Animatronic Restaurants That Failed Horribly..

[@bertie123]

I misread my script @ 10:34. Meant to say Rocky not Ricky!

[@sweetpea644]

I was about to say lol, Rocky and Bullwinkle is kino.

[@matthewwisdom9933]

Chuck-E-Cheese didn't die

[@matthewwisdom9933]

Chuck-E-Cheese didn't failed

[@Yippe-l3d]

​@@matthewwisdom9933Then showbiz pizza place got to chunk e cheese

[@MacTonight]

I own the Tex Critter's Pizza Jamboree show featured here!! They're nearly restored now but need a control system which has been a struggle. I love those characters so much and I'm extremely grateful to have them. My goal is to eventually have my animatronics set up somewhere where fans can come to visit.

[@jenniferbates8599]

AWESOME!

[@remyandersen2001]

omg i remember another video mentioning you owning these and the circus playhouse animatronics! so cool to see you restoring them to their former glory!!!

[@EternalSoup]

Damn if only u lived in Switzerland. We got a really cool public museum style place here called Dreamfactory that already hosts a rock-afire show. The jamboree show would honestly fit in there so perfectly and I just know they‘d love to host the show there, considering theyre expanding their area rn

[@the97show]

Don't let this distract you from the fact that Mr. Krabs became an animatronic.

[@oxoboo]

beep beep boop boop bap?

[@superdupercomputer6392]

Five Nights at The Krusty Krab

[@GatorBoyCL]

Mr Krabs is a robot?!!

[@Noperison]

Yes

[@superdupercomputer6392]

The animatronics do get a bit greedy at night

[@Abigblueworld]

Animatronics are literally the best way to bring the story to life, especially on rides.

[@djriqky9581]

Where fantasy and fun come to life

[@Abigblueworld]

Very true@@djriqky9581

[@RensterCEC]

I own the last surviving Pepe Le Pew animatronic from the Gadgets restaurant. Nice video!

[@kaitlando636]

Fr? Thts neat

[@EpicCamraMan]

I’m pretty indifferent to FNAF, I knew of it when it first came out but it never caught in for me, HOWEVER. One of the coolest ideas would be a seasonal Halloween pop up restaurant of fnaf. It can be a restaurant by day and scary haunted attraction by night. That would be so fun and would definitely catch on.

[@Kankan_Mahadi]

I loved Tex Critter's animatronic dragon's character design. It's a green dragon & a cowboy - my 2 favorite things! Foxy Roxy was adorable, too.

[@jazzratoon]

They looked amazing.

[@JAYZ-47465]

As a Looney Tunes fan, it bums me that the Gadget’s Restaurant had to close down. Would’ve been so cool for me to experience if I was even born in that timeline lol. (Plus that Rocky and Bullwinkle restaurant)

[@bertie123]

Trying out a new thing where I post non-morbid videos onto this channel! So double the videos!

[@7curry83]

cool idea :)

[@thatsmejosey]

Awesome double the tuv double the fun

[@KITTYSTUDlOS]

Do a TMNT video

[@dudeidrk]

thats pretty cool, nice job with the vids man

[@LoxOP]

To make a note about the revive of major magics it was in front of a Kmart on I think macomb in mi and now it's a small fine dining reservation I went the animatronics where not in great shape they where slow

[@ReceyBear]

What sucks is that the chuck e cheese where I live, there aren't animatronics anymore. They had gotten rid of all of them except for this old chucky animatronic but now it's just a huge television in the place of where they were.

[@madisongann8305]

Hey that’s my friend Cavitysam!! She’s got collection of the Tex’s critters pizza Jamboree, she’s trying to restore them!

[@sophie-b]

i spent half of my childhood hanging out at the bullwinkle family fun center, not even kidding the workers knew us by name in there we went so frequent. their pizza was exceptionally good, it was such a magical experience having dinner while watching the animatronics perform their little skits and songs! the tukwila location is the one we visited most since we lived close by, so many wonderful memories there with my family!!❤️

[@Wulfums]

I suggest looking into Jekyll and Hyde's if you ever do a sequel. That resturant is close to my heart and Ill remember it always. I have some photos from the last year it was open if wanted. It's my fav, and IMO the coolest due to being horror themed, animatronic based resturant. They also hired local startup actors as well!

