Classic Stage

A promotional photo of the Classic Stage in a Showbiz Pizza Place.

The Classic Rock-afire Stage was the original default stage seen through the Rock-afire's life in Showbiz Pizza Place through the 1980's, and later in Family Entertainment Centers (FECs) throughout the 90's to early 2000's.

Design

The stage featured three large stages containing separate visual scenes alongside their animatronic characters. Stage Right, Rolfe's Stage, featured an indoor scene with colorful streamers adorning the back wall. An applause sign hung above the center of the wall, which could light up during the show. A set of pots full of gold casting a rainbow was the main wood cutout piece decorating the stage, along with a Cymbal for Rolfe's animatronic to strike during performances. The floor was initially a brown carpet, before being changed to grey in later updates to the design.

Stage Center featured an outdoor scene with an open sky, resembling a forest. Props like the Frog, leaves, Choo-Choo, and in early iterations, the owl, were used to bring the stage's floor to life with nature. The Sun and Moon animatronics appeared on each side of the stage behind the trees, with clouds adoring faces above the characters. These details allowed for a picturesque, almost childlike depiction of the outside. Dook and Beach Bear each performed on cut down stumps, giving more idea to them being a makeshift stage out in the woods. Fatz's keyboard and the Rock-afire sign are a stark contrast to the natural aesthetic, being the most bright and modern pieces of the whole Classic stage.

Stage Left features Billy Bob and Looney bird, being outside Smitty's Super Service Station, a recreation of a previous stage used in the Hard Luck Bears. Their stage blends the best with Center Stage, featuring a background sky and leaves. Flooding the stage however are moonshine bottles, along with a 'Goofy Gas' boiler that leads into Looney Bird's blue Oil Drum. A light up gas pump is seen in the back, with the Smitty's wood store cutout prop being the main focus of the stage. The cutout represents the front of the store, with a peek into the inside, which has a car being repaired.

The outside of the stage featured a red curtain spanning across all three sub-stages. Each with banners depicting the character's icons and their signatures. White curtains with gold tassels on the bottom would conceal the stages, before pulling back when a show started. The show was also raised a few feet off the ground, making it just near the height of any tables that would normally block the view. Away from the stage would feature the character spotlights hanging from the ceiling, each pointed at the main cast, excluding Sun and Moon.

Early Iterations

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Operational Classic Stages

Place	Address	Availability	Condition
Billy Bob's Wonderland	5 Cracker Barrel Dr, Barboursville, WV 25504	Public	Operational, complete.
Creative Engineering, Inc.	116 Shriners Club Rd, Pomona Park, FL 32112	Privately owned, need contact for viewing.	Operational. complete + owns Klunk/Santa
Smitty's Super Service Station	1545 MS-48 E, Sandy Hook, MS 39478	Privately owned, need contact for viewing.	Operational, complete.
Volo Museum	27582 Volo Village Rd, Volo, IL 60073	In storage	Complete, characters have bags over their heads.
David Ferguson	Pendleton, IN	Privately owned	Operational. complete + owns Klunk/Santa
John Zerwas	Minneapolis, MN	Privately owned	Operational. complete + owns Klunk/Santa
Jack Turner	Independence, MO	Privately owned	Operational. complete + owns Klunk/Santa
Andrew Lantka	Morris, IL	Privately owned	Operational, complete.
"Mike"	Unknown, MO	Privately owned	Operational, complete.
Chris Giffen	York, PA	Privately owned	Operational, complete.
Brian Aiken	Orlando, FL	Privately owned	Operational, complete.
Finn	Bellingham, WA	Privately owned	Operational, complete.
Dave Harbour	San Diego, CA	Privately owned	Operational, Mini Stage
DreamFactory	Weierwiesstrasse 8, 9113 Degersheim, Switzerland	Public	Operational, mostly complete (missing Looney Bird) + owns Klunk/Santa
Wolmi Theme Park	81 Wolmimunhwa-ro, Gaho-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon, South Korea	Public	Non-functioning, complete.
Gulliver's Kingdom	Temple Walk, Matlock Bath DE4 3PG, United Kingdom	Public	Operational, complete, retrofit.
Gulliver's World	Shackleton Cl, Old Hall, Warrington WA5 9YZ, United Kingdom	Under Restoration.	Non-functioning, complete, retrofit.
Gulliver's Land	Livingstone Dr, Milton Keynes MK15 0DT, United Kingdom	Planned Restoration.	Non-functioning, complete, retrofit.