WebShowBizPizza.com | Where Everyone Can Be a Kid. This fully-staffed division was formed to implement an aggressive program of development for the Pizza Time Theatre restaurants. Before its closure in June 2020, the 2-Stage in Waterbury, Connecticut had Chuck E.'s Tuxedo outfit until it was removed in Summer 2011 and replaced with his Avenger outfit. Citrus Heights, California, United States. They had curtains until 2019. The 2-Stage in Chesapeake, Virginia (Sam's Circle) has a unique base for Chuck E. and his Avenger Chuck hat, Helen's 1990s mask, a PTT Chuck drumhead for Pasqually (from Hampton, VA after it relocated in 2002), and Jaspers overalls. Sales failed to turn around, forcing the company to release a plain text annual report, the likes of which had not been seen since Pizza Time Theatre entered bankruptcy in the early 1980s. Believing the restaurant would become so successful it would eventually compete with Disney, Bushnell named this costume Rick Rat, as "Rickey Rat" was a little too close to "Mickey Mouse" for legal comfort. It was during this period that he learned the business side of the entertainment industry, studying the leisure habits of consumers and figuring out ways to market to those habits. Last 2-Stage and Cyberamic stage in Pennsylvania. The first invention pushed by CEI was small car called the "Jutta" that got 90 miles on a gallon of gas. Remodels continued over the next few two years, with newer openings scaled back due to budget constraints. This year, the ball's theme is Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty. clone, leaving Ampex Corp (having founded the company Syzygy to market the game they hoped to produce). Although the Jutta garnered media buzz the current gasoline crisis left Fechter unable to raise enough capital to put the car into production. The 2-Stage was introduced in February 1992 with the first installation in White Settlement, Texas. Overall, Brock Hotel Corp's net worth went from a negative $64 million to a positive $55 million, and the company emerged with a new board of directors. They got 2.0 in 2019. The diversity of these cabaret and lounge shows really helped to accent the fun of Pizza Time Theatre restaurants, making them more diverse one store most likely had a different guest star and different cabaret or lounge show from a store across town. (Now closed), The 2-Stage in Brandon, Florida in 2008 (Now 2.0), The 2-Stage in Guatemala City, Guatemala (Now closed), The 2-Stage in Northridge, California (2022), The 2-Stage in Garden Grove, California (2022) (Now 2.0), The 2-Stage in Huntington Beach, California (2022). This location received 2.0 in October 2021, with Chuck E., Helen, and Jasper's top halves now at the Lowell, Massachusetts 1-Stage. This gave the team at CEI the time and opportunity to create a new animatronic show that would be exclusively used for ShowBiz. Northridge also features Chuck E., Munch, and Jasper's masks from Lancaster, California. In order to chase off teenagers and make the restaurants family friendly, rules were put in place preventing anyone under 18 from entering. Oldest CEC location currently. The Springfield location closed on June 18th, 2020. Bushnell however believed that Sente would cure all of Pizza Time's troubles once he was able to debut the company, finally free from the non-compete agreement he was still bound by (which expired on December 9, 1983 at 10:08 a.m.) He also refused to let go of Kadabrascope and Zapps in order to free up cash for the company. Last in New Jersey. Profits at Atari explode over the next few years, and finding no other way to remain competitive in the growing video game market, Bushnell sells Atari to Warner Communications in 1976 for $28 million. Former Showbiz Pizza locations Category page. Much of Pizza Time's profits had been funneled into new ventures, opening new subsidiaries within the company such as Kadabrascope, which was to pioneer computer animation, Zapp's Bar and Grill, which was Pizza Time's foray into adult dining establishments, and Sente Games, which was Bushnell's long-delayed return to the arcade video game market. The following is an overview of the 40+ year history of Chuck E. Cheese's. It was quite a gamble to take over a newly merged company that was on the brink of bankruptcy but Frank saw value in the concept beyond where it was at - if children loved the experience (as poor as it was at the time) he wondered how great it could be if it could be done in a more quality way. It was in a state of disrepair. the world's very first video game. Straddled with debt and losing close to $20 million per month, Pizza Time Theatre Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on March 28, 1984. Those locations are Sunnyvale, California (HQ), Campbell, California (Gilbert's HQ), Reno, Nevada, Tampa, Florida, Santa Cruz, California and Campbell, California, with only one showtape for the character being known to exist. An attempt to take the company public through a merger with the shell company Leo Holdings Corporation fell apart shortly after being announced. The ShowBiz Pizza Time Museum is a museum located near ShowBiz Pizza Time's headquarters in San Jose. Billy Bob is also introduced at the 1st ShowBiz and exists not on stage as an animated character, but only in walk-around character form. Creative Engineering had been operating since 1975, originally incorporated for the purpose of manufacturing the inventions of its (then) 21 year old President, Aaron Fechter. Sources of revenue were in greater need and the company began to remove the "free" entertainment options in many locations - pulling out Skytubes and Toddler Zone's and replacing them with additional games or, in some stores that had the room, bumper cars and other premium attractions. With all units now completely themed to Chuck E. Cheese, ShowBiz Pizza Time, Inc. changes its company name to Chuck E. Cheese Entertainment, Inc. in 1998. Knowing that Bushnell's people were fully capable of taking apart conductors and finding out how a show worked, Fechter feared that Bushnell would quickly run him under and thus politely declined his offer. The history of Chuck E. Cheese's begins with Nolan Bushnell. Most of the press received over the rockstar rebranding was a disaster, not to mention that the character updates weren't immediately popular with the general public. This new format consisted of shows that were 8-12 minutes long and were designed to make birthday shows easier to execute. Arlington is currently the 4th oldest location to get the 2.0 Remodel, after Overland Park, Kansas, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Jacksonville, Florida (Atlantic), which are all former SPPs. WebThe Awesome Adventure Machine is a stage concept that was tested in 1997 at the Montfort Drive location in Dallas, Texas, replacing a 3-Stage . TIM immediately issued a counter-suit against Pizza Time Theatre (and Bushnell personally) on the grounds of misrepresentation. This website is optimized for 800 x 600 screens. When that attempt failed, he went to work for Ampex Corp, a video equipment maker in Redwood City, California. It received Concept Unification, then In 1987, the company opened its first new store in over 3 years. This location received 2.0 in November 2022. Jasper is sitting on a 3-stage style can instead of the normal Cyberamic speaker. This stage replaced a Rocker Stage and was installed around 2003. The plan was to debut the company at a valuation of about $1.4 billion, and planned to use money from the deal to pay down debt, which stood at $958 million. Cutbacks in entertainment were starting to surface however - the Studio C animated concept was scaled down from the original "alpha" to a "beta" version, featuring an animatronic with half the movements and less bells-and-whistles throughout the rest of the show. Keenan and Bushnell had worked together for years at Atari, with Keenan being appointed to Bushnell's chairman position when he left Atari. Several changes included Helen's yellow hair, neon lights around the buildings and the Wink, Chuck E. wearing his Avenger Chuck hat until late 2019 and the curtains were re-enabled to close manually. ShowBiz Pizza Place opened its doors on March 3, 1980 in Kansas City, Missouri. 17 By July of 1983, Pizza Time was beginning to hemorrhage money, reporting their first loss ever at $3 million. Once the costume was shipped and arrived at Atari, the long pink tail indicated it was actually a rat costume they had purchased. ShowBizPizza.com - Where Everyone Can Be a Kid, since 1999.All characters and brands are / their respective owners. Other talent was soon secured - Greg Tilden became the Director of Technical Operations, Michael Hatcher became the Director of Entertainment, and Ray Davis was appointed Director of Engineering. Covina also has a PTT Munch mask. New cabaret characters included Artie Antlers (1980), and B.B. Bushnell quickly incorporated the business into Pizza Time Theatre, Inc. and formed a team to open additional units. Keenan and other board members attempted to stop the bleeding by closing unprofitable units and changing the pizza recipe to entice customers. This division explored several concepts including using antique Wurlitzer organs, creating an antique store themed restaurant, and so on. Within hours other outlets and blogs were reporting about it - Gawker, the Huffington Post, Perez Hilton and many others had all written about it (many of them unfairly latching onto the parts of Brannan's posting regarding his religious views). Please check your details and try again. Since 1999, we have been the premiere online resource for people seeking to learn more