Warren, Michigan Family Album Operators Guide (1985)

## Warren, Michigan Family Album Operators Guide

Memo

The Warren Family Album Operators Guide was a personalized technical document released in 1985 for education on the Family Album technical operations.

## History

The Warren Family Album operators guide was a document for YUCCYs, (Young Up & Coming Controllers) written by another employee by the name of Jimmie, released in 1985.

On November 11, 2022, the documents have been archived and publicized onto Archive.org, submitted by the user @Knarfian.

## Pages

### Page 1: Dear YUCCYs

```
Dear Yuccys
(Young Up & Coming Controllers)

Here are just some things that I think could help new controllers:

1. Set up a list of things you might want to talk about before your shift.
After awhile is may come natural, but it has helped me out in the past.
Such as:

A. Picking out several things you and others may have seen in the news.
B. Common movies
C. Soap operas
D. Watching talks shows for delivery
E. Jokes - short stories
F. Chuck E. Cheese upcoming events
G. Write several intros for songs
H. Statistics about the robots themselves
I. Find peoples birthdays in show business
for that particular day to compare w/someones in audience.
J. All kinds of odd trivia
,,,etc,,,etc

The more you have to talk about, the better your shows!!!
Some may be boring, but at least you stay moving, and it helps build your spontaneity
Be ready for audience comments!
Jimmie

```

### Page 3: Starting System

```
1. Turn computer key until it stops
2. Flick switch to possition
3. Flick switch to on possition

4 Push buttons to on possition
5

Turn off system in exact opposite...

Leave EQ and mixer A7 setting they're on!
\*Except volume or microphone adjustment on mixer.

```

### Page 4: Setting Up a Show

```
1. Punch in room you're going to use
(Venue button)
2. Put tape in (face side out)
3. Shut the tape door
4. Punch in program number
5. Push play and watch read out to:
Approx. -003 ... push (tape) stop.

Old Songs Only
6. Push A if it's the 1st song of set..
7. F.F. to about 120 (nomore) on tape meter stop

Ready
8. Push start
9. Introduce band while dimming house lights
10. Quickly open curtain.

Punch out robot

11. Get the next songs ready
12. Turn up house lights close to the end of song... punch in charector.

```

### Page 5: Birthdays

```
Birthday Party #1

House lights fade out
Stake lights fade up: Kootch's curtain opens.

Kootch comes on talks a bit (ad-lib) introduces himself and Mona and Seymour - has crowd call them out.
Slow B-Day song.

Song ends Kootch brings up each B-Day kid and interviews them (extreme ad-lib)
Example: School, movies, hobbies, books, pets, food, brothers/sisters, jokes etc... -

Pizza may be ready... if so, you should be signaled by code knock on the door - do pizza chant - tell crowd you'll see em' later... close
(If pizza's aren't ready, play a game... etc... until they are.

**Part #2**
Come back for shelf half w/a song
Have Chuck E. Cheese photo session
(Ad-lib during session)
Then tell a story or joke...
Do grand finally, cha-cha-cha!
Bye bye!

<...As of 1985 Kootch is 97 yrs old - B-Day Leap Year

B-Day Partie are all so different... these are just rough out lines for our format.

B-Day songs are all new NO INTROS

```

### Page 7: Errors and Troubleshooting (continued)

```
Sync. light blinking : often means stretched tape or a speed (tape) problem..

Troubleshooting: Adjust pitch control knob located to the left of where the tape is inserted..
Pull knob out and turn clock wise to just past 12 oclock.

If error shows durring a performance:

A. push stop (con control panal) and try again or B. push reset (panic) button and quickly punch your charector back in, and push the venue button to the rcom your working from..... Reset will switch both of them.

Cleaning And Grooming

Cleaning tape heads:
A. Clean tape heads and all metal parts w/strong alcohol or head cleaning solution (of same) use q-tips, and clean all tape residue (redish color) off.

B. Clean rubber parts w/rubber cleaner w/oil base so as to prevent cracking. Q-tip

C. Use feather duster on all equitment when ever possiable.

Cleaning Robots And Stage:

Morning shift usually begins the day by testing all robot functions. Set up a song and play it through. Durring this time, you must down the stage and wipe off finger prints w/spray bottle and cloth. Also brush robots hair and adjust their outfits if need be.

```

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## Notes

* Several misspellings can be noticed throughout the document, I:E 'possition', 'charector'.

## References

1. ↑ *...As of **1985** Kootch is 97 yrs only - B-DAY leap year -* Excerpt from Page 4, Birthdays
2. ↑ Family Album Technical Documents, Warren, MI : CEC Entertainment : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive