I can't argue with any of this. It's is all very accurate. I would just add that in the mid 80's when guys like Paul Linden and Stan Black, and a major (sinister IMHO) player named Gene Cramm had wielded control of the entertainment in Showbiz from me, there were tremendous ego battles going on as well. They were all downplaying the importance of aspects of the entertainment and animatronics that I felt were immutable and up-playing their own brilliance and concept superiority. There was lots of bad mouthing of me (Aaron Fechter) going on at corporate and these men were all desperate to prove that they no longer needed me or any of the ideas I was developing to create a long term, viable concept. I cashed in my chips and wished them well with no hard feelings. I knew this was the natural order of things and that the only way I could have continued being the leader of this concept was that if it were making money. So, it was like a ship that was sinking through no fault of mine that I was happy to take a life boat from while the guys who were drilling holes in the ship's hull to let the water out stayed and kept drilling holes. There's so much more to this story including their insane concoctions to keep Showbiz afloat that I vetoed for everybody's own good until the execs told me they wanted me to make replacement parts for Chuck E. Cheese characters. That was my signal to move on. So, how about a "Where are they now" episode for the guys still living?

Great video! I’d be interested in seeing an episode about the Yogi Bear or Statue of Liberty shows.

Neato, I've also always wondered what the faint details were on the backdrop of the center stage for the Magic Stage were, it was just today I learned that they had slide projection integrated. Not only the video goes over the concept behind the magic stage, it also goes over some of the beef between Showbiz Pizza Time and Creative Engineering that would eventually lead to the event of Concept Unification.

Such an awesome episode! This was definitely mind blown so much details not much of us fans never knew plus 3 episodes with rare found audio is a W win!!!!!!!! 100/100 👏👏👏👏 can't wait for the next episode

I hope sometime in the future, there is more released about the kooser portrait bots. Maybe blueprints, or just anything really. But if they do, I am looking forward to watching it here, you guys do such a great job!

Mostly unrelated, but somehow it feels like a supreme irony that people courting CEI to make Rocky and Bullwinkle stage show would have like, tight specifications on what that show could do. Like, have they ever watched the show itself?

I had a manager who mentioned seeing the RAE dressed in tuxedos and after seeing this, he must have meant this!

Great video looking back at these moments of Showbiz history and how they fought and disrespected Aaron at every turn after the merger really sounds sad maybe it can lead to a 1 hour video about Concept Unification

Aaron looks like 80s dream doll ken 😮

oh boy i cannot wait for the AAM episode

great content

We need episode on all billy bobs locations

What other Christmas songs are on the showtape besides the edited Disco Christmas? Because 12 Days of Christmas and Night Before Christmas have at least one instance where either the characters or band are referred to, I'd imagine they wouldn't be on it.

When is the next Cheesevention?! I can't find any info about it and I'd really like to go. It depends on when and where, I'm in the Pacific Northwest. Just have it at Lynnwood WA chuck e cheese! It still have a three stage 😅

Never knew about this 👍

Wait so does that mean there’s another record released without Mitzi’s part or was it just for the showtape

How can I get a showbiz robot to Australia. I'm make 3 robot are a upgrade to showbiz more kid friendly a seal a fox and a bear and this photo I have for youtube is the band name thx for fixing them it means a lot

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SHOWBIZ PIZZA PLACE 2.0, COMING SOON TO ALL CHUCK E. CHEESE'S STORES!