984)
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY5HusXJDao<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY5HusXJDao<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
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|[https://youtu.be/nVvFL_Qwocc<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|[https://youtu.be/nVvFL_Qwocc<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|Unknown (Back to School?)
|January-March 1985
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|-
| Hit Parade
| Hit Parade
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|-
|-
|World of Kids
|World of Kids
|January-February 1986
|January-March 1986
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_HTSBlJ3Zk&t=109s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_HTSBlJ3Zk&t=109s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|Unknown
|March-April 1986
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|Unknown
|May-June 1986
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|-
|History of Rock and Roll
|History of Rock and Roll
|July-August 1986
|April-August 1986
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O5DzFUg9VE<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O5DzFUg9VE<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|History of Rock and Roll II
|History of Rock and Roll II
|September-October 1986
|September-Novmber 1986
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfFRYN1jMI0&t=1s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfFRYN1jMI0&t=1s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
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|Movie Magic
|Movie Magic
|January-February 1987
|January-February 1987
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_NggGWxxn4<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBMHB4KLhGc<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|TV Westerns
|TV Westerns
| March-April 1987
| March-April 1987
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkfubia9gJY<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|Summertime
|Summertime / TV Westerns
|May-June 1987
|May-June 1987
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXas43aAuVQ<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|Working / Summertime
|Working / Summertime
|July-August 1987
|July-August 1987
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_cqRH_EccI<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|CEC Faves / Working
|CEC Faves / Working
|September-November 1987
|September-November 1987
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5eMOtWKZ4Y&t=1s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|Home For the Holidays (Reel Only)
|Home For the Holidays (Reel Only)
| December 1987
|December 1987-1990
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRFcp3jl0CY&t=1s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|Country / Faves
|Country / Faves
|January-February 1988
|January-February 1988
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDoAPi3ggo4<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|Tune Machine/ Country
|Tune Machine/ Country
| March-April 1988
| March-April 1988
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXwtywsWPso<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|Summertime/Tune Machine
|Summertime  
|May-June 1988
|May-June 1988
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwzHcpNc-PM<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|CEC Grammy Awards/Summertime
|CEC Grammy Awards/Summertime
|July-August 1988
|July-August 1988
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkiJqwKNNvw<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|CEC Dance/CEC Grammy Awards
|CEC Dance/CEC Grammy Awards
|September-November 1988
|September-November 1988
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtn1W220KDA<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|Home For the Holidays (Reel Only)
|Chuck E. Cheese Live
| December 1988
|1988-1990
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnlMHHX1Do4<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|Fractured Classics/Dance
|Fractured Classics  
|January-February 1989
|January-February 1989
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy8RolNwQyw<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|CEC Kiddie Songs/Fractured Rock
|Kiddie Songs  
|March-April 1989
|March-April 1989
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIhwogABmuI&t=4s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|Best of 1988
|Best of 1988
|May-June 1989
|May-June 1989
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3QDmRXLJEk&t=1s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|CEC Dreams/Kiddie Songs
|CEC Dreams/Kiddie Songs
|July-August 1989
|July-August 1989
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WI39Z1IVLQ&t=4s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|CEC Neighbors / Dreams
|CEC Neighbors / Dreams
|September-November 1989
|September-November 1989
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5jKnB1BdDI<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|Home For The Holidays (Cyberstar)
|December 1989
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|Home For The Holidays (Reel & Cyberstar)
|Chuck E. Cheese's Birthday Extravaganza (ShowBiz Branded)
| December 1989
|1989
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQRQ-Jzo5a0<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|CEC American Pride/Neighbors
|CEC American Pride/Neighbors
|January-February 1990
|January-February 1990
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg2B5eMsrHc<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|CEC Kids/American Pride
|CEC Kids/American Pride
|March-April 1990
|March-April 1990
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITX6I5ZC2Hg<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|CEC TV Classics
|CEC TV Classics
|May-June 1990
|May-June 1990
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMkUEBKaPFs<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|Summer Days
|Summer Days
|July-August 1990
|July-August 1990
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbS-7Idq5Yo<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
|September 1990
|September 1990
|September 1990 - November 1990
|September 1990 - November 1990
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_fDtwkA84s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|Christmas 1990
|December 1990
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|}
|}


