World Watch OnLine: The Unofficial Buckaroo Banzai Mailing List
#  68 (10 January 1999)
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Contents:
Greetings
Re: World Watch OnLine 67 - 3 January 1999
Re: World Watch OnLine 67 - 3 January 1999
Re: World Watch OnLine 67 - 3 January 1999
Re: "The reason for time..."
Re: World Watch OnLine 67 - 3 January 1999
Re: replies to WWO 67 
This is a message I left at Banzai Institute...
Buckaroo Banzai
Hopes
Lock and Key - Ch.2 Pt.2

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Greetings,

Another week closer to BB on TV (with luck).

Currently watching the original Highlander on the tube now. Still amazes
me how Clancy did the Kurgan AND Rawhide. About the only way those
characters could be more opposite was if one was female.

The Bunkhouse board at the official site had a glitch last week when I 
asked yall to make sure you visited it, but that got fixed up pretty
quick, so if you havent already, hop over to it. Theyve split the board
into two sections now; one targeted at FOX, and the other for general
BB stuff.

According to a post there, Bruce Campbell has reported no interest in
doing a weekly series if the part of Banzai was thrown at him. Not a
big loss in my eyes. As much as I like the guy, I dont see him as BB.

As with the letters youve written to FOX (you HAVE written, right?),
plese remember to keep the posts on board positive, in case FOX 
execs check in. One or two other things I think may be good ideas
(and if theyre not, let me know): if you compare how cool a BB
series could be to another show, especially a FOX show, dont 
pick Brisco County. Yes, it was a cool show, but FOX dumped
it, remember. Any bean-counters could see that as a clue that a 
BB series also wouldnt pull in enough viewers to keep it going.

Also, if youre going to post (or write) using several different
names - dont announce it anywhere. Saw someone, dont
remember who and it really isnt important here, do that on
the newsgroup. Much like why petitions and form letters
arent counted very seriously, bboard and newsgroup postings
are already thought of as something one person with a lot of
time can forge - dont prove em right.

Again, these are just my thoughts on the matter. 

Batman Beyond premieres tonight. Okay, so aside from the initials,
I dont know of any BB connection. Just thought Id mention it. 

Think thatll do for now. 

Later...
ArcLight

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Subj:	 Re: World Watch OnLine 67 - 3 January 1999
Date:	1/3/99 10:05:14 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:	aaron@landru.com (Reverend Aaron Addison)

Time exists so that
everything doesn't happen all at once,


Is from the book.   If you need the page let me know.

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Subj:	Re: World Watch OnLine 67 - 3 January 1999
Date:	1/3/99 8:01:31 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:	BanzaiSGI

If this is January, it sure as heck ain't Florida.....a few days ago it was
76 and sunny and today it is 39 and raining...seems like maybe YoYoDyne is up
to their old tricks...lol...
As for the tape I got at the video store...it was a nationally recognized
chain and after I mentioned it to the manager, he sent an inquiry to the head
of marketing..we shall see...as I noticed several other misspelled titles on
the shelves....interesting...
My little one asked if maybe YoYoDyne had remastered an original with
subliminal changes....what a kidder....uh...Chrissy...why does your notebook
say John Small Change on it? Chrissy? kidding.....
Keep a looking...and by the way...look at the supporting cast members of TABB
and if you know how to contact them...get a leg up on the media and do a
freelance article or photo shoot with them...now is the time! I did one with
"Lurch" (Carel Strucken) from the Addams Family a few years back and
discovered him to be a sensitive caring man who was designing interactive
software for disabled children...so, get on it...plan now for the 'return of
BB'.
Jim/Call Sign BanzaiSGI

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Subj:	Re: World Watch OnLine 67 - 3 January 1999
Date:	1/4/99 5:03:44 AM Eastern Standard Time
From:	Lord TZer0

  Howdy,

I think the 'Time' quote is from the book . . . But don't quote me on that!

Laredo  BBI # 1122]

P.S.  No, I'm not from Laredo, but the name Dallas sounds like one of the
Outsider!  

YEEUCK!

Stay Gold Ponyboy! 

