So damn wrong ...

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Friend and Teen Getaway singer Jim Fahy posted today on a Facebook this completely hilarious and totally random piece of information:
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A guy named Chris Thrash from Alabama has obtained the 1980’s animatronic live act from Showbiz Pizza and reprogrammed it to perform recent hits including “Pop Lock it Drop It” and “Ms. New Booty,” among others. Hilarious.
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Check it out here.
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The second video for "Pop Lock and Drop It" is funnier and worth the painfully disturbing view. These robots always scared the hell out of me, still do, along with mannequins, ventriloquist dummies and Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" video. Still, like a slow motion car wreck, I have to look.
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In the late '90s, I celebrated my friend Roy's birthday with him and our friends Peter and Bill at Showbiz one year and these critters were in full swing. I think we all agreed that it's the eyes that are so terrifying. This band is definitely playing in 1980s hell right now.

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Sithbanjo said…
I remember going to Showbiz Pizza in Tuscaloosa when it first opened in the early '80s. I believe that gorilla might have been purple, originally, and it dominated the stage. The funny thing that happened was a skeptical little kid, about 7, went up to a security guard and said, "Hey man, who is that in them suits?"

The security guy says, "There's nobody in those suits!"

The kid insisted, "YEAH there is! Who is that in them suits?"
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