Yeah, had bumper cars and way more video games than today's Chuckie Cheeses. Took my kids to Chuckie Cheese's today and discovered that they don't even ha e animatronics any longer.
Chuck E. Cheese and Showbiz were the "same thing" but as the years got up to the 2000's+ it was all ransacked by ghetto families and bad ass kids I mean there's probably not one location where there hasn't been a dining room brawl or even a legit shooting in ANY STATE they have them in. I just loved some skee ball and stand up arcade machines when I was a little kid going there. Nobody ever fucked with anybody and even the pizza was good, the grown ups liked it. They could chill and turn us loose to run around and we acted right and had manners. Feeding a couple dollars into the machine to get showbiz tokens to play the arcades and games made my day every time.
Showbiz Pizza 1980s: “Where a kid can be a kid” Chuck E Cheeses 2000s: “Where a kid can be a kid” Showbiz Pizza 1980s: “Come for the Pizza, stay for the fun” Chuck E Cheeses 2018: “Come for the Pizza, stay for the fun”...
it was the greatest place in the 80s to me. Had the best arcade games, had awesome pizza, loved the rockafire explosion, even the toy prizes were great. I got a G1 Bumblebee for 300 tickets as a kid.
Seeing commercials like this really make me miss the way Chuck E. Cheese's used to be, especially the animatronics that used to perform for everyone. Sad that they had to be taken out. Without them, it's just a regular pizza place with games. It's just not the same. I know that has nothing to do with Showbiz Pizza, but still.
though it's not the same feel there is still billy bob's wonderland which is really similar to showbiz and has the rock a fire explosion band playing too.
Chuck E Cheese got the animatronics from Show Biz. Once Show biz took over the Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Time company, Show Biz brought the animatronics to that company and later changed the now merged company's name to simply Chuck E. Cheese that you're familiar with now.
this made me cry. i wish I was an 80's-90's kid. So I could experience the fun. the delicious pizza, the animatronics, the skytubes, the ballpit, the arcade games, the rides... ect.
@@da9558it's not the same though. In the 80s, animatronics like these were at their prime and it was definitely a lot funner judging by how 80s kids explain it. And animatronic pizzerias are getting less popular, losing their spark and such. My dream is to see Rolf, but that probably won't happen sadly because it's 2023, but I'm not losing hope. Anyways, the point is that going to these shows is harder because of how it's considered "out of style" or too scary (I blame FNAF for making gen z so afraid of animatronics) and it doesn't have nearly so much fun probably
Wanda L G Nielsen it...was...AWESOME 😀 I'm sorry for being a jerk...but you REALLY missed out on some amazing things. Of course some stuff wasn't great. Typewriters. Encyclopedias. Most people didn't have answering machines. Standing in line forever with your mom at the grocery store or bank just to cash a check. Stereos constantly eating your cassette tapes. Almost nobody had cable. Having to find a (working) pay phone to call home. The video store NEVER having the movie or video game you wanted to rent available on weekend nights. No way of reviewing ANYTHING before you bought a product or went to a place...it was total hit or miss. No GPS. Most theaters actually enforced the "no admission without a parent" rule...that's why me and my friends didn't get to see Coming To America or Lost Boys 😡 theaters had way more employees back then, and they'd check your ticket stub before letting you into the actual theater part. By the mid 80s, arcades were on the decline...so they were expensive. They were also dirty, full of choking cigarette smoke, crowded, and smelled like sweaty fat guys who lived and died by their Galaga high scores. Usually the best games were either broken from overuse, or there was a long line to play them, so you'd be hurried through your game and shoved and told to hurry up by people behind you (Dragon's Lair and Street Fighter were especially bad for that)...or they'd be viciously guarded by 20-something regulars who literally wouldn't let you play them...no kidding. The 80s definitely had fun things too. It was a time of a little more innocence (ignorance?). People did way more outdoors things regularly. Life was a little slower, a bit simpler. People talked to each other more. There were far fewer distractions. Hanging out with your friends on Friday or Saturday night, making popcorn in your dad's air popper or Jiffy Pop on the stovetop, watching Twilight Zone reruns or Tales From the Darkside on TV, or renting Friday the 13th or Sleepaway Camp or Nightmare on Elm Street, or playing Atari or Nintendo or Genesis and drinking Jolt all night and having the time of your life... Ughhh...god damn it...now I'm all nostalgic....ok, I admit it....I WISH I COULD GO BACK. I'D GIVE ANYTHING JUST TO GO BACK FOR ONE WEEK!! Why did the 80s have to end??!! 😭
1:54 and 5:11 are my personal favorite commercials, the tune's Saturday Morning Cartoon vibe and the dancing always gets me 😆 I always loved saying it's tagline "SO! Come for the pizza, stay for the fun!"
@@cal4676 you’re technically right, but showbiz bought out Chuck E. Cheese when they went bankrupt in 1984 due to the video game crash of 1983. They merged later on in the early 90s.
