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Aug. 24th, 2004 10:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
godreamIt's been a while since I've been to Chuck E Cheese, but, well, Noah's turning three tomorrow and it's just about his favorite place in the world. So there I was, sprawled out over half a booth with a novel and a pile of shiny tokens, when all the TVs hanging from the ceiling came to life with the sound of a vaguely familiar song info. When the lyrics kicked in, I thought I must have mistaken the song. But no, the tune was the same -- Backstreet Boys, Larger Than Life. (Remember that?) The words were just slightly edited to fit the place. To wit: "Oh Mr. Munch, can't you see, can't you see, what you eat's affecting your density. Every time you eat everything in sight, that makes you larger than life..."
Hang on a sec, I thought the point here was to make me *want* to eat theircardboard pizza? :P
The song was accompanied by video of four young men with looks of intense concentration and well-synchronized dance move. Next, we watched an enthusiastic dude with a horribly faked Australian accent tell us, "Wow, those tubes are huge! That slide was a surprise! Now remember, I'm a professional tube explorer, but you can do this too!" It was followed by Helen Henny performing Britney Spears' "Crazy" -- er, excuse me, "Chuck E" -- in shiny green top and pigtails, with neon "Chuck E" signs in the background, and twirling around chairs with several teenaged back-up dancers. Lyric highlight: "I'll be your chicken, and you be my mouse." And what can only be described as a hip-hop version of "Humpty Dumpty".
None of this, I'm afraid, compares to the finale -- "The Muffin Man", with Chuck E Cheese and another group of serious young men (possibly the same as in the Backstreet number) casting longing glances at muffins between lyrics. Words simply cannot describe the passion these gentlemen obviously felt for their baked objects of affection.
In spite of my tone -- it was great. Really. All of you in the area, get out to Route 9 in Natick and see for yourself. (Actually, I'll bet they show the same thing in their four hundred-some locations over 48 states and 4 countries. Or at least that's what their website says they've got.) Do it especially if you're way too old and mature for such things. :D
Hang on a sec, I thought the point here was to make me *want* to eat their
The song was accompanied by video of four young men with looks of intense concentration and well-synchronized dance move. Next, we watched an enthusiastic dude with a horribly faked Australian accent tell us, "Wow, those tubes are huge! That slide was a surprise! Now remember, I'm a professional tube explorer, but you can do this too!" It was followed by Helen Henny performing Britney Spears' "Crazy" -- er, excuse me, "Chuck E" -- in shiny green top and pigtails, with neon "Chuck E" signs in the background, and twirling around chairs with several teenaged back-up dancers. Lyric highlight: "I'll be your chicken, and you be my mouse." And what can only be described as a hip-hop version of "Humpty Dumpty".
None of this, I'm afraid, compares to the finale -- "The Muffin Man", with Chuck E Cheese and another group of serious young men (possibly the same as in the Backstreet number) casting longing glances at muffins between lyrics. Words simply cannot describe the passion these gentlemen obviously felt for their baked objects of affection.
In spite of my tone -- it was great. Really. All of you in the area, get out to Route 9 in Natick and see for yourself. (Actually, I'll bet they show the same thing in their four hundred-some locations over 48 states and 4 countries. Or at least that's what their website says they've got.) Do it especially if you're way too old and mature for such things. :D
