I can guarantee you that the 3rd band is a reskin of the Panda’s, and the last one being a realm of Daniel & The Dixie Diggers and Jethro. The poses alone give it away. And the last one might even use some of the cosmetics and masks from the 1st and 3rd shows, since they look almost like they weren’t made for the the animatronics, and they have similarities.
I definitely remember the WOOF setup at the Bensalem PA celebration station in the 80s. I don’t think the WOOF call letters stood for anything other than to note that the DJ was a dog. Occasionally between sets, a screen would lower and there would be video played. While it’s not true that it was always an animation playing to the tune of Christopher Cross’ “Sailing”, it did very much seem that way to me in 1986
W.O.O.F. was indeed the name of the radio station. In between numbers, or at the beginning of some of them at least, the entire cast would say "W O O F Radio" as an intro.
I know im about 2 years late. A few years ago i went back home to visit some family members. I was talking to one of my Aunts asking about where did she always have Birthday Parties back in the Mid-80s for us Kids. She told me the place was called Celebration Station. It was always fun going there. Those Singing Animals as a Kid always scared me. But my most memorable thing about that place was a section of the building that was something like a Fun Townhouses. Only us small kids could enter in and you could climb up the stairs all the way to the top. And enter into another Townhouse and slide down. It was really cool. Finally Celebration Station closed down and by the late to early 90s i started seeing Chucky Cheese everywhere. And then by the Mid to Late 90s DZ Discovery Zone. Im 41 now and all of those places are pretty much closed down when i head back to the Philly/NJ area.
He should have stayed an animatronic as well as his other friends on the first band just switched them around have the girl cat Where she already was except she didn’t have a instrument she just sings like other Female animatronics Such as Misty and Hellen Henny Ect have the panda on the drums behind her instead of it being a panda have it just be a male lion name Lex The lion,Dr fox can stay where he is The moose can play on the pianos in the back beside the cat can be A gorilla half Aligator name crunch who plays the keyboard then on the stage to the left can be a pirate on the drums Name captain duzzeldorf
@@iamsimplyjustalittleguy I know hellen”s a CEC character I”m saying the Cat should just sing with out a instrument like hellen dose AND HAVE all the guys except Harry play instruments
I remember going to this place when I was, I think, 8 to 7, and I remember those animatronic's there. long story short, those things scared me to death.I remember distinctly playing a nickelodeon raceing arcade game next to the stage, and I would just stare at them. at the time, they looked like this 2:19
Dang, I remember this place, it was my chuck e cheese I largely remember the animatronic pig that I had sat beside when I was little and it gave me a lalaloopsie cake
The characters at 3:34 are still Priscilla purr, doc fox, major moose and harry the hound. The re skinned the panda bear and i for got his name, the got rid of accuduck added a gorilla named grampa. Those were the merrillville indiana characters. This was done when they switched to a more Country western theme.
The panda was named big bear and the monkey drummer is named Putnam & the grandpa monkey is named Ellsworth! They also added three prairie dogs named butch, Oakley, and yancy! Hope that information helps!!!!!!
Around 1982 we visited some relatives near South Bend Indiana and they took us to a Celebration Station. Strange thing is, I saw the Rock-a-Fire Explosion! Maybe Showtime Pizza was next door....
About 23 characters band they will also use an uncle berry‘s Playhouse Junction I’m not and I’m not sure where they got the band from they probably got it from my location though some but there’s some locations you can find them everywhere now and I don’t know how people are able to get these animatronics but they probably just got them from off-line or they either got them from eBay
The reason you had a hard time finding information on the last shows, at that time Celebration Station started to shutter locations. In my neighborhood, Celebration Station converted to Chuck E Cheese. Chuck E Cheese started to buy the chain. The franchisees started to convert to them as the revenue was higher with Chuck E Cheese pricing structure.
I had almost ALL my birthdays growing up at celebration station here in houston (the 90s) and I was absolutely terrified of these, literally every bday picture up till I was about 9, I'm crying 😭 but I loved this place SO MUCH in general. We had the 3 piece dixie band here and THE PIG WITH MY CAKE IN THE MAILBOX was always my favorite part, even if I was scared. omg ty for this video 😂 my dreams til this day often take place at celebration station
i think the waterpark the w.o.o.f was at was called “deep river waterpark” i’m pretty sure that was the waterpark, but it’s unfortunately closed down now.
