Failed Animatronic Restaurants- Looney Tunes Revue at Gadgets

Have you ever heard of The Looney Tunes Revue Animatronic Show? Well from Chuck E Cheese to Showbiz Pizza, animatronic restaurants were all the craze in the 80's. The United States saw hundreds of these restaurants open but what most people don’t realize is that Warner had a restaurant of their own. It was called Gadgets and that's where you could find the "Looney Tunes Revue." It was one of the most impressive animatronic shows but unfortunately, it was a short-lived failure. DON'T FORGET TO LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE!*** ►bit.ly/2mfriBD ◄
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[@googamp32]

Warner Bros caring about the Looney Tunes? Wow! This IS from a long forgotten time!

[@RandomguyfromtheinternetN1]

This should become the top comment

[@Webb_Studios]

Trust me, they never cared. The CEO in the 30s and 40s cared so little that he thought that the animation studio on the lot made Mickey Mouse cartoons

[@Herowebcomics]

Warner Bros caring about ANYTHING was from a long time ago!😢

[@dn837]

Warner bros caring about animation? This is from a long forgotten time

[@bluegold1026]

No wonder Coyote vs. Acme was never released. Too much of an economic risk for WB executives!

[@BriarPatchProductions]

Hello to all. It’s nice to see people still discussing Gadgets and the Looney Tunes Revue 4 years after the trailer show was discovered. With Sylvester being recently restored, me and my team (Renster and Hound Dog Productions) are going to restore Daffy soon. Stay tuned!

[@PasqAnimatronics]

Georgie is on fire ❕

[@homemadeimagineering]

From PA🙌

[@Pan-cackes]

Do you have Sylvester jr too? He too cute. And Hey chuck e cheese fan! 👋

[@BriarPatchProductions]

@@Pan-cackesSylvester Jr is owned by my good friend Kevin (Pasq Animatronics). However, it seems a little odd that he wasn’t mentioned, as he was one of the main researchers on this topic along with me. Anywho, check his channel “Pasq Animatronics” for content on his Sylvester Jr and Henery Hawk animatronics!

[@BriarPatchProductions]

@@Pan-cackesActually Sylvester Jr is owned by my good friend Kevin Grossman (Pasq Animatronics). Kevin was a big part in researching this topic with me, so I find it strange that no credit was given to him for his efforts. Anywho, check out his channel (Pasq Animatronics) for content on his Sylvester Jr. and Henery Hawk animatronics!

[@RensterCEC]

The video came out great! I’m glad I was able to assist with some aspects of the video and highlight the amazing talents of Advanced Animations and the show’s designers.

[@TPMvids]

You helped so much! Glad I was able to bring the Gadgets & Looney Tunes story to life! Thank you!

[@davidleavitt835]

@RenstarCEC Thank you for restoring the animatronic character and being part of this video. Whilst I've never seen the revue live, I've seen videos and it is a great show. One day I hope there'll be a full show found of Looney Tunes live shows like Bugs Bunny Meets The Superheroes and Bugs Bunny In Outer Space.

[@aayanali-zw4bf]

@@TPMvidswe missed Chuck E. Cheese TPM

[@DrGreg007]

I remember WB stores, just like the Disney store. They were both sometimes in the same mall. Most merchandise from these stores are collectors items. WB stores fizzled out a few years before the Disney store, which are now gone too

[@Herowebcomics]

Poor things! They were both cool! I hope they are online at least!🫤

[@DrGreg007]

@@Herowebcomics yes, both of them are online right now

[@Herowebcomics]

@@DrGreg007Ok,that's good!

[@ARandomGuyVR]

I remember going to a Disney store got a storm trooper figure and now they are gone which is sad

[@Toby-Draven]

I actually have a disney store near me, and by near me i mean like a hour and a half away from me

[@Starberry_Milkshake]

It’s tragic the concept of pizza animatronic shows are long gone

[@Toby-Draven]

Well i mean...fnaf is keeping the concept alive if you want to count that

[@stanfordite1]

It will never die and be brought back better than ever. Some place like they never left. Bullwinkle's will be returning to its former glory, water show and all.

