Pizza Time Theatre Showtape
Release Date: May 1977
Released On:
Reel (Cyberamics)Credits:
Script (The Big Cheese) - Robert “Bob” Allan BlackProducer (The Big Cheese) - Ed Bogus Productions
Recording Studio (The Big Cheese) - Wally Heider Studio
The Pizza Time Theatre Showtape was the first ever Pizza Time Theatre showtape to be made, premiering with the opening of the San Jose, CA (370 S Winchester Blvd) location on May 17, 1977.
The showtape debuted the original Pizza Time Players, including the short-lived Crusty the Cat.
Production
The Big Cheese Birthday Show
A conceptual dialogue recording would be made on October 7, 1976 called "The Big Cheese Birthday Show". The tape features "The Big Cheese" (whom later on became Chuck E. Cheese), and Crusty the Cat performing dialogue. The banter and jokes from this session would later make it into the final showtape.
D2 Tape Recording
At some point after the original showtape was produced, the original audio of the recording sessions, alongside edited and final audio, would be copied to D2 tape, which is the only currently known surviving record that the showtape existed.
Segments
The showtape's segments and order isn't entirely clear, though a copyright record[1] confirms a few of the tracks were certainly on the tape:
- Chuck E. Cheese's Theme
- How Will I Know?
- Roots in the Country
- Endlessly Awake, Part 1
Other segments from the Pizza Time Theatre Showtape D2 Tape Recording may have appeared on the showtape.