Yoyodyne Inc. ???
Frank Hanny
Yoyodyne Inc. Test Vehicle. I know this is a literary allusion,
probably to a satiric sf novel of the mid 60's but my brain refuses to
retrieve it. Reply to Ha...@crl.com.
Thanks,
Frank
Colin Campbell
book, THE CRYING OF LOT 49. I mean best for those of us who can't figure
out GRAVITY'S RAINBOW. LOT 49 is short, funny and accessible.
I always thought Pynchon was just making all that stuff up, but then
in the 70s after Jackie Kennedy was finished with Onassis, she was
reported in the tabloids to be dating Count Thurn & Taxis. Yikes.
Lawrence Watt-Evans
: Help! I recently spotted a bumper sticker which declared the vehicle a
: probably to a satiric sf novel of the mid 60's but my brain refuses to
: retrieve it. Reply to Ha...@crl.com.
While it is a literary allusion, as someone pointed out, it's also a
cinematic one -- in BUCKAROO BANZAI the bad guys are doing their dirty
work under the name Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems, Inc.
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>Help! I recently spotted a bumper sticker which declared the vehicle a
>Yoyodyne Inc. Test Vehicle. I know this is a literary allusion,
>probably to a satiric sf novel of the mid 60's but my brain refuses to
>retrieve it. Reply to Ha...@crl.com.
_Buckaroo Banzai_ starring Peter Weller.
That's right, it's a movie.
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Yoyodyne Inc. had a second incarnation in that _Buckaroo Banzai_ movie
(ca. 1985), as a front organization for a bunch of aliens I believe.
Lev
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Rob Friefeld
> Help! I recently spotted a bumper sticker which declared the vehicle a
> Yoyodyne Inc. Test Vehicle. I know this is a literary allusion,
> probably to a satiric sf novel of the mid 60's but my brain refuses to
> retrieve it. Reply to Ha...@crl.com.
Thomas Pynchon used it in more than one novel. I think I ran across it
first in _The Crying of Lot 49_, late 1960's.
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: And lo, ha...@crl.com (Frank Hanny) spake thusly:
: >Help! I recently spotted a bumper sticker which declared the vehicle a
: >Yoyodyne Inc. Test Vehicle. I know this is a literary allusion,
: >probably to a satiric sf novel of the mid 60's but my brain refuses to
: >retrieve it. Reply to Ha...@crl.com.
: _Buckaroo Banzai_ starring Peter Weller.
: That's right, it's a movie.
Yoyodyne was also the name of a company in Thomas Pynchon's _The Crying of
Lot 49_, which came out in the 1960s or 70s.
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(Lev Grossman (GD 1999)) wrote:
> Yoyodyne Inc. had a second incarnation in that _Buckaroo Banzai_ movie
> (ca. 1985), as a front organization for a bunch of aliens I believe.
>
Yoyodyne- A Growing Excited Company!
onenight
Bruce Baugh
lawr...@clark.net (Lawrence Watt-Evans) wrote:
:Frank Hanny (ha...@crl.com) wrote:
:: Help! I recently spotted a bumper sticker which declared the vehicle a
:: probably to a satiric sf novel of the mid 60's but my brain refuses to
:: retrieve it. Reply to Ha...@crl.com.
:
:work under the name Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems, Inc.
But Earl Mac Rauch (who wrote both the screenplay and the even more
wonderfully odd novel) in turn got the name from Thomas Pynchon - the original
(as nearly as I know) Yoyodyne is in his THE CRYING OF LOT 49, which is almost
certainly what Frank is not succeeding in naming.
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Dave Goldman
(Bruce Baugh) wrote:
> In article <43mkic$3...@clarknet.clark.net>,
> lawr...@clark.net (Lawrence Watt-Evans) wrote:
> :Frank Hanny (ha...@crl.com) wrote:
> :: Help! I recently spotted a bumper sticker which declared the vehicle a
> :: Yoyodyne Inc. Test Vehicle. I know this is a literary allusion,
> :: probably to a satiric sf novel of the mid 60's but my brain refuses to
> :: retrieve it. Reply to Ha...@crl.com.
> :
> :While it is a literary allusion, as someone pointed out, it's also a
> :cinematic one -- in BUCKAROO BANZAI the bad guys are doing their dirty
> :work under the name Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems, Inc.
>
> But Earl Mac Rauch (who wrote both the screenplay and the even more
> wonderfully odd novel) in turn got the name from Thomas Pynchon - the
original
> (as nearly as I know) Yoyodyne is in his THE CRYING OF LOT 49, which is
almost
> certainly what Frank is not succeeding in naming.
What's the name of the company in "The Terminator" that manufactures the
Terminator's CPU? I once glanced at the novelization of the first movie,
and if I recall correctly there was yet another instance of Yoyodyne!
These guys are apparently BIG.
