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The Rockafire Explosion - Movie Of The Year?
Published 7/5/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Moviezzz) at The Moviezzz Blog
Ten minutes ago, I had no idea this movie ever existed. Now, it is one of my most eagerly awaited films. What is it? THE ROCKAFIRE EXPLOSION Here is the trailer: It is a documentary on Showbiz Pizza, the video arcade / pizza chain that was very popular in my area in the 1980's. While I know little about the film other than the trailer, it appears that it follows a guy now in his 30's who buys the animatronic band (known as The Rockafire Explosion) that was in the dining room. I spent many Saturdays counting the minutes to Saturday night when we ...

Remember the Rocka-fire Explosion?
Published 7/7/2008 by Annie Barrett at Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
Sure you do. They're the animatronic band who played at Showbiz Pizza (R.I.P.) in the '80s to temporarily distract kids like me from expertly losing all their arcade tokens in 20 minutes. (I still have two of those things, trapped in this weird, tiny ceramic shoe, at the family homestead in Illinois.) I love this bit of trivia, from Rocka-fire's ...