Yes, that occurred thanks to "Concept Unification," which saw the replacement of the old "Rock-afire Explosion" band with "Munch's Make-Believe Band" (they kept the existing RAE animatronics but replaced their outer skins with the Chuck E. Cheese's-related characters instead).
I worked there!! Made alot of good friends. It was a fun job. I worked in the kitchen the game room I did birthday parties. I really enjoyed making the families happy 😊
I used to think I could get in and fly away, lol. Now they have real helicopters that size that do just that...in 30 years i'll be scared to go outside.
though it's not the same feel there is still billy bob's wonderland which is really similar to showbiz and has the rock a fire explosion band playing too.
The 80s was the best time to be a kid. Corporations actually had an invested interest in kids. They made big bucks off of us and we enjoyed every minute of it. Life was simple in the 1980s
You know these commercials actually make me think of what Freddy Fazbear's Pizza would have been like if it existed in the 80s and I actually realize that Freddy Fazbear's pizza and ShowBiz Pizza have a lot in common they're both Arcade Pizza restaurants and they both have bears as their mascots the only difference is that one of them has a much darker history
@@celticwarrior9123 Your opinion. I'd love to go to Showbiz Pizza Place. And the Rock afire Explosion is a really amazing animatronic band in my opinion.
If you weren’t a kid of the 80’s like I was it’s very difficult to describe how awesome it was. That said, I went to several amazing Showbiz parties off of Noland Road in KC back in the day!!
My family and I lived within walking distance from Showbiz Pizza! While my mom was at work, my dad and I would walk to Showbiz and have fun!! Great memories!!
I feel like I'm back eating my strawberry shortcake cereal on my metal fold out tv tray on my floor watching QBert and commercials are on 😭😭😭 I freaking miss this and my childhood so much. 1980 baby here
Awww in some of the commercials the kids were actually getting bullied by others and their teachers. They were saying that Showbiz could be a fun escape.
I was born in 81 and can confirm this is where you went for your friends birthday party, when your cousin was visiting or when your mom went out with friends and dad had no idea what to do for dinner. It was loud, the pizza was meh but you could pretty much do whatever you like on the game floor. I loved the helicopter 😀
I'm too young to understand how much this means to some people. I'm still a kid. However, I do have a small spot in my heart for this place. There's actually a Showbiz Pizza Place about an hour away from where I live. On some special occasions, my dad brings me and my brother there. It's pretty fun but feels off. The animatronics seem broken yet still functioning. The wolf guy doesn't have pupils. You can also just tell they're old..very old. The place gives off a strange vibe yet it's still fun. I don't see a lot of people going into it but sometimes I do see a couple of adults with their kids inside. It feels strange knowing it was once a place where kids could go and just have fun like Chuck E Cheeses. I don't remember what kind of prizes they have..it's been a while since I've been. Sorry for making this so long! Just wanted to share
I love the commercial with the kids on the couch discussing the prime-time drama "Dallas". Back then you had to watch whatever the grownups wanted because most households only 1 tv.
Haven't seen/heard these since they aired but could still sing "showbiz pizza, where a kid can be a kid!" before watching. When you're a kid you think ads are very important and will be relevant forever
I wish I was alive when this was still open it seemed so fun I was only able to go to Chuck E. Cheese once when I was like 4 so ten years ago and the commercials for these are so nostalgic to me it’s really sad to me that some people will never get to experience these type of restaurants
I remember the showbiz down the street giving free game tokens for A’s and B’s every time report cards came in. Showbiz has a place in my heart that Chuck E Cheese will never have.
I love the commercial with the kids on the couch discussing the prime-time drama "Dallas". Back then you had to watch whatever the grownups wanted because most households only 1 tv.
