Seeing these characters so lovingly restored and given a stage so they can sing their hearts out once again, gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling.

can you imagine how many times my mom and dad got tired of me asking for my Showbiz tape? I nearly wore the thing out. I talked about Showbiz all my life.

They're so lifelike. I love how animated they are, they have so many different motions

this is pretty easily the best thing on the internet right now

Aww, don't beat yourself up about it, Aaron. He was probably just scared of Mitzi. I mean, with her trying to get 400 autographs...

Truly the best showtape of them all. Your performance as Billy Bob in this is astonishing!

I have waited 35 years to find this. At that time, I was stunned, nearly breathless, at what I witnessed. This is a hugely sophisticated operation. Intelligently synchronized to the actual sound. And they didn't "cheat" by changing the song to fit their limitations. This IS Abbey Road. The animators/programmers had to REALLY know the music. I didn't think that I would live long enough to find this again, this thing I saw one day, ages ago, which shook me at its true magnificence.

0:00 You Never Give Me Your Money 4:00 Here Comes The Sun King 5:20 Mean Mr Mustard 6:29 Polythene Pam 7:11 She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 8:36 Golden Slumbers 9:45 Carry That Weight 11:26 The End 13:30 Her Majesty

Good job, Aaron! Getting Dook to actually play the drums like that is awesome!

Aaron, dude, you outdid yourself on this one. This is the stuff I fall to sleep to at night it’s just, everything is gorgeous. I May not have been able to see this in person but god damnit I’m honored to be alive just to know that this exists. Once again kutos to you, the band that recorded this, and everybody who made this happen. This is truly magical. Thank you.

god, mitzis voice will never cease to make me smile

It's pretty cool how the Rockafire Explosion can now be operated through digital computer files that function the same way as the old physical showtapes. Amazing how the band has adapted pretty well to modern technology, and those animatronics still hold up very well.

I watched the carpetbagger's video from a while ago where he went to the some building that was advertising that they had the rockafire explosion, but the animatronics were in terrible shape. You could hear the air leaking constantly, and I felt to bad that I couldn't enjoy the show due to their state. But after discovering your channel, it's so lovely to see them so well taken care of! You're truly an amazing person to have built these yourself!

Disney needs to pick up the show, open a Showbiz at Disneyland! I would make the trip just for that! People would love it!

Wow, i never realized how much cool stuff you have actually done you created the rockafire, built that cool email machine (that I can't remember the name of), made whack a mole, met cool people and you still have whats left of creative engineering and this fan base. Not to mention the countless people your work has made happy.

This is magic. I might only be a "kid" (I prefer pre-teen but if you knew my age you'd call me a kid) but I love The Beatles just as much as any adult. I was doing research on Rock a fire explosion, and found this :3 this made me happy.

This is my favorite show tape. I'm so glad I saw it in real life.

You were lucky to have met Michael! The dude's a legend.

I love The Beatles you did a great job. I like the ones you did in the 80s. I wasn't born in the 80s but my parents went when they were kids they said it was the best place ever when I was born though Chuck e cheese was at the place my parents went to it makes me sad i didn't get to see showbiz but I watch your old videos thank you

Wow. We used to take our kids to Chuck E Cheese like 25-30 years ago when this program was played. Never thought I'd see it again. Coincidentally, my daughter, who was a youngster when we saw this, is now a designer for one of the top animatronics companies in the USA.

I love this showtape! Billy Bob's voice is beautiful.

One of my favorite parts that is under appreciated Is beach bear and billy Bob's guitar duel at 12:15

The musicianship behind this is incredible.

Thank you for this great footage Aaron!

This is so calming and legit helped me get through an anxiety attack just now 💞

You know when Shobiz was open I loved to go and get some of that good pizza and play some ski ball. When I saw the band then I just never realized the full range of motions with the eyes and everything. I would swear they were alive just watching it all. Truly amazing work. I just wish Showbiz was still around so I could do it all again. Those were the best of times!!! It saddens me to think of what we've lost.

Billy bob is having an attack at the beginnig! Somebody Help Him >:v! (*-HUMOR-*)

October 1982 my parents and cousin went Showbiz and my dad asked if he could record in the store and they agreed. He caught the mid to end of Lousianna and then continued to the Elvis medley. I was 2.

