The Rise & Fall of Showbiz Pizza Place & Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Time Theatre

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  • Опубліковано 20 чер 2021
  • Explore the history, origins and ultimate downfall of Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Time Theatre & Showbiz Pizza Place: The Animatronic Pizza Parlor Icons of the 80's & 90's.
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    I want to give a very special thanks to ShowbizPizza.com, as although no one from the website was involved in the making of this episode, it was a fantastic source for information, articles, newsletters & footage. The proper copyright holders are listed below, but the vast majority of the materials used in the video come from ShowbizPizza.com. Please check them out & show them your support!
    ShowbizPizza.com
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    Also, make sure to check out their Video Archive & UA-cam Page where many of the clips in this episode are sourced:
    www.showbizpizza.com/videos/a...
    Finally, here is a link to their ‘University Page’, where many of the documents relating to both Chuck E. Cheese & Showbiz Pizza Place were sourced:
    www.showbizpizza.com/info/ind...
    / @showbizpizza
    All Chuck E. Cheese and/or Showbiz Pizza Place footage, images & documents are the copyright of CEC Entertainment Holdings, LLC.
    Primary Sources:
    Rock-afire Explosion Documentary - Window Pictures, LLC.
    ShowbizPizza.com
    / @showbizpizza
    / @showbizpizza
    engineeringcreative.com
    INFORMATION SOURCES:
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    watch/?v=101...
    www.showbizpizza.com/ptp/chara...
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    showbizpizza.fandom.com/wiki/...
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    ONLINE VIDEO/IMAGE SOURCES (The rest are continued within the pinned description, non-internet links are listed in the episode’s end credits):
    Rainforest Cafe footage - • Rainforest Cafe Dubai
    T-Rex Cafe footage - Golden Gia - • Disney Springs/ Downto... , • T Rex Tropical Cafe
    Syzygy Card - TheDotEaters.com
    Reese’s Commercial - Kevin Noonan - • Hey You Got Peanut But...
    Video Fever - ABC - Steven Hertz - • VIDEO FEVER - Games Pe...
    Shakey’s Pizza Commercial - OsbornTramain - • Shakey's Pizza Commerc...
    Organ Power Pizza - Auto-Generated - • Video
    Country Bear Jamboree promo - RetroWDW.com, Disney
    U.S. Census Bureau - • 1980 Census of Populat...
    Fawlty Towers - BBC Comedy Greats - • Video
    ShowbizPizza.com
    Real People PTT 1979 Footage - CEC Nevada - Telepictures Corporation / SFM Entertainment - • Pizza Time Theatre 197...
    Four Corners: New Eatery - ShowbizPizza.com - ABC - www.dailymotion.com/video/x7i...
    PTT Corporate Promo - ShowbizPizza.com - www.dailymotion.com/video/x7t...
    PM Magazine 1982 - ShowbizPizza.com - www.dailymotion.com/video/x7t...
    WBZ-TV Evening Magazine - www.dailymotion.com/video/x7t...
    Robert Brock Interview - NBC - sptproductions - • 1985 Robert Brock Inte...
    www.showbizpizza.com/videos/a...
    Creative Engineering Animatronics: Willie Segment - ShowbizPizza.com - • Creative Engineering E...
    CEI Eearly News Story - spcom (showbizpizza.com) - • CEI Early News Story
    Hard Luck Bears Footage - Creative Engineering - showbizpizza YT - • Hard Luck Bears (Rock-...
    People Are Talking - CBS Television Stations - ShowbizPizza.com - www.dailymotion.com/video/x7t...
    Wolfpack 5 Presentation at IAAPA - Creative Engineering - www.showbizpizza.com/videos/a...
    United Airlines ad - - United Airlines Holdings - ArchiveAnnex - • United Airlines Ad Cam...
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 7 тис.