== Cabaret, Lounge, and Other Showtapes ==
== Cabaret, Lounge, and Other Showtapes ==
Alongside the main animatronic show, other rooms in the restaurant would host additional characters, playing their own individual showtapes. They were slowly phased out between the mid-late 1980s through the mid-late '90s as Showbiz Pizza Time (Now known as CEC Entertainment) slowly phased out the Pizza Time Theater Concept for the then more modern version of Chuck E. Cheese.
Alongside the main animatronic show, other rooms in the restaurant would host additional characters, playing their own individual showtapes. They were slowly phased out between the mid 1980s through the mid-late '90s as Showbiz Pizza Time (Now known as CEC Entertainment) slowly phased out the Pizza Time Theater Concept for the then more modern version of Chuck E. Cheese.
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! style="background-color:lightblue" |Signal Status
! style="background-color:lightblue" |Signal Status
|-
|-
|Dolli Dimples
 
|Dolli Dimples I (Kooser)
|November 1978
|November 1978
|[https://youtu.be/2TDI6p8nGWo<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> (For the original version of the showtape) <span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> (For all post 1981 versions of this showtape)
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|Dolli Dimples I
|May 1979
|[https://youtu.be/2TDI6p8nGWo<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|-
| Dolli Dimples II
|Dolli Dimples II
|December 1982
|December 1982
|[https://youtu.be/pBf6YVeD_lI<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|[https://youtu.be/pBf6YVeD_lI<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|[https://youtu.be/O6VVMZRfwp8&t=861s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|[https://youtu.be/O6VVMZRfwp8&t=861s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|-
|Dr. Quack
|1980
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|-
|Beagles I
|Beagles I
|1980
|October 1980
|[https://archive.org/details/beagles-all-my-loving-original<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']
|[https://archive.org/details/beagles-all-my-loving-original<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
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|-
|-
|King '95
|King '95
| 1995
|1995
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
|<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
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|-
|-
| B.B. Bubbles
| B.B. Bubbles
| December 1982
|December 1982
|[https://youtu.be/_w6rnYrwdKo<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']
|[https://youtu.be/_w6rnYrwdKo<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
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==Media Recovery:==
==Media Recovery:==
Due to the showtapes only ever being owned by the store, along with becoming obsolete once the next tape was sent in, most original tape copies are lost or destroyed. Tapes are mostly found in possession of a former employee (usually the technician) after their location has shut down. This is usually either the last showtape before closure or all tapes owned throughout the store's use. This makes older tapes increasingly harder to find. Due to all of this it's is unknown if any of the lost ones will ever be uncovered due to their unknown fate. Some showtapes have also turned up on eBay through.
Due to the showtapes only ever being owned by the store, along with becoming obsolete once the next tape was sent in, most original tape copies are lost or destroyed. Tapes are mostly found in possession of a former employee (usually the technician) after their location has shut down. This is usually either the last showtape before closure or all tapes owned throughout the store's use. This makes older tapes increasingly harder to find. Due to all of this it's is unknown if any of the lost ones will ever be uncovered due to their unknown fate. Some showtapes have also turned up on eBay though.
 
A YouTube channel by the name of [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDMYhg8KJjDXDWbK03H_6oQ/videos Pizza Time Theatre] has uploaded a majority of Pizza Time Theater's library of showtapes. Four other YouTube channels [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7bgFevu0fD7MXyeierKA_Q/videos The SPT Archives], [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJBZNa9sjllesIoBHfNe7Q Pizzacam3], [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-03vjYMeFJ-b84VJQY7HpA Pizza Time Archive], and occasionally [https://www.youtube.com/@PasqAnimatronics Pasq] has also uploaded a lot of Pizza Time Theater's library of showtapes. Showbiz Pizza.com's official internet radio station Radio Showbiz also ever so often play segments of Pizza Time Theater showtape and also has two scheduled block decided to them. One called Pizza Time Tuesday (dedicated to the Main showptapes) and One called Lounging in the Cabaret (dedicated to Lounge and Cabaret showtapes) both of which aired on Tuesdays and Thursdays respectively. Just about all found Pizza Time Theater Shows are available to the public, and to this day, remain that way.


