I remember I loved this show! When the show would end, my friends and I would lift the curtains and look at the animatronics. My little sister used to scream and cry and fearing that the robot animals would jump off of the stage. Ahh. Memories.
There's still a show up and running in West Virginia! Though, they aren't in the best condition, sadly. There's also a number of private shows out there.
milkymouse10 Yeah. I heard Billy bob’s wonderland (the one in West Virginia) is in decay but I know you can get a private tour of a warehouse with them in it.
Wow, Seeing this footage now makes me appreciate how much work went into this show. When I was a kid in the 80's, most families I knew didn't even have home computers, so the software and mechanics they used to get this running had to be pretty pricey. Even then, they still took the time to give the characters subtle movements, like leaning back and swaying their shoulders, which I imagine took a ton of time to choreograph. Managing the inevitable technical breakdowns must have been a major challenge as well. Anyway, it's really cool to think how far some companies went to entertain kids back then. These days they'd just slap 'em in front of a monitor and be done with it.
Hell yeah! They in fact had only a super early Apple computer, and each action is generated by a switch. That's all there was: A list of switches [I believe they numbered from 10-20, depending on how many motions the animatronic has] that, when programmed in a certain order, syncs the mouth to the music, or generates those lifelike sequences of action. My kudos to Fechter and the programmers for being so incredible with such limited tech!
@@derpedlerp1237 to be fair… Most Animatronics did and Still do, I still get creeped out by Chuck E Cheese The difference is that These Animals can sing
@dominothealphaandomega To be honest as a fnaf fan. Fnaf is what got me into animatronics and their history. So I do agree they can be creepy, but I've always loved history, and old music so I've grown to love them. I don't think they're that scary.
Back in the 80s, Showbiz Pizza was the "Place" to go to see the Rock afire Explosion on stage, eat pizza and play video games. Every family and kids came for the pizza , and stayed for the fun!!!
I remember all of this. The pizza was great...but damn those dolls used to freak me the fck out. I liked watching it from a distance but I remember never wanting to get close to them
I remember really liking them...but was too busy eating pizza, drinking soda, and having fun with friends and family to really care too much to what these things were doing
This looks way more fun than its reincarnation Chuck E Cheeses ever was. More interesting characters, better songs and better stages than I've personally seen. Nice recording by the way! Really focuses on the right stuff each time.
I tip my hat to you youngster from the 80s that tried looking under the curtain when the show ended. I'm serious. Just thinking about that creeps me out. They used to creep me out when they were performing with the curtains opened. You guys should get some sort of medal. A showbiz pizza medal or something. Ain't no way I woulda done that. lol
I loved going into the theater and watching the show. Im having my daughters birthday party at Chuck E Cheese. Its not the same. i liked the dark room and all the Rock a Fire Explosion.
@@pattifussell4364 yah if you want to a not even working beach bear and decaying masks and non working movements on all of them, it's sad how bad shape they are in. Just go to creative engineering with Aron Fechtor who is the one who made these and he gives tours of the building he made them in and how he did and also you get to see these in the best shape possible and you get to pick shows you want to watch
@@thealexkiller4660this comment may be old, but they got restored two years ago and are getting official latex masks instead of their current ones, which are bootlegs.
I remember my brother got invited to this place for a friend's birthday. My whole family went...and these things scared the bejezus outta me!! And I was like 10 years old! I never wanted to go back! I was grateful everytime those curtains closed. There's a reason why I will never play Five Nights at Freddy's.
Oh, the memories! When the curtain drew back at around 1:00, it caused a flash surge of a previously forgotten memory. I actually REMEMBER that curtain. I was always terrified of that larger bear (I think they had a statue of him, or a guy in a costume of him, that would stand on the play floor as well). The show has several tables facing the stage, and looks a bit like a vegas lounge inside. We sat at a table nearer to that animatronic a lot when I was a kid, and it was that brown bear in particular I always wanted to watch to make sure it didn't start coming at me. Come to think of it, I looooved Showbiz Pizza, constantly begged to go, but I never stopped being terrified of the animatronics. I knew conceptually when my age was in the single digits that the band was supposed to "not be real," but I think the uncanny valley has a much stronger impact on children. So, I'd have to steel myself to get through the show part of the visit, but at the same time wanted to keep coming.
