This is actually really sad. I've lived here in Billings my whole life and I was never really interested in the stage as a kid. Now that I'm older I have a much deeper appreciation for the relics of a time long passed. I have nostalgia for the old CEC franchises even though I wasn't alive for them. I'm just very sad that our location is in this state of disrepair. I probably won't return anyways...
Dang, look at Jasper's eyes. Just goes to show how little corporate cares about these 80's and 90's time capsules. Within 7 months we'll probably have very very little 3 stages or none. EDIT: Augusta has gotten 2.0 I want to cry so much.
seeing someone going through the chuck e. cheese in my old hometown is a surreal experience, especially since it’s been years since i’ve seen the inside of that place. super cool that you did this! I also did not know billings had the last chuck e. cheese in montana. interesting.
This hurts 💔. I always loves animatronics since going to chuck e back in the early 2000s days. It sucks that entertainment is out. Idc how nightmare fuel they can be, these animatronics are my childhood. I remember getting on stage thinking I was the ish.
Yay more Billings footage!!! Billings has the last remnant of Pizzacam left in CEC stores (his box), since Huntsville removed their show almost a month ago.
I love the little tape labels, especially the one with Rolfe’s name on Stage Right! Really makes me sad to see how corporate has let this stage go considering how well kept it was. Poor Jasper/Beach Bear with those lazy eyes… 😔 One thing in particular too that I like about this stage is how the walls right next to it are angled just like the old showbiz walls, even though they don’t have that wood texture on them. Just looks aesthetically nice!
I’m a Billings resident and I have to say, I thought the animatronics were already gone. I’m pretty surprised. The last time I was there was probably around 1990 when I was a kid. And it definitely used to be a Showbiz Pizza. In fact, I’ve never been in it after the switch.
I had NO idea this was here…born and raised Missoulian, with family in Billings and Hardin. Spent many a summer with my aunties in Billings, but never went here. Too bad, looks like it was probably a lot of fun back in the day… Love seeing my state featured💕
The gang is extremely in poor condition, seems like they gave up on them. Poor things, most of the animatronics in world basically don't work or have something horribly wrong with them. Glad some of the stages are still being taken care of.
Their condition went downhill once they were bought from corporate, shows how much they don’t care. It’s so disappointing to see this, especially after seeing how good this stage was. They even removed Munch’s hat. What happened to when CEC cared?
As someone who spent more time than i care to recall at this Chuck E Cheese, and whose household got sick nearly every time we went, i cant say im sorry to see the chain go. Businesses arent time capsules & cant be run as museums. I hope theyve been able to get one of the stages accessioned into a museum (not in billings, neither has that kind of storage), but theyd have to be willing to donate it.
25 years ago I would go here when my mom was shopping in the other stores that have since disappeared. I'd only play arcade games though like TMNT and Metal Slug. I'm pretty sure the animatronics were behind a separate wall. Probably to reduce the noise from the jungle gym. I'm surprised its still open.
Sad to see the band in such a tragic state. Apparently they'll be removed by July this year too :( I really hope Pineville's stage gets preserved once the other 3 are gone
If you love Showbiz easter eggs, I don't know if you know or not but during Christmas time, the Huntsville, Al location has a few! They always put some gifts around the stage, and when I went in 2022 there was a gift that was for Billy Bob and it said it was to bear retirement village! And I didn't see this one, but I saw in a video that there is a gift in the shape of Billy Bob's guitar!
The Creative engineering tag is also on Visalias munch organ! It’s really sad though that this store is starting to end up in the same condition as Visalia.
Awesome video as always ! Love your content ! I manage to get my hands on 2 Andy Warhol Chuck E pictures , love them. Also I notice in the video , they still have a ticket muncher! That’s awesome and rare now in days.
It was nice to see you checking on building, but what about moon... I didn't see you checking on moon!!! I know that building is either behind Helen or Jasper, well moon is behind the other one!!! You are so lucky that you get a chance to visit locations that still has all of the characters or none of them has the characters... because my location doesn't have any of them left, but I'm fine with that!!!
OH! Interesting to see they have the building still there just too bad he's not performing. Makes me wonder if they have the moon sitting back there too
@@3105ace You contacting them wont change their minds. Please stop trying to convince a whole company to let a location repair a 32 year old animatronic show that will most likely be gone by the end of this year.