A YouTube channel by the name of [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDMYhg8KJjDXDWbK03H_6oQ/videos Pizza Time Theatre] has uploaded a majority of Pizza Time Theater's library of showtapes. Three other YouTube channels [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7bgFevu0fD7MXyeierKA_Q/videos The SPT Archives], [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJBZNa9sjllesIoBHfNe7Q Pizzacam3], and [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-03vjYMeFJ-b84VJQY7HpA Pizza Time Archive] has also uploaded a lot of Pizza Time Theater's library of showtapes. Showbiz Pizza.com's official internet radio station Radio Showbiz also ever so often play segments of Pizza Time Theater showtape and also has two scheduled block decided to them. One called Pizza Time Tuesday (dedicated to the Main showptapes) and One called Lounging in the Cabaret (dedicated to Lounge and Cabaret showtapes) both of which aired on Tuesdays and Thursdays respectively. Just about all found Pizza Time Theater Shows are available to the public, and to this day, remain that way.
==See Also==
*[[Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre (lost animated commercial for restaurant chain; 1979)]]


==References==
==References==
*[https://youtu.be/4tgH_eThNZIA A segment on Pizza Time Theatre's second location from the TV talk show Real People which has clips of Helen Henny "Portrait" Showtape (With Mr. Munch & Mopsey Sisters)]
*[https://youtu.be/4tgH_eThNZIA A segment on Pizza Time Theatre's second location from the TV talk show Real People which has clips of Helen Henny "Portrait" Showtape (With Mr. Munch & Mopsey Sisters)]
*http://www.dropbox.com/sh/nh1v3sotagq65k7/AAAfHFWlSDwkugsgOcneA09La?dI=0
*[https://www.showbizpizza.com/info/documents/ptt/ptt_pizzatimes-1979.pdf (The Pizza Times) Untitled Newsletter - Volume 1, Number 1]
*[https://www.showbizpizza.com/info/documents/ptt/ptt_pizzatimes-1979.pdf (The Pizza Times) Untitled Newsletter - Volume 1, Number 1]
*[https://www.showbizpizza.com/info/documents/ptt/ptt_pizzatimes-1980.pdf The Pizza Times - Volume 2, Number 1]
*[https://www.showbizpizza.com/info/documents/ptt/ptt_pizzatimes-1980.pdf The Pizza Times - Volume 2, Number 1]
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*[https://www.showbizpizza.com/info/documents/ptt/ptt_pizzatimes3-3.pdf The Pizza Times - Volume 3, Issue 3]  
*[https://www.showbizpizza.com/info/documents/ptt/ptt_pizzatimes3-3.pdf The Pizza Times - Volume 3, Issue 3]  
*[http://showbizpizza.com/review/ptt/index.html A list and reviews of most of Pizza Time Theatre Showtapes (Showbiz Pizza.com)]  
*[http://showbizpizza.com/review/ptt/index.html A list and reviews of most of Pizza Time Theatre Showtapes (Showbiz Pizza.com)]  
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaC81xN-hlc Dolli Dimples Ditties - Full Uncut Donna Miller Session Recordings 1 of 2 (Includes Outtakes of slight glimpses of talking in the studio during the recording of the original Dolli Dimples showtape used at the Kooser Rd location)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdZcDC1pJyc Dolli Dimples Ditties - Full Uncut Donna Miller Session Recordings 2 of 2 (Includes not only more unused cuts and even miscellaneous studio talk, but also 5 previously lost segments that were only used at the Kooser Rd location)]
*[https://www.showbizpizza.com/history/index.html History of Chuck E. Cheese's Overview (Showbiz Pizza.com)]
*[https://www.showbizpizza.com/history/index.html History of Chuck E. Cheese's Overview (Showbiz Pizza.com)]
*[https://www.showbizpizza.com/radio/index.html Radio Showbiz Homepage (Showbiz Pizza.com)]
*[https://www.showbizpizza.com/radio/index.html Radio Showbiz Homepage (Showbiz Pizza.com)]
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*[http://w11.zetaboards.com/Retro_Pizza_Zone/topic/11368627/1/#new The Retro Pizza Zone forums.]
*[http://w11.zetaboards.com/Retro_Pizza_Zone/topic/11368627/1/#new The Retro Pizza Zone forums.]
*https://www.instagram.com/p/B1wTxauHqYD/
*https://www.instagram.com/p/B1wTxauHqYD/
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdKLsomLbtY&t=50s
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFBPXniNNBk&t=171s Looking Back on the Early Days of Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre]
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xSQhwpX8DQ


