Rock-afire Explosion @ Tweetsie Railroad (1999/2000)

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Rock-afire Explosion @ Tweetsie Railroad's "Hootenanny Hoedown". This show ran from 1994* to 2001. This video is put together from video taken in 1999 (from far left) and 2000 (from middle).
0:00 Intro
0:23 Swingin'
3:34 Sixteen Tons
6:34 Desperado
10:09 Elvira
12:53 Closing
More show info:
showbizpizza.com/review/rae/19...
*Commenter who worked at TRR in 1994 was driven crazy by this show and believes this was it's first year running. The earliest documentation I can find is from 1997 implying that is had been there a while:
(Broken link) www.thefreelibrary.com/Tweetsi...
WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS SHOW?
This Rock-afire is now used as part of TRR's Halloween haunted house, Here's a picture of the Mitzi robot from the The Carpetbagger's video when he visited the haunted house in 2018: • Tweetsie Railroad’s Gh...
Requested by Hunter VS (MyHunter0909) here is the unedited versions of each camera angle plus a 3rd video by someone else:
Center video (Audio Dubbed): • RAFE@TRR 2001 (Center)
Left video (Audio Dubbed): • RAFE@TRR 2000 (Left)
Center video (Raw): • RAFE@TRR 2001 (Center)...
Left video (Raw): • RAFE@TRR 2000 (Left) RAW
3rd video by someone else: • Tweetsie Railroad Anim...
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@memethyst 3 жыл бұрын

it's so cute that the kids waved goodbye when the curtains closed

@evangouldtransit 3 жыл бұрын

For them to open again seconds later.! I love automatic curtains theyre the best

@HunterVS 9 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine how sad of a day it must have been when it was the final day they played.

@PizzaTimeFanatic 3 жыл бұрын

Did anyone else think it was really cute at the end of desperado when the curtains slowly closed on Mitzi and all the kids waved goodbye

@heeyyyricky 7 жыл бұрын

Without the pop-poms, Mitzi's movements look incredibly life-like.

@TweetsieRailroader 7 жыл бұрын

agreed.

@pickelsandnickels2487 6 жыл бұрын

Lyndsey Davis I think that Mitzi has a custom mech

@pheebo4831 6 жыл бұрын

ruined, of course, by the mask that isn't on right

@xandewaegemaker2712 4 жыл бұрын

@@pickelsandnickels2487 no

@pickelsandnickels2487 4 жыл бұрын

Xan_Plays thx for the correction

@lpscokeking2633 Жыл бұрын

This show is my childhood, this is when my love for Animatronics began, I literally still remember the words

@showbizgreensboro8956 Жыл бұрын

wait you saw them at tweetsie?

@lpscokeking2633 Жыл бұрын

@@showbizgreensboro8956 no, I just watched this video when I was little!!

@EsmeAmelia 3 жыл бұрын

I love how enthralled the kids are.

@daniellebogie4179 6 жыл бұрын

:/ What have I missed? Being born in 2005 has ruined my life, WHY WASN'T I ALIVE DURING THIS IT'S SO AMAZING

@423nitzamouse7 6 жыл бұрын

Scarlett Sweetdotter same! i was born in 2004 and i want nothing more than to see these amazing characters in action-but the only place i could possibly see a good, well-maintained show is at the CEI building in flordia, and i don't have the money for it :/

@splash5427 6 жыл бұрын

Kaya Demaria you guys are making me feel old lol

@showbizgreensboro8956 2 ай бұрын

lmao you were born the year this was taken out i believe

@looneybird9328 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: due to the fact that the animatronics were scraped many of the skins of the animatronics can be seen in the haunted house at the ghost train in tweetsie railroad.

@DanielLeeMeeks 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have any pictures of this or know where I could find pictures?

@looneybird9328 3 жыл бұрын

@@DanielLeeMeeks yes. There is only pictures of Mitzi but I'll Post it on my channel

@paigemckendrick6341 3 жыл бұрын

That is true, buddy.

@animatronicsproductions1993 2 жыл бұрын

@@showbizgreensboro8956 So is Billy bob, there is (sort of) newly found fottage!

