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First I think the original parent is spot on about this being an ad spot for Bushnell's newest venture. On the lighting only striking once though you are certa
by bigtunacan 11y ago
First I think the original parent is spot on about this being an ad spot for Bushnell's newest venture.
On the lighting only striking once though you are certainly off base. Chuck E Cheese was big in it's own right and I'm sure you have heard of at least one of the other companies he started; it's called Pixar.
- AceJohnny2 11y agoThe link between the Bushnell-founded Kadabrascope, sold to Lucas in 1984 in a fire sale to save Chuck E. Cheese, and the founding of Pixar in 1986 as a spin-off of Lucasfilm's Computer Division (which was founded in 1979) is hazy. Yes, Bushnell created what probably became a part of Pixar, but calling him a founder is pushing it.
- bigtunacan 11y agoTrue enough; founder is stretching, but there is definitely a link there that as an outsider is difficult for us to really measure. If I had called it Kadabrascope though; most people wouldn't know what I'm referring to ;-) No doubt though he is a smart business man with multiple ventures under his belt. I do believe he really has a passion for what he does as well; the fact that he is still doing this in his 70s when he surely has plenty of F-You money says something about his passion for this industry.
- joezydeco 11y agoI'll give you half a point on CEC, but the founding of CEC was more about getting more Atari units into communities that wouldn't allow arcades. And, no, Bushnell had nothing to do with Pixar, which had been around for 4-5 years at LucasFilm before CEC sold off Kadabrascope to Lucas in a fire sale. Pixar started with Ray and Catmull.