[@otaking3582]

​@@Toby-DravenBut has it resulted in any real pizzerias being created? I don't even think they got a promotional pop-up store when the movie came out.

[@Toby-Draven]

@@otaking3582 Well there was a pop-up thing but you couldn't go into it, it was just the outside of the building that you could take pictures of

[@richardkirkland6805]

There are some still out there. I'm pretty sure Rainforest Cafe is still in business.

[@bluegold1026]

Never heard of Gadgets until now. But it's nice to see that the animatronics have found their way into the hands of private collectors who care about their restoration and maintenance.

[@jacobpankratz8084]

I’m an animatronic enthusiast and I am floored that I had never heard of this place until now. Thank you! I think we need a place like this again now. Everyone would be so nostalgic for it

[@elizabethr5270]

I'm surprised they didn't move the shows to Six Flags locations since I do remember the Loony Tunes being a big part of the kids' area of my local one when I was little! Or maybe the timelines for when those rights were acquired didn't match up?

[@Frank-N-Reese]

That’d be awesome if Six Flags had them. I’m not sure when SF acquired the rights though.

[@BloodyInkProductions]

As a huge Looney Tunes fan, it makes me really sad to see these guys just disappear. But I'm glad some are still around, especially Pepé Le Pew as he's my all time favorite character. Great video TPM, super stoked more people will know about this!

[@jacobsekela8691]

I only live around 25 minutes from the Berkshire Mall ... when I heard that this Gadget's place opened up in Wyomissing at the Berkshire Mall, I was floored! I cannot believe I've NEVER heard of this place before - wow!

[@stevarino1989]

Same here with one of my nearby “malls.” (At this point I don’t even know how it’s still open.) My jaw hit the floor when I read about it! 😹 It only lasted just shy of 2 years so that’s probably why people around here have almost no recollection of it.

[@TooneyBird2468]

What a wacky coincidence, first I started seeing clips of the Looney Tunes Reveu on Twitter, and know you made a video about!

[@TPMvids]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@SpongyCollector]

facts

[@TooneyBird2468]

@@TPMvids I did enjoy it

[@copeland411]

Thank you for this fantastic video with such high quality pictures and videos! Please make more "abandoned/defunct" videos; you do a great job at explaining things in a reasonable timeframe without filler.

[@TPMvids]

I'm definitely planning more if these kind of videos are what you all want to see :D

[@edmundnieves9975]

TPM vids I will

[@sentairidertf2179]

12:40 - 12:46 good old Looney Tunes explosion to bring joy and laughter. And good thing the stage had an Acme bomb shelter to protect the performance.

[@EmilyS-gk3st]

Or the shelter was implemented to make the transition to blown-up Daffy easier to do.

[@briandonegan8480]

It seems like a waste that they didn't just take the concept and transsition it to Six Flags

[@TPMvids]

Such a missed opportunity since they already have all the show tapes too

[@briandonegan8480]

​​@@TPMvidsif they still have the tapes its not too late. They could either produce it straight or they could subvert it for Fright Fest FNaF style

[@briandonegan8480]

5:15 Well its not for Disney's lack of trying. The Country Bears was supposed to be a show at a ski resort not a theme park which could have translated to dining locations but things went in a different direction

[@TPMvidsShorts]

Yes, I covered the Country Bear story in the last episode!

[@SlipperySoap]

Now that I think about it, you're right!

[@Adam-o5g9z]

I’ve heard of the looney tunes revue, but I didn’t know it was from like a restaurant. So I was shocked that it was from Gadgets.

[@VHSDUMPCEC]

My friend renster helped with this video. I’m friends with Kevin as well. Gadgets Looney Tunes Revue means a lot to us cause it’s such a cool place and there was little to no information about the place until we started researching and finding things. It took a lot to get a more complete picture but it was definitely worth all that hard work researching. Awesome vid

[@Grover1234]

I wished I could have seen these shows in person but since none were ever close by for me and my family to ever have known or even seen an advertisement for the restaurant I never did experience it. I did just of last year find videos on KZbin of different shows and have watched them. I think it would be really fun if Warner Bros. were to bring these back either to maybe a Six Flags park or even maybe a new restaurant. It amazes me to know there are kids these days that I think would get a kick out of watching while eating pizza or other foods. Thanks for the review of how this came to be.

