Mr. Miagi Dead
 

A sad, sad day.

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The Fonz mourns Arnold [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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not that sad, he was old. old people have to die eventually. any link for info/confirmation.

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RIP

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many a young boy was inspired by this wise karate expert and got his ass kicked when he realized life wasn't like the movies.

But everytime I or II are on, I watch it if I'm flipping thru and can't find anything else - III wasn't very good - and don't get me started on that lameass Hilary Swank ripoff...

RB

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many a young boy was inspired by this wise karate expert and got his ass kicked when he realized life wasn't like the movies.

But everytime I or II are on, I watch it if I'm flipping thru and can't find anything else - III wasn't very good - and don't get me started on that lameass Hilary Swank ripoff...

RB

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You are so wrong Whiskey. When the skinheads used to try to beat me up in high school, I would always use that crane kick on them. They never messed with me again. Well, okay, after it failed, they did [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

craig

p.s. But, I can wax the sht out of a car because of Mr. Miyagi though and survive a Typhoon while fighting the toughest guy in Okinawa as I cry over the fact I am with this other girl who is not Elizabeth Shue. Which, by the way, why did she stand Daniel up? He was a bad ass after he won the tournament and had a cool car.

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Born in northern California on June 28, 1932, the son of migrant fruit pickers, Morita spent most of his early years in the hospital with spinal tuberculosis. He later recovered only to be sent to a Japanese-American internment camp in Arizona during World War II.

"One day I was an invalid," he recalled in a 1989 AP interview. "The next day I was public enemy No. 1 being escorted to an internment camp by an
FBI agent wearing a piece."

After the war, Morita's family tried to repair their finances by operating a Sacramento restaurant. It was there that Morita first tried his comedy on patrons.

Because prospects for a Japanese-American standup comic seemed poor, Morita found steady work in computers at Aerojet General. But at age 30 he entered show business full time.

"Only in America could you get away with the kind of comedy I did," he commented. "If I tried it in Japan before the war, it would have been considered blasphemy, and I would have ended in leg irons. "

pretty interesting early life.

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not that sad, he was old. old people have to die eventually. any link for info/confirmation.

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73 ain't that old these days.

And what's this "Karate Kid" stuff you guys speak of? We're talking about Ohara, right?

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remember the plot?

it was SAID she met a football player at UCLA - but you saw what happened - she crashed his car - wrecked his wheels.

Champion or not, no man is a man in Cali without his wheels [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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A lot of kids thought they were Karate experts after that movie....but you know what was even worse?

Kids who rode skateboards that tried grabbing onto cars for a ride after "Back to the Future" came out - amazed more kids didn't die in my town.

RB

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remember the plot?

it was SAID she met a football player at UCLA - but you saw what happened - she crashed his car - wrecked his wheels.

Champion or not, no man is a man in Cali without his wheels [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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A lot of kids thought they were Karate experts after that movie....but you know what was even worse?

Kids who rode skateboards that tried grabbing onto cars for a ride after "Back to the Future" came out - amazed more kids didn't die in my town.

RB

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Don't forget to throw Gleaming the Cube in there as well. Slater was much cooler than Fox was.

I didn't remember her meeting a man at UCLA. Well, he never catches a break, first he kills himself saving kids in a fire ("Lets do it for Johnny") and then this. Poor guy! Well, at least nobody else in The Outsiders went on to make any movies. Well, except for Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Maverick, Soul Man. I think that is it. And the director never made anything good either. So, I guess The Outsiders movie is a big jynx on careers.

craig