@@kinsou3865 I am so sorry for the comment of this fnaf fan, we are usually appreciative of the old animatronic pizza restaurants, this one seems to be the type of one that probably makes cringy gacha videos
Kids nowdays dont know what they missed out on I remember I went to ShowBiz Pizza they put a crown on me and put me on a chair that reminds people as a Kings Throne u cant buy memoryslike that How I miss those days
I like the commercial with the You can giggle, you can wiggle, you can flip your lid. That was my favorite because I had that one stuck in my head all day! I decided to create my own version of that commercial. I told a fake audience that my teacher, Ms. Martha, yelled at me, Mom forgot to pack me Babybel cheese and chocolate milk, and my friend, Sam, never got in touch with my emails. Then I let this song play. You know, the one that says You can giggle, you can wiggle, you can flip your lid. Yeah, that one. My favorite characters are Dook LaRue, Billy Bob, Mitzi Mozzarella, and Rolfe and Earl because ... 1. Dook is a dog and I love dogs (they are super affectionate and sweet and cute) and also he was the drummer of The Rock-afire Explosion and I used to play drums back in middle school. 2. Billy Bob is from Tennessee and that's where all the country music singers like my faves, Brett Young and Kelsea Ballerini are from, plus he's a kidder. He loves kidding around with you. Just like how Chuck E. Cheese is my favorite at Chuck E Cheese because he's the mascot of his own chain, Billy Bob is also my favorite because he's the mascot of Showbiz Pizza Place. 3. Mitzi Mozzarella is the youngest member of The Rock-afire Explosion and has a big crush on Michael Jackson and I can relate to her because I love Michael Jackson. I love his song, "You Are Not Alone" because it's my favorite song in the world besides Plain White T's, "Hey There, Delilah." (which Billy Bob sang on an old TH-cam video Rock-afire Explosion fan Chris Thrash posted during the year 2008). Plus I'm obsessed with people who are the youngest in their family like this Broadway celebrity I'm getting a private lesson with soon, Erika Henningsen. She's the youngest out of three. She has two older sisters. 4. I love Rolfe and Earl 'cause I admit, Rolfe is a jackass and he's, according to Chris Thrash from the 2008 documentary, The Rock-afire Explosion, "A Nobody wanting to be Somebody." It is fricking funny and Rolfe is nothing but mean to the band. He's such a fucking asshole! Earl, Rolfe's ventriloquist puppet, is always trying to make Rolfe stop, but he can't do anything about it because Rolfe is a fucking stupid bitch! Man, I wish I were born in the 80's so I can go to this place! I would just be a good little girl so I can get to go to this place, play some damn skee ball, and watch the animatronic puppets tear it up onstage.
@@celticwarrior5185 When was that? I imagine for some of the emplyees working there was hell. Kids screaming, parents getting pissed off when the food isn't right. Food getting thrown and messes everywhere. Yeah i can see that.
1982, I once hit a guy in head that was sitting dining area with a wooden skee ball when I was 3. Apparently I just perfectly launched it over that 1 foot gap between the brick wall and the ceiling that separated the gaming area. Bounced right off his cue ball.
Ours was "Chuck E Cheese's" not "Show Biz," Both the same Company but two different themes. I was 7 years old in 1987 and Chuck E. Cheese was FUN as all heck. It was EXCITING when you found out that your Dad was taking you there for Dinner because you did good on your report card!
1980’s saw Showbiz, Toys R Us, many skating rinks and putt putt go cart track places pop up. We had Transformers, GI Joe, He Man, matchbox/hot wheels, Saturday morning cartoons, holiday special cartoons, riding bikes, throwing nerf footballs, Walkman radios, slot race car tracks. So much fun
Show biz pizza u can act like a kid, you can have more fun then u ever did, you can giggle u can wiggle u can flip your liiiiid showbiz pizza where a kid can be a kiiiiid
This place was my childhood and it was good pizza soon as Chuck E Cheese took over the pizza tasted worse than Little Ceasers . Frankly a Kroger or Aldi brand (Momma Cozi's ) pizzas are better. Showbiz and Pizza Hut were neck in neck back in the 1980's for the best Pizza. Ours Closed at 901 W Lake Street (West Lake Plaza) around 1998. Chuck E Cheese rebranded in summer of 1998 and the quality went out the door. RIP Showbiz. Im 41 we used to go here every weekend after we shopped at Venture Stores(Save With Style) Children's Palace and then Showbiz our grandparents would take us to these three every weekend like clockwork. Grandpa would even play the video games with us kids.
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🍕👍🏻mmmmm-hmmmm!!!!
Sousuke Kairyuu what do you put this commercial I love the cookie can you come onwhy did you put this commercial I don't like it
Showbiz pizza 🍕 sucked👎.
CELTIC WARRIOR were you even alive in the 80's to see it?
@@sethhorst6158 Yes...Pizza sucked big time.
@@celticwarrior5185 suck don't care
My dad told me this was 10x better than Chuck E. Cheese and now I agree with him.
Yeah, had bumper cars and way more video games than today's Chuckie Cheeses. Took my kids to Chuckie Cheese's today and discovered that they don't even ha e animatronics any longer.
@@homevalueglass3809 they still have them in some city parts
Same
I just remember Chuck E. Cheese being the member of the band at Showbiz. Chuck E. Cheese’s was just the owners selling out IMO.
Chuck E. Cheese and Showbiz were the "same thing" but as the years got up to the 2000's+ it was all ransacked by ghetto families and bad ass kids I mean there's probably not one location where there hasn't been a dining room brawl or even a legit shooting in ANY STATE they have them in. I just loved some skee ball and stand up arcade machines when I was a little kid going there. Nobody ever fucked with anybody and even the pizza was good, the grown ups liked it. They could chill and turn us loose to run around and we acted right and had manners. Feeding a couple dollars into the machine to get showbiz tokens to play the arcades and games made my day every time.
Showbiz Pizza 1980s: “Where a kid can be a kid”
Chuck E Cheeses 2000s: “Where a kid can be a kid”
Showbiz Pizza 1980s: “Come for the Pizza, stay for the fun”
Chuck E Cheeses 2018: “Come for the Pizza, stay for the fun”...