Back again to spill my guts about this. I’ve been having a really tough time with some stuff in my life so let me tell ya, when I say this is the first KZfaq video that’s made me cry I mean it made me CRY. I don’t know if it was your singing Aaron or the looks and movements of all the characters, or the small details like Fatz messing up near the end, but something about this just screams to you the amount of effort and soul you and whoever made this happen put into it. It made my day 100 times better and I can’t stress enough how thankful and greatful i am of you and the rockafire explosion. Amazing, absolutely perfect. One more thing, tell Billy Bob I said hi please?

That description, Michael Jackson didn’t know who the Beatles were, sad

Mitzi voice was so cute ^•^

"All good children gone to heaven" This is eerily meta with the proper context lol.

I LOVE EARLS PERFORMENCE IN THIS

I really appreciate all the hard work and energy you put toward making videos for us the fans.Thank you so much!!!!

Mitzi’s voice in sun king was gave me goosebumps

Why must they be so adorable?

Every state should have a show to see. It makes me happy our kids are discovering this. Also Dook and Mitzi for the win….billy bob is a close second

i watch this tape nearly daily, its so incredible. would love to see it re-recorded in 2021 with the 4k cameras and HQ audio x

Huge Beatle fan, and also a fan of RAE and when I saw this it just made my heart happy. Like literally, two of my favorite things combined!

Incredible covers, incredible programming, incredible everything as always. I wish I could have seen these guys when Showbiz still existed in Panama City, and I especially wish I lived closer to Orlando for the chance of seeing them in person! Maybe one day.

I never saw the RAE as a kid but there’s something that feels so nostalgic about this that gives me a warm feeling inside

Thanks so much for creating this, a trip back in time. Felt like a kid again!

I have rewatched this video so many times I love it so much. This video gives me so much happy chemical

Beautiful video Aaron! Absolutely amazing!

Again another amazing video. I am so much in love with this band. I am hoping to save money so I can get the dolls. Its has been a dream of mine but every time I turn around I have to pay for other bills and poof money gone and no dolls. But at least I can see them on hear and that is just as good ok it way better. I love how well you record them and I still am amazed on how they move and everything. I also love that spider holding the slice of B-day cake. He is adorable and the frog that sits on the surf board is adorable also. Frogs are my thing I have a lot of them tattooed. I am also sad when I see TheRockafire play case I never got a chance when I was a kid to see them. I was born in the 80's and I missed out case well very poor family. So it puts such a pain in my heart that I missed out of getting anything with the band on it. They will have a special place in my heart until the day I pass away and even then when I am in heaven they will still hold a special place. Its hard to explain how I feel about them. Its like they were the big thing then. And to have been able to see them up close must have been awesome. They are still #1 in my book. And I keep wishing for them to make a come back so that way I can just go to Bangor ME and see them. You are all amazing to have come up with them and to make them move and everything it still is amazing to me. And I want to say thank you. Keep up the great work and keep them amazing videos coming. You Rock and I am so grateful to have gotten to know the story of the band :). God bless you and your family.

Great video, Aaron! One of my favorites!

Amazing. I grew up in the 1980's and had plenty of Birthdays at Showbiz. Brilliant.

Mitzi's first song in 1982

it'd be awesome to see them perform side one too! love these animatronics

Amazing! This is by far the best cover of Abbey Road Medley 😯👍👍👍

This video makes me so happy. I love the Beatles, and these guys sound amazing!

This is neat! A lot better than Munch’s Make Believe Band. For many years, I never knew that Rock Afire Explosion even existed. If I could do it and had the funds in which to do so, I would buy a Chuck E. Cheese franchise, let the contract run out and turn it into new incarnation of Showbiz Pizza. I would love to have one of these shows placed on the stage.

I want to come see this in person!

Aaron man. Your legacy will live on. Even if it’s iterative. I had never heard of Rockafire Explosion but during the early 2010s I discovered an indie horror game franchise based around showbiz pizza. I was enthralled at the idea of a different franchise than CEC, which I always found underwhelming and honestly uncanny. I’m from WV so I had the chance to see your work in person at Billybobs Wonderland and that’s when I fell in love with Rockafire Explosion. Not as something to be feared but as something beautiful to be admired. Ever since then I’ve been absolutely enamored by the band and the history of Creative Engineering. I no longer live in WV but I plan to visit your band once more in October of this year. Even though it’s only tangentially related it makes me happy that todays younger generation is being exposed to Rockafire Explosion through the FNAF franchise. You truly have touched the hearts of millions throughout the years and my heart goes out to you

Billy Bob and Looney Bird must've been the inspiration behind Banjo Kazooie

Greatest animatronic show since the carousel of progress( a disney park attraction which has more performances than any other stage show)

Of one, if not the BEST Rockafire showtapes.

