# Where is Buckaroo Banzai? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 28, 2000, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-buckaroo-banzai/27223 "2000-07-28T15:40:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-buckaroo-banzai/27223/1 "2000-07-28T15:40:04Z")
I can’t believe there is no VHS or DVD of “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension”! There is no DVD of Branagh’s Hamlet, AARGH! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-buckaroo-banzai/27223/2 "2000-07-28T15:45:26Z")
You know, it’s only a small conceptual step from “I want this, therefore it should exist” to “I don’t want this, therefore it should not exist.” This is how pogroms get started. Get over it, goboy. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-buckaroo-banzai/27223/3 "2000-07-28T15:49:11Z")
Maybe the same reason there is no DVD of any Star Wars movie? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-buckaroo-banzai/27223/4 "2000-07-28T16:03:27Z")
Buckaroo Banzai was released on VHS at some point, it’s just out of print now. That movie has such a cult following that there’s always a chance it will pop up again somewhere. Check the internet auction sites as well. BB’s creators were working on turning it into a television series, but I haven’t heard anything about it for a few months. ---
**Author:** ![Baglady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-buckaroo-banzai/27223/5 "2000-07-28T16:14:10Z")
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension has been released in video and laser disc… but both are out of print, so make sure to pick it up if you ever see one. I’ve seen it replayed a few times both on TV and in smaller movie theaters (the non-chain ones). The last time was at the Parkway Theater in Oakland ([http://www.picturepubpizza.com](http://www.picturepubpizza.com)) where a large group of us (over a dozen, I think, though under 20) sat on big couches, ate pizza and drank beer while watching this. It was _almost_ a Rocky Horror experience, in that many of us could repeat some of the more famous lines along with the actors (fortunately this did not happen frequently as to cause too much consternation). ---
**Author:** ![lucie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@lucie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucie)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-buckaroo-banzai/27223/6 "2000-07-28T16:34:52Z")
E-bay will sometimes have a used copy of the book or video available, and it’s amazing haw fast the cost rises. Even a ratty paperback is damned difficult to get. I heard the rumors about the show in development. Maybe they are waiting to see if it drums up interest outside of the small but devoted BB cult following before issuing the DVD. ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-buckaroo-banzai/27223/7 "2000-07-28T17:02:42Z")
My dad bought a copy on VHS about 10 years ago. We all fell asleep when we tried to watch it. Now it’s selling eBay for $15-$25+? I’ll have to get him to sell it before they re-release it. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-buckaroo-banzai/27223/8 "2000-07-28T17:10:08Z")
Thanks for the help. guys. George Lucas, give us Star Wars on DVD! Knead to Know, since this is not the Pit, I will not let you know my opinion of your post. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-buckaroo-banzai/27223/9 "2000-07-28T17:15:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Baglady \* > \*\*The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension has been released in video and laser disc… but both are out of print, so make sure to pick it up if you ever see one. > > I’ve seen it replayed a few times both on TV and in smaller movie theaters (the non-chain ones). The last time was at the Parkway Theater in Oakland ([http://www.picturepubpizza.com](http://www.picturepubpizza.com)) where a large group of us (over a dozen, I think, though under 20) sat on big couches, ate pizza and drank beer while watching this. It was _almost_ a Rocky Horror experience, in that many of us could repeat some of the more famous lines along with the actors (fortunately this did not happen frequently as to cause too much consternation). \*\* Hey baglady, I think I was at that showing. Small world ain’t it. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2000, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-buckaroo-banzai/27223/10 "2000-07-29T23:31:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \* > \*\*You know, it’s only a small conceptual step from “I want this, therefore it should exist” to “I don’t want this, therefore it should not exist.” This is how pogroms get started. > > \*\* C’mon. You can’t compare wanting a DVD of Buckaroo Banzia with a pogrom. Now if he wanted one of, say, Showgirls… ---
**Author:** ![Jorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@Jorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorge)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-buckaroo-banzai/27223/11 "2000-07-30T10:03:59Z")
Huh ? I thought this had to do with the original claiming to have a sequel [at the end of the credits: “BB will be back in BB and the…yada, yada”]. That bad, huh ? ---
**Author:** ![APB9999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB9999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB9999)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-buckaroo-banzai/27223/12 "2000-07-30T17:53:37Z")
To answer the question posed in the thread title: One thing’s for sure. Wherever he’s gone, there he is.