Wow! It went from Rock-a-Fire Explosion to Munch's Make Believe Band.
@@erlindaibarreta8611 good for you and this is a kid
@@jessicarichard9358 I wasn't go to Chuck E. Cheese's before. I'm from a different country.
But doesn't showbiz own chuck E
They are owned by the same people
it was the greatest place in the 80s to me. Had the best arcade games, had awesome pizza, loved the rockafire explosion, even the toy prizes were great. I got a G1 Bumblebee for 300 tickets as a kid.
Seeing commercials like this really make me miss the way Chuck E. Cheese's used to be, especially the animatronics that used to perform for everyone.
Sad that they had to be taken out. Without them, it's just a regular pizza place with games. It's just not the same.
I know that has nothing to do with Showbiz Pizza, but still.
regular pizza with games AND fights now
@@666Uploadz Hahaha...true
Your right, without the animatronics it feels different
though it's not the same feel there is still billy bob's wonderland which is really similar to showbiz and has the rock a fire explosion band playing too.
Chuck E Cheese got the animatronics from Show Biz. Once Show biz took over the Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Time company, Show Biz brought the animatronics to that company and later changed the now merged company's name to simply Chuck E. Cheese that you're familiar with now.
Just imagine living in the 80s
I can confirm that it was a great time.
looks fun
No thanks 😖
Looks creepy
Starrri nighT thats cuz u were born to be an egirl
Is it weird that I find old commercials enjoyable...?
Of course not.
Definitely Not!!!
No. I like them too. Plus they’re better than most of the crap on TV today.
@@ilovethetampabaylightning92 yeah
some of the commercial suk if that doesn't suck
No there cool
these commercials make me nostalgic for somewhere I've never been
this made me cry. i wish I was an 80's-90's kid. So I could experience the fun. the delicious pizza, the animatronics, the skytubes, the ballpit, the arcade games, the rides... ect.
Here's a sample 🐒💨😩
you can still do all of this and more in 2023😭
@@da9558it's not the same though. In the 80s, animatronics like these were at their prime and it was definitely a lot funner judging by how 80s kids explain it. And animatronic pizzerias are getting less popular, losing their spark and such.
My dream is to see Rolf, but that probably won't happen sadly because it's 2023, but I'm not losing hope. Anyways, the point is that going to these shows is harder because of how it's considered "out of style" or too scary (I blame FNAF for making gen z so afraid of animatronics) and it doesn't have nearly so much fun probably
@@da9558yeah but the generation evolved and it won’t be the same as to feel in the 80s
whats with gen z wishing they were 90s to 80s kids
I really wish I grew up in the 80s
Me 2
CONSTUCTED IN THE 80S
There's one called BILLY BOB'S WONDERLAND STILL IN BISNUESS AT WEST VIRGINA BARBOUSEVILLE!!!!!
I went there and I was born in 2008
Wanda L G Nielsen it...was...AWESOME 😀 I'm sorry for being a jerk...but you REALLY missed out on some amazing things.
Of course some stuff wasn't great. Typewriters. Encyclopedias. Most people didn't have answering machines. Standing in line forever with your mom at the grocery store or bank just to cash a check.
Stereos constantly eating your cassette tapes. Almost nobody had cable. Having to find a (working) pay phone to call home.
The video store NEVER having the movie or video game you wanted to rent available on weekend nights. No way of reviewing ANYTHING before you bought a product or went to a place...it was total hit or miss. No GPS.
Most theaters actually enforced the "no admission without a parent" rule...that's why me and my friends didn't get to see Coming To America or Lost Boys 😡 theaters had way more employees back then, and they'd check your ticket stub before letting you into the actual theater part.
By the mid 80s, arcades were on the decline...so they were expensive. They were also dirty, full of choking cigarette smoke, crowded, and smelled like sweaty fat guys who lived and died by their Galaga high scores. Usually the best games were either broken from overuse, or there was a long line to play them, so you'd be hurried through your game and shoved and told to hurry up by people behind you (Dragon's Lair and Street Fighter were especially bad for that)...or they'd be viciously guarded by 20-something regulars who literally wouldn't let you play them...no kidding.
The 80s definitely had fun things too. It was a time of a little more innocence (ignorance?). People did way more outdoors things regularly. Life was a little slower, a bit simpler.
People talked to each other more. There were far fewer distractions. Hanging out with your friends on Friday or Saturday night, making popcorn in your dad's air popper or Jiffy Pop on the stovetop, watching Twilight Zone reruns or Tales From the Darkside on TV, or renting Friday the 13th or Sleepaway Camp or Nightmare on Elm Street, or playing Atari or Nintendo or Genesis and drinking Jolt all night and having the time of your life...
Ughhh...god damn it...now I'm all nostalgic....ok, I admit it....I WISH I COULD GO BACK. I'D GIVE ANYTHING JUST TO GO BACK FOR ONE WEEK!! Why did the 80s have to end??!! 😭
1:54 and 5:11 are my personal favorite commercials, the tune's Saturday Morning Cartoon vibe and the dancing always gets me 😆
I always loved saying it's tagline "SO! Come for the pizza, stay for the fun!"