I knew you was terrified of those puppets, I was lil but too. But I also remember at one of the locations that used to be in Birmingham Alabama after a Rock a Fire explosion performance, there was a kid at another table went up front to the stage and peeked in the closed curtain.
Little Ricard - Lucille (1957) (0:42) The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog (1958) (1:00) Del Shannon - Runaway (1962) (1:23) Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (1965) (2:09) The Newbeats - Bread and Butter (1964) (2:48) Elvis Presley - Rip It Up (1956) (3:10) Little Richard - Jenny Jenny (1957) (3:34) The Isley Brothers - Shout (1959) (4:19)
I used to be scared to death of them for a while. I finally got over it on one of my birthdays, walked in, and they were gone, replaced by the chicken chick, purple gorilla, and everything else. Really miss these guys and those times.
OMG these things used to scare me to death as a kid. You can even still hear the clicking and clacking when they move in this video if you listen hard enough.
Holli M That freaked me out the most haha. My dad took me to Chuckee Cheese and he picked me up and put me in the purple dinosaur looking thing’s face and I screamed bloody murder. He got yelled at but the damage was already done 😐.
i remember this as a kid. i lived near a showbiz and i'd go there to play video games and sometimes eat a pizza. i actually was embarrassed being in the room while they were doing their act. i'd bet a collector could make some serious bucks selling them now.
OK, let me get something clear. This is not real life FNAF. This is the Rock-afire Explosion. None of the RAE can walk because they're bolted to the floor, as they all run on pneumatic airlines under the stage . Now I honestly do like FNAF (as I have played all 3 games), but all of the RAE videos are becoming less enjoyable with dumb FNAF comments infesting the comment section.
thank you!people always bully me about liking RAE since "its FNAF" (I have anger issues sometimes so I guess they find it fun) thats really what I wanted to hear!
Don't listen to those people. Keep enjoying the Rock-afire Explosion. These kinds of people thinks that awesome pizza arcade places like Showbiz Pizza and Chuck E. Cheese relates to that idiotic game, when really, they don't at all. Because of FNAF, lot of people popularize the"These animatronics are scary, they'll kill you!" words everywhere. I don't see animatronics as scary distractions, I see them as work of art.
This brings back wonderful memories. We had my 6th and 7th birthday here as well as many other times going. When I was a child coming here was an event!!
Showbiz Pizza was the bomb. I had the pleasure of going to one before they closed. It was a magical place to visit as a kid. Thanks for posting this. I subbed to your channel.
+B-Dawg The Shiny Zorua Actually, you still can. In West Virginia, there's a place I live near called Billy Bob's Wonderland that still has the band in working condition.
This is actually quite fascinating to me, having grown up with Chuck E Cheese and to see how far the animatronics have come. They were srill pretty advanced back then, too! Then I look at the Disney theme rides and am even more fascinated!
2003, I only went to Chuckee Cheese like twice in my life and it used to freak me out. I heard they took the robots out and it kinda bums me out a little haha. I would’ve liked to see this.
I wasn’t born in this era and I wish I could’ve been there to see a performance by these guys. I’ve seen a ton of shows online with them and they are a lot more entertaining to watch than those puppet shows on the TVs at Chuck E Cheese. I adore their personalities and I hope that one day I’ll be able to see one of their shows in person.
Showbiz was the place to be back in the day, it pisses me off that they've changed everything because the kids now don't get to have the same experience at chuck e cheese, something like the Rock-afire Explosion should never be considered obsolete, what a shame
This was the first ever RAE show I ever watched! My mind was blown because before I saw this, I only ever have had known of my Chuck E. Cheese’s Studio C Alpha show 😂 I wish they kept these guys!
Oh My Goodness! This brings so many memories. I had my 8th birthday party here. I remember this show. Those were the days. Yes, that Gorilla scared me too. His eyes moving back and forth made think he caught my eyes and was looking at me when he turned his head...I thought he might get up and chase me...lol
I will admit, I did kind of start looking up the history of Chuck E. Cheese's and Showbiz because of FNaF, but the jokes are starting to become really tired and not funny anymore.
Thank you!!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🤗 Childhood memories! Just showed it to my 7 year old who only knows of Chuck E Cheese and Fnaf! Fnaf was totes inspired by Shobiz!!! She’s like that animatronic has a puppet like Funtime Freddy has BonBon! Okayyyyy.yaaaahs!!!!
When I was younger that gorilla used to scare the SHIT out of ME!! When all the kids would run down to the stage I stayed put and ate my pizza. Creepy ass things! Showbiz had better games back then though!