about this unique restaurant The remaining characters, Helen, Munch, Jasper, and Pasqually, are on stage left. As profits seem to stay steady and in many cases increasing, more and more Rock-afire stages were converted into Munch's Make Believe Band. CEC (Former) What was going to be the cabaret is transformed instead to the 'disco room' and contains a separate Wolfman animatronic. The 3-Stage in Boise, Idaho (Now 2.0) The 3-Stage in Chicago "Kedzie", Illinois (Now a "Unique" Studio C Stage). WebPlaces Near Los Angeles, CA with Showbiz Pizza Zone. Chuck E. wore his Cool Chuck outfit and had his red hat for a short period of time in 2019 until it was removed again. It features Jasper's PTT mask (with a modern snout), Chuck E.'s Rockstar jeans, and a unique Munch mask. The game, while not a complete flop, was far from what one would consider a success. In a mutually beneficial maneuver, ShowBiz decided to embark on a merger with Pizza Time, swallowing up the remains of their assets beginning with much of their franchise system, and thus purging the debt that ShowBiz owed. They removed the curtains in late 2018 and this location closed in April 2020. Pizza Time Theatre lost $15 million while Atari, the video game giant, lost $539 million. Discovery Zone was one of the entertainment concepts that became a source of major competition, being an entertainment center targeted toward children, but with a very different theme. 1-Stage. The Wink is normally above both stages. Arlington would be the last until November 2022, when they would also receive 2.0. WebChuck E. Cheese (formerly known as Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre, Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza and simply Chuck E. Cheese's) is an American childrens family Although the company had held its head above water through the Great Recession, many of the mechanisms it had used to stay afloat were beginning to run thin. The concept was based on the Sales at restaurants begin to slow and following disappointing sales in 1993, ShowBiz Pizza Time drops the word "pizza" from the restaurant name, rebranding it as simply "Chuck E. Cheese's". They could build the restaurants, they could buy the games, but there was one missing piece of the puzzle for which they still needed Pizza Time to provide the animated entertainment. Some Studio C shows were installed with little more than a backdrop of color changing circles known as Circles of Lights, eventually giving way to Circles of Lights stages with no animatronic character at all (with only the costumed character appearing periodically to perform special shows). Radio queen Jackie 'O' Henderson shows off her slimmed down figure in a crisp white ensemble as she plays tennis in Sydney - after revealing she's lost 18kg in However, any successful roll-out of the rebranding that the company was planning, quickly went up in flames prior to the official debut. Again Fechter declined, but Bushnell left a final invitational offer to involve them in the operation of Pizza Time Theatre, if interested. This new cast of Rock-afire singing talent would remain the same for many years. Bushnell grew up in Utah and while earning an electrical engineering degree from the University of Utah, Bushnell worked as a games division manager at the Lagoon Amusement Park. Although the stage was too complex and unstable, it paved the way and gave rise to the Chuck E. Cheese stage show concept known as Studio C. Designed and produced by Garner Holt Productions, Studio C contained only one animated figure, Chuck E., with the other characters present only on television monitors. Later Caesarland, torn down ca. In addition to the cost of the Rock-afire Explosion show (capped at $100,000 by the Manufacturing, Sales, and License agreement) ShowBiz was also bound to ordering a continuous flow of animatronic shows from CEI in order to maintain their exclusive license to the Rock-afire Explosion characters. Fourth oldest CEC location currently. As I am sure most Retrojunk readers will attest to - Chuck E. Cheese ain't no Showbiz Pizza! This location is currently the 5th oldest Chuck E. Cheese location and is currently the second oldest operating location to get the 2.0 Remodel, after Arlington, Texas, which received 2.0 in November 2022, and is the 3rd oldest operating location. Very poor condition. Number of locations The "Wink" is a fiberglass decoration above all the CEC stages (and the. Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell, responsible for creating the first widely recognized video game, Pong, headed a project in the mid-1970s for Atari to launch the first arcade-oriented, family restaurant with computer-programmed animatronics. Chuck E. Cheese's - Newington, NH (2002) NEW JERSEY When Pizza Time went public in 1981 it increased Bushnell's worth to somewhere in the range of $70 million much of it in Pizza Time stock. The new 'cyberstar' system was introduced to accent this new format and included video monitors to compliment the characters on stage. The work lights were turned on and Jasper had his PTT mask. At the request of Stan Emerson, president of ShowBiz's ad agency, Billy Bob is dressed in red and yellow overalls to match the color scheme used by the restaurant. Along with refining their mascot, a group of supporting characters was also developed. ShowBiz Pizza.com does NOT have any affiliation with CEC Entertainment Inc, or Creative Engineering Inc. No copyright/trademark infringement is intended. The Rock-afire Explosion was an amalgam of the Wolf Pack 5 and the Hard Luck Bears and featured the characters Rolfe & Earl, Duke LaRue, Fats Geronimo, Beach Bear, Mitzi Mozzarella, Billy Bob, and the Looney Bird. [1] The concept is a sit-down pizza restaurant, complemented by arcade games, amusement rides, an animatronic show, and other diversions, such as climbing equipment, tubes, and slides all mainly directed at younger children. ShowBiz Pizza.com does NOT have any affiliation with CEC Entertainment Inc, or Creative Engineering Inc. No copyright/trademark infringement is intended. Radio queen Jackie 'O' Henderson shows off her slimmed down figure in a crisp white ensemble as she plays tennis in Sydney - after revealing she's lost 18kg in five months TIM created a new division within their company to manage their new restaurant wing named Pizza Show Biz. In order to make the purchase of Pizza Time, ShowBiz issued 4,000,000 shares of ShowBiz Pizza Place common stock as well as 500,000 shares of preferred stock to the creditors of Pizza Time. Billy Bob's Wonderland; The Fire That Rocked Pizzeria; Chuck E. Cheese's Rome, Georgia; Community. Bushnell had actually purchased this costume at IAAPA and, believing it was a coyote, had tentatively dubbed his new restaurant "Coyote Pizza". This was done at the request of Bushnell, who knew a thing or two about cost savings from his experience building PONG machines in rapid fashion. WebChuck E. Cheese is the main brand of CEC Entertainment, Inc., with its headquarters in Irving, Texas. La Mesa, California, United States. 2019 for Kroger fuel center: As the franchisee equipment and supplies arrived at Antioch, Brock made a last minute decision to not use Pizza Time animation at all, turning away the Pizza Time characters away and alerting Pizza Time to the trouble at hand. The two new stages were very similar and used retrofitted balcony characters. Pasqually's bass drum has PTT Chuck on it. It is also during this time that ShowBiz learned how to program the Rock-afire shows at one point going so far as to produce their own in-house showtapes using talent from a local production team who was also producing the Chuck E. Cheese showtapes. It is also the last Cyberamic stage in the state. This website is optimized for 800 x 600 screens. It was at this convention that Fechter was introduced to Bushnell who discussed with him his concept that utilized animated characters in a pizza restaurant. Type Whereas the the original portrait characters were designed by hand and had cosmetics constructed with latex and fiberglass, the new character cosmetics were instead made of wood, foam, and cloth. This location was the last 2-Stage in the state, after Stafford received 2.0 in August 2022. It was not only one of the proposed restaurant titles, but also the name the mascot rat. During a meeting with Black, a frustrated Bushnell grabbed the head of Rick Rat, set it on his desk and said "here, draw something that looks like this." This listing is for a set of blueprints for a long since gone Showbiz Pizza location in St. Louis, Missouri. Second-to-last 2-Stage opened, opening in December 1996. It was the only 2-Stage in Chile, and now, this stage is at the Mall Plaza, Oeste location in the form of a 1-Stage. It also forced CEI to supply the animation for the new store. WebMISSOURI LOCATIONS. The first ShowBiz Pizza Place location opened its doors on March 3, 1980, in Kansas City, MO. This location removed their stage for 2.0 in August 2022. By the late 1980s, these stores received the new Chuck E. Cheese stages the first new stages to be produced since the balcony stage in the early 1980s. During this time Landrum was hard at work hammering out his vision of exactly how this new restaurant would be laid out, creating a presentational outline titled "The Big Cheese". The next day the AP had published an article making headlines in hundreds of news outlets. 