Davy Jones passed away today and the Rock-afire Explosion mourns his passing and celebrates his music.
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@jamesb83057 жыл бұрын
I clearly remember Daydream Believer being part of a show in the 80's. This remake/tribute is friggin awesome.
@stellamcclintock238811 жыл бұрын
My 6 year old son just watched the documentary last night. He is now completely in love. He has watched it 4 times today. It would be amazing to see a cartoon series. My son would love to see them sing Johnny B. Goode. Thanks again for creating something that was so positive to look back on. RockaFire was a huge part of my childhood.
@JirmmyJumbaTheJellyMan8 жыл бұрын
I love watching this, while eating pizza.
@MacTonight12 жыл бұрын
This video was a pleasant surprise. The Monkees medley is one of my top favorite RAE recordings, so it's a pleasure to see this just because of that (brings back good memories of listening to this on the way to college a few years ago and laughing at Fatz saying 'beautimus'). This is a wonderful tribute to a wonderful person!
@Macabrecrypt6 жыл бұрын
Jolly Olly Man, 5 Years ago Andrea!!! Wish I made my comment 3 years ago. Bet ye don't even remember commenting!
@restv0rgsmoepvd Жыл бұрын
@@Macabrecrypt wow, 5 years ago, betcha dont even remember commenting.
@kaylablizzard14318 жыл бұрын
Billy Bob singing "Daydream Believer" . Enough said.
@idfk11233 жыл бұрын
nuff sed
@collinhunter75863 жыл бұрын
I cried when Mitzi started singing I wanna be free
@zaccole67393 ай бұрын
The TV@@idfk1123
@Mr.Rockafire12 күн бұрын
@@collinhunter7586you baby
@collinhunter758612 күн бұрын
@@Mr.Rockafire it’s a good song and mitsi has the perfect voice for it
@sillysurgeon7 жыл бұрын
Earl's rendition of stepping stone is incredible! I need a full length version asap!
@Pop_Candyz5 жыл бұрын
IKR
@joshuamccall63824 жыл бұрын
What's your favourite robots from the video lusy are chonchon
@katiefrances5319 жыл бұрын
rOLFES VOICE IS PERFECT
@mdalsted9 жыл бұрын
Which one is Rolfe again?
@katiefrances5319 жыл бұрын
The wolf ouo
@mdalsted9 жыл бұрын
Applina Jackstons Ah.
@newdayforever64775 жыл бұрын
@@mdalsted the puppet
@mdalsted5 жыл бұрын
@@newdayforever6477 I know who it is now. And the puppet is Earl.
@Crimson75887 жыл бұрын
1985 I remember seeing the rockafire explosion my 10th birthday party they played the monkees
@brainysmurf749 жыл бұрын
I saw Davey right before he passed away. He performed at EPCOT center for a period.
THIS WAS SUPERBLY AMAZING AND PAID HOMAGE PERFECTLY TO A VERY TALENTED ARTIST. R.I.P. DAVEY, YOU WILL BE GREATLY MISSED
@franktorre21677 жыл бұрын
FatGuyWithaBeard I agree
@NinikIrawati10 ай бұрын
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@Murdergirlxxx19 жыл бұрын
This is the kind of cool stuff kids are missing in their childhoods today. Rock afire was a huge wonderful memory and I had quite a few birthdays at Showbiz pizza because of them. It was something I will treasure forever. Kids today need that and don't have it.
@Bitsy839 жыл бұрын
Now thanks to "Five Nights at Freddies," they won't want to.
@joaqegan34649 жыл бұрын
I'm a child I can just go to chuck e cheese
@joaqegan34649 жыл бұрын
Bitsy83 I play five nights at Freddy's I'm not scared
@kermitkitty719 жыл бұрын
Joaq Egan its different ..........
@Murdergirlxxx19 жыл бұрын
It IS different. The INNOCENCE is lost...
