Today in 1977, Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre opened in California, co-founded by Atari's Nolan Bushnell as a kid-friendly way to promote video gaming and bring the world closer to animatronic mice. Plus: this week in 1905, a film camera documents the funeral procession of the last known surviving veteran of the War of 1812.
An Oral History Of Those Creepy-Ass Chuck E. Cheese Robots (Mel Magazine)
The surprising and horrifying backstory behind Charles Entertainment Cheese (Insider)
Funeral of Hiram Cronk (Library of Congress)
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