B.B. Bubbles...the singing circus star!

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

Here's a fun thread with some info about one of the rarest of all Caberet acts, B. B. Bubbles!


B.B. Bubbles was a giggly, squiggly, girly elephant who had slinkys' for hair and painted fingerhooves. She was quite a sight to behold...one had to wonder if they were hallucinating when they stepped into her Caberet Room. After all, it was not everyday that you came face to face with a talking, singing, PINK ELEPHANT!!

B.B.Bubbles was one of the rarer Cyberamic Cab Shows...not many locations recieved her. It is highly possible that she was a "cosmetic upgrade" for exsisting Caberet characters...much like the Guest Stars back in the Golden Era. Most early PTT's opened with 2 Cab acts if space allowed..a Lounge and a Caberet where in most PTT if they opened between 1980 and 1982. Later locations and later remodeled locations seemed to only have one or the other. B.B. Bubbles may well have been a replacement for a earlier character at a location, once Dolli Dimples or Artie Antlers ran there course. This would explain her scarceness as she only really started to show up around 1983 or so...this of course was the time when PTT went under. No new characters for Cab Acts were produced after this time, so with the exception of King Kat, B.B. was indeed the rarest show to see.

B.B.'s cosmetics were designed to fit over any Cyberamic Caberet charcters frame. She had multiple movements like all Cyber Bots' did at the time, with one added feature: a moving trunk. Here is her "Rosetta", in no particular order.

1 eyes left
2 eyes right
3 eye blink
4 mouth
5 head up
6 head left
7 head right
8 hands
9 ears
10 trunk

Most stage characters could only have 8 programmable animations because the remaining 'slots" open on their driver card would be used to animate addtitional show elements, such as The Warblettes/Flowers,Showroom Flagwavers, The Bandstand, or the famous Clapper Board. This is why all stage Cyberamics even to this day have only one hand that is animated ( right) while the other is tied into the body turn ( left). This is also why we have no CyberStage Bot's with moving ears or other additional animations. Since Cab Bots' did not have to worry about controlling other show elements like the stage characters had to, they could use all of the programmable "slots" in their driver cards for figure animation alone. This is why we can have much more animation in the Cab characters...details like ear movement, swinging hips, heaving chests, and the King's footap. B.B's trunk was also one of these lovely bonus'.

B.B was similar to the other piano playing Pizza Time Players at the time...in fact, she was exactly the same robot underneath as was Dolli and Artie. You could simply switch their outer cosmetic pieces and create a new character. Today, you could re-create her again by putting her cosmetics on a Cyberamic Bot' on a current Stage and they would still fit and be operational. Amazing, is'nt it?

As far as her personality and song material goes, B.B was very giddy. She would giggle constantly from what i can remember of her...she was very much a little girl type character. Think of a 5 year old Helen Henny and you will get some idea of what i mean. Her songs were all childrens songs i beleive, and very bouncy and "cutesy". It has been 21 years since i last heard her voice, so i may be off on this a little. I remember at the time that i was'nt too crazy about her personality wise...i bit too "kiddie" for me. I guess you could say she was the harbringing of the future...soon after she dissapeared out of stores the Company went all pro-kiddie.

B.B. Bubbles merchandise is extremely rare. There is only one item i have ever come across, let alone seen, and that is a scented candle tin from 1983. On it, it depicts Ringmaster Chuck E. on one side, with Pasqually, Dolli Dimples, and B.B.Bubbles on the other sides respectively. Surely there must have been other items featuring her but as of now nothing seems to have come forward. Part of this may well be again because of the short time she had to develop....PTT went bankrupt a few months after she hit the stores and merch that was in development (if any) was more then likely shelved or abandoned all together. Most of the Classic PT Players associated with the Golden Era ( 1980 thru 1983) were phased out by 1986 as far as exposure on merch and other goods goes.

B.B.Bubbles never had a chance to become anything major in the PTT era, but her elusiveness has won her interest from a historic standpoint. She was one of the last Pizza Time Players to be issued ( at the same time as Broadway Helen Henny) and slowly dissapeared soon after. Had she had longer to "live", i'm sure she would have been a popular addtion to the Pizza Time Theatre canon.

