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Cover Art by Paul Gulacy WORLD WATCH ONE CHICAGO BUREAU OFFICE Introduction from the Editor Dan “Big Shoulders” Berger Libertyville, IL Page 1 What it was Like Back Then Dan Berger Pages 2-4 The Savage Breast Survival Kit Steve “Rainbow Kitty” Mattsson Portland, OR Page 5 Not Quite Perfect Enough Scott “Camelot” Tate Alamosa, CO Page 6 Team Banzai Travel Bug Update Steve Mattsson Page 7 Buckaroo Banzai Video Games Sean “Figment” Murphy Springfield, VA Pages 8-10 SPECIAL SECTION RICK WATCH ONE W.D. Richter Interview Dan Berger Pages 11-12 Another W.D. Richter Interview Steve Mattsson Pages 12-16 Yet Another W.D. Richter Interview Tim “Tim Boo Ba” Monro Renton, WA Pages 17-19 Portland, OR Screening Report Steve Mattsson Page 21 Raleigh, NC Screening Report Dan Berger Page 22 Retro Reviews Ed “El Pistolero Solitario” Mauser New Brunswick, NJ Pages 23-24 “Wild Asses of the Kush” review Tim Munro Page 25 “Of Hunan Bondage” review Tim Munro Pages 25-26 “A Tomb with a View” review Dan Berger Page 27 “A Tomb with a View” annotations Tim Munro Page 28 “Hardest of the Hard” review Scott Tate Pages 29-30 Banzai Rising at Moonstone Books Dan Berger Page 30 Nova Police & Death Dwarves: Origins Steve Mattsson Pages 31-32 Hanoi Shan/Timeline update Steve Mattsson Pages 33-34 SPECIAL INSERT BANZAI INSTITUTE ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS World Economic Forum Transcript Earl Mac Rauch From Script to Screen Steve Mattsson Front Cover: One of the most dramatic images associated with Buckaroo Banzai is the art for the French version of the theatrical poster by artist Melki. The French poster depicted a version of Buckaroo that had little to do with the film, but was intriguing none the less. Now legendary comics artist Paul Gulacy takes the French imagery one step further for this issue’s cover. What is the untold story of this mysterious version of Buckaroo? Perhaps someday we’ll find out… IRREGULAR BLUE BLAZERS: Questions? Comments? Science gone terribly wrong? We can help. Contact us at [email protected]. 1 Time and Time Again Most days are usually pretty quiet around the field offices of World Watch One‘s Chicago Bureau. Sure, there was that one incident in 2004 involving Mexican take-out, Siamese twin WORLD WATCH ONE midgets, and a stripper with proximity detonating pasties (don‘t ask), but usually the only NEWSLETTER OF TEAM BANZAI troubles we see are the occasional Deathhead, keeping the multiphasic imaging spectrometer CHICAGO BUREAU EDITION working, and getting our royalty checks out of Gary at Sound Biscuit Records. CHICAGO BUREAU STAFF Then there are days when none of that matters. Dan “Big Shoulders” Berger , Steve “Rainbow Kitty” Mattsson On February 8 2010, many fans and associates of Dr. Banzai received an e-mail which read, in th Sean “Figment” Murphy part, ―It is with deepest sorrow that I have to tell you all that on Friday [February 5 ] at about 9 AM, Lowlyte lost her battle with cancer. She died peacefully, without pain, at home.‖ Scott “Camelot” Tate EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Becky ―Lowlyte‖ Nelson was a fellow Team Banzai fan and enthusiast living in the St. Louis Dr. Buckaroo Banzai area. I did not know her well enough to eulogize her except to say that, in all of my dealings Reno Nevada with her, she was as kind, as generous, and as wonderfully multifaceted a person as you could Mrs. E. Johnson hope to meet. As is often the case with cancer, she was much too young to leave so soon. Earl Mac Rauch W. D. Richter Lowlyte‘s death, coming as it did while preparing this newsletter, underscored something already acutely apparent just then. Time is a non-renewable resource. Every year that passes WORLD WATCH ONE is published speaks to the proposition that there are only so many more to come. Even as there is less and irregularly by The Banzai Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Strategic less time to experience everything, there is also less and less time to devote to matters that th Information. This edition originated in require special attention. TABB‘s 25 anniversary is worth such attention, but more than that World Watch One‟s Chicago Bureau it is the people who bring happiness and meaning to our lives who most deserve celebration. office: c/o Dan Berger, 507 Drake Street, Libertyville, IL 60048. So, it is with both sadness and pride that we dedicate this issue of World Watch One to Lowlyte. Given TABB‘s flirtations with commercial failure, legal ambiguity, and David International agreements and national Begelman, it is nothing short of miraculous that, twenty-five years later, we are all still here laws protect copyrighted material. This newsletter is not to be reprinted, resold, reading and writing about it. Perhaps, in some small way, that becomes our victory over or reproduced in part or in whole Time—to remain undaunted in spite of its sprint to the End. without the written consent of the authors, artists, and editors. The It is said that Time exists so that everything doesn‘t happen at once. But for the sake of our contents of this newsletter are transient mortality, Time means that we only have so much of it. As Buckaroo once said to copyrighted by the authors and artists. New Jersey, ―Every year we pass the anniversary of our death.