@a_dolls_purpose_a_dolls_pu5265 жыл бұрын
Hearing Billy Bob sing Cheer up Sleepy Gene (daydream beliver) it was always cheer up sleepy gene to me. makes me want to cry. When I was very little, i loved this song and I'd listen to it on repeat i was around 5 or 6. (I'm 13 now) And listening to it by my favorite band makes me so happy
@lucaslo62476 жыл бұрын
START THE DESTRUCTION OF CHUCK EE CHEESE AND BRING BACK SHOW BIZ PIZZA PLACE!!
@coll21126 жыл бұрын
Lucas Lo, technically, if CEC didn't exist, these guys probably wouldn't of existed.
@TherealRNOwwfpooh6 жыл бұрын
Not necessarily. Pizza Time Theater and Showbiz Pizza Place were separate entities before the videogame crash of 1983 caused the demise of Pizza Time Theater created by Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. Meanwhile, Bob Brock, who left the financially-struggling Nolan Bushnell, helped Creative Engineering founder & Rockafire Explosion creator (and primary character voice actor) Aaron Fetcher make Showbiz Pizza Place flourish. In the wake of its primary competition filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, corporate Showbiz management quickly pounced on the opportunity & seized all of their primary competitor's assets. Under the joint merger, they first went by the name Showbiz Pizza Time Theater, Inc. & sold both Showbiz Pizza Place AND Chuck E. Cheese merch AND had both the walk-arounds of Billy Bob Brockali & Chuck E. Cheese on-hand to greet patrons. At the same time, however, the merger soured relations between visionary Aaron Fetcher & corporate execs running the arcade pizzeria enterprise behind-the-scenes. In fact, executives running the company wanted Aaron to just up & sell them the Rockafire outright without being compensated for it, yet considering how that he was the original voice for over half of the band & sees the characters like a father does their children, Aaron put his foot down, effectively telling corporate management to sod off. So when Aaron departed, taking the licensed ownership of the Rockafire characters with him, all 3-stage restaurants that had the Rockafire mechs converted them to the Pizza Time Players under their new umbrella name of Munch's Make-Believe Band (Chuck is Rolfe De Wolfe sans Earl Schmerle, Mr. Munch is Fatz Geronimo, Munch Jr. was Choo Choo, The Wink is Antioch the Birthday Spider, the animated Building backdrop used the Sun/Moon mech, Jasper Jowls is Beach Bear with Dook LaRue's eyes moved to Dook LaRue's center stage position, Helen Henny is Mitzi Mozzarella & Pasqually is Dook LaRue with Beach Bear's eyes taken off center stage & replacing Billy Bob Brockali & Looney Bird on the far left - visual far right - stage & the quickly retired Pizza Cam briefly used Looney Bird's mech, with Billy Bob's mech sold for scrap parts or else, hopefully sold back to Aaron Fetcher to be used for another show or else, like everything else Showbiz, "destroyed as these will never be used again"). In America, the remaining Rockafire shows are in small-town communities owned by selective Discovery Zone-style arcades/kid play places (ex: Billy Bob's Wonderland), the restored Bear-a-Dice roadside park attraction or else, owned by private collector super fans (Chris Thrash, Smitty's Super Service Station [yes it exists in real-life, although it's likely they don't use actual gasohol for their fuel], Snap's Blast to the Past Museum before the 2010 fire destroyed his show, Kansas City's Rockafire Arcade Bar, etc.). All others have been shipped overseas for use in non-Disney theme parks.
@RaichuWasCancelled5 жыл бұрын
Danielle Kirby hey chuck e cheese and showbiz pizza are both the same and i like the both of them so don’t judge the pizza of chuck e cheese ok cause we like chuck e cheese and showbiz pizza so don’t be mean ok
@spicypancake1044 жыл бұрын
If this place came back the world will be a better place
@joshuamccall63824 жыл бұрын
What's your favourite robot from the video today
@bakari38935 жыл бұрын
I love the rock afire explosion
@greenflamingo68024 жыл бұрын
I wanted to show my 8 year old daughter the band from Showbiz Pizza, where I used to go to friends’ birthday parties when I was her age. It just so happens that Davy Jones died on the day she was born. I remember being wheeled out of the operating room, kind of out of it, and finding out he had passed away and I cried (everyone wrote it off to me being high on the morphine). I always watched Monkees after school in the 80s, and even though the show was 20-something years old, I LOVED Davy. That was a very bittersweet Leap Day. She does love that her birthday is in this video though.