[captslappy]

A little further explanation of movements and their limitations... The circuit boards that ran the cyberamics systems allowed for 8 movements. Each computer card went to a character. There was one for Chuck, Munch, guest, Pasqually, Jasper, the Band Board and a front and back light card. Each of these cards connected to the characters valve bank in a wooden box thecharacter was mounted to. These cards had 8 cylinoids that did the 8 movements. The Warblettes, clappers, flags, etc were run of the accessory terminals on the valve bank which were a set of 16 screws. These other prop characters were "slaved" off the banks of the main 5 robots and the band board. Today, the curtains and wink are powered off these accessory terminals for the 1 and 2 stage shows.

Now relating this back to the caberets and Ms. Bubbles... The reason they had more movements was they used 2 character driver boards and 2 valve banks. None of these ever added up to 16 so a few of the empty spots on the valves were plugged where a cylinoid would have been.

BB had 10 movements, between 2 cards. Artie probably had 10 also if is ears were animated. Dolli had 11. Since she had no trunk, her breast movement took that spot (on King it's his foot tap) and her ears twitched. King is set up identically to Dolli with 2 changes. As I just mentioned his foot tap was used on the port for BB's trunk and Dolli's breasts. In addition he also had 2 extra movements none of the piano players had: His legs went up and down allowing him to shake his hips. This movement apparently was a major problem but we'll save that discussion for when Jenn starts a thread on King.

One other thing I want to add that Jenn didn't touch on is the minor modifications that also were made. She is correct that the cosmetics are all interchangeble between the 5 main stage characters (Chuck, Munch, Jasper, Pasqually, and the guest) and the King/King Kat mech and the Dolli/BB/Artie mech. At headquarters, BB's caption said she was designed to be a caberet retrofit so she was indeed changed out as Jenn mentioned from old Dolli or Artie mechs. A king robot could have also been used by removing the guitar and adding the swing levers although this would have been a lot of work. THere were some minor changes making Dolli or Artie into BB. First the trunk movement had to be added and the ear movements had to be removed. The eyelids also had to be changed out and Dolli's breast movement cylinder would have also had to be removed.

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

Bravo Captain..thanks for clarifiying the component details.

Yes, Artie did have moving ears...all Cab Acts did including B.B. Bubbles. She had huge ears, so they were put to good use with this animation! Artie did not have any "extra" animations like the others...he simply did the basics, plus ear movement. One interesting note regarding Artie, originally his antlers were crafted out of hardwood covered in foam filled fabric ( similar to the way he was covered). They were too heavy to handle the constant thrashing the characters movements created, and early versions of Artie almost always had their antlers break off during performances! To correct this serious defect, a company was hired to cast a design for his antlers. These replacements were made out of a lighter material ( a type of fabric covered fiberglass i beleive) and were pretty much unbreakable under even the most animated performance. The elaborate scolling detail designs that originally decorated his antlers were simply replaced with dark blue rinestones. You can see the two different versions of his antlers in my photo section here in the Photo Gallery. The original antlers are shown in the PTT Poster pic.

Okay, back to B.B.Bubbles now....some many not know this but she held a microphone in her trunk as she sang. Photos don't always clearly show this, but i always thought it was a nice touch, exspecially since her trunk was moveable. This was also nice as it prevented kids from grabbing and messing around with the mic that was usually mounted on the counter in front of the piano playing Cab Guests. B.B.'s trunk capacity eliminated this problem.

It's nice to have confirmation regarding the therory that she was indeed a "replacement" character for the various Caberet Bots'. As mentioned earlier, this no doubt explains why she was so rare as most locations by that time were dealing with huge finacially losses as the Arcade Craze era was dying a swift death. Most locations probably did not want to invest in buying a new and expensive set of cosmetics for a show that was to be gutted eventully anyway. However, a few locations did ( Danvers, Ma being one of the few) and although she was there only for a couple of years, she was a welcome added attraction.