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Latest revision as of 23:06, 18 December 2023

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Example of a showtape.

Status: Partially Lost

Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre is a restaurant chain started in 1977.

At Pizza Time Theater (as well as the current incarnation Chuck E. Cheese's) and any other animatronic restaurant chain, the programming for the characters, the lighting effects, video footage (If the show has a video monitor that goes along with it), and the show's audio were stored on showtapes (or as of recent showdisc).

These usually contained skits and/or songs sung by the animatronic characters on stage.

Main Showtapes (Pizza Time Players)

The following listed are CECPTT main stage showtapes, their dates release and both audio and animatronic signal status.

Showtape title Release Dates Audio Status Signal Status
The Big Cheese Birthday Show Conceptual Dialogue Recording Session October 7, 1976 (Never released to the public) Found Non-existent
Original PTT Tape with Crusty May 17, 1977 Partially Lost Lost
Helen Henny "Portrait" Showtape (With Crusty & Warblettes) August 1977 Lost Lost
Madam Oink "Portrait" Showtape February 1978 Partially Lost Lost
Foxy Colleen "Portrait" Showtape October 1978 Partially Found? (Some of the segments without Crusty might have been reused in Foxy Colleen IV - Irish Stew. All Through that's unconfirmed) Lost
Helen Henny "Portrait" Showtape (With Mr. Munch & Mopsey Sisters) November 1978 Partially Found Lost
Madam Oink "Portrait" Showtape #2 May 1979 Partially Found Lost
Sally I November 1979 Found Found
Showboat May 1980 Lost Lost
Foxy Colleen in Irish Stew August 1980 Found Found
Madam Oink - Around the World (Normal and X-Mas ver.) October or November 1980 Found (Both Variations) Found
Dr. Dux Diagnostic Stage/Shelf 1980 Found Found (The audio signals are damaged though)
Harmony Howlette's Wild West Show May 1981-October 1982 Found Found
Harmony II - Harmony's Hoedown (Normal and CEC's 5th B-day) December 1981 Found (Both Variations) Found (Both Variations)
Madame Oink III - Tunnel of Love (CEC's 5th B-day and Normal) May 1982-March 1983 Found (Both Variations) Found (Both Variations)
Madame Oink IV - "The Tune Machine" March-September 1, 1983 Found Found
Broadway Helen Henny June 1983-March 1984 Found Found
Madame Oink III - "Tunnel of Love" Spanish Version September 1983- 1984-1986?? Found Found
Bandstand 1 March-May 1984 (Produced in July 1983) Found Found
Bandstand 2 June-August 1984 (Produced in August 1983) Found Found
Country Helen September-November 1984 and January-March 1985 (Produced in 1984) Found Found
Happy Holidays November-December 1984, November-December 1985, & November-December 1986 Found Found
Hit Parade April-May 1985 and October-November 1985 Found Found
Salute to America June-July 1985 Found Found
Salute to Kids August-September 1985 Found Found
World of Kids January-March 1986 Found Found
History of Rock and Roll April-August 1986 Found Found
History of Rock and Roll II September-Novmber 1986 Found Found
Movie Magic January-February 1987 Found Found
TV Westerns March-April 1987 Found Found
Summertime / TV Westerns May-June 1987 Found Found
Working / Summertime July-August 1987 Found Found
CEC Faves / Working September-November 1987 Found Found
Home For the Holidays (Reel Only) December 1987-1990 Found Found
Country / Faves January-February 1988 Found Found
Tune Machine/ Country March-April 1988 Found Found
Summertime May-June 1988 Found Found
CEC Grammy Awards/Summertime July-August 1988 Found Found
CEC Dance/CEC Grammy Awards September-November 1988 Found Found
Chuck E. Cheese Live 1988-1990 Found Found
Fractured Classics January-February 1989 Found Found
Kiddie Songs March-April 1989 Found Found
Best of 1988 May-June 1989 Found Found
CEC Dreams/Kiddie Songs July-August 1989 Found Found
CEC Neighbors / Dreams September-November 1989 Found Found
Home For The Holidays (Cyberstar) December 1989 Found Found
Chuck E. Cheese's Birthday Extravaganza (ShowBiz Branded) 1989 Found Found
CEC American Pride/Neighbors January-February 1990 Found Found
CEC Kids/American Pride March-April 1990 Found Found
CEC TV Classics May-June 1990 Found Found
Summer Days July-August 1990 Found Found
September 1990 September 1990 - November 1990 Found Found