  • @YesterworldEntertainment
    @YesterworldEntertainment  2 роки тому +1439

    Video Credit list Continued:
    Pizza Time Theatre Rare 1980 Footage - CEC Nevada - ua-cam.com/video/JSZ6SJDCuvc/v-deo.html
    Showbiz Pizza Place Commercials 1 - sptweb - ua-cam.com/video/wR7bKjo1dSY/v-deo.html
    Showbiz Pizza Place Commercials 2 - A is for Awesome! - ua-cam.com/video/FqQPZvPYdoY/v-deo.html
    Showbiz Pizza Place Original Wolfpack 5 - www.showbizpizza.com/videos/archive.html
    Showbiz Pizza Place Franchise Promo - www.showbizpizza.com/info/promo/spp/spp_80franchise-wp5.pdf
    www.showbizpizza.com/info/promo/spp/spp_81franchise.pdf
    Showbiz Pizza / Creative Engineering 1981 Altamonte Springs FL News Package - showbizpizzacom - ua-cam.com/video/tLuivRedaDU/v-deo.html
    Rock-afire Beatles Medley footage. - www.showbizpizza.com/videos/archive.html
    Showbiz Pizza Place Commercial 1983 - pizzaguy2002 - ua-cam.com/video/jiN0pYSIeOU/v-deo.html
    Brock Hotel Corporation 1981 Annual Report - www.showbizpizza.com/info/documents/spp/spp_bhc1981annualreport.pdf
    Creative Engineering ‘On The Go’ - www.showbizpizza.com/videos/archive.html
    Showbiz Pizza Place ‘Uncle Klunk’ BTS & Promo - ShowbizPizza.com
    2nd Generation Mitzi footage - Creative Engineering - sptweb - ua-cam.com/video/vkgivnsr9FU/v-deo.html
    2nd Generation Duke footage - Creative Engineering - rockafiremmbb - ua-cam.com/video/hyfGUgWYGs4/v-deo.html
    Pizza Time Theatre 1981 Annual Report - www.showbizpizza.com/info/documents/ptt/ptt_annualreport1981.pdf
    Chuck E. Cheese 1991 Demo - CEC Entertainment - pizzacam - ua-cam.com/video/vHTZ9FV-070/v-deo.html
    Chuck E. Cheese Foothill College Electronics Museum - Thirty Six Extra - beachbear2002 - ua-cam.com/video/JhSTHp46sEo/v-deo.html
    1988 Showbiz Pizza, San Antonio Texas - pizzacam - ua-cam.com/video/aw33-ljguJI/v-deo.html
    Pizza Time Theatre Beagles & Beach Bozers footage - ShowbizPizza.com / Video Archive
    Michael Jackson ‘The King’ footage - Jonathan Sullivan - ua-cam.com/video/B13p11BCe6I/v-deo.html
    Cheese E. Street concept - Games Examiner - www.showbizpizza.com/info/documents/ptt/ptt_gamesexaminer-street.pdf
    Chuck E. Cheese 1989 Store Tour - Shiny Happy Jenn - ua-cam.com/video/XuxfdDaOkSs/v-deo.html
    Chuck E. Cheese Live Show Training 1989 - Pizzacam3 - ua-cam.com/video/Qay4Q2qBy_8/v-deo.html
    1982 Showbiz Pizza Place Store Tour - iKnuckles Multimedia - ua-cam.com/video/HEb4YQbBnyg/v-deo.html
    1978 Pizza Planet Commercial - Auto-Generated - ua-cam.com/video/KZKbQrOMdAc/v-deo.html
    Gadgets Restaurant Promo - WPIX Archives - facebook.com/wpixarchives/videos/1878180612426435
    The Magic Pizza - Artwork by Grady Lyda - alifedigitized.blogspot.com/2014/11/wizards-pizzas-02.html
    The Country Critters - CavitySam - ua-cam.com/video/s3fw3iYJ_TY/v-deo.html
    The Pizza Planet 1984 - RetroJunk/Retrontario - ua-cam.com/video/AljsZSY2sPw/v-deo.html
    Celebration Station - Brian Morrison - ua-cam.com/video/WmriuXK4R80/v-deo.html
    Dimes n’ Critters Pizza commercial - Beta MAX - ua-cam.com/video/Ja3EXIaxOoY/v-deo.html
    Chuck E Cheese Commercial 1 - Blockbuster Video - ua-cam.com/video/sNVl2wSGxb0/v-deo.html
    1980’s Pizza Time Theatre Commercials - CEC Entertainment - Freddy Trap - ua-cam.com/video/XW2G3oGS9YU/v-deo.html
    Pizza Time Theatre Annual 1982 Report - www.showbizpizza.com/info/documents/ptt/ptt_annualreport1982.pdf
    Nintendo’s Revival of the Video Game Industry, December 1988 - PBS - Saving The Video Game - ua-cam.com/video/59JesM8mIFQ/v-deo.html
    Video Game History: 1982 High Tech Rec Local News - NBC - duncanfbrown - ua-cam.com/video/7JJywbVZvCI/v-deo.html
    Busnnell Snakepit 1984 - TheDotEaters.com
    Showbiz Pizza Place Classic Television Advertisements - sptweb - ua-cam.com/video/wR7bKjo1dSY/v-deo.html
    Creative Engineering 90’s promo - Creative Engineering - ShowbizPizza.com / Video Archive
    Creative Engineering Inc. 1983 Promo - www.showbizpizza.com/info/promo/cei/cei_1983promo.pdf
    Showbiz Pizza Place ‘Ultimate Pizza’ - tvmattkc - ua-cam.com/video/lOOM73cvYMU/v-deo.html
    Showbiz Pizza Place ‘Fancy Parties’ - ShowbizPizza.com - ua-cam.com/video/J2kIpXH-nKU/v-deo.html
    Showbiz Pizza Place ‘Couch Kids’ - ShowbizPizza.com - ua-cam.com/video/zFdUXHvSYxE/v-deo.html
    Chuck E. Cheese’s Commercial 1984 - MrClassicAds1980s - ua-cam.com/video/opAko9r-gKQ/v-deo.html
    Creative Engineering 1987 Promo - Creative Engineering Inc. - www.showbizpizza.com/info/promo/cei/cei_87promo.pdf
    Creative Engineering ‘Moon Rockers’ - facebook.com/showbizpizzacom/posts/10162350046460554
    Showbiz/Chuck E. Cheese Attraction Development Program - www.showbizpizza.com/info/documents/spt/spt_adp-binder.pdf
    1985 Chuck E. Cheese commercial - The Media Hoarder - ua-cam.com/video/UMz7FSoDCo8/v-deo.html
    Hot Fudge & Family Album photos - ShowbizPizza.com
    Chuck E. Cheese’s University Training 1991 - CEC Entertainment - Munch’s Make Believe Band Archive Archive - ua-cam.com/video/-P03NNGAJ0U/v-deo.html
    CEC 1988 Grammy Show-Rocker Stage - pizzacam - ua-cam.com/video/Dkp88FHztlk/v-deo.html
    CEC Live ’90 Demo - pizzacam - ua-cam.com/video/-HdrkFhaHqc/v-deo.html
    Showbiz Pizza 1988 Commercial - ua-cam.com/video/Lk4EoCkE2Q4/v-deo.html
    Showbiz Pizza ‘Birthday Party’ Commercial - Memory Museum - ua-cam.com/video/sSspI_Nyvh4/v-deo.html
    Concept Unification FULL TAPE - CEC Connecticut - ua-cam.com/video/cDNANr64h2c/v-deo.html
    SPP Concept Unification Premiere Demo - Pizzacam3 - ua-cam.com/video/WgHL-OZ8ybY/v-deo.html
    1994 Chuck E. Cheese commercial - augusttv123 - ua-cam.com/video/285AT-MrR54/v-deo.html
    1996 CEC commercials - Toshi Hirosawa - ua-cam.com/video/dUZuddwQ5wk/v-deo.html
    90s-2000’s CEC commercials - Musical Nostalgia Cat - ua-cam.com/video/Gy4Act8QtbI/v-deo.html
    CEC show January 1991 - pizzacam - ua-cam.com/video/rGQVd3uHgCE/v-deo.html
    Studio C - First Day Cast Member Intro - CEC Entertainment - pizzacam - ua-cam.com/video/D2BmydHXpRk/v-deo.html
    Share The Joy - Showbiz Midwest - ua-cam.com/video/Ym7iIbUhCRc/v-deo.html&t
    Chuck E Cheese show 2018 - CEC Hayward - ua-cam.com/video/kmTIZtzi7ZA/v-deo.html&t
    Chuck E Cheese show - Sonicfan ’91 - ua-cam.com/video/etIBoHOdCuY/v-deo.html&t
    Chuck E Cheese ‘Follow Me To Fun’ - CEC Entertainment - Chuck E. Perfect! - ua-cam.com/video/ryZVa642LrE/v-deo.html&t
    Chuck E. Cheese Re-Opening - KOAA 5 - NBC - ua-cam.com/video/3TgzzhdgSzc/v-deo.html
    Creative Engineering 1992 Promo - Creative Engineering - ShowbizPizza.com
    Creative Engineering 1983 News Story - Creative Engineering - ShowbizPizza.com
    Aaron Fechters Anti Gravity Freedom Machine 1996 - therockafire - Creative Engineering - ua-cam.com/video/ABhW-as4o30/v-deo.html
    AOL Commercial - mycommercials - ua-cam.com/video/1npzZu83AfU/v-deo.html&t
    Early 1990’s Internet Commercial - Green Tea Break - ua-cam.com/video/s1_yx_Eg9v4/v-deo.html
    Creative Engineering Promo (1994) - Copperhead - ua-cam.com/video/Qj8y27-xXNk/v-deo.html&t
    Duke 2.0 News Segment - Charter Communications - www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/entertainment/2020/05/25/animatronic-from-cult-fave-showbiz-pizza-palace-gets-upgrade-
    The Art of Video Games: Interview with Nolan Bushnell - Smithsonian American Art Museum - ua-cam.com/video/L7XZhwKTqjo/v-deo.html
    Cee Lo Green ft. The Rock-afire Explosion - therockafire - ua-cam.com/video/b-yLxKsPdV8/v-deo.html
    WARNING: SCARIEST GAME IN YEARS | Five Nights at Freddy's - Part 1 - Markiplier - ua-cam.com/video/iOztnsBPrAA/v-deo.html

    • @Cooe.
      @Cooe. 2 роки тому +34

      1:02 ... Uhh, that's not the University of Utah (aka in downtown Salt Lake City), but rather the totally unrelated & Bushnell unaffiliated Utah State University in the small farming city of Logan a few hours north of SLC near the Idaho border.

    • @YesterworldEntertainment
      @YesterworldEntertainment  2 роки тому +47

      @@Cooe. Whoops, must have mixed up the two

    • @Bloodyspoons
      @Bloodyspoons 2 роки тому +13

      @@Cooe. I went to the comments to see if anyone else noticed!

    • @ryanmontville
      @ryanmontville 2 роки тому +35

      There's 2 of you talking over each other at 30:37

    • @ggamemaster1689
      @ggamemaster1689 2 роки тому +3

      Hey Yesterworld Entertainment, I did a video about Chuck E Cheese and touched on about this subject about the evolution of chuck e cheese. Are you going to check it out? My channel is ggamemaster16.

  • @ollielong630
    @ollielong630 2 роки тому +5060

    "Poor conditions inside the tunnels" is one of the most hilariously terrifying things I've heard in a while. Its like a corporate way of saying kids bones in the mazes or something.

    • @otaking3582
      @otaking3582 2 роки тому +242

      I've heard that some of the kids developed cheese lung, others were trapped after cave-ins, and no one knows what happened to Timothy after his two friends were rescued.

    • @itssoulfr836
      @itssoulfr836 2 роки тому +52

      @@otaking3582 ew ive never heard of cheesenlung nefore

    • @otaking3582
      @otaking3582 2 роки тому +149

      @@itssoulfr836 Obviously it's where you inhale too much cheese dust.

    • @jimmyrustler9980
      @jimmyrustler9980 2 роки тому +115

      It was probably some kid took a dump or left moldy pizza in there and another kid ate it.

    • @mattjohnson7198
      @mattjohnson7198 2 роки тому +168

      @@jimmyrustler9980 Totally. "Poor conditions" was corporate speak for kids pissing and pooping in the tunnels.

  • @TheMaddness22
    @TheMaddness22 2 роки тому +5596

    Can confirm: getting lost in the Chuck E. Cheese jungle gym as a child is truly traumatizing 😭

    • @claireeebee
      @claireeebee 2 роки тому +271

      I'm glad you made it out 😅 I got lost in a Discovery Zone maze and I'm still traumatized! I made the workers come get me as I sat there and cried 🤣

    • @TheMaddness22
      @TheMaddness22 2 роки тому +237

      @@claireeebee My poor parents had to ask a random older kid in the jungle gym to help me find the slide 😅 I remember that older kid was super nice tho so that worked out lol. Def avoided that jungle gym for a lonnnnnnng time.

    • @claireeebee
      @claireeebee 2 роки тому +60

      @@TheMaddness22 Aww! Haha! I'm glad that kid helped you!

    • @majamystic256
      @majamystic256 2 роки тому +87

      someone needs to make a video game that is about getting lost in a infinite resturant play place

    • @claireeebee
      @claireeebee 2 роки тому +15

      @@majamystic256 They should! Haha!

  • @V0ID_X5
    @V0ID_X5 2 роки тому +820

    “Don’t worry, Dolly Dimple and her bouncy bosom was left in a few restaurants. Which no doubt, led to some poor child to grow up with a strange and unexplainable hippo fetish”
    One of the funniest thing’s I’ve heard in awhile!

    • @sollato0293
      @sollato0293 2 роки тому +28

      And I’m pretty sure Peter Jackson was one of those kids XD

    • @otaking3582
      @otaking3582 2 роки тому +9

      @@sollato0293 I see that you're a person of culture, as well

    • @juliagoodwin9510
      @juliagoodwin9510 Рік тому +10

      @@sollato0293 Hey, I understood that reference!
      ...and God, I wish I didn't...

