This stage was exclusive to ShowBiz Rock-afire installations. In this new stage design, the Smitty's backdrop was removed, Looney Bird's oil barrel was repainted green, the trees from center stage were relocated to stage left behind Billy Bob, and a new lamppost with a sign reading "ShowBiz Pizza Campground", in the style of the later logo, was installed. In the later years of ShowBiz Pizza Place, Billy Bob's stage was redesigned as " ShowBiz Pizza Campground". Some skits were written around the Smitty's theme, discussing Billy Bob's invention of gasohol (also called "Goofy Gas"), an alternative for gasoline that was also drinkable. It contained elements such as a backdrop with "Smitty's Super Service Station,", a gas pump, and an oil barrel. Originally, as with Rolfe and Earl, Billy Bob and Looney Bird never interacted with the other stages, implying that they were originally intended to be a stand-alone side act.īilly Bob's stage, shared with Looney Bird, was designed to resemble a gas station.
Billy Bob originally spoke with a heavy country accent, but this was later softened.
īilly Bob's first appearance as an animatronic character was with the launch of The Rock-afire Explosion. At the request of Stan Emerson, who worked for the advertising agency hired by ShowBiz, Billy Bob was given red and yellow overalls, the colors of ShowBiz Pizza. The character was named after two people ShowBiz Pizza founder Bob Brock, and Creative Engineering artist David "Billy Bob" Irvin. Billy Bob's first appearance at ShowBiz Pizza Place was as a walk-around character at the first ShowBiz location at Antioch Shopping Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Billy Bob walkaround costume at a ShowBiz Pizza Place location.īilly Bob debuted as Billy Wilbur, a character in The Hard Luck Bears animatronic show (which had another bear named Billy Bob).
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