Charlie Cheese's (Australia)

Charlie Cheese's (formerly known as Charlie Cheese's Pizza Playhouse) is an Australian restaurant franchisee of. As the master franchise for the country, the company is responsible for licensing new operators, opening its own stores and performing standards oversight of franchised locations in that country.

History
The original Charlie Cheese's was opened in 1981 in the Grundy Entertainment Centre in. The name change had to do with the common meaning of the word "chuck", which in Australia is a reference to the phrase "to throw up". This location has since closed.

In 1988, Charlie Cheese's was sold to Great Australian Resorts Pty. Ltd., who later purchased the ailing Australian franchisee of in 1990, allowing an expansion into.

The Australian, British, French, and German branches were unaffected by the U.S. chain's 2020 bankruptcy attempt, due to not being owned by Apollo Entertainment.

Characters
Most Charlie Cheese's locations use either the Circles of Light Stage, Studio C Stages, 3 Stage or 2 Stage. Only one location, in, retains the Balcony Stage.

Originally, Charlie Cheese's used the same showtapes as the United States, but with the vocals re-recorded to match Chuck E's name change, and with some differences. The Australian Concept Unification showtape, for example, has a different instrumental track & lyrics for "We've Got It" (similar to those of the version used in some employee training tapes from the time), and some songs have been changed. Starting in 1993, Great Australian Resorts has produced their own showtapes, recorded in, that often differ from that of the American showtapes (while occasionally using redubbed segments from U.S. showtapes). The current voice of Charlie Cheese since 1995 is American-born actor Patrick Guttormsen, who has chosen to imitate Scott Wilson's New Jersey-accented portrayal of Chuck E. for the voice of Charlie.

The current voice cast for the characters is:
 * Charlie Cheese - Patrick Guttormsen
 * Helen Henny - Cindy Kokkinakis
 * Mr. Munch - Greg Thomas Thompson
 * Jasper T. Jowls - Nathan F. MacEwen
 * Pasqually - Eddy McGillivray

Costumed shows
Two types of costumed shows are used by Charlie Cheese's: the Live show and the Road show. The Live show is performed at the front of the stage in the showroom, whenever a child is celebrating a birthday. In the live show a customized rendition of "Happy Birthday" is sung to the child that is celebrating the birthday. Charlie Cheese and his friends dance with the guests and sings, while being accompanied by the cast members. The Road show is a performance by Charlie Cheese and his friends, and is performed outside the normal showroom. Children are gathered via the public announcement system or by Charlie Cheese himself. The children must dance in order to win free tickets. The free tickets are thrown at the end of the performance for all the children that participated. Charlie comes out every hour on the half hour for "Cool Charlie Cheese Live!". The songs that he and the children dance to are usually well-known classic songs such as "If You're Happy and You Know It" and "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes".

Current

 * CC-Balcony (Balcony) (Only one remains in Australia at Kangaroo Point location)
 * CC-1 (1-Stage)
 * CC-2 (2-Stage)
 * CC-Road (Road Stage)
 * CC-3 (3-Stage) (Westfield Marion location has 3-stage with Cyberamics)
 * CC-Studio (Studio C Alpha)
 * CC-StudioMini (Studio C Beta)
 * CC-StudioColour (Circles of Light)
 * CC-COLlive (the same as Circles of Light, but with no animatronics)

Former

 * CC-Rocker (Rocker)
 * CC-BalconyII (C-Stage)

Commercials

 * "Smile Australia, Say Charlie Cheese" (1982)
 * "When You're Hungry For Fun, It's Charlie Cheese" (1982)
 * "Charlie Cheese's Is Better Than Ever" (1983)
 * "Fancy Parties" (1991)
 * "Be Smart, Be Cool, Be Safe" (1998)
 * "Cool Char" (1998)
 * "Cool Mom" (2000)