This isn't terrifying, this is actually adorable.
For children being killed
@@omarmendez0402 Cringe fnafboy alert
@@kinsou3865 let cringe culture die, just let people have fun
@@cantthinkofaname5046 that isn't the problem, they brought fnaf where this doesn't take place
The power blew showtape fr changed my perspective of these robots
These same ingredients are being used today, no kidding, the flour in your pizza today is from 1980s.
Show biz pizza is closed down
@johnwayne87 chuck e cheese is their parent company
@@cal4676 you’re technically right, but showbiz bought out Chuck E. Cheese when they went bankrupt in 1984 due to the video game crash of 1983. They merged later on in the early 90s.
What makes you think that
Im sad 😔
I remember the commercial when chuck e cheese was explaining that they were now taking over showbiz pizza. My childhood died that day
Mine would have to but I’m still a child and I’m 8 years old
You have to be 13 to make an account
@@Cinnamatime Or you can get an adult to do it, even though they shouldn't. That's likely what happened here.
Omg I remember that too, I felt so bamboozled and let down...kinda sums up this adulthood I'm failing miserably at, lol.
Yes, that occurred thanks to "Concept Unification," which saw the replacement of the old "Rock-afire Explosion" band with "Munch's Make-Believe Band" (they kept the existing RAE animatronics but replaced their outer skins with the Chuck E. Cheese's-related characters instead).
I worked there!! Made alot of good friends. It was a fun job. I worked in the kitchen the game room I did birthday parties. I really enjoyed making the families happy 😊
That was the good old days 🙂
@@devintaylor8702 Sure was!
No creo.
my favorite was the helicopter ride that would go up and down.
I used to think I could get in and fly away, lol. Now they have real helicopters that size that do just that...in 30 years i'll be scared to go outside.
When time travel gets invented and gets made to the public, I'm going to ShowBiz Pizza
though it's not the same feel there is still billy bob's wonderland which is really similar to showbiz and has the rock a fire explosion band playing too.
🤣😂 I went there in the day. It was okay a couple times.
Same
There's a certain kind of smell that some pizza places will give off that immediately take me back to this place and playing TMNT and The Simpsons.
@Kevin Geaslin Nostalgia smells, man. Gets ya right in the feels.
The 80s was the best time to be a kid. Corporations actually had an invested interest in kids. They made big bucks off of us and we enjoyed every minute of it. Life was simple in the 1980s
You know these commercials actually make me think of what Freddy Fazbear's Pizza would have been like if it existed in the 80s and I actually realize that Freddy Fazbear's pizza and ShowBiz Pizza have a lot in common they're both Arcade Pizza restaurants and they both have bears as their mascots the only difference is that one of them has a much darker history
Yeah, and Freddy Fazbear's wasn't a REAL place! Showbiz was the REAL dEAL, muchaco!
The most terrifying memory i have is looking behind the curtain. And they're all just staring 👁👁
🤣 facts!
I loved doing that!
Aaaaaahhhhh..... The 80's friggin was great as a kid! I loved this place!
Poor thing, you've must've had terrible childhood... Showbiz pizza sucked...
@@celticwarrior9123 No it was good bc in the 80s Chuck E Cheese wasnt as good as in the 90s
@@celticwarrior9123 Your opinion. I'd love to go to Showbiz Pizza Place. And the Rock afire Explosion is a really amazing animatronic band in my opinion.
If you weren’t a kid of the 80’s like I was it’s very difficult to describe how awesome it was. That said, I went to several amazing Showbiz parties off of Noland Road in KC back in the day!!
Yeah, the kids these days are scared of them, Showbiz is so awesome!
I went to that same Showbiz Pizza in KC many time myself! Great memories!
My family and I lived within walking distance from Showbiz Pizza! While my mom was at work, my dad and I would walk to Showbiz and have fun!! Great memories!!
There’s no more places like Chuck E. Cheese and show biz anymore, there all bankrupt!!! Miss the good old days :(
They got rid of the robots
No you don't Big Bozz Curry, Showbiz sucked big time, The pizza...the service... and the dumb robots.
@@celticwarrior5185 That's your opinion
I dont like cec ever since they changed chuck in 2012 as a small rat -.-
There's a retro arcade in Virginia with the animatronics
I feel like I'm back eating my strawberry shortcake cereal on my metal fold out tv tray on my floor watching QBert and commercials are on 😭😭😭 I freaking miss this and my childhood so much. 1980 baby here
4:49 WHAT THE
I thought that 😂
Sir. I think the animatronics are doing some un sanitary things in the show room
A few hours later* Breaking News:an animatronic killed a kid in Showbiz Pizza Place
Go with it
Now this is a five nights at freddys level threat
1:44 I was legitimately scared for the kid in this shot
It’s the bite of 87 of the hug
I 👀 WHAT you're talking ABOUT😬
OH MY GOD NO, IS THAT THE BALL PIT
@@dunjasavic3387 into the pit
@@murilog.p.1383 press this 1:44 now see the scene
Awww in some of the commercials the kids were actually getting bullied by others and their teachers. They were saying that Showbiz could be a fun escape.