I just feel so bad for the poor staff that worked here. How many times a shift do you think they had to endure this? Brutal. Great fun for a little kids party though...
UGH I have lived in Minnesota my entire life. Stupid Chuck E cheese replaced both known locations of Circus Pizza. :U One of them was where the Chuck e Cheese in Burnsville Center resides now. (It at least has the Studio C stage, and has remained unchanged since I went there back in 1999/2000. I was..5/6 at the time I believe. But i'm going off topic) And the other one was Located in Blaine, Minnesota. (As it says in the desc) It's too bad that these guys were swapped out by the time I got to see what Chuck e cheese actually was. I would have preferred these guys WAY over Chuck e cheese any day.
I’m not a 80s kid I had chuck e cheese but I really wish they kept showbiz instead of replacing it with Chuck E. Cheese and I love looking in to 70s, 80, and 90s nostalgia it’s so amazing❤❤❤
God bless Aaron Fletcher and Creative Engineering! Would love to see the Rock-fire Explosion do some awesome pre british invasion amercian garage..just like this vid!! Louie Louie ???
I wish showbiz was open I am eleven and it looked like a good place to have fun and it's pizza looked amazing can anyone give me information about showbiz pizza
it's opened. but not for long, because the animatronics flipped shit, and ran to the kids cove. to find a man in a golden suit murdering them. you're welcome! oh, and the animatronics are scared for life, so they wont sing. they just sit there... silently, thinking about dead babies.. or... whoever goes there NO
You know it’s bad that people are complimenting the lifelike movements as compared to CEC programming when a decent amount of the movements on this show aren’t even functioning haha
Godzilla Because they have an episode based at "HooHaa Owl's Pizzamatronic Jamberee." A lot of people watch that episode and think of Chuck E Cheese or Five Nights at Freddy's, but they have a bear that looks just like Billy Bob and a character in a cheerleading outfit and looks just like her. They even have a character in a barrel as well.
Harri Junttila Disney started it all with "The Country Bear Jamboree " at Disneyland in the early 1970's, then duplicated the show again at Walt Disney World in the mid 1970's (The attraction is still there today). Chuck E. Cheese and Rockafire Explosion "borrowed" ideas from the Disney attraction (robotic animal musicians) around the same time during the late 1970's when the personal home computer made it possible to do so. FNAF is just a parody of it all .
I worked at the Showbiz in Nashville TN from the summer it opened as one of the first franchises in the company in 1982. Friday and Saturday nights there would be a line to get into the restaurant going outside down the sidewalk. My last year, I worked as the assistant tech and loved working with the animatronics and other games in the game room. Sweet times and the best show in town! It was sad after Chuck E Cheese sued saying Showbiz stole their idea. The way I saw it they took the concept and made it better. No different than any other product. That was just the show. The pizza was some of the best, the salad bar fully stocked, and a wide variety of sandwiches if you did not want pizza.
Bosley OMG... I was terrified by this as a kid. Scared the shit out of me, and my parents dragged me there on birthdays. LMAO. They looked *even more creepy* when they were off. Definitely the stuff of nightmares!!! LOL
I remember I loved this show! When the show would end, my friends and I would lift the curtains and look at the animatronics. My little sister used to scream and cry and fearing that the robot animals would jump off of the stage. Ahh. Memories.
Five Nights at Freddy's
These things are horrifying, even more so up close and without the lights on. How did you not get nightmares!
Lmao I remember a few kids doing that!
Alejandra G. Exactly!!! I was scared to death of that too when it was not moving
and this paranoia made fnaf a thing
Am i the only one who thinks it's sad that these aren't around anymore?
fortnite is cancer found the fnaf fan
You’re not the only one 😔
There's still a show up and running in West Virginia! Though, they aren't in the best condition, sadly. There's also a number of private shows out there.
milkymouse10 Yeah. I heard Billy bob’s wonderland (the one in West Virginia) is in decay but I know you can get a private tour of a warehouse with them in it.
Buddy, it's gonna be alright. I love them too.
Major nostalgia. Being a kid in the 80s was awesome.
