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[[File:Rocker Stage.jpg|thumb|458x458px|Arlington, TX's Rocker Stage]] |
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The '''Rocker Stage, also known as Chuck E.'s House''' was a stage format found at Showbiz Pizza and Chuck E. Cheese locations from February 1st, 1987 to June 12, 2022. This stage is the the first to have the house theme. |
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The '''Rocker Stage''' was a stage format found at Showbiz Pizza and Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre locations from February 1st, 1987 to June 12, 2022. It was the first stage to give Chuck E., Helen, and Jasper legs, while Munch and Pasqually remained half-bodied. This was the first stage to have the house theme, being outside of the house. The Rocker Stage would debut at the [[Arlington, TX (2216 S Fielder Rd)|Arlington, Texas]] location on February 1st, 1987, and would go extinct at the [[Rockford, IL (3600 E State St)|Rockford, Illinois]] location on June 12, 2022, when they would remove it for their 2.0 remodel. |
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The Rocker Stage would be tested at the [[Arlington, TX (2216 S Fielder Rd)|Arlington, Texas]] and the [[Eau Claire, WI (2221 Eastridge Center)|Eau Claire, WI]] location. Arlington receiving it on February 1, 1987 and Eau Claire on April 28, 1987. |
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Post testing phase, it was installed in 23 more locations. The Rocker Stage also replaced two Rock-Afire Explosion shows ([[Milwaukee, WI (7401 Good Hope Rd)|Milwaukee, WI]] and [[Citrus Heights, CA (6251 Sunrise Blvd)|Citrus Heights, CA]]) as a way to update Showbiz's image. The [[Glen Burnie, MD (6637 Governor Ritchie Hwy)|Glen Burnie, MD]] location would be the last location to install the Rocker Stage, as the [[Cyberamics Road Stage|Road Stage]] effectively replaced the Rocker's concept. |
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TODO: History |
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Every Rocker Stage was removed by 2009 except for the one at the [[Rockford, IL (3600 E State St)|Rockford, Illinois]] location until June 12, 2022, when they would remove it for the 2.0 remodel. It is currently speculated that their show is being preserved for the [[Chuck E. Cheese Retro Store|"Retro Store" concept]]. |
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TODO: Design |
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The Rocker Stage was designed as a warm and welcoming front porch setting, occupying virtually the same standard existing CEC Stage.<ref>https://www.showbizpizza.com/info/documents/spt/spt_87entertainment.pdf</ref> |
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* This was the first stage to give at least one of the characters legs, with Chuck E., Helen and Jasper, getting leg assemblies, although Helen was on a porch swing, and Jasper was on a rocking chair, although Helen would later be converted to her normal 2 / 1 stage version. |
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The house featured full bodied Chuck E, Jasper, and Helen animatronics on a porch while half bodied a Munch and Pasqually are placed inside the house behind windows. Lighting is very limited on this show, with only having six separate functions, five being spot lights and one being for a lamp. |
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After testing, the show would be redesigned in modular panels to accommodate sizes of locations; two standard sizes were also created in the matter of this, [[:File:10stg.png|10'6"]] and [[:File:12stg.png|12"]].<ref>https://www.showbizpizza.com/info/documents/spt/spt_adp-binder.pdf</ref> |
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| ⚫ | * Florence, Kentucky had the 4th last Rocker Stage, they replaced the Helen bot from the porch swing to the standard CU variant in 2000, and then replaced the stage with the 2-Stage from Hampton, Virginia in 2002, which had closed and relocated around that time. Florence would later receive the 2.0 remodel in March 2022, leaving no more Munch's Make Believe Band stages in Kentucky. |
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==Gallery== |
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File:DanverRocker.jpg|Danvers |
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File:Simi.jpg|Simi Valley, CA, 2007 |
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File:18.jpg|Rockford, IL, 2007 |
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File:Rockford, IL Rocker Stage.png|Rockford, IL 2022 |
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</gallery> |
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*The faux house is created by Gene Patrick Productions and had a cost of $16,500. |
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*A few of the last locations to have this show would remove Helen's swing and give her regular legs. |
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Revision as of 20:25, 6 December 2022
The Rocker Stage was a stage format found at Showbiz Pizza and Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre locations from February 1st, 1987 to June 12, 2022. It was the first stage to give Chuck E., Helen, and Jasper legs, while Munch and Pasqually remained half-bodied. This was the first stage to have the house theme, being outside of the house. The Rocker Stage would debut at the Arlington, Texas location on February 1st, 1987, and would go extinct at the Rockford, Illinois location on June 12, 2022, when they would remove it for their 2.0 remodel.
History
TODO: History
Design
TODO: Design
Trivia & Other Info
- This was the first stage to give at least one of the characters legs, with Chuck E., Helen and Jasper, getting leg assemblies, although Helen was on a porch swing, and Jasper was on a rocking chair, although Helen would later be converted to her normal 2 / 1 stage version.
- Rockford, Illinois had the last Rocker Stage from 2008 until June 2022, when they would remove the stage for their 2.0 remodel, the space where it was is now just a wall, with the Video Wall being put into the wall next to it on the left.
- Simi Valley, California had the second last Rocker Stage, before closing in 2008, leaving Rockford to be the last Rocker Stage ever.
- Florence, Kentucky had the 4th last Rocker Stage, they replaced the Helen bot from the porch swing to the standard CU variant in 2000, and then replaced the stage with the 2-Stage from Hampton, Virginia in 2002, which had closed and relocated around that time. Florence would later receive the 2.0 remodel in March 2022, leaving no more Munch's Make Believe Band stages in Kentucky.