The Jingle Bell Jamboree * Santa's Village Show 1979 * Creative Engineering Inc.

[@electricwombat5967]

This show is very impressive to be your first full show. The movements and programming are very fluid.

[@Luposian]

Whoa! I'm impressed! Santa looks REALLY realistic! The eyes and mouth movement are amazing! I like Rudolph, too... the elves are a little stiff, but not bad! Overall, an awesome show! So nice to be able to see the old stuff hidin g out in your warehouse all these decades! If you ever need help converting stuff to digital format, I'd love to get involved! This is the kinda stuff you became famous for! I was only 11 years old at this point! Animatronics is your moment in the spotlight, for which you will always be remembered. Few people get that privilege, to be remembered and celebrated for something that is still remembered and appreciated decades later...

[@vincebarnich2797]

For a animatronic show in the 70's..this is pretty impressive 👌

[@noway4413]

Because he was the best

[@Gamingwithemo]

Cei is the king of animatronics out side of disney

[@orangetheorange]

Old show? Yes. Has a theme? Yes! All together great? Totally! Added to my list of animatronic bands to revive into a game? 100 percent definitely!

[@marinimperialenapoleon]

Yooo whats your game??? :D

[@hounddogproductions]

Thanks so much Aaron I really appreciate you posting this! I love this show so much and it was apart of my parents and my childhood! I got so many photos and even some pieces of show! I can not tell you how happy I am to see some new high quality footage of them in their own prime! This is Fantastic!

[@Laserashton]

I also saw them at the park, twice (2015 & 2016) I went back in 2017 to find a new live character show in the Jingle Bell Theatre, and I haven't been back since (I am a sophomore now and go to Canobie Lake Park).

[@TheBeanoisMyFavComic]

Can we see them?

[@freddiefox8811]

Hello Mr Aaron I am your French fan you know for the Rolfe and Beach Bear stuffed animals I still have them everywhere I go they come with me. I wanted to tell you that when I was little I was passionate about Five nights at Freddy but over time I'm no longer passionate but when I discovered your videos during total confinement I could awaken this passion that slumbers in I thank you for everything you do for a child the importance is that it is not that they are robots but it is above all what they can become in the eyes of children 😉 Thanks you Mr Aaron 😊

[@Laserashton]

This was a show I'd watch during my weekend trip to Jefferaon NH that I'd do every August from 2014 to 2018, I saw this show twice because sadly at the end of the 2016 Season, Santa's Village said they needed another live show and that it was just time to give it up. This was made in the 70s as well so it was becoming outdated, this was made around Elvis's death so it people of the 2010s were quite confused hearing and seeing Elvis on stage. It was still fun to watch though and I really miss it, happy it ran there for 39 years (longer than the Country Bears at Disneyland).

[@smoom6947]

It’s crazy that this show had been the same since 79!! It held up, through my childhood in Jefferson NH it remained all the same. It was my favorite part of the park :) I didn’t know until now that this was Aarons doing!! Brings back so many memories

[@crazy8skml]

Absolutely love seeing all the old footage. Love sharing all CEI projects with my son. Wishing that he could have been able to experience Showbiz. I miss it so much!

[@ScribblesMutt]

Absolutely adore this show! The Santa's Village Show has always been one of my CEI Favorites! It's amazing to see the ORIGINAL bots in better quality!

[@GAMENIGHTSCHANNEL]

SUSSY Roblox bottle chugging cheesy man 🤔

[@jennifermcneely3168]

What the 👆 But I agree this is a great show same with the animatronics and I’m glad even though Showbiz Pizza might be gone people not just Showbiz pizza fans but fans of all genres keep its memory alive.

[@angeloflifelight]

I remember seeing this in the early 2000s, sad that it's gone now. Recently realized it was made by you guys when it clicked that the staging looked familiar

[@twitchyalien3787]

Yo the gas joke still holds up

[@flyyxmke]

I was a animatronics and control engineer at a theme park a few years ago. It’s cool to see the older stuff and how they did it back then. Always wanted to get back into it. Maybe someday I will move back.

[@S.J.C._Entertainment]

This is awesome! It's always great to have some more footage of these more obscure shows.

[@S.J.C._Entertainment]

@CEC Durham NC perfect timing haha

[@FatFiber8096]

I'm only 16 but I'm a huge fan of aaron fechter and the rock afire explosion and this is amazing

[@crazyminecraftgamer1306]

Really great audio and great movements on these characters

[@mouldy_burnt_toast9588]

These animatronics are incredible! Great footage.

[@Jas0n3o2]

Love the archive footage. Please keep it coming

[@suecurtis8313]

love santa's village show 1979 sue

[@sophiehanssel2017]

Thank you for making this holiday season a little more magical

[@jschadle1]

Great piece of history, so glad it survived. This was really sophisticated for the time.

[@Laserashton]

It didn't, was removed after the 2016 Season & Replaced with a Live Show called "Tinker's Tune Up" in 2017.