@rock-afire-fan8 жыл бұрын
I like how the audio is a tiny bit off balanced so it gives a harmonized tone for a single characters voice
@thatadhdkid20094 ай бұрын
Double tracking, my friend. (I love being a necroposter)
@SebastianSteele9 жыл бұрын
I'm 10 and this is awesome
@SebastianSteele5 жыл бұрын
I’m 14 now and still like it
@SebastianSteele2 жыл бұрын
I’m 16 and this is awesome
@beachbearenthusiast2 жыл бұрын
I'm 18, I'll be 19 in about 2 months and I absolutely love it.
@VO71943 ай бұрын
@@SebastianSteele now your 18, good luck in life
@SebastianSteele3 ай бұрын
@@VO7194 I’m 19 now and I don’t know what I’m doing with my life. But I’m still very much into thr rockafire fandom
@katekillbot12 жыл бұрын
this is literally the best thing in the world
@wyatttheartist47084 жыл бұрын
Every time I hear this it I hear billy bob saying "cheer up sleepy cheese"
@lilhoney16578 жыл бұрын
We will never ever forget Davy. Rip
@MaggieVenhuizen8 жыл бұрын
Good job with your cover, "I Wanna Be Free." It was very pretty!
@jaybae95048 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace.
@marymims35317 жыл бұрын
Mitzi Mozzarella I know
@brookenolley23838 жыл бұрын
This is such an awesome tribute! I guess it's been 30 years ago now, but I had one of my birthday parties at Showbiz Pizza. We didn't live close to one, but my mom drove me there since I really wanted to go. Anyway, the band sang us this for my birthday because I was a huge Monkees fan.
@lilhoney16578 жыл бұрын
We had my birthday at showbiz like 28 years ago. And I don't think they played this song. This show tape came out in 2012. I think or he just added somethings
@duckiegurl127 жыл бұрын
this show tape came out way back in 1983. Aaron just added this new introduction when Davy passed away in 2012.
@TerranceTT3 жыл бұрын
But then I saw her face, now I'm a believer! Not a trace, but doubt in my mind, I'm in love..I'm a believer!
@chibang4923 жыл бұрын
This really brings me back. I was a kid in the early 1980s and used to swear that these were real living creatures. LOL, I refused to believe they were robots.
@TheLarryBrown2 жыл бұрын
So much for you being a good judge of "character."
@Dylanlip12 жыл бұрын
The Rock-afires medley is what got me into the Monkees music in the first place, so what better than to come back to that medley.
@marytate26529 жыл бұрын
I love the internet!! what a childhood memory of dancing around at shobiz! LOL
@trevialt40696 жыл бұрын
man, this otta be the BEST band EVER!
@davids.hartley26945 жыл бұрын
I worked at the "Showbiz pizza" on Montfort in Dallas next door to Target, across the street from the soon to be demolished "Valley View mall" to construct the outdoor "Midtown shopping center." All of the Showbiz pizza place locations in Dallas became "Chuck E. Cheese pizza." I no longer have to work after the hit and run motor vehicle accident March 15,2017. I volunteer at the Habitat for Humanity Restore south Collin county campus. I had worked the midnight - 4 am at the Steak n Shake on Montfort. Before I could get back to my house in Plano, unknown motor vehicle driver knocked me off of my bike and rewarded me with a fractured pelvis, a 6 " scar on my abdomen and a TBI with a scar on my scalp. I was in rehab at Neurorestorative in Tyler (again) learning how to put weight on my right leg for 5 months. The Richardson nor Plano police ever caught the motor vehicle driver, so today is his/her "lucky day".....forever. David S.
@darmay512 жыл бұрын
Very nice tribute, Aaron!! I love how Mitzi sings "I Wanna Be Free." Very nice vocials on that song.
@MrBigglessworth12 жыл бұрын
I love Shalisa's voice on this!
