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:
   / @brianhagan  

The Pizza Time Techs Discord Server:
  / discord  

Interviewees:
RockafireFan123
CEC Master
Pasq
Nostalgia_Cow123
space.age.canine
The 64th Gamer

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