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'''''San Jose, CA (2445 Fontaine Rd), Store #
This store is known for being the largest in the United States. The building was formerly a Magic Village Toy Store before becoming a Pizza Time Theatre in 1981. This one-of-a-kind location is known for having a 30-foot Chuck E. Cheese statue facing toward a neighboring road.
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===Pizza Time Theatre===
In 1974, the building opened as Magic Village Toy Store. It featured three giant toy soldiers enclosed in giant display windows. It gained a reputation for being such a large toy store. A local legend about the store told that a girl tragically once died from falling from the store's third floor. Locals said that the ghost of the girl haunts the building to this day.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/hauntedhoneymoon/posts/san-jose-chuck-e-cheese-on-fontaine-roadthe-tullyfontaine-location-has-been-rumo/104722542963702/</ref> It went out of business sometime in the 1970s and briefly became a discotheque before reopening as a PTT in 1981.
The location had a vast kiddie area, being one of the few locations to feature Chuck E.'s Play N' Place and a large under-the-sea themed ball-pit area that featured Chuck E.
====Chuck E. Cheese Statue====
When the location was still Magic Village, it had three giant toy soldiers enclosed in illuminated windows facing toward Tully Rd. These were later salvaged and sent back to the original owner before closing. Having three empty windows, Nolan Bushnell wanted a large Chuck E. Cheese statue to be placed inside one of these windows.
Before the location opened, artist Jeff Tritel was commissioned to create the 30-foot statue. A smaller bronze desktop prototype was also created for PTT executives. Because Tritel was alone creating the statue, he had to work all day and night. Tritel even had to sleep inside
The finished statue was of Chuck E. Cheese sitting on a large block of cheese holding a microphone in one hand and waving the other. Shortly after it was installed it was discovered that a homeless person was living inside of the cheese the Chuck E. sat on.
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Shortly after opening, the store would be the exclusive host of the [[PTT Training Center & Test Kitchen]] program. This would be held on the third floor employee-only area for training employees from other locations. The test kitchen portion would allow Pizza Time Theatre to standardize its menu lineup for 1982, alongside being able to test and refine future menu releases. This program would end in 1984 with the merger of Showbiz Pizza Place and Pizza Time Theatre companies. The center would later reopen at some point as CEC University for training General Managers. For unknown reasons, the center would close again and would be used for storage. Plenty of historical items from the location's history would be held here, most of which are later sent to CEC stores within the area for replacements.
==== Disney's Cease and Desist ====
Around the restaurant were several unique murals. Some relocated from one of Pizza Time Theatre's costume departments. One of these murals, "Royal Order of Rodents", featured characters outside of Pizza Time Theatres ownership. The most notable of these are Mickey and Minnie Mouse. On October 13, 1989, Disney sent the location a cease and desist, causing them to throw away the murals immediately. However, most if not all of these murals were recovered at a later date and displayed out of the public eye on the third floor.<ref name=":1" />
===Chuck E. Cheese's===
Roughly around 1991, the location was remodeled into Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza as part of the [[1986 SPT Remodel Program]]. At this time, Fontaine also received customized multi-colored booths and interior décor. In 1992 the location is featured in two pieces of official media from Showbiz Pizza Time's Entertainment Department. The first of which is a tape for employees that summited footage of various live performances.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP6OTh54A3Y</ref> Then as part of SPT filming in California, they visited the Fontaine location to feature in "Little Red Corvette".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEosP7W2-A4</ref>
In December 2000 the location became one of the last to receive a brand new remodel from the [[1994 SPT Repositioning / Remodel Program|1994 SPT Remodel Program]]. When [[Skytubes]] were introduced to this location they originally cut through the wall above the 2-Stage, giving a top-down view of the showroom for people inside, however In 2007 the Toddler Zone from [[Phase 3 (2000)|Phase III]] and the [[Skytubes]]
In December 2018, Fontaine started their 2.0 remodel, being completed later in 2019. This would be the final United States location to receive a [[Circles of Light]] show.
On March 26, 2023, the Chuck E. Cheese Cyberamic character was rediscovered to be on display at Revival Collectibles in Grand Ledge, MI. The animatronic is only on display and is not for sale.