@TEDDYGRUBBY 7 ай бұрын

@@showbizgreensboro8956do you have photo?😊

@Pink_Seal 5 жыл бұрын

Aww, all those kids waving goodbye to Mitzi, Billy Bob, Fatz and Looney.... :')

@emelimaravila84 4 жыл бұрын

I love mizi's dres

@emelimaravila84 4 жыл бұрын

I love mitzi's dres

@Idontwantayoutubehandle. 3 жыл бұрын

@@emelimaravila84 i heard you the first time

@kyliethelittlespider-mangirl94 3 жыл бұрын

I luv Mitzi’s outfit here!

@brittainmedia2569 7 жыл бұрын

Oh my GOD I found that crazy song again!!!! My mom took us there 2 years before she died. OMG omg omg I'm WOW thanks

@looneybirdstudiosandbillyb7337 4 жыл бұрын

Brittain Media that’s sad

@2ndVaultOfHanksterman Жыл бұрын

Damn... The fact that those kids are all adults now... Why does time go by so fast?

@patitauiliili1221 2 жыл бұрын

It's weird that when the song ends, it doesn't even pause right after the song ends, It will just play the next song.

@Darkaxelgaming-tt7ip 4 жыл бұрын

I notic d in the 1999 footage on the left side that Billy Bob's mask loos alittle messed up

@ran-sama2519 3 жыл бұрын

It is melted badly yes, you can clearly see it's all deformed. Probably they replaced it in the time frame between the two recordings.

@rock-afire_explosion._9034 3 жыл бұрын

@@ran-sama2519 your wrong, both these recordings are in completely different years. So they didn’t just replace it between frames lol

@2ndVaultOfHanksterman Жыл бұрын

Shame that Mitzi was just left to rot in the tweetsie railroad haunted house... never to perform again.

@marshallsanimatronics9370 3 жыл бұрын

4:43 what happened to billy bobs mask?

@Idontwantayoutubehandle. 2 жыл бұрын

@Garbage Guy yeah the 3 places i think they had were adventure landing, tweetsie railroad (this show), and club hotel eilat in israel

@bobbluh2650 9 жыл бұрын

Is it just me, or the video from far left have Billy Bob's 'heavy eyebrows' mask, and from center he has his normal mask?

@bobbluh2650 9 жыл бұрын

***** I noticed that too. Mitzi's mask changes too, and Fatz' jaw mobility changes also.

@Thomasandthetankrailway1993 4 ай бұрын

I know this answer is 9 years late, but here you go. In the footage from the left, Billy bob has the “heavy eyebrows/90s version of his mask, and it was changed out afterwards in favor of his usual mask. (As shown in the footage from the right). And this was done because the “heavy eyebrows/90s” Billy bob mask was sculpted with a defect, as the mouth was very shallow, and the mask tore very quickly, hence, its replacement.

@muskheadroom 8 ай бұрын

Theres a gift shop behind that stage (or was) so i got my genuinely creeped out kid vibes looking through a door in the gift shop at them freezing like dead corpses every time the curtain closed. oh the memories!

@thetinygoatgirl57 8 жыл бұрын

i dont like how mitzis mask is so....pull and tuggy

@rockafireshowbiz7351 8 жыл бұрын

Same

@brittainmedia2569 7 жыл бұрын

TheTinyGoatGirl57 looks like a scary clown character from a haunted abandoned circus

@pickelsandnickels2487 6 жыл бұрын

Have you noticed here eyebrows are as thick as a forest with a forest on top of it

@shutdown3271 6 жыл бұрын

No she's fine but just her eyes are creepy

@rockolot Жыл бұрын

I really wish they kept this 😢

@BlackieFoxxless 9 жыл бұрын

Mitzi is cute

@HunterVS 9 жыл бұрын

there any chance you could upload both the raw, unedited videos?