That was amazing and beautiful. 💖💖 The Rockafire explosion sure can rock. Whoo hoo!

This is cool that still have these

Man, this is by far my favorite Rock-afire show. I love it so much. Funnily enough, it's what made me buy my first ever album (Abbey Road, naturally), and actually get into The Beatles. Of course, I had always known of them. Who hasn't? I guess it just took something else I already loved to get me to finally check 'em out. I may not have been around yet to see these guys in their heyday, but I'll still enjoy the show, and they'll always have a special place in my heart. Thank you.

so amazing, aaron

YES! I LOVE THE BEATLES!!!

1:52 HIT THAT NOTE BILLY BOB!!👏😅

The Rock-afire Explosion is amazing! Thanks for sharing this video!😄😄😄😄🙌🙌🙌🙌

that little "oops" when fatz hits the wrong key in the end was so unnecessary but made it so much better. i love little details like that

Favorite songs and album Abbey road by The Beatles being covered by the Rockafire Explosion.😊

This is the best video on KZfaq!!!!!!!!!! I love Rockafire Explosion thank you so much for upload!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beautiful! All of the animation is stunning!

I love the rock a fire explosion

THIS IS SO -GOOD- AMAZING FOR 1982

I love the Rock-afire Explosion

One of my favourite Rockafire shows its such a good tribute to the beatles and the programming is amazing

I've known the rock afire explosion for around since I was four and I still love them Adam will you send me a Billy Bob mask

Animatronics here: literately playing music Animatronics at CEC: look around and stare and blink

I'm brand spanking new to this party (other than a life-changing experience about 30 years ago, watching the Abbey Road show at Chuck. I STILL get goosebumps). If my perception is correct, that the crowd here is intimately acquainted with Chuck, Showbiz, CEC, etc., then some of you may want to venture over to YT channel "Company Man" who just did a feature on Chuck, and strongly references Brock and Showbiz. BTW it's a very engrossing channel to me (every one of his uploads) and is followed by adoring fanatics, as I suspect one or two of you might be with this channel.

Man this is such a neat video. i am utterly in awe at the Rock-adfire. feel kinda robbed to be born too late to see the coolest animatronic band ever

This is incredible. My mind is blown. Amazing work.

It's great to see these characters Performing again!

God Bless You and the Stellar Work That You Do

So well cared for good job Aaron.

I've never clicked on a video so fast.

Huh, I didn't get an email about this one, just kinda popped up out of the blue. But hey its good to see the show isn't having flickering issues anymore!

I have to say this is my favorite show out of them all it will always remind me of the day I took the tour at CEI

You are the best Aaron!

Also the first show with Rick Bailey the current beach bear voice and the last show with Aaron as Beach Bear

I really like the golden slumber song from the Abbey road album and the thumbnail

Hey Aaron! I recently saw online a video of an animatronic you designed for a mans carnival ride. It had a mummy/zombie-like head, a white robe, light up eyes, and lifted its head off its body. Can you give me information on it/the animatronics of the character, if you have any? Thank you.

Let’s do some Electric Light Orchestra while Jeff Lynne is still with us!

YES!! I love this album!

I'm so happy to see this on YT because I was born in 2012

this is my favorite show tape

Doesn't get much better than this! Just need to order a pizza and watch :)

Hey Aaron, could you upload more videos like this, and some pieces of the premium videos? And leave everything else to the premium subscription channel?

I love this!

Its been so long and i still can't stop watching this. q

shalisa Did a Super Job on this.. Who did singing part of the Moon?

My favorite Rock-Afire show.

I freaking love this show. 😀 Beach Bear and Rolfe and Mitzi are my faves

One of my favorites!!

I wonder if Arron would ever start selling this show again Maybe make new show tapes because the world of animatronics are basically shot besides Disney now It could work in bars or something like that, adults will appreciate it more with the classic music as well as the smarter comedy, sure most of the shows work for family’s but it seems now a days kids content is getting more babyish