The absolute best ♡ my dad took me here all the time as a kid, having your birthday here they really made you feel special
A blast from MY PAST, I loved being a Teen and going to this place. I loved the combo Pizza and the TRON and Galaxian arcade games too.
Man, that’s what I hate about being born in 2000. I feel like I missed out on some cool stuff from the 80’s and 90’s.
Come for the pizza!
Stay for the-
*SWEEPSTAKES*
I was born in 81 and can confirm this is where you went for your friends birthday party, when your cousin was visiting or when your mom went out with friends and dad had no idea what to do for dinner. It was loud, the pizza was meh but you could pretty much do whatever you like on the game floor. I loved the helicopter 😀
I'm too young to understand how much this means to some people. I'm still a kid. However, I do have a small spot in my heart for this place. There's actually a Showbiz Pizza Place about an hour away from where I live. On some special occasions, my dad brings me and my brother there. It's pretty fun but feels off. The animatronics seem broken yet still functioning. The wolf guy doesn't have pupils. You can also just tell they're old..very old. The place gives off a strange vibe yet it's still fun. I don't see a lot of people going into it but sometimes I do see a couple of adults with their kids inside. It feels strange knowing it was once a place where kids could go and just have fun like Chuck E Cheeses. I don't remember what kind of prizes they have..it's been a while since I've been. Sorry for making this so long! Just wanted to share
@Bailerplayz and vlogs
Surprisingly, they do
I thought you were transitioning into a scary story because of fnaf for a sec when you were talking about how it feels off lol
I love the commercial with the kids on the couch discussing the prime-time drama "Dallas". Back then you had to watch whatever the grownups wanted because most households only 1 tv.
The wolf is rolfe
@@bossfan49 I believe in 2023 it looks abandoned now
I grew up in the mid-80's, but this shit still gives me nightmares.
😂😂😂
Thanks scott
Some people will get that
4:28 What is that video game?
Nkkicute I think it’s Tempest!
Perpetually Annoyed Cause billy bob is Freddy fazbear cousin
william afton you aint slick
What a guy
Five Nights at bis
I cant look at animatronics the same again
Lol
I watched game theory about fnaf and played all games so I cant look at one ever again
Haven't seen/heard these since they aired but could still sing "showbiz pizza, where a kid can be a kid!" before watching. When you're a kid you think ads are very important and will be relevant forever
My dad used to work there as a dough boy!
He still tells me stories!
Aww too cute!
That man was a hero. I am 42 and still miss that pizza.
@@Veridiansolar back when they served beer and wine to the parents in pizzerias hehe
Showbiz Pizza was the BEST!!! I miss the 80s! 😩
Going to Showbiz as a kid in the 80s was amazing!!!
Place was super fun plus my friends older sister worked there and dressed in the Billy Bob costume. She would give us free tokens!
I wish I was alive when this was still open it seemed so fun I was only able to go to Chuck E. Cheese once when I was like 4 so ten years ago and the commercials for these are so nostalgic to me it’s really sad to me that some people will never get to experience these type of restaurants
I remember the showbiz down the street giving free game tokens for A’s and B’s every time report cards came in. Showbiz has a place in my heart that Chuck E Cheese will never have.
I am a 2000s Chuck E Cheese Kid I never knew this place actually existed only inklings of my Dad mentioning it to me while I was a kid.
Same!! It's so so sad Showbiz pizza doesn't exist anymore. Chuck E Cheese is starting to fade out too, it will be a distant memory
Didn’t know Chucky E Cheese’s was still around in the 2000’s. Went to both places as a kid. It was a fun time.
3:57 okay damn??? 😳 that just happened lmao
OMG!! I so blessed to been able to celebrate a birthday there when I was little.😊
Lucky!
Im an 80's kid too and my parents never took me there. 😢
Blessed? More like CURSED to celebrate birthday in that joint 😲
@@winning3329 Consider yourself blessed Miss Kitty... Showbiz Pizza was horrible, believe me from experience....
@@celticwarrior9123 just because they scared you doesn't mean every child in the world is too
Showbiz Pizza is in fact the best pizzeria in the 1980's and the best place for pizza and fun and entertainment, gotta love Showbiz Pizza
I love the commercial with the kids on the couch discussing the prime-time drama "Dallas". Back then you had to watch whatever the grownups wanted because most households only 1 tv.
I took my son to a ShowBiz pizza place in Lansing Michigan back 1995 for his birthday party. Was a fun time good food
I love Showbiz Pizza Place 1980 Commercals so much
sue!
That Gorilla still scares the shit out me 30 yrs later.. How did they think he was anywhere near kid friendly is beyond me.
