Winchester Jasper T. Jowls (Animatronic)
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 Winchester Crusty the Cat V1 (Animatronic) & Winchester Chuck E Cheese V1 (Animatronic).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 Winchester Chuck E Cheese V2 (Animatronic) and Winchester Pasqually (Animatronic) would be rescued by Jul Kamen. Jul would end up loaning all three portrait bots to the Showbiz Pizza Time Corporate Office 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
Ditto, Side View<ref>https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10162521603405554&set=pcb.10162521603625554</ref>
Winchester Jasper in the 'Great All-American Pizza Show' franchise brochure, early 1979<ref>https://showbizpizza.com/info/promo/ptt/ptt_79franchise.pdf</ref>
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>
Winchester Jasper in-store, 1977<ref>https://archive.org/details/atariincbusiness0000gold/page/346/mode/2up?q=theatre</ref>
The bot in The 'New Eatery Fad' segment, Late 1979.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucg8MujPDQA&t=37s</ref>