Earlier this year, Chuck E. Cheese announced that it would phase out the animatronic characters that have been delighting kids since the late ’70s at all but five of its 400 U.S. locations. That was a ...

With a handful of game tokens, mouthful of cheese pizza and earful of arcade sounds, people across the U.S. remember going to Chuck E. Cheese and being mesmerized by the animatronic show that Chuck E.

Chuck E. and Munch's Make Believe Band have changed a lot over the decades: look back on them now before they disappear for good John Russell is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. He joined the PEOPLE team ...