@DanielLeeMeeks 9 жыл бұрын

Hunter VS Here you go. Have fun remixing or whatever you want to do with these. There's also a link to a 3rd video I found that was recorded by someone else that has no sound and is pretty shaky but it has a few good closeups in it. Center video (Unedited): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rrt1rZp80KrFp3k.html Left video (Unedited): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gahjiNWnmd7Oo58.html 3rd video by someone else: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nZyiosqj256ae4U.html

@HunterVS 9 жыл бұрын

thank you, my friend.

@AACrashBurnAA 9 жыл бұрын

This is cool! Shame... another RAE show that is gone now.... :( Even though it was modified.

@SebastianSteele 7 жыл бұрын

AACrashBurnAA Modified to what?

@AACrashBurnAA 7 жыл бұрын

To what you see in the video. That's not an original RAE show program. But now this place is gone completely apparently....

@brittainmedia2569 7 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Steele THE HOOOTENANY HOEDOWN Y'ALL! Well at least thanks to tweetsie, I got to see it before chucky mutilated it

@brittainmedia2569 7 жыл бұрын

AACrashBurnAA I think Aaron Fletcher created the program though, as when the deal at showbiz fell apart he started doing contracts at theme parks, and these sound like the original musicians

@dreamsoutloud 6 жыл бұрын

AACrashBurnAA the amusement park is still around, they just stoped showing showbiz :(

@NativeNew_Yorker 9 жыл бұрын

Great vid!!! Also, could I dub the audio from "Desperado" on your vid? I would like to mabye animate it.

@DanielLeeMeeks 9 жыл бұрын

Looney Bird CEC Yes, have fun with it.

@NativeNew_Yorker 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much ;)

@WA_Stokins 3 жыл бұрын

Why'd you turn comments off?

@DanielLeeMeeks 3 жыл бұрын

KZfaq flagged the video as "For-Kids" and "For-Kids" videos have comments turned off automatically. More info: support.google.com/youtube/answer/9632097

@starrfisher 6 жыл бұрын

do you have anymore videos of this show? do you know where this show is now?

@showbizgreensboro8956 Жыл бұрын

they are still at tweetsie, although no longer being used. they are used as props for the Ghost train event

@DukesPizzaLounge 2 жыл бұрын

I think something is wrong with fatz’s mouth cylinder in the 2000 footage

@sourwaii8692 5 жыл бұрын

this is rare....

@funecheeseofficial3576 5 жыл бұрын

The only song I know from this video is desperado

@SebastianSteele 9 жыл бұрын

What do they do with all these animatronics?

@jenniferrobinson6464 5 жыл бұрын

kill them after

@bensgarrysmod9251 5 жыл бұрын

Sell Them Or Scrap Them

@showbizgreensboro8956 Жыл бұрын

they still have the characters, but they aren't used anymore except for props in the haunted house at ghost train

@TEDDYGRUBBY 7 ай бұрын

@@showbizgreensboro8956do you have photo?

@TweetsieRailroader 8 жыл бұрын

Never understood why this show was at Tweetsie first time I saw this video. #12 and these guys have 1 thing in common: they're vintage. Although #12 is older. Wonder if they still have the animatronics. It could be easily repurposed as props for the Ghost Train?

@SebastianSteele 7 жыл бұрын

Jonah Snyder What's #12?

@TweetsieRailroader 7 жыл бұрын

one of the 2 Locomotives Tweetsie owns. the other is #190. here's a photo: www.ncpedia.org/sites/default/files/tweetsie.jpg

@dreamsoutloud 6 жыл бұрын

I’m guessing it was there for younger kids, kinda like how they’ve started being people in costumes these past few years. But they would be great for ghost train lol

@MogamiK32 7 жыл бұрын

Is that what I see the rock a fire explosion at a Steam Locomotive place YAY

@qwertyadventures8889 4 жыл бұрын

PineappleTurddle it’s actually a theme park lol

@NannerMan 9 жыл бұрын

BEACH BEAR WHERE YOU GOOOO?

@TweetsieRailroader 7 жыл бұрын

this was a mini stage, only 4 animatronics appeared on this stage. The Characters missing are yes, Beach Bear, but also Rolfe and Earl and Dook.