2000?, now Super Buffet: Canton: 42001 Ford Rd. In 1982 the contested lawsuit between Pizza Time and ShowBiz is settled out of court, with ShowBiz agreeing to pay Pizza Time a portion of its profits for the next 14 years an expense estimated to be in the range of $50 million. USA (Current)Canada (Current)Chile (Former)Guatemala (Former). This was happening in addition to several more Pizza Time stores that were opening outside of the agreement between Brock and Bushnell. The 2-Stage in Florence, Kentucky was the only 2-Stage in the state and was originally from the Hampton, Virginia location which closed in 2002. In the summer of 2012 Chuck E. Cheese Entertainment, Inc. was ready to make some major changes to push the brand forward in a new direction. Concept Unification lasted for approximately two years, and by 1992 all restaurants were united under the single banner of Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza. By showing a birthday show at a certain time, several parties could be served in one wave. This 2-Stage also featured a unique TKO Drumhead for Pasquallys drums. This location closed in June 2020. Huntington Beach, California, United States. It opened on May 17, 2012, coinciding with the 35th Since 1948, stars have ascended the majestic staircase into a very exclusive party where no selfies are allowed. The 2-Stage in Virginia Beach, Virginia had Chuck E.'s Rockstar jeans. Improvements and innovations continued to be tested at the pilot store including the addition of revolving guest characters who would periodically join the animated cast to keep the show fresh - Helen Henny in August 1977, Madam Oink in February 1978, and Foxy Colleen in October 1978. By the mid-2000s the costumed Chuck E. was planned to have a flow of new outfits to keep the character fresh, each named after a progressing letter of the alphabet starting with "A". Bushnell aggressively began marketing the Pizza Time concept and trying to attract franchisees. Updates by SP.com Staff. The costume had become a physical, tangible symbol of what Bushnell was hoping to create. Radio queen Jackie 'O' Henderson shows off her slimmed down figure in a crisp white ensemble as she plays tennis in Sydney - after revealing she's lost 18kg in five months They also had the Jasper and Helen from Lakeland, Florida. In 2017 Chuck E. Cheese Entertainment, Inc. embarked on a major store rebranding initiative known as "2.0" which would help integrate the new rockstar version of Chuck E. Cheese fully throughout the stores. Phase III remodels were instituted in 2000 with a focus on enhanced games and rides and all new Toddler Zone and Skytube improvements. (Regardless of first chain, Jacksonville, Florida (Atlantic), which opened as the second Showbiz, is the second oldest CEC location, opening in August 1980.). This location received 2.0 in 2021. The three stage format gave more flexibility with the way shows could be presented one stage could perform by itself, or different combinations of stages could be used to increase the theatrical aspect of the entertainment. The 2-Stage in Philadelphia "Snyder", Pennsylvania, had a speaker underneath Munch's keyboard like most 2-Stages. There was an issue with your log in. According to the online business database/directory Manta, this place was founded in 1983, so they had a great run! See terms and apply now Earn up to 5x points when you use your eBay Mastercard.Learn more Report this item About this item These Phase I store refreshes include new features such as Kid Check kiosks to bring parent's additional piece of mind while letting their kids run around and play, Free attractions such as Skytubes are also added to give them a more level playing field against Discovery Zone. The 2-Stage in Cherry Hill, New Jersey has Chuck E. wearing his Rockstar outfit. 2-Stage in Baltimore, Maryland (Now closed), 2-Stage in Worcester, Massachusetts (Now 2.0), The 2-Stage in Worcester, Massachusetts. The 2-Stage in San Jose "Kooser", California was in a state of disrepair due to the age of the animatronics, as this location housed them since the Balcony Stage in 1980 ("Kooser" was the second-ever Chuck E. Cheese's to open after "Winchester"), and Chuck E. had his latex feet until they replaced them in late 2019-early 2020 with the plastic feet. Bushnell remained as the head of Atari, but many of his ideas and pet projects wind up ignored by his new corporate bosses. Jasper was sitting on a real speaker and the MMBB sign was absent. Free to finally realize his pizza parlor dream, Bushnell began assembling a team of people to make it a reality. In order to stave of bankruptcy, debt was renegotiated with 96 percent of Brock's creditors and reduced the debt from $110 million to $30 million. Although Atari soon found themselves successful, Dabney left the company in early 1973 after having a falling out with Bushnell. One key difference that set the Rock-afire apart from Pizza Time's show was that it had three stages. Before its closure in 2000, the 2-Stage at Mall Plaza, Vespucio, Chile had PTT arm movements for Chuck E. and Helen. A few of the