[@sjharris9583]

They should’ve brought this over to Six Flags Great Adventure (or maybe the other parks); it would’ve fit so perfectly!

[@Showbiz_sam]

I'm loving this new series TPM keep up the good work

[@TPMvids]

Thank you! Glad to hear you're enjoying them

[@SlipperySoap]

I agree. Keep it up! You're doing great!

[@johnschick1335]

I was one of the first employees of Warner Leisure and helped open most of the restaurants over 3 1/2 years. Crazy experience. Your recap is pretty accurate but there is a a lot more intrigue to the story. Millions of dollars wasted and lost.

[@KingKaosUnkgedOfficial]

Hi TPMVids! Great to see you again! For another Theme Parks & More Video! 😁👍

[@celestiadrools9551]

Love Looney Tunes, however seeing that they had an animatronic show blows my mind. Wonder whatever happened to the animatronics and if some are alive and in good condition, then that’s good to hear.

[@Songvsgaming]

This is the craziest find! Ever since I was a kid I was all into show biz, Chuck E. Cheese, and all the other knock off Animatronic shows but I’m surprised I’ve never even heard of this

[@lpscokeking2633]

I remember a castle animatronic band from an arcade.... It's called Enchanted Castle and it featured a Green dragon, a wizard with a long beard, another dragon playing the trumpet, a princess playing the piano and a little dragon and they all sang on a castle stage, I'd love for you to make a Video on them...

[@markderoller7645]

I remember playing Dragons Lair at the Gadgets in Marketplace Mall in Rochester NY.

[@DannytheTourist]

THANK YOU for telling what one of the games was. Did they have Pac-Man?? Q*bert?? Pong?? Galaga??

[@EricMontreal22]

As a kid in Edmonton Alberta I don't think I ever went to Chuck E Cheese--but we had a Bullwinkle's which I was obsessed with.

[@thelasttoknow]

This was news to me but not a surprise. I love learning about these programs/profomances that show real ambition and passion. I’m glad they’re being maintained and well kept. (Preserved). It’s a part of something magical that more will get to see in the possible future.

[@mechanicalhoundz]

I just realized [after going back and watching the first video] that this is a SERIES? PLEASE tell me you guys are gonna do Tex Critters, my dad talks all the time about missing Tex Critters every time we pass by where the old local location was. I'd love to watch the video you do on them with him if you do one!

[@RPena98]

That sounds super interesting!!

[@SlayerMyLayer]

I wonder how good it would do in today's world

[@Alola_Hanna-Barbera_TMS_Fan]

I’ve actually seen this everywhere in my feed! And I love the Mickey Mouse Revue inspiration

[@samuelcollantes1175]

It reminded me of Lester's possum park from a Goofy movie. Thanks, TPM, and a happy sunday to you as well. Take care and God bless you, and greetings from Colombia.

[@RPena98]

I had no idea this was a thing!! I'm usually knowledgeable about the themed restaurants with animatronics and whatnot. Thanks for teaching me something new!! Looney Tunes as a restaurant sounds kinda fun!

[@forestmarlor173]

This is so interesting, love your videos! ❤ Are u gonna make a video about epic universe? I would love that! Thanks again for your videos

[@christopherwesterberg8555]

8:07 Clips from What's Up Doc?, Rabbit Fire, Beep Beep, Bill Of Hare, Boulder Wham, Rhapsody Rabbit and Baseball Bugs

[@thetravellingsteampunkkitt5710]

Fact: the game Tapper was only video game that targeted for adults because Budweiser ads

[@rockafiremoon]

Great video! So happy more people will know about this amazing show!

[@TPMvids]

Thank you so much! The show and Gadgets is such a gem that's been hidden away. Glad I was able to share its story

[@Gulag_official]

Just watched the whole video.