    • @alt0248
      @alt0248 Рік тому +7

      @@sollato0293 that is such a weird film poster.... I don't know if I should watch it.

    • @otaking3582
      @otaking3582 Рік тому +6

      @@alt0248 It's definitely not a film for everyone, but it has its charm.

  • @CatTheKitten
    @CatTheKitten 2 роки тому +76

    The knowledge bombs that this guy was born in my hometown, went to a local school, worked at Lagoon, and founded Atari and Chuck-E-Cheese blew me off my feet

  • @Paige-kr7zv
    @Paige-kr7zv 2 роки тому +9898

    *the animatronics do tend to get a bit “quirky” at night*

    • @spade9703
      @spade9703 2 роки тому +481

      But do I blame them? No...

    • @Adolf_rizzler1
      @Adolf_rizzler1 2 роки тому +147

      Oh no.

    • @p1nkf4iry23
      @p1nkf4iry23 2 роки тому +648

      If I were force to sing...those same stupid songs for twenty years and I never got a bath? I'd probably be a bit irritable at night too.

    • @alycat8953
      @alycat8953 2 роки тому +368

      So remember: these characters hold a special place in the hearts of children.

    • @demodragon6426
      @demodragon6426 2 роки тому +268

      You need to show them a little respect. Right? Ok.

  • @_marshP
    @_marshP 2 роки тому +4672

    Ironically, Freddy Fazbear's Pizza has less unsettling animatronics than ACTUAL animatronic pizza places in real life

    • @Gungelion
      @Gungelion 2 роки тому +296

      Yeah, just ask everybody who makes Roxanne Wolf
      Fanart LOL.

    • @Cr4z3d
      @Cr4z3d 2 роки тому +36

      @@Gungelion XD

    • @1284productions
      @1284productions 2 роки тому +27

      Honestly

    • @GI1Tch1
      @GI1Tch1 2 роки тому +96

      Then again, the original places (fnaf 1 2 and sl, fredbears too) are wayy ahead of their time, the new pirate cove pre show vhs tape to show what they would probably look like.

    • @jdprofanitybatman5212
      @jdprofanitybatman5212 2 роки тому +7

      Feddy

  • @superunknown831
    @superunknown831 2 роки тому +123

    My first job ever was being a gameroom attendant at Chuck E. Cheese in the early 2000’s. While looking through piles and piles of tokens, it was always really cool and pretty rare to find an old school Chuck e cheese token where he’s wearing his old attire. A few times I even found really old showbiz pizza tokens! I still have them in a jar at home. Great video! Thanks for the memories.

  • @rodmunch69
    @rodmunch69 11 місяців тому +29

    As a kid, walking into our local Showbiz Pizza and seeing Dragon's Lair for the first time... I still remember it clearly. Showbiz was such a vastly superior place over the trashy Chucky Cheese that has plagued America. Showbiz was a lot bigger, had a lot more stuff and newer games at the time, and was just a few levels up on the quality meter, and that covers everything from food to just being cleaner. I recall Showbiz being quite lit up and bright, but again in a clean way, where as Chucky Cheese just always felt like a mold infested dump.

  • @sliceoflife8107
    @sliceoflife8107 2 роки тому +2370

    Guy- *makes an incredible video game ahead of its time
    The public- ThAtS tOo CoMpLiCaTeD
    Guy- *puts out a video game that is literally two lines and a ball

    • @orangeismyfavoritecolor
      @orangeismyfavoritecolor 2 роки тому +150

      Oh boy, their heads would explode if they ever saw modern video games hahah

    • @schawangus
      @schawangus 2 роки тому +17

      Yeah, if anything he made it even more complicated
      (This is a joke btw)

    • @FaultyMega
      @FaultyMega 2 роки тому +32

      @@orangeismyfavoritecolor just show them hollow knight and dark souls and they would go ballistic lol

    • @isuckatgaming3527
      @isuckatgaming3527 2 роки тому +9

      @@FaultyMega Don't forget to give them a little touhou

    • @madelinebitts2766
      @madelinebitts2766 2 роки тому +5

      It absolutely wasn't ahead of its time. It was pretty *of its time*.

  • @the_free_timer5011
    @the_free_timer5011 2 роки тому +9417

    *"You're laughing. A man dressed in purple committed a series of murders and hid the bodies in animatronic suits, and you're laughing?"*

    • @kyomdrift4319
      @kyomdrift4319 2 роки тому +799

      Fredd E. Fazbears

    • @ellisvives
      @ellisvives 2 роки тому +464

      Haha man behind slaughter go stabby stab

    • @chriskandfaragaming1592
      @chriskandfaragaming1592 2 роки тому +347

      I'm only laughing because I looked so good in purple

    • @ToppetREAL
      @ToppetREAL 2 роки тому +73

      Yes I am.

    • @mareeeedensos6348
      @mareeeedensos6348 2 роки тому +232

      Mr. Munch is purple...
      *(I shouldn't have said that. I seriously shouldn't have said that.)*

  • @PixyThePanda
    @PixyThePanda 2 роки тому +72

    It's really surreal to look back upon the history of this franchise and how it rised, fell, and well, went in all kinds of directions, and eventually led up to what it created in modern times. It inspired a few creepy rumors here and there, and most impactfully, ended up causing inspiration for video game history's massive impact of a horror franchise, FNAF.

  • @EggmanlandResident
    @EggmanlandResident 2 роки тому +102

    I know others have mentioned it, but I'm surprised at how much the Walten Files drew inspiration from this real life pizzeria war. It was a good choice to use that as a base.

    • @themechbuilder6171
      @themechbuilder6171 10 місяців тому +2

      first time hearing of this "walten files" fnaf rip off

    • @ineedcheesebuticantchoosewhich
      @ineedcheesebuticantchoosewhich 9 місяців тому +6

      @@themechbuilder6171 bruh, it's not a ripoff. it's just another animatronics horror based thing, and its objectively better then fnaf.

  • @Durwood71
    @Durwood71 2 роки тому +5648

    I always found the animatronic characters at these restaurants somewhat unsettling. I remember as a kid peeking behind the curtain between shows, and seeing the lifeless character just standing there, unaware of my presence, was rather creepy, although I suppose it would have been even more creepy if it _was_ aware of my presence!

    • @sarafontanini7051
      @sarafontanini7051 2 роки тому +336

      nothinga controlled shock can't fix!

    • @deannaparr9448
      @deannaparr9448 2 роки тому +39

      @@sarafontanini7051 YES

    • @bigfootwithinternetconnect2330
      @bigfootwithinternetconnect2330 2 роки тому +159

      Then can get quite "quirky" at night some times if you will

    • @foxboiunknown320
      @foxboiunknown320 2 роки тому +105

      Run up and hug it if you ever get the chance in the future, trust me
      *message sponsored by fazbear entertainment*

    • @KEESWAY
      @KEESWAY 2 роки тому +17

      Yeah, I did that once as a kid. It was so scary. 😓

  • @leightonpetty4817
    @leightonpetty4817 2 роки тому +1023

    Hearing “ShowBiz Pizza: Where a Kid can Be a Kid!” makes me feel like I stumbled into an alternate dimension

    • @Cinnaschticks
      @Cinnaschticks 2 роки тому +15

      Agreed.

    • @atray6579
      @atray6579 2 роки тому +23

      Feels like a very good made ARG

    • @Dead_by_Design
      @Dead_by_Design 2 роки тому +25

      It’s like the Mandela effect

    • @poptasticanimation55
      @poptasticanimation55 2 роки тому +7

      I don't know how many times I've heard that as a kid. I heard in the voice reading your sentence

    • @undergoji6087
      @undergoji6087 2 роки тому +5

      as caddicarus once said: What kind of wet and soggy dimension did I slip into here?

  • @artemismoon7655
    @artemismoon7655 Рік тому +25

    I grew up with a showbiz pizza and had no idea Chuck E Cheese actually came first. When they rebranded when I was around ten years old, I thought he was a new character and someone’s really bad decision because I loved the showbiz characters and was upset they were gone. It is so nostalgic to see them again.

  • @austinblack7741
    @austinblack7741 2 роки тому +43

    For anyone still freaked out by mazes: Most mazes can be solved by simply following the right hand facing wall. Wasn't a pizza place but I remember being stuck in a MIRROR MAZE when I was a littlun' and that sucked.

  • @evahanson4090
    @evahanson4090 2 роки тому +3296

    I remember Chuck e cheese had a crawl space that went under the stage, that was kind of like a mini maze. There were flashing strobes and black lights. I'd turn a corner and inevitably run into another started kid. Very strange.

    • @RCGshakenbake
      @RCGshakenbake 2 роки тому +601

      At least it wasn't a finished kid.

    • @Loe7
      @Loe7 2 роки тому +234

      @@RCGshakenbake fuck, that’s funny.