existing Pizza Time franchises used outside animation such as the Family Album and Hot Fudge shows because of the availability shortage of Pizza Time animation during the company's slow years. Photos from Various Pizza Time Theatre Locations, Pizza Time Theatre - Unknown Location, NM, Pizza Time Theatre - Unknown Location, OH, Pizza Time Theatre - San Antonio, TX 'Walzem', Pizza Time Theatre - Unknown Locations Page #1, Pizza Time Theatre - Unknown Locations Page #2. The first was the purple and green "Avenger" outfit. However, unable to bring in enough revenue or secure loans to pay down interest on the company's debt, Chuck E. Cheese Entertainment, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection June 25, 2020. The 2 Stage in Scottsdale AZ had a unique layout. Stage came from the Merced, California PTT, which had the third 2-Stage. Before its closure in June 2020, the 2-Stage in White Settlement, Texas (in addition to being the very first 2-Stage) had a different design (resembling more like a 3-Stage) than the other existing 2-Stages. Brock explained to Fechter how he was unhappy with Pizza Time's animation - something that Bushnell assured him that in time would become better and better. Chuck E. also has a mask with smaller eye holes. It was the final 2-Stage to have it. In 1997 a new test stage called the Awesome Adventure Machine was test marketed. Warner finally sold the restaurant and concept ownership to Bushnell in June of 1978 for $500,000. Regardless, the high profit yields attract several clients such as Robert L. Brock. As problems continued to mount, Bushnell resigned as chairman and CEO on February 1, 1984. With 359 total restaurants, Frank made the difficult decision to close around 100 of the least profitable locations. The 2-Stage in Philadelphia "Roosevelt", Pennsylvania had Chuck E. wearing his Rockstar outfit and the North Wales mask and featured a wall piece. By 1985, Richard M. Frank joined the company as CEO and chairman. Experimentation also began with phasing out the Rock-afire completely. Not a member yet and want to join? In November 1979 they found what they were looking for. WebThe 3-Stage in Visalia, California. In 1977, Atar Ultimately these locations were given a scaled down version of Studio C, suggesting that the influence of animated characters was still important. WebSHOWBIZ PIZZA [14] CITY: ADDRESS: NOTES: Benton Harbor: 1956 Pipestone Rd. Promotional paraphernalia was distributed via Pizza Time's PR firm Eesley Public Relations. The cabaret shows were also expanded to include several new characters. By the end of 1988 Integra had dispersed 90% ownership of ShowBiz Pizza Time Inc. common stock to Integra shareholders and ShowBiz common stock began trading on NASDAQ in early January 1989. A few changes to the cast of characters were also made, including changing out the Warblettes for the Mopsey Sisters, and swapping out Crusty the cat for a new purple monster character named Mr. Cherry Hill is the last 2-Stage in the state of New Jersey, and one of 2 Existing Stages left in New Jersey, as Edison, North Bergen, East Hanover, Deptford (all 1-Stages), and Wayne (Road Stage) received 2.0 in October (Edison, North Bergen, East Hanover, Wayne) and December (Deptford) 2022. Somewhere in the early 1990's Showbiz Pizzas were turned into Chuck E. Cheese locations. See details Payments: Special financing available. Uncle Klunk finally made his debut only to wind up a dismal failure, and other characters in development like Paul McCartney and second generation upgrades for existing Rock-afire characters were scrapped entirely. The IAAPA convention in New Orleans, Louisiana featured a company out of Orlando, Florida named Creative Engineering, Inc (CEI). Please check and complete all highlighted fields. "Cool Chuck" outfit. On August 14, 1980, ShowBiz opened its second store in Jacksonville, Florida which contained CEI's ShowBiz-exclusive show, The Rock-afire Explosion. This location received 2.0 in 2022. Relations between ShowBiz and CEI had also begun to sour, with Fechter stepping down as Director of Entertainment and ShowBiz beginning to manage much more of the entertainment in-house than ever before. The 2-Stage in Tinley Park, Illinois, still has Munchs PTT mask and also has working fiber optic fireworks in the background. Covina opened presumably in August of 1980. Becoming the new CEO in 2014 was Tom Leverton, most recently serving as the CEO of Topgolf. Former PTT. Virginia Beach's PTT Pasqually mask was also the last. Although he wasn't exactly trained in building animated puppets, he believed he could figure it out as he went. The 2- Stage in Bell, California has Chuck E.'s Rockstar jeans and features his mask from the Sun Valley, California location. WebBilly Bob Brockali (or Billy Bob for short) was the mascot of ShowBiz Pizza Place.