[@gwenofair628]

Would people be interested in a bar with adult oriented animatronics and arcade games?

[@RPena98]

Hell yeah!!

[@collegetoycollector]

This idea has been floating around my head for awhile 🤔

[@gwenofair628]

@@collegetoycollector I guess it boils down to what would people find entertaining and what realistically could be done. There are the obvious choices (singing and stand up) but I don’t know if that would be enough to hold people’s attention at this point. One could also do something a bit more risqué like a cabaret tease dance but that also treads on hitting an uncomfortable uncanny spot. Horror is an interesting option but I feel like people would be too creeped out to enjoy drinking/eating. You can always do something truly elaborate like The Tiki Room but it would be difficult to modify and maintenance costs could be an uphill battle if it can’t hit a consistently high customer rate.

[@gwenofair628]

I figured it out! It needs to be set up as a “seedy speakeasy”! Give it a slight Dieselpunk aesthetic with a mechanical band to play ambient music and backup to one of two performers. The center stage is a rotating stage split into 1/3 separated by a wall. On the smaller side is a mechanical crooner that’s a bit more mechanically complex than the band and when not in use you can flip the stage to the larger side to allow a human performer. This way you can keep it fresh and if the crooner need maintenance your aren’t without a show. You could even have a “gambling parlor”. Depending on the state it’s in you can have actual gambling or an arcade.

[@gamechannelminecraft6583]

Hello everyone, good viewing🐼

[@duncanharrell5009]

Any potential we could see an Animatronics behind the scenes vid, going into how they're made and work?

[@TPMvids]

If I’m ever able to make it into an animatronic company then maybe one day!

[@SlipperySoap]

That sounds like fun 😁 😊!

[@Rachael8989]

I have seen a few recent videos about these restaurants and I think they looked just amazing. Imagine walking past the entrance to a restaurant now and seeing an animatronic of one of your favourite cartoon characters asking you to come inside?! It would honestly blow my mind! I am obsessed with the whole ‘animatronic restaurant’ thing and I wish they were still a thing. (I know there’s barely any Chuck E Cheese restaurants still with shows in). I really wish we had these places in the UK! I would have begged my parents to take me there for every special occasion!😄

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

I know u guys had Hannah banana but it closed in 2015 and I know why

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Also I think u guys do have hard luck bears though it’s not at a restaurant

[@kickinitwithkendall9448]

Hi tpm! I love your videos!

[@TheDigitalApple]

I wonder if other Looney Tunes projects also had audio animatronics?

[@christopherwesterberg8555]

I never saw the Looney Tunes Revue before. But it sounds Cool since I Love Looney Tunes

[@FrozenDreamLive]

Hello! I know I’m late to comment but I have an Elsa fail from Hong Kong Disneyland! Where the boat can’t move and we get to see an extended Elsa scene and she just stares at us and waves! We can even see the next boat coming, hope you see this😊

[@Pan-cackes]

I love the chuck e cheese videos your did on you channel 😊

[@aaronmeezan7867]

I love this new series. It's cool so see videos not just about Disney. You should make a video about Epic Universe.

[@MkR2398]

Never heard of this and now I'm mad I never got to see this show

[@papachillothezappey4050]

15:37-15:44 Chuck E. Cheese yes, but Showbiz Pizza, nah. Both The Rock-afire Explosion (and most other CEI Animatronics) and most of Advanced Animation shows are just as good as each other.

[@tinaruggiero5702]

We still have a Chuck e cheese in San Jose, CA. i haven't been there in years.

[@BobbiRakus]

Anyone else get a cool multicolored circle around the real like button when he said to like the video?

[@JAbell1966]

I can't believe that this is the first time I've ever heard of Gadgets! If I'd known about it back then I would have been going crazy trying to get to one. I wonder if the master tapes for the shows still exist. Would be fantastic if WB would release the audio for sale or animate them for use on max.

[@TPMvids]

Many of the master tapes do still exist and a few animatronic collectors have their hands on them! A few of them are on KZbin too

[@JAbell1966]

@@TPMvids Good to hear!