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Subj:	Re: "The reason for time..."
Date:	1/4/99 2:15:37 AM Eastern Standard Time
From:	CelloGrrl

In a message dated 1/3/99 4:34:28 PM Pacific Standard Time, WWatchOne@aol.com
writes:

> Subj:	 Banzai quote?
>  Date:	12/30/98 2:27:36 PM Eastern Standard Time
>  From:	hjcho@ucsd.edu (Hearn Jay Cho)
>  
>  I seem to recall a BB T-Shirt with a quote "Time exists so that
>  everything doesn't happen all at once," though I haven't seen one in
>  years. The quote doesn't come from the release version of the film. Was
>  it cut, or am I imagining the t-shirt?
>  
>  **** Youre not imagining the shirt, but off hand Im not for sure about
the
>  origin of the quote. I know it was in some of the original newsletters. 
>  Anyone? Anyone? BBI Bueller? - ArcLight ****

Yes, Virginia, there IS a quote, although it reads, "The only reason for time
is so everything doesn't happen at once."  It's on the back of the T-shirt
for the Institute, available at one of the many fine stores listed on the FAQ
page (sorry, I can't remember which one).  Also, you're right, it's not in
the film, but I'm betting the writers felt it was a Banzai-esque saying -- or
perhaps Dr. Banzai has been heard to utter it from time to time.

Keeping the home fires burning, BBI Red Di

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Subj:	 Re: World Watch OnLine 67 - 3 January 1999
Date:	1/6/99 2:59:20 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:	lf@chele.cais.net (Apache)

Happy ano nuevo --

	I think that "the reason for time..." quote was originally in an
earlier draft of the script, and then maybe migrated into some of the
background publicity material.  I know I saw it in printed form attributed
to Buckaroo's father, because I used it in a story that way at the time.
It then turned up attributed to Buckaroo, yes?

salud,

Apache

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Subj:	 Re: replies to WWO 67 
Date:	1/7/99 2:55:35 AM Eastern Standard Time
From:	malon@pacbell.net

>Subj:	 TABB Avatars
>From:	rnelson@ro.com (The Nelson Family)
>
>It seems that the site containing the Buckaroo Banzai Virtual Chat avatars
>is gone.  Is there a chance of getting the files so they can be placed on
>another site?  I have some space on my ISP's system that can be used if
>someone wants to link to them.


dear turbo,
   havna had a request for those in ages, diunna think people caught on to
it. I MAY have them somewhere; email me direct and if i do i'll attach them.
 
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>Subj:	 Banzai quote?
>From:	hjcho@ucsd.edu (Hearn Jay Cho)
>
>I seem to recall a BB T-Shirt with a quote "Time exists so that
>everything doesn't happen all at once," though I haven't seen one in
>years. The quote doesn't come from the release version of the film. Was
>it cut, or am I imagining the t-shirt?

the quote originates in the novel, and is properly,
"The only reason for Time is so that everything doesn't happen at once."

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>From:	BanzaiSGI

>This is the time to bring out those scrapbooks, etc. and maybe consider
>printing up some WWO membership cards.....

BanzaiSGI should visit Blue Blaze Station #23 and pick up an ID
I had also heard plans of another in the offing....

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someone else i canna find now wrote about wav files... there are many
soundbytes at BBS23, mostly in links and on the Credits page. They are in
.aif <apple> format, as this is acceptable to most browsers, but can be
converted easily to WAV with a good sound editor like Cool. Just
right-click on em and save em to disk then convert em.


regards,
relayer
http://surf.to/buckaroo
malon@pacbell.net

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Subj:	 This is a message I left at Banzai Institute...
Date:	1/7/99 11:05:59 AM Eastern Standard Time
From:	djlarry@bigriver.net (Larry Wheeler)

Hey posted this message for fox, true story, I played "since I don't have
you" and this is what happened...

Hey Fox, need a reason to shoot the pilot, how about flooded request lines
on the #1 station in Memphis?. Did a relatable on air about BB, and my lines
were jammed for 45 minutes after a 15 second mention! My target audience is
soccer moms and dads, they ate it up, these are the precious 25 to 34's you
need, I am telling you, you have the audience if you want it! Get that pilot
made Fox, anything you do bb related will work, trust me! Larry
(drlizzardo@hotmail.com) Thought the fellow BBI'ers would get a kick out of
it!