[@offbrandjoseywales]

dude this is cool! i’d love to hear about it

[@spectrea2187]

Gigglebee's was actually a small chain that had multiple locations throughout different states, but under various different names. The original Gigglebee's (seen in the video) was located in Sioux Falls, SD and had another nearby location in Rapid City, SD. The Rapid City location was later renamed "Peppy's Pizza" and lasted the longest out of the Gigglebee's franchises, closing around 2015. Gigglebee's had a beloved sister franchise located in Sioux City, IA under the name of "Pizza Peddler" and was in one of the buildings located at the KD Station. The KD station was a meat packing plant that had been rebuilt into a shopping mall, and Pizza Peddler was located on the 2nd floor of a sub-building in the old meat packing plant. The KD Station caught fire and was demolished around 2007, leaving Pizza Peddler alone in the unaffected sub-building. Most residents of Sioux City, IA assumed that Pizza Peddler had been closed along side the other shops located in KD Station, and eventually business dwindled forcing Pizza Peddler to close its doors. Today the space sits vacant above a gun store and range that occupies the basement and 1st floor, at the bottom of the stairs is a sign from the original Pizza Peddler, featuring the hours of operation and art of Wilbur riding his trike. The last franchise was established inexplicably far from Siouxland, and was located in a Goose Creek, SC shopping center. This franchise operated under the name "Track Stars FEC" and I admittedly cannot find a lot of information on this location. The old Track Stars FEC space is now occupied by an O'Reilly Auto Parts. Wilbur The Coyote and rights to the franchise were acquired by George Hahn around the time Peppy's Pizza closed, and Wilbur has received a total redesign. Wilbur still rides and attends events to this day, and is a beloved Siouxland icon. As for plans for a future location, George has teased at the idea, but has stated "location is everything" and that he would like to refine Wilbur's design first.

[@mellowedmatey]

I grew up going to Bullwinkle's in the summer when I visited the West Coast. I always loved how much more there was to do (games, mini golf, go karts, ropes courses, water rides) on top of the standard pizza and arcade. Unfortunately they were phasing out animatronics by then and I only saw them once or twice. A lot of the restaurants are getting a revamp, but are going the chuck-e route and hiding the animatronics away.

[@r0syyyy]

Tuv spoiling us this week.

[@kentslocum]

I have visited the Wilsonville location, which today operates as the Wilsonville Family Fun Center, with only the small indoor pizzeria being called Rocky & Bullwinkle's, with just the two eponymous animatronics.

[@UrSammich]

Unfornately I miss my original Bullwinkle's location. It was a Family Fun Center in Fountain Valley, CA and has gone through rough patches. It had a unique water stage/fountain and the animatronics were in the back where the behind the water stage runway. It had an arcade, bumper boats, bating cage, rides, go cart and mini golf. Similar to its original sister location. I think sometime in the early 2000s it closed down and became Boomers, which for that location lasted until 2019. Once covid hit, that location closed down and now sits abandoned. The entire location has been vandalized, mostly that of the mini golf course and go kart track. It really sucks since I have a lot of memories of the place. It was the only other location I saw animatronics at other than Chuck E Cheese. Otherwise all we had as competition was "Castle and Coasters" which too sadly shut down.

[@cookimaus1]

Castles and Coasters In Arizona is not Closed, what are you talking about 😝

[@destinyread4198]

​@codingkid0169 I think theh meant in the location that they mentioned. Theyre from California not Arizona.

[@princessmarlena1359]

Wait a minute! I remember that place! I went there occasionally, growing up! I didn’t realize they had closed down. Last time I was there the pizzeria was definitely gone and so was the fountain and animatronic show. They still had the go karts and mini golf, but they redid “Western Land” for the indoor mini golf course into that “Cosmic Land”, it looked awful. I still like the tradition of knocking on the “western town store front doors”, near the end of that golf course.

[@BenChurchill76]

I have fond memories of going to the Bullwinkle's in Fountain Valley too! That place was huge! I loved seeing it off the freeway all the time too.

[@UrSammich]

@@cookimaus1 Yeah I saw talking about when I lived in California. XD I live in Arizona now. I used to be a local up til 2007

[@leprechaunfarmer4081]

I remember Gigglebee’s! My family and I visited there while on vacation in the late ‘90s. It was around the time Toy Story had come out, so my parents told me it was Pizza Planet to get me to go lol. Our animatronic waiter was a female dragon; I forget what her name was. At the prize counter, they told me that I could pick any prize I wanted. A giant plush toy of one of the characters was in a display case, so naturally I wanted it, except it was for display only and therefore wasn’t for sale. Rather than my parents letting it be a teachable moment and have me pick an actual prize, they instead forced the employee at the counter to give it to me. They were always such enablers lol

[@HybridXenoverse]

I feel like nowadays it’s a horribly bad decision to make a animatronic restaurant, Kids don’t do anything but sit on phones and the internet, and that’s not inherently a bad thing, but there’s no reason to make these anymore. when kids want a birthday party they just want to hang out with friends. And estate sales are on a all time high, so it’s hard to buy and keep a property. Even with how much animatronics have progressed, there’s not going to be much business, and Chuck E. Cheese is still alive and well so anyone could just go there.