Ok so like most people in the comments here, i too used to go to this chuck e cheese as a kid. In like 2017 or so (i forgor) I went there in the first time in YEARS with my friend kind of as a joke (i remember not telling him where we were going lol) and cus i wanted to revisited and actually had so legit fun there. as for what the state of the animatronics where ATT I cant remember if they had them playing. I came across this vid to see what year the CEC opened because i was curious if it was a showbiz originally and i found this video and, by god i cant believe their still there (well at least 4 months ago). I thought they already got rid of them I thought i herd someone mention they were gone. Also I was wondering if they were the rock a fire refitted one too so thats cool to know (also that it has some old stuff that some other places dont have). But yeah its not really surprising that their like this now, sadly. I can't imagen theirs been much of a budget to go around fixing them, especially now that they are going to be screens eventually (heck they might actually be gone by the time i comment this). So even if the owners want to fix them corp wont since their been forcing places to remodel (i think? i could be wrong) or not really want to invest in them. Kind of sad, too, now that i actually have some interest in them due to nostalgia. Thanks for making this vid its nice to see these guys up all these years later despite their condition.
honestly, they remind me of the wilmington nc store before they closed. they had a bad dryer for their compressor, so water calcified the valves and movements stopped working towards the end
unfortunatly this show isnt going to be around much longer. ive done my on vids and research and the show is only going to be around for a year or two more. Its so sad.
I wonder why there's nobody that's not bought out a good chunk of Chuck E Cheese stores and just refurbished the animatronics because I think kids and adults would gravitate more towards the animatronics than these new dance floors they're putting in the store's now because to put in the dance floors a lot of stores have to take away a large chunk of their rides and games floor and the spot where a lot of stores would have had their jungle jim
Wow , I’m assuming my local location , Chase Ave Chuck E. Cheese, Milwaukee WI, is a franchise due to workers working on the band and constantly doing repairs on their cyberamics and corporate hasn’t given a date for 2.0 for the location.
@@Anonymous-ru2vg Huntington Beach doesn't have a date as far as I'm concerned (called them in March they said they weren't approved for it at the time) and I think it's a corporate store
Those are a kid’s nightmare. No wonder why they’re playing in front of nobody. Don’t the owners realize that nightmare machines like these are why business is bad? Either fix these characters or just get rid of them for that crappy dance floor lol.
This is actually really sad. I've lived here in Billings my whole life and I was never really interested in the stage as a kid. Now that I'm older I have a much deeper appreciation for the relics of a time long passed. I have nostalgia for the old CEC franchises even though I wasn't alive for them. I'm just very sad that our location is in this state of disrepair. I probably won't return anyways...
Dang, look at Jasper's eyes. Just goes to show how little corporate cares about these 80's and 90's time capsules. Within 7 months we'll probably have very very little 3 stages or none. EDIT: Augusta has gotten 2.0 I want to cry so much.
Are the animatronics still in Augusta or are they gone?
@@Ravenclawtokurider they have unfortunately been destroyed. End of an era.
@@nw611productions3 I live in Augusta I had birthday after birthday as a child there so sad and tragic
@@nw611productions3 Actually i think they got sent to corp
@@TheofficialJay_CECandgames Wait really?
seeing someone going through the chuck e. cheese in my old hometown is a surreal experience, especially since it’s been years since i’ve seen the inside of that place. super cool that you did this! I also did not know billings had the last chuck e. cheese in montana. interesting.
i remember the billings chuck e cheese had the classic ninja turtles arcade game along with more games
This hurts 💔. I always loves animatronics since going to chuck e back in the early 2000s days. It sucks that entertainment is out. Idc how nightmare fuel they can be, these animatronics are my childhood. I remember getting on stage thinking I was the ish.
@Thinkbunnycom are you serious...
Yay more Billings footage!!! Billings has the last remnant of Pizzacam left in CEC stores (his box), since Huntsville removed their show almost a month ago.
I love the little tape labels, especially the one with Rolfe’s name on Stage Right! Really makes me sad to see how corporate has let this stage go considering how well kept it was. Poor Jasper/Beach Bear with those lazy eyes… 😔
One thing in particular too that I like about this stage is how the walls right next to it are angled just like the old showbiz walls, even though they don’t have that wood texture on them. Just looks aesthetically nice!
I’m a Billings resident and I have to say, I thought the animatronics were already gone. I’m pretty surprised. The last time I was there was probably around 1990 when I was a kid. And it definitely used to be a Showbiz Pizza. In fact, I’ve never been in it after the switch.
I had NO idea this was here…born and raised Missoulian, with family in Billings and Hardin. Spent many a summer with my aunties in Billings, but never went here. Too bad, looks like it was probably a lot of fun back in the day…
Love seeing my state featured💕
glad this location still has the tassel curtains tassels are awesome!