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Subj:	 Buckaroo Banzai
Date:	1/5/99 10:01:50 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:	roark@imt.net (Roark)

Okay, this is driving me crazy.  I am a big Buckaroo Banzai fan (would like
to join the e-mail list, as a matter of fact).  But, in the meantime, I'm
trying to find the source of the BB quote "no matter where you go, there you
are.."  I mean, he didn't make it up, did he?  Isn't it zen or something?  I
have searched the online texts that I have been able to find of the Tao Te
Ching (boy, that was fun!) and Quote databases that I know of, and have come
up with .... zilch.  Any help, please send me an e-mail at:
roark@imt.net
Carol

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Subj:	Hopes
Date:	1/10/99 2:17:18 AM Eastern Standard Time
From:	SPENSER459

Hello Everyone,
                         I hope everybody had happy holidays? I spent mine
with my family and on Christmas eve I rented buckroo banzai of course to
bring in the holidays. I was truly happy to get the letter from the mailing
list here on new years eve about the new bb site, the university. It is nice
that we can visit the archives online and everything. It is a great way for
everything to be accessable! It is a wonderful site, hats off to everybody at
the institute.
       Of course with the tv series floating around I was thinking of
possible buckaroo's well I would want peter weller of course, but if fox is
looking for someone new I thought a couple up. Okay I agree with the harry
conick jr idea that was a real good choice! Never would have thought about it
either. Now my idea is going to sound really off the wall but here it is....
Adam ant, now I donot know if everyone remebers him but he is an actor but
more famously a 80's rock singer. He has an accent and all but maybe he could
pull it off not sure. 
         I also want to say I really enjoy the story by reno so far I am on
the edge of my seat hehe. It is fun to read about all the great adventures. I
hope he keeps it up.  Also I must say that I got a Banzai institute patch
from starland and I Love it! It is so great we are able to have access to all
these things. Archlight thank you for providing all the links and the
updates. Finally I was able to tape BB cause of your update Archlight, thank
you.
           Well I will see you all later, bye for now my fellow BBI's
yours truly,
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Subj:	 Lock and Key - Ch.2 Pt.2
Date:	1/3/99 10:08:57 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:	jetlightfoot@juno.com (Becky M Nelson)

Disclaimer/Author Notes:

This story takes place in Spring 1987 (between the events of the movie
and Rafterman's proposed script for the sequel, from which it takes a few
plot cues). It's written from Reno Nevada's point of view much after the
fact, which seemed the best way to avoid getting flamed by folks who own
the book, and lets me pick up a few details from there more easily as
well. 

Characters and concepts related to Buckaroo Banzai belong to other
people. See disclaimer on Chapter One for full info. In any event, the
author has no intent to make any money hereby and is just having fun.
Don't complain if details here don't coincide with the TV pilot/series;
this was started before the pilot script.

Plot elements and other characters are copyright 1998-??? and
1990-infinity, respectively, and are the property of Replay. ArcLight has
permission to archive the text version of this story as part of the
newsletter. Strike Team Renegade has permission to include an HTML
version in their archives on a delayed basis. All others should e-mail me
at BBI_Replay@yahoo.com first. Comments and questions should be routed to
the same address.
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Previously--

In Chapter One:

After an explosion wreaks havoc on their hotel rooms, Team Banzai has
relocated rather hastily to a former school at the edge of the metro
area. Their only wounded from the incident is an intern named Replay, who
has been exposed to Hanoi Xan's infamous nerve poison, talava, for the
second time. She regains consciousness after being comatose for 3 days,
but proves to be far from her normal self. At the end of the chapter,
only she and Buckaroo are aware that she has "holes" in her memory, holes
that mean she has no recollection of Team Banzai in general and only a
very slight recall of Rawhide, whom she knows only from a pencil sketch
she'd once drawn.

