The Amazing Uncle Klunk Traveling Show (Event)

The Amazing Uncle Klunk Traveling Show was a stage altering event held at certain ShowBiz Pizza Place locations from July 14th - September 5th of 1983.
The stores selected would recieve an Uncle Klunk (Animatronic) with various props to replace the Rolfe & Earl stage. The Uncle Klunk Showtape would play throughout the event.

Store Appearances

Store appearances are largely going off of when advertising would show up, and when the '$4.00 Value' coupons would be set to expire. Uncle Klunks could have been installed earlier or lasted a few days later. Some stores also do not have any coupon date ranges, so will just be marked with the day their citation comes from. Currently, 31 confirmed stores have been found to have hosted Klunk out of the 40 Klunks that were sent out for the event.

July 5th Announcement

Newspapers in Florida would have Klunk ads placed in them on July 5th, stating he was 'Coming Soon, Limited Engagement'. Altamonte Springs, FL (541 W Hwy 436) , Orlando, FL (841 Lee Rd) , Orlando, FL (7419 International Dr) , Tampa, FL (12707 Dale Mabry Hwy) , and Tampa, FL (1707 E Fowler Ave) would be teased as the first stores.

July 14th Wave

The first stores to potentially open with Klunk were set for July 14th. All of these stores would have their coupons last for 35 days, from July 14 to August 18—with the exception of Tulsa, OK (7108 S Memorial Dr) , whose coupons were only archived up to August 1st, lasting 18 days. All of these stores have their ads saying 'Showing Now':

• (July 14th - August 1st) Tulsa, OK (7108 S Memorial Dr)
• Springfield, MO (700 W Sunshine St) ^(1)(2)(3)
• Kansas City, MO (4601 Bannister Rd) ⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾
• Independence, MO (4039 S Noland Rd) ⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾
• Kansas City (Antioch), MO (2726 NE Vivion Rd)⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾
• Wichita, KS (2100 N Amidon Ave) ^(5)(6)(7)
• Wichita, KS (333 S Armour Dr) ^(5)(6)(7)
• Overland Park, KS (10510 Metcalf Lane) ⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾
• Shawnee, KS (12280 Shawnee Mission) ⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾

Florida July 16-18 Wave

Despite the Florida stores getting announced the earliest and being the only ones to let customers know ahead of time of Klunk's arrival, they wouldn't formally switch advertising to 'Now Showing' until the 16th and 18th of July. All of these stores would also last until August 18th, resulting in a shorter 33-31 days of possible time. Unlike the 14th wave stores, these ads would exclusively say 'Showing Now, Limited Engagement' rather than just 'Showing Now':

• July 16th
• Fort Lauderdale, FL (7053 W Broward Blvd) ^(8)(9)(10)
• Bradenton, FL (415 Cortez Rd) ^(8)(9)(10)
• July 18th
• Altamonte Springs, FL (541 W Hwy 436) ^(11)(12)(13)
• Orlando, FL (841 Lee Rd) ^(11)(12)(13)
• Orlando, FL (7419 International Dr) ^(11)(12)(13)
• Tampa, FL (12707 Dale Mabry Hwy) ^(14)(15)(16)
• Tampa, FL (1707 E Fowler Ave) ^(14)(15)(16)

July 22nd Changes

Multiple strange changes to the ongoing ads were noticeable on July 22nd. Tampa, FL (12707 Dale Mabry Hwy) and Tampa, FL (1707 E Fowler Ave) suddenly had their text revert to 'Coming Soon, Limited Engagement' until the next ad happened. This was likely a mistake in which version of the ad artwork was used. Additionally, Springfield, MO (700 W Sunshine St) , Wichita, KS (2100 N Amidon Ave) , and Wichita, KS (333 S Armour Dr) switched their text from 'Showing Now' to 'Showing Now, Limited Engagement,' like all of the Florida stores. In addition, a revision version of the Uncle Klunk Showtape was released on this day.

July 30th Wave

Three stores in Ohio did not get ads until July 30th but still continued on to August 18th, now only having a 19-day event:

• Cincinnati, OH (3365 Highland Ave) ⁽¹⁷⁾
• Sharonville, OH (1429 E Kemper Rd) ⁽¹⁷⁾
• Cincinnati, OH (8801 Colerain Ave) ⁽¹⁷⁾

Unknown Wave Stores

Myrtle Beach, SC (615 Lake Arrowhead Rd) is known to have kept Klunk's camera prop after switching back to Rolfe. However, it is unknown which wave they installed Klunk at.⁽¹⁸⁾ Fargo, ND (1202 Nodak Dr) has testimony from its General Manager that Klunk was brought in and later used as a Santa. [[Note: Citations on this page are scrambled and need to be reassigned]]