For those who's childhood in any way touched the 1980's, you have most likely enjoyed the film, The Karate Kid. We were watching this gem with our nephews and discussed the greatness of a character often overlooked in the karate series, Tommy.
Tommy is one of Johnny's cronies. This kid is a great actor, yelling out throughout the movie, with an intense expression that screams talent. This scene is one of our favorites...we probably watched it over and over at least 25 times. What the crap does Tommy say? We kept attempting to decipher his threatening comment, but to no avail--we are pretty sure the last two words are "walk week" further confusing any sense that could be construed. We theorized that it wasn't in the script and this kid just yells nonsense words for the violent, bully effect and the director didn't notice and when they went to edit they thought: "Why not...you can't understand him but his face is so great you don't need to."
NOTE: The video footage is terrible, but I assumed you either own a copy, or your mom does if you needed to watch a quality scene.
The next clip is just so classic how could I mention Karate Kid without giving this golden moment in teenage film history the attention it deserves? Tommy is so amazing: "GET HIM A BODY BAG...YEAH!!!!"
And lastly, the spring of 2007 I was sitting in the movie theatre in Kirksville with Lynette, waiting for Blades of Glory to begin. We were chatting and all the sudden Lynette's eyes got big. Reaching out she sliced my hands which were in action with my story like an umpire..."Did you hear what I heard?" she asked..."Listen to this song." It was a magial moment, and the best I can do is offer the music video for you.
Here is a link for the lengthened music video spotlighting actual cast from The Karate Kid currently:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFlQNtL8F9s
Monday, September 8, 2008
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hahahahahahah you are hilarious..i love tommy too he is a great character. I'll to check in on this clip. It's like when no one could figure out what bastian says on the "neverending story" where he yells out the window when it is storming...which turned out to be "moon child" yeah doesn't makes sense.
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