Billy Bob’s Pizzatron was a restaurant concept in Israel that used The Rock-Afire Explosion. The company was named "Billy Bob's Pizzatron LTD" and opened up 3 locations (according to Aaron Fechter) in the north-eastern of Israel.
History[]
The shows for Pizzatron were bought by an individual named "Eli".
The first location to open was the Ness Ziona Power Center location, which opened in 1997. There are currently no photos of the show.
The second location was in "Rothschild Mall,” which opened in 1998. They received their show from a place called "Major Magic’s" that purchased and retrofitted its Rock-afire Explosion to be its own original characters. Major Magic’s later went out of business, and sold their show to Billy Bob’s Pizzatron. Billy Bob’s Pizzatron made a poor attempt at turning the show back into The Rock-afire Explosion. They also had a spare Billy Bob on the side of the stage, with no cosmetics. This character was used to show children how the animatronics worked. With them owning a classic Rock-afire, they also owned many items from The New Rock-afire Explosion, such as a New Rock-afire Explosion Billy Bob walkaround costume and Karaoke machine.
The third and final restaurant to open was the Bat Yam location, which opened in 1999. (It was actually located in "Bat Yamon Burgrenz," which is assumed to be a mall.) It was located in the food court between McDonald’s. and Domino’s. There is not any clear cause of why this one had to shut down but it is probably because the mall was converted into a medical mall.
Pizzatron went bankrupt in 2007. Rothschild Mall’s show was sold to a young filmmaker in Israel who is believed to still own it. Creative Engineering still has a promotional flyer for Billy Bob’s Pizzatron hung up. Recently, new footage from Rishon LeZion and data of Billy Bob’s Pizzatron has been discovered by an animatronic fan undergoing the alias "LKD Animatronics."
Trivia[]
- Eli’s sister was the first test tube baby in Israel.
- There was also a Rock-afire Explosion show at the Club Hotel Eliat, which was an external resort that had nothing to do with Pizzatron.