Author Topic: Showbiz Pizza (Read 18198 times)

SkinnyBenny · « **on:** June 09, 2011, 07:15:52 PM »

I was a little kid and it was awesome. But I bet for parents and other adults it was actually really rough ridin' creepy, right?

kitten_mittons · « **Reply #1 on:** June 09, 2011, 07:19:45 PM »

Quote from: SkinnyBenny on June 09, 2011, 07:15:52 PM

So you should think of "Eating out" in a dirty way, then look at that character's face.

AppleJack · « **Reply #2 on:** June 09, 2011, 08:28:26 PM »

That ape can whale on the keyboard though. The rest of the band rough ridin' sucked.

yoga-like_abana · « **Reply #3 on:** June 09, 2011, 08:39:10 PM »

great thread sb.
That ape was scary as crap, I can't believe that place shut down though

Dirty Sanchez · « **Reply #4 on:** June 09, 2011, 09:44:05 PM »

I remember Salina having one of those. Where else did they have them around here? Don't know, cuz I was like 5.

Cire · « **Reply #5 on:** June 09, 2011, 09:54:22 PM »

Loved all of it.

O-town Kat · « **Reply #6 on:** June 09, 2011, 10:01:47 PM »

Had a few of the Rockafire Explosion '45s. Yeah, they were that good.

Tobias · « **Reply #7 on:** June 09, 2011, 10:06:28 PM »

these a regional thing? i grew up in phoenix and we had something called pistol pete's that looks similar (don't remember getting eyeball-raped by pedo rat-bears but that could be the repression talking)

8manpick · « **Reply #8 on:** June 09, 2011, 10:27:42 PM »

Chuck E Cheese?

jtksu · « **Reply #9 on:** June 09, 2011, 10:40:23 PM »

Pretty sure Topeka had a Showbiz. Wichita did. Went to my niece's bday at CEC a few months ago and wanted to

about 4 minutes into it.

ArchE_Cat · « **Reply #10 on:** June 09, 2011, 10:57:13 PM »

Quote from: 8manpick on June 09, 2011, 10:27:42 PM

Chuck E Cheese?

Yes. ShowBiz effectively became Chuck E Cheese's

Stevesie60 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 09, 2011, 11:04:39 PM »

Quote from: ArchE_Cat on June 09, 2011, 10:57:13 PM

Quote from: 8manpick on June 09, 2011, 10:27:42 PM
Chuck E Cheese?

Yes. ShowBiz effectively became Chuck E Cheese's

Loved Chuck E. Cheese. However, around age 6 I realized DZ: Discovery Zone and Magic Forest were far superior venues for birthday parties.

Pete · « **Reply #12 on:** June 10, 2011, 07:05:22 AM »

I OWNED this place at Huntoon and Gage in Topeka.

steve dave · « **Reply #13 on:** June 10, 2011, 07:25:58 AM »

I'm pretty sure little kids get aids and other horrible diseases from the ball pits

Poster formerly known as jthutch · « **Reply #14 on:** June 10, 2011, 07:26:01 AM »

Hutchinson had a Show biz, I only went a couple of times as a kid. It's where I honed my skee-ball skills.

kitten_mittons · « **Reply #15 on:** June 10, 2011, 07:28:17 AM »

So this was just like a Chuck-E-Cheese for poor kids who live in crap towns?

steve dave · « **Reply #16 on:** June 10, 2011, 07:44:50 AM »

Quote from: kitten_mittons on June 10, 2011, 07:28:17 AM

So this was just like a Chuck-E-Cheese for poor kids who live in crap towns?

I think it is the same as chuck e cheese. more like chuck e cheese before there was a chuck e cheese. or chuck e cheese for old people. not 100% sure though

Saulbadguy · « **Reply #17 on:** June 10, 2011, 07:50:09 AM »

Topeka had one, had a birthday party there.

Saulbadguy · « **Reply #18 on:** June 10, 2011, 07:51:05 AM »

Quote from: steve dave on June 10, 2011, 07:25:58 AM

I'm pretty sure little kids get aids and other horrible diseases from the ball pits

I'm pretty sure I got lots of free tokens, money, and other stuff that I "found" at the bottom of the ball pit.

Trim · « **Reply #19 on:** June 10, 2011, 07:54:19 AM »

Kind of interesting. I think Showbiz was to Fitz as Chuck E. Cheese was to Purple Pride or whatever it was that Fitz ripped off.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_E._Cheese's#Corporate_history

Eventually, Showbiz was to United as Chuck E. Cheese was to Continental, except they all decided to continue flying Continental metal.

Saulbadguy · « **Reply #20 on:** June 10, 2011, 07:56:29 AM »

Quote from: Trim on June 10, 2011, 07:54:19 AM

Kind of interesting. I think Showbiz was to Fitz as Chuck E. Cheese was to Purple Pride or whatever it was that Fitz ripped off.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_E._Cheese's#Corporate_history

Eventually, Showbiz was to United as Chuck E. Cheese was to Continental, except they all decided to continue flying Continental metal.

Founded by the guy who founded Atari, Nolan Bushnell.

That is a company that failed to modernize, and smoked entirely too much weed during business hours to keep up with demand.

felix rex · « **Reply #21 on:** June 10, 2011, 07:59:30 AM »

Quote from: Saulbadguy on June 10, 2011, 07:56:29 AM

Quote from: Trim on June 10, 2011, 07:54:19 AM
Kind of interesting. I think Showbiz was to Fitz as Chuck E. Cheese was to Purple Pride or whatever it was that Fitz ripped off.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_E._Cheese's#Corporate_history

Eventually, Showbiz was to United as Chuck E. Cheese was to Continental, except they all decided to continue flying Continental metal.

Founded by the guy who founded Atari, Nolan Bushnell.

That is a company that failed to modernize, and smoked entirely too much weed during business hours to keep up with demand.

***Error, Guru Meditation***

SkinnyBenny · « **Reply #22 on:** June 10, 2011, 08:11:41 AM »

Love that the Showbiz in Manhattan closed and became a v. weird church and then became Cox Communications.

JK, hated that.

felix rex · « **Reply #23 on:** June 10, 2011, 08:13:26 AM »

Never had a party at a Showbiz/Chucky Cheese. The closest we had was "Big Cheese Pizza," which is where we went after little league skating parties.

dmartin · « **Reply #24 on:** June 10, 2011, 08:16:47 AM »

I don't remember if the Showbiz in Hutch ever became a Chuck E Cheese, but now it's a medical supply store. Remember taking field trips there to see how they made the pizza.