[@PasqAnimatronics]

Nice, TPM! Why no mention of my boy Henery Hawk though? He existed. Man, you shaded me so hard. I liked your video essay nonetheless.

[@TPMvids]

I'm sorry for not mentioning him, but I appreciate all your help and resources! Especially the fact that Yosemite Sam was the Barker for the restaurant. Your document was the only place I saw that mentioned

[@PasqAnimatronics]

@@TPMvids It’s all good, I’m excited to see what you make next.

[@bartplays3392]

We NEED more videos from you that are like this! I enjoy it so much and would wish and would love to see you do more!!!

[@TPMvids]

More to come! Definitely check out the last video if you haven’t already as well. Talks about another defunct animatronic show

[@bartplays3392]

@@TPMvids didn’t even see the notification for that! Thanks for letting me know though… I’ll be happy to check it out after this! Can’t wait for more though!

[@davidleavitt835]

​@@TPMvidswould a video about live costume arena shows, with footage from them(not commercials) be in the cards; Bugs Bunny Meets The Superheroes, Bugs Bunny In Outer Space, Sesame Street Live, Muppets etc?

[@CLC-1000]

When are the breakdown videos coming back?

[@FunkyStudios]

Actually, before it was in Daytona, it was actually at a estate auction of the owner of the defunct carnival company who had passed away in East Palatka, Florida, which would be where the person in Daytona would have aquired it. And I can actually confirm this as I was actually at the auction and got to see and take photos of the Revue.

[@Peach_sad]

Omgg I love your videos tpm 😍😍😍

[@EasternWind7.5]

great video

[@TPMvids]

Thank you so much!

[@stevarino1989]

It’s hard to believe my mall (at 19:22) had one from April 83 to January 85. 😲 I don’t recall anyone ever mentioning such a place. It was only around for just barely 2 years so that’s probably why. I wasn’t even born yet. I barely remember the Ground Round at that mall which lasted till the mid 90s.

[@drakegears]

4:09 woooow, i didnt realize how much the chuck e cheese really inspired fnaf. That logo design is crazy crazy similar to some of the variations we've seen from scott cawthons franchise...

[@hurbywurby-q1h]

I think someone should bring back animatronic restaraunts like major magics tried to do. Like, make it a safe haven for neurodivergent folks and hell even lean into the FNaF-based return to prominence they've had

[@Teletran35]

I never knew it existed

[@shinyagumon7015]

I would've loved to see this live; it looks so fun.

[@jwood4508]

17:37 Really enjoy the dry humor throughout this video. 😆

[@tinsote7176]

Six Flags should bring this back at their food courts.

[@elmono6299]

Wouldn't be the first time I've seen a pizza dinner theater family restaurant themed around a classic cartoon franchise. There was Bullwinkle's, which was based on Jay Ward cartoons.

[@frizzyfazbearnfriends5391]

I went to gadgets whenever I was five at the time the technology was amazing 😊

[@QuintonRe2s]

Fantastic video, one of your best

[@Zac629]

Hey, tpm how, are you this beautiful sunday?

[@giantpshow]

Is it just me, or does the hippo behind the piano, and the Sami Sans, feel a little bit too much like Sonny Eclipse at Disney World

[@TPMvids]

Kinda, but both of them came wayyy before Sonny Eclipse!

[@giantpshow]

@@TPMvids So maybe those animatronics influenced Disney to bring one to the parks?

[@porkstudios762]

mom can i have lonny tunes, mom: we have lonney tunes at home. lonney tunes at home:

[@ngtszwaianson5352]

20:42 it will be better if the said collectors donate them to a animatronic museum(if there is one)and make them a part of history forever

[@TheEmeraldWeirdo]

This video and your last one are more along the lines of what I would have expected from Defunctland rather than you. But, I guess since Defunctland's upload schedule has slipped so far, somebody had to pick up the slack.

[@RPena98]

He's been working hard on his videos. It takes a lot of time, research, and whatnot to make it happen. He shares his process through it on Twitter!