‖ TABB‘s 25th anniversary reminds us to stop for a moment and appreciate the ride. Lowlyte‘s passing reminds us to make every last one of those moments count. –DB Acknowledgements: Special thanks go to W. D. Richter, Earl Mac Rauch, and Joe Gentile for their willingness to answer questions and provide materials critical to the look and scope of this newsletter. Thanks also to Mike Okuda at the Banzai Institute website for his frequent assistance over the years not only to this newsletter, but to Banzai fandom in general. We extend our appreciation to Matt Haley, Mike Okuda, and Kerry Hansknecht for creating several of the graphic elements that appear in this issue. Many thanks to all of our contributors: Earl Mac Rauch, Steve Mattsson, Sean Murphy, and Scott Tate. A world of thanks to Scott Adams and Kem McNair for their time answering questions, Daniel Johnson of filmbabble.blogspot.com, Steve Mattsson and Alan “Dragon” Smith for providing photos, Denver Hill of The Colony Theater for his assistance in creating TABB‟s Colony screening report, and Brian “Gumball” Hunt for providing scans of TABB‟s storyboards. As always, thanks go to all of you Blue Blaze Irregulars out there. If it weren‟t for you, we‟d look insane doing this newsletter instead of merely looking kooky and eccentric. Wait a minute, that sounds bad… Listen up! This is a shout-out to our close relative and co-conspirator in newsletter skullduggery–the celebrated World Watch One Underground. It is a pleasure to be working under the same tent with you once more. Thank you both, Alan and Nancy Smith, for making a leap of faith and saying, “yes.” It must also be mentioned that this is all Rainbow Kitty‟s fault. Thank you, Steve Mattsson, for fostering the détente that made this issue possible. Photo/Art Credits are granted attribution within the body of the newsletter where images have been used with permission. In all other instances, images have been used in accordance with the principles of fair use as outlined in 17 U.S.C. § 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976. The Wikipedia logo is © by Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. The Starlog logo is © by The Brooklyn Company, Inc. (who we really hope is somehow able to bring Starlog back onto newsstands or the internet or, well, somewhere). Einstein was a genius and will kick your fool behind if you mess with his image, grave or no grave. I’m Warning You… This newsletter is in no way meant for commercial distribution. If you have paid someone for a physical copy of this newsletter, demand your money back and report the seller to the proper authorities, then look for a free copy on-line. Don‟t even think about printing this up and selling copies on eBay, people. We‟re not getting paid, you‟re not gonna get paid, nobody gets paid! Dig it. Submissions to World Watch One are strongly encouraged. You got „em? We‟ll take „em! Please contact us at [email protected] for more details. 2 What it was like Back Then: 1984 in Review By Dan “Big Shoulders” Berger For reasons unknown, the 1980‘s have become the prototypical ―love it or hate it‖ era. Some hail the decade as a high water mark of economic progress and global change for the better marked by President Reagan bringing an end to the Cold War. Others deride it as an era of rampant consumerism, vapid pop- culture, and corporate excess typified by disposable synth-pop music and the ―Greed is good‖ speech from the film Wall Street. Ending the Cold War is countered with the debacle of the Iran-Contra affair and the seeds of the War Against Terror. Whatever. The real question is, ―Who were you in 1984?‖ I wear my sunglasses at night: The Ray-ban Wayfarer of 80’s fame. Photo by Rich Niewiroski, Jr. If you‘re reaching for a label you shouldn‘t have far to stretch. The 80‘s were filled with a well stocked cave of Platonic Forms; that the ―new‖ part of New Wave had ceased to be relevant several years before, with one notable exception: Post-punk.

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