Sgt. Singer (Animatronic)

Sgt. Singer was an animatronic made by Creative Presentations for Craig Singer to be used in his restaurant chain called Sgt. Singer's Pizza Circus. He would play along with P.T Bearum and Pounce D' Lion on the main stage of the restaurant.

History

Sgt. Singer was produced by Creative Presentations for Craig Singer and was used in Sgt. Singer's Pizza Circus sometime around 1982. At some point he would be renamed to Sgt. Striper by Creative Presentations so that they could sell the show elsewhere branded as Sgt. Striper's Review.

Other known shows Sgt. Singer was in were a Sgt Striper's Touring Band Show in Wild Horse Saloon from Idlewild Park in Ligonier, Pennsylvania and a show called Sgt. Striper and His Band that played in Mirapolis Park in France.

Okamoto Amusements currently has the last variants of the band in their amusement park branded as Circus Band, with two other variants being sold off to somewhere.

While the specifics are unknown, it is well believed that aside from the animatronics held by Okamoto, all other iterations of Sgt. Striper were thrown away into junkyards.

Design

Sgt. Singer is an anthropomorphic tiger mascot with a white beard, black whiskers, blue eyes, and is holding a guitar.

Barnyard Band

This was a farm themed variant of the band. It's hard to tell from the wear and tear in the images, but it seems like Sgt. Singer wore a brown jacket with a red trim and had an orange beard instead of a white one. He also wore brown gloves and his beard may have been orange instead of white.

Beach Bums

This was a beach themed variant of the band. Sgt. Singer wore a light blue cloak of some sort that had a red trim. This variant also wore no gloves.

Circus Theme (Official name unknown)

This was a circus themed variant of the band. Sgt. Singer wore a blue vest with a red trim and yellow shoulder pads. His whiskers were white and he also wore white gloves.

Movements

Current known movements are

Eyes
Eyelids
Head
Mouth
Left Hand
Left Arm
Right Arm
Body

Gallery

Promotional image featuring P.T. Bearum (Left), Sgt. Singer (Middle), and Pounce D' Lion (Right) (Circus Variant)
Image of Sgt. Singer (Barnyard Band Variant) from the front
Sgt Singer (Barnyard Band Variant) from an alternate view of the front
Sgt Singer (Barnyard Band Variant) from the side
Sgt Singer's Band (Beach Bums Variant) from the back
Closeup of Sgt. Singer's Guitar
Another closeup of the guitar Sgt. Singer used, it's unknown why there are jewels on it.
Creative Presentations concept for retrofitting Beach Bear into Sgt Singer

References

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy6jXxYJm_c/?img_index=1 All Okamoto Images were found by Pasq

https://showbizpizza.com/info/documents/spt/spt_adp-binder.pdf (Page 107) Binder including Creative Presentations showing options on how they could retrofit the RAE