    • @sophia-by8jb
      @sophia-by8jb 2 роки тому +117

      thats nightmare fuel

    • @Ultamami
      @Ultamami 2 роки тому +111

      The cheese holes. Said space was no "maze", just a small "cubby" kind of space

    • @evahanson4090
      @evahanson4090 2 роки тому +294

      I remember crawling in the dark where the black lights and strobes didn't reach till I'd hit a dead end...or sometimes a terrified toddler. So yeah, to me it was a maze and it was designed for kids to get lost in, but I used it to escape and hide. Maybe your chuck e. cheese was less sinister.This waa around 1982 in San Diego. It was the era of the latch key kid and half assed parental supervision . It seemed like every kid at my school had to have their birthday party there, so i visited the restaurant frequently.. The reason I always hid in the maze was to escape the (I now presume) high school dude walking around in the chuck e. suit. He would start following and pestering the kids when they were playing away from their parents table. I would say he was supposed to be kinda babysitting while the parents chatted and smoked their cigarettes, but he was more like a bully who amused himself by picking on younger kids. Obviously, he never spoke , only gestured nonsense or copied our movements like a shadow. One time he tripped a kid, who fell and was crying. Instead of helping the poor kid back to his table, he did a mock crying tantrum by throwing himself to the ground, rubbing his eyes with his paws and kicking his legs wildly in the air. The parent table did witness what happened. They cheered and laughed their asses off.

  • @JWP-56
    @JWP-56 2 роки тому +1926

    “Which no doubt lead to some poor child to grow up with a strange and unexplainable hippo fetish”
    Hmm rather specific there pal

    • @Salemchevy
      @Salemchevy 2 роки тому +97

      No kidding when he said that I was like 😳

    • @elizabethhuntley6056
      @elizabethhuntley6056 2 роки тому +62

      That is why Dolli Dimples has no chance of seeing the light of the stage EVER again

    • @diskdem0n
      @diskdem0n 2 роки тому +72

      that's kinda...
      *sussy*

    • @elizabethhuntley6056
      @elizabethhuntley6056 2 роки тому +25

      Be gone among us fan!

    • @JWP-56
      @JWP-56 2 роки тому +25

      Not to mention the fact that Billy Bob looks like he would eat your soul in your sleep

  • @raquelrodriguez1635
    @raquelrodriguez1635 2 роки тому +17

    13:28 I love how you included Rich Evans laugh 😂

  • @stevenpaige2005
    @stevenpaige2005 2 роки тому +27

    So many things killed chuck e cheeses the ones in my area closed down due to parents fist fighting, dropping their kids off and ditching them and just being all around dicks in general. I felt sorry for the kids because the adults just couldn't handle being civil around anyone else. One instance was claimed to be due to gang related rivalry. It just kept going downhill fast.

    • @volvoguy804
      @volvoguy804 2 роки тому +1

      Same in my area. I wouldn't go to one unless I was packin.

  • @spencerprevis3184
    @spencerprevis3184 2 роки тому +2797

    Scott cawthon really was inspired not only by the animatronics themselves but also the behind the scenes business rivalry, even down to the two companies going head to head, only with a little child murder to spice things up.

    • @birsthemango1524
      @birsthemango1524 2 роки тому +212

      William Afton went “We do a little child murder”

    • @MothyMilk
      @MothyMilk 2 роки тому +164

      *"with a little child murder to spice things up"*

    • @sweatybeanz808
      @sweatybeanz808 2 роки тому +80

      Everyone gangsta until man behind the slaughter comes

    • @1284productions
      @1284productions 2 роки тому +37

      @@birsthemango1524 he did a little trolling

    • @STRUDELER
      @STRUDELER 2 роки тому +12

      We need a fnaf pizzeria

  • @32080ewilliams
    @32080ewilliams 2 роки тому +2672

    "Bob: you know what would really make the decorating pop?
    Steve: what?
    Bob: confederate flags!"

    • @trillberd
      @trillberd 2 роки тому +527

      OKAY SO I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED LMAO

    • @rutilantracer9116
      @rutilantracer9116 2 роки тому +56

      Damn straight

    • @hotgyal5278
      @hotgyal5278 2 роки тому +443

      Literally seeing chucky cheese next to confederate flags at least 5 times was so off putting

    • @waynehand4600
      @waynehand4600 2 роки тому +17

      Hell yeah

    • @blankpage9277
      @blankpage9277 2 роки тому +124

      They were supposed to be a Southern band. Confederate flags are quite common in the South and have nothing to do with racism or other unscrupulous things, despite what the media would like you to believe. It's just part of Southern culture to have those flags everywhere as somewhere along the way it became shorthand for Southern heritage.

  • @AmaindeJH
    @AmaindeJH 2 роки тому +32

    Omg I KNEW it! There were tunnels! And yes they were scary AF. I remember listening to the sounds of the animatronics through the ceiling and being creeped out wondering where their legs were, and what would happen if someone climbed into some underneath area with all the underparts. So scary!

  • @AliceBowie
    @AliceBowie Рік тому +20

    A friend of mine worked at Chuck e cheese's in highschool. I remember stopping in with a bunch of friends. We sat up close, and hearing the animatronics, which were beat to hell and falling apart, made me laugh harder than I ever had.

  • @pins5831
    @pins5831 2 роки тому +2778

    Since animatronics have gone out of style I really feel like everyone who is known for their animatronics can seriously make their own little scary story about how the animatronics went wild after all these years and can make like a haunted house sort of thing that’d be pretty cool

    • @zacariasvelazquez8400
      @zacariasvelazquez8400 2 роки тому +283

      Esentially just making fnaf in an actraction

    • @BigPapaCJ
      @BigPapaCJ 2 роки тому +163

      Ever heard of FNAF?

    • @ShrimpExpert
      @ShrimpExpert 2 роки тому +279

      that is literally the plot of fnaf 3

    • @TheShape45
      @TheShape45 2 роки тому +96

      When you isnt a fnaf fan and you explain the plot of one of the games

    • @TundieRice
      @TundieRice 2 роки тому +62

      @@ShrimpExpert y’all are getting wooooshed fuckin hard

  • @LynnHermione
    @LynnHermione 2 роки тому +1806

    "Sometimes a man has to steal an animatronic badger to stay in this crazy game called life"- Grunkle Stan

  • @brian_b_music
    @brian_b_music 2 роки тому +18

    I was afraid of these animatronic nightmares when I was a kid. My nightmares after a visit to ShowBiz, were more horrifying than anything Scott Cawthon could have ever come up with!

  • @ninjamasterbuilder8675
    @ninjamasterbuilder8675 Місяць тому +2

    I really do wish that a animatronic museum would be created showing the evolution of animatronic characters, from the simple designs all the way to when the designs got complicated as well as animatronic characters like Chucky and Showbiz

  • @thatluckysnxiper7840
    @thatluckysnxiper7840 2 роки тому +2422

    Ill never understand how kids never found that shit terrorfying

    • @cupid2098
      @cupid2098 2 роки тому +410

      Given how it was a new concept, I think the kids were more curious and amazed.

    • @andre-fx7uq
      @andre-fx7uq 2 роки тому +149

      lmao i had my fnaf phase when i was like 8/9 and chuck e cheese was so creepy to me 😃

    • @chocov1233
      @chocov1233 2 роки тому +72

      I mean, let's just say that I was a little, tiny bit afraid when they wanted me to get close to Chuck E for a picture.

    • @k_dog198
      @k_dog198 2 роки тому +101

      Went to Showbiz as a kid. Every time the curtain opened and the gorilla started singing and playing the keyboard I would scream until the show was over and the curtain closed. I still have vivid memories of that gorilla and very little else so it was traumatic AF.

    • @D0NU75
      @D0NU75 2 роки тому +69

      kids used to be born with a spine, you'd be surprises how much they used to shrug off unsettling stuff

  • @FurryEskimo
    @FurryEskimo 2 роки тому +1722

    “I don’t understand why so many people hate mascots. They seem fine to me..”
    *Watches this video*
    “I now understand..”

  • @dragonrosejen
    @dragonrosejen 2 роки тому +120

    "The Cheese factory... ...inside was basically a funhouse. However, this was a bit of an unintentional nightmare for kids, as many wound up getting lost in the maze, which led to an urban legend of missing children." Wow, I seriously doubt MatPat hasn't seen this, but if he hasn't, someone please let him know... also the pictures of the exoskeletons are JUST as terrifying as I thought they would be in real life and FNAF is WAAAAAAAAY to accurate. We had ShowBiz Pizza in Texas when I was a kid in the early 80's and those animatronics were always unsettling, especially if you peeked behind the curtain in between shows.

  • @effortlessGFX
    @effortlessGFX 2 роки тому +27

    These stories are absolutely fascinating. A combination of nostalgia and business decisions we never knew about as kids.

