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Import from Cheese-E-Pedia revision 274f085c7132d784f81b7a4cbd96e7a0922db854

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! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; width:35%;" | Type
| Animatronic Control Systems
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! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; width:35%;" | Start date
| 1979
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! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; width:35%;" | Tags
| Pizza Time Theatre
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! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; width:35%;" | Contributors
| sudo-trans-pony
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The '''''Pizza Time Theatre Show Selector''''' is a prototype selection unit known to be at the [[San Jose, CA (1371 Kooser Rd)]] and possibly at other early stores, most likely with [[Huntington Beach, CA (15511 Edwards St)]]. The units would be set up with Cabaret or Lounge acts and were coin operated.

== History ==

Shortly after [[Kooser Dolli Dimples (Animatronic)]] was installed at [[San Jose, CA (1371 Kooser Rd)]], Pizza Time Theatre prototyped for an alteration to Dolli's show playback to have a jukebox unit that could have coins inserted into it to play specific shows. [[Huntington Beach, CA (15511 Edwards St)]] possibly had one installed with their [[Helen Henny (Lounge)]] either at or near opening, as it is noted both stores had their acts be coin-operated. PTT would perform a survey for their coin boxes of their various locations, and noticed both acts had a 1:2 quarter to token ratio, unlike the usual arcades which had a 1:6 ratio. PTT believed this showed adults were activating the shows more than kids.

The Kooser prototype box would be moved throughout the early corporate offices before eventually being thrown in a scrap pile at the [[Sunnyvale, CA (1213 Innsbruck Drive)]]. Dale Benjamin would recover the box and keep it with them to present day.<ref name="cep1">[https://archive.org/details/the-pizza-times-newsletters/1979%20The%20Pizza%20Times%201-1/page/n1/mode/2up?q=huntington archive.org]</ref>

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== Import provenance ==
Imported from [https://github.com/The64thGamer/cheeseepedia/tree/274f085c7132d784f81b7a4cbd96e7a0922db854 Cheese-E-Pedia] at source revision <code>274f085c7132d784f81b7a4cbd96e7a0922db854</code>. Source material is provided under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ CC BY-SA 4.0].

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