But not aweful? I'm glad I grew up in a time that was more than just aweSOME
When the curtains closed only the brave would dare look underneath
Wow, Seeing this footage now makes me appreciate how much work went into this show. When I was a kid in the 80's, most families I knew didn't even have home computers, so the software and mechanics they used to get this running had to be pretty pricey. Even then, they still took the time to give the characters subtle movements, like leaning back and swaying their shoulders, which I imagine took a ton of time to choreograph. Managing the inevitable technical breakdowns must have been a major challenge as well.
Anyway, it's really cool to think how far some companies went to entertain kids back then. These days they'd just slap 'em in front of a monitor and be done with it.
Hell yeah! They in fact had only a super early Apple computer, and each action is generated by a switch. That's all there was: A list of switches [I believe they numbered from 10-20, depending on how many motions the animatronic has] that, when programmed in a certain order, syncs the mouth to the music, or generates those lifelike sequences of action. My kudos to Fechter and the programmers for being so incredible with such limited tech!
I miss Showbiz
I remember how cool the atmosphere was, it was nice and dark where the band played while we ate Pizza
I wish they would come back
These animatronics(especially Mitzi Mozzarella) look like Satan and Hades had children.
@@derpedlerp1237 no
@@derpedlerp1237 to be fair…
Most Animatronics did and Still do, I still get creeped out by Chuck E Cheese
The difference is that These Animals can sing
@dominothealphaandomega To be honest as a fnaf fan. Fnaf is what got me into animatronics and their history. So I do agree they can be creepy, but I've always loved history, and old music so I've grown to love them. I don't think they're that scary.
Back in the 80s, Showbiz Pizza was the "Place" to go to see the Rock afire Explosion on stage, eat pizza and play video games.
Every family and kids came for the pizza , and stayed for the fun!!!
Yes! And someone would always bring the stomach flu home too.
I remember all of this. The pizza was great...but damn those dolls used to freak me the fck out. I liked watching it from a distance but I remember never wanting to get close to them
J Wolfe you and I both man...nightmares for days
I remember really liking them...but was too busy eating pizza, drinking soda, and having fun with friends and family to really care too much to what these things were doing
J Wolfe if I was born in the showbiz days I would have been up at the show, I'm 12
J Wolfe they are animtronics,not dolls
lol
Showbiz pizza back then looks better than chuck e cheese today they preform better than chuck e cheese back than to today
Funnyvideos I
yeah it is back but the animatronics are broken looking and glitchy
Funnyvideos yup😢😢
Calm down they are all the same
Ikr
This looks way more fun than its reincarnation Chuck E Cheeses ever was. More interesting characters, better songs and better stages than I've personally seen. Nice recording by the way! Really focuses on the right stuff each time.
Thoranzalar Vhazen the pizza looks more appetizing to.
There is still a showbizzz its disgusting, animatronics broken and weak. Different song which is Firework by Katie Perry sung by Mitzey. 👁👄👁
yodeling walmart kid EDM remix 10 hour
Don’t agree with the characters thing, chucke chesses characters are better, but I rather show biz
@@thepromisedneverfrogs4291 dont exist showbiz anymore they are all closed i think you are on rockafire bar,and that is not showbiz.
These have alot more motion and much better lip sync than the few chuck e cheese has.
CZcams brings back the AWESOME 80s for but a moment. I miss the 80s. This modern era times sucks
I tip my hat to you youngster from the 80s that tried looking under the curtain when the show ended. I'm serious. Just thinking about that creeps me out. They used to creep me out when they were performing with the curtains opened. You guys should get some sort of medal. A showbiz pizza medal or something. Ain't no way I woulda done that. lol
Even if they're kinda freaky, you gotta admit they're pretty cool
lol, they literally just turn off when the curtains are closed.
@@Skymakescraftsyes! But that’s the creepy part! It’s super eerie just looking at them waiting to play their next gig.
I can almost smell the pizza and hear the arcade games! Brings me back to my childhood going to Showbiz in San Antonio, Texas in the 80's!
I loved going into the theater and watching the show. Im having my daughters birthday party at Chuck E Cheese. Its not the same. i liked the dark room and all the Rock a Fire Explosion.
It’s been 2 years. How was your daughter’s birthday?
Ruueue 3 now lol
@PrimeSpyEye- LumberTycoon lmao
Had a few birthday parties here when I was a kid!
i wish i could see them in person
You can at Billy Bob's Wonderland
@@pattifussell4364 yah if you want to a not even working beach bear and decaying masks and non working movements on all of them, it's sad how bad shape they are in. Just go to creative engineering with Aron Fechtor who is the one who made these and he gives tours of the building he made them in and how he did and also you get to see these in the best shape possible and you get to pick shows you want to watch
@@thealexkiller4660 update they have been restored
@@thealexkiller4660this comment may be old, but they got restored two years ago and are getting official latex masks instead of their current ones, which are bootlegs.