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====COVID 19====
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the location was temporarily closed and fears of it permanently closing were high. The property was listed on Loop.Net on October 16, 2020, but taken down at a later date.
To keep the location afloat, the owner had to sell items held inside the former CEC University center. This included signage, prototypes, and animatronic parts.
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==Arcade Machines==
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*Monopoly Roll 'N Go
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*Monster Drop
*Ticket Time
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*Grand Piano Keys
*Despicable Me Jelly Lab
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*Fishbowl Frenzy
*Pull My Finger!
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*Willy Crash
*Skee Ball (Modern) (Baytek)
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* Gold Fishin'
*Milk Jug Toss
*Wheel of Fortune
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*Go Ballistic
*Pro Fishery
* Candy Crane Warehouse
*Crossy Road
*Flappy Tickets
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*Dizzy Chicken
*Spins Ahoy!
* Pink Panther Jewel Heist
*Space Invaders Frenzy
*Pop The Lock
*Bop2Win
*Hero Of Steel
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*Harpoon Lagoon Deluxe
*Cruisi'n Blast
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*Zombie Snatcher
*Monopoly Arcade
* Halo Fireteam Raven
*Fruit Ninja FX
* Minecraft Dungeons Arcade
*Aliens Armageddon
*Batman (2013)
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*Mario Kart Arcade GP DX
*SnoCross
*Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2017)
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▲* Spongebob Squarepants Pineapple Arcade
▲* The Wizard of Oz
▲* Ticket Circus
▲* Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
▲* Blackbeard's Bounty
▲* Flintstones Quarry Quest
* Teletubbies Carousel▼
▲=== Kiddie===
▲*Teletubbies Carousel
▲* Alien Boogey Control
▲* KC Corra
*Galloper's Carosel
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*[[Chuck Wagon]]
* Jolly Roger Minions
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{| class="wikitable"
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!Link
!Description
!Filming Date
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|[https://youtu.be/Bt2vphYSkPA Link]
|Fontaine was featured on ''Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser'' shortly after its opening in 1981.
|1981
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|Footage of the store's Chuck E. Statue and [[Balcony Stage]] in the 80s
|Around 1980s
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|[https://youtu.be/srK9ZC2mNNU Link]
|Children playing at the ball pit and footage of [[Beagles / Beach Bowsers (Lounge)|The Beagles]], [[Chuck E.'s House Facade]], and [[Dolli Dimples (Cabaret)|Dolly Dimples]].
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|[https://vimeo.com/16183194 Link]
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|January-February 1992(?)
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|[https://youtu.be/uP6OTh54A3Y Link]
|Footage of Chuck E. LIVE! performing Havin' a Party and Chuck E's Place (1992) from a CEC cast member highlight reel. Chuck E.'s House Facade is also seen in this footage.
|1992
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|[https://youtu.be/YEosP7W2-A4 Link]
|Fontaine as featured on Little Red Corvette from the [[Planes, Trains, And Automobiles|July 1992 Show]].
| 1992
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|[https://youtu.be/UrI70U49KpE&t=700s Link]
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|January 19th, 1998
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|[https://youtu.be/uRgaP721yXo Link]
| Man celebrating his 30th birthday party at this store.
|July 14th, 2010
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|[https://youtu.be/sWh3ohslhxU&t=87s Link]
|Family playing the store's arcade games.
| June 4th, 2012
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|[https://youtu.be/g6pUzBq5Ak4 Link]
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|[https://youtu.be/esGURFFykKQ Link]
|A store tour of the store in June 2016.
| June 30th, 2016
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|[https://youtu.be/Rc5gTDH7B2U Link]
|A store tour of the store in October 2016.
|October 14th, 2016
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|[https://youtu.be/XZClv9nF7mY Link]
|A store tour of the store during its 2.0 remodel.
|January 9th, 2019
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!Location
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|[[Chuck E Cheese (Cyberamic)]]
|1981
|On display at Revival Collectibles in Grand Ledge, MI
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|[[Guest Star / Helen Henny (Cyberamic)]]
|1981
|Used for parts
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|[[Applause Board (Cyberamic)]]
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|[[Flag Wavers (Cyberamic)]]
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▲*Before Franchised CECs were renumbered to four digit numbers in 2010, San Jose (Fontaine) was '''''Store #206''''' according to the old chuckecheese.com website from 2009. It was renumbered to '''''Store #3001''''' when Corporate renumbered Franchised stores with four digit numbers. The store number will be reused for the upcoming [[Valley Stream, NY (750 Sunrise Highway Suite 105)|Valley Stream, NY]] location in 2023.