[@TheEmeraldWeirdo]

@@RPena98 Well, I don't use Twitter, so that explains a lot.

[@Chuck_eCHEEZE]

HEY! Showbiz pizza opened near where my mom lived! What a coincidence!

[@HoneyRose-u8u]

Hi tpmvids I liked your videos ❤

[@Sammy0346]

Bro this vid is fire

[@zekelinderman3970]

I have only heard of this Looney Tunes Revue Show. I think that animatronic restaurants are very unique compared to theme parks and live stage shows.

[@tiredofTicks]

Time to get gadgets back in business baby!

[@cavalierkcs1362]

YEESSSSS NEW TPMVIDS!!!!! IL UR VIDEOSSSSS!

[@TPMvids]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@cavalierkcs1362]

​@@TPMvids I cant wait for my dad to get home so we can watch it together!!

[@xandewaegemaker2712]

I own a sammy sans animatronic! Nice video 💪🏻

[@TPMvids]

Do you actually!? No way! I wanna know more! Where did he turn up? I was under the impression that none of his figures survived

[@xandewaegemaker2712]

@@TPMvids i do! I can tell you all about it if you wish. Reach out to me.

[@xandewaegemaker2712]

@@TPMvids i do!! You can reach out to hear all about it.

[@garutti2001]

I'm loving the defunct attraction videos

[@TH_DIEGo]

YEAHHH WE LOVE GADGETS

[@ARandomGuyVR]

I watched your channel before I had a account and loved your channel forgot about this channel and never got recommended it but I finnaly found it again quality is great subbed and a main stay watched from now on see you next upload!

[@UpTheIrons12]

What happened to the Sammy Sands animatronic? Never mind lol

[@Tsukroff]

I remember watching the show in the trailer at the Woodstock Fair when I was a kid, and I loved it.

[@rockafiremoon]

In CT? And do you happen to remember what year?

[@Tsukroff]

@@rockafiremoon Sorry I don't.

[@BHStudios01]

Sadly, I had never heard of Gadgets OR Gizmos before this video. I was WAY too young to even know about them (maybe two years old), and even though the first location was in Ocean Township, NJ, it was still too far for my parents to warrant the 1.5 hour drive from Sussex County. Pluuuuus places like that were a luxury kind of spend… we weren’t exactly well off…

[@ChozoSR388]

I hadn't even heard of ShowBiz Pizza... I knew about Chuck E. Cheese, of course.

[@SlipperySoap]

This is a really cool concept! Great work! ❤

[@scarybunny05885]

Tpmvids your the best🎉 do more about the animatronic shows

[@Stupid22255]

The only thing i can hear in my head is: Five nights at Freddy's Five nights at Freddy's Five nights at Freddy's Five nights at Freddy's Five nights at Freddy's Five nights at Freddy's Five nights at Freddy's Five nights at Freddy's Five nights at Freddy's Five nights at Freddy's Five nights at Freddy's Five

[@MarcPhaneuf-y3d]

I'm from Lakeland Florida and I really wish they'd bring them back

[@Youssefnintendo]

Did you know the daffy explosion is the animatronic getting swapped

[@madalinecheshirentddev4276]

THE BUGS BUNNY ANIMATRONIC IS SENDING ME PLEASE 😭😭😭

[@sailordarkjupiter]

This video reminded me of the rocky and bullwinkle restaurant that i went to when i was kid.

[@dustyhughes1049]

you should rename this video called “ restaurants with animatronics that didn’t do well”

[@brandyjensen128]

Super excited for this video!

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Unfortunately too bad it was short lived. Surprised they never got their own show at a theme park or something

[@Slicedude2004]

I can't believe I've never heard of this!!

[@theglitch657]

Chuck e cheese is not the first ever restaurant that was created nor was it not the only one at it's time the first ever restaurant that had animatronic entertainment was showbiz pizza place and it was made by a guy named eran fector witch is also the creator of wach a Mol, a Air powered car, and another animatronic show called wolf pack 5 which came before the animatronic show called the rock a fire explosion that was in the showbiz pizza place restaurants