This video was extremely accurate. Almost uncannily accurate considering how many mistakes I have read about this. The only area I think could have been more accurately portrayed is that I, Aaron Fechter, went on to experiment and invent and market dozens of new entertainment and communication devices and am continuing to work on solutions for our world's energy problems as I was doing before I built my first talking rabbit in 1975. Although I have experienced financial ups and downs, I have never declared bankruptcy, or lost my home, or my company building, or even been in debt, and I am now working to bring my Rock-afire Explosion back into mainstream consciousness through many avenues. I have a beautiful and loving lady in my life, 3 daughters and 5 grandchildren and can still do more push ups than most men half my age. I continue to believe Nolan Bushnell is mostly smoke and mirrors and takes credit for things he did not do.

@smartyflix6898

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks for stopping by to give some additional insight! Glad to hear you're still continuing to find ways to innovate and bring positivity to the world. Good luck with the new Rock-afire, it'd be neat to see what a new generation of technological innovations could bring to the space!

@showbizgreensboro8956

3 жыл бұрын

@@smartyflix6898 he's not making a new rockafire, he's just trying to put it out there more

@corybonnichsen1913

2 жыл бұрын

Aaron - have you considered making traveling rockafire bands that can pop up easily at a private home or park? Taking the show to the customer may be a worthy evolution to the original concept. Lots of middle aged money would pay for nostalgia.

@Willow1984Tree

2 жыл бұрын

Mr. Fechter, your creation of Rockafire Explosion made me a very happy kid. There's something so magical about the stage, lights, curtains, and characters coming to life. I cherish the memories and love that there are videos of your work out there. Thank you!!!

@Pushing_Daisies

2 жыл бұрын

Didn’t expect to see the actual creator of the rockslafire explosion here, wow

Genius idea. Showbiz was awesome in the eighties when I was a kid

@eugenemckinney8736

2 жыл бұрын

Right Where a kid can still be a kid

I was born in 82. I miss this place! Being a kid in the 80's was the best!!!

@smartyflix6898

Жыл бұрын

It's a pretty narrow band of people that remember and appreciate Showbiz, born roughly 78 to 82.

I think that show biz should come back plz at least get 5 likes

Thank you I have been trying to find a good video explaining it all perfect

@smartyflix6898

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, and thanks for watching!

Back in the 70s/early 80s Chuck E Cheese was also know for the make-your-own-sundae bar. Soft serve vanilla, tons of butterscotch and as many sprinkles as I could fit on it, for me. I couldn't tell you a single other topping they had because I cared not.

@marcogodinez1039

2 жыл бұрын

Ğäño que no

I'm 10 rn. When I was like 8 I wanted to research everything I could about showbiz n cec I wish I could of went to the og chuck e cheese pizza time theater or a showbiz pizza but most showbiz restaurants are either cec or abandoned

The Rockafire Explosion Remains In some places arround but mostly in bad condition. One of the only perfect conditions rockafire is the creative engineering one.

@smartyflix6898

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's fascinating seeing what has happened to the various Rock-afire setups over the years. It'd be neat to see what could be done with animatronics from the ground up using 2017 technology!

@ThePickleMan_

6 жыл бұрын

Showbiz Pizza Channel yeah

@ClassicTVMan1981X

2 ай бұрын

Billy Bob's Wonderland is one place we should visit!

Don't forget the fact that Aaron Fecther now has a KZread channel dedicated to the Rock afire Explosion called "therockafire" where he makes new shows, repairs animatronics, and still sells his animatronics and merch to this day!

@zippymufo9765

Жыл бұрын

He isn't making new animatronics. He's just making crap for the influx of children who discovered RAE via FNAF.

@gmrgamingrm

Жыл бұрын

@@zippymufo9765 You do know I made this comment like 3 years ago right? I know now that all this crap I said wasn't correct. And for the record, when I said "new shows" I meant showtapes as in all his videos from the 2000s.

The last ad I remember for showbiz pizza was in 1990

@ClassicTVMan1981X

2 ай бұрын

That was the year the final original ShowBiz Pizza Place store opened, in Richmond, VA.

