Clancy Brown on Buckaroo Banzai

The one and only Rawhide discusses the 1984 cult classic and his role in the film. From 2016.

[@charlesmcclune8892]

"Perfect Tommy give her your coat. Why? Because you're perfect. You've got a point there." How can you not love this movie, and yes I saw it in the theater!

[@jonathanw1019]

I really want to have a tailor make me a jacket and shirt combination like he wears in the jailhouse scene.

[@platinumspider7859]

@@jonathanw1019 I want the one from the press conference.

[@moonytheloony6516]

Me three.

[@dalecrowe7757]

Clancy Brown, one of those actors that I can say with confidence that I've loved his work in everything I've seen him do.

[@tygerstripes3752]

Yeah, I saw Buckaroo in the theatre. And yeah, if you don't love Buckaroo, we can be friendly acquaintances, but we can never be real friends. 'Hey, Hey, Hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean. 'Cuz remember, no matter where ya go, there ya are.'

[@georgeo162]

“People who loved the movie judge others on whether they love the movie” … so true. I’m that person

[@gracefromspace5502]

There are actors in this movie that I have followed for their whole careers just because they were in Buckaroo Banzai. Clancy Brown is a legend and I hate when he's the villain in movies.

[@MadHax-wt5tl]

Been having all these Buckaroo Banzai documentaries popping up on my KZbin lately. Well done algorithm. Best thing about it, sounds like everyone had a great time making this film. Nice to know, because I always have a great time watching it.

[@darkhighwayman1757]

This was so much of a beautiful, weird, unique movie. It deserves more love.

[@ericbrett3095]

I loved him in Starship Troopers. He reminded me of a DI I knew in my younger days. He was all business when it was time.

[@Irish381]

I met him at a comic con in 2003, he was so cool and was always ready to say a few lines from Highlander, Starship Troopers or whatever. And he was such a deep voice. But oddly enough more people were asking him to do mr.Krabs or the guard from Shawshank Redemption.

[@SSGTStryker]

From the moment I first read about Buckaroo Bonsai in Starlog Magazine, I knew I had to see it once it released. It definitely did not disappoint. Funny thing is, in the early 80’s, we weren’t even phased by its wackiness. It made it that much more awesome!

[@dukecraig2402]

I've always laughed at the people who after watching the movie say "I don't get it", it's like "Look, it's not Dr. Zhivago, what's to 'get' is the individual zany gags and one liners".

[@ericthompson3982]

"Why is there a watermelon there?" "I'll tell you later."

[@ericthompson3982]

@InhumanCondition-gh2qj Except then he died. It was literally a set-up that went brilliantly nowhere.

[@mikehickey7383]

We need more Clancy Brown.

[@TheMichaelBeck]

To hear him say he'd go back to when they were making "BB" really says something.

[@platinumspider7859]

Not just that "If there was one time in my life..." that's a damn strong statement. Out of everything in his whole life, which a hell of a life, he chose then. I would give anything to have been a part of that production or even to be in the world that saw this movie gain its proper due upon release.

[@randomgrinn]

Back when movies took risks and weren't just re-do's of previous movies. Will it ever happen again?

[@steprockmedia]

Take a risk, do something original, and keep the budget manageable. Out of control budgets driving for a billion dollar hit mean too many people are involved and only let you do what worked before. So: remakes and sequels.

[@chiefscheider]

random: check out Everything Everywhere All at Once

[@EmpyrionBlackthorn]

Clancy is awesome. Buckaroo Banzai was awesome. Come at me!

[@joeholm4591]

Loved this from the first time a I saw it. It’s a thinking persons movie, YOU have to fill in the gaps yourself. This universe exists and you have to figure out how it works. Love it, and EVERY performance was on point. Wish there could have been a series.

[@jefflibby4784]

Such an underappreciated actor

[@platinumspider7859]

Humble too, all praise for his coworkers. He must be a really great guy.