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Revision as of 19:34, 22 July 2023
San Jose, CA (2445 Fontaine Rd), Store #3001 also known as Tully Road, is a Chuck E. Cheese location that opened in December of 1981 with a Balcony Stage.
This store is known for being the largest in the United States. The building was formerly a Magic Village Toy Store before becoming a Pizza Time Theatre in 1981. This one-of-a-kind location is known for having a 30-foot Chuck E. Cheese statue facing toward a neighboring road.
Stages
When the location opened, it housed a Balcony Stage and then later, Chuck E.’s House Facade. Lounge / Cabaret acts consisted of Dollie Dimples and the Beagles. The Beagles would be placed inside a display window to entertain guests. Both of these acts would be removed before 1991. This location also had two sets of Warblettes.
Between 1993 and 1994, the Chuck E.'s House Facade was removed and the 2-Stage was Installed.
In 2001, Studio C was installed. Because it was one of the last originals installed in a location, the Chuck E. Cheese animatronic received the 'Cool Chuck' outfit. As for the Cyberamic characters, Chuck E. Cheese Cyberamic was put on display at the front entrance of the store, while the other characters were sold off to different people and or parted out for different locations in the area.
In the 2010s, the Interactive Console and Blue Screen camera were removed. As time passed, the condition of the show in general was beyond repair. In December 2018 Fontaine received the Circles of Light then the Chuck E. Live Stage in May 2022.
History
Pizza Time Theatre
In 1974, the building opened as Magic Village Toy Store. It featured three giant toy soldiers enclosed in giant display windows. It gained a reputation for being such a large toy store. A local legend about the store told that a girl tragically once died from falling from the store's third floor. Locals said that the ghost of the girl haunts the building to this day.[1] It went out of business sometime in the 1970s and briefly became a discotheque before reopening as a PTT in 1981.
The location had a vast kiddie area, being one of the few locations to feature Chuck E.'s Play N' Place and a large under-the-sea themed ball-pit area that featured Chuck E. Cheese's Tinker Towers.
Chuck E. Cheese Statue
When the location was still Magic Village, it had three giant toy soldiers enclosed in illuminated windows facing toward Tully Rd. These were later salvaged and sent back to the original owner before closing. Having three empty windows, Nolan Bushnell wanted a large Chuck E. Cheese statue to be placed inside one of these windows.
Before the location opened, artist Jeff Tritel was commissioned to create the 30-foot statue. A smaller bronze desktop prototype was also created for PTT executives. Because Tritel was alone creating the statue, he had to work all day and night. Tritel even had to sleep inside the store to meet ends meet.
The finished statue was of Chuck E. Cheese sitting on a large block of cheese holding a microphone in one hand and waving the other. Shortly after it was installed it was discovered that a homeless person was living inside of the cheese the Chuck E. sat on.
![](http://static.miraheze.org/decodedocdigitizewiki/thumb/d/dd/Tritel.png/300px-Tritel.png)
"About twenty five years ago I visited the Pizza Time Theatre (Chuck E. Cheese started out as Pizza Time Theatre) corporate offices looking for work. I had heard that they were working with audio animatronic characters and I thought that I might fit in with their design and engineering staff. Armed with my sculpture portfolio I was brought before their lead engineer and after a brief interview was told that I didn’t have the skill set to be a member of his team.
However, Pizza Time Theatre had just purchased a new building to be used as a restaurant and training facility and it so happened that on the outside of this building there was (and still is) a 40 foot tall, semi-circular window. The next thing I knew I was sitting down with Nolan Bushnell and the Pizza Time executives and they were asking if I would like to build a 30-foot-tall Chuck E. Cheese for their new building! Never having done anything on this scale before, my answer was a resounding, “SURE, I can do it!”