-- Dave Goldman
Portland, OR
Alexandra Haropulos
> The Yoyodyne Company figures prominently in Thomas Pynchon's best
>book, THE CRYING OF LOT 49. I mean best for those of us who can't figure
>out GRAVITY'S RAINBOW. LOT 49 is short, funny and accessible.
Uh, then it wasn't original to _Buckaroo Banzai_? (1983?)
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Erik Max Francis
> I find it interesting the literary allusion in the film _Buckaroo
> Banzai: across the eighth dimesion_ is as well-known in this crowd
> than its source, Thomas Pynchon.
I should point out that while Pynchon may have been the original
reference (of which I'll admit I wasn't aware), anyone who is goofy
enough to put a Yoyodine bumper sticker on their car almost certainly
is making a reference to the Buckaroo Banzai movie, not Pynchon.
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Lawrence Eng
>bec...@bga.com (Roberta and Craig Becker) writes:
>> I'd have to disagree with that. If I ever saw a Yoyodyne bumper sticker,
>> I'd snatch it up, and it would be because of the Pynchon tie.
>>
>> IMNSHO, Pynchon's work will be around long after _Buckeroo Banzai_ is
>> forgotten.
>Don't get me wrong; I'm not saying that _Buckaroo Banzai_ is a work of
>art (although I certainly enjoyed it) or that it is of importance in the
>literary community, I'm just suggesting that the probability of someone
>having a Yoyodyne bumper sticker because they saw _Buckaroo Banzai_ is
>probably a lot higher than because they read Pynchon.
Buckaroo Banzai _is_ a work of art.
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>What's the name of the company in "The Terminator" that manufactures the
>Terminator's CPU? I once glanced at the novelization of the first movie,
>and if I recall correctly there was yet another instance of Yoyodyne!
No, that's "Cyberdyne Systems".
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Roberta and Craig Becker
: I should point out that while Pynchon may have been the original
: enough to put a Yoyodine bumper sticker on their car almost certainly
: is making a reference to the Buckaroo Banzai movie, not Pynchon.
I'd have to disagree with that. If I ever saw a Yoyodyne bumper sticker,
I'd snatch it up, and it would be because of the Pynchon tie.
IMNSHO, Pynchon's work will be around long after _Buckeroo Banzai_ is
forgotten.
Craig
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No that was not a case of misplaced tenses in his posting. That's on the
sign in Buckaroo Banzai. Incidentally, Yoyodyne in the movie was filmed at
the old Uniroyal plant in L.A. (the one with the Sumerian theme to it's
fron facade - and has since been renovated into the Citadel shopping
center). All those wet rooms and the like weren't sets, that was the way
the building looked on the inside after a few years of abandonment. All
the set guys did was to put up a few signs and paint a few doors with
Lectroid phrases like the above quote.
Incidentally, if you can find it - read Earl "Mac" Rauch's novelization of
Buckaroo Banzai (it's a good imitation of a Kenneth Robeson Doc Savage
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: Help! I recently spotted a bumper sticker which declared the vehicle a
: Yoyodyne Inc. Test Vehicle. I know this is a literary allusion,
: probably to a satiric sf novel of the mid 60's but my brain refuses to
: retrieve it. Reply to Ha...@crl.com.
Yoyodyne is from the sf movie BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE EIGHTTH DIMENSION.
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-> What's the name of the company in "The Terminator" that manufactures the
-> Terminator's CPU? I once glanced at the novelization of the first movie,
-> and if I recall correctly there was yet another instance of Yoyodyne!
-> These guys are apparently BIG.
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-> Does anyone know where to buy a copy of _The Adventures of Buckaroo
-> Banzai Across the 8th Dimension_? I've tried to special order it
-> several times with no luck. If it weren't so damn hard to find as a
-> rental, I probably would have pirated it by now, but I'd prefer to get
-> a new copy. Any ideas? Thanks!
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Good news, bad news......
It's just been made commercially available in the UK. UK format tapes
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Dave Goldman
(Erich Schneider) wrote:
> In article <dave-19099...@ip-pdx02-34.teleport.com> da...@rsd.com
(Dave Goldman) writes:
>
> >What's the name of the company in "The Terminator" that manufactures the
> >Terminator's CPU? I once glanced at the novelization of the first movie,
> >and if I recall correctly there was yet another instance of Yoyodyne!
>
> No, that's "Cyberdyne Systems".
In T2, yes. But my unreliable memory is from the _novelization_ of T1, in
which there's this extra epilogue chapter where a techno-nerd comes upon
the Terminator's CPU, figures out its technology, and starts a company
based on that technology.
I found this in some used bookstore once, and didn't buy the book. Anybody
got a copy?
-- Dave
Erich Schneider
>Buckaroo Banzai _is_ a work of art.
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Tommy: So was Mr. Wizard...
Somehow the comment brought this to mind.