And something interesting to add regarding the various computer control layout/driver cards.....the 2-Stage system we have in Danvers has animations programmed for things that no longer exsist on the older, still playable showtapes. An example being Best of CEC TV 92 ( or is it 93, i can never title it right!). I noticed when it would play, both Munch and Helens driver cards would deliver signals for the Flowers, and also the Pasqually's old pots and pans. The Flower signal would flash in perfect time to the backup lyrics so there is no doubt in my mind what that was used for. In earlier years it was no doubt used to power the Warblettes, at least the way our system here was setup. Fasinating stuff it all is... There was also a added pulse on i beleive either Chuck's or Jaspers card that would suddenly flash towards the conclusion of the show. I discovered by reading the old manuals and layout graphs we had of our system, that this signal was for the original Flag Wavers. Amazing as the Flags were long gone by the time the 92' shows were produced and programmed. I wonder why they bothered to program this in then? I suppose in 1991/1992 when the show was originally programmed, there were still a few locations that had the old Porch Stage with these old assesories that needed animations. That was the conclusion i came to, as by the time the mid-90's shows were issued, these signals dissapeared.

[captslappy]

My theory on the cab acts is this... The original four (starting in the cyberamics period) are Dolli, Artie, King and Beagles. I believe the Bowzers, King Kat and BB Bubbles were all introduced in 83 or 84 as a cheap way of making new characters. They just took existing shows and modified them. I am confident this statement is true on King and Dolli/Artie... I can not say this with certainty on the Bowzers.

As for the props... the flags worked off the guest, the warblettes of CEC and the applause board of the pots and pans. The audio wither went thru munch or Pasqually. Jasper was not used. When the 2 stage MMBB band was introduced, the order of the card cage cards was changed so that may explain any descrepancies there.

Finally one other note on BB. An optional Bubble machine was apparetnly available so that bubbles would float around her while she sang. Veganova's description said she sang circus themed songs. Were all of her songs about thecircus or were some of them just children's songs? Also, King Kat and the Beach Bowzers only had one reel made in the 80s. I suspect that is also true of BB. Does anyone know? I know King had 5 reels in the 80s, Dolli had 2, Artie I'm pretty sure had 2 and the Beagles had 3. The fact that the Bowzers had only one reel just like Bubbles and King Kat pretty much makes me think they too were a later retrofit. BB Bubbles is the only one I have found that explicitly states this tho. Corporate didn't eve have a pic of King Kat.

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

B.B most certainly must have had only one reel...she was only around for a couple of years and it was during the lean times when PTT had folded and Showbiz Inc. was calling the shots.

As far as B.B's song material goes...the reason "circus music" is listed in her description on this site is because that is what i had said about her a while back. She did sing very bouncy music, and if i recall there was a circus-organ type sound to her piano playing. It was as if she was playing a caliope instead of the traditional piano sound. Like i had said earlier above, from what i remember she sang mostly childrens' tunes in a very cutesy manner. It was a turn off to me at that time, so back then she was not a character i was overly crazy over.

Yes, i have heard of the bubble machine..but only here over the past year or so. I do not recall one in use in Danvers back in B.B's day....J would probably remember better as he was actully employed there at the time. I'm sure he will add some comments here when he gets the chance. He may remember her shows better too.

I believe that the Bowzers were indeed a retrofit option just like King Kat and B.B. As far as i know, all PTT's opened with either a Artie or a Dolli in the Caberet, and either a King or The Beagles in the Lounge. The Bowzers were most certainly something that came along later as like all late arrivals, there is hardly any merch or other materials featuring them. I could be wrong, but the Bowzers were more then likely just a replacement option.

[dheineCECfan]

My thoughts on B.B. Bubbles:

B.B. Bubbles mostly sang circus related songs.

The pics I have seen don't show B.B. Bubbles holding a microphone in her trunk. (Although we know Chuck E. Cheese and the guest female had microphones in their hands)

Did you know the Danvers CECPTT location had 2 cartoon drawings of B.B. Bubbles on the wall of the King's Cabaret area?