I actually had no idea how; I’d figure that out later. Six months and 5,000 pounds of polyurethane foam and fiberglass later, I had the dubious distinction of building the largest pizza-eating rat in the world along with 8 bronze desktop versions for Nolan and his executives." - Jeff Tritel [2]
Training Center & Test Kitchen / CEC University
Shortly after opening, the store would be the exclusive host of the PTT Training Center & Test Kitchen program. This would be held on the third floor employee-only area for training employees from other locations. The test kitchen portion would allow Pizza Time Theatre to standardize its menu lineup for 1982, alongside being able to test and refine future menu releases. This program would end in 1984 with the merger of Showbiz Pizza Place and Pizza Time Theatre companies. The center would later reopen at some point as CEC University for training General Managers. For unknown reasons, the center would close again and would be used for storage. Plenty of historical items from the location's history would be held here, most of which are later sent to CEC stores within the area for replacements.
Disney's Cease and Desist
Around the restaurant were several unique murals. Some relocated from one of Pizza Time Theatre's costume departments. One of these murals, "Royal Order of Rodents", featured characters outside of Pizza Time Theatres ownership. The most notable of these are Mickey and Minnie Mouse. On October 13, 1989, Disney sent the location a cease and desist, causing them to throw away the murals immediately. However, most if not all of these murals were recovered at a later date and displayed out of the public eye on the third floor.[3]
Chuck E. Cheese's
Roughly around 1991, the location was remodeled into Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza as part of the 1986 SPT Remodel Program. At this time, Fontaine also received customized multi-colored booths and interior décor. In 1992 the location is featured in two pieces of official media from Showbiz Pizza Time's Entertainment Department. The first of which is a tape for employees that summited footage of various live performances.[4] Then as part of SPT filming in California, they visited the Fontaine location to feature in "Little Red Corvette".[5]
In December 2000 the location became one of the last to receive a brand new remodel from the 1994 SPT Remodel Program. When Skytubes were introduced to this location they originally cut through the wall above the 2-Stage, giving a top-down view of the showroom for people inside, however In 2007 the Toddler Zone from Phase III and the Skytubes would be removed for unknown reasons. In May 2007 fan convention Cheese-Vention 4 is held at this location.
In December 2018, Fontaine started their 2.0 remodel, being completed later in 2019. This would be the final United States location to receive a Circles of Light show.
On March 26, 2023, the Chuck E. Cheese Cyberamic character was rediscovered to be on display at Revival Collectibles in Grand Ledge, MI. The animatronic is only on display and is not for sale.
Store Number
According to chuckecheese.com Fontaine Rd. was Store #206 in 2009.[6] It was renumbered to Store #3001 when Corporate renumbered franchised stores to four-digit numbers in 2010. The #209 number will be reused for the upcoming Valley Stream, NY location.
COVID 19
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the location was temporarily closed and fears of it permanently closing were high. The property was listed on Loop.Net on October 16, 2020, but taken down at a later date.
To keep the location afloat, the owner had to sell items held inside the former CEC University center. This included signage, prototypes, and animatronic parts.
Arcade Machines
Skill
- Monopoly Roll 'N Go
- Paw Patrol
- Monster Drop
- Ticket Time
- Wack N Win
- Grand Piano Keys
- Despicable Me Jelly Lab
- Chuck E. Cheese's Water Game Fun
- Fishbowl Frenzy
- Pull My Finger!
- Full Tilt
- Willy Crash
- Skee Ball (Modern) (Baytek)
- Big Bass Wheel
- Gold Fishin'
- Milk Jug Toss
- Wheel of Fortune
- Space Ballz
- Speed of Light
- Quik Drop
- King Kong of Skull Island VR
- Virtual Rabbids: The Big Ride
- Deal Or No Deal
- Go Ballistic
- Pro Fishery
- Candy Crane Warehouse
- Crossy Road
- Flappy Tickets
- Prize Cube
- Ice Man
- Dizzy Chicken
- Spins Ahoy!
