pop lock and drop it huey bowwow t-pain rockafire showbizpizza showbizpizzaplace music rap remix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkjTM4AfYdU

TS: t-pain on "walk it out" remix v. t-pain on "pop lock and drop it" remix

i'm firmly in the "walk it out corner.

On "Pop Lock And Drop It" he sounds like a malfunctioning robot, it's crazy.

he needs to do some Zapp & Roger

computerized

omg grady thank u for these. my ex used to work at showbiz pizza when she was growing up. these things always terrified me.

zomfg

what the fuck are those things!!! THAT IS PURE TERROR.

t-pain is clearly not the ventriloquist HE'S THE DUMMY AHHHHH

and the gorilla on the drum is too good.

it's the verite slashercam that makes it more than anything tho

it's also the way the gorilla's keyboard lights up when the crazy spaceship synth noise kicks off pop lock too

I am only a beginner, a baby, a toddler, newborn.

do they not have places with anamatronic singing animals where you have your birthday party in UK/europe?

also: TS chuck e cheese VS showbizpizza

it's the verite slashercam that makes it more than anything tho

-- r|t|c, Wednesday, August 22, 2007 2:20 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Link

yeah part of me wishes he had a nicer camera with a mix from the cd straight in to truly capture what he's put all this hard work into, but part of me likes how he's on shitty videotape.

T-Pain was on the "2 Step" rmx, not "Walk It Out

I am way more entertained by this than I want to be. even better than the video of Spongebob Squarepants lip-syncing "Crank Dat".

guh, awesome

its been linked to twice already, but you really need to watch this one to truly appreciate this guy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rock-afire_Explosion

Billy Bob Brockali - Bass Guitar. Located on stage left. He was the mascot for ShowBiz Pizza Place throughout its existence, and his image was on most of the merchandise. Billy Bob is a bear who wears a red and yellow-striped pair of overalls.

Looney Bird - Vocals. Looney Bird shares Billy Bob's stage. His head is the only thing ever seen, the rest of him supposedly hiding in an oil drum. Some shows featured a segment where Looney Bird would answer fan mail; for this, the robot was retrofitted to include a pair of hands which popped up holding a piece of paper for him to read.

Dook LaRue - Drums / Vocals. Dook is a dog who wore a silver space suit. The character is unique in that when setup properly, he has the ablility to actually play a 4 piece drum kit in time with the music.

Fatz Geronimo - Keyboard / Vocals. Fatz is a giant gorilla who wears a gold tuxedo. He is a parody of real-life entertainer Fats Domino.

Beach Bear - Electric Guitar / Vocals. Beach Bear is a "surfer" polar bear who wears beach shorts.

Mitzi Mozzarella - Vocals. Mitzi was a mouse and a cheerleader. Wears a white and green cheerleader uniform.

Rolfe deWolfe - Located on stage right. Rolfe is a wolf, but less of a musician, and more of a stand up comedian and ventriloquist (providing Earl's voice), although he did sing and had a cymbal. Replaced temporarily by Uncle Klunk.

Earl Schemerle - Earl is Rolfe's hand puppet, although he has a personality of his own.

Uncle Klunk - This character was only placed in around 30 stores for a limited period of time, and would replace Rolfe & Earl on stage right. Uncle Klunk was the only human character ever placed in the show. He performed talk show type skits along with his bird "Click" (Later renamed to "Murray D. Bird"). A signature phrase of his was, "Kids, don't smoke Crayolas!" He would also be retrofitted with a Santa Claus costume and stage set for the holidays.

Others - The show also has several smaller prop characters. These characters have only one or two movements and do not usually have speaking roles. All of these characters are located on the center portion of the stage. The "Sun" located behind the trees on the left, the "Moon" located behind the trees on the right, "Antioch" the spider, who drops from the ceiling and "Choo-Choo" the baby bear who hides in a small tree stump.

as much as his craft does amaze me is it so wrong to admit i enjoy him being some creepy crazy southern feller that much more?

but anyway nah we don't have anything like these in england as far as i know ;_;

i did have a magician at my pizza hut party if that helps.

There is also Rock-afire Pizza operating in Southern California, in the desert city of Indio. This venue is in no way connected to Showbiz or Chuck E Cheese restaurant but does boast having The Rock-afire Band and regalia.

this guy should play Coachella.

there are others

as much as his craft does amaze me is it so wrong to admit i enjoy him being some creepy crazy southern feller that much more?

if you ever get a chance to meet the guy be sure and tell him how much his deliciously creepy accent enhances your respect for his work ---

(or then again maybe just keep that to yourself until you get over it)

http://idolator.com/tunes/videodrone/t+pains-country-bear-jamboree-292082.php

XD

T-Pain was on the "2 Step" rmx, not "Walk It Out

I am way more entertained by this than I want to be. even better than the video of Spongebob Squarepants lip-syncing "Crank Dat".

-- Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 18:47 (1 hour ago) Link

my bad.

the video's on pitchfork, too (xpost).

gr8080 ask Nick Denton for 5% of that page's ad revenue

no wait he big upped you
i really should read these things first

haha wtf dude i'm not gonna not credit the man who brought my only joy today

all i have now is the rotted-out animatronic muppets

oh wow u should interview the guy who reprograms them

omg

it will be like when i visited the big johnson t-shirt factory but far, far creepier. i think.

i smell pulitzer

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE

wtf ILM? we need to represent here. top of this list by tomorrow morning.