The original band did "cover versions" of popular songs, which I'm sure they eventually got in trouble for because of copyright issues... and I'm assuming the 2nd did "old time songs" that were in the public domain
Their were originally 15 celebration stations, I managed for 2 in nc that had Daniel and the dixie diggers, when whiteco sold them all only 5 remained celebration station, and a few closed and Zuma fun centers took over the others is it possible they re skinned Daniel and the dixie diggers to fit their concept and be different?
I have show audio from the Merrillville, IN location. RUclips won't let me post any links in the comments, but if you will contact me I would like to make sure that you get it so that it can be shared with as wide an audience as possible.
I remember visiting a Celebration Station while coming back home to Indianapolis when I was younger. I just assumed we had stopped at a play area and was surprised when there was an animatronic band. To give you a decent timestamp of that era, the band I saw was near the late 90s/early 2000s and I remember a white dog or maybe a bear as one of the leads. They sang a remix of 'Celebrate' with the name of the place 'Celebration Station' used in place of 'Celebrate, Good Times' And....Miku with the Dixie Diggers. ...... I.....have no words. I can only watch.
If you were from Indianapolis then you probably stopped at the original location in Merrillville, right off of I-65. The fluffy white version of the dog, Harry Hound, was replaced by the scrappier looking younger version in the early 90s. They did not change the lyric for Celebration. At least not the "Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate)" part. I worked there from '89-95ish. At one point we had a retrofit of our control room, and part of that included upgrading from the cassette based audio/controls to CDs. Somewhere, in an old box of things, I actually still have a burned copy of one of those CDs. It contains all the original Pantones numbers as well as the animatronic control data.
3:34 someone made a tik tok where they found the robots and they where in good conditions at a park but someone else made a tik tok where the robots stages were broken the robots were in the ground one of them have no fur or there face mole anymore
There is still one show remaining and it's located at the Huckleberry Junction in Flint, Michigan, which might have formerly been a Celebration Station location.
it was located in Indiana, iirc, but it has been closed for a while now. the animatronics were likely auctioned off or left to rot. I will try to find more information.
I remember being at this place in Florida when I was little and I looked behind a curtain to see these animatronics turned off and it really scared me.
Hello, as a animatronic Fan, Owner I know a lot about animatronics.. like a lot... I love these videos and I feel like I could help you out a little with information.. i also own one of the DATDD characters! if you wanna chat message me on Discord at “BullFrogsBanjo#1267” - Ryan
The last band's name is called the "Rockin Rascals" and they were at the Knoxville TN Celebration Station only.
I can guarantee you that the 3rd band is a reskin of the Panda’s, and the last one being a realm of Daniel & The Dixie Diggers and Jethro. The poses alone give it away. And the last one might even use some of the cosmetics and masks from the 1st and 3rd shows, since they look almost like they weren’t made for the the animatronics, and they have similarities.
I concur. The last set of figures look like reskinned D&theDD.
@@mr.dan7144 oh god I just noticed that
@@mr.dan7144 They are, they're the rockin' rascals
gosh, the animatronics from there were amazing in terms of movement and everything
The last band looks like a Re-Fitting of Daniel and The Dixie Diggers. If you look closely at the pose of the Animatronics.
It is, Those are the Rockin' rascals.
The third and fourth bands are definitely retrofits of the first two bands respectively. The positions of the characters match up perfectly.
Great video. I loved going to Celebration Station when I was growing up in the 80s and 90s.
I definitely remember the WOOF setup at the Bensalem PA celebration station in the 80s. I don’t think the WOOF call letters stood for anything other than to note that the DJ was a dog.
Occasionally between sets, a screen would lower and there would be video played. While it’s not true that it was always an animation playing to the tune of Christopher Cross’ “Sailing”, it did very much seem that way to me in 1986
W.O.O.F. was indeed the name of the radio station. In between numbers, or at the beginning of some of them at least, the entire cast would say "W O O F Radio" as an intro.
I remember the sailing/hot air balloon presentation. I would love to find a video of that.