I remember my brother got invited to this place for a friend's birthday. My whole family went...and these things scared the bejezus outta me!! And I was like 10 years old! I never wanted to go back! I was grateful everytime those curtains closed. There's a reason why I will never play Five Nights at Freddy's.
iam with you bro!lol!
I actually love their performance when I was a kid. Highlight of my life.
Same here!
They scared me too for the longest time.. Now I miss them!
+Marcus Smith whenever the curtain opened I ran straight towards them. I would watch that tv like a hawk
Oh, the memories! When the curtain drew back at around 1:00, it caused a flash surge of a previously forgotten memory. I actually REMEMBER that curtain. I was always terrified of that larger bear (I think they had a statue of him, or a guy in a costume of him, that would stand on the play floor as well). The show has several tables facing the stage, and looks a bit like a vegas lounge inside. We sat at a table nearer to that animatronic a lot when I was a kid, and it was that brown bear in particular I always wanted to watch to make sure it didn't start coming at me.
Come to think of it, I looooved Showbiz Pizza, constantly begged to go, but I never stopped being terrified of the animatronics. I knew conceptually when my age was in the single digits that the band was supposed to "not be real," but I think the uncanny valley has a much stronger impact on children. So, I'd have to steel myself to get through the show part of the visit, but at the same time wanted to keep coming.
I knew you was terrified of those puppets, I was lil but too.
But I also remember at one of the locations that used to be in Birmingham Alabama after a Rock a Fire explosion performance, there was a kid at another table went up front to the stage and peeked in the closed curtain.
These guys are in surprisingly good shape! Good job to Circus Pizza who kept the rockafire explosion around a little while longer.
Despite Five nights at Freddy's.... This will always be my childhood sniznit
Little Ricard - Lucille (1957) (0:42)
The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog (1958) (1:00)
Del Shannon - Runaway (1962) (1:23)
Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs - Wooly Bully (1965) (2:09)
The Newbeats - Bread and Butter (1964) (2:48)
Elvis Presley - Rip It Up (1956) (3:10)
Little Richard - Jenny Jenny (1957) (3:34)
The Isley Brothers - Shout (1959) (4:19)
Lucille, Bird Dog, Runaway, Wooly Bully,
Bread and Butter, Rip It Up, Jenny Jenny, Shout
When I came here Mitzi Mozzarella scared the heck out of me
I remember looking under the curtains when they weren't playing. It was freaky
These are better animated than the Chuck E Cheese ones
Chuck e cheese bought the animatronics these are the same ones as chuck e cheese
LittleCayden depends on the location, but most of them aren't
Moises Perez yea they moved their mouthes more even though chuck e cheese boutght these rocka fire was better
Moises Perez oyeah for how old they are
LittleCayden no they aren’t
ohhh the 80s....... i miss em
I'm 18 so I never got to experience Showbiz Pizza, I so badly wish I could have. It looks cooler than Chuck E Cheese's
@@CZcamsCX9 Really?? What was it like??
Chuck E. Cheese was exactly like this too in the 80's. They changed completely and it's pretty dumb now.
I used to be scared to death of them for a while. I finally got over it on one of my birthdays, walked in, and they were gone, replaced by the chicken chick, purple gorilla, and everything else. Really miss these guys and those times.
Munch and Helen
My favorite band is rock a fire from showbiz pizza
Wutaii1 Nostalgia show biz pizza is scary
@@piratessquad no
I WANT MY 80'S PIZZA PLACES BACK!
Not this crappy pizza 🍕
I use to enjoy this Show!!! nice memories of my childhood!!!
Seeing these images that I haven't seen since I was six now as an adult is so surreal!!!
OMG these things used to scare me to death as a kid. You can even still hear the clicking and clacking when they move in this video if you listen hard enough.
Holli M That freaked me out the most haha. My dad took me to Chuckee Cheese and he picked me up and put me in the purple dinosaur looking thing’s face and I screamed bloody murder. He got yelled at but the damage was already done 😐.
i remember this as a kid. i lived near a showbiz and i'd go there to play video games and sometimes eat a pizza. i actually was embarrassed being in the room while they were doing their act. i'd bet a collector could make some serious bucks selling them now.
