George Catlin (musical instrument maker) first successful manufacturers of bass clarinets in the world. An alto clarinet, unsigned but of similar design to Catlin's bass clarinets and very probably by him or one of his students, has survived; made circa 1820, it is one of the first known examples of the instrument. George Catlin (musical instrument maker) George Catlin (1778-1852) was a prominent American maker of musical instruments. He worked in Hartford, Connecticut from 1799 or earlier until about 1814, when he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to his advertisements in Connecticut newspapers he made pianofortes, harpsichords, violoncellos, guitars, bassoons, clarinets, "hautboys" (oboes), flutes, and
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 2009, a special oversize one-shot comic written by Rauch with art by Paul Hanley. Again, in conjunction with the movie's 1984 release, "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension" interactive fiction video game was released for Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore 64, DOS and ZX Spectrum. It was created by Scott Adams and published by Adventure International. In late 1998, the Fox Network announced development of a "Buckaroo Banzai" TV series entitled "Buckaroo Banzai: Ancient Secrets and New Mysteries", but it was never released. The special edition DVD contains a short computer animated sequence