In Chapter Two, part one:

Perfect Tommy, present when Replay regained consciousness but unaware of
her memory loss, informs Reno of the situation as he is aware of it. He
also "drafts" the Institute's chief pilot, an intern named Lindbergh, to
take over watching Replay. Buckaroo, concerned about Replay's state of
mind as well as her personal security, goes looking for Reno and is
relieved when Pecos tells him that Reno has already departed. He asks her
to set up a meeting with certain Team Banzai personnel.

Lock and Key
Chapter Two - Part Two

If there has ever been an intern among us who'd caught Hanoi Xan's
imagination so thoroughly as Replay, we remain blissfully unaware of the
fact. Through his extensive network of spies, he'd learned of her return
from the wilds of Brazil almost as soon as her plane had touched down at
La Guardia, although he hadn't made much of the report at once. It had
only been a day or two later that he'd realized she was the woman who'd
been Lo Pep's prisoner for a pathetically brief length of time months
earlier. Her companion at the time had been an ex-Black Beret, so the
escape itself would not have been particularly memorable but for her part
in it.

Annoying though her habit of surviving was, she would be well worth
having as part of his network of spies and assassins. The escape alone
had been proof enough of that. The Black Beret, whatever his name was,
had undoubtedly worked with her before or was far better than reputation
hinted; once she'd made the opportunity, the two of them had functioned
masterfully without recourse to any form of communication that recorders
might capture. All of this was even more worth noting because she, at
least, had been suffering the first symptoms of the talava reaction that
had come close to killing her.

Since then, he'd bided his time waiting for another opportunity to get
his hands on her, and his network had come through. Once he'd known the
location of the hotel in St. Louis, getting the bomb there had been no
great feat. Like the Mafia before it, the World Crime League had
tentacles in every level of the Gateway City's society, and bribes hadn't
even been necessary.

Just now, Xan wasn't sure whether he was pleased with the latest reports
or not. The meddlesome intern had survived again, this time throwing off
the overt effects of exposure in a matter of hours rather than weeks
despite his calculations that she'd taken a dose that should have been
enough to make any human being a crazed, ravening zombie even he couldn't
control. This had to be verified, even if it meant giving up one of the
few spies he had inside Team Banzai. He flipped through views on a large
screen against one wall until he was looking at an image of several of
the Cavaliers. 

"... no visitors yet." Perfect Tommy's voice said from the speakers. "I'd
guess tomorrow, maybe."

"But he hasn't come out yet?" Penny Priddy asked from somewhere off
screen.

"Give it a few," said Tommy. "I just sent Lindbergh down to take over.
You might be able to get Buckaroo to go pass out for awhile; he probably
needs it as much as Replay could do with some rest."

So, the gods had seen fit to grant his desire without the necessity of
risking a spy yet. And perhaps Banzai was growing lax as well, to leave
only one guard on her; it might be that he could slip one of his eyes in
for a look on the pretext of questioning this Lindbergh about something
unrelated. It was worth some thought. As for right now -- "Find an
opportunity. Ask Banzai all the questions one of her friends would ask
about her. Report to me with all you learn." The view on the screen
dipped very slightly, as though the person wearing a concealed camera had
tried to nod without anyone noticing.

***

Driving in St. Louis is unlike driving anywhere else in the US, although
some aspects of it are seen elsewhere. The rolling "stop" practiced there
is rather more of a severe slowdown than a full halt and is known in some
parts of the country as a "St. Louis stop". Being in the appropriate lane
at any given point in a trip is important enough that the more thoughtful
locals include such information in directions for their out-of-town
friends, although in general the signage is above average, and certainly
posted at a more reasonable range than in Kansas City. Blind corners and
oddly angled intersections are common, and the number of one way streets
would confound even the soberest Corellian. Speed limit signs are at best
mere guidelines, and not always presumed as a recommended minimum; there
is a stretch of I-70, for instance, where the posted limit averages being
5-10 mph above the speed most traffic travels, this for no apparent
reason. The local constabulary travel one to a car, which tends to
provoke sudden reversion to speed limits, but small roadside police
conventions of 3 or more cars are frequent enough not to draw special
attention.

