Wow how adorable!!! Loved this snapshot in time. I only remember Showbiz from when I was very little and then it changed to Chuck E Cheese. This is so awesome having Billy Bob sing and interact with the kids!!! 🎉.

Finally, a found footage video of an animatronic establishment that isn't a fucking analogy horror troupe.

god! That billy bob's interaction was craaaaazy! That must be every kid's dream at that time. I never lived in usa, so I never had contact with animatronics and stuff, but that's incredible! U can see clearly how showbiz was fantastic.

Sweet! Another footage of the manual interactive Billy Bob controller in operation. The person controlling him did decent unlike employees of some other locations.

@Anubonek

7 ай бұрын

I had no idea he could do that honestly

@sethhorst6158

6 ай бұрын

@@Anubonek It in fact is a feature that was introduced in 1986 for Showbiz Pizza where they installed a manual controller to the show controller and someone would be able to control him to interact during intermissions. There in fact is an old training tape from 1986 someone uploaded to KZread.

@Joe-Nathan

6 ай бұрын

It’s really an amazing concept. It would take Disney, of all companies, to catch up and introduce the concept to their parks (the sea turtle springs to mind). I know the idea wasn’t Creative Engineering’s, but wow, the tech behind it, and the dedication to entertainment on such a large scale is something I wish I was around to see in person.

@Tails7626

6 ай бұрын

they even did looney bird

@sethhorst6158

6 ай бұрын

@@Tails7626 I don't remember there ever being one for Looney Bird

if wondering the reason billy bob was more "interactive" was because of a new control room feature added in showbiz in the mid 80s that had a desktop control panel that the controller can use to manually move billy bob and use a microphone to talk as billy bob!

@JoCox4048

2 ай бұрын

That's correct! It's the Interactive Billy Bob Panel

@realPizza_Rat_Productions

2 ай бұрын

@@JoCox4048 yes!

I got to play with the interactive system for Billy Bob and wear the costume a few times. I never did any birthdays with the interactive system,but did wearing the costume. I also wore the Chuck E. Cheese outfit a few times .My brother Jeff played Billy Bob quite a few times for birthdays. Loved Showbiz pizza place! I played Santa Claus there too

This is proof the interactive Billy Bob was used, and it's really cute seeing the worker using Billy Bob talking to Gregg, although I wish he would have used the eyes and eye-lids

Wait a second he could say specific things and interact!!!!! I had no idea

@mormithemonkey

4 ай бұрын

There was a room where staff could see the kids but the kids couldn’t see them. They could speak into the microphone and interact with the kids as if they were an animatronic.

I do hope someone posts more of that Billy Bob Interactive show, especially for Looney Bird's appearance. I'm surprised how the interactive act didn't return for Billy Bob's Wonderland, that could treat the newer Rock-afire fans!

@MystiqEevee

4 ай бұрын

you mean the walk around costumes? bbw does have them they just don't use them often as they are very rare nowadays and they wanna keep them in as good of shape as possible they do sometimes put all of them on and stuff tho

@BluetheFortune2006

4 ай бұрын

@@MystiqEevee I don't mean that, i mean some random employee voicing Billy Bob while controlling the animatronic

@MystiqEevee

4 ай бұрын

@@BluetheFortune2006 AHHhHH that I'm not sure on I think they probably removed it as it was probably not able to be saved or something either that or maintenance got the best of them

Random time capsules like this are the best part of KZread. Thanks for sharing it! ShowBiz was like the mecca of fun and excitement as a child in the ‘80s.

11:04 billy: did you made a wish Kid: no😂 billy:ya he did: 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@noahmedrano631

6 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Even though I wasn’t born until several years after Showbiz and CEC merged as one, it’s incredible how they had interactive animatronics back then! Definitely very advanced for its time 😱.

happy birthday greg

I've explored a similar abandoned showbiz pizza not so long ago. 😮

It gives me chills seeing what my Chuck E. Cheese looked like when it was Showbiz Pizza!

Man, our Billy Bob never invited us on stage at our Showbiz. The birthday kid usually stood in front of the stage.

@emilypilukas336

11 ай бұрын

Billy Bob Brockali: (Sobbing) You don't remember who I am? ( Grunts & groans)

@MorningVR1

5 ай бұрын

The guy controlling probably didnt want to get any of the kids hurt by the bot moving while being on stage, which i respect

@Stereobrainagain

5 ай бұрын

@@MorningVR1As an adult, I can agree! As a kid, it would be cool to get on stage with Billy Bob.