  • @GojiBoiEarth1964
    @GojiBoiEarth1964 2 роки тому +1701

    Animatronics: *starts losing popularity*
    Fnaf: Got ya fam

    • @animdoodle
      @animdoodle 2 роки тому +3

      @je cardxd same

    • @shurr3996
      @shurr3996 2 роки тому +21

      It’s a robot pizzeria video, what would you expect

    • @NobaraGamezzz
      @NobaraGamezzz 2 роки тому +10

      Fnaf will die soon thanks to Twitter making scott retire.

    • @jaypeterman9721
      @jaypeterman9721 2 роки тому +38

      @@NobaraGamezzz a side step to that: don’t take what people say on Twitter seriously

    • @dragonheart7901
      @dragonheart7901 2 роки тому +29

      @@NobaraGamezzz I second Retro Smith. Have you heard how many times JShlatt get "cancelled"? They can say whatever the fuck they want. Their opinions arent as important as they think they are

  • @saulcontreras313
    @saulcontreras313 2 роки тому +2748

    "A powerful rat named Charles Entertainment Cheese" -that other theme park channel I mix with this one often.

  • @zero_jay149
    @zero_jay149 2 роки тому +10

    I never thought I would actually be proud that Chuck E Cheese's was apart of my childhood I mean I grew up in the 2000's yes but hearing that they may go bankrupt soon im actually happy I got to experience the creepy animatronic's and getting stuck in the jungle gym and the fun arcade and the weirdly sliced pizza.

  • @JYJnKumi
    @JYJnKumi 2 роки тому +9

    We didn't have a Chuck E. Cheese in my small town in WV, but we did have a Show Biz Pizza. I barely remember it, but according to my mom, I was so scared of the animatronics, all animal costumes and puppets freaked me out afterwards, which does explain why I was terrified of movies like The Dark Crystal and anything from Sesame Street and Eureka's Castle up until my late teens.

  • @AmeLilith
    @AmeLilith 2 роки тому +824

    This helped me realize Charles Entertainment Cheese's voice, which as a kid I heard as a bad Sonic impersonation, was meant to sound like a stereotypical gangster all along

    • @jliller
      @jliller 2 роки тому +126

      "Youze spend enough dough in tha arcade or youze sleeps with tha fishes."

    • @Sparty-pi3jq
      @Sparty-pi3jq 2 роки тому +67

      You are the only other person I've ever heard, call him Charles Entertainment Cheese and use his full name! Whenever I say it my wife and kids just roll their eyes!

    • @XaidynPinckney
      @XaidynPinckney 2 роки тому +8

      Too many rings in one pizza

    • @MacenW
      @MacenW 2 роки тому +34

      @@Sparty-pi3jq You are a great dad keep using Charles Entertainment Cheese

    • @piss7610
      @piss7610 2 роки тому +2

      Magireco sucks

  • @SkulShurtugalTCG
    @SkulShurtugalTCG 2 роки тому +5548

    Between Atari and Chuck E Cheese, Nolan Bushnell was truly an innovator.

  • @rubyjones3839
    @rubyjones3839 2 роки тому +12

    is it just me or would being jumpscared by uncle klunk be infinitely more scary then freddy fazbear

  • @whoomie
    @whoomie 2 роки тому +5

    2:09 DUDE!! THAT MR WALTEN FILES MAN (I didn't realise that it was based of really ppl I thought the images they used where edited police sketches but that's actually kinda cool reference)

    • @Wombattlr
      @Wombattlr 2 роки тому

      It's a really, really, really cool reference!

  • @SmaMan
    @SmaMan 2 роки тому +543

    I worked at a Chuck E. Cheese’s in the late 2000s. By then, the animatronics had gotten so cheap, that one time our Chuck E. had a problem moving his head from side to side. The servo motor had become mis-aligned (iirc) and would move to the left, much easier than moving to the right. This meant that, eventually, his head would begin to face completely backwards. So, every so often, when no kids were looking, I had to give Chuck E. the Heimlich maneuver and twist his head back in place.

    • @sleepychameleon6871
      @sleepychameleon6871 2 роки тому +17

      Oh wow 😅

    • @greycatturtle7132
      @greycatturtle7132 Рік тому +3

      Wow

    • @user-fy7ry2og7u
      @user-fy7ry2og7u Рік тому +5

      🤣🤣🤣👍

    • @SmaMan
      @SmaMan Рік тому +15

      @Olivia 757 The blue screen thing? Yeah! Now that I work in TV/video, I'm actually surprised how well that worked, and kept working without much re-calibration.

  • @JustPlainRob
    @JustPlainRob 2 роки тому +872

    If I wear a shirt that says "Dick The Birthday Boy" to a Chuck E. Cheese's these days I'd be arrested.
    Man, how times have changed.

    • @dguy0386
      @dguy0386 2 роки тому +52

      it'd probably be fine if the shirt is being worn by the birthday boy whomst is like 7, it could also just be changed to Richard the birthday boy i suppose

    • @King_Dan_Man
      @King_Dan_Man 2 роки тому +60

      The bear: don't mind if I do

    • @virginityclan304
      @virginityclan304 2 роки тому +31

      i luv how none of us is even askin 4 a timestamp cuz we all saw it

    • @aenoymotors
      @aenoymotors 2 роки тому +5

      @@King_Dan_Man Ha! I was about to say that.

    • @sociallyinept7898
      @sociallyinept7898 2 роки тому +3

      @@virginityclan304 uhh.. Time.. Stampp??

  • @crackercookies
    @crackercookies 2 роки тому +15

    This mini documentary should be an Academy Award winner! I love this SO SO much! I'm glad you made this!

  • @linsqy6719
    @linsqy6719 Рік тому +4

    Growing up we would spend the summer in the Midwest. I always looked forward to visiting Gigglebees to see Wilbur the Coyote in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Wilbur would ride around the restaurant on a tricycle which was on a track and deliver the pizza as well as some commentary. One summer while visiting there was tornado so we had to take shelter in the basement with the broken or not currently in use animatronics. Great memories.

  • @enricopucci5724
    @enricopucci5724 2 роки тому +1069

    A Chuck E Cheese without animatronics doesn't feel like a Chuck E Cheese

    • @elma.s4825
      @elma.s4825 2 роки тому +59

      Someone is about to get their disc removed.

    • @ItsEv
      @ItsEv 2 роки тому +68

      it feels like chuck e cheese with no cheese

    • @MetalPharoah
      @MetalPharoah 2 роки тому +14

      @@ItsEv If I want to be murdered by a talking doll I'd rather go with Tiffany over Chucky :P

    • @babyjg3759
      @babyjg3759 2 роки тому +3

      @@MetalPharoah I would go with Tiffany rather than chucky

    • @ck-1649
      @ck-1649 2 роки тому +5

      @Garbage Guy love that movie

  • @NatetheAceOfficial
    @NatetheAceOfficial 2 роки тому +1539

    Glad to see Dick the Birthday Boy having fun at Showbiz!

    • @FungleFunTime
      @FungleFunTime 2 роки тому +98

      How embarrassing

    • @elmartillo7931
      @elmartillo7931 2 роки тому +9

      @IG DJZyzk I posted a link to the video three times but it keeps getting removed LOL

    • @timewave02012
      @timewave02012 2 роки тому +22

      Good thing they went to Showbiz instead of Comet Ping Pong.

    • @Burger_pants
      @Burger_pants 2 роки тому +11

      @@timewave02012 I thought that was just a meme until I read the owner's facebook posts... dude was totally doing illegal things with some shady people.

    • @ChadVanHalen5150
      @ChadVanHalen5150 2 роки тому +45

      What a hack fraud

  • @kimpossible371
    @kimpossible371 Рік тому +2

    Showbiz pizza was my first job in 1986. Many times I was in the Billy Bob mascot suit for birthday parties. As a teen it was a fun place to work.

  • @NkosiMutt
    @NkosiMutt 2 роки тому +15

    i toured aaron's headquarters a few years back. i was really into showbiz's history and used to chat to him from time to time. really cool experience! i'll never forget seeing those animatronics up close. super interesting stuff

  • @Brandon-eq7hk
    @Brandon-eq7hk 2 роки тому +1151

    I feel bad for the kids that will never get the chance to experience Showbiz Pizza. It was amazing!

    • @SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario
      @SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario 2 роки тому +77

      I never even got to go to Chuck E. Cheese

    • @tommygres3066
      @tommygres3066 2 роки тому +17

      @@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario because u live in Canada Canada has no chucky cheese but since I'm from USA they usa has chuck cheese

    • @SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario
      @SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario 2 роки тому +60

      @@tommygres3066 I actually live in Florida

    • @kenrutherford1109
      @kenrutherford1109 2 роки тому +23

      @@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario I've been to Showbiz Pizza and Chuck E. Cheese's. I remember going to the former pizza place in the fall of 1984 and hearing the Peter Gunn theme coming from Spy Hunter

    • @trooly7621
      @trooly7621 2 роки тому +7

      @@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario tons of chuck e cheeses in Florida

  • @BootyRealDreamMurMurs
    @BootyRealDreamMurMurs 2 роки тому +1725

    if scott were to make an actual pizzaria with animatronics specifically FNAF-themed... it be bonkers and be internationally popular if done right.

