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The animatronic characters and their band were a part of the childhoods of several generations. Children and adults across the country might recall attending birthday parties at either Chuck E. Cheese ...

Earlier this year, Chuck E. Cheese announced that it would phase out the animatronic characters that have been delighting kids since the late ’70s at all but five of its 400 U.S. locations. That was a ...

The show is over for Chuck E. Cheese's iconic animatronic band. The company announced this week that it will be removing the Munch's Make Believe band from all locations except one venue in Northridge ...

For many people who grew up in the 1980s and 1990s, having a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese, ShowBiz Pizza Place, or any other kid-centric restaurant that featured animatronic entertainment was the ...

Damon Breland, 43, stands aside in the doorway of Smitty’s Super Service Station, a former country convenience store that has been in his family for generations, and pulls open a heavy blue curtain.

The Kansas City area’s last Chuck E. Cheese mouse doesn’t do much these days. He slowly turns his animatronic matted, gray head a few times a minute — scanning the empty stage. His earlier ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Chuck E. Cheese in downstate Illinois will be one of the select few to retain an animatronic band. In November, Chuck E. Cheese announced that it would be pulling the plug on the ...

Chuck E. and Munch's Make Believe Band have changed a lot over the decades: look back on them now before they disappear for good John Russell is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. He joined the PEOPLE team ...