[2021 REUPLOAD] Interview with Brian Hagan - Former Studio Manager of Chuck E. Cheese

A 5 hour interview with Brian Hagan, former Studio Manager at Chuck E. Cheese Corporate. Questions range from the Awesome Adventure Machine to Studio C to Brian's tech job at Mobile AL's CEC.

Brian's Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa-VV0v6S2JhI6RPtrSk8QQ

The Pizza Time Techs Discord Server:

https://discord.gg/NEmyzQjumY

Interviewees:

RockafireFan123

CEC Master

Pasq

Nostalgia_Cow123

space.age.canine

sudo trans --pony

The interview was split across two days, and the second day has people group all their questions together, rather than the random order seen in the first half.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:16 What did Sally Corp have at IAAPA 1995?

1:18 Did you customize anything at CEC Montgomery?

2:14 How did you make your way to CEC Corp?

12:17 Wasn't Darren the tech from CEC Birmingham?

12:38 Mobile couldn't ever keep techs.

14:32 CEC's store budgets & disrepair.

17:22 Did you paint the wink for other CEC stores?

18:27 Was the animal on Jasper's guitar a squirrel or a bird?

19:08 So was Antioch's mech left in after CU?

19:50 Do you have pictures of Mobile we haven't seen?

24:52 Reception of Brian's AAM video.

25:56 Brian's introduction to animatronics.

30:37 Did Garner make the Studio C clock?

33:48 Talking with Advanced Animations for Studio C.

35:46 Brian's trip to Advanced Animations

37:35 Were intermissions on AAM the same as Existing Stages?

40:59 Were there AAM diagnostic showtape(s)?

42:58 Is your AAM video the only AAM/Studio C content you have?

43:22 Brian's AAM audio input from the Laserdisc player.

43:45 Is the AAM audio you uploaded properly in surround sound?

44:10 Dolby Surround's introduction into the AAM.

44:44 AAM having 'Strike It Up'

45:12 AAM's Laserdiscs being thrown away

51:08 Could AAM switch video feeds like Studio C?

52:20 Does anyone else have AAM or Studio C footage?

53:37 Who was the main programmer for the AAM?

55:52 Info on Animation World?

56:38 Were there two Studio C Premieres?

1:00:30 Was EVERYTHING from the AAM destroyed? For sure?

1:02:19 When was AAM removed from Montfort and Studio C installed?

1:07:09 Garner Holt's Tuxedo Chuck.

1:09:00 Did Studio C have the January 1998 show?

1:10:31 Do you have tips for programming 3-Stage characters?

1:15:49 Discussion on Garner Holt

1:18:04 Who designed the Late Night outfit?

1:21:31 Did the AAM have a Marquette?

1:23:40 What was Animation World's involvement for AAM?

1:31:57 Other