    • @Xyearo
      @Xyearo 2 роки тому +237

      it would (probably) be much better than most other animatronic pizzarias due to the much more advanced technology we have today and would make possibly millions due to the fanbase

    • @Cr4z3d
      @Cr4z3d 2 роки тому +161

      @@Xyearo Just make the whole ass pizzaplex

    • @fabuloussecretstandopawaaa9340
      @fabuloussecretstandopawaaa9340 2 роки тому +236

      Then some deranged fan becomes the real William Afton

    • @normalleaf
      @normalleaf 2 роки тому +143

      Its all fun and games until a guy in a purple security clothes wants to show you a "Secret"

    • @2BrosOfficialGaming
      @2BrosOfficialGaming 2 роки тому +31

      @@normalleaf you mean a golden rabbit?

  • @iamzachinreallife
    @iamzachinreallife 2 місяці тому +2

    I have many memories from the mid-late 80s at the Show Biz location in Greensboro, NC. For me, the best parts were playing in the ball pits and the TMNT arcade game. I never really cared much for the animatronics. Does anyone else recall redone movie posters with Show Biz characters? I specifically remember one for “Crocodile Dundee” and “Gone With the Wind.”

  • @Fummy007
    @Fummy007 Рік тому +4

    A restaurant where you could see animatronics seems amazing to me. So futuristic.

  • @miscellaneoof
    @miscellaneoof 2 роки тому +772

    0:43 I never realised how similar Scott made the animatronic endoskeletons in fnaf look to real endoskeletons, this looks almost identical to the game

  • @unofficialberdfan4204
    @unofficialberdfan4204 2 роки тому +2059

    "It's amazing how the human can live without the frontal lobe."

  • @Dark_Jaguar
    @Dark_Jaguar 2 роки тому +6

    Celebration Station was so far beyond a lot of these. The one we had here had a mini-golf course, a go kart racing track, two stories of arcade games, and most impressive, all-you-can-eat soft serve decorate it yourself icecream.
    But for the animatronics, I only remember Showbiz Pizza. They had the best.

  • @bonbon-totaldigiama3177
    @bonbon-totaldigiama3177 Рік тому +10

    Im so happy you went over the history of these two restaurant chains!!!!! I learned about the history awhile ago but I'm still so happy to see people that like learning about this still.

  • @ieatleadpaintchips
    @ieatleadpaintchips 2 роки тому +1457

    Someone should definitely make an 80s style animatronic pizza place made for adults who want to experience it again or show their kids what they did when they were kids. That would be sick.

    • @smoothbrained4channer976
      @smoothbrained4channer976 2 роки тому +186

      only relying on adults' nostalgia results in a very limited demographic they can appeal to, and is not a sustainable business model as the feelings of nostalgia will wear off.

    • @Cinnaschticks
      @Cinnaschticks 2 роки тому +63

      That'd be expensive and probably wouldn't last. :')

    • @0nlytati.2x
      @0nlytati.2x 2 роки тому +7

      @Polar they say fnaf is based off a Chuck E. Cheese🤣 😅

    • @denisekieffer3612
      @denisekieffer3612 2 роки тому +36

      The closest place I know that does that is Dave and Busters.

    • @Makocat
      @Makocat 2 роки тому +12

      Only way to do it is by hoping onto the Fnaf craze but I feel this is 10 years too late

  • @beasaroseco5840
    @beasaroseco5840 2 роки тому +651

    My son cried when they closed the Rain Forest cafe. That place was great.

    • @beasaroseco5840
      @beasaroseco5840 2 роки тому +3

      @@michellestehman2984 The one in Long Island did.

    • @KingPBJames
      @KingPBJames 2 роки тому +17

      I grew up going to the rainforest cafe in Seattle. I still have a tie dye tiger shirt with their logo.

    • @bricaaron3978
      @bricaaron3978 2 роки тому +13

      I went there once after it first opened at Arizona Mills Mall in Tempe. Neat place, impressive aquarium -- I even purchased a big orange coffee mug.
      But my food was terrible.

    • @beasaroseco5840
      @beasaroseco5840 2 роки тому +4

      @@bricaaron3978 I had the Chocolate Lava cake it was 🤩!

    • @bricaaron3978
      @bricaaron3978 2 роки тому +6

      @@beasaroseco5840 I have to admit that I got a lot of mileage out of that awesome huge coffee mug, though. Until my dad stole it.

  • @SKF10
    @SKF10 2 роки тому +6

    Would love to see a museum of every Animatronic from the History of both Showbiz and Chuck.

    • @aisylaarriet7576
      @aisylaarriet7576 6 місяців тому

      Theres one in Mississippi called Smittys Self Service

  • @410Here
    @410Here 2 роки тому +6

    wow! this animatronics thing seems super cool! they should add a feature with springs and they will lock into place so that employees can get inside of the suits and serve pizza! nothing can go wrong wit that!!

  • @PR0L0
    @PR0L0 2 роки тому +831

    This is nuts. I never knew that Chuck E. Cheese came first!! We always went to the local Showbiz Pizza when I was a kid, and I have always been bitter about the fact that it changed to CEC. Thanks for putting this together!

    • @larryistall
      @larryistall 2 роки тому +18

      How made were you when Rock afire turned into Munich’s Make Believe Band? Lol I wish I got to experience showbiz…

    • @PR0L0
      @PR0L0 2 роки тому +35

      @@larryistall 😂😂 So mad! More upset than I should have been. I still have an old home video of my birthday parties at Showbiz with the Billy Bob animatronic saying my name and asking how old I was and all that. Pretty creepy in retrospect. Lol

    • @retrofan4963
      @retrofan4963 2 роки тому +13

      @@PR0L0 The Rock afire Explosion is superior in every way. While Munch's Make Believe Band is great and all, it really doesn't hold a candle to what the Rock afire offers. Rock afire Explosion has better movements, better song covers, characters have more depth and are more entertaining, as well is more interactive. In my opinion, Rock afire Explosion is the best animatronic band of all time. You're lucky you went to Showbiz Pizza in its heyday.

    • @PR0L0
      @PR0L0 2 роки тому +4

      @@retrofan4963 I do not take it for granted! 😁

    • @retrofan4963
      @retrofan4963 2 роки тому +1

      @@PR0L0 That's good! :) Really cool you enjoy the Showbiz Pizza experience overall.

  • @famousbowl9926
    @famousbowl9926 2 роки тому +472

    As a 2000s kid. We never ever watched the theater lol. We went straight to the arcade to play star wars and games. Lol

    • @kadirgarib3459
      @kadirgarib3459 2 роки тому +46

      Yup, as a kid I always only saw chuck e cheese as an arcade sorta thing and never fully realized there was food

    • @donaldherman1741
      @donaldherman1741 2 роки тому +49

      As an 80's kid I only watched the theater when we ran out of tokens. As a 2010/2020 dad I'm sad there is no theater now.

    • @itsonlydanteluv
      @itsonlydanteluv 2 роки тому +26

      little me actually ran to the fun house scared that that hideous moster you call chuck e cheese was going to come out and try to hug me💀💀

    • @PhantoRoyce
      @PhantoRoyce 2 роки тому +17

      The first time I went to Chuck E Cheese I was 6 and they had the guy in the suit come out and played with the kids. Well he terrified me so I ran out of the place,into the street and almost got hit by a car 😂

    • @nutsandbolts1264
      @nutsandbolts1264 2 роки тому +12

      2000s were when everyone just realized it was an awful idea and decided to get straight to what the kids actually came for

  • @tempest20000
    @tempest20000 2 роки тому +3

    Whenever one of those “instructional” moments comes up, I can’t help but expect it to transition into a Squimpus McGrimpus or a Battington video. It’s truly unsettling.

  • @itrashcant7947
    @itrashcant7947 9 місяців тому +3

    I didn’t get to go to Chucky Cheese often but when I did, it was awesome. Interestingly, I never found the animatronics creepy and liked watching them perform. The last time I’ve been inside one was back in 2010, so I’m curious to see how it’s changed.

  • @matth3w2002
    @matth3w2002 2 роки тому +332

    Animatronics are truly a lost art in mediums other than Theme Parks.

    • @ao9688
      @ao9688 2 роки тому +36

      Its fascinating to see the increased interest in the last five or so years but it’s not nearly enough to fully resuscitate it

    • @devinpaul9026
      @devinpaul9026 2 роки тому +41

      @@ao9688 Because it's mainly in Z grade horror flicks written by dumbasses who think animatronics are androids.

    • @devinpaul9026
      @devinpaul9026 2 роки тому +10

      @@n0m4nic Androids, fool! Ain't no flesh on none of em in the movies! They are free roaming costumed androids.