OK, let me get something clear. This is not real life FNAF. This is the Rock-afire Explosion. None of the RAE can walk because they're bolted to the floor, as they all run on pneumatic airlines under the stage . Now I honestly do like FNAF (as I have played all 3 games), but all of the RAE videos are becoming less enjoyable with dumb FNAF comments infesting the comment section.
thank you!people always bully me about liking RAE since "its FNAF" (I have anger issues sometimes so I guess they find it fun) thats really what I wanted to hear!
Don't listen to those people. Keep enjoying the Rock-afire Explosion. These kinds of people thinks that awesome pizza arcade places like Showbiz Pizza and Chuck E. Cheese relates to that idiotic game, when really, they don't at all. Because of FNAF, lot of people popularize the"These animatronics are scary, they'll kill you!" words everywhere. I don't see animatronics as scary distractions, I see them as work of art.
finley rodriguez your a disgusting fan
fnaf came from this terror.
not that he ripped it off. its always been scary as fuck.
They should bring these guys back as a restaurant/entertainment establishment
the smell of this place just came back to me. :p
Pepperoni and sausage with the crushed crushed peppers in the shakers. Everybody had the same thing so the smell would light up the room....
This brings back wonderful memories. We had my 6th and 7th birthday here as well as many other times going. When I was a child coming here was an event!!
They really spared no expense when they put this together.
Showbiz Pizza was the bomb. I had the pleasure of going to one before they closed. It was a magical place to visit as a kid. Thanks for posting this. I subbed to your channel.
Oh memories. I use to love these dolls... while I knew they weren't real, part of me as a child would imagine they were. lol
lmao the bear is still scaring me in 2016 😂
Its 2020 now Im 37 and I see why the Gorilla scared me at age 2 and 3
Me or billy bob?
Which bear? There’s Billy Bob and Beach Bear
these look better than chuck e cheese... I wish these were still around I would love them more
Same
+B-Dawg The Shiny Zorua Actually, you still can. In West Virginia, there's a place I live near called Billy Bob's Wonderland that still has the band in working condition.
ShowbizPizzaBear aw man I can't go to Virginia I'm too young
+B-Dawg The Shiny Zorua ask your parents too take you mabey for your birthday
***** Barboursville. It's near Huntington.
I must have watched this video 50 times within the last two months. It never gets old, which is ironic given the title.
This is actually quite fascinating to me, having grown up with Chuck E Cheese and to see how far the animatronics have come. They were srill pretty advanced back then, too! Then I look at the Disney theme rides and am even more fascinated!
Chuck E Cheese sucks these days. They've removed all the animatronics and just replaced them with t.v. screens.
There are still 53 locations with the 3-Stage Entertainment System. Over 150 with Cyberamic stages.
ya i was scared but now im calm but then. maskat
Noookkoooooooooooooooo can't be
WAIT they did that I have not been there since I was 6 and now I'm 9
Blustar Thecat me too
I never got a chance to go showbiz pizza because I was born in 2001 😢
Same, except i was born in 2004
I'm a 2003 child.
2003, I only went to Chuckee Cheese like twice in my life and it used to freak me out. I heard they took the robots out and it kinda bums me out a little haha. I would’ve liked to see this.
Wow, bring Showbiz Pizza back please.
I wasn’t born in this era and I wish I could’ve been there to see a performance by these guys. I’ve seen a ton of shows online with them and they are a lot more entertaining to watch than those puppet shows on the TVs at Chuck E Cheese. I adore their personalities and I hope that one day I’ll be able to see one of their shows in person.
I think this is the first show I ever saw where all of the robots were working LoL
Showbiz was the place to be back in the day, it pisses me off that they've changed everything because the kids now don't get to have the same experience at chuck e cheese, something like the Rock-afire Explosion should never be considered obsolete, what a shame
I want them to bring them back!!!!
Why? Isn't Showbiz Pizza still around today?
Nope...chuckie cheese replaced them
Mizz Davis Oh... That's sad, these animatronics look a lot better than that garbage that Chuck E.Cheese has...
I AGREE! Lol
I can't think of a clever username. I make videos. Showbiz is still there. They are just under management of Chuck.E.cheese
This is so disturbing. I totally loved this as a kid though!
0:58 When hit the little finger😂
Thank you for sharing this video, this brings back memories.