@qwertyadventures8889 4 жыл бұрын

Jonah Snyder and choo choo

@stampycatfan01lol 9 жыл бұрын

If I was there, I'd be focused on the train. xD

@karlgt3656 2 жыл бұрын

Good

@ethanhawkins4917 6 жыл бұрын

sixteen tons awesome

@aidanpirateminion8548 3 жыл бұрын

Ware are they now

@rockafirefan1016 3 жыл бұрын

in the hoaunted house in october

@showbizgreensboro8956 2 жыл бұрын

@@rockafirefan1016 i think they trashed all of them except for mitzi

@tianisepic 2 жыл бұрын

Awww :(

@TEDDYGRUBBY 7 ай бұрын

@@rockafirefan1016do you have photo?

@roadchewerpe5759 9 жыл бұрын

At some angles Fatz is like o.o and others he is like -.-

@showbizcec4985 7 жыл бұрын

What happened to birthday bird lol he's pretty broken.

@Planet360YT 6 жыл бұрын

Showbiz CEC yeah lie, you said the videos are from different time mixed together. In the older shots you see birthday bird standing up

@suecurtis8313 2 жыл бұрын

love rock-afire explosion a tweetsie railroad sue

@artesanatostr 6 жыл бұрын

Quem está assistindo em 2018

@thomaspumpkin4516 3 жыл бұрын

Birthday bird what happened to birthday bird he's head got ripped or falling off

@memethyst 3 жыл бұрын

i think he's falling forward

@thomaspumpkin4516 3 жыл бұрын

@@memethyst o.O wat

@cloudyfurrie7997 9 жыл бұрын

were is dook and rolphie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????

@cloudyfurrie7997 9 жыл бұрын

and beach bear tooo!!!!!!!???????

@TheOneMillionthNerd 9 жыл бұрын

mini stages are a fun thing ain't they? this is a varation of the classic show (For some reason Showbiz gave the smaller stores a very VERY toned down version of the show with only 4 of the 8 characters.....it failed horribly and it was kind of forgotten kind of not and kind of resurfaced in the 90s in some indapendt chains kind of)

@bobbluh2650 9 жыл бұрын

mario555227 There were actually 11 animatronics in the full show, and there are 6 in the mini stage

@TheOneMillionthNerd 9 жыл бұрын

that was the New Rock-a fire ;)

@cloudyfurrie7997 9 жыл бұрын

aww rolphe was always my fave...why they have to get rid of himz

@arockafirefan8262 2 жыл бұрын

On the left and right angle, they look like complete ly different animatronics, example is Mitzi. 7:45 in the right, she has tounge and her mask is kinda messed up, and Fatz.... 3:43 in the right, his jaw is barely moving and something is wrong with his eyes, And in the RIGHT 3:48 his eyes is fine and his jaw is perfectly fine.

@Skymakescrafts Ай бұрын

i think they’re different footages just put together

@kanawharailfan5793 3 жыл бұрын

Fuck rockfire or whatever, wonder what locomotive was running that day.

@showbizgreensboro8956 Жыл бұрын

😐

@showbizgreensboro8956 Жыл бұрын

in one of the shots, 12 was running

@gabrielphelps42 3 жыл бұрын

Byes

@Misscouchpotato- Ай бұрын

Omg I think birthday bird died 😭

@willynillyyy 2 жыл бұрын

all the kids in this video are 20-30 now

@DanielLeeMeeks 2 жыл бұрын

Can conform this is turn. :'(

@8QueenArt8 9 күн бұрын

WHERE’S BEACH BEARRRR

@timbanner9488 5 жыл бұрын

S H O W B I Z W H Y

@shutdown3271 6 жыл бұрын

Umm where's beach bear?

@Idontwantayoutubehandle. 2 жыл бұрын

Replying to you

@showbizgreensboro8956 Жыл бұрын

why was everyone replying with this 💀 he wasn't in the mini stage.