[@kirinrex]

Clancy Brown is one of those actors who is just amazing in any kind of role: good guy or bad guy. He can be equally loveable or intimidating.

[@onemancinema4642]

Clancy Brown is easily one of my favourite actors around. He's fantastic in Buckaroo Banzai.

[@cindernubblebutt1340]

I remember recognizing him from "Highlander" and squealing. I've been NOTHING but loving this guy for years, I absolutely love this man. His voice work in Roughnecks earned my respect. And of course as Mr. Krabs. Talk about a real actor. Clancy is the real deal. That he wasn't SEIZED upon as a supporting actor on "The Expanse" is beyond me. But I LOVE THIS GUY and always will.

[@kellycochran6487]

A COMPLETELY underutilized actor. I can't think of anything I haven't liked him in (he even made Starship Troopers partly watchable).

[@spacecoyote6646]

"People who love Buckaroo, judge people on whether they love Backaroo." That is so true

[@DanielWright-np3fq]

Clancey Brown has been in or connected to every cool ass movie and show since the 80's. He is wonderful.

[@platinumspider7859]

There can be only one!

[@1212sman]

Homeboy's definitely got the pipes. One of the most recognizable voices in movies. Right up there with James Earl Jones.

[@chiefscheider]

Borders on vocal fry at times. I wonder if he's a smoker 😁

[@mournblade1066]

I'd hardly say its recognizable. I've watched Spongebob Squarepants since day 1, and I only realized about 10 years ago that Clancy is the voice of Mr. Eugene Krabs. And I knew about Clancy Brown at LEAST 10 years before Spongebob debuted.

[@wotaj]

I've lost track of how many times I've re-watched this movie.

[@anagram8]

😂👍🤩 me too my friend, but whatever the amount of times, I'm happy to report it's an absurd number. Since it was released in 1984 there still hasn't been a film even remotely close. Cheers to you

[@JamesJones-zt2yx]

He was excellent in Buckaroo Banzai. It still tears me up when I hear "Saddle up, boys..." and see Perfect Tommy turn away.

[@valeriemangan2064]

Is there any actor cooler then Clancy Brown? I don't think so. Legend!

[@Cletus_the_Elder]

What a wonderful interview. Amazing how Buckaroo Banzai and Highlander got made in the studio system. Clancy Brown acted the heck out of his characters. They won't greenlight projects like these movies anymore. Maybe on Netflix. The coke must have made executives more open to say "yes" back in the day.

[@garyspence2128]

Yeyo would be alternated with qualludes/weed to come back down. Name your adult beverage as a nightcap. I'm just speculating here, since my own memory is fuzzy. Saw this back then, but the number of great actors in it who went on to real success is amazing. Still waiting for that sequel..

[@andrewhudson3723]

We really loved this movie and were so sad there was no sequel

[@jacobwebb2623]

Dude is legend, and this movie is EPIC!

[@michaelsasylum]

Clancy is a class act through and through. Not many like him out there.

[@thinkbolt]

"This boy's an Eskimo." That line right at the beginning of the film has always stuck with me.

[@tappajavittu]

This man is such a underrated actor, my all time favorite. I need to watch Buckaroo Banzai again, what a film! EDIT: Nah Clancy, you'll always be the coolest guy to me.

[@tryingbutfailing]

Just finished the unfinished Carnival series on HBO, and Clancy Brown was awesome in that show, too. I was afraid of him as a kid, but that's because he's genuinely a great screen presence. Put him in more stuff.

[@davewhitmore1958]

So glad he had a blast making it, I sure had a blast watching it!

[@Flap999]

One of a very short list of actors that matter to me. Not a real Hollywood fan but this movie is in my top 5 and Clancy Brown always delivers. Such a great ensemble cast all…

[@billthomas2652]

Why am I suddenly getting all this Buckaroo Banzai in my feed? Not that I mind. Clancy Brown is a legend!