When I toured CEC Entertainment HQ in Irving, Texas in May 2001, the B.B. Bubbles photo was below the Crusty photo (at the time many of the CEC/PTT related pics were still hanging on the walls of the CEC Entertainment HQ).

Too bad not one B.B. Bubbles showtape surfaces for now, but who knows?

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

Thanks....;)

I'm sure a BB tape will surface someday. Keep the faith!

[dheineCECfan]

S.H.J.: Just edited out the last paragraph of my B.B. Bubbles post, thank you.

[Lilredridinghood]

Wow, B.B. Bubbles is going wayyyy back...I must have been three of four when she was at my ptt, and I have just very vague memories of her. All I can really remember about it is a pink elephant playing a piano in the back corner of the showroom-and her high pitched voice singing along.

Actually, I do remember one song where she (or a background voice) was singing "B.B. Bubbles," to the tune of that song "Tiny Bubbles," or that could be just another one of my messed up memories.

[captslappy]

I missed BB. Unfortuantely the only 2 PTTs I visited both went under in '84 with the bankruptcy. Our Dolli was never converted. The location with Dolli was in bad shape all the way around tho so it really needed to close. Dolli was in bad shape by the last time I ever went to that location. I think the other "newer" store I went to with the King closed about a year later. After that I thought that was all that was left was Showbiz Pizzas. I had no idea PTT continued to be around... when CEC started opening (during CU when they changed the name officically to CEC and began closing showbiz's) I thought that was the first time CEC was back. I remember being really excited until I realized it wasn't like Pizza Time Theater...

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

Wow....that's something. That must have been quite a letdown for you Captian. I'll admit it rips my heart out in a way when i visit a modern store...a really modern one...one that is'nt old enough to have a "history" behind it.

The Old Barns ( ex-PTT's) are the best to visit today and reminise....many still have the areas where the old Cab Shows used to be and a few rare spots actually still have visable physical evidence of what was before. Any serious Pizza Timer can easily spot these coveted spots at any Ex-PTT locations....it's as if the ghosts of the past are still there.

BB was neat to see "live", but her show material and her personality was a little vapid for the time when compared to the boffo stuff Artie and Dolli were playing. Dolli was certainly the Queen of PTT. No doubt about that. BB was like the spoiled little younger sister....not yet the Queen and impatient at waiting!

I do not think BB had her own Caberet Promo Poster. There was a "official" portrait taken for just such a purpose that used to be on display at the Corporate Headquarters in TX. This photo matches the other similar portraits featured on other Cab Posters ( see photos of them in the Collectibles section on the Site). I suppose it is very possible one was made to ship to the locations who bothered to install her in 83', but so far i have uncovered no solid evidence. That portrait though is probably the closets lead i have yet seen so who knows? I will say this: our locations did not have one that i know of at the time.

In the year before BB bit the dust, PTT went through a period of "improvements"....more like "enhancements" in a way. One of these involved the Caberet Shows. The famous little moving stools appeared around this time much to the delight of the kids as it offered them yet another free attraction. As many here already know, these paired stools were special seats located in front of the Cab Characters' performance area. When the show started, these plastic seats would move up and down independently of each other giving the seated a ride during the performance. Once the show was over, the stools reverted back to there non-moving selves. I always connect these stools to BB as they were first installed here when she was. Up until then, i had never seen them and they were quite cool for a kid back then. unfortunately, they were short lived as safety issues forced them to be pulled out. By that time, PTT was no more and the new regine was slowing phasing out all the really neat stuff...or so it seemed.

[captslappy]

The only place I saw the stools was for the King. Our Dolli never had them.

[Mr Munch88]

Just a bit of Danvers BB history... We never had the bubble machine, we did have the stools(only BB not on the king)
As far as I know there was only 1 tape. BB was taken out of Danvers around 1984 and her cosmetics were stored in a closit in the Cheese factory. BB now has a loving hoome where she has been recreated and is on display. Although her voice is long gone(for now) she is still admired by all that see her :)

[dheineCECfan]

What does the "bubble machine" have to do with CECPTT cabaret show B.B. Bubbles?