[@somedude1561]

I disagree with this mindset, I don't honestly think kids being glued to screens (which imo IS a bad thing, please stop giving babies ipads and nurture them like an actual parent) is what makes animatronic franchises unsuccessful, it's a lot more to do with the maintenance and expenses that go towards keeping these machines active. It's a lot of effort for an establishment that ultimately accomplishes little more than, say, a local theater for example. A lot of theaters have games in the corner, food and snacks, and entertainment available... a lot less heavy maintenance to set up a projector than a robot performer. An establishment like Chuck E Cheese in particular is more tailored to kids as well, resulting in a stigma against adults visiting (especially without younger relatives). A different approach to the idea that appeals more to kids and adults alike would probably lull more visitors, but as far as finances idk how you work around the demands of an animatronic machine.

[@hazakurasuyama9016]

Idk with the popularity of FNAF they might be coming back

[@matheuspires2462]

​@@hazakurasuyama9016but Scott unfortunately confirmed that he will never open a pizzeria based on the franchise because he's afraid some moron cosplays like William afton and then murders some kids

[@hazakurasuyama9016]

@@matheuspires2462 I meant like the popularity of FNAF may make people want to go to the places that inspired it

[@hazakurasuyama9016]

@@matheuspires2462 I meant like the popularity of FNAF may make people want to go to the places that inspired it

[@wehttamsetneuf]

the medford bullwinkle's did not close down >permanently< in 2001. After reopening, it remained under the "bullwinkle" name, and then, it changed to "Boomers" (but still kept the Rocky & Bullwinkle theme up)... I have no clue what the state of the place is now, as I have not gone over there in some time. It was a pretty big place

[@Boi-o3x]

I’ve seen the rainforest cafè, it didn’t look closed, but my sister said her experience was horrible, but i don’t ever remember going

[@tjsquibbofficial]

I'm just sad that Animatronic Restaurants never came over to the UK and became a hit like CEC. I know there was one short lived one, but it was basically Showbiz with one animatronic going by a different name and edited slightly. I wish we had been able to create our own version, it wouldn't even need to be a pizza place, we could have had an Animatronic Pub for example, since pubs are everywhere.

[@patienceduran1586]

It's a good day when tuv posts fr

[@loloshua]

I want animatronic restaurants to make a comeback

[@Elavator66]

Sadly they can't, there totally out of style (for the modern world at least.) and failed many, many, many times.

[@Boi-o3x]

The animatronics here do get a bit quirky at night

[@Rizbobiz]

At least Major Magic tried to revamp with some actual bits of nostalgia lol

[@ThePirateprincess23]

Memory unlocked! I never went there but I have driven past the Wilsonville location of Family Fun Center many times when I have gone up to visit my grandparents every summer until 2018 when they moved down to my hometown in California.

[@FangAlt]

I swear, it’s like a curse due to all these restaurants closing their doors constantly.

[@KanyeSoutheast9347]

Tuv i had a dream you made a full album with Green Day WHY DID I DREAM ABOUT THAT💀

[@skunkman9815]

An animatronic serving pizza? That’s a first

[@princealarming85]

Bullwinkles is where I went when I was a kid. Since some of them are still in operation (sadly not the one in Santa Clara that I frequented back in the day) I think it would be fun to visit one for the nostalgia.

[@matsuspeaks]

i went to the wilsonville bullwinkles for so many birthday parties when i was a kid. my classmates and i preferred it over chuck e cheese since there was so much more to do than just games, like the mini golf, go carts and lazer tag. now i'm realizing why i love fnaf security breach the most. lol

[@multicolorconverse]

I'm from south dakota! I hadn't heard of Gigglebees until now but I realized in sioux falls at a convention called Siouxpercon, they have Wilbur riding round his scooter talking to folks!!! This makes me so happy :))

[@Leech-3]

Yeah I was there too! I thought it was cool!