Well, now I know what happened to ShowBiz! I was always getting those 2 places confused.

Cool Video! You've got all your facts straight, luckily. Fundamentally, ShowBiz never stopped existing - they just took the CEC assets and started using those instead..In Fact, the CECE Corporate Headquarters in Irving, TX was originally Brock Hotel Management's until CECE moved to a different facility last year. There is several RAE sets still in operation, but they're mostly in bad shape and you can still visit Aaron in Orlando, FL for CEI's Warehouse tours and the "Behind The Scenes" channel - a $6/Month premium subscription where you can see new products, ideas, and archival videos from Aaron.

@smartyflix6898

7 жыл бұрын

Very cool! And yeah, it took a lot of digging and sorting to untangle what everything looked like. Glad I got it pretty close!

That was a amazing about what happened in the past of showbiz pizza and chuck e cheese 👌👍🥰❤💖✨.

@loisguardado1848

2 жыл бұрын

LOL I love it 😎🤘👌👍🥰💖

Great video man!

Arron Fechter does tours still nobody mentions that on any of these amazing history videos

@kikimusha777

2 жыл бұрын

Aaron charges $300 to take a tour smh

@zippymufo9765

Жыл бұрын

@@kikimusha777 He's a rip off artist. Selling those "starter animatronic kits" for $3,000 when before they were $200 on his website.

I've only been to Showbiz Pizza once. Literally the best pizza ever, and I still remember how it smells and tastes! The guy in the bear costume walked around the place and I was really young, probably 4 or 5 years old, and the bear scared me so much I started crying lol!

@D2Kprime

Жыл бұрын

I have been chasing a pizza taste comparable to Showbiz Pizza Place for over 30 years. Nothing comes close. 😃

This video was uploaded on my birthday

Until this video (which I'm watching in 2023) I had always believed that Showbiz Pizza was the original #astounding 😯❗

@smartyflix6898

Жыл бұрын

It's a really complicated development, between the two restaurants.

@ClassicTVMan1981X

2 ай бұрын

Bob Brock was supposed to have adhered to Nolan Bushnell's agreement to establish up to 300 stores in 16 eastern and mid-western states by 1984, and this original plan was derailed after Brock ran into Aaron Fechter, whose Creative Engineering had (in Brock's view) better animatronics than what Chuck E. Cheese's was using, hence the birth of ShowBiz Pizza Place.

I love it.

Showbiz pizza is better then Chuck r cheese like if you agree

@eugenemckinney8736

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

I don't want to reveal to much but when I'm older I'm creating my own chuck e cheese like restaurants

@idrinkrawmilk554

2 жыл бұрын

You still planning on it?

@ItsSamHussey

2 жыл бұрын

@@idrinkrawmilk554 yup!

The showbiz gang were pretty nice

Great video! Mostly factual. When the Rock-a-fire Explosion was still in development, they used The Wolf Pack 5 in their first location. It was similar to the RAFE though.

@smartyflix6898

4 жыл бұрын

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Nice one

Nice

showbiz pizza place is good

i saw 'Rock-a-fire Explosion' at Odyssey Fun World

@megadanthegamer2995

5 жыл бұрын

right, but Odyssey Fun World's Rock afire Explosion is in a uh....questionable condition.

Showbiz was a true experience. Especially because of the animatronics. Nowadays, Chuck E Cheese's is a boring place with only games. There is no show or theme like they had at the Showbiz themed restaurants. It was a much better atmosphere and experience.

@showbizgreensboro8956

3 жыл бұрын

well, some cchuck e. cheese locations still have animatronics

@camoking3609

2 жыл бұрын

The chuck E cheese placed I've been too still had a chuck e robot But no one else

I wish they mirge again

I'd pay for that pizza recipe now......!!!

My mom and aunt went to showbiz when they were kids so, this is my aunt's email

2:08 my worst nightmare

We had two showbiz pizza locations here in Buffalo ny some of my best childhood memories were spent inside these one closed down and the other became this place called major magics horrible !!!!

the bite of 1987

Showbiz Pizza was cool.