[@ratedr8490]

Was wondering the same thing. Saw the movie as a kid, and didn't get it. I didn't think it was bad, just didn't understand it.

[@billthomas2652]

@@ratedr8490cTook me three times to get it. Then I LOVED it. Actually go find Kevin Smith with Weller and Lithgow. His Banzai story is eerily close to mine.

[@Zekiran]

I had one of the last blue blaze bandanas given out at san diego comic con, long live.

[@ndowroccus4168]

Wow…Clancy dropping the “if I could go back in time” Love bomb on BB!

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

I'm very pleased that Brown lives up to how I imagine him. Even when he is a villain (Highlander, Shawshank redemption), I find him very likeable.

[@Joemckenzie-85]

He was great as Lex Luthor in the 90s Superman animated series.

[@calliarcale]

@@Joemckenzie-85 Oh, his voice acting is endless and wonderful; always a treat to recognize his voice in something. I was utterly thrilled when they brought his character from "Star Wars: Rebels" into "Ahsoka" just so we could get a little bit more of him.

[@deuceworks]

Anybody who has worked for a boss that depended on them, to be the rock (as they say in the video) of steadiness, they *get* the character of Rawhide. And a guy like Clancy Brown, being tall and deep voice and what have you, rarely gets to be the hero role. He's usually the heavy, which is understandable. But Clancy Brown makes Rawhide a guy you *know*, to where Rawhide's death at the end actually affects you as losing a friend. Everyone in the movie is just well-cast, it doesn't work without them.

[@DestroyerOfWombs]

Hoping we get a 4K release for the 40th anniversary this year

[@chiefscheider]

That would be sweet. Shout Factory has been releasing a ton of 4K lately

[@meataidstheft]

Literally the only voice I can tolerate vocal fry from. A treasure indeed.

[@03cobra4]

Long live Mr. Krabs

[@dewfall56]

Just love Clancy in everything he’s done. Always entertaining.

[@conniehansen3630]

Clancy Brown is awesome!!

[@TorgerVedeler]

You know, every time I turn around, I find another movie that I love that Clancy Brown is in.

[@patrickt6642]

One of my favorite movies.the ending credits was great ideal showing friendship and teamwork.very original ideals

[@luminyam6145]

I loved that movie, it is a shame it wasn't a series.

[@darkshadow31415]

What a gracious performer. Love him in everything

[@pheddupp]

I got a kick out of this video because I actually got to talk to Lewis Smith about "Buckaroo Banzai" years ago while on the set of "Django Unchained." It's always been one of my favorite movies, so it was a trip talking to Lewis about it.

[@randomgrinn]

Scary YT knows I love Buckaroo when I have not even thought of it in years, let alone watched it or mentioned it.

[@maxdavid2119]

LONG LIVE CLANCY BROWN!

[@michaelminch5490]

There can be only one.

[@DeereX748]

You are awesome, Clancy. I've enjoyed so much of your work. I found it interesting your characters in Shawshank Redemption (Capt Byron Hadley) and The Guardian {Capt William Hadley} are almost the same, but the characters themselves are so diametrically opposite. Buckaroo Banzai is one of my all-time favorite films.

[@Gamble661]

Great actor who's been in some great movies and TV shows including four of my top ten; Buckaroo of course, The Highlander, Shawshank, and the one season series Earth Two back in the 90's.

[@MrOuazo]

Earth Two was great!

[@andrewvenor8035]

Dr. Albert Marconi in John Dies at the End.

[@Carlito-Fxwg]

Love this actor....Pet Cemetery 2, Cowboys and Aliens and Highlander, BB among my favorite movies.

[@Wordsnwood]

I saw this one in theater. It was there for all of two weeks.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

"It didn't last long enough." AMEN!

[@rodshop5897]

It's crazy, I like nearly all the actors in the movie, and have not seen Buckaroo Banzai. Clancy Brown has been absolutely great in everything I've seen him in, from murderous immortal to fatherly leader of a group of space refugees.