[@TJtheDJ163]

The Audio quality is great! I'm gonna have fun restoring this footage!

[@DukesPizzaLounge]

Me too

[@BlueFoxy87]

How do you restore a tape? Bc I kind of don’t get it

[@lonefergus4995]

"Elfis" 🤣 so cleaver! Love this, thank you for sharing 😍

[@Laserashton]

It was 1977 and Elvis Presley had passed away by then which shocked everyone so this gag was sort of a tribute to him as well as his song Blue Christmas.

[@mechaitheracer2563]

this is so cool not only we got new footage of the cei bots of Santa's Village Show but also clear audio of the show

[@idrproductions7]

I go to Santa's Village every year and I remember seeing it in its finial years this show was amazing and now seeing this video that you made it makes it even cooler because I and a big fan. where is this filmed?

[@Laserashton]

Me too, it closed sometime in late 2016 or early 2017 but I saw the show in 2016 and '15 for sure. I never saw Tinker's Tune Up because after this thing closed I switched parks from Santa's Village to Canobie Lake Park.

[@destinationimagination952.6]

This is nice! I've been to Santa's Village once (but never got to see this)

[@Laserashton]

I was at Santa's Village from 2014 - 2018 and saw this show twice. Never knew I'd realize CEI were responsible for the show until I saw the Rock Afire Explosion performing at the 2015 Big E. So I was at the right spots at the right time.

[@pamelabrewer3044]

I love this. These animatronics look way better then the new ones.

[@BurntMemories]

Agreed! I never liked the design of the newer ones, as they just look more off-putting than anything. (Besides Rudolf)

[@Mad_Odyssey]

Dang this great that we finally get this footage

[@ShredMaker907]

Greaaaaaaaaaat!

[@BobbiRakus]

Cool to know that this was reused for Christmas show at ShowBiz 🤩 6:26

[@Blaze_1221]

WHERE DID THE ELVIS ELF COME FROM LOL 🤣🤣🤣

[@raewestvirginia2128]

Possibly the basement like CBJ at disney

[@CHRISTIANboy107]

He came up from a hatch door

[@animatronicsclayguy7193]

This is amazing!

[@AntherFoxx]

YESS, THANKS FOR UPLOADING THIS

[@lumi6945]

I love the movement's of the Santa Animatronic! it looks fluid!

[@sudeerapandipperuma1919]

True

[@nickcolman3599]

Ok no joke I was about to go there in about a week or 2. Never knew CEI had a show there. Super cool!

[@manyescoolDhamxhdeshds]

Do you think that there’s a mechanism for Elfis to rise up when the curtains are closed?

[@originalbanana945]

Finally, Aaron uploads.

[@SlushysSecret]

I heard this was the very first audio animatronic show outside of Disney

[@brendadeleon2844]

Wow thank you I would have never seen this!

[@PUPPETBR1983]

Tá Quase Em 100 mil Inscritos

[@NealHunterHyde]

This is simply awesome!

[@CHRISTIANboy107]

1979 the day that the 2nd pizza time theatre birthday skit

[@iantheanimatedstuffcollect4121]

I love this show

[@titaniac7955]

Hey you wouldn't happen to have video of the hard luck bears. There is some footage but it has alot of the show missing also thanks for posting

[@jasperandcecfan5135]

yay new video of santa animatronic

[@tylerx71animatronics76]

How does Elfis appear on stage? I’ve never seen this show before, so I’m confused 😂

[@mechaitheracer2563]

If I remember there is a trap door that opens and the lift that pushes the animatronic up to the stage

[@tylerx71animatronics76]

@@mechaitheracer2563 that’s what I assumed .

[@Laserashton]

Maybe but I don't remember those things, just the animatronics and the show in general, I always thought it was in good shape until looking back at some 2015 footage seeing how beat up it really was.

[@BICHUoHuck]

man this looks so cool

[@StefDi-ne8gh]

I live in Massachusetts and I have to say that I’ve been to Santa’s Village in Jefferson NH and I wish someone could tell me what happened to the original CEI JingleBell Jamboree animatronics somebody said that they’re in storage with most of their heads were missing but I don’t which one they are either the CEI animatronics or the Advanced Animations animatronics?

[@ShredMaker907]

Does the jingle bell jamboree still exist today?

[@Laserashton]

Unfortunately no! The Jingle Jamboree was among the oldest attractions at Santa's Village, and the time came in the Fall of 2016 to replace the late show with a newer live show called Tinker's Tune-Up. The animatronics in this video were retrofitted about 10 years before the whole show itself closed, and the theatre was also renovated in the late 2000s. The building is now vacant aside from the concession stand up front. Show is in storage at the park currently. I was one of the very last people to SEE the Jingle Bell Jamboree, and it was a huge loss for me.

[@RufusLekin7879]

Loved this! 👏

[@geoev]

i think i like the santa animatronic the most.

[@mikepelletier1399]

Been there soooo many times...

[@KennyRyman]

Your Elf look liked from your Image of The Animatronics Experimenters Kit....

