![]() Life was good and I was at my first college party - well, first since I was actually in college anyway. Larry Bird, Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson had just won the Olympic Gold Medal in basketball as members of the Dream Team and I was a 17-year-old freshman in college. Join me for a journey to my past, won't you? What a great story that would've been, though! But truthfully, many of the escape tactics that helped me as a wise-guy teenager I learned in "The Karate Kid" movies. We were leaving a nightclub in Vero Beach, Calif., one night. And aside from the on-the-edge-of-your-seat Karate scenes, there were valuable lessons to be learned from "The Karate Kid" films. You know a film has made it big when it joins the ranks of such legendary cinematic efforts as "Slapshot," "Mallrats" and "Animal House" as dormitory, fraternity and sorority house staples. ![]() Miyagi in "The Karate Kid" franchise, the role that brought Morita his greatest fame.Īdults and children alike are fans of the four movies, especially the first two. He also looked as though he could still kick some bad-guy butt, which he sometimes did as Mr. Morita, who played Arnold, owner of the restaurant Potsie Webber and his pals hung out at, looked like he still could whip up a burger and milkshake for two with the best of them. The 73-year-old died of natural causes, but it was still surprising for anyone who saw him in this year's "Happy Days" reunion special that aired on TV Land. It was with great sadness that movie buffs around the world learned recently of the death of Pat Morita. ![]()
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