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 ...

For many decades, Chuck E. Cheese’s in-house band has entertained birthday kids and families enjoying pizza, cake and sodas for celebrations — but the furry musicians with big eyes are not the life of ...

The Kansas City area’s last Chuck E. Cheese mouse doesn’t do much these days. He slowly turns his animatronic matted, gray head a few times a minute — scanning the empty stage. His earlier ...

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 ...