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Ridiculous History

The Strange Tale of Charles Entertainment Cheese, Part Two: Betrayal and Nostalgia

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.34.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

As Nolan Bushnell's Chuck E. Cheese concept took America by storm, competitors entered the field. In the second part of this two-part episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore how Charles Entertainment Cheese weathered numerous ups and downs through the decades -- along with some pretty weird trivia.

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0:00.0

America loves its founding fathers, but that's a tough act to follow as a founding son.

0:05.7

I'm Bob Crawford. Join me, Patrick Warburton, and Nick Offerman, as we bring the sixth

0:11.1

president to life. Was there ever witnessed such a bare-faced corruption in any country before?

0:16.8

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall!

0:21.2

Listen to Founding Son, a curiosity podcast on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts,

0:27.9

or wherever you get your podcasts. The biggest black market you've never heard of

0:32.4

might be blooming right under your nose. This plan could sell for between 10 and 15 thousand

0:36.9

dollars on the open market. And where there's big money, there are bigger risks.

0:42.1

We would just tie up these big M16s stuck to our heads. I'm Summer Rain Oaks. I'm a plant expert

0:47.6

and author. On the Bad Seeds podcast, we explore why your favorite houseplants might have a criminal

0:53.6

record. Listen to Bad Seeds on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your

0:59.3

podcasts. Horrifying monsters, dangerous gods and heroes, and incredible underrepresented women.

1:07.0

From the truth about Medusa, she never actually heard anyone, to the horrors of Thesias.

1:12.5

He was basically a serial predator. I am Liv Albert, and let's talk about Mids Baby is the Greek

1:18.3

and Roman mythology podcast here with all the dirty details and then some. Listen to Let's Talk

1:24.6

about Mids Baby on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:48.6

Welcome back to the show ridiculous story and thank you as always so much for tuning in. Let's

2:04.9

give it up for a super producer. The man in the myth, the legend, Mr. Max Williams.

2:08.8

Maximus to the maximum. He's our guy. We were we were singing to each other again off air. I'm

2:20.4

Ben Yournall and our all fair conversations are generally kind of fun I think most times on

2:28.0

the show. What would you say? Well, what else could I say? Completely agree. It's the fun times.

2:37.6

The fun podcast times. Yeah, and this had me wondering this is totally unrelated, but before we

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