Norristown, PA-The CEC that went in ashes

[MatHat13]

Supposely this was the only CEC in the 29 years CEC has been around that has burned to the groud. Anyone have more detail? I just know it happaned a long time ago.

[captslappy]

No but I heard a very early store in California with a portrait show flooded somewhere out in California and was a total loss. I have never been able to get more details beyond that.

[dheineCECfan]

Was the Norristown CEC that burned down originally a ShowBiz with the RAE or a PTT location?

[MatHat13]

It was a PTT and I think it was one when it burned down.

[cec 471 rocks]

anybody have a link to an article about this fire? i cant find an article anywhere

[pizzacam]

So, there were kids playing in the balls as it burned down? The show was playing the Tunnel of Love Madame Oink tape as it burned? Anyone smell bacon? hahaha j/k :lol

[captslappy]

This is the reason they got rid of CEC's cigar.

[pizzacam]

Was that even a cigar? Munch does eat alot of pizza and has to go sometime... :lol

[MMBBfan327]

So this must have happened around 1979-1982?

[joshferrell]

I can see the headlines now...
CHUCK E CHEESE AND HIS BAND DIES IN HORRIBLE FIRE!

YESTERDAY A HORRIBLE THING HAPPENED AS A PIZZA TIME THEATER BURNED DOWN TO THE GROUND,WITNESSES SAY THAT THE BAND THAT WAS PLAYING THERE KNOWN AS THE PIZZA TIME PLAYERS WERE ALL KILLED IN THE FIRE AS WELL AS A COUPLE CABERET SHOWS THAT WERE PLAYING IN THE LOBBY,"I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED" SAID A DISTRAUGHT EMPLOYEE "THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GET UP AND RUN,IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY WERE STUCK ON THE STAGE OR SOMETHING",THE SHOW FEATURED A SPECIAL GUEST NAMED MADAM OINK WHO WAS FILLING IN FOR HELEN HENNY WHILE SHE HAD AN ENGAGMENT ON BROADWAY,"BRAWK,THIS IS SUCH SAD NEWS,I LOVED THOSE GUYS" WAS ALL SHE COULD SAY WHEN ASKED WHAT HER PLANS WHERE HELLEN RESPONDED BY SAYING THAT SHE'S GOING TO GET A MAJOR FACELIFT TO LOOK 20 YEARS YOUNGER AND TRY TO CARRY ON WITH THE CHILDREN OF THE MEMBERS KILLED,"BRAWK,I TALKED TO CHUCK E CHEESES SON AND HE FEELS THAT WITH MR MUNCHES SON AND PASQUALLYS TWIN BROTHER FROM ITALY AND JASPERS COUSIN FROM THE HILLS THAT WE CAN KEEP THE MUSIC ALIVE FOR FAMILIES OF ALL AGES OLD AND YOUNG ALIKE WITHOUT ANY KIND OF FOCUS ON JUST ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE LIKE TODDLERS " THE BACKGROUND SINGERS KNOWN AS THE WARBLETTS AND THE FLOWERS BOTH DIED AS WELL NEW AUDITIONS FOR BACKGROUND SINGERS HAVE TAKEN PLACE INCLUDING A SINGING BUILDING AND A MEMBER OF THE ROCK A FIRE EXPLOSION KNOWN AS THE MOON ALSO A BIG CAMERA DUDE TRIED OUT FOR THE BAND AS WELL "WE BEILIVE IN DIVERSITY" SAYS HELEN ABOUT THE ODD CHOICES FOR BACKUS SINGERS,THE CABERET MUSICAINS THAT WERE THERE WHEN IT BURNED DOWN WAS A BLIND JAZZ MUSICIAN AND AN ELVIS IMPERSONATOR WHO TEND TO JUST LIPS SYNCH ELVIS TUNES,THEY BOTH WERE KILLED IN THE FIRE,A FREIND OF THE ELVIS IMPERSONATOR WHO JUST HAPPENS TO BE A MICHAEL JACKSON IMPERSONATOR TOLD US THAT HE WANT'S TO CARRY ON HIS FREINDS MEMORY AND HOPES HE WILL CARRY ON FOR YEARS TO COME,THE PIZZA TIME THEATER COMPANY HAS STRESSED THAT WITH THE DEATH OF THE CABERET MUSICANS THEY WILL HAVE TO FOCUS OF HAVING AS LITTLE CABERET ACTS AS POSSIBLE IN FUTURE STORES,THE ROCK A FIRE EXPLOSION MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE INCIDENT WHICH STATES,"WE AT SHOWBIZ PIZZA PLACE MOURN FOR THE LOSS OF CHUCK E CHEESE AND HIS BAND MEMBERS WE ARE CURRENTLY MAKING AN OFFER TO PERFORM WITH CHUCK E CHEESE'S SON AND HOPE TO HAVE MANY YEARS OF JOINT PARTNERSHIP",SALLY SASHE WHO WORKED BREIFLY FOR CHUCK ONLY HAD BAD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT HIM "CHUCK E CHEESE WAS A HEARTLESS BASTARD ALL HE EVER DID TO ME WAS PUT ME DOWN,HE WOULD TELL ME HOW MUCH I SMELLED AND ON TOP OF THAT HE WOULD USE FOWL LANGUAGE AND BLOW CIGAR SMOKE IN MY FACE,IN FACT I SAW A SHOW THE OTHER DAY WITH MADAM OINK AND I TELL YOU ALL HE DID WAS TALK ABOUT HOW FAT SHE WAS,I'M GLAD THE RATS DEAD",OTHER MEMBERS LIKE BB BUBBLES COULDN'T BE FOUND FOR COMMENT WHILE THE BEAGLES AND THE BEACH BOWZERS WERE TOURING AT OTHER PIZZA TIME THEATERS THROUGHOUT THE USA COULDN'T BE REACHED FOR COMMENT AS WELL,HOWEVER WHEN WE GOT IN TOUCH WITH THE SINGER KNOWN AS DOLLI DIMPLES SHE HAD A SOMEWHAT POSITIVE COMMENT ABOUT CHUCK "WELL SEXY,CHUCK WAS A DARLING RAT,I USED TO TEASE HIM ABOUT HIS BEHIND AND HE WOULD INVITE ME BACKSTAGE FOR A LITTLE TRIST IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN BIG BOY".THE POLICE SAY THAT ARSON WAS TO BLAME AND WAS LOOKING TO TALK TO A MISTER AARON FECHTER OF FLORIDA FOR QUESTIONING,"HE IS NOT A SUSPECT BUT A PERSON OF INTEREST" SAID THE CHIEF OF POLICE,MORE NEWS WHEN WE GET IT.....

[menutia]

Come on, we all know it was because 3 teenagers were lighting up cigarets and smoking pot in Munch's Mysterious Maze thing in the showroom.

(No, they wern't employees.)

~M

[pizzacam]

Tokin' blunts and playing in the balls, who didn't see this coming? :hat