The gang is extremely in poor condition, seems like they gave up on them.
Poor things, most of the animatronics in world basically don't work or have something horribly wrong with them.
Glad some of the stages are still being taken care of.
Because the technicians know that they're about to be removed, so why bother fixing them?
Their condition went downhill once they were bought from corporate, shows how much they don’t care. It’s so disappointing to see this, especially after seeing how good this stage was. They even removed Munch’s hat. What happened to when CEC cared?
Sme for my location. At one point my munch had the back of his gone for like 2 months
As someone who spent more time than i care to recall at this Chuck E Cheese, and whose household got sick nearly every time we went, i cant say im sorry to see the chain go. Businesses arent time capsules & cant be run as museums. I hope theyve been able to get one of the stages accessioned into a museum (not in billings, neither has that kind of storage), but theyd have to be willing to donate it.
Gotta love how every single character including the wink, has a single broken eyelid, lol
Chuck e:former rolfe
Helen:former mitzy
Munch:former fatz
Jasper:former beach bear
Pasqually:former dook
CEC Cam:former looney bird
Wink:former antioch
Munch Jr.:former choo-choo
Building:former sun
@@ananansndnsananansndns Antioch was not changed into Wink. Only Antioch's airline was carried over
DAMN, I live right down the road from this Chuck E. Cheese, I went here for so many of my birthdays.
Lol hi neighbor!
building is programmed during “Disco Dancing Dinosaur Party”
25 years ago I would go here when my mom was shopping in the other stores that have since disappeared. I'd only play arcade games though like TMNT and Metal Slug. I'm pretty sure the animatronics were behind a separate wall. Probably to reduce the noise from the jungle gym. I'm surprised its still open.
This is an accurate representation of all of Billings xD
True shit
Great video like always! One thing I noticed is that Helen’s legs have fur around them.
Sad to see the band in such a tragic state. Apparently they'll be removed by July this year too :( I really hope Pineville's stage gets preserved once the other 3 are gone
They are taking care of the robots!
@@Tophatdude1611 I hope so!! Best thing we could ask for
its a shame the stage is in poor condition billings is a really unique location
They should sell the animatronics to fans instead of just destroying them.
This is my local chuck e cheese but I haven't been there in about 14 or 15 years, I'd rather keep the memories I have then see how it looks now
Hi. I was wondering if you can visit Dublin again? We recently gave Jasper a new mask!
If you love Showbiz easter eggs, I don't know if you know or not but during Christmas time, the Huntsville, Al location has a few! They always put some gifts around the stage, and when I went in 2022 there was a gift that was for Billy Bob and it said it was to bear retirement village! And I didn't see this one, but I saw in a video that there is a gift in the shape of Billy Bob's guitar!
I wish I had the chance to see that, sadly that stage was taken out :(
The Creative engineering tag is also on Visalias munch organ! It’s really sad though that this store is starting to end up in the same condition as Visalia.
Wow, All these years I never realized that was supposed to be an oven on Pasqually’s stage, I assumed it was a pretend speaker or amplifier😂😂
It was where pizza cam was
I don’t know why, but I think the animatronics aren’t nightmare fuel😅
Awesome video as always ! Love your content ! I manage to get my hands on 2 Andy Warhol Chuck E pictures , love them. Also I notice in the video , they still have a ticket muncher! That’s awesome and rare now in days.
back in the 80's CEC was amazing. I went to one in San Diego that had a mouse hole maze.
Just learned something new! Lol😅 is pizza cams box really an oven?! I never paid that close attention to mmbb.
hey david
@@technerdbird hey nerd!
It's actually a speaker
@@WhoDidWhat17 😱
I use to live in Montana but then I moved to Utah
How do you know which locations still have animatronics?
Google 😊
3:14 pay close attention to chucks eye
It was nice to see you checking on building, but what about moon... I didn't see you checking on moon!!! I know that building is either behind Helen or Jasper, well moon is behind the other one!!! You are so lucky that you get a chance to visit locations that still has all of the characters or none of them has the characters... because my location doesn't have any of them left, but I'm fine with that!!!
OH! Interesting to see they have the building still there just too bad he's not performing. Makes me wonder if they have the moon sitting back there too
6 3 stages now, Augusta got it today and Columbus got it yesterday
The rock-afire explosion band
They fixed Chucky‘s mouth
Omg that’s so cool i forgot to comment but that lady at the front was in my video in game on when you went to Tinley oark
its so good video , congratulations on 11,000 subscribers.
Thanks!
You’re welcome
I actually use to work there, when I did Jasper wasn't working at all, a long with his stage light.
