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Winchester Jasper T. Jowls was an animatronic created by Fantasy Forest for the Pizza Time Theatre on San Jose, CA (370 S Winchester Blvd) as an animatronic version of Jasper T. Jowls, with the bot being the First design of Jasper. The bot was controlled & programmed through the Winchester Control System & Winchester Hardware Setup.

The bot was used at Winchester from 1977 until it's replacement in 1981 when Winchester received Cyberamics.

History

Creation

The Winchester Jasper Bot was created by Harold Goldbrandsen of Fantasy Forest in early 1977 after the V1 Crusty & Chuck.

Release

San Jose, California (370 South Winchester Boulevard)

In May 1977, The Bot was installed at the Right dining area wall at Winchester^[1]^[2]. The bot was programmed to the Pizza Time Theatre Showtape & later, the Helen Henny Showtape. The bot was later programmed to the Madame Oink I & Foxy Colleen I Showtapes during 1978.

Corporate Move

After Pizza Time Theatre vacated the Sunnyvale building in 1984, Jasper, along with Winchester's Chuck E. Cheese (V2) Bot and Pasqually Bot would be rescued by Jul Kamen. Jul would end up loaning all three portrait bots to the SPT Headquarters in the mid 1990's to display in a museum dedicated to the history of Chuck E. Cheese's. The museum plans would never go through and the animatronics would simply be used as display pieces.

At some point, Jasper's shirt was replaced with a blue and white striped shirt and their muzzle was repainted with extra spots.

Destruction

In 2004, Corporate would undergo a remodel and the portrait bots would be removed from their spot on the wall. The animatronics were ordered destroyed as part of CEC's strict 'de-identification' policy. While Chuck E. was saved by employees, Jasper and Pasqually were destroyed. The person who destroyed them is unknown.

Design

Base

The Bot has a Brown Latex mask, 2 black ears, a White snout with 2 dots on each side, 2 black & white eyes, Black eyebrows, Brown eyelids, & 2 brown hands. The bot later had it's snout repainted.

Suit

Location outfit

The bot had a Red & white patterned Undershirt, Light Blue overalls, A Blue neck collar, and a Country hat. The bots hat formerly hat a black feather on it and also a pipe but it was removed before 1979.

SPT outfit

During the bots time at the SPT HQ, it had a Blue & White stripped shirt, A black neck collar, The same or possibly different overalls, & a blue stripe on their hat.^[3]

Accessories

The bot had a brown & white Banjo. Originally, It was a Real banjo, But It was putting too much weight on the bot, And replaced with a fake one. It also featured a fly on the outer part of the portrait frame.

Movements

Mouth
Eyelids
Head Turn Left
Head Turn Right + Body Turn
Guitar Strum
Guitar Slide Up

Gallery

Jasper at Fantasy Forest after completion, 1977
Promo photo of Winchester, 1977^[4]^[5]
Winchester Jasper in-store, 1977^[6]
Winchester Jasper in the "Great All-American Pizza Show" franchise brochure, early 1979^[7]
The bot in The "New Eatery Fad" segment, Late 1979.^[8]
Winchester Jasper at Corporate, 2002^[9]
Ditto, Side View^[10]

References

[1] ttps://archive.org/details/atariincbusiness0000gold/page/346/mode/2up?q=theatre

[2] ttps://archive.org/details/Atari_Coin_Connection_Volume_1_Number_7_June_1977/page/n1/mode/2up

[3] ttps://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10162521603405554&set=pcb.10162521603625554

[4] ttps://showbizpizza.com/info/promo/ptt/ptt_1977winchesterphotos.pdf

[5] ttps://archive.org/details/Atari_Coin_Connection_Volume_1_Number_7_June_1977/page/n1/mode/2up

[6] ttps://archive.org/details/atariincbusiness0000gold/page/346/mode/2up?q=theatre

[7] ttps://showbizpizza.com/info/promo/ptt/ptt_79franchise.pdf

[8] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucg8MujPDQA&t=37s

[9] ttps://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10162521603405554&set=pcb.10162521603625554

[10] ttps://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10162521603405554&set=pcb.10162521603625554