[Lilredridinghood]

Oh! The Bubble Machine? You know, I almost mentioned in my post above about remembering bubbles but I didn't want people to think I was crazy...Are you sure we didn't have the Bubble Machine in Danvers? Because I do remember bubbles, I swear! But up until now I thought it was just my imagination...

I remember bubbles!

I also remember little talking chipmunks in spiffy bowties, but thats another story.

[MatHat13]

Geez CEC phased out a thing that had to do with bubbles. They're more cheaper than I thought.|I

[captslappy]

It's ok Kerry... we have your nice padded room all ready for you... you can see all the pink elephants and bubbles you want in there...

PS- Whatever happened to Showbiz Wolf?

[MatHat13]

PS- Whatever happened to Showbiz Wolf?

Geez I forgot about her at this point.:eek

[Lilredridinghood]

No really, Captain, I remember bubbles! There was lots of them!!! Beautiful bubbles like you wouldn't believe!

And yes, I need to e-mail Britt. (The Showbiz Wolf.)

And seriously people, I DO remember bubbles. But right now i'm confused-if there was no bubble machine in Danvers, then where did the bubbles come from?

Maybe it was the elves again.

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

Nah....

Must have been the Showroom Ghost again....

[MatHat13]

Next time I go to Danvers, I better look for a sign of that ghost.0]

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

He's there....last time i visited, CastMemberSteve and the current GM there were telling me about how the Ghost is still frisky....he's been moving ceiling tiles around in the front foyer lately!!

[Lilredridinghood]

Oh, yes, the showroom ghost...one of the ex-assistant managers, "Rich" told me when I first started there that they called the so-called ghost, "Stanley," because years ago there was a manager there (I think his name was Rich too) that was supposedly stealing things from the store. And everytime something would be missing, Rich would say, "Oh, Stanley did it," for some reason, and I guess it just stuck. I heard that the manager eventually got fired.

Okay, and I am not Loopy De Loop, but I still swear I remember bubbles with BB Bubbles.

[captslappy]

I thought about J's comments on the other thread about Dolli being a little too adult for PTT. I know Jenn has said many times the target was young adults, but face it... There were tons of kiddie rides and games. There was definately a market for young children there too. If you go to an adult arcade like Dave & Busters (which probably many of you don't have) it doesn't have any kid oriented stuff or an animatronics show. The games are all mostly geared towards adults. Anyway, I believe the main point in the creation of BB Bubbles, along with the Beach Bowzers and King Kat was a cheap way to create a new character out of what already existed. But I do have to wonder if a secondary motive in particular with BB was to phase out Dolli. From what I understand BB was very kid oriented and child like and Dolli was definately NOT targeted for kids at all. Is it just me or does she seem like the first caberet show to go? I don't know thought. BB Bubbles did not seem to be terribly popular as a choice for Franchise owners. She seems fairly rare and obscure so I may be off the mark on this.

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

Actually Captain what you are saying rings very true to my ears. BB Bubbles WAS indeed a easy way to "update"
the Cab shows, and she was indeed more targeted for the little kiddies. It seems that even back then, CEC was starting to turn it's focus on the kid aspect and get further away from the original target audience.

Yes, there were kiddie rides and some video games targeted for the younger kids back in the PTT era, but most of it was focusing on the teen and 20 somethings. I'm talking way back in the beginning..77' through 81' in particular. In 82' they started to "soften" their image and introduced the first few experiments into that younger audience. This is when we first got to see "Mouse head" Chuck E. images and BB was being developed along with additonal games being added that specifically were aimed for the little ones. This was fine, as it assured the ENTIRE family had a good time, not just the kids like it is nowadays. Nothing wrong with that..actually it was a healthy thing to do ...target the WHOLE family and NOT just the kids. This is what made Disney such a success ( and still a success!)...it's a shame CEC has seemed to have forgotten this wise business sense.

