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From: barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett)
Newsgroups: net.movies,net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: BUCKAROO BANZAI
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Date: Fri, 10-Aug-84 13:03:32 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 10 13:03:32 1984
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Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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I've been seeing trailers for this movie on TV during the Olympics, and I
noticed one thing that really intrigued me.  There is a scene shown where
some sort of craft comes crashing through a brick wall.  On the brick
wall, there's a painted billboard which says:

	YOYODYNE

Yoyodyne was the corporation at the center of the web of intrigue generated
by Thomas Pynchon in his novel "The Crying of Lot 49."  Does anyone know if
this was just a quote, or if there's some more concrete connection between
Pynchon and Buckaroo Banzai?

By the way, if you like weird, Pynchon is for you.


Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712

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