[@timmerred5]

I needed a harmonized to raise Clancy’s voice to a pitch I could hear. He’s awesome.

[@zhenjiu]

Saw this at 8th Street Cinema Manhattan midnight show. Dragged my kid brother to see it the next night. We still quote endlessly from TAOBBATED. "It's not my goddam planet, understand, monkey boy?!"

[@platinumspider7859]

Character is what you are in the dark!

[@Ambienfinity]

Clancy, what a LEGEND.

[@sisterdebmac]

5:15 - Yes, yes, we do Clancy. And Rawhide is my guy.

[@paullowman9131]

I can't remember right off what year this came, I think '84. I was in Blacksburg, attending Va Tech and working (OMG the movies that came out while I was there!) and I and some friends went to see this thing. After it was over everybody (I mean EVERYBODY) just sat there for a good minute wondering just what the hell we had just seen. Then everybody just stood up and gave this thing a standing O. It's the type of movie you either love or you just go WTF!!?? I would give everything I own to live through another time like the '80s. Edit: My bad, didn't read the blurb; this did come out in '84.

[@user-dc3rn9ey5e]

I passed this film on to my 22 year old nephew, and he was mystified. I told him to watch it two more times, just for me. Now he loves it!

[@TheMichaelBeck]

I saw this movie one Saturday afternoon while I was in HS when it came out. Loved it. "Perfect Tommy" is, well, the perfect nickname. Cheers from America.

[@platinumspider7859]

Perfect Tommy is indeed. That Outfit at 1:55 and the rose jacket he wears over it in the press conference are unequaled.

[@BenChanNYC]

I will never be able to get the term "oscillation overthruster" out of my head. Not that I'd want to 😋

[@Mickey-1994]

What a fun and unique movie. The 70's, 80's and 90's had so many great cult classics.

[@99beowulf99]

I'm glad he was a good guy in this one.

[@alexpissalidis5170]

Absolutely one of my favorite movies, I remember seeing it in the movies with 2 or 3 friends who totally could not following this film at all, but I loved the whole thing!! For whatever reason, it just made sense to me.

[@Auntkekebaby]

I love Clancy Brown. 🥰

[@MadHax-wt5tl]

He's that actor who just pops up in things, and you involuntarily go, "oh cool it's him!"

[@olsonspeed]

"There can be only ONE!"

[@sheldonwheaton881]

I love that Clancy and Carl ended up in the DCAU!

[@ndowroccus4168]

If you love Clancy, snd haven’t seen “carnivale”….you are missing out

[@peterisnardi1197]

BE STILL.

[@MonkKFBR]

This is exactly right. I used to take potential girlfriends to see this. If they didn't get, that was the last date.

[@joelcolquitt3531]

Same 😂

[@mournblade1066]

Probably not married yet then, I take it. 😜

[@jimrawles6452]

Possibly the greatest sci-fi film of its time, with some fantastic actors.

[@billwilson9902]

Wherever you are......❤

[@biffjohnson34]

Check out this movie tons of great character actors not to mention first class

[@OzBaxter]

The Kurgan!! "I've got something to say.....it's better to burn out than to FADE AWAY!"

[@steelwolfnolast6938]

There can be onlY ONE!

[@OzBaxter]

​@@steelwolfnolast6938 "Heeeeerrrreeeee we ARRRRRE...."

[@nivekian]

Clancy is a Legend.

[@GrzegorzKr]

For over 30 years he was Kurgan for me. Now when i see Clancy, i see Ryder Azadi. Funny.

[@aerochicc]

I've seen Banzai a million times and didn't realize that was Clancy! As if I needed more reason to enjoy him.

[@warlockpaladin2261]

He was in The Venture Bros. too. 😈

[@mikeparker3865]

Truly one of my all time favorite movies. I have watched it at least 50 times. Probably more than that. I think Jaws is my other one that I have seen that much. They are so good. On my list for desert island movies.