[dook&jasper`s#1fan]

hey,
thanks jenn!!! by the way your hanna banna bot is way cute !!! good luck with her !!! i really like hannas curly bouncy tail & nanner hair !!! good job !!! melanie. p.s. glad to finely chat with you !!! :) :happy:

[dheineCECfan]

I wonder if the person who owns the original first generation CECPTT robots has a B.B. Bubbles show reel.

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

Hard to know for sure, as i have been led to beleive so far that what stuff he does have is mostly early era materials ( from conception to early 80's).

I am sure one will turn up eventually. I can still hear her voice in my head...and it is a horrific one at that from what i remember!

As i had mentioned previously, her voice was very girly and giddy. Think over stimulated, giggly, schoolgirl with a high voice. It was annoying to say the least. When i saw her perform in Danvers back in 85' i left with a bad taste in my mouth. She was interesting to look at but a total wash-out character wise. Think of a bad cartoon voice over...that cliqued' "cute voice kiddies will like".....and you have B.B.

As therorized, B.B. was a "cheap" retrofit character for older PTT's to purchase to update there older Artie and Dolli mechs. B.B. was released late in PTT's history ( late 82 at the soonest...83' mostly) thus why she is so rare. King Kat was another "cheap" retrofit character created to make a older mech ( The King) become a all new character...though in King Kat's case, it was not really "new"!!

I like B.B. a lot more now, mostly because of her unique and unusual look for a Cyberamic character. The fact that i own the only one known to still exsist kind of makes me take a fancy to her too....!

:p

[dheineCECfan]

B.B. Bubbles is the cheapest CECPTT cabaret show character that can be retrofit?

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

No, that is not quite what i was getting at Darryl. I was noting that she was one of a couple of attempts to make "new" characters out of exsiting Bot' mechs ( namely old Paino Player models and King models). Making a new set of costmetics of the "cheapest" way to create a new character.

[mp3aa]

This is why all stage Cyberamics even to this day have only one hand that is animated ( right) while the other is tied into the body turn ( left).

I must be getting old and senile.
I swear that Pasqually and Jasper had both arms (hands) moving.
Munch, Chuck and guest had body/arm connections.

[pizzacam]

I must be getting old and senile.
I swear that Pasqually and Jasper had both arms (hands) moving.
Munch, Chuck and guest had body/arm connections.

They DO right, I mean they did at Slappy's...:choochoo:

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

The correct arm animations for PTT Era Cyberamics are:

Chuck and the Guest had the familiar "arm swing". The right hand ( often with mic) was seperately controlled and the left arm simply "swung" back and forth as the body turned. Back in PTT's day, the programmers cleverly animated these figures to look as though BOTH arms were seperatly animated. They were not! This was acheived by "tapping" the animation programing stations button and moving the body slightly and then back again...creating the extra percieved movement in the left arm/hand. Today's Chuck and Helen have the exact same mechanical setup, but the quality of the animation makes it obvious that the "swing arm" is just that. All the current figures do is turn left, then turn right, repeat. The arm swings in accordance.

Jasper had both of his hands working, yes, but they were connected together much like they are still to this day. Alining the arm shafts in slightly different positions gives the illusion of them operating seperatly, and many early model PTT Era Cyberamics have this intact. Modern Jasper mechs today do not, and he simply slaps his hands around together against the guitar.

Munch originally was the only Cyberamic stage character to have independently moving arms. This was used exstensively in the early 80's once Munch was removed from his Portrait/Shelf era "Shutter Doors" and had full animations in his body. Munch could not only now turn, but also move his two arms independently. When the MMBB Stage concept was introduced in the early 90's, Munch's arm mechs were swapped out for the current ones he has today. These are linked and provide only one animation ( up or down position, alternating).

Pasqually's hands were originally joined together. In the early days when he played his squeezebox his arms would move in and out in a playing fashion. He COULD have had independent arms just like Munch except the creators or PTT's shows decided it would be more fun to have one signal be used to move Pasqually's mustache. A wise move, as it added a extra bit of animation and gave Pasqually his own unique movement...always a plus in a AA show. Later when the MMBB setup was brought in, the reverse happened and his arms were made to work independent since he was now supposed to play the drums. His mustache animation was then connected to his mouth movement...so in most locations now when his mouth moves his mustache does too. I have seen a few Shows in the field though that still have the 'stache on a seperate signal......often on Road Stages and older Stage Shows.