@revenantlv2725 5 жыл бұрын

WTC BILLYBOB

@aliciaarguelles4767 3 жыл бұрын

I’m

@Idontwantayoutubehandle. 3 жыл бұрын

r/ihadastroke

@JUSTNOAHHERE 3 жыл бұрын

@@Idontwantayoutubehandle.yup

@shutdown3271 5 жыл бұрын

12:53 click to end video

@bonnierabbit9242 9 жыл бұрын

Stupid chuck e cheese I love billy bob and mitzi plus dook

@brittainmedia2569 7 жыл бұрын

Bonnie Rabbit meee too :(

@90tommytee 9 жыл бұрын

This video shows how advanced Aarons animatronics were, very well programmed.

@muskheadroom 8 ай бұрын

And he never got to become wealthy off of his products what a shame

@tresandcorey7164 9 жыл бұрын

Love the rendition of "Desperado."

@liz_merr1003 9 жыл бұрын

I love how looney bird is just there the whole time...

@chrismartin3305 6 жыл бұрын

Yup im old lol -.- remember seein this as a kid at about 7 years old im 25 now. Im goin back this year to relive old times. Wonder what ever happened to this

@brianfinney9503 10 жыл бұрын

Funny to see this again. I operated a candle shop next to this show back in 1994. I think that was the first year. Hearing this show day in and day out several times a day drove me crazy. Cool to see this video though. Wonder where this show went after Tweetsie did away with it?

@DanielLeeMeeks 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info, I added it to the description. I've also wondered where these guy are now. TRR took really good care of them and the last year I saw them they where still in good shape.

@patrickboots7799 9 жыл бұрын

Daniel Meeks robotsandgames.com

@carsandcomputers5765 7 жыл бұрын

Brian Finney I can tell you they're the bear a dice now torn up and broken Aaron fecter has them and he is fixing them

@SebastianSteele 7 жыл бұрын

Brian Finney are these guys really the bear a dice animatronics?

@brittainmedia2569 7 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Steele and also Chuck e cheeses' animatronics

@lucylopes8444 7 жыл бұрын

We were swagin! 😂😆

@theanimatronicfollower929 9 жыл бұрын

I love there outfits! Great video!

@dreamsoutloud 6 жыл бұрын

I’ve been a fan of showbiz for years (despite being too young to have ever been able to see them...) and I’ve been visiting tweetsie for as long as I can remember, because my sister used to work there and my papaw did as well, (my moms family is from Boone) thank you for posting this! My mom had told me about showbiz being at tweetsie but it’s really cool to actually get to see it!

@patrickboots7799 9 жыл бұрын

Interesting... And Official Voices Too.

@Macabrecrypt 6 жыл бұрын

My four fav RAE songs all in one?!? I never knew these songs were connected. But hey!

@brittainmedia2569 7 жыл бұрын

I was there in 1994 possibly earlier so I know it was running then, I remember that song elvira, so it must had carried mainly the same program throughout it being there

@amandaharris527 9 жыл бұрын

I wish i was born in the 1900s so I could see this show

@thetinygoatgirl57 8 жыл бұрын

u mean the 90's

@Bmak2301 7 жыл бұрын

you mean 80s ;)

@LKDAnimatronics 7 жыл бұрын

Amanda Harris you can still see them there still active

@SPCAnimatronics 7 жыл бұрын

Can I use the swinging song for better audio?

@NativeNew_Yorker 9 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Meeks I've found an easter egg. :) SPOILER: At some angles the "Hootenanny Hoedown" sign is there. And at others it is not....

@showbizcec4985 8 жыл бұрын

Well, this is footage of both times, they added the sign in 2000. That's why it's there and then it's not.

@NativeNew_Yorker 8 жыл бұрын

Oh, ok

@TweetsieRailroader 7 жыл бұрын

+Showbiz CEC I believe the sign was outside the Pavilion before it was moved to the stage.

@brittainmedia2569 7 жыл бұрын

Looney Bird CEC when I was there in '94, the black curtain wasn't there, and you could see in a window behind them where a shop was on the other side of the wall

@MoesvideosYT 6 жыл бұрын

Looney Bird CEC I Knew That

@sharpenuptheknives4938 5 жыл бұрын

Love me some Rock A-Fire!

@shutdown3271 6 жыл бұрын

Also why does fatz look so broken and dusty

@awp2902 7 жыл бұрын

What happened to it

@qwertyadventures8889 4 жыл бұрын

What’s wrong with the 2000s bday bird?