@meowjakx34 жыл бұрын
AMAZING! Wonderful tribute!
@therockafire4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I'm happy you liked it. More will come in the future.
@TheGardengal6387 жыл бұрын
I love the Monkees!!! This is such a treat!
@beachbear86856 жыл бұрын
Heather Hale I like clocksville
@coasterqueencat53009 жыл бұрын
This is AMAZING!! I was clapping at the end!!
@canigohome2896 Жыл бұрын
I don’t know if anyone cares but I’m 17 as of 2022 so I never got to see one of these shows or even visit Showbiz as it was past my generation. But when I found out about animatronics back in 2014 or so, I never got scared of them like others during the fnaf rave. Instead I actually became incredibly interested in their movements, mechanics, and overall how they worked in general. I had taken apart a furby toy and successfully put it back together at the age of 11 (or 12 I can’t exactly remember). I’ve been tinkering with robotic toys and drawing up my own animatronic blueprints ever since. This old 80s animatronic band has seriously impacted my life 20 years after closing. (And I haven’t even seen a single show) I feel like a old man telling his grandchildren stories of how he built a company with his bare hands lol. But seriously, please keep these videos coming and maybe (just maybe) rock-afire explosion can entertain folks once again :)
@RAKUENPARADISE3 жыл бұрын
oh my god im just now finding this?? these are two of my biggest comforts in the world combined thank you for this plus oh my god last train to clarksville/pleasant valley sunday is so incredible with beach bear
@lionellion812 жыл бұрын
Wonderful....Loved the the show, and Davy....still rememner the Brady Bunch episode, You will be missed Davy, from a child of the 60's
@wyatthops4 жыл бұрын
They move better than Chuck E. Cheese. Who wants them back
@idfk11233 жыл бұрын
ME!!!
@Brandon-jy2yl2 жыл бұрын
What a well put together show. Thanks so much for this. I tested positive for COVID and started feeling really discouraged today, until I ordered pizza and watched this (couldn’t enjoy the pizza of course due to lack of taste/smell, but I tried) Something about eating pizza and watching these shows, and I’m 42 yrs old.
@kellybaron61944 жыл бұрын
Yes
@lesliemorganking32833 жыл бұрын
I never know “I’m a Believer” was from the Monkies. Wow.
@retrocyn12 жыл бұрын
Nice tribute, Aaron. Thanks for sharing it.
@BlueBlaster112 жыл бұрын
Really cool to see them play a tribue. I like the fact you kept the bands original voices and not just dubbed the songs to them. Mitzi was really great. I remember the rock-a-fire gang from when I was little. Thank you for video.
@aki47484 жыл бұрын
I like your videos you must of taken a lot of work to keep these amazing Machines in good shape
@47paulkelly3 жыл бұрын
I love this to my heart it’s billy bob and loony bird together singing it’s amazing!
@hadlockjudith6 жыл бұрын
Davy would've liked this!
@saiharashuuz6 жыл бұрын
This, in my opinion, is the best show. I love it so much. I love RAE so much as a whole. These guys are so close to my heart. I want to see them Almost more than anything. 💖💖
@whatnotandstuff8 жыл бұрын
I love this
@nworedwhiteblue27305 жыл бұрын
Perfection! Beautifully done.
@major60010 жыл бұрын
That made me smile. :-)
@ElsKnight7 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Davy an English legend
@sparkybluefox12 жыл бұрын
God bless you Davy Jones!
@creek19678 жыл бұрын
This was one of my favorite shows while I worked at SBP.
@NexterTheGamer4 жыл бұрын
GET IN DAVY JONES LOCKER
@violet39565 жыл бұрын
I love this show! Especially Mitzi's part, ungh I love that song! And Billy Bob's rendition of Daydream Believer is everything!!!
@YellowhatDick5 жыл бұрын
I got to see them live many times as a kid at Show Biz Pizza; they were great! So great that I still feel nostalgia watching these.
@valenrocha71595 жыл бұрын
Is love Mitzi 😍
@yippeeyokai57503 жыл бұрын
Looney Bird made a great Beatles Joke about Free As A Bird.