:)

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

I recently had my B.B. Bubbles' head apart and finally was able to take a good look to answer the Captains' question.

It looks to me like she had her own brace shape, and did not use the theororized Pasqually cosmetic bracing much like how Foxy Colleen reused Harmony's. Interesting, as it was assumed since B.B. was pretty much a quick replacement Cab Act, they would have created her out of pre-exsisting peices ( thus the Pasqually braces being used).

It looks to be more in line with the original Chuck head brace...which fits her rounded apprearence.

The only way to be sure is to have side by side comparisons......something we can probably do when i set up all of my figures at CV5!

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

Just thought i would bump this up for our newer readers to enjoy!

:p

[dheineCECfan]

It's slim and none to find a B.B. Bubbles showtape!

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

Well i'm able to post my own photos now ( yay!!) after many years frustration....so i'm going nuts and 'illustrating' some of the older threads.

Here is a fab photo of B.B. Bubbles...alive and well in 2008!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/deacy1/BBBubblesnewphotojpeg.jpg

[Larry the Tech]

Great shot of BB

[dheineCECfan]

S.H.J.: I'm glad you still have the B.B. Bubbles robot removed from the CECPTT in Danvers, MA. in the mid 1980's!

[RAFE CEC Guy]

Hey Jenn, I always wanted to know if your B.B. has the complete mech(including trunk) in it. If so, have you ever considered programming her?(DSF Style :p)

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

I would LOVE to see her run again...i came VERY close to having her appear onstage during the famous "Chuck E.s 25th Birthday Bash' event we held at my old Store in Danvers, MA. The night before the Event, i was seriously toying with the idea of bringing in her cosmetics, take off Helen's, and run the Show with HER onstage in her place! It would have worked, but i did'nt want to have to worry about her getting to and from the place ( we already had TONS of stuff coming and going for that night!)....so sadly, it never happened.

To answer your question, no i do not have her original robotic mech. She would fit on any Caberet mech ( Dolli, King, etc..) but i never pursured getting a complete mech to run her on. I don't really have the space and money to make her 'go' at this point anyway. There was talk of shipping her to TX for CheeseVention 3 to run her on The Captain's fully functioning Dolli...but again, more worries ( and huge expense) to send her. It was far too risky, considering she is to date the only known B.B. still in exsistance. I do not have her show reel...so again, if she was to run show material would be a issue.

Her trunk mech is inside her trunk. It is just a shaped steel rod about the width of a pencil. Her trunk weighs a LOT..it is the heaviest part of any Bot' i have handled to date. It's rediculous how heavy it is! In her photos, it looks to just be a stuffed foam cosmetic. I wish! Her heavy trunk has always been a issue. I have to hold her head up by placing a 20lb+ weight in the back frame of her head to keep it from falling forward. The weight of her trunk is THAT major.

The eyes i have for her are authentic...they originally came out of The King. The eyelids i purchased few years back directly from Corporate. They are actually modern Helen lids ( glitterly pale pink version) that look fantastic on B.B. Originally B.B. came with light blue lids, similar to Chuck E.s. I changed mine over after seeing how nice the Helen lids looked.



I have always had her on display in my room since day one of 'adopting' her. She did not come with her original dress or any sparkles...those were all stripped off prior to me getting her. Using the photos of her i had shot at my local Store, i rebuilt and recreated her dress, feathered head peice, and forehead sequined design. Very recently i discovered she originally had a low cut dress...but this was apparently 'censored' at some PTT's and covered with a pink neck scarf! I have photos of this, as well as Harmony Howlette 'censored'. Harmony i could totally understand ( she had some serious cleavage issues there....lol)....but B.B.? She had NO CHEST whatsoever! I guess they just did'nt like the 'suggestive' nature of the low neckline.

If there is interest i can post the shots i have of her in action back in 85'.