As a a kid visiting the mainland, a visit to showbiz was the highlight.
This was the first ever RAE show I ever watched! My mind was blown because before I saw this, I only ever have had known of my Chuck E. Cheese’s Studio C Alpha show 😂 I wish they kept these guys!
I wish Showbiz was still around. Its way better then chuck e cheese
Toxicblade ShowBiz Pizza Place is better
Let's agree that Showbiz and Chuck E Cheese are both good
ShowBiz Pizza still does exist it's just at Billy Bob's Wonderland
Me to
Showbiz exist but not showbiz pizza is impossible to find
It's the middle of the night. Clicking around out of boredom. How did I get here?
The internet.
Oh My Goodness! This brings so many memories. I had my 8th birthday party here. I remember this show. Those were the days. Yes, that Gorilla scared me too. His eyes moving back and forth made think he caught my eyes and was looking at me when he turned his head...I thought he might get up and chase me...lol
I remember this back in the 80s. I had a good time back in the day.
I will admit, I did kind of start looking up the history of Chuck E. Cheese's and Showbiz because of FNaF, but the jokes are starting to become really tired and not funny anymore.
Regina Cameron I Did The Same Thing Before Watching This Video
and here we are in 2020, studying this once again
well at least i am
@@wentzbian same actually.
Regina Cameron I knew about the players before FNAF, back in 2004. I was interested in animatronics because of Disney World.
agreed.
when i was a small child, I would have gotten absolutely terrified of these!
Our Showbiz didn't have curtains that closed when they were done. They just froze, staring.
I wish places still had animation if bands. That looks like a great time.
I want to buy those and have em in my basement. I saw video where they are reprogrammed so thats neat
***** IKR! Scary,You would have to play five nights at Freddys in REAL LIFE EVERY NIGHT! AND NOT GET ANY MONEY!
The Rock-a Fire Explosion isn't scary.They're the most lovable animatronic band I've ever seen.
Jenna Buffolino look at those animatronics. Does any of them walk? No. Does any of those want to kill someone? No.
Volym Kitsune yea but still creepy. and u don't know what they could do (jk lol)
Jenna Buffolino How old are you? Because you act like 8 year old honey.
Poor drummer dog, he looks like he does not sleep for 3 months and is still smiling, truly a hero
They need to bring this place back it looks so RAD!
Thank you!!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🤗 Childhood memories! Just showed it to my 7 year old who only knows of Chuck E Cheese and Fnaf! Fnaf was totes inspired by Shobiz!!! She’s like that animatronic has a puppet like Funtime Freddy has BonBon! Okayyyyy.yaaaahs!!!!
When I was younger that gorilla used to scare the SHIT out of ME!! When all the kids would run down to the stage I stayed put and ate my pizza. Creepy ass things! Showbiz had better games back then though!
I remember so many birthdays at Showbiz in my childhood. Wow. 😊🥰
The gorilla scared me when I was little I never wanted to get close to the stage
these characters are in very good condition 100% it lookslike they where just built Aaron would be proud
So beautiful!
This is my favorite beach bear solo ever 0:41
I just feel so bad for the poor staff that worked here. How many times a shift do you think they had to endure this? Brutal. Great fun for a little kids party though...
Shit, if there were Showbiz Pizza's still open, i'd love to work there. Or be there at the least.
No different than people that work the shows at Disneyworld or Universal.
I'd say you learn to tune it out eventually
UGH
I have lived in Minnesota my entire life.
Stupid Chuck E cheese replaced both known locations of Circus Pizza. :U
One of them was where the Chuck e Cheese in Burnsville Center resides now. (It at least has the Studio C stage, and has remained unchanged since I went there back in 1999/2000. I was..5/6 at the time I believe. But i'm going off topic)
And the other one was Located in Blaine, Minnesota. (As it says in the desc)
It's too bad that these guys were swapped out by the time I got to see what Chuck e cheese actually was. I would have preferred these guys WAY over Chuck e cheese any day.
Well, Aaron Fechter, the creator, is planning on re-vamping the Rock Afire Explosion in the distant future!!!
I get it! I live in mn too!
Payton Johnson Oh Sweet! In what area?