@awp2902 7 жыл бұрын

Is it still there's

@qwertyadventures8889 4 жыл бұрын

A&WP 290 no

@SPCAnimatronics 6 жыл бұрын

Hello, would it be ok for me to use this video footage for one of my videos? I would give you credit in the description. Thanks!

@DanielLeeMeeks 6 жыл бұрын

Sure you can use this in one of your videos. Look in the description and you will find the unedited videos of both camera angles you can use to.

@bat-z3286 6 жыл бұрын

The front of fatz piano is missing

@shutdown3271 6 жыл бұрын

Billy Bob is cute

@SPCAnimatronics 7 жыл бұрын

Is this closed? What happened to it?

@rockafirecheese9785 7 жыл бұрын

Showbiz Pizza Central yeah it closed it 2001 I think

@dreamsoutloud 6 жыл бұрын

It showed at tweetsie railroad (an amusement park) awhile back in the early 2000’s and I guess it wasn’t popular enough so they shut it down. They have weeks where characters visit (people in costumes such as Dora and spongebob) and I’m guessing it was maybe like that??

@natej4230 6 жыл бұрын

It remains open to this day, they just ripped the show out.

@showbizgreensboro8956 Жыл бұрын

tweetsie railroad is still open, and you can still go inside the building where the show played. they also still have the show, but it's in storage. they use billy bob and Mitzi for props in the haunted house, which is actually in the building where the show played

@MoesvideosYT 6 жыл бұрын

REALLY THERE KIDS AT THIS STAGE BUT NOW NOT AT THE CHUCK E CHEESE STAGES WOW

@theanimatronicfollower929 7 жыл бұрын

Where is this show now? Did it sold?

@patitauiliili1221 2 жыл бұрын

I heard that billy Bob and mitzi were used for a haunted train ride. No cosmetics were on them but they got rid of fatz and looney bird.

@showbizgreensboro8956 Жыл бұрын

tweetsie still has the whole show apparently, but they only use billy bob and Mitzi in the haunted house at ghost train (Halloween event)

@sambaker4178 5 жыл бұрын

What happened to this show

@deleteddeleted172 5 жыл бұрын

I think they gave it back to Aaron at CEI

@showbizgreensboro8956 Жыл бұрын

they just took it off the stage. they still have the characters in storage

@chucke.cheesesmichiganprod1254 6 жыл бұрын

Those guys look like they’re new

@LazyHubbStudios 9 жыл бұрын

were is this location?

@DanielLeeMeeks 9 жыл бұрын

This was located at Tweetsie Railroad between Boone and Blowing Rock, North Carolina, United States but they are not there anymore.

@LazyHubbStudios 9 жыл бұрын

Oh...what a shame

@Turbram8460 9 жыл бұрын

Thats a bummer..

@davidpryor8748 Жыл бұрын

My Favorite Show but there no more That Suck That Sad!

@deleteddeleted172 5 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure they gave this show back to Aaron

@Beetle-y2k 2 жыл бұрын

You again-? I saw you on a mr bass man video lol

@showbizgreensboro8956 Жыл бұрын

no, they still have them.

@lunamoona649 8 жыл бұрын

I just noticed since 1999-2000 Beach bear didnt exist.

@Solafare 8 жыл бұрын

+The DerpingProfessor All characters exist since the 80s. This is just a mini stage only with 3 characters.

@gotai8 8 жыл бұрын

+Billy Bob 4* you've forgotten Looney Bird :]

@timbanner9488 5 жыл бұрын

Showbiz!!!

@jeremylaramore6399 9 жыл бұрын

Mitzi's mask is getting pulled down every time her mouth opens...

@bobbluh2650 9 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I think over time her mask hardened and the snaps on the sides of her mask that attach it to the fiberglass skull tore off, thus giving the mask no support, save for the fur thats glued on holding it there and where its attatched to her mouth clevis.

@deleteddeleted172 5 жыл бұрын

Fatz mouth closes all the way in the 1999 footage and doesn't in the 2000 footage