no, there are video screens but the robots are still there. In front of the stage there are green screens so the kids can see themselves on tv with the robots.
Late,
grmpysmrf
That is awesome! I hope the robots never die!
^
Totally agreed.
There are a few elements that are required Chuck E. Cheese components.
– Creepy singing robots.
– Skee-Ball
– Whack-a-Mole
– Cheese Crawl and Ball Pit
– Giant Creepy Mouse getting beat up by ADHD children.
– “Pizza”
Clearly I’m in the weird bracket between Farrell’s and C.E.C. because I remember when one place was on its dying breath before it got absorbed by the C.E.C. corp…that’s right…
Showbiz Pizza.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHXuf-xH6vQ
And a charming video of the performing acts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wu64qoOtnw
Yeah, I remember Showbiz.
I think there’s a guy out there that will sync your song to the Showbiz band for a fee…
Damnit. Stop it with all these cool places to eat.
My kids are either deprived, or lucky.
Yeah, it was always Showbiz out here by me, they turned into Chuck E. Cheese I guess when I was in fourth or fifth grade.
These are probably the best Rockafire Explosion videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4aIblRt72g&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbnN6QmdrH4&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGWJbcTvL_M&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8ZjhklL_RU&feature=related
I tried watching some of the Rockafire vids last night and got creeped out.
If I was any of those bands, I’d make that the official video to the song.
It was a dark day in my childhood when that damned rat Charles Cheese took over my beloved Showbiz Pizza. Billy Bob Bear could kick his plague ridden ass any day of the week.
Showbiz Pizza Video Game Tunnel
And Farrell’s…fuck yeah. Used to go to the one on Rosemead just below Valley Blvd.
I find it funny that chuck e cheese’s mascot is a mouse. Who takes their children to an eatery that advertises it has vermin? so much so that a vermin is their mascot? Can’t get pissed if you get sick they got a mouse right on the fuckin’ sign.
Late,
grmpysmrf
And Farrell’s…fuck yeah. Used to go to the one on Rosemead just below Valley Blvd.
HAHAHA!!! I know the location well. The building was still there last I checked. Maybe it’ll get pimped out again with Farrell’s new reawakening.
Holy fuck balls!!!That Farrell’s was massive…nothing like the one down here that was just stuck in the corner of your average 70’s Miami mall…that fucker was a strip mall unto itself…
Wasn’t Farrell’s the place where they’d have a live organist?
From what I recall as a pre-teen, my friends and I would go in wasted on pot and alcohol, stagger up to the organist who’d be playing Happy Birthday to some kid, and request Sabbath’s War Pigs or something.
I don’t recall the music situation there but it wouldn’t surprise me. I’d more expect it to be an upright, salloon-style piano, though.
Here is that Farrell’s on Rosemead now. Maybe they have the same schtick, replacing the ice cream and cake with delicious seafood, guys in pinstripe outfits bringing sushi on a stretcher.
Here is that Farrell’s on Rosemead now. Maybe they have the same schtick, replacing the ice cream and cake with delicious seafood, guys in pinstripe outfits bringing sushi on a stretcher.
What are the cross streets on that one? I’m thinking of a different one, just south of the 10 (maybe it’s not Rosemead, actually – might be San Gabriel or Monterey Park or something) which still had (at least last I checked) the Farrell’s red barny salloon building. I think it was also a seafood restaurant, though.
I’ll try and scout it out.
Gunnar,
If I decide to fork out my hard earned at the local cinema and the film I choose to see turns out to be complete balls and there are less than 5 other people in attendance, do I reserve the right to boo and hiss loudly halfway through the showing and make a complete ass of myself?
I mean, if the film makers have taken it upon themselves to steal my cash and waste my time, surely I have the right to retaliate and not stand passively by like a pleb? Or instead, should I take my revenge like the keyboard warrior that I am and start my own website dedicated to films I have seen and hated and wasted my money on?
What is the correct etiquette here?
Gunnar,
If I decide to fork out my hard earned at the local cinema and the film I choose to see turns out to be complete balls and there are less than 5 other people in attendance, do I reserve the right to boo and hiss loudly halfway through the showing and make a complete ass of myself?
I mean, if the film makers have taken it upon themselves to steal my cash and waste my time, surely I have the right to retaliate and not stand passively by like a pleb? Or instead, should I take my revenge like the keyboard warrior that I am and start my own website dedicated to films I have seen and hated and wasted my money on?
What is the correct etiquette here?
You have to first properly identify who are the villains and who are the victims in this scenario. I am a complete proponent for heckling, but the problem with a movie is the actors and directors and production team are not actually there typically. So, YES, you do have to raise Hell on the internet and make your voice be heard so that you can expose your discontent to as many people as possible and hope that it will spread and filter back to the perpetrators and hurt their feelings.
Booing during the film? It’s best not to do a full-on assault right away because you might actually be making things worse for other victims in the theatre. They might be trying desperately to get something out of the piece-of-crap film and we don’t want to completely ruin their experience. BUT, there is a chance that we can ENHANCE and improve it with our additional “commentary”.
Usually what I will do in such a situation is test the waters. I’ll start out with a strategically placed fart noise or a <<COUGHBULLSHITCOUGH>> and see how the audience responds. If they laugh at my outburst or nod in approval and mutter, “Yeah, this movie is crap!” then I know they are ready for an upgrade to their show. And when I say upgrade I mean I’m going to loudly insult anything and everything on the screen.
If no one is really feelin’ ya, the best thing to do is stand straight up and hold out your arms with each thumb pointing down, and then walk out defiantly in that position. People will see your act of defiance and either follow suit or envy you for your bravery and ability to take control of your life. Just walk into another theatre and try a different film and see if it’s watchable or if you need to once again start making fart noises.
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