Wow how adorable!!! Loved this snapshot in time. I only remember Showbiz from when I was very little and then it changed to Chuck E Cheese. This is so awesome having Billy Bob sing and interact with the kids!!! 🎉.
@OscarClewley-rx9pl3 ай бұрын
Finally, a found footage video of an animatronic establishment that isn't a fucking analogy horror troupe.
@animatronicsonly8 ай бұрын
god! That billy bob's interaction was craaaaazy! That must be every kid's dream at that time. I never lived in usa, so I never had contact with animatronics and stuff, but that's incredible! U can see clearly how showbiz was fantastic.
@franko667715 күн бұрын
Random time capsules like this are the best part of KZfaq. Thanks for sharing it! ShowBiz was like the mecca of fun and excitement as a child in the ‘80s.
@realPizza_Rat_Productions8 ай бұрын
if wondering the reason billy bob was more "interactive" was because of a new control room feature added in showbiz in the mid 80s that had a desktop control panel that the controller can use to manually move billy bob and use a microphone to talk as billy bob!
@JoCox4048Ай бұрын
That's correct! It's the Interactive Billy Bob Panel
@realPizza_Rat_ProductionsАй бұрын
@@JoCox4048 yes!
@matturban91039 ай бұрын
I got to play with the interactive system for Billy Bob and wear the costume a few times. I never did any birthdays with the interactive system,but did wearing the costume. I also wore the Chuck E. Cheese outfit a few times .My brother Jeff played Billy Bob quite a few times for birthdays. Loved Showbiz pizza place! I played Santa Claus there too
@sethhorst6158 Жыл бұрын
Sweet! Another footage of the manual interactive Billy Bob controller in operation. The person controlling him did decent unlike employees of some other locations.
@Anubonek6 ай бұрын
I had no idea he could do that honestly
@sethhorst61586 ай бұрын
@@Anubonek It in fact is a feature that was introduced in 1986 for Showbiz Pizza where they installed a manual controller to the show controller and someone would be able to control him to interact during intermissions. There in fact is an old training tape from 1986 someone uploaded to KZfaq.
@Joe-Nathan6 ай бұрын
It’s really an amazing concept. It would take Disney, of all companies, to catch up and introduce the concept to their parks (the sea turtle springs to mind). I know the idea wasn’t Creative Engineering’s, but wow, the tech behind it, and the dedication to entertainment on such a large scale is something I wish I was around to see in person.
@Tails76266 ай бұрын
they even did looney bird
@sethhorst61586 ай бұрын
@@Tails7626 I don't remember there ever being one for Looney Bird
@rachelreeb6957 ай бұрын
Wait a second he could say specific things and interact!!!!! I had no idea
@mormithemonkey3 ай бұрын
There was a room where staff could see the kids but the kids couldn’t see them. They could speak into the microphone and interact with the kids as if they were an animatronic.
@BluetheFortune200611 ай бұрын
I do hope someone posts more of that Billy Bob Interactive show, especially for Looney Bird's appearance. I'm surprised how the interactive act didn't return for Billy Bob's Wonderland, that could treat the newer Rock-afire fans!
@MystiqEevee4 ай бұрын
you mean the walk around costumes? bbw does have them they just don't use them often as they are very rare nowadays and they wanna keep them in as good of shape as possible they do sometimes put all of them on and stuff tho
@BluetheFortune20064 ай бұрын
@@MystiqEevee I don't mean that, i mean some random employee voicing Billy Bob while controlling the animatronic
@MystiqEevee4 ай бұрын
@@BluetheFortune2006 AHHhHH that I'm not sure on I think they probably removed it as it was probably not able to be saved or something either that or maintenance got the best of them
@katinthehat1219 ай бұрын
Even though I wasn’t born until several years after Showbiz and CEC merged as one, it’s incredible how they had interactive animatronics back then! Definitely very advanced for its time 😱.
@DougCraftOfficial28 күн бұрын
This is proof the interactive Billy Bob was used, and it's really cute seeing the worker using Billy Bob talking to Gregg, although I wish he would have used the eyes and eye-lids
@firefox12406 Жыл бұрын
happy birthday greg
@thesonicchannelrerun2057 Жыл бұрын
11:04 billy: did you made a wish Kid: no😂 billy:ya he did: 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@noahmedrano6316 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@JoCox4048Ай бұрын
It gives me chills seeing what my Chuck E. Cheese looked like when it was Showbiz Pizza!
@gabrielsworld108 Жыл бұрын
I've explored a similar abandoned showbiz pizza not so long ago. 😮
@Stereobrainagain Жыл бұрын
Man, our Billy Bob never invited us on stage at our Showbiz. The birthday kid usually stood in front of the stage.
@emilypilukas33611 ай бұрын
Billy Bob Brockali: (Sobbing) You don't remember who I am? ( Grunts & groans)
@MorningVR14 ай бұрын
The guy controlling probably didnt want to get any of the kids hurt by the bot moving while being on stage, which i respect
@Stereobrainagain4 ай бұрын
@@MorningVR1As an adult, I can agree! As a kid, it would be cool to get on stage with Billy Bob.