-- Wrinklepaws, Tuesday, August 21, 2007 1:35 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

sanskrit - how do these things work? soes it take a day or two for them to log?

A signature phrase of his was, "Kids, don't smoke Crayolas!"
A signature phrase of his was, "Kids, don't smoke Crayolas!"
A signature phrase of his was, "Kids, don't smoke Crayolas!"
A signature phrase of his was, "Kids, don't smoke Crayolas!"
A signature phrase of his was, "Kids, don't smoke Crayolas!"
A signature phrase of his was, "Kids, don't smoke Crayolas!"
A signature phrase of his was, "Kids, don't smoke Crayolas!"

BIG JOHNSON ANIMATRONIC PUPPETS: KIDS, DONT SMOKE CRAYOLAS

this guy should take this shit out of the basement and open a 21+ place with a killer soundsystem and a bar and a dancefloor and a dj to play inbetween sets.

i will take out loans to help him do this.

sanskrit - how do these things work? soes it take a day or two for them to log?

-- gr8080, Wednesday, August 22, 2007 9:10 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

dude i have no idea. maybe people have to watch it all the way through? shit is random. but i'm pretty sure idolator will be #1 on it tomorrow.

jesus, soulstrut is in the lead. those people are the worst.

the only way i can describe soulstrut is imagine ILM as a record digging / beatmaking board with 800 ethans trying to zing each other then once a month pete rock posts something and everyone gets all reverent.

i found out about this guy on a djhistory thread. all they could talk about was how awful fergie is.

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/07/30/chuck_e_cheese_bots_.html
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/01/showbiz-pizzas-rock-afire-explosion-hacked-to-rap-on-stage/
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/robots/chuck-e-cheese-robots-hacked-to-play-hip-hop-284313.php

i dont read boing boing

the only way i can describe soulstrut is imagine ILM as a record digging / beatmaking board with 800 ethans trying to zing each other then once a month pete rock posts something and everyone gets all reverent.

-- sanskrit, Wednesday, August 22, 2007 6:40 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

ethan with a hint of jaxon?

is "i don't read boing boing"/"i read boing boing" a meme or something?

its not a meme until HOOS is on it.

clap your hoos say yeah.

78 clicks from http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/forkcast/45062-ra...
76 clicks from http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/forkcast/45061-hu...
54 clicks from http://www.soulstrut.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat...
48 clicks from http://www.idolator.com/
28 clicks from http://idolator.com/

I BET DAT BIZZA TASE GOOOOD

if britishers want some kind of idea of what these places were like this guy has a ton of old videos. including several couple training videos for the employees who had to install them??

ROFL u got chuck e cheese in yo crib..

do they not have places with anamatronic singing animals where you have your birthday party in UK/europe?

also: TS chuck e cheese VS showbizpizza

Pure Americana, man. I'm going Michelle Obama - first time I'm proud of my country. That Usher one is money, as is the OP's link.

I'd like to see some house/techno with some good vocals on there. So mechanical!

basement jaxx - red alert

omg macy and odb!!!

Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)- Arcade Fire

inspired camerawork! i'll report back on the film

the eyes the eyes the eyes

this guy sucks. i like chris thrash's VHS-on-a-tripod work better.

all the awesome songs they could do and people pick Arcade Fire? I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy just doesn't work.

o how embarrassing, i didn't realize fanprograms and christhrash were different ppl :/ :| :\

though i should have known, the real hands w/ synringe going into the girl's eye is an impurity thrash would never stoop to

my understanding is that "fanprograms" is a dude who programmed and/or designed the original showbizz programs back in the day and that chris thrash is a dude who just learned it on his own in the last few years and by talking to other people on the internet, including "fanprograms"

MAYBE THEY WILL RELEASE A DOCUMENTARY FILM TO CLEAR IT UP

Rock-Afire Explosion to screen at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Sat 10:23am
The Rock-Afire Explosion will be screening at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in beautiful Missoula Montana on Saturday, February 14th, 2009.

Date and time:
Saturday Feb 14, 2009 @ 8:15 PM.

Venue:
The Wilma Theater
131 S. Higgins Avenue
Missoula, MT 59802
www.thewilma.com

Main Link:
http://bigsky.bside.com/2009/films/rockafireexplostion_bigsky2009

on dvd

http://www.rockafiremovie.com/images/pages/merchandise/lightbox/RAE-DVD.png

http://www.rockafiremovie.com/

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Animatronic-Hillbilly-Family-Musicians-/130742966163

ebay

― gr8080, Tuesday, August 21, 2007 1:32 PM (4 years ago)

Did we have a thread where we talked about that documentary? Because it's worth talking about.

I never noticed the $1200 bid up above for Electric Feel, I guess that's how they ended up in the MGMT music video, I saw that at the gym one day and it blew my mind

reviving to post this video by the original showbiz character creator that he put together in a fit of inspiration last year:
http://www.youtube.com/v/uu4e-Rf6zhc&fs=1&hl=en

there is a cdbaby link for a possible album but I thankfully cannot view it at work

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chuck-e-cheeses-animatronics-may-take-a-final-bow/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8ZjhklL_RU

interstitial video elements with doberman particularly confusing

jump to 3.30 for the "giving/getting head bit"

there was a restaurant in KC called Rockafire that had a working band setup. it closed in march :(

https://inkkc.com/articles/227459289/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PL5ds5Zf40

er, changed focus rather than closed i guess.

oh man, those videos were so classic

those videos are probably my favorite content on the entire internet