[@multicolorconverse]

ayooo south dakota moment???@@Leech-3

[@BenChurchill76]

I went to the Bullwinkle's in Fountain Valley, California when I was a kid. I went to several birthday parties there, including one of my own. I loved it! I was way bigger and had more to do than any Chuck-E-Cheese's ever did (probably because it was kind of a "campus" with lots of other attractions, like mini-golf, bumper cars, and kart racing). I have fond memories of that place. That location doesn't exist anymore, but of the ones on your list, Bullwinkle's is the only one I knew (and visited).

[@IgImOz]

i just learnt tonight that the arcade i went to as a kid owned the last rockafire explosion in canada. i was way too young to remember it well and the fact that i just barely missed my chance to go back and see the show in person will haunt me forever lmao

[@animatronicentertainmentdude]

It’s sad that current Cec is all that still exists. They suck now, I would prefer literally any other robot location take over them

[@sk8rboi369]

This is AWESOME! I love animatronic restaurants

[@All.in.th3.family]

TWO TUV VIDEOS IN A WEEK⁉️⁉️

[@StargazingVoidYT]

Bullwinkle’s Restaurant is huge!

[@mizu_the_floatzel]

I stumbled upon your video and well on the topic of gadgets restaurant. It's actually interesting. I live in New Jersey near toms River and it's actually pretty weird when I was working for rental car business moving their cars. I seen an old sign for it and I was like wait. Where is this place? And when I drove past the building was gone so I was like holy crap who knew Then a few weeks later the sign was gone and I was like. I guess somebody must have seen it and must seen it

[@mutecryptid]

Hear me out: Gigglebees but modernized into those sushi conveyer bars with animatronics

[@ZeraStargazer]

My hometown of Calgary, Alberta had a Bullwinkle's when I was a kid. But it wasn't a family fun center. Just had the restaurant with the animatronics, and arcade.

[@ARandomPumpkin1234]

I wish that gadgets was still going because I would love to see Sammy and the luney toons play music

[@shadestaken]

something i can watch b4 bed thnx :D

[@maggiesducks]

I want to open my own animatronic restaurant one day. Hopefully it won’t be on this list lol.

[@ronanprince5163]

Bertie seems to have a lot of respect for this stuff good for him👍👍

[@Mr._Pollo]

Small nitpick, but why the 2020 articles at 0:55 when you said 1984?

[@bertie123]

because those articles are talking about it

[@Mr._Pollo]

⁠​⁠@@bertie123Those were talking about the bankruptcy filings from 2020 due to COVID, not 1984 though. Besides that I really enjoyed the video!

[@TSGOrgan]

Major Magic’s want a failure bro. It was huge in Michigan.

[@djriqky9581]

Yea....they need a creepy fnaf fan game of all these now closed restaurants

[@Titanusrex1616]

🎵FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDYYYYYYYS! IS THIS WHERE YOU WANNA BE? I JUST DONT GET IIIIIIIT WHY DO YOU WANNA STAY FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDYYYYYYYS!🎵

[@craigmartin5536]

What comes to mind when you think of animatronic restaurants? Me: Freddy Fazbears Pizzeria

[@lucymiller2821]

Hey does anyone else recall the simple animatronics from place called bugaboo creek steakhouse? why isn't that mention so much? They are animatronics right?

[@CrumpetTV]

Unfortunately the first thing to actually come to mind is FNAF instead of chuck e cheese for most people

[@deadmeme9031]

I don't actually think that's a bad thing. I've been a fan of animatronics since I could breathe basically, and I'm also a FNAF fan. Ever since 2014 there's been a boom of animatronic restoration projects because FNAF sparked interest for a lot of people. While it may look different from the early 80s-2000s I think that it's still the same at heart

[@MF_3000]

What if you were to one day visit bullwinlkle in upland? Kinda like the animatronic documentary

[@tunestreams]

i actually never went to it sadly when it was family fun center but a interesting fact is the one near me was a boomers for years (that was my childhood ) and got turned back into a family fun center . last year they closed though (im talking about the san diego location)

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

Great video!

[@jadynmontoya134]

I remember a animatronic restaurant called Bobby’s diner. I used to go there for all my birthdays. Does anybody remember this place?? I can’t remember when it shut down so someone let me know if y’all remember

[@purpleguylovesfnaf9319]

Other animatronics you should talk about is dandy bear and banjo Billy's pizza

[@icychill105]

Family fun center in tukwilla is cool, but sadly the last time we were there the restaurant part was closed so you couldnt see the animatronics

[@Casstuah]

I remember going to bullwinkles it was cool but loud

[@GrianyBunch]

Wow! What?! I though there was only Chuck a cheese and show beez!! :0 update I just realized I’m watching Tuv and didn’t even know!