@robbybevard80345 ай бұрын
That version of I Want to be Free is legitimately beautiful. I wish there was a full length version.
@teknophelia12 жыл бұрын
Great work... especially this quick. I've only become a fan within the last few months but really appreciate this.
@oliviaannejohnson96894 жыл бұрын
Good job I miss him as well
@mariocar07276 жыл бұрын
First song is so catchy
@suecurtis83132 жыл бұрын
miss davy jones monkees tribute by the rock-afire explosion sue!
@megagamingteen Жыл бұрын
0:44 The Monkees - Opening Theme 1:45 The Monkees - Daydream Believer 3:19 The Monkees - Steppin' Stone 4:12 The Monkees - I wanna be free 5:53 The Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville 6:33 The Monkees - I'm a believer 7:16 The Monkees - A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You 7:40 The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday 8:19 The Monkees - Opening Theme
@thechaz838 ай бұрын
If anybody deserves aN entire rock, a fire explosion show dedicated to them it’s Davy Jones!! Continue to rest in peace, my friend
@SuperHamsterGaming6 жыл бұрын
That was delightful
@TheEmilyp20124 жыл бұрын
It’s so weird to see them sad because they are always happy Except for the time Showbiz closed.😭🥺
@thomasdominic73 жыл бұрын
I love everything the performance and all just everything I love it so. It looks good
@HarryYT226 жыл бұрын
It's incredible how they programmed them to sing and move! :)
@cambotcecptt3327 жыл бұрын
Davy Jones' locker! Arrg!!
@barbee091312 жыл бұрын
This was really great! You did a wonderful job.
@beatrice44636 жыл бұрын
Just like spongebob (Davy Jones locker)
@sophiehanssel20176 жыл бұрын
When Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr die they'll have to do Beatles songs as a tribute to either one of them
@ConnorTerrell5 жыл бұрын
Surprised he didn't repost this after Peter Tork's death.
@twilightlegend19604 жыл бұрын
Hey are u stupid the band is rotting and cant do anymore tributes
@TherealRNOwwfpooh3 жыл бұрын
@@twilightlegend1960 No, it's not. Aaron maintains solid upkeep on his in-studio RAE.
@kevinj8138 жыл бұрын
Rip you beautiful man Davy Jones 1945-2012
@thechaz838 ай бұрын
1. I have so many memories seeing the rock, a fire explosion perform at my local Showbiz as a kid in the 80s. Aaron’s awesome creations were really the only things that gave me a sense of true freedom…. They still do. I even had my first date at age 5. Took her to a rock, a fire explosion show. She loved it I’m so glad fans are keeping the rock a fire explosion characters alive, putting blood sweat and tears of joy into it. Please forget all the five nights at Freddy’s bull sh**.
@DougCraftOfficial3 жыл бұрын
am i the onlyone who wishes they was a kid in the 80s so they could go to Showbiz? it's my dream to work for Arron
@martindeeley12 жыл бұрын
Lovely tribute Aaron. My era! Fun times with a fun guy Davy Jones.
@DeadKoby9 жыл бұрын
Funny,,, the Rockafire Explosion are on Shipping Wars tonight.... I lived in Ohio... so I remember Bushnell's animatrons... The technical work involved to get these to work is impressive. Although they can be a little herky-jerky, it's impressive how many different motions they have.
@DeadKoby9 жыл бұрын
ShowbizPizzaFan Yes, I know these are Aaron's creations. Creative Engineering. My part of town had the Bushnell stuff. I find this system far more technically advanced.... I've watched a few of the documentaries on both places, and all the business deals that happened between the Pizza joints. Business trumps art, and if it doesn't show profit, it's not going to remain.
@TherealRNOwwfpooh6 жыл бұрын
The RAE were profitable. SBPP/CEC management just wanted Aaron to up & sell the animatronic animal band - effectively his "baby", much like Whac-a-Mole & the hydraulic electric car - without any monetary value or any sort of compensation whatsoever. Aaron said no, so Concept Unification happened & 3-stage RAE mechs were converted to the PTP under their new umbrella name of MMBB.