[@platinumspider7859]

I was 3 when this came out, Buckaroo was one of my first words and I said it a lot to get this movie on.

[@eyeseer1]

Clancy Brown was intriguing in the tv series ‘Lost’. He was good voicing Lex Luthor for the 1996 Superman cartoon.

[@thinkbolt]

Is THAT who that was??? I always thought he sounded familiar!

[@stevenwetherbee7573]

He was also incredible in HBO's Carnivale as a Father Charles Coughlin as Antichrist type villain

[@MightyAvengingLeo]

Clancy Brown was a great Lex Luthor.

[@johnglover4453]

Clancy B is one of the many reasons I've watched Shawshank R so many times!

[@bbarnhouse9022]

Highlander Bad Boys Buckaroo Shawshank

[@TheBetabox]

Starship Troopers, Spongebob Squarepants, John Wick Chapter 4

[@dalecrowe7757]

Earth II was also amazing, Clancy Brown AND Tim Curry?

[@Milkman4279]

Lost Detroit:Become Human

[@davidenorth]

Clancy is great in Extreme Prejudice.

[@formerastronaut]

According to IMDB, Clancy Brown has appeared in over 9000 titles

[@prof.badfellow9868]

Clancy Brown is the 4th coolest actor to ever walk the earth. The other three are forbidden knowledge, maybe Weller

[@RockOfLions]

Love this movie. Clancy Brown did a great job as Rawhide. Peter Weller was great as Buckaroo. Read the novelizations of the screenplays for Across the 8th dimension and World crime league by Earl Mac Rauch and all I can say is I'm so glad they didn't adhere to the first or make the second. It's a work of magic that they were able to make such a wonderful movie from such a... screenplay.

[@semperfi7372]

Clancy was great in Bad Boys and everything after, BB is a great cult film like he said

[@AddSerious]

Do I LOVE this movie? The 1st band project I started was called The Blue Blaze Irregulars

[@seereadnhear]

In some way they need to make more Buckaroo Banzi

[@nathanpartridge3565]

A mini series.

[@SirPaulMuaddib]

When is the sequel coming out?

[@theGhoulman]

See, right there, at the first. The guy who finds the comic KNOWS it's the latest issue. Because, kids would know. ;p

[@t.anthony3940]

Luv him!! best line ever- "Happy Halloween Sister".....

[@mournblade1066]

Happy Halloween ladies! Blaha-ha-aha-a-ahya-laaa! Laaa-ala-ala-ala-laaaa! Lalalalala-a-laaaa! . . . Nuns. . . no sense of humor.

[@t.anthony3940]

Well then, I stand corrected!!@@mournblade1066

[@jakesavage1680]

Nobody can sell krusty crab like Mr. Crabs!!!!!!!

[@shawnalfaro6943]

Oh Mr. Krabs

[@meatKog]

I love this movie!

[@tmseh]

No sequel. Sad.

[@mournblade1066]

"I love money!" --Mr. Eugene Krabs

[@willardfasto4494]

....,..... This dude voices Mr. Krabs....... 🤯

[@eyeseer1]

He voices Surtur in Thor Rangarok and voices Parallax in Green Lantern.

[@kelleymcbride4633]

If you don't love this movie we cannot be friends

[@VARIABLENEWSNETWORK]

Why does the banner in the video say “INTO the 8th Dimension”? It was “Across the 8th Dimension” Is this another Mandela Effect?

[@chiefscheider]

It's the title of the documentary on the Shout Factory blu-ray.

[@mournblade1066]

Yes. It was "INTO" in the FIFTH Dimension, but EIGHTH in ours.

[@VARIABLENEWSNETWORK]

@@mournblade1066 I'm obviously from a deferent dimension.

[@mournblade1066]

@@VARIABLENEWSNETWORK Which one? Fourth? Sixth? . . . Eleventh?!? 😉

[@platinumspider7859]

@@mournblade1066The one you get when you fold the Seventh into the Fourth.