@smartyflix6898

5 ай бұрын

Yeah it was! Thanks for watching!

And im going to go see one of the ones still remaining in a while :)

@Catticus405

4 жыл бұрын

ALL IN in West Virginia

@WindowsEater

2 жыл бұрын

Mountain Mama

i heard rock-a-fire-explosion exsited before chuck e.cheese

@smartyflix6898

7 жыл бұрын

It's complicated. Watch the video, the timeline is a bit muddy at first. :)

@picknittytv3953

6 жыл бұрын

sierra the cupcake overlord it did

@fusionprotogen5765

6 жыл бұрын

Showbiz Fun palace no i know chuck e cheese was first

@namelast8944

6 жыл бұрын

sierra the cupcake overlord same isn't that the real thing, because showbiz pizza first invented the idea

@showbizpizzachannel2416

6 жыл бұрын

sierra the cupcake overlord Creative engineering passed near the concept that Chuck e Cheese started a short time after them. Them creative engineering and bob brock sign and form showbiz copying and juncting Creative engineering robots with the chuck.e.cheese concept

good ending Bushnell made a comeback after losing it all

Aka Billy Bob's Pizza Circus

2:07 that's too many

Needs more Pong

Chucky cheese is always my favorite. :) may the force be will all.☺

@smartyflix6898

6 жыл бұрын

It is certainly always an experience!

@ThePickleMan_

6 жыл бұрын

I like showbiz pizza better than Cec because there's no more pizza time thearte

2:51 WE WERE SO CLOSE

@ThePickleMan_

6 жыл бұрын

jasper t. jowls animatronic channel yeah

I didn’t know that driving force behind Atari manned a pizza joint. Wasn’t he responsible for this thing called Pong?

3:33 NOOOOO

@smartyflix6898

7 жыл бұрын

lol

@dylanstevenunger6059

4 жыл бұрын

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

200 subscriber

Back ground music

Will you ever talk more about uncle klunk because I can’t find accurate info

@smartyflix6898

5 ай бұрын

I honestly have no idea who that is...

@Random9234

5 ай бұрын

@@smartyflix6898 he was an animatronic in showbiz pizza who was only around for a few months before a lot of complaints about him glitching started to show eventually they had to scrap him but again idk as I can’t find accurate information on it

Whyy!!!!! 😭😭😭💔

@dylanstevenunger6059

4 жыл бұрын

I Know Bro What The Heck Dude 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

everybody gansta til 6 kids go missing

Showbiz was the bomb!! All the fun and entertainment. Now reduced to Chuck E Cheese and no full band and horrible arcade games. Showbiz should have been and always be the Kid's Place to go not Chuck E. Cheese's

@eugenemckinney8736

2 жыл бұрын

Where a kid stopped being a kid

@emontrewaters3530

Жыл бұрын

Chuck E. Cheese is fun to Why you think showbiz came out with their own place

It's really bad that they did concept unification to a really such good show it is not fair to The Rock afire explosion I believe Chuck-E-Cheese would do way better if they gave their animatronics an upgrade and completely changed Chuck-E-Cheese characters to all rock afire explosion characters and also the stage needs to have curtains and it can't have video screens also the animatronics shows should be seen without the lights on and also their animatronics need to get an upgrade and it needs to have a show selector in the animatronics need to be interactive with the technology we have now they can put microphones into the animatronics and even the animatronics can respond to kids

@smartyflix6898

3 жыл бұрын

Great idea, definitely could be done better today!

@hunterleach5710

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with the technology they have today they can make their show way better

@muppetsretrofan8873

3 жыл бұрын

I know you like the RAE, but the CEC characters are cool too [except for the Rockstar era versions], and people have nostalgia for the CEC characters too. There can be room for both CEC and RAE.

