Other Pizzza Chains

You've heard of Pizza Hut, Dominoes, and even Papa Johns.

           There are other chains, mostly international and some from America. Ever heard of Hungry Howies, Sbarro, California Pizza Kitchen, Uno's, Chuck E. Cheeses?

 Of course you have. We're pizza lovers, all of us.









                                                                  For us, we will eat pizza constantly until we throw it up.

How did these chains start??













Some of them might have started before Dominoes and Pizza Hut.

With some, it took a long time to even come up with a name, let alone the ingredience it needed to make the perfect pizza.
Some of them, they're not that great, and other's well, depending on the people that devour the pizza, they will have their opinions.

This is their backstory....



Little Caesars- idea thought up by Mike Illich Sr. in the late 1950's. Their slogan was always "pizza, pizza." with an old cartoon of a man dressed in Caesar outfit.
Back when it started, it was a small chain, but when more chains started to come, they branched out, advertised and well... they're still there.

The commercials they used to have, were cute, funny and even showed how that if you get one pizza, you can get another.

    Funny yes, but it seemed to work. Now, they're commercials kind of...suck, having people do stupid things just to get a hot pizza.
The cartoon is still there, but it's not memorable.
And for me, I'm not a fan of their pizza. I've tried it before, but their sauce is not that strong and the crust, it felt as if you could get it at a cafeteria as they left it out in the light, rotating for the viewers to see.


Chuck E Cheeses- Ok, this for kids. From the pizza to the games and prizes you can win. How did it start?
From the man that gave us of the vintage game Pong, Nolan Bushnell started out this place in the 70's. There used to be another pizza place called Showtime Pizza, which had the same pizza, games and even electronic.
Chuck E. Cheeses took over with the same aspect, making Showbiz Pizza go out of business.

 






                                                                 Their pizza, well, that changed too as well as their mascot, Chuck E. He came around the same time the chain started. But he was creepy. It seemed that the animatronics weren't that strong back then as they are today.







For me, the early nineties to 2011, was the best one. What we have today, I can't even put it into words how hideous it looks, and smaller.


Hungry Howie's- started in Michigan, this pizza chain is mostly known for one thing, edible crusts.
Yes, that's what it's known for.









It's not as popular as Chuck E. Cheese or Little Caesar, it seems Hungry Howie is limited in some states. Mostly Michigan and Wisconsin.
But for me, flavored crusts aren't my thing.

Sbarro- It's a pizzeria seen in mostly airports as well. Started in the 1950's, Sbarro was trying to become the "Italian" side of pizza, but to me, it's Americanized. I don't care for their pizza as well as knowing they are only seen rarely on the streets. Mostly in Malls, Airports as well as small places outside the towns of New York.

Mostly New York, LA even Pittsburgh, will have a Sbarro. It seems these chains are unstoppable and the pizza, not edible. But it's till going strong.

Finally, I want to talk about one more chain

California Pizza Kitchen- Started by Rick Rosenfield in the 1980's, it seems California Pizza Kitchen started in LA, making mostly California style pizza. It seems there are many chains of them. Even selling in the frozen food isle.











Some pizza chains have sold their pizzas in the frozen food isle of course, but to get the true experience, it doesn't mean they will taste bad or good.

Digorno, Frechetta, Mama Celesete, Red Baron and even Paul Newman's own, it seems pizza, from chain or even your oven are here to stay.

What happened to Libraries?

 Remember those?  A library in your school, your cities? It seems that with the rise of e-books and Amazon, there aren't as many as there used to be.


  Libraries were around since 2600 BC. The earliest for of writing and libraries were around when the first clay stone was created with writing on it.



   Decades later, during the Roman empire of 300 AD, there were over 28 public libraries, and now...

     who knows. Libraries were popular back in the day of the Roman gods as well, as back in the 1940's and 50's where most people would be found studying in a library. Before the internet, this is where we get most of our facts, and libraries were popping up almost everywhere in the US. There are famous ones that our still there, but it seemed that not too many people are coming into it, unless they need to look up something that they can't over the internet or Wikipedia.
Children would get homework information as they stare into books filled with facts on the world war. History typed up in white sheets of paper bound together.

  There are even National Libraries that are famous, not just for books, but for looks as well.


The National Central Library, established in 1714, is in Florence Italy. Famous for not only the books, but as well as a flood that damaged one third of the libraries holdings.

Another famous Library is the British Library, one of the largest in the world in London.

         The National Library was discovered by John Lee in the year 1556. Having a visionary plan to make Libraries helpful for readers so they wouldn't have to create their own stories just to read them.

Today, there are libraries, but not many as they're used to be.  I used to love getting a library card when I was little. I still have it, but I haven't been in the library for a lonnnnnngggg time. I even seen DVD's as well as books, even cassette tapes being in the library book on tapes as they call it.

     What will the future be for libraries? will they all be gone? Will they vanish like CD's, cassette tapes and even Blockbuster Video? God only knows. But I think for now, even though there aren't many libraries, they're are still some huge ones that are big. State Library of Pennsylvania is one of them.

 Located in Harrisburg, the SLoP is one of the biggest Libraries of Pennsylvania. And there are other popular libraries, such as:

New York State Library, 

Oregon State Library,

Library of Virginia and many more.

I'm guessing, libraries might be here to stay, but they aren't as popular as they were back in the 50's or 60's. Some Libraries even have Starbucks inside as well as muffins and even a small place where children can listen to others read stories.

I feel the power of reading is what's keeping libraries as well as books, alive, even though there aren't many, and they aren't as popular as staying at home and reading a book, or e-books, I feel Libraries are here to last. 