Cabaret, Lounge, and Other Showtapes

Alongside the main animatronic show, other rooms in the restaurant would host additional characters, playing their own individual showtapes. They were slowly phased out between the mid 1980s through the mid-late '90s as Showbiz Pizza Time (Now known as CEC Entertainment) slowly phased out the Pizza Time Theater Concept for the then more modern version of Chuck E. Cheese.

Showtape title Date Released Audio Status Signal Status
Dolli Dimples I (Kooser) November 1978 Found Lost
Dolli Dimples I May 1979 Found Found
Dolli Dimples II December 1982 Found Found
Helen Henny October 1979 Found Found
Artie Antlers Early 1980 Found Found
Dr. Quack 1980 Lost Lost
Beagles I October 1980 Partially Found Lost
Beagles II May 1982 Found Found
Beagles III February 1983 Found Found
King I June 1981 Found Found
King II February 1983 Found Found
King III November 1985 Found Found
King-Combo-Birthday July 1986 Partially Lost Partially Lost
King '90 #1 October 1990 Found Found
King '90 #2 December 1990 Found Found
Still the King March 1993 Lost? Lost
King '95 1995 Found Found
Four Little Shavers August 1981 Lost Lost
Beach Bowzers December 1982 Found Found
Beach Bowzers '91 March 1991 Found Found
B.B. Bubbles December 1982 Partially Found Lost
King Kat October 1984 Found Found

Media Recovery:

Due to the showtapes only ever being owned by the store, along with becoming obsolete once the next tape was sent in, most original tape copies are lost or destroyed. Tapes are mostly found in possession of a former employee (usually the technician) after their location has shut down. This is usually either the last showtape before closure or all tapes owned throughout the store's use. This makes older tapes increasingly harder to find. Due to all of this it's is unknown if any of the lost ones will ever be uncovered due to their unknown fate. Some showtapes have also turned up on eBay though.

A YouTube channel by the name of Pizza Time Theatre has uploaded a majority of Pizza Time Theater's library of showtapes. Four other YouTube channels The SPT Archives, Pizzacam3, Pizza Time Archive, and occasionally Pasq has also uploaded a lot of Pizza Time Theater's library of showtapes. Showbiz Pizza.com's official internet radio station Radio Showbiz also ever so often play segments of Pizza Time Theater showtape and also has two scheduled block decided to them. One called Pizza Time Tuesday (dedicated to the Main showptapes) and One called Lounging in the Cabaret (dedicated to Lounge and Cabaret showtapes) both of which aired on Tuesdays and Thursdays respectively. Just about all found Pizza Time Theater Shows are available to the public, and to this day, remain that way.

See Also

References