The southern part or northern? :3
South👌🏽
+Payton Johnson NO! We need them in the west too!! We never experienced the RAE D:
this is so cool,, they look awesome
I’m not a 80s kid I had chuck e cheese but I really wish they kept showbiz instead of replacing it with Chuck E. Cheese and I love looking in to 70s, 80, and 90s nostalgia it’s so amazing❤❤❤
Billy bob is my favorite I’m also making a billy bob stage made out of cardboard
Rolfe and earl were my favorite
I'm so happy to of been able to experience this as a kid
Oh god watching old videos gives me chills 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
whos watching from 2019
God bless Aaron Fletcher and Creative Engineering! Would love to see the Rock-fire Explosion do some awesome pre british invasion amercian garage..just like this vid!! Louie Louie ???
Those things freaked me out so much as a kid
love the rock-afire explosion oldies medley
sue!
I wish showbiz was open I am eleven and it looked like a good place to have fun and it's pizza looked amazing can anyone give me information about showbiz pizza
it's opened. but not for long, because the animatronics flipped shit, and ran to the kids cove. to find a man in a golden suit murdering them. you're welcome!
oh, and the animatronics are scared for life, so they wont sing. they just sit there... silently, thinking about dead babies.. or... whoever goes there
NO
There's one all the way in Barboursville West Virginia that I used to go to when I was your age. I think there's one in Utah also
Samioo Theres also antoher Showbiz Pizza in Michigan I made a video about it.
My dad used to go to one in Pennsylvania and when he moved here he went to one in Michigan.
Endy Plays Me?
Showbiz pizza is better then Chuck E. Cheese
Showbiz pizza is better than Chuck E. Cheese like if you agree
Wutaii1 Nostalgia yeah
@@jovarheopangalila5476 I just got back from a trip and we saw the original animatronics today. I willl upload the video soon up
Chuck E Cheese says they regret buying showbiz, so yeah. Even they admit th hat this was way better than their own animatronics, and restaurant
@@0z0nedwellerproductions5 but showbiz bought Chuck E. Cheese’s they then merged
I miss this soo much
If I were to travel back in time, this would be my first stop. :)
You know it’s bad that people are complimenting the lifelike movements as compared to CEC programming when a decent amount of the movements on this show aren’t even functioning haha
Almost everything works on this show even if it may be slow. The only thing I can see that’s broken is Mitzi’s ears and one of Dook’s ears
Am I the only one who thought of Gravity Falls before Five Nights at Freddy's?
Why?
Yes,yes you are.
Godzilla Because they have an episode based at "HooHaa Owl's Pizzamatronic Jamberee." A lot of people watch that episode and think of Chuck E Cheese or Five Nights at Freddy's, but they have a bear that looks just like Billy Bob and a character in a cheerleading outfit and looks just like her. They even have a character in a barrel as well.
Do u meanthe disney cartoon show
Harri Junttila Disney started it all with "The Country Bear Jamboree " at Disneyland in the early 1970's, then duplicated the show again at Walt Disney World in the mid 1970's (The attraction is still there today). Chuck E. Cheese and Rockafire Explosion "borrowed" ideas from the Disney attraction (robotic animal musicians) around the same time during the late 1970's when the personal home computer made it possible to do so. FNAF is just a parody of it all .
I worked at the Showbiz in Nashville TN from the summer it opened as one of the first franchises in the company in 1982. Friday and Saturday nights there would be a line to get into the restaurant going outside down the sidewalk. My last year, I worked as the assistant tech and loved working with the animatronics and other games in the game room. Sweet times and the best show in town! It was sad after Chuck E Cheese sued saying Showbiz stole their idea. The way I saw it they took the concept and made it better. No different than any other product. That was just the show. The pizza was some of the best, the salad bar fully stocked, and a wide variety of sandwiches if you did not want pizza.
It's funny they were able to sue them when really Disney started all the animatronic stuff.
I haven’t seen this show in about 35 years!!
1:22 HES A BIRD-DOG
Everything is ok but damm wtf that bear is made out of nightmares
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Now that is some true nightmare fuel
Mike Carter OH NO did they paint it and write it off as billy bob's actual face what the fuck
Bosley OMG... I was terrified by this as a kid. Scared the shit out of me, and my parents dragged me there on birthdays. LMAO. They looked *even more creepy* when they were off. Definitely the stuff of nightmares!!! LOL
wasn't expecting that...
This was my fav show
I had Birthday front row tickets to this show! The fondest game memory was the bowling ball roll of the slope!!!!
Scared me when I was a kid.
Still freaks me out.