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Lawrence Eng
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>Wendy Purcell (stilskin@tornado) wrote:
>: Frank Hanny (ha...@crl.com) wrote:
>: > Help! I recently spotted a bumper sticker which declared the vehicle a
>: > Yoyodyne Inc. Test Vehicle. I know this is a literary allusion,
>: > probably to a satiric sf novel of the mid 60's but my brain refuses to
>: > retrieve it. Reply to Ha...@crl.com.
>: Dunno about any other references but it is the organisation headed by the
>: hero of Buckeroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (a movie wot I terned
>: off).
>No, Yoyodyne was headed by the bad guys: the evil Red Lectroids from Planet
>10!
>Buckeroo Banzai headed the Banzai Institute.
aka Team Banzai
aka The Hong Kong Cavaliers
Euan Troup
In article <43pa84$6...@giga.bga.com>, bec...@bga.com (Roberta and Craig
Becker) writes:
>Erik Max Francis (m...@alcyone.darkside.com) wrote:
>: I should point out that while Pynchon may have been the original
>: reference (of which I'll admit I wasn't aware), anyone who is goofy
>: enough to put a Yoyodine bumper sticker on their car almost certainly
>>: is making a reference to the Buckaroo Banzai movie, not Pynchon.
>
>I'd have to disagree with that. If I ever saw a Yoyodyne bumper
>sticker,
>I'd snatch it up, and it would be because of the Pynchon tie.
>
>IMNSHO, Pynchon's work will be around long after _Buckeroo Banzai_ is
>forgotten.
>
>Craig
Just for anyone who cares, look what's on the net:
Name: yoyodyne.com
Address: 161.44.128.70
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>In article <43mkic$3...@clarknet.clark.net>,
>:: Help! I recently spotted a bumper sticker which declared the vehicle a
>:: Yoyodyne Inc. Test Vehicle. I know this is a literary allusion,
>:: probably to a satiric sf novel of the mid 60's but my brain refuses to
>:: retrieve it.
>:While it is a literary allusion, as someone pointed out, it's also a
>:cinematic one -- in BUCKAROO BANZAI the bad guys are doing their dirty
>:work under the name Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems, Inc.
>
>But Earl Mac Rauch (who wrote both the screenplay and the even more
>wonderfully odd novel) in turn got the name from Thomas Pynchon - the original
>(as nearly as I know) Yoyodyne is in his THE CRYING OF LOT 49, which is almost
>certainly what Frank is not succeeding in naming.
And it features the classic song:
Yoyodyne, Yoyodyne,
Contracts flee thee yet;
DOD has shafted thee,
Out of spite, I'll bet.
which left me ROFL the first time I read that novel.
I know, it's not really relevant, but I like it. :)
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: Frank Hanny (ha...@crl.com) wrote:
: > Help! I recently spotted a bumper sticker which declared the vehicle a
: > Yoyodyne Inc. Test Vehicle. I know this is a literary allusion,
: > probably to a satiric sf novel of the mid 60's but my brain refuses to
: Dunno about any other references but it is the organisation headed by the
: hero of Buckeroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (a movie wot I terned
: off).
No, Yoyodyne was headed by the bad guys: the evil Red Lectroids from Planet 10!
Buckeroo Banzai headed the Banzai Institute.
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> I always thought Pynchon was just making all that stuff up, but then
>in the 70s after Jackie Kennedy was finished with Onassis, she was
>reported in the tabloids to be dating Count Thurn & Taxis. Yikes.
For me, the shock came when I read in the paper that some Thurn und
Taxis, maybe the aforementioned Count, had died and left a great deal
of the family fortune to one heir, a young woman who spent a lot of
time in nightclubs and went by the name of "Gloria TNT." Apparently,
at some point they got into banking.
And beer. In Regensburg, Germany, which was once the capital of the
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Mr. Tines
On 19 Sep 1995 14:37:00 GMT, in <43mkic$3...@clarknet.clark.net>
lawr...@clark.net (Lawrence Watt-Evans) wrote.....
> Frank Hanny (ha...@crl.com) wrote:
> : Help! I recently spotted a bumper sticker which declared the vehicle a
> : Yoyodyne Inc. Test Vehicle. I know this is a literary allusion,
> : probably to a satiric sf novel of the mid 60's but my brain refuses to
> : retrieve it. Reply to Ha...@crl.com.
>
> While it is a literary allusion, as someone pointed out, it's also a
> cinematic one -- in BUCKAROO BANZAI the bad guys are doing their dirty
> work under the name Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems, Inc.
I'm suprised that no-one else has noted Yoyodyne's appearance in some of
the throwaway advertising insterpolations in Walter Jon Williams'
_Hardwired_
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> >IMNSHO, Pynchon's work will be around long after _Buckeroo Banzai_ is
> >forgotten.
> >
> >Craig
>
> Just for anyone who cares, look what's on the net:
>
> Name: yoyodyne.com
> Address: 161.44.128.70
I know personally the man who owns that address: it's a BB reference.
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