7 Minute Stories w/ Aaron Calafato
Oct 8, 2026 · 7 min · 6 segments
Some words have a way of traveling through generations and turning up in unexpected places. For Aaron, the phrase “No matter where you go, there you are” first appeared in the 1984 cult classic *The…
Anyways, Rob and I recently shared a reel with a scene from a movie called The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension.
It's a wonderfully satirical science fiction movie from 1984 starring Peter Weller, who was Robocop.
Jeff Goldblum makes an appearance and Jonathan Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, so many people.
It's about a scientist who's also a neurosurgeon, a rock musician and an adventurer, of course, who gets mixed up with aliens from another dimension.
But there is this touching scene where Buckaroo Banzai is on stage with his band.
And this woman, Ellen Barkin, is speaking up and the crowd is starting to turn on her and boo her.
But this reel got traction and reached a bunch of people and people started commenting on this.
And one of the main themes of the comments was about where they heard the quote.
Some remembered Buckaroo Banzai, but others knew it from completely different places.
And I thought, wait a minute, where did this quote come from? So I start looking into it.
Anyways, Rob and I recently shared a reel with a scene from a movie called The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension.
It's a wonderfully satirical science fiction movie from 1984 starring Peter Weller, who was Robocop.
Jeff Goldblum makes an appearance and Jonathan Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, so many people.
It's about a scientist who's also a neurosurgeon, a rock musician and an adventurer, of course, who gets mixed up with aliens from another dimension.
But there is this touching scene where Buckaroo Banzai is on stage with his band.
And this woman, Ellen Barkin, is speaking up and the crowd is starting to turn on her and boo her.
But this reel got traction and reached a bunch of people and people started commenting on this.
And one of the main themes of the comments was about where they heard the quote.
Some remembered Buckaroo Banzai, but others knew it from completely different places.
And I thought, wait a minute, where did this quote come from? So I start looking into it.
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