    • @viewbuster1979
      @viewbuster1979 2 роки тому +36

      At the same time, toy robots are basically home animatronics. You can go out and buy a dancing Santa that has as nearly many routines and articulations as the 80s pizza robots.

    • @jlev1028
      @jlev1028 2 роки тому +15

      And even now, thene parks are relying more and more on interactive screens.

  • @THATGuy5654
    @THATGuy5654 2 роки тому +518

    Seeing this, the fact that the modern redesign of Chuck E Cheese doesn't have him vaping during the commercials deeply offends me.

    • @CocoHutzpah
      @CocoHutzpah 2 роки тому +63

      He'll say POG-GERRRS, though.

    • @samueld8413
      @samueld8413 2 роки тому +58

      @@CocoHutzpah I really want that Chuck puppet to say “Don’t be a fuul, juuling in schuul ain’t cuul”

    • @mightyfilm
      @mightyfilm 2 роки тому +59

      Always amazed me that Chuck E. had a 90's style X-TREEEEEEEEME redesign in the very late 90's and kept it up until like maybe 2011 or so and NOW he seems like he's an out of touch "Hello fellow kids" cynical figure.

    • @THATGuy5654
      @THATGuy5654 2 роки тому +39

      @@mightyfilm
      Yeah, I mean, the nineties redesign made him look like a chunky kid trying to look cool in skater gear. It's very relatible.

    • @mightyfilm
      @mightyfilm 2 роки тому +26

      It's not so much the 90's redesign that bugs me so much as the having it for THAT long. I doubt we ever could have gone back to flophouse stage show New York accented rat Chuck E, but it was downright embarrassing they kept him so Rocket Power-y through the 00's and early 10's. They didn't update him to be like some sort of mid-00's style DJ (which would have made sense), and it took them until a couple years after the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie to give them inspiration.

  • @jellymocha8893
    @jellymocha8893 2 роки тому +2

    The modification video is so similar to the Fnaf analogue horror videos it’s actually terrifying

  • @genesisknight9948
    @genesisknight9948 2 роки тому +2

    I remember the rare times when we would go to Chuckie Cheese when I was younger, there was a little birthday party area (I think) and there was a animatronic Chuckie that just....stood there. He never moved, the only thing that moved were his eyes. You would walk right past the area and if you happened to look up at Chuckie, you would see his eyes following you until you were out of sight. Just a mouse with glowing eyes in a pretty shadowed area with his classic smile always on his face just gave me an uneasy feeling.
    Although the last time we went there years back, Chuckie was gone. I was all to happy.

  • @supersinger9000
    @supersinger9000 2 роки тому +454

    "Pizza is hard to screw up." Well, congratulations guys, you managed to do that.

    • @myoptik3x103
      @myoptik3x103 2 роки тому +14

      Worst pizza I ever ate, bar none.

    • @sickstuff7624
      @sickstuff7624 2 роки тому +23

      I loved Show Biz pizza as a kid and as an adult Chuck E Cheese pizza wasn’t all that bad. Don’t know what you guys are talking about.

    • @mtheg671
      @mtheg671 2 роки тому +6

      @@myoptik3x103 stop lying to yourself

    • @mtheg671
      @mtheg671 2 роки тому

      Stop lying to yourself

    • @Rubycon99
      @Rubycon99 2 роки тому +17

      Eh, it's really not that bad. It's about Little Caesar's quality. I've actually had it recently because the one near me has been selling food for takeout to stay afloat this past year.
      Cici's is really the only pizza that's so bad I wouldn't eat it if it was offered to me.

  • @aliventperson
    @aliventperson 2 роки тому +378

    The part of skinning the Rock-Afire Animatronics is sort of like how the idea of fnaf VHS tapes came to be, thus inspiring the Walten Files.

  • @MetroXLR99
    @MetroXLR99 Рік тому +5

    "There’s no doubting what you’ve achieved on a technical level. These are clearly state-of-the-art.
    There are just certain design choices that were made for these robots that we don’t fully understand.
    We were hoping that you could shed some light on those."
    "She can dance, she can sing, she’s equipped with a built-in helium tank for inflating balloons right at her fingertips.
    She can take song requests. She can even dispense ice-cream."
    "With all due respect, those aren’t the design choices we were curious about, Mr. Afton."
    ...sorry, but I couldn't resist referencing FNAF on a video like this😅

  • @gremlinviper6633
    @gremlinviper6633 2 роки тому +3

    Im seeing lots of comments about FNAF and could I just say how baffling it is that the plot of the series is about a pizzeria franchise that apart from spending money on technology, it faced lawsuits since day 1 of opening, obviously forced themselves to refurbish stuff to hide bodies n evidence, countless times have had to install security measures and yet they still managed to scrape enough cash to invest in not only a mega pizza plex but also high tech animatronics that were not only able designed to move smoothly and freely but are also advanced AIs???!!!

  • @eddstack9090
    @eddstack9090 2 роки тому +496

    I was an assistant manager in Northridge throughout the 80's. It was a fantastic experience as a young up and coming professional manager. The competition was a great driver, The food was 100% fresh and hand made daily and throughout the day. Dough, fresh gradded top quality cheese, sauce, toppings, salads and everything else was 100% fantastic and anything less was unacceptable. I visited a couple years ago and was completely disappointed and disgusted how it became complete microwaved garbage. The atmosphere was ghetto and a sad shadow of what it once was.

    • @bricaaron3978
      @bricaaron3978 2 роки тому +107

      *"The atmosphere was ghetto and a sad shadow of what it once was."*
      Such is the United States of America.

    • @godsgirl7201
      @godsgirl7201 2 роки тому +3

      😮😮😮😮😮😮

    • @courtneyfrost915
      @courtneyfrost915 2 роки тому +49

      It is sad to see something that was an important part of your life decline.

    • @sarafontanini7051
      @sarafontanini7051 2 роки тому +17

      the price of being driven more by profit margins than in capturing the days of yesteryear

    • @bridgetbondsteel6388
      @bridgetbondsteel6388 2 роки тому +10

      mans is still advertising

  • @skelebratz
    @skelebratz 2 роки тому +793

    *i’d hate to be the person to run around in those sweaty mascot costumes.*

    • @elfasto2255
      @elfasto2255 2 роки тому +64

      and have one that would kill in an instant if any drop of water touched the locks that keeps animatronic parts from entering every part of your body

    • @kalmac6255
      @kalmac6255 2 роки тому +48

      Some of them had battery-operated fans in the head, but on a Friday or Saturday night during the Summer, you'd roast in the damned thing, not to mention the smell, or the stickiness.
      It was cool to wear the suit for about 5 minutes...and then the children see you.
      It goes downhill rapidly from there.

    • @neekMarieM14
      @neekMarieM14 2 роки тому +37

      My mom's friend was a Chuck E. Cheese employee in the 80s and he did wear the costume on occasion. The description was pretty miserable, especially anytime little kids tried bear-attack hugs and older kids tried more violent activities. Of course his friends would also show up to mess with him.

    • @skelebratz
      @skelebratz 2 роки тому +10

      @Kal McCahan @Marie *jesus, now i feel even worse for the suit workers.*

    • @kalmac6255
      @kalmac6255 2 роки тому +22

      @@skelebratz There were two cardinal rules: Never speak, and never pick up a child.
      One night, I had a kid grab the tail and jerk it so hard he pulled it out of the costume.
      I broke both rules--picked the kid up and told him I was about to tell his parents to beat his behind if he didn't go away. I was extremely lucky I didn't get fired over that one. Lol

  • @purpleorangewings
    @purpleorangewings Рік тому +6

    16:31 That’s right little girl, go with the animatronic rat man.

  • @Nerdtendo6366
    @Nerdtendo6366 Рік тому +2

    27:47 I have had that image of that stupid face of the bird character on my phone since I first watched this, such a great imahe

  • @Bebop888
    @Bebop888 2 роки тому +244

    30:38
    i thought i was losing it for a second

  • @Cristofre
    @Cristofre 2 роки тому +276

    As a kid in the mid 1980s that loved pizza and arcade games, my dad getting a technician job at a Showbiz Pizza place was like knowing a celebrity. Us kids got to go regularly and played lots of games for free because of my dad. I also got to see behind the scenes as he showed me the computers and other bits that ran it all. Showbiz was a magical wonderland then.

    • @jamisonfawkes9965
      @jamisonfawkes9965 2 роки тому +1

      Nice

    • @markzachenberg2797
      @markzachenberg2797 2 роки тому +18

      As a kid in the mid-80's, my brother and I would get escorted out of Chuck E. Cheeses regularly since they required an accompanying adult and we usually went without one. Fortunately my parents loved going there.

    • @SniperJade71
      @SniperJade71 2 роки тому +1

      That's so cool

    • @vanny8512
      @vanny8512 2 роки тому +1

      Was your father named William by any chance?