@starrfisher12 жыл бұрын
wondrful video. i fell in love with davy and the other monkees in1997 thanks to nick at nite's block party summer
@mannenmytenlegenden80259 жыл бұрын
So jelly on the 80s kids :(
@a_dolls_purpose_a_dolls_pu5265 жыл бұрын
Me too! I'd do practically ANYTHING to visit the 80s just ONCE I'd love to relive all these amazing things in the 80 Teddy Ruxpin Cricket dolls the Rock-afire Showbiz. It sounds crazy coming from a 13 year old, but I honestly want to be able to visit the 80s, but tis impossible
@Analoghor777 Жыл бұрын
I one of my favorite showtapes Aaron you did a good job with this video
@kellybaron61944 жыл бұрын
I miss you guys love Kelly
@KennyRyman5 жыл бұрын
Peter Tork Just Passed away today...
@gabrielstudios12653 жыл бұрын
Beach bear looks amazing at 5:52
@darthgoggins17474 жыл бұрын
There seems to be some confusion about the location of Davey Jones locker. Some think it's at the bottom of the ocean. The truth is Davey had many different lockers in his lifetime. Various lockers in his school years on dry land at those schools. During some concerts he might use a locker at that venue. Lastly in his final days he had a locker at his local gym. Can you imagine how incredibly inconvenient it would have been to dive to the bottom of the ocean to get your books between classes. What about changing after a workout ? Do you really want wet clothes ? Let me assure you Davey's locker is easily accessible. As to it's contents , namely Daveys heart : that is currently in the possession of Marsha Brady Davey's greatest crush. I do so hope that clears up any confusion.
@trevorbunyak58864 жыл бұрын
Thanks know I know
@TheLarryBrown2 жыл бұрын
Ok you to be spending a lot of words in an attempt to make a little joke. Extremely little. You need to internalize the concept that less can be more. But on the outside chance that you are sincere, let me clear up a few things for you: #1:
@showbizwisconsin83506 жыл бұрын
One word: YES!
@amandaengelman516811 жыл бұрын
These videos are amazing! My local CEC started out as a Showbiz (Orange Park/Jax, FL...). I was TERRIFIED of these as a young child (4 or 5) and we could not sit in the showroom when we went lol. Even today, watching these I have a little bit of that fright in the pit of my stomach. Later on I worked at 2 different CEC locations before they changed to the newsdesk themed stage. I was obsessed with how these things worked.
@bandgeek_weirdo Жыл бұрын
I'm a lil late but omg I still think they're so cool! And this Medley is great! Was listening to Daydream Believer earlier and decided to check this out again! Awesome work!
@madkittyjoey703 жыл бұрын
Mitzi singing is wonderful!
@joshuamccall63824 жыл бұрын
Everyone what's your favourite character from the robot show
@dallonjust.dallon81536 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good videos
@anonymoushippopotamus71403 жыл бұрын
Saw the Monkees when I was a kid twice in the late 90s. Had no idea there was a RAE Monkee's medley. This was so awesome! Make me miss Circus Pizza.
@roboticmayhem62163 жыл бұрын
Truly intriguing, I didn't know The Monkees performed in the 90s
@YouTubesucksdick Жыл бұрын
I can't watch this. It almost brings me to tears to see what these animatronics went through when showbiz went out. I wasn't around when showbiz was a thing, but it still somehow gives me nostalgia. Rip Davy Jones, RIP RAE.
@AJohnnymous12 жыл бұрын
superb!
@VampireCrypt_6 жыл бұрын
I'm 11 and I think of them as my Auntie and unkles my favorite is beach bear
@alexiswillem-fy5wg7 жыл бұрын
i love showbiz pizza
@crimsongaming39866 жыл бұрын
me too
@itsomqbluethepotatoomq2986 жыл бұрын
alexis willem 1212 I hate your profile picture.
@newdayforever64775 жыл бұрын
Same
@HeelaMania5 жыл бұрын
I love this show! Just one question; Why didn't Sun and Moon come up for the grand finale? I saw their spotlights, but they didn't come up at all.