[dheineCECfan]

I would LOVE to see her run again...i came VERY close to having her appear onstage during the famous "Chuck E.s 25th Birthday Bash' event we held at my old Store in Danvers, MA. The night before the Event, i was seriously toying with the idea of bringing in her cosmetics, take off Helen's, and run the Show with HER onstage in her place! It would have worked, but i did'nt want to have to worry about her getting to and from the place ( we already had TONS of stuff coming and going for that night!)....so sadly, it never happened.

To answer your question, no i do not have her original robotic mech. She would fit on any Caberet mech ( Dolli, King, etc..) but i never pursured getting a complete mech to run her on. I don't really have the space and money to make her 'go' at this point anyway. There was talk of shipping her to TX for CheeseVention 3 to run her on The Captain's fully functioning Dolli...but again, more worries ( and huge expense) to send her. It was far too risky, considering she is to date the only known B.B. still in exsistance. I do not have her show reel...so again, if she was to run show material would be a issue.

Her trunk mech is inside her trunk. It is just a shaped steel rod about the width of a pencil. Her trunk weighs a LOT..it is the heaviest part of any Bot' i have handled to date. It's rediculous how heavy it is! In her photos, it looks to just be a stuffed foam cosmetic. I wish! Her heavy trunk has always been a issue. I have to hold her head up by placing a 20lb+ weight in the back frame of her head to keep it from falling forward. The weight of her trunk is THAT major.

The eyes i have for her are authentic...they originally came out of The King. The eyelids i purchased few years back directly from Corporate. They are actually modern Helen lids ( glitterly pale pink version) that look fantastic on B.B. Originally B.B. came with light blue lids, similar to Chuck E.s. I changed mine over after seeing how nice the Helen lids looked.



I have always had her on display in my room since day one of 'adopting' her. She did not come with her original dress or any sparkles...those were all stripped off prior to me getting her. Using the photos of her i had shot at my local Store, i rebuilt and recreated her dress, feathered head peice, and forehead sequined design. Very recently i discovered she originally had a low cut dress...but this was apparently 'censored' at some PTT's and covered with a pink neck scarf! I have photos of this, as well as Harmony Howlette 'censored'. Harmony i could totally understand ( she had some serious cleavage issues there....lol)....but B.B.? She had NO CHEST whatsoever! I guess they just did'nt like the 'suggestive' nature of the low neckline.

If there is interest i can post the shots i have of her in action back in 85'.

I guess it would be odd to temporary replace in a CEC Munch Band show the female Helen robot with a surviving CECPTT female robot.

[bzier]

it may be odd...but it would be cool!

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

Thus the reason i wanted to do it!

The 25th Event had the stage all redecorated anyway, and i had Chuck wearing his original checkered vest that night. We had a original 'Rat' Chuck E. walking around for a time too that night...and the kids loved him! They did'nt even seen to notice his drastic appearence change. I remember one little girl about 5 going up to Rat Chuck and hugging him. All i could think was ' Man, it has been a LONG time since The Rat has gotten a childs hug!'

Having B.B. up there in Helens' place onstage would have totally fit with the Retro Theme of the evening. 'Modern' Helen was not around back during PTT's time, so having one of the original Cab acts join the fun would have been fantastic.

It would have looked a LITTLE odd as B.B. probably would have still had Helen's skinny yellow legs poking under the elephants' dress!

:))

[MMBBfan327]

Jenn did you have to recreate B.B.'s arms or are those original too?

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

Her arms are original and authentic 100% through and through. I stuffed them with plastic bags however to help them keep their cylindrical shape better. She is a old girl!

[Shiney Happy Jenn]

Here are two photos i shot back in the day....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/deacy1/PTTHistoryBBBubblesinDanversjpeg.jpg

^^ Instant Poloroids of B.B. Bubbles in action at the Danvers, MA PTT 1983

[dheineCECfan]

Thought I would bump this up to thank S.H.J. for helping PizzaKaos for a few pics of B.B. Bubbles to help with P.K.'s CECPTT character fan art project.