Beagles / Beach Bowsers (Lounge)

The Beagles
The Beagles are an animatronic cabaret act used in Pizza Time Theatre restaurants.

The Beagles appeared in the Lounge Room. There is photo and video evidence to suggest The Beagles were still around in the 1990's but they were likely phased out very quickly.

There were 4 members of the band, with the same names as the actual Beatles. George was the dog standing on the floor, Paul was the guitarist standing on a block, Ringo was the drummer and John was the dog with the microphone. Ringo was often referred to as 'The Smart Beagle' in showtapes.

Placement
As mentioned before, The Beagles would be placed in the Lounge at Pizza Time Theatre. The layout did have a standard design but this was different in some stores, having them arranged in a completely different order. The cosmetics weren't always the same either. There seems to have been many versions of the masks, varying between gray, black and brown. There was also two different outfits, a Red Shirt and a White Shirt for them. The stage itself is usually just a wooden platform with black, white or red drapes.

Showtapes
The Beagles have three known showtapes.

Beagles I

Beagles II

Beagles III

All three use recordings of Beatles songs sandwiched between dialogue recorded by an unknown voice actor. He usually tells a fact about the band at the start, and at the end says something along the lines of 'see you soon'. To learn more about these shows click the links to go to the pages for the showtapes.

Movements
The movements for the characters are as follows: Mechanically they are similar to the Warblettes, as they use the same mechanism to allow the characters to sway from side to side. Some of them are adjusted to allow the head to turn. The arms are tubes which connect to their instruments and will wobble as they move to give an illusion of movement. John's Foot Tap is a Warblette head on the floor which moves up rather than down. The mechs for The Beagles would be later re-used for The Four Little Shavers albeit with some adjustments made.

The Beach Bowsers
The Beach Bowsers are an animatronic cabaret act used in Pizza Time Theatre restaurants.

The Beach Bowsers appeared in the Lounge Room. The fact that they got a new showtape in 1991 suggests they were used in a fair amount of locations still at this point, but they were likely all removed before the 90's ended.

There were 4 members of the band, none of which had names. However, the one with the microphone refers to himself as 'Woody Bowser' in the Beach Bowsers 91 Showtape.

Placement
They are essentially placed in the same layout as The Beagles, as they were retrofits.

Showtapes
The Beach Bowsers have two known showtapes.

Beach Bowsers

Beach Bowsers 91

'Beach Bowsers' (the first one) used recordings of Beach Boys songs along with an intro and outro, much like the Beagles showtapes. The 1991 showtape had covers of Beach Boys songs instead of recordings.

Movements
They share the exact same movements as The Beagles, since they are retrofits.