Tell me about woof radio station
Tell me about woof radio station
I fucking choked when I saw the hatsune miku costume dancing holy shit. I love this channel but the miku hit me like a wall
I'm very impressed by those fluid movements! animatronics never fail to amaze me!
I know im about 2 years late. A few years ago i went back home to visit some family members. I was talking to one of my Aunts asking about where did she always have Birthday Parties back in the Mid-80s for us Kids. She told me the place was called Celebration Station. It was always fun going there. Those Singing Animals as a Kid always scared me. But my most memorable thing about that place was a section of the building that was something like a Fun Townhouses. Only us small kids could enter in and you could climb up the stairs all the way to the top. And enter into another Townhouse and slide down. It was really cool. Finally Celebration Station closed down and by the late to early 90s i started seeing Chucky Cheese everywhere. And then by the Mid to Late 90s DZ Discovery Zone. Im 41 now and all of those places are pretty much closed down when i head back to the Philly/NJ area.
I'm from delco. I had a busy party at the one in Springfield I'm 43
I have pics from there have to dig out.
I know that the last band is a retrofit of the Dixie diggers and jethro done by a former cec artist
Wow i now can see that your right but i do the that Other one that was just a retrofit from the First Show
i didn't know the Rockin' rascals were done by a former CEC artist, cool info, got any more?
I like how the last one now has their own entry at Sally Corp
Fun Fact: Harry Hound was the mascot for Celebration Station
He should have stayed an animatronic as well as his other friends on the first band just switched them around have the girl cat Where she already was except she didn’t have a instrument she just sings like other Female animatronics Such as Misty and Hellen Henny Ect have the panda on the drums behind her instead of it being a panda have it just be a male lion name Lex The lion,Dr fox can stay where he is The moose can play on the pianos in the back beside the cat can be A gorilla half Aligator name crunch who plays the keyboard then on the stage to the left can be a pirate on the drums Name captain duzzeldorf
@@emontrewaters3530 terrible idea
@@iamsimplyjustalittleguy how
@@emontrewaters3530 dude helen is a cec character, they will be copyrighted, and the show was better the way it was.
@@iamsimplyjustalittleguy I know hellen”s a CEC character I”m saying the Cat should just sing with out a instrument like hellen dose AND HAVE all the guys except Harry play instruments
I hope you cover more animatronics I find it very fun and interesting.
I remember going to this place when I was, I think, 8 to 7, and I remember those animatronic's there. long story short, those things scared me to death.I remember distinctly playing a nickelodeon raceing arcade game next to the stage, and I would just stare at them. at the time, they looked like this 2:19
Dang, I remember this place, it was my chuck e cheese I largely remember the animatronic pig that I had sat beside when I was little and it gave me a lalaloopsie cake
I had a birthday here in the late 80s
That clip of Miku with Daniel and The Dixie Diggers was adorable
I keep you continue to make content, youre incredibly underrated and make great content!!
The characters at 3:34 are still Priscilla purr, doc fox, major moose and harry the hound. The re skinned the panda bear and i for got his name, the got rid of accuduck added a gorilla named grampa. Those were the merrillville indiana characters. This was done when they switched to a more Country western theme.
The panda was named big bear and the monkey drummer is named Putnam & the grandpa monkey is named Ellsworth! They also added three prairie dogs named butch, Oakley, and yancy! Hope that information helps!!!!!!
Daniel and the Dixie diggers were one of those things that I thought were a fever dream for many years until rediscovering them on RUclips
I remember showbiz pizza, chuck e cheeses, and circus play house. This too! It was a blast.
I had a birthday party at one in Tennessee when I was 4. Never thought I’d actually see someone talk about it
Around 1982 we visited some relatives near South Bend Indiana and they took us to a Celebration Station. Strange thing is, I saw the Rock-a-Fire Explosion! Maybe Showtime Pizza was next door....
It was actually called showbiz not showtime
That was it, my bad.
It would have been in Merrillville, on US-30 about an hour or so west of South Bend.
