Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Today, we go over the history of Showbiz Pizza Place & Chuck E. Cheese in Pasadena, California. This might have been home to the very last store to receive Concept Unification. Thanks to @bvnbun for requesting this location!

Credit:

@PrimeStone (For unlikely footage of Pasadena in 1983).
youtube.com/watch?v=HvzDaS7Jqno&t=12s

Historical Aerials (For photos of both Pasadena stores).

Newspapers.com (For info on the opening date for the second Pasadena location).

@JoeJitsukawa (For footage of Pasadena in 2011).
youtube.com/watch?v=r1v63bTxxiw

@CECWestCoast (For footage of Pasadena in 2015).
youtube.com/watch?v=92XvaLH0_LE

@cecindianaandcalifornia2326 (For footage of Pasadena in 2016 and 2021).
youtube.com/watch?v=H82vpZ2roPA
youtube.com/watch?v=rU_8TIUJTq0

@ceccalifornia2775 (For footage of Pasadena in 2021).
youtube.com/watch?v=pTLM_ZbU3IA

@StudioCCalifornia (For footage of Pasadena in 2022).
youtube.com/watch?v=F213opWyous
youtube.com/watch?v=0aMvYiGVBIs

@bvnbun (For footage of Pasadena in 2022 and 2023).
youtube.com/watch?v=qMHHVdi5kKU
youtube.com/watch?v=h04Dihne0AU
youtube.com/watch?v=0TYbmS5fQMs
youtube.com/watch?v=OcqUEJn5c8U

@saan1ty (For the thumbnail and SPT vector).

The rest coming soon.

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