[@dannybrezelhorner2715]

Anybody know the music used for the bullwinkle's segment? (Also i've been to that Bullwinkle's in Oregon it was cool)

[@SKYGAYMS]

I was waiting for the line “then Freddy fazbears pizza joined the figh-“

[@Anonymous.Bozoclown]

fun fact: some of the animatronics from Major magics are on ebay rn

[@djriqky9581]

4:35 imagine these machines controlled by angry spirits like fnaf, bricks have been shit

[@deadmeme9031]

I really enjoyed this video as an animatronic history fan. One minor criticism though is the music choice, it didn't fit the tone of the video and (at least to me) stood out. Still a good video though

[@djlaforge]

Why is it snowing?

[@vampire-p]

YO I LIVE IN WA! Bulwinkle here I come lol

[@IDidSomethingBETTER]

My mom went to magics and I never knew what it was but I saw her child photo there in front of the drum and we live in Michigan so it made a lot of sense. Also you should come visit Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Muesuem I believe you’ll love it as you loved smitty’s

[@Euclid_girlie]

Hahah great video. I really enjoyed it. But I have to be a youtube commentor here and say it's ROCKY and bullwinkle. That really cracked me up.

[@nixie_moon]

I grew up in buffalo ny and remember major magics had bday party there 😂

[@Ati.-mm2fl]

Fun​ fact​ major​ magic​ had​ rock​ afire​ explosion​ retrofitted​ it​ send​ to​ billy​ bob's​ pizza​ tron​

[@lilbabyghostgirl137]

So no Freddy faz bear? 🐻

[@haleyhersh3850]

No, Freddy is not real. Scott had he doesn't want a real-life Freddy's cuz he's afraid that some would try to make William Afton's murders real.

[@Spoon_Epic]

I saw one of the animatronics for sale on eBay

[@angel.likes.ducks57]

TUV🤯🤯

[@Memecorpvr]

8:01 WAS THAT THE BITE OF 87!?

[@forceghostyoda5730]

Thats why it really closed

[@KITTYSTUDlOS]

In food battle 2023 they filmed at the same place as roadtrip

[@subzippo]

Major Magic was the best at what it did. I miss it dearly.

[@Ninten110dogs]

I wish Sgt. Singer's Pizza Circus would be on a video like this!

[@wallowlight]

10:34 ricky and bullwinkle

[@Alexavierdee]

Love you videos ❤️👍😙👌✨

[@Q80O-t4v]

Beatle reference im shaking in happiness

[@LexiLunarpaw]

The Animatronics do get a little quirky at night...

[@FunkyStudios]

Gigglebees mentioned

[@majormagics5571]

With respect to Major Magic's, there is sooooo much misinformation here...

[@Go_Luis]

Hi Bertie!

[@FinkDaMushyCat]

I'm dead over 'Ricky'

[@grimmdog7549]

4:08 that is a fnaf endoskeleton. excuse me.

[@superc941]

My dad grew up with major magics

[@SleepyLuigi]

WE GOT DAFFY THERE!

[@SpyderByte6450]

My city being mentioned twice in this video 😭

[@SCP_Foundation...]

Come on, whenever someone mentions animatronics i think of FNAF

[@hallehuckleberry]

this may be a non-morbid video but i’m still creeped out bc of the music, vibe, & topic! animatronics are lowkey creepy! 😭 also the animatronic restaurant has to be the worst kind of trend for doing business; the restaurant industry is already not v solid (60% of new restaurants close within 1 year of operation, 80% fail within 5 years) … on-top of even higher startup costs considering animatronics… what a BAD investment 😭

[@marovuckoviccuric8881]

Did wb sued gadgets for the looney tunes characters

[@h-man7620]

Someone is definitely going to make a FNAF joke in the comments section. 100%.

[@klauss997]

who else think of freddy fazbear's pizza when somebody says "pizzaria with animatronics"?

[@UwUDaniUwU]

0:22 FNaF Fans: *traumatic flashback* (mimic sweep)

[@JJ-gr9yz]

Did homie really say "Ricky and Bullwinkle?" 😢

[@ambermillerrr]

he said it was a mistake

[@TheSonicGuy40]

Are we not gonna metion to how similar the country critters are to fnaf!? 3 animatronics at tye main stage and a small side stage and a foxy character!!!?!?

[@MacTonight]

The Country Critters didn't have a side stage, just the main stage.