@ClassicTVMan1981XАй бұрын
Looks like the location at 9404 Main St. in Fairfax County, VA. It first opened for business in late December 1983 and was the fourth ShowBiz to open in all VA, and it still exists today as a Chuck E. Cheese's. Unusually, before its first remodel in 1991, there was no ShowBiz Pizza Place sign on the outside, but the accented stripes in the entrance area will tell you.
@therealrandomturtle Жыл бұрын
This is concerning since these kids today are about late 40’s early 50’s years old.
@jennikifm2 Жыл бұрын
Concerning how? o.O
@rachelreeb6957 ай бұрын
Nah my brother is 39 has a b day there w have pics whats wrong w reminiscing
@Misscouchpotato-5 ай бұрын
@@jennikifm2 ikr? How dare people become old 💀
@unicornprincipessa646 Жыл бұрын
At 14:10 Bro that kid popped out of nowhere lol😂
@dans51138 ай бұрын
him: a *fades out of existence*
@mylocaldumbrobloxplayer6 ай бұрын
boo
@CaptainUnderytp4 ай бұрын
Top 5 scariest jumpscares
@Mdriver198111 ай бұрын
The girls in the white stoscking... yes, 1980s
@TheEcpeze1916 ай бұрын
i went to the Volo Auto Museum 2 weeks ago. they had some old Pizza Time Theatre animatronics. They were wonderful.
@JoCox4048Ай бұрын
They have the Rock-afire Explosion now too!
@hannablackwell95442 ай бұрын
6:58 This is where the fun actually begins
@atticusfinch4740Ай бұрын
My Favorite Moments 7:44 Looney Bird Gets Mobbed 8:55 “ITS YO BIRTHDAY, WHAT ARE YOU A FIRST GRADER, GET UP THERE” 9:21 “Ight, ima head out”
@MegaS1572 ай бұрын
Happy Birthday Greg 👍
@sillyolryan2 ай бұрын
Happy Birthday Greg! Can you tell us where this ShowBiz was located and what year this took place? I follow the ShowBiz fan community (which is probably why YoutTube suggested the video) but I have never before seen Billy Bob interact live like this!
@hollowayfamilymovies32712 ай бұрын
This was in Manassas, VA. We don't know the exact year, but probably around '84. Thanks for commenting!
@hifi.david.8 ай бұрын
SOOOO COOL!
@FortniteSweatyPlayerFan3 ай бұрын
I bet Chuck E. Cheese never done this!
@spartan11882 ай бұрын
I am looking for videos of the Barboursville WV location from the 90s
@HappyMrBunny3 ай бұрын
It's all fun and games until one kid ends up in the animatronics mouth
@babyboy_336elgran22 ай бұрын
🤓
@maggieflores48192 ай бұрын
Actually, the animatronics cannot get you👍🏻
@atticusfinch4740Ай бұрын
Oh shut up. Stop trying to turn this into fnaf
@ItzaRob9 ай бұрын
I'm surprised no one's asked, but does anyone know what location this is?
@hollowayfamilymovies32718 ай бұрын
Manassas, VA
@sonicsonic20226 ай бұрын
@@hollowayfamilymovies3271 no its Fairfax Va cuz manassas didnt open until 2000
@AftonBunny19855 ай бұрын
When you go there it will be Chucky E Cheese pizzeria because long time ago 2 companies merged
@ItzaRob5 ай бұрын
@@AftonBunny1985 Buddy, I know. This was still a question I wanted to ask because it means more footage of this location has now been found.
@sonicsonic20225 ай бұрын
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@MariaSilva-rq9ji Жыл бұрын
Goop
@xxotic418 Жыл бұрын
Wow
@mangopastor Жыл бұрын
I remember me and my brothers tossing coca cola cups at the animatronics and hear them go "bzzzzz" and then they'd be unable to move the wet joints, then the staff would come out looking for us but the place always had hundreds of kids yelling so they never knew who it was.
@bigeddyspaghetti6681 Жыл бұрын
they were powered by air not servos so idk how they would bzzz
@lz587310 ай бұрын
..What? They use air cylinders
@LoxOP7 ай бұрын
@@bigeddyspaghetti6681it's made up
@rachelreeb6957 ай бұрын
Loser
@chuckyfan238 ай бұрын
Billy Bob sounds werid 😂
@sonicsonic20226 ай бұрын
Cuz he was voiced by an employee
@user-ms7ki9qk3p Жыл бұрын
😮😟🤨😨😱
@viria_ Жыл бұрын
American people are so weird i would have been terrified to see those animatronics as a kid 😭
@Brandon-vv3zr Жыл бұрын
trust me tons of us were lmao there’s a reason you hear crying in the background of this video 💀 it was a regular occurrence at these plaxes
@thegoldster10 ай бұрын
It's not an exclusively american thing.
@JayT1727 ай бұрын
I'm an American and this is terrifying why you stereotyping Americans lmao
@darlenelee63925 ай бұрын
Just grow some balls That easy
@RaccoonWithInternetConnection3 ай бұрын
I find it sweet as an european
@ToonsInk. Жыл бұрын
This is looks like a fnaf vhs tape
@rachelreeb6957 ай бұрын
It's 40 years before 5 nights
@CoolIdiot.7 ай бұрын
As a fnaf fan that would love go to chuck e cheese and showbiz pizza, i can confirm that i would be like this "yay!"