April 1999

April 1999, also known as “Dance Party”, was a showtape that played during the spring and summer of 1999. This was the last Studio C show to run on Laserdisc.

Existing Show List

Show plays in full twice on the tape. The Store Intro in intermission 4 does not play on the second loop.

  1. Segment 1
    1. Chuck E.’s Dance Party
    2. Dancing on the Ceiling
  2. Intermission 1
    1. CEC TV ID - ‘Abstract’
    2. VeggieTales - ‘I Love My Lips’
    3. Ratings
    4. Super Jasper - ‘Cadillac Ranch’
    5. Store Intro - ‘Irving, TX’
  3. Segment 2
    1. Chuck E. Town (Parody of Funky Town)
    2. Dancin’ and Singin'
  4. Intermission 2
    1. CEC TV ID - ‘Abstract’
    2. Eddie Coker - ‘Happy One’
    3. Singing Cowboy
    4. Store Intro - ‘North Richland Hills, TX’
  5. Segment 3
    1. Pizza Serenade
    2. Hip Mouse (Parody of Brick House)
  6. Intermission 3
    1. CEC TV ID - ‘Abstract’
    2. VeggieTales - ‘The Hairbrush Song’
    3. Memories Are Forever
    4. Store Into - ‘Arlington, TX (Fielder)’
  7. Segment 4
    1. Let’s Dance
    2. Dancin’ On The Moon
  8. Intermission 4
    1. CEC TV ID - ‘Abstract’
    2. Eddie Coker - ‘Interaction’
    3. Super Jasper - ‘Staring Contest’
    4. Store Intro - ‘Arlington, TX (Justiss)’

Live Shows

During this time, Lives would be on separate VHS tapes for MMBB based stores.

History

The North Richland Hills, TX CEC is featured in the first segment. Chuck E. Town was filmed around 3rd St. of downtown Fort Worth and the CEC Home Office. The first Super Jasper skit was filmed at the famous tourist attraction ‘Cadillac Ranch’ in Amarillo, TX.

Unused Blue Screen Footage

All the Studio C segments would be filmed by Brian Hagan with the Chuck E. animatronic in front of a blue screen. This was done in case blue screen footage was ever needed, but ultimately went unused.[1] These were filmed on DVCAM tapes. On December 23, 2021, all the unused footage would be uploaded to Brian’s YouTube channel.[2]

Digital Audio Masters

The showtape’s original stereo audio for all the segments and the live show would be preserved on Digital Audio Tape. On March 4, 2022, Brian Hagan would upload the original DAT recordings to his YouTube channel[2], while providing lossless FLACs of the audio to the community.

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