Kay Musical Instrument Company Kay Musical Instrument Company Kay Musical Instrument Company was a musical instrument manufacturer of the United States, in operation from the 1930s until the 1960s. Kay was established in 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, by Henry Kay Kuhrmeyer, from the assets of the former Stromberg-Voisinet (founded as Groeschel Mandolin Company in 1890). Kay offered their first electric guitar in 1936 — five years after the Rickenbacker "Frying pan", and the same year as the Gibson ES-150. However, the Kuhrmeyer-owned Stromberg-Voisinet brand had produced the Stromberg Electro even earlier, in 1928, making the short-lived model arguably the first commercial electric guitar. The
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