@hunterleach5710

3 жыл бұрын

@@muppetsretrofan8873 the pizza time players are the best show stage that they made and it was really awesome that you could crawl under the stage and there was also a black light room under the stage look up Smitty's super service station on KZread and if the rock afire explosion had that then the characters would have to be high up for room for the more advanced air valves for the more advanced animatronic characters the only thing I did not like about the Pizza Time Players was there was no curtains and they just sat Dead In Plain Sight waiting to be operated

@emontrewaters3530

Жыл бұрын

Or how about they can just have All showbiz or Billy bob wonderlands up the street from Chuck E. Cheese and yea they should have upgraded the animatronics and have them doing the segments/show sicomes thingy they use to do

What year was the smile america advert. Was that after or before showbiz pizza and cec because one company?

@smartyflix6898

6 жыл бұрын

Not sure on that one, sorry! Check showbizpizza.com as they are a massive resource for all things Showbiz Pizza.

@ThePickleMan_

6 жыл бұрын

Sid3300 before because it said pizza time thearte

@emontrewaters3530

Жыл бұрын

1982-84

I hate how you showed a side by side picture of what the stage looked like when it was a Rockafire... You used the wrong photo. Those were cyberamics, which were PTT's Animatronic designs

Why did the pizza recipe change though.....???? Showbiz was so much better.....

To sum it up fnaf happened

Well your kinda wrong the only reason that showbiz isn't around cuase Aron fechter didn't wanna give them the copyrights to use and change the Rae so Cei and Brock went separate ways. Also I'm going on a tour of cei this month so I'll tell you the real truth even if you think I'm incorrect

@smartyflix6898

7 жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks for sharing!

@therockafire

5 жыл бұрын

This video was extremely accurate. Almost uncannily accurate considering how many mistakes I have read about this. The only area I think could have been more accurately portrayed is that I, Aaron Fechter went on to experiment and invent and market dozens of new entertainment and communication devices and am continuing to work on solutions for our world's energy problems as I was doing before I built my first talking rabbit in 1975. Although I have experienced financial ups and downs, I have never declared bankruptcy, or lost my home, or my company building, or even been in debt, and I am now working to bring my Rock-afire Explosion back into mainstream consciousness through many avenues. I have a beautiful and loving lady in my life, 3 daughters and 5 grandchildren and can still do more pushups than most men half my age. I continue to believe Nolan Bushnell is mostly smoke and mirrors and takes credit for things he did not do.

@dylanstevenunger6059

4 жыл бұрын

You’re Awesome Dude 😎

@zippymufo9765

Жыл бұрын

@@therockafire The video wasn't about the history of you and your CE company, it was about Showbiz.

I don't like Chuck cheese now

@dylanstevenunger6059

4 жыл бұрын

Why

SORRY

i would prefer showbiz reason:all the animtronics are cool while chuck-e-cheese... they dont even have a band for chuck-e-cheese anymore i still go to chuck-e-cheese though i dont want to be rude just saying :I

Why does Robert Brock look like Willem Dafoe

@countyfair74

3 жыл бұрын

I've never heard Willem Defoe before. Sometimes people would ask if he was game show host Bob Barker.

@curlypop

3 жыл бұрын

Did you watch Sam Ramis Spider-Man

@countyfair74

3 жыл бұрын

@@curlypop No, I did not see it. Robert Brock was my dad so I'm just used to seeing the family resemblance.

SHOWBIZ PIZZA PLACE IS MORE BETTER THAN CHUCK.E.CHEESE

@showbizgreensboro8956

3 жыл бұрын

ok learn grammar lol

Fnaf

ShowBiz was always better CEC sucks period.

@emontrewaters3530

Жыл бұрын

CEC sucks now since they gave away the animatronics but they didn’t suck then Ngl showbiz was better but they was no different from Chuck E. Cheese except they did the same thing 😂

Chuck E. Cheese

I fucking hate Chuck E. Cheese

@emontrewaters3530

Жыл бұрын

Damn

Bankrupt now

I loved Showbiz pizza place better than Yuck E Cheese Suck E Cheese F$#k E Cheese

CEC KILL BILLY BOB

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