    • @Cristofre
      @Cristofre 2 роки тому +4

      @@vanny8512 no, must be a different guy

  • @mschalicewife5644
    @mschalicewife5644 Рік тому +1

    This whole subject of Animatronics and other mechanical wonders is really intriguing to me, it’s like my personal thing that I will and have ranted about to people

  • @Symmetriad
    @Symmetriad 2 роки тому +1

    Oh man, I grew up with Celebration Station in northwest Indiana. I'm glad it wasn't just a massive childhood fever dream.

  • @dylandreisbach1986
    @dylandreisbach1986 2 роки тому +277

    Yogi Bear is a surprisingly great-looking animatronic. Also, 27:08 is legitimate nightmare fuel I expected to have a jumpscare.

    • @AFallenArrow
      @AFallenArrow 2 роки тому +49

      So this is where the fnaf tape music is

    • @brigidwheeler9041
      @brigidwheeler9041 2 роки тому +11

      WHO DIDN'T?

    • @greenberrygk
      @greenberrygk 2 роки тому +2

      **instead fnaf 2 jumpscare sound**

    • @arcanehornet
      @arcanehornet 2 роки тому +1

      I saw this comment before getting to that point, so I was anxiously awaiting this moment in the video.
      Well, I wasn’t disappointed. Won’t spoil the surprise for other viewers though lmao

  • @epicgamerhank9509
    @epicgamerhank9509 2 роки тому +207

    That Rich Evans photo with Billy Bob is just so cursed to the max.

    • @KnobleKnives
      @KnobleKnives 2 роки тому +4

      Not to mention that piercing, echoing Rich Evan’s laugh ringing in the background during the shot.

  • @maxordman4100
    @maxordman4100 7 місяців тому +2

    I certainly enjoyed going to Chuck E Cheese when I was younger. It’s fascinating to hear about the history of both restaurants. The amatronic characters certainly have an interesting backstory. This video was very informative and well researched. Yesterworld is always such an amazing resource for cool theme park and other attractions stories.

  • @elskeletor3566
    @elskeletor3566 2 роки тому +1

    Remember moving to Oklahoma and they didn't have Chuckie E Cheese at the time but did have a Showbiz Pizza and we went there a few times when I was a kid.

  • @TheRealSullyG
    @TheRealSullyG 2 роки тому +3317

    Honestly probably the best video covering this topic. Wonderful job, as always!

  • @abdelali9279
    @abdelali9279 2 роки тому +281

    13:28 I'm both scared of the whole scene and yet amused by that shirt.

    • @jsmpsnn
      @jsmpsnn 2 роки тому +40

      That kid grew up to be none other than world famous internet celebrity & guest on the Ellen show Rich Evans. He loves the juicy Shaq meat.

    • @brickcast7986
      @brickcast7986 2 роки тому +8

      @@jsmpsnn can't tell the Showbiz story without mentioning Rich Evans

    • @tupaclives5848
      @tupaclives5848 2 роки тому +34

      Yeah that shirt is hilarious. "Dick the birthday boy". Please don't.

    • @hotdogretard1309
      @hotdogretard1309 2 роки тому +3

      Have you seen “The Hug”

    • @NOTdweebs
      @NOTdweebs 2 роки тому +2

      @@hotdogretard1309 That cursed Hulu thing?

  • @OmniMik3
    @OmniMik3 2 роки тому +1

    Nostalgic obscurity, so much of it from then....until now. Thanks for the great vid!

  • @stallion2907
    @stallion2907 Рік тому +2

    When I was growing up in the 80s, Showbiz Pizza was THE place. It's pizza was iconic. It definitely was the cooler of the two, as Chuck E. Cheese was deemed more for little kids.

  • @billybrooks1365
    @billybrooks1365 2 роки тому +372

    Elkton John is the best thing I've ever heard.

  • @nukeacitrus883
    @nukeacitrus883 2 роки тому +365

    13:27 "Dick the birthday boy"
    That's... unfortunate. Those days left us some severely cursed and deep-fried imagery.
    EDIT: Also, loved the video! Very informative and fascinating. 10/10 would get nightmares again.

    • @MrVIPGuest
      @MrVIPGuest 2 роки тому +29

      Lmao that's Right Evans from Red Letter Media. He even used his laugh when the picture showed up. For some reason that picture also ended up being shown on Ellen's show.

    • @FruitBrute2003
      @FruitBrute2003 2 роки тому +5

      @@MrVIPGuest small world huh?

    • @Avocado11
      @Avocado11 2 роки тому +16

      @@MrVIPGuest I believe you mean Internet Superstar Rich Evans.

    • @andriygriffin4782
      @andriygriffin4782 2 роки тому +6

      @@MrVIPGuest I laughed hard when the laugh came up, hope RLM see that!

    • @prettyvamptrash
      @prettyvamptrash 2 роки тому +4

      that’s ellen superstar rich evans

  • @weird_art_kid
    @weird_art_kid Рік тому +1

    When I was little I remember seeing the Chuck E Cheese animatronics (this was around 2010-2012 for reference) and the jerky movements of Chucky and his dead-looking eyes used to scare me. Now the animatronics at my local place have been replaced by the modernized Chucky costume, and I kinda miss the animatronics.

  • @marcussmith4913
    @marcussmith4913 8 місяців тому +1

    Chuckie Cheese was amazing as a kid. I can still remember vividly the insane animatronic animals singing songs and pure chaos ensuing all around. Gone are the days of fun and adventure.

  • @Duncaster
    @Duncaster 2 роки тому +161

    That rotting Chuck E. in the desert is a mood

    • @matthewthehauntergemmycoll96
      @matthewthehauntergemmycoll96 2 роки тому +16

      It was a landfill

    • @mellow9827
      @mellow9827 2 роки тому +10

      I don’t care what happens to it. These children’s dinner show animatronics are creepy as hell

    • @Nao-Tomori
      @Nao-Tomori 2 роки тому +2

      @@mellow9827 Mood

    • @Curlyheart
      @Curlyheart 2 роки тому +1

      @@mellow9827 except the gorilla one it
      Gets a pass as its a m o n k e

  • @iana1641
    @iana1641 2 роки тому +222

    After a tough day, horrific animatronics and failed business is exactly what I need.

  • @skuffy4930
    @skuffy4930 Рік тому +3

    17:39
    Making the animatronics dogs instead of beetles was a missed joke.

  • @zab416
    @zab416 2 роки тому +2

    This explains a lot of my confusion as a small child in the 80s with a younger sister who was a small child in the 90s.
    Small me: "Yay we're going to Showbiz Pizza, Me-ma!"
    My grandma: "No, it's actually Chuck E. Cheese now."
    Me: "Oh...okay!"
    Or the other way around depending on the adult taking me. I think I heard both ad jingles a lot on TV.
    Had no idea Mr. Munch's bad was so creepy underneath, damn. I definitely remember them from being an older kid there with my parents and kid sister in the 90s.

  • @THATGuy5654
    @THATGuy5654 2 роки тому +225

    "Don't worry; I'll keep the pizza puns to a bare minimum."
    He says, a half dozen pizza puns in.

    • @memethyst
      @memethyst 2 роки тому +12

      more like bear minimum... because.... billy bob... is a....

    • @mareeeedensos6348
      @mareeeedensos6348 2 роки тому +4

      Maybe half a dozen *is* a bare minimum.
      (To him.)

    • @nerd_5615
      @nerd_5615 2 роки тому

      @@memethyst *WE GET IT!*

    • @user-gs6wt5op7p
      @user-gs6wt5op7p 2 роки тому

      Half dozen = 10 keystrokes
      Six = 3 keystrokes
      I get that "half dozen" is supposed to make 6 sound like a lot but why even bother with all those extra keystrokes

    • @THATGuy5654
      @THATGuy5654 2 роки тому

      @@user-gs6wt5op7p
      You're not wrong. But I have big dumb fingers, So I use voice to text, mostly.

  • @leiajiang7877
    @leiajiang7877 2 роки тому +571

    Here's my theory: they set up aecades like casinos where There's chips instead of real money things you can exchange with tickets, and no Windows so you don't know how long you spent there. Arcades are Kid casinos and you know it. Thats why they are popular

    • @dayshalong1151
      @dayshalong1151 2 роки тому +16

      Interesting way of thinking🤔 you're onto something 💯

    • @sprtsfanatic1
      @sprtsfanatic1 2 роки тому +49

      And instead of booze and smoking there’s pizza (salt) and endless soda (sugar). Basically your run of the mill drugs, you know, for kids!

    • @EF.BE.I
      @EF.BE.I 2 роки тому +9

      Some of the video game type games actually have a non failing win condition but the other “cheeky” games fail or win randomly so your into something

    • @LZvv96310
      @LZvv96310 2 роки тому +3

      That’s how some are my local one was like that

    • @mrcakeday1439
      @mrcakeday1439 2 роки тому +2

      Yeah. I thought that was the point of them being so difficult and having to pay to play again once you lost?

  • @lincbond442
    @lincbond442 2 роки тому

    Very in depth and informative video. Thanks!