- Pink Panther Jewel Heist
- Space Invaders Frenzy
- Pop The Lock
- Bop2Win
- Hero Of Steel
- Robot Storm
- Pac-Man Battle Royale Deluxe
- Harpoon Lagoon Deluxe
- Cruisi'n Blast
- Luigi's Mansion Arcade
- Deadstorm Pirates
- The Walking Dead
- Jurassic Park Arcade
- Zombie Snatcher
- Monopoly Arcade
- Halo Fireteam Raven
- Fruit Ninja FX
- Minecraft Dungeons Arcade
- Aliens Armageddon
- Batman (2013)
- Nerf Arcade
- Centipede Chaos
- Mario Kart Arcade GP DX
- SnoCross
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2017)
Coin Action
- Spongebob Squarepants Pineapple Arcade
- The Wizard of Oz
- Ticket Circus
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
- Blackbeard's Bounty
- Flintstones Quarry Quest
Kiddie
- Teletubbies Carousel
- Alien Boogey Control
- KC Corra
- Galloper's Carosel
- Shopkins Cutie Car
- Chuck Wagon
- Jolly Roger Minions
Videos
Link | Description | Filming Date |
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Link | Fontaine was featured on Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser shortly after its opening in 1981. | 1981 |
Link | Sidewalk Breakers dance battle taking place at the store's showroom. | 1985 |
Link | Footage of the store's Chuck E. Statue and Balcony Stage in the 80s | Around 1980s |
Link | Footage of this location's Balcony Stage and children playing at the ball pit. | April 20th, 1988 |
Link | An exterior shot of this location and footage of the Half Chuck E. animatronic taken from the 1989 documentary film, The Silicon Valley Story. | 1989 |
Link | Children playing at the ball pit and footage of The Beagles, Chuck E.'s House Facade, and Dolly Dimples. | 1990 |
Link | A family celebrating a birthday, playing games, and some footage of Chuck E.'s House Facade. | January-February 1992(?) |
Link | Footage of Chuck E. LIVE! performing Havin' a Party and Chuck E's Place (1992) from a CEC cast member highlight reel. Chuck E.'s House Facade is also seen in this footage. | 1992 |
Link | Fontaine as featured on Little Red Corvette from the July 1992 Show. | 1992 |
Link | Children playing games and some footage of Fontaine's 2-Stage. | January 19th, 1998 |
Link | Family playing games; footage of the Studio C is seen at 13:01. | 2005 |
Link | Family celebrating a birthday and footage of Chuck E. LIVE! Birthday Star (2001) and the Studio C Alpha. | 2007 |
Link | Man celebrating his 30th birthday party at this store. | July 14th, 2010 |
Link | Family playing the store's arcade games. | June 4th, 2012 |
Link | Quick store tour of the store in 2012. | October 11th, 2012 |
Link | A store tour of the store in June 2016. | June 30th, 2016 |
Link | A store tour of the store in October 2016. | October 14th, 2016 |
Link | A store tour of the store during its 2.0 remodel. | January 9th, 2019 |
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Cyberamic Chuck E. Cheese animatronic on display at Revival Collections in Grand Ledge, MI.
Animatronics
Animatronic | Serial / Manufacturing date | Location |
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Chuck E Cheese (Cyberamic) | 1981 | On display at Revival Collectibles in Grand Ledge, MI |
Guest Star / Helen Henny (Cyberamic) | 1981 | Used for parts |
Mr. Munch (Cyberamic) | 1981 | Used for parts |
Jasper T. Jowls (Cyberamic) | 1981 | Sold to Collector |
Pasqually (Cyberamic) | 1981 | Unknown |
Warblettes (Cyberamic) | 1981 | Unknown |
Warblettes (Cyberamic) | 1981 | Unknown |
Applause Board (Cyberamic) | 1981 | Unknown |
Drum Board (Cyberamic) | 1981 | Unknown |
Flag Wavers (Cyberamic) | 1981 | Used for parts |
Singing Flowers (Cyberamic) | N/A | Unknown |
Dolli Dimples (Cabaret) | Unknown | Unknown |
Beagles / Beach Bowsers (Lounge) | Unknown | Unknown |
Chuck E. Cheese 32m (Animatronic) | Unknown | Sold to Collector |
Bird (Animatronic) | N/A | Unknown |
Pizza Time Clock | N/A | Unknown |
Pizza Phone | N/A | Unknown |
References
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/hauntedhoneymoon/posts/san-jose-chuck-e-cheese-on-fontaine-roadthe-tullyfontaine-location-has-been-rumo/104722542963702/
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- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP6OTh54A3Y
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEosP7W2-A4
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090629030426/http://www.chuckecheese.com/locations/results.php?state=CA