Post by Admin on Mar 14, 2016 0:12:29 GMT
History/information
Chuck E. was originally found in Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre, a restaurant founded by Nolan Bushnell (founder of Atari) in 1977. He was originally intended to be a coyote animatronic however the costume designers made a mistake and sent Bushnell a rat costume, and instead of complaining and sending it back for another coyote, he decided he would keep it. He named the rat to Chuck E Cheese, E actually standing for Entertainment. In the beginning Chuck E. Cheese was very much a rat despite the friendlier sounding name. He had a pointy snout, a long tail, and protruding teeth. Chuck E.'s outfit consisted of a red derby, a plaid or paisley patterned vest with a yellow undershirt, and a bow tie. He was often pictured holding a cane and a cigar. The cigar was actually incorporated into both the walk around costume and Chuck E.'s animatronic counterpart, however it was officially discontinued in 1980 when Chuck E. gave up smoking during the "Great American Smoke-Out" campaign. In the first few years, Chuck E. was commonly called "The Big C" or sometimes just "Big C" by the other characters - a little nod to the fact Atari stopped them from naming him "The Big Cheese" as originally intended.
(In this picture, this was the original design of Chuck E. If you look closer you can see he is wearing a brown vest.)
Chuck E cheese's Voices.
John Widelock was the voice of Chuck E. Cheese from 1977 through 1984, and he was responsible for much of the character's early personality. On the original Pizza Time Theatre demo reel, Widelock performed the voices for all the characters, but it was soon decided to go with different voice actors to decrease the amount to post-production required and increase the overall chemistry between the characters. He was given the choice of which character he wished to keep, and naturally he chose the star of the show - Chuck E. Cheese10.