No where near as terrifying as Uncle Klunk
Me too, that fatz guy is nightmarish
We got to have the Gorilla guy in the next FNAF game🤣
@@princessfiona2967 cringe fnafboy alert
@@kinsou3865 I am so sorry for the comment of this fnaf fan, we are usually appreciative of the old animatronic pizza restaurants, this one seems to be the type of one that probably makes cringy gacha videos
Kids nowdays dont know what they missed out on I remember I went to ShowBiz Pizza they put a crown on me and put me on a chair that reminds people as a Kings Throne u cant buy memoryslike that How I miss those days
I’m glad I missed this. I’m terrified
You're lucky. I wish I grew up in the 80s. Seemed like an awesome time to be alive :(
I wish Showbiz was still open have a birthday next month
@@becca6836 bro are you really scared of a stuffed animal with no legs
The concert with the characters scared the hell out of me when I was a child. But playing all of the fun games was so much fun.
I like the commercial with the You can giggle, you can wiggle, you can flip your lid. That was my favorite because I had that one stuck in my head all day! I decided to create my own version of that commercial. I told a fake audience that my teacher, Ms. Martha, yelled at me, Mom forgot to pack me Babybel cheese and chocolate milk, and my friend, Sam, never got in touch with my emails. Then I let this song play. You know, the one that says You can giggle, you can wiggle, you can flip your lid. Yeah, that one.
My favorite characters are Dook LaRue, Billy Bob, Mitzi Mozzarella, and Rolfe and Earl because ...
1. Dook is a dog and I love dogs (they are super affectionate and sweet and cute) and also he was the drummer of The Rock-afire Explosion and I used to play drums back in middle school.
2. Billy Bob is from Tennessee and that's where all the country music singers like my faves, Brett Young and Kelsea Ballerini are from, plus he's a kidder. He loves kidding around with you. Just like how Chuck E. Cheese is my favorite at Chuck E Cheese because he's the mascot of his own chain, Billy Bob is also my favorite because he's the mascot of Showbiz Pizza Place.
3. Mitzi Mozzarella is the youngest member of The Rock-afire Explosion and has a big crush on Michael Jackson and I can relate to her because I love Michael Jackson. I love his song, "You Are Not Alone" because it's my favorite song in the world besides Plain White T's, "Hey There, Delilah." (which Billy Bob sang on an old TH-cam video Rock-afire Explosion fan Chris Thrash posted during the year 2008). Plus I'm obsessed with people who are the youngest in their family like this Broadway celebrity I'm getting a private lesson with soon, Erika Henningsen. She's the youngest out of three. She has two older sisters.
4. I love Rolfe and Earl 'cause I admit, Rolfe is a jackass and he's, according to Chris Thrash from the 2008 documentary, The Rock-afire Explosion, "A Nobody wanting to be Somebody." It is fricking funny and Rolfe is nothing but mean to the band. He's such a fucking asshole! Earl, Rolfe's ventriloquist puppet, is always trying to make Rolfe stop, but he can't do anything about it because Rolfe is a fucking stupid bitch!
Man, I wish I were born in the 80's so I can go to this place! I would just be a good little girl so I can get to go to this place, play some damn skee ball, and watch the animatronic puppets tear it up onstage.
The kid in the basketball commercial.COME ON GUYS...COME ON GUYS...I still say that like him to this day lol
Come for the pizza 🍕, stay for the fun! 🕹 📷📸
Rectown Killa cause showbiz is number one!
The video games were fun, but the pizza and the service sucked.
@@celticwarrior5185 When was that? I imagine for some of the emplyees working there was hell. Kids screaming, parents getting pissed off when the food isn't right. Food getting thrown and messes everywhere. Yeah i can see that.
My dad used to go there as a kid but now the place is an auto zone
Nobody:
Scott Cawthon on 2014: Immabout to end this establishment's whole career.
Chuck e cheese already ended this establishment's career back in 1990
@Zacobie Dyer Ok i'll edit it
Show biz pizza bought chuck e cheese when it was bankrupt and then decided to change the showbiz pizza locations to chuck e cheese
Sorry scott, Chuck beat you to it
@@jhonvvick1289 Correct, the Rock Afire animatronics were the ones who were ruined.
I would just be waiting for the show to come back on 😭
Really wish I could have experienced this. So cool
Don't these commercials make everything look like so much fun?
I turn 40 tomorrow, and this place still haunts my dreams.
I wish showbiz was back I really want to go to that place the food looks good and It looks amazing
I miss showbiz😭😭😭
Thanks for Liking my comment and I still Miss showbiz😢😢😢😢
@@chaset5952 just miss it forever
Memories 🥁 BillyBob & Mitzi, 🍕
SO GLAD I WAS AN 80's KID! NEVER BEEN TO SHOWBIZ PIZZARIA, BUT I'VE BEEN TO CHUCK E. CHEESE SEVERAL TIMES WHEN I WAS YOUNGER😊😃😁
Took me back to my childhood here in Houston Texas
There was a SBP on Antoine and Little York in the '80s. It became a CEC for awhile.