It's sad that after corp bought this store management hasn't been allowed to work on the show. This just proves how selfish David is.
@@3105ace bc Corp won't let them, management was the only thing keeping the stage going but corp won't let them do repairs no more
@@3105ace You contacting them wont change their minds. Please stop trying to convince a whole company to let a location repair a 32 year old animatronic show that will most likely be gone by the end of this year.
@@3105ace they won't listen
Alot has changed since I've last been there
Man, to see them all look like this - either broken or in some poor condition - is kinda saddening.
Actually that's not an oven it's a speaker box
Rock afire explosion band
They fix all the animatronics bugs
Besides Jasper, all the characters are in pretty good condition now. Me writing this comment in 2024 btw
man i sure do hate that they threw out the last 1990 chuck e's lil hoops ad the last cec tower of power
Ok so like most people in the comments here, i too used to go to this chuck e cheese as a kid. In like 2017 or so (i forgor) I went there in the first time in YEARS with my friend kind of as a joke (i remember not telling him where we were going lol) and cus i wanted to revisited and actually had so legit fun there. as for what the state of the animatronics where ATT I cant remember if they had them playing. I came across this vid to see what year the CEC opened because i was curious if it was a showbiz originally and i found this video and, by god i cant believe their still there (well at least 4 months ago). I thought they already got rid of them I thought i herd someone mention they were gone. Also I was wondering if they were the rock a fire refitted one too so thats cool to know (also that it has some old stuff that some other places dont have). But yeah its not really surprising that their like this now, sadly. I can't imagen theirs been much of a budget to go around fixing them, especially now that they are going to be screens eventually (heck they might actually be gone by the time i comment this). So even if the owners want to fix them corp wont since their been forcing places to remodel (i think? i could be wrong) or not really want to invest in them. Kind of sad, too, now that i actually have some interest in them due to nostalgia. Thanks for making this vid its nice to see these guys up all these years later despite their condition.
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honestly, they remind me of the wilmington nc store before they closed. they had a bad dryer for their compressor, so water calcified the valves and movements stopped working towards the end
Interesting, our water is incredibly hard here in Billings, we have to watch for that sort of thing a lot...
Sad to see the animatronics deteriorate like this. Though we don't have pizzerias in the UK. It'd be more sadder if they junk the whole band
When is billings Montana remodeling?
this, this one hurts.
Pasqally: Bobastic side eye👁👄👁
Just saying that if showbiz left CEC to go bankrupt they would not let any of this slide for the rock a fire's
What would we do with out you chris .. top man .
Born and raised in Alabama pure bred. 1:50
I go here a lot 😂 and I’ve gotten a high score on that nerf game like 3 times
You lucky I’m never going to see a 3 stage😢
unfortunatly this show isnt going to be around much longer. ive done my on vids and research and the show is only going to be around for a year or two more. Its so sad.
Bro corp got so bad they removed munchs cap, just disgusting
No One Is Talking About The Super Mario Odyssey References In The Chapters Of This Video!
Welcome to montana. We are poor.
I wonder why there's nobody that's not bought out a good chunk of Chuck E Cheese stores and just refurbished the animatronics because I think kids and adults would gravitate more towards the animatronics than these new dance floors they're putting in the store's now because to put in the dance floors a lot of stores have to take away a large chunk of their rides and games floor and the spot where a lot of stores would have had their jungle jim
Does milwaukee still have their Animatronics
Yes they still do.
@SetsStreetsEats thank you so much. going in little over a week.
Their condition has gotten WAY worse since being bought out by corp
Totally agree
Sadly management can't work on jt after corp buys it
Wow , I’m assuming my local location , Chase Ave Chuck E. Cheese, Milwaukee WI, is a franchise due to workers working on the band and constantly doing repairs on their cyberamics and corporate hasn’t given a date for 2.0 for the location.
@@Anonymous-ru2vg Huntington Beach doesn't have a date as far as I'm concerned (called them in March they said they weren't approved for it at the time) and I think it's a corporate store
wow, that's so sad how awful condition they are in, if I could I would buy and repair the show to it's former glory
How can I buy the stage before its destroyed? Managers call me. A quick $20k in your pocket.
What when was this recorded there playing the evergreen shpw?
About a month ago.
Those are a kid’s nightmare. No wonder why they’re playing in front of nobody. Don’t the owners realize that nightmare machines like these are why business is bad? Either fix these characters or just get rid of them for that crappy dance floor lol.
Tugs at my heart!!!!!!
They are all not in good condition so sad
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I bet 3 stage or road stage are going to be the next stage to get Extinct