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+{{Animatronic|image=Winchester Jasper HD.jpg|unitsProduced=1|releasedate=May 1977|manufacturer=Fantasy Forest|dimensions=Around 4ft}}
-Winchester Jasper T. Jowls was an animatronic featured at the [[San Jose, CA (370 S Winchester Blvd)|San Jose Pizza Time Theater]]. It would be used from the location's opening until it was replaced by the standard Cyberamic model in 1980.
+'''''Winchester Jasper T. Jowls''''' was an animatronic created by [[Fantasy Forest]] for the [[Pizza Time Theatre]] on [[San Jose, CA (370 S Winchester Blvd)]] as an animatronic version of [[Jasper T. Jowls]], with the bot being the First design of Jasper. The bot was controlled & programmed through the [[Winchester Control System]] & [[Winchester Hardware Setup]].
+The bot was used at Winchester from 1977 until it's replacement in 1981 when Winchester received [[Cyberamics]].
 == History ==
-[[File:Winchester Jasper.png|thumb]]
-=== Winchester ===
+=== Creation ===
-Jasper debuted with the rest of the Winchester animatronics on May 17, 1977. It was the first animatronic to be able to turn it's head, as it was a fully three-dimensional figure, as opposed to [[Winchester Chuck E. Cheese V1 (Animatronic)|Chuck E. Cheese]] and Crusty the Cat.
+The Winchester Jasper Bot was created by Harold Goldbrandsen of Fantasy Forest in early 1977 after the [[Winchester Crusty the Cat V1 (Animatronic)|V1 Crusty]] & [[Winchester Chuck E. Cheese V1 (Animatronic)|Chuck]].
+=== Release ===
+==== San Jose, California (370 South Winchester Boulevard) ====
+In May 1977, The Bot was installed at the Right dining area wall at Winchester<ref>https://archive.org/details/atariincbusiness0000gold/page/346/mode/2up?q=theatre</ref><ref>https://archive.org/details/Atari_Coin_Connection_Volume_1_Number_7_June_1977/page/n1/mode/2up</ref>. The bot was programmed to the [[Pizza Time Theatre Showtape]] & later, the [[Helen Henny Showtape]]. The bot was later programmed to the [[Madame Oink I]] & [[Foxy Colleen I]] Showtapes during 1978.
+==== Corporate Move ====
+After Pizza Time Theatre vacated the Sunnyvale building in 1984, Jasper, along with Winchester's [[Winchester Chuck E. Cheese V2 (Animatronic)|Chuck E. Cheese (V2) Bot]] and [[Winchester Pasqually (Animatronic)|Pasqually Bot]] would be rescued by Jul Kamen. Jul would end up loaning all three portrait bots to the [[Showbiz Pizza Time Corporate Office|SPT Headquarters]] in the mid 1990's to display in a museum dedicated to the history of Chuck E. Cheese's. The museum plans would never go through and the animatronics would simply be used as display pieces.
+At some point, Jasper's shirt was replaced with a blue and white striped shirt and their muzzle was repainted with extra spots.
+=== Destruction ===
+In 2004, Corporate would undergo a remodel and the portrait bots would be removed from their spot on the wall. The animatronics were ordered destroyed as part of CEC's strict 'de-identification' policy. While Chuck E. was saved by employees, Jasper and Pasqually were destroyed. The person who destroyed them is unknown.
+== Design ==
+=== Base ===
+The Bot has a Brown Latex mask, 2 black ears, a White snout with 2 dots on each side, 2 black & white eyes, Black eyebrows, Brown eyelids, & 2 brown hands. The bot later had it's snout repainted.
+=== Suit ===
+==== Location outfit ====
+The bot had a Red & white patterned Undershirt, Light Blue overalls, A Blue neck collar, and a Country hat. The bots hat formerly hat a black feather on it and also a pipe but it was removed before 1979.
+==== SPT outfit ====
+During the bots time at the SPT HQ, it had a Blue & White stripped shirt, A black neck collar, The same or possibly different overalls, & a blue stripe on their hat.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10162521603405554&set=pcb.10162521603625554</ref>
+=== Accessories ===
+The bot had a brown & white Banjo. Originally, It was a Real banjo, But It was putting too much weight on the bot, And replaced with a fake one. It also featured a fly on the outer part of the portrait frame.
+== Movements ==
+* Mouth
-=== Corporate Move and Destruction ===
+* Eyelids
-After being replaced by the upgraded Cyberamic, Jasper was owned by Jul Kamen, along with V2 Chuck E. Cheese and V1 Pasqually. In the 90s, all three were loaned to CEC Headquarters. The plan was to feature the Winchester animatronics in a museum about the history of Chuck E. Cheese's. The museum plans never moved forward, and the bots were simply used as a display piece. According to fans, there were plans to make the animatronics move, but this never went anywhere either.
+* Head Turn Left
+* Head Turn Right + Body Turn
+* Guitar Strum
+* Guitar Slide Up
+== Gallery ==
+<gallery>
+File:dawg.jpg|Jasper at Fantasy Forest after completion, 1977
+File:BW Winchester Jasper.png|Promo photo of Winchester, 1977<ref>https://showbizpizza.com/info/promo/ptt/ptt_1977winchesterphotos.pdf</ref><ref>https://archive.org/details/Atari_Coin_Connection_Volume_1_Number_7_June_1977/page/n1/mode/2up</ref>
+File:Winchester Jasper in Store BW.png|Winchester Jasper in-store, 1977<ref>https://archive.org/details/atariincbusiness0000gold/page/346/mode/2up?q=theatre</ref>
+File:Promotional Winchester.png|Winchester Jasper in the "Great All-American Pizza Show" franchise brochure, early 1979<ref>https://showbizpizza.com/info/promo/ptt/ptt_79franchise.pdf</ref>
+File:Winchester Jasper 3.png|The bot in The "New Eatery Fad" segment, Late 1979.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucg8MujPDQA&t=37s</ref>
+File:Winchester Jasper Corp.jpg|Winchester Jasper at Corporate, 2002<ref>https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10162521603405554&set=pcb.10162521603625554</ref>
+File:Winchester Jasper 4.png|Ditto, Side View<ref>https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10162521603405554&set=pcb.10162521603625554</ref>
+</gallery>
+== References ==
-In 2004, Headquarters went through a remodel, and the portrait bots were removed. While Chuck E. Cheese was rescued by employees, Jasper and Pasqually were destroyed.