First band reminds me of Chuck E. Cheese and Rock afire explosion The way the stage is set up
The dog dude of the fourth band is hurricane hound
Got any more info on them?
theres one celebration station in TX has the daniel the dixie diggers but they don't perform
Daniel and the Dixie diggers also used at adventureland Iowa it was replaced by carousel
About 23 characters band they will also use an uncle berry‘s Playhouse Junction I’m not and I’m not sure where they got the band from they probably got it from my location though some but there’s some locations you can find them everywhere now and I don’t know how people are able to get these animatronics but they probably just got them from off-line or they either got them from eBay
Jonathon is correct. The last band is The Rockin' Rascals created by Sally Dark Rides.
the last band is called the rockin rascals and we have the clear show audio to it.
WRONG, we're missing a few shows.
This is before we had info you bald Huck.
@@Ragtime_Studios I'M BALD
@@Elavator66 I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YOU BOY.
Footage of Rockin' Rascals (4th Band) in the Celebration Station in Knoxville TN: ruclips.net/video/mCcm5Ybc3K0/видео.html
Bro is that hatsune miku 2:29 ???
Yep, that's a show in a resort in japan
I have to dig out thr oucs i have from there. The best part of thebplace was the rides and games. So much to get hurt on too lol
The reason you had a hard time finding information on the last shows, at that time Celebration Station started to shutter locations. In my neighborhood, Celebration Station converted to Chuck E Cheese. Chuck E Cheese started to buy the chain. The franchisees started to convert to them as the revenue was higher with Chuck E Cheese pricing structure.
Celebration Station was not a franchise. It was wholly owned by Whiteco Industries. See Kevin Jones' reply elsewhere in the comments.
The one I went to changed to chuckie cheese. Never was the same
the piano playing cat is cute!!!
Purscilla purr!
The last band is the “rocking rascals” and the 4th animatronic is hurricane hound.
You can also find Daniel and the Dixie diggers at huckleberry junction and Jethro
I had almost ALL my birthdays growing up at celebration station here in houston (the 90s) and I was absolutely terrified of these, literally every bday picture up till I was about 9, I'm crying 😭 but I loved this place SO MUCH in general. We had the 3 piece dixie band here and THE PIG WITH MY CAKE IN THE MAILBOX was always my favorite part, even if I was scared. omg ty for this video 😂 my dreams til this day often take place at celebration station
got any photos or videos to share of houston?
@@Elavator66 lol I do, I'm crying in most of them 🤣
@@seidimeow Can you share them?
@@Ragtime_Studios lol where at?
@@seidimeow Good question, like Facebook or Instagram if you have it.
The last shows called the rockin’ rascals
One of the Colonel Borgard animatronics is owned by cavity sam.
and a scratchmo
Under rated channel
In the 3rd band they made doc the fox look like a literal furry bro
Ok. My girlfriend just told me about Celebration Station. I'm still laughing and crying. Too funny :D
anything on animatronics?
i think the waterpark the w.o.o.f was at was called “deep river waterpark” i’m pretty sure that was the waterpark, but it’s unfortunately closed down now.
Two different locations/businesses. Deep River Waterpark was in Crown Point. Celebration Station was in Merrillville, at US-30 and I-65.
The original band did "cover versions" of popular songs, which I'm sure they eventually got in trouble for because of copyright issues... and I'm assuming the 2nd did "old time songs" that were in the public domain
I went to one many times around 2013 - 2015 the animatronics weren't used at all.... (I looked behind a curtain and seen in the dark an animatronic.
What do you think it was?
@@pupcakecustard I honestly don't know.... Its all a big blur
Sounds like Clearwater.
Their were originally 15 celebration stations, I managed for 2 in nc that had Daniel and the dixie diggers, when whiteco sold them all only 5 remained celebration station, and a few closed and Zuma fun centers took over the others is it possible they re skinned Daniel and the dixie diggers to fit their concept and be different?
Did you manage the one in Greensboro?? I went there as a really small kid and don't remember much, but I remember Daniel and the Dixie Diggers!!!
Do you have any photos, video, or just general info?
The last band is a retrofit of the dixie diggers
I appreciate the use of Cuphead music in this video.
Correction, Daniel and the Dixie Diggers were first made in the early 80's.
I'm hearing the know-it-all kid from The Polar Express
@@caaprisun6379 yes miko is like that he's talking about the quintet, the trio was made for C.S in 1991
I have show audio from the Merrillville, IN location. RUclips won't let me post any links in the comments, but if you will contact me I would like to make sure that you get it so that it can be shared with as wide an audience as possible.