At 14:10 Bro that kid popped out of nowhere lol😂

@dans5113

8 ай бұрын

him: a *fades out of existence*

@mylocaldumbrobloxplayer

6 ай бұрын

boo

@CaptainUnderytp

4 ай бұрын

Top 5 scariest jumpscares

Looks like the location at 9404 Main St. in Fairfax County, VA. It first opened for business in late December 1983 and was the fourth ShowBiz to open in all VA, and it still exists today as a Chuck E. Cheese's. Unusually, before its first remodel in 1991, there was no ShowBiz Pizza Place sign on the outside, but the accented stripes in the entrance area will tell you.

This is concerning since these kids today are about late 40’s early 50’s years old.

@jennikifm2

Жыл бұрын

Concerning how? o.O

@rachelreeb695

7 ай бұрын

Nah my brother is 39 has a b day there w have pics whats wrong w reminiscing

@Misscouchpotato-

6 ай бұрын

​@@jennikifm2 ikr? How dare people become old 💀

The girls in the white stoscking... yes, 1980s

My Favorite Moments 7:44 Looney Bird Gets Mobbed 8:55 “ITS YO BIRTHDAY, WHAT ARE YOU A FIRST GRADER, GET UP THERE” 9:21 “Ight, ima head out”

6:58 This is where the fun actually begins

i went to the Volo Auto Museum 2 weeks ago. they had some old Pizza Time Theatre animatronics. They were wonderful.

@JoCox4048

2 ай бұрын

They have the Rock-afire Explosion now too!

Happy Birthday Greg 👍

I bet Chuck E. Cheese never done this!

I am looking for videos of the Barboursville WV location from the 90s

SOOOO COOL!

Happy Birthday Greg! Can you tell us where this ShowBiz was located and what year this took place? I follow the ShowBiz fan community (which is probably why YoutTube suggested the video) but I have never before seen Billy Bob interact live like this!

@hollowayfamilymovies3271

3 ай бұрын

This was in Manassas, VA. We don't know the exact year, but probably around '84. Thanks for commenting!

It's all fun and games until one kid ends up in the animatronics mouth

@babyboy_336elgran2

2 ай бұрын

🤓

@maggieflores4819

2 ай бұрын

Actually, the animatronics cannot get you👍🏻

@atticusfinch4740

Ай бұрын

Oh shut up. Stop trying to turn this into fnaf

Goop

Wow

I'm surprised no one's asked, but does anyone know what location this is?

@hollowayfamilymovies3271

9 ай бұрын

Manassas, VA

@sonicsonic2022

6 ай бұрын

@@hollowayfamilymovies3271 no its Fairfax Va cuz manassas didnt open until 2000

@AftonBunny1985

5 ай бұрын

When you go there it will be Chucky E Cheese pizzeria because long time ago 2 companies merged

@ItzaRob

5 ай бұрын

@@AftonBunny1985 Buddy, I know. This was still a question I wanted to ask because it means more footage of this location has now been found.

@sonicsonic2022

5 ай бұрын

My comment has been deleted

I remember me and my brothers tossing coca cola cups at the animatronics and hear them go "bzzzzz" and then they'd be unable to move the wet joints, then the staff would come out looking for us but the place always had hundreds of kids yelling so they never knew who it was.

@bigeddyspaghetti6681

Жыл бұрын

they were powered by air not servos so idk how they would bzzz

@lz5873

10 ай бұрын

..What? They use air cylinders

@LoxOP

7 ай бұрын

​@@bigeddyspaghetti6681it's made up

@rachelreeb695

7 ай бұрын

Loser

Billy Bob sounds werid 😂

@sonicsonic2022

6 ай бұрын

Cuz he was voiced by an employee

😮😟🤨😨😱

American people are so weird i would have been terrified to see those animatronics as a kid 😭

@Brandon-vv3zr

Жыл бұрын

trust me tons of us were lmao there’s a reason you hear crying in the background of this video 💀 it was a regular occurrence at these plaxes

@thegoldster

10 ай бұрын

It's not an exclusively american thing.

@JayT172

7 ай бұрын

I'm an American and this is terrifying why you stereotyping Americans lmao

@darlenelee6392

5 ай бұрын

Just grow some balls That easy

@RaccoonWithInternetConnection

3 ай бұрын

I find it sweet as an european

This is looks like a fnaf vhs tape

@rachelreeb695

7 ай бұрын

It's 40 years before 5 nights

As a fnaf fan that would love go to chuck e cheese and showbiz pizza, i can confirm that i would be like this "yay!"

@HicksAnimations

4 ай бұрын

I love animatronics so much