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    Heres some interesting tidbits about some classic movie characters:



    Whatever Happened to Leroy Green from The Last Dragon?


    Does anyone remember the classic 1985 Karate movie The Last Dragon? It was a movie based in Harlem that showcased two competing masters of martial arts. The star, Leroy Brown, played by Taimak is to save the lovely Laura Charles (played by Vanity) from an evil media mogul.

    But in order to do so he must face Shonuff (played by Julius Carry). I can’t tell if this movie was more of a spoof or a 100% racially profiled movie. You see Asian guys trying to act like black hip hop rap guys from the 80’s. Then they make fun of a black guy for trying to be Asian!

    And since when are the rulers of Harlem Karate masters? Wouldn’t a gun settle all of this? In any event it’s still a classic (plus William H. Macy is in this movie). So whatever happened to Leroy Brown anyway?

    Well, Taimak appeared as a Bartender in Beverly Hills 90210 in 1999-2000. He’s now 44 years old and seems to be alright. Still acting and still doing martial arts. I wonder if he still has the Golden Glow. He may have had to give the Golden blow a few times though.



    “Sweep the leg. Do you have a problem with that?” “No Sensai.” How we all remember good old Billy Zabka. I think I can safely say no one encompassed the word “villain” moreso than William Zabka did in the 80’s.

    First he was Johnny in The Karate Kid. Then he was Greg Tolan in Just One of the guys (a completely underrated 80’s movie by the way). Finally he was the loser diver Chas in Back to School.

    So what’s this 80’s badass up to now?

    According to Wikipedia his latest role was as a director. “In 2007, Zabka directed and starred in a music video for the band No More Kings entitled “Sweep the Leg”. The video stars Zabka as a caricature of himself, living in a trailer park and obsessed with his role in The Karate Kid.

    The video includes cameos by several of the original Karate Kid cast members, including Martin Kove and Ralph Macchio. The video received over 80,000 views within its first week of release and became the number one video on YouTube on March 16th, 2007. The video can be found here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFlQNtL8F9s
    I don't know about you, but I love this kind of stuff. The rest can be found here:http://www.uncoached.com/category/whatever-happened-to/

    Theres about 4 pages, and it includes characters like Long Duck Dong, Ogre from Animal House, and Atrayu from "The Neverending Story". I don't know. Check it out if you are a fan of 80's movies like me.

    If your really cool, post your own "Where are they now" factoids if you see any you like.

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    Man, we must have watched The Last Dragon 100 times.

    "Kiss my Converse!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by nighttrainlayne View Post
    man, we must have watched the last dragon 100 times.

    "kiss my converse!"
    leroy!!

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    We quote old movies like this all the time! "No more yanky my wanky! The donger needs food!" I'll have to check this out after work.

    "G-g-g-g-give me the knife!"

    "Inconcievable!" "I don't think that means what you think it means!"

    "Snakes. I hate snakes!"

    "No light! No light!"

    "That's not a knife, THIS is a knife!"
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