Rock-Afire Explosion Lives

If you don't remember The Rock-Afire Explosion, there were the band that played at Showbiz Pizza Place before Chuck E. Cheese and pals moved in and took over. This video of the band is not simply somebody playing a modern song over old footage of the show, this is a whole new show programed by a dude in Georgia who bought an entire unused show from the original manufacturer and set it up in a garage in his backyard. There's a documentary about him, the band and the entire Showbiz Pizza Place operation now available on Netflix simply called The Rock-Afire Explosion. It could not be an ounce more fascinating!

Yabba-Dabba-Robot!

Last night while I was wasting away more of my life searching the internets for the most inane crap you can imagine, I came across a flickr account with over 500 Hanna-Barbera related images. To answer your first question: Yes, I looked at all 500+ pics! Second, I stole a handful of the images for use here on WWoB! You're Welcome!

Here we have an old magazine/newspaper photograph of a giant Fred Flintstone figure that also happens to be filled with state-of-the-art 1960's electronics. What's it do? What's it for!? Not quite sure...but it sure is simultaneously awesome and frighting! According to the person who uploaded the photo, this giant monument to Fred stood in the offices of Hanna-Barbera animation for some time. Somebody else claimed to have spotted this figure (and others like it) at the Flintstones theme park in South Dakota. Either way, it makes me wonder if a friend I have that works in robotics can build me one!