 

Useless TV shows of yesteryear

  Do you have a tv show from the eighties or nineties that was HORRIBLE????? Just pick one if you can.

   I'll give you my reasonings on why these tv shows, did not last past the first season. Some did, but didn't last the second.



  Number one:
Joanie loves Chachi- Do you love Happy days? Do you love it when a movie called Dodgeball mocks this one. Joanie and Chachi star the late Erin Moran and Scott Baiao. Only lasting two seasons, this was not one worth the watch. Not many people even liked it, not fans of Happy Days. It was not worth the watch for so many reasons. Scott Baiao couldn't stand it and neither could us. Thumbs down.


Number two:


    Herman's Head- Ever wanted to have small people give small decisions inside a man's head? Wanted that at all? This man, named Herman of course, has four little jiminy crickets inside his head that control his emotions. I've only seen one or two episodes and deemed it unfunny. I didn't care for it, it seemed too predictable on what Herman's situation would be, and the actor that played Herman, William Ragsdale, thank god he's doing better things, and is still acting. Only lasting 72 episodes, failure!


Number three:


  Life with Lucy- (Sorry my GIF is from an 'I love Lucy' show) I have never seen a needed comedy to go so bad. I loved 'I love Lucy' and this, doesn't seem like the Lucy I fell in love with. Only having 13 episodes, it was the lowest rated Lucille Bale Comedy. She died a couple of months after Life with Lucy was cut. I don't think this was the way Lucy wanted to go, but it seemed it happened so fast, I knew it would be a failure. Stick to the classic Lucy. That is funny.


Number four:



{NO PICRUE} Baby Bob- OMG!!! I heard of this show. It was as if talking babies were the new norm. Voiced by Kevin Hudson Campbell, the baby is supposed to communicate with the parents. I'd rather talk to Stewie from family guy than this brat. Only lasting a season or two, the network thought to pull the plug on the baby and the actors of the show. Because of it, those talking babies from the super bowl commercial became famous. OMG indeed.



Number five:


 {NO PICTURE} Homeboys in Outer space-  Drenched in the 90's, two men want to be Han Solos, ok you can get the picture how this is stupid. I don't know who thought of this or why, but thank you god to whoever pulled the plug on this stinker. Only lasting 21 episodes you can see why this short lived sitcom remains in the garbage heap. It's stunk.



Number six:


 {NO PICTURE}  Heil Honey, I'm Home-  Yes this was a show, and it was about Hitler in a comedy routine. Back in 1990, some psychopath decided to make Hitler a comedy star with this. The plot of the show was about a prime minister visiting Hitler and his wife at their house, and they have to do everything to make the dinner special. What numb nut thought this was a brilliant idea??? Thank god they pulled the plug after the second episode.



Number seven:
Manimal- It's as if they wanted to destroy someone's career by turning the main character into the human fly. Jeff Goldblum can get away with it, but this, man morphing into any animal?? I don't see that making it a good tv series. Only lasting eight episodes in 1983, this show wasn't worth the watch. I'd rather morph into an interesting animal than see this.



Number eight:


Father of the Pride- If you put the DreamWorks movie,  Madagascar; have John Goodman voice the lead and having nothing to do with Madagascar??? I can tell they just wanted more money. This show only lasted one season. A failure from the beginning. I could feel the sadness in the room when someone mentions Siegfried and Roy. I'd rather see 'Shrek the Halls' over this any day or even  Nickelodeon's Penguins of Madagascar. At least that show lasted THREE seasons. Thumbs down.




before I mention the worst show that only lasted one to maybe a few episodes, here are some honories,


  Small Wonder- a story about a man that creates a girl robot as her daughter. Canned laughter everywhere as well as, not worth it. I can feel the actress that played the girl robot crying over doing the roll.
  Saved by the bell: THE NEW CLASS- Saved by the bell was actually not a bad show, wasn't a fan though, but would gladly see any of the old episodes over this. It makes all the actors from Saved by the bell, sad over being in this train wreck. (music to commercial)
  Rob- Rob Schneider can be a disease to some people, like Adam Sandler's crappy movies. He also wanted to have a show based on his life, comedy and stupid. Didn't last after ONE SEASON. Sorry Rob, not for you.
 Unhappily ever after- It's the 2000's version of 'Married with Children' Although, unlike that, this is a new low. NOT FUNNY! Not worth it and didn't last.
 Dads- Back in the mid 2000's, there was a show called Mom and Dads. Different premise and were supposed to be funny... While mom succeeded Dads, failed to deliver. Was cancelled after the first season.
That 80's show- Another wannabe hit. Tried to be the other version of that 70's show, However nobody found it funny. Sadly the actors didn't succeed in making any good 80s references as well as being dry on the humor. Was benched.



OK THE WORST OF THE WORST.

   Every decade, either from the 70's, 80's or 90's, seemed to have hits and misses when it comes to TV. I do watch television once in a while and the history says that this is not even mentioning, THE WORST OF THEM ALL.....




                           CAVEMEN- this came out at the popularity of those Geico commercials featuring Cavemen. They were funny at first, but then, it started to get annoying. What was worse, some dumb ass decided to make a TV show about it. I hope he's in line for the guillotine. Nobody loved it, they thought it was a long Geico TV show. Only lasting 13 episodes (thank you god) I can tell this was a new low for TV series.



It doesn't mean all of these are bad, just weren't good ideas, and someday, there will be a memorial for all the horrible tv shows that only lasted: one to two seasons or one to two episodes. Till then, be careful of what you watch. Not every TV show will last.