Perhaps the largest single hazard of driving in the Gateway City,
however, is precipitation. Blue Blazes living in the area often refer to
something they call the "idiot factor", which comes in two types: your
usual garden variety idiot, who suffers from EEDB (engage engine,
disengage brain); and the Instant Idiot (Just Add Water--In Any Form).
The first variety is common anywhere that automobiles may be found in
motion, but the appearance of the latter sort on the scale seen in St.
Louis seems to be something of a local phenomenon. Traffic may be moving
at 60 mph through a construction zone, but if three good-sized raindrops
hit someone's windshield, chances are high that he'll stand on the brakes
and drop his speed by at least 15 mph in a matter of seconds regardless
of the speed limit, traffic conditions, or any other concerns. At the
other extreme, there are people who drive like they're on dry pavement
even in the middle of ice storms. 

Late August in Missouri is often plagued by intense heat, which sometimes
leads to severe weather. Fortunately for life and limb, most of the state
is covered by some combination of local radio stations, warning sirens,
and/or NOAA weather radio. Unfortunately, the stronger storms, especially
those with a good deal of lightning, can be as much of a civilian-grade
GPS hazard as tall buildings. We discovered this disheartening fact of
life along I-70 in St. Peters, when lightning hit the radio tower of a
weight station just as we passed it. Even with the rubber of our tires as
insulation, it was possible to feel the charge in the air to an
uncomfortable degree, but when it's suddenly raining so hard you can't
see properly to stay in your own lane, it's difficult to take cover. 

GPS-less and shaken, we exited at the first opportunity a bit over a mile
(and a full fifteen minutes) later. The local sirens were still silent,
and we sat in the car in a restaurant parking lot almost that much longer
before the rain subsided enough for a run for the building to be
worthwhile. We had the entryway to ourselves for only a few seconds
before we were joined by other drenched souls pushing their way inside,
far more interested in hot beverages and how long a wait there was than
in any particular person there. The waitress who seated us didn't give
either of us a second glance even when I pulled out my go-phone to try
checking in again.

This time, I got an answer. "It hit here hard about twenty minutes ago.
No hail, and the winds aren't that bad, but there's a lot of lightning.
You'd better stay put for awhile," Big Norse advised, enunciating a bit
more carefully than usual to be heard over the background of storm and
voices. "The National Weather Service just issued the warning about ten
minutes after you caught it. They must have been as off guard as you
were, because we're not finding any record of a watch."

"What's expiration time?" I asked her, glancing at Wayback over my coffee
mug. I didn't bother to ask him why he hadn't seen it coming; foreseeing
weather wasn't his strong suit, especially when it was weather he would
to have to deal with personally.

"You've got another hour before they think it'll clear Missouri
altogether. And Reno, you should hear the cops downtown. They still
haven't finished recovering evidence from the hotel, and this looks like
it's coming right at them. If you could aim a storm, I'd be worried; this
one hasn't followed anything like the normal track since it started."

"I wouldn't put it past the Nova Police," I said, "but at least we know
it's not personal." Under the circumstances, I was loath to use even one
of Xan's lesser-known epithets. "I'll check back before we leave here, or
turn on the beacon sooner if things look interesting."

"Switch it on when you leave, regardless. We can track and vector you in
that way unless you take another near hit. I think the EMP from that
strike probably fried the GPS receiver." She didn't have to explain
further why I hadn't gotten through earlier. The electromagnetic pulse
from one lightning bolt is a lot smaller than the EMP signature of a
nuclear weapon, but still enough to make communications interesting when
there's a really active storm. By using a satellite based system, we
usually avoided disruptions due to mere static, but there were the
occasional exceptions. If I'd been on the go-phone when the weight
station tower was hit, it probably would have been defunct as well.

"Probably have to eat it too," I said. "I doubt it even makes the
deductible." The waitress returned with the coffeepot in one hand and a
pen in the other, ready to take an order if we were so inclined. "I'll
talk to you in a bit," I told Big Norse, and put the go-phone away. Food
might not dry us out any, but it would definitely make me less annoyed
about being wet.

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