Territorial Bloggings

Those of you who are of a certain age, having (like me) come of age during the 80’s, know the power & impact (he said only half-facetiously) that The Karate Kid (IMDB Page, Wikipedia Entry) had on American culture in the years since 1984. Heck, the saga of Daniel-san & Mr. Miyagi practically makes ESPN SportsGuy Bill Simmons get all weepy with joy…

I still remember the day in 1984 when I first saw the movie — it happened to be the day that my 2nd niece (who is about to make big sis into Mother-of-the-Bride in just over a month!) was born. It’s a great flick. Even today, it holds up as a great piece of cheezy Americana.

But my main reason for bringing it up now is this: Check out this video — Sweep The Leg by No More Kings. If you ever wondered what became of Johnny & the rest of the Cobra Kai, then this is the video for you! Seriously though, it’s a great video for a really good song that was inspired by the movie - a video that has the benefit of having been written & directed by William Zabka. That’s right, the quintessential mid-80’s teen movie rich-kid bad-guy bully himself!

About the only down-checks are that they didn’t get Elisabeth Shue in the video, and that they had to settle for Mr. Belding as a replacement for Pat Morita (RIP).

Here’s the YouTube version of the video (but you really should just go to iTunes & drop the $1.99 to get the high quality version!):

Tres cool…

-ghp