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unusual facts about The Karate Kid, Part II



Fresno Grizzlies

The team hosted such promotions as K-Fed Night and Second Chance Night in 2006; The Price Is Right Night in 2007; and Totally Rad 80s Night featuring The Karate Kid star Billy Zabka in May 2008.

Islington Green School

Students from the school were featured in Pink Floyd's 1979 album The Wall in the song "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)".

John London

Years after the Monkees and the First National Band, London served as key grip on several different productions, including 48 Hrs., Who Will Love My Children?, The Karate Kid, Long Time Gone, and Hudson Hawk.

Reseda, Los Angeles

In The Karate Kid (1984), the main character Daniel LaRusso (played by Ralph Macchio) moves from Newark, New Jersey to Reseda.

Sumo of the Opera

While Sumo of the Opera draws plot elements and names directly from Rocky and has similar plot style to The Karate Kid, the segment that precedes, Going Up!, is an homage to both the Three Stooges and a Laurel and Hardy short film called The Music Box.

The Karate Kid, Part III

Kamen was so disgusted with the way Daniel LaRusso (Macchio's character) was altered for the script that he refused to involve himself in The Next Karate Kid, the only film in the original franchise in which Macchio did not appear.

Totally Awesome

Totally Awesome directly parodies a number of 1980s movies, including Dirty Dancing, Soul Man, Footloose, Some Kind of Wonderful, Sixteen Candles, Teen Wolf, Better Off Dead, Lucas, Pretty in Pink, and The Karate Kid.

Wayne Perkins

In Nashville, Wayne wrote music for Catdaddy Music and co-wrote soundtracks with Emmy Award winning composer/producer/remixer Richard "Wolfie" Wolf for films including The Karate Kid, Part II and Back to School.

Wes Chandler

Minneapolis avant garde jazz trio Happy Apple has a song from their album Please Refrain from Fronting titled "Take Wes Chandler For Instance." Ralph Macchio's character in the movie The Karate Kid wore a San Diego Chargers jersey with Chandler's number, 89, during several scenes of the movie.


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