I remember going to showbiz as a kid I loved it
1982, I once hit a guy in head that was sitting dining area with a wooden skee ball when I was 3. Apparently I just perfectly launched it over that 1 foot gap between the brick wall and the ceiling that separated the gaming area. Bounced right off his cue ball.
I still remember my first time going there. My parents bought the doll. The 80s were a great time to be a kid
3:26 lady:Let me give you a big kiss!
Kid:See what I mean?
LOL
I remember going to showbiz in the 80’s as a kid! I thought the pizza was good, but I was a kid.
It's crazy to think that showbiz pizza place will be 55 years old 13 years from now.
Ours was "Chuck E Cheese's"
not "Show Biz," Both the same Company
but two different themes.
I was 7 years old in 1987 and
Chuck E. Cheese was FUN as all heck.
It was EXCITING when you found out that your Dad was taking you there for Dinner because you did good on your report card!
I heard there is a bar somewhere that has a working rock a fire band… I would love it if there was one in every major city! God knows I would go!
Billy Bob used to bend you over his lap, and give you a spank for each year on your birthday! Can you even imagine them doing that now? 😂
Showbiz was cool...and still is!!
Is it bad that I'm interested in the video and audio quality?
Meta Knight the star warrior no, no it is not bad that your interest in the video.
American Politics with Clay Thats your opinion =-=
@@tamianosiasau3136 so...do you mean to say that it IS bad for him to be interested in the video?
No! It is actually really well-done for its time because it was in the peak of the 80s when this was made.
@@syncdi3221 *her
so it's basically the original version of chuck e cheese? that's cool
dang the 80's seemed like a magical time. wish i was alive then T~T
For those of you who were born in the 2000s and 2010s Who wish they were alive in the 1980s to see what Showbiz Pizza Place looks like?
I do
Same
I was born in 96' so I got to see early 2000's Chuck E Cheese right before it went to shit
1- i would like to go to a showbiz pizza place, but
2-THAT FUCKING ANIMATRONICS ARE SO SCARY
I wish showbiz pizza well still be here
Johanna Way me to 😞😞
Malachi Arciero it merged with Chuck E. Cheese’s .
1980’s saw Showbiz, Toys R Us, many skating rinks and putt putt go cart track places pop up. We had Transformers, GI Joe, He Man, matchbox/hot wheels, Saturday morning cartoons, holiday special cartoons, riding bikes, throwing nerf footballs, Walkman radios, slot race car tracks. So much fun
i love showbiz soooooooooooooo munch
Shout out to Showbiz at Columbus, GA!
5:59 Why is this so freaking terrifying. THE LIGHTING THO 😳😰
billy bob
Omg
Show biz pizza u can act like a kid, you can have more fun then u ever did, you can giggle u can wiggle u can flip your liiiiid showbiz pizza where a kid can be a kiiiiid
I really wish I was born in this time. It seems like fun and a time I would enjoy
Miss the 80's and 90's ... Best time as a kid ❤
Pure nostalgia for 80s kids
Our childhoods were commercialized in the best ways possible.
That third commercial with the little boy tryna play basketball with everyone really takes me back
Fr watching that was a blast from the past lol 😆
I intentionally searched for this.
I remember showbiz pizza place FATZ Geronimo and his band the rock afire explosion sang happy birthday to me when I was a kid
I still hear that song in my head when i had my birthday party there.
Good memories, being a kid in the 80's. We went to the Show Biz in Orange Park Fl.
That ShowBiz Pizza Place Band was nightmare fuel!!!
I rembember I used to watch these types of videos in 2017 when I was a young kid it was a lot of fun
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate how lucky our parents were to be able to go to places like this?
My dad went there too
I actually worked at a Showbiz as an arcade machine mechanic.
I wish Chuck E. Cheese could go back to the 80s version and I also wish showbiz pizza was back 😢
I miss Showbiz 😩
I don't... yay🙌
@@celticwarrior9123 get out of this video bruh
My favorite place to go as a kid
This place was my childhood and it was good pizza soon as Chuck E Cheese took over the pizza tasted worse than Little Ceasers . Frankly a Kroger or Aldi brand (Momma Cozi's ) pizzas are better. Showbiz and Pizza Hut were neck in neck back in the 1980's for the best Pizza. Ours Closed at 901 W Lake Street (West Lake Plaza) around 1998. Chuck E Cheese rebranded in summer of 1998 and the quality went out the door. RIP Showbiz. Im 41 we used to go here every weekend after we shopped at Venture Stores(Save With Style) Children's Palace and then Showbiz our grandparents would take us to these three every weekend like clockwork. Grandpa would even play the video games with us kids.
@@nickbernath8 yes
You had a Showbiz in 98? I thought they all EOLd or branded as Chuck E Cheeses by 1992
That, "Where a kid can be a kid" thing causes me to hear the showbiz commercials in my head when I see the Chuck E Cheese commercials.