What other animatronics did creative presentations make?
huckelberry hound dude hannah barbera should've sued
nope. sally got it wrong on their website. his name is pronounced "Huck L. Berry"
I love Animatronics
Yeah there fun and interesting and cool
i found another photo of the last band on the sally dark rides site, it is called the rockin rascals,
I remember visiting a Celebration Station while coming back home to Indianapolis when I was younger. I just assumed we had stopped at a play area and was surprised when there was an animatronic band. To give you a decent timestamp of that era, the band I saw was near the late 90s/early 2000s and I remember a white dog or maybe a bear as one of the leads. They sang a remix of 'Celebrate' with the name of the place 'Celebration Station' used in place of 'Celebrate, Good Times'
And....Miku with the Dixie Diggers.
......
I.....have no words. I can only watch.
those were the rockin’ rascals. you are so lucky you got to see them.
@@iamsimplyjustalittleguy actually i think he's talking about the pantones.
If you were from Indianapolis then you probably stopped at the original location in Merrillville, right off of I-65. The fluffy white version of the dog, Harry Hound, was replaced by the scrappier looking younger version in the early 90s.
They did not change the lyric for Celebration. At least not the "Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate)" part.
I worked there from '89-95ish.
At one point we had a retrofit of our control room, and part of that included upgrading from the cassette based audio/controls to CDs. Somewhere, in an old box of things, I actually still have a burned copy of one of those CDs. It contains all the original Pantones numbers as well as the animatronic control data.
@@JeremyShaffner Wow amazing info could you possibly share the Pantones tracks? That'd be awesome!
@@JeremyShaffner do you have a facebook or instagram i could contact you on? id love to get ahold of the songs or even purchase the cd
Thank you for your work!
I think the name of the first band is the pantoneers, I think it’s too short to be the Pantone’s but I’m not sure really
It was Pantones.
3:34 someone made a tik tok where they found the robots and they where in good conditions at a park but someone else made a tik tok where the robots stages were broken the robots were in the ground one of them have no fur or there face mole anymore
That's the ghost town country critters
I'm pretty sure that the last band was a retrofit of danial and the Dixie diggers
Idk why I was so interested to heard cuphead music in this-
The Pontones
3:37 there is a rumor that the monkey in the middle is re-used in this band here: ruclips.net/video/kyF-SEVfpcw/видео.html
Yes. that's Putnam for some reason C.S ordered his cosmetics from Creative presentations.
Make a video about Mark twin rifer play houes
Daniel and the Dixie diggers I so them at the roll rink
Roller Kingdom.
Oh I'm definitely subscribing
Unfortunately Daniel and the Dixie show with animatronics has been removed
There is still one show remaining and it's located at the Huckleberry Junction in Flint, Michigan, which might have formerly been a Celebration Station location.
Where I am, We have Daniel, Beuregaurd, The piano dog (forgot his name) and Jepedro(?) The Pig at Huckleberry Junction!
The piano dog is Daniel. The dog on trumpet is Scratchmo, and the pig’s name is Jethro
@@themr_meisterr9884 ahh okay ty
No one:
Miku: ooo~
4:03 where is this water park and is it still open
I actually think I know the answer
I think It’s some abandoned waterpark in Nevada
Do you know anything else about it besides being abandoned
it was located in Indiana, iirc, but it has been closed for a while now. the animatronics were likely auctioned off or left to rot. I will try to find more information.
"random place in japan"….
This is a random fact I do not know if this is true, but apparently scratchmoe is based off of Louis Armstrong😅
its not apparent when its obviously true
I remember being at this place in Florida when I was little and I looked behind a curtain to see these animatronics turned off and it really scared me.
clearwater
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDYYYYYS
pogger
Is a restaurant not Disneyland
someone tell me the name of the first band pls
The Pantones
Woah
80s
I hear cuphead boss music
Hello, as a animatronic Fan, Owner I know a lot about animatronics.. like a lot... I love these videos and I feel like I could help you out a little with information.. i also own one of the DATDD characters! if you wanna chat message me on Discord at “BullFrogsBanjo#1267” - Ryan
I use to yo to C.S when i was a kid all the time chuck e cheese, discovery zone ....