Barn Critters Funtime Theater

Barn Critters Funtime Theater was a chain of Animatronic Based Restaurants opening in 1982 and closing in 1998.

History & Legacy
In 1979 Telecom Incorporated  developed a Animatronic named "Piston"  which would make a later appearance at the 1980 Consumer Electronics Show where it would impress the CEO of Piper Entertainment Bob Falmer who took interest in the product, So after some dealings later in 1982 the first Barn Critters Funtime Theater opened up in the Strawberry Village Shopping Plaza in Mill Valley California to unexpected success, There were 30 locations opened by 1985 and the first location to be opened in Canada opened up in 1986 and in 1988 Piper Entertainment set up its own TV Station named PiperTV and one of the first shows to be broadcast was a cartoon named the Barn Critters Show based off of the restaurant, Overall the restaurant chain was a major success until around 1996 due to bad buisness decisons by Piper Entertainment most notably the decrease in popularity in Animatronic Based Restaurants but the company in major debt, Due to its problems Piper Entertainment filed for Chapter Eleven Bankruptcy on September 24th 1998 and after two months of trying to find a buyer the final location of Barn Critters closed down in November 1998. Barn Critters Funtime Theater is today looked back on fondly for its lovable characters and overall nostalgia for the restaurant, In 2016 after some purchases three former managers at Barn Critters opened up Barn Critters Nostalgia Zone two miles from the location of the first location, The place used the original but refurbished Barn Critters Band along with some old and new Arcade Games and even a TV airing reruns of the original TV series, Overall this revival has been for the most part successful and still continues serving customers to this day.