They need to fully bring these back!

They actually don’t seem to be in too bad a condition, especially considering their age! I think thats the most I’ve seen Munch and Pasqually move.

Jasper actually received a new mask a few months back and that organ lacked the cei plate because it is meant to be on a 1-or 2 stage but I believe they swapped it because they had the early rockafire organ.

man i miss this. i used to come as a kid all of the time and I got into the whole animatronic "Fandom" back in june 2023. so sad I never went in to see them one final time before they were taken away a few months ago. Haven't seen them in at least 6 years I think. cool to know that was the 5th ever showbiz, and that its been there for that long. also that it was the oldest still operating. you live you learn! hopefully going to visit smitty's super service station this summer, gonna try and get a day set up. Great Video! and my friend works at Jays cd and hobby right next door, weird feeling knowing he might've been in there while you were filming this right next door. always cool when a youtuber does something super close to your area!

I'm seriously surprised this store is still up! I'm glad you got to see it again. I've been going to Tallahassee frequently since they're planned to remodel soon but I really want to try and get out to the last 7 or so 3-Stages still active before they too are all gone. Great Video Chris!

Damn, this exact location is where I spent many of my birthdays growing up. I was always terrified growing up when my parents would put me on the spot to sit next to Chuck E. The store would turn all of the lights off except for the stage lights, and every year the animatronics were less than functional and terrifying - some years chuck e.'s mouth wouldn't open, one eye wouldn't blink, or literally just be completely non-functional. Seems they've changed a lot of things about the store since I was there - different carpet and much less dust, and the band has updated backdrops. I stopped going when I found out that a new arcade/family center called Pizza Palace had opened nearby. Even now, I drive past this exact CEC location every day and at most it has 1 or 2 cars in the parking lot. I'm surprised it's still open, honestly. I'll have to stop in again soon.

Those are definitely creative engineering Rock-afire Explosion bots.

I think the Reason Munch's organ doesnt have the CEI Plate is because it is a 1 and 2 stage organ. Because instead of having 3 big lights (Like Fatz's organ) it has the 5 Lights that are usually on the 1, 2, and road stages. so that actually could mean they were swapped out.

I've been watching your videos for a long time, and I can't tell you how many times I've gotten waves of nostalgia seeing some of the SoCal Chuck E Cheeses I've been to. And I'm pretty sure I went to one that used to be a Showbiz when I was younger. I was super young, but I remember being scared of the Helen animatronic. It's the eyes lol

I don't know if you realize but Munchs Piano is actually the 2 stage Piano

People that love this stage and want this store to be a hybrid 👇

The giant screen renovations are so soulless. I know kids aren't interested in the animatronic entertainment anymore (and there's not enough adults into it for it to become a successful nostalgia restaurant,) but I wish there was a solution that would keep them alive forever

Amazing video! Since I canceled my birthday trip to Billy Bobs Wonderland I like to imagine I’m right there watching these animatronics in person and your my go to because you are talking about the history. Hopefully when I go to Billy Bobs Wonderland and (when I am not busy with a sick dog) the animatronics will be in good condition. Keep up the good videos. ( I know this video doesn’t take place at Billy Bob’s but they used to be a rock afire explosion band so that reminded me lol)

I’ve noticed they’ve remodeled this CEC just after you posted it. I can take a few photos inside I’d you’d like! And yea, as a kid, I remember this being ShowBiz Pizza, and only ever went there once as CEC…I remember one of the older kids throwing balls at me and I went to tell my parents, and they basically told me to suck it up. Hard to do when you’re like 9 years old and take everything so personally, LOL.

Every year until I was about 11 my dad would throw a big birthday party for me at this exact location, and it was one of my favorite traditions ever until we passed it on to my little sister. Oh the memories!

I used to go to this exact cec all the time as a kid and I still pass by it on my daily commute

I was at Jay's (next door) a couple days ago, and I saw the logo on the building was different. Took me by surprise but I assumed I just hadn't noticed. But this means it must have been within the last month or so.

What I find interesting about this 3 stage is that Chuck E. has blue eyelids.

This was my local location.... i got to see them in person for the last time ever in april of this year... I dont know why they would get rid of the stage. It was working so well...

I had a Showbiz Pizza Place in my hometown but only remember going there once as a kid. Specifically I remember missing the animatronics show because I was too busy playing to sit down and eat the food. Once I was all grown-up and had a son, we took him to this CEC in WDM all the time. This was before he was old enough for school and we'd have the place to ourselves right after it opened for the day. Most of the time this meant you could hit the lower high scores on games and get the bonus too. Of course I was probably living vicariously through him. After learning more about the history of Showbiz and CEC, I began to recognize elements that carried over from the Showbiz days at this location. Just recently, I learned that it was one of the remaining 3-stage shows in the country and just how long this location had been around. Unfortunately I believe it's going through a remodel now, but I'm not sure what that means for the animatronics. Maybe when I finish this video, I'll have a better idea! Sadly, kids grow up and now it's been years since we visited last, but I miss the friendly employees and the atmosphere.

It would be cool to see the control panels for these / where the show tapes are played for them

Go back to pineville please

Hi crish , this video its so good .

Jeeeeesussss, that’s crazy.

There's actually a retrofit Rock afire explosion band in Matlock bath Derbyshire. That would be in the UK. They are in an amusement park called Gulliver's kingdom. The name of the retrofit band is the hard luck bears. Here's the video of them performing: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/brCWptGHmtjWh58.html

I enjoy your cec content

I love when jasper started looking at the camera 😂 6:21

i live over here and went to the jays cd and hobby and had no clue about it being a 3 stage!

I wish these still existed where I stay I’m on 15 and the last time I seen them I can’t even remember I just have a childhood picture. Memphis got rid of it quick I went June 7th,2014 I think and I haven’t seen them since.

Also a little heads up,Visalia has the Cool Chuck outfit too.

@SetsStreetsEats the reason why there is not a CEI plate on the organ is because that's the 1-2 stage organ and not the 3 stage organ.

Genuinely makes me sad seeing how long ago some of these were posted signifying the stage may no longer be around while I'm currently watching. For being as old as this stage is, the animatronics look in great condition. Just glad to see they still have life until the end. Sad to see these keep disappearing 😢

Question! Are you going to go to any of the CEC live concert roadshows?

YES MINE MY CEC!

There is actually something I’ve wondered about the 3-stages. When and why did they stop closing the curtains?

Where'd you pick up the Pizza Time Theatre shirt you have on in this video if you don't mind me asking?

When they were performing you could hear the animatronics squeaking

4:08 keyboard from the 1 stage

I was just there on Sunday 😂

The reason there's no creative engineering plate on the organ is because it's a 1 or 2 stage organ. You can tell based on the number of lights on the organ. The creative engineering organ has three large lights on the legs the 1/ 2 stage ones made my chuck e cheese have 5 lights on the legs

I under what happen to the pizza time theater sign

I hate how they taking all the stages down and we won’t see them again and this is my local when I was younger too

I’m curious, why does this 3 stage have a lot more random movements than the other ones such as Pineville? Not only are the bots looking around but they’re also raising their arms, leaning forward, etc.

well here we are...... 1 mounth sice this was posted , in july of 2023 west des moline is getting 2.0

Nice video

5:21 5 of the first the first 7 Showbiz Pizza stores removed and switched out the RAE bots (known to most fans as the Beta RAE bots) in mid-late 1981 as the first 6 RAE Shows used weaker material like hollow aluminum bars and fiberglass eyelids. The only 2 that didn't switch their RAE show out were the Topeka, KS store and Kasas City, MO as the Kasas City store had The Wolf Pack 5 until 1981. Topeka, KS sold most of the show when the store closed around 1985 or 86. Only Mitzi and Beach Bear for the Topeka, KS and Looney Bird and Fatz from from one of the other 5 stores (most likely from the Jacksonville, FL store) is still exist as CEI dismantled and destroyed all the other 5 shows that were sent back and the other Beta bots from the Topeka, KS store (other then the Sun who has been confirmed to as being mostly destroyed before being sold other then his mask) whereabouts are still unknown.

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The reason theirs no plate on the organ is due to it being a cyberamic organ. It got switched out in the 2010s? I think and yes that means their the third set of bots ever made. Great video!

Chuck e cheese's in Hicksville, chuck e cheese has his cool chuck shirt, its the 1 stage store

I’ll be damned! I thought they renovated that a long time ago! (Also didn’t know they’re one of the last remaining Rock-a-Fire animatronics left in current operation!) I’ve lived in DSM my whole life (been there a time or two), and I’ve wanted to go in there just for fun to see what it looks like! That, and my Favorite store is literally right next door! Lol

My town!!!! Were going there next week!!!

Whenever I see the three stage videos. I picture RAE. And I hear Rolfe and Earls show theme song

They need to bring them back i never seen munches make believe band in robot form i only seen the Cec stage and that’s it i need them back

That has the newer tune machine.

Where did you get that to shirt, it's gorgeous! Can anybody find that shirt for me?

oh cool im 4th now!

You couldn't find the CEI tag on the organ because I don't think that is a CEI organ! It has way more lights on it! CEI organ only has 3 lights on the legs that's a munch organ for sure!

It's sad that they are basically getting erase from history, but I get it... it's all about play games, eating pizza, drinking your favorite pop or whatever kind of drink you like to drink and so on!!! My CEC moved from it's old location in 2000 and when it opened up at it's new location across the street... only Chuck E returned, but as for the other 4... they never returned and I know I hear that Chuck E is also gone!!! I was watching a video that someone posted and I couldn't stop laughing... because they were singing a song and it came at one that Helen was going to sing a line from the song all by herself, and you can hear Helen's voice... but Helen's mouth wasn't moving, but the guy that was recording it turned to look at Chuck E and Chuck E mouth was moving like he was sing it!!! Indeed... something went haywire!!!

Hey uhhhh Chuck… your ear’s startin to come off…

Rolfe finally got his wish several decades ago of being the center of attention, well... there's just one problem. He's Chuck E. now, and it's doesn't look like it will last very much longer...

Update: the location has officially started 2.0

I noticed this while watching the video, the reason you didnt find a CEI plate on the organ is because i think it is actually a cyberamic organ

munch and jasper at 6:20

GOOD CONDITION. only problem is that Munch's neck skin is ripped

WHEN THIS COMES OUT IT WILL BE MY BIRTHDAY

Update dooks drum set.

Rolfe/chuck e cheese has the blue eyelids.

Why does it look like they have Pensacola’s head

This location has been remodeled

And I am partly a kid🎉

Are they still there or 2.0

it’s actually crazy seeing these guys dance and perform omg. cuz all the other 3 stage videos ive watched have been so pathetic lmao no one can even open their mouth

The reason the organ didnt have one was because its not a cei organ its a repro cyberamic organ

Don’t listen to the other car comment because I like the animatronics 😅😅😅

The West Des Moines’s Iowa location got 2.0😢

that is not a cei organ at west des moines that is a 2 stage organ

munch's organ at this location isnt the 3 stage organ.

Do you like the 80s

Yay l can wilting

Durn copy right the new puppets need blinking eyes

Creepy condition...man...they screwed up by removing these