[@hardluckbearsfan8566]

Amazing!

[@Jabalaba47]

Wait there was full cast for the Christmas shows ? I’ve only ever seen the Santa animatronic

[@YB-od5bc]

Any updates on Aaron. ? He’s been afk for a while now , he seems to be stuck in the 80s

[@MTBGrizzly]

Aaron posts all this stuff, he is THE ROCKAFIRE

[@headsdownharry]

Yesssss

[@YuckyPumpkin]

Holy Heck! Cool!

[@Seiferboi]

I'm guessing your best friend is the inspiration for Billy Bob the bear? That's so cool!

[@Fiendboy6666]

I bet the elves are at the bigger location of creative engineering, technically you could re skin the country bear jubilee and probably use a klunk santa.

[@Mostcheezeham]

This is so iconic

[@Theshowbizpizzafan56]

The deer animatronic seems to have the same mech as the Wolfman, were they the same mechanical?

[@jacek-jan]

Random comment to keep the sub

[@KennyRyman]

Who did the voice of them?

[@verxwaffles2338]

What are the names of the different characters? I know there is; Santa Claus, Rudolph, Elfis, and Elfin John. What are the names of, the one who plays the bass, and the one who plays the trumpet?

[@MeccaFatz_and_Friends]

Interesting

[@TheGreen_Banana]

Really cool to see stuff from so long ago! One question, how did you manage to get Elfis to suddenly appear on stage? Did he get raised and lowered from the floor?

[@tianisepic]

I think he was behind center stage and when the curtains close the elf on the gift would move to the sidearm elfis would come out

[@1x3x23]

you can see a trapdoor in the floor

[@Laserashton]

Always wondered the same thing, I only got to see this in 2015 and 2016 before it was removed and don't remember there being a trapdoor under Elfis's feet. I don't remember the stage being that tall either.

[@susanharkness2338]

7:58

[@Charming_cafeRBLX]

Hi i love the video

[@gumbothedumbo5089]

Yoooo bro first dude

[@CosmaxMSM]

Will you ever make a video of the bear country jubilee?

[@gregdooley47]

Aaron have you seen billy Bob's wonderland?

[@blueaxolotl_plays1710]

next month is my birthday!!!

[@blueaxolotl_plays1710]

also ur work is amazing

[@osowillymedia]

Can you upload the hard luck bears

[@susanharkness2338]

Do you know how tall the elves were?

[@Byle1990s]

Why did the Kansas City Rock-afire shop close ?

[@iantheanimatedstuffcollect4121]

👍

[@charliebreza6343]

Hey Aaron I have a question about the animatronic that looks like Helen henny that I can get from you!

[@eveningstarproductions]

Will you ever release sheet music for shows like this? It would be amazing to play Elfin John's piano sequence!

[@Gamingwithemo]

Hi Aaron how are you nice vid

[@simonsays365]

could you please film your building one last time for the free subscribers i all ready ran out of premium about a year ago and i have no more money i spent it all to build my animatronic i will try to renew my subscription with yo i have no clue what you are gonna film since you sold your building

[@elchavofanextra6138]

Yay

[@raewestvirginia2128]

If only the country bear jamboree should’ve made their Christmas show in the late 70s instead of ‘84

[@AlfieCLIP]

9:59 Santa: And…. Alfest: Oh Santa! Santa: yes Elphis him: can I lay down some vibes🤑: Santa: WHATTTT😡

[@Caillou_Me_123]

him: I mean... Can I tell the kids something?😕 Santa: Go ahead Elphis

[@charliebreza6343]

Well here is a question about the animatronic that looks like Helen henny that I can get from you! Question: can you please send a graduation gift like Helen henny that I can get from you! I have never had a animatronic before so can you please send me one?

[@walnutbrain7569]

Alright! This just happened!

[@calebdorgam2705]

animatronic legal cara

[@bilianamileva4013]

Can you show me recoverd footage of the bear country jubilee please.

[@rhettrgaming9092]

Omg

[@bilianamileva4013]

Can you show me recovered footage of the bear country jubilee please.

[@marcosvargas97]

Was it Burt Wilson who voiced Santa on this show?

[@papachillothezappey4050]

Nope. All the characters in The Jingle Bell Jamboree was voiced by John Cederberg who also did voices in most of CEI's early shows.

[@garrylucas9536]

Hello Aaron

[@them.e.5119]

Is this elvis animatronic on a turntable like the new rock afire explosion or how are they switches out?

[@BurntMemories]

The floor pulls back and the animatronic is raised up on a platform I think.

[@Dallemations]

how about pulling out all the old animatronics and recreating the shows?

[@Gamingwithemo]

Hey Aaron do you have footage of country bear jubilee

[@SystemERROR.01d2]

Hey do you know how I can get my hands on a billy bob mask for an animatronic

[@NozoZo-u9t]

Thats pretty creepy

[@Dook-larue-1981]

I wish there were pictures of the mechs of these

[@BlueFoxy87]

Will you ever make new WP5 Shows ?