Comments on: RIP Pat Morita

RIP Pat Morita

Vidiot — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 06:54:05 -0800

The "Hip Nip" is no more. Noriyuki "Pat" Morita has died at 73.

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 06:54:41 -0800

By: Mitheral

Mitheral — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 06:56:59 -0800

By: Robot Johnny

Robot Johnny — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 06:59:04 -0800

wax off.... :(

By: kingfisher, his musclebound cat

kingfisher, his musclebound cat — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 06:59:48 -0800

wipe off.

By: kingfisher, his musclebound cat

kingfisher, his musclebound cat — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:00:33 -0800

dang, yes wax off, not wipe, into the great beyond or nothingness . . .

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:04:07 -0800

. Without Arnold's, I'll have to eat at Denny's.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:06:52 -0800

By: caddis

caddis — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:07:13 -0800

He was a great character actor. .

By: LeeJay

LeeJay — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:09:00 -0800

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:12:54 -0800

. deathfilter.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:13:49 -0800

Goodbye, Arnold.

By: Fuzzy Monster

Fuzzy Monster — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:17:29 -0800

From Yahoo News this morning: • Actor Pat Morita dies at 73 • Witness in Saddam Hussein case dies From this juxtaposition, the only logical conclusion is that Saddam Hussein will be the next Karate Kid.

By: Dantien

Dantien — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:20:38 -0800

Sad. Truly. He made you feel close to him through the screen. .

By: macdara

macdara — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:21:12 -0800

I don't give a toss about George Best popping his clogs, but Pat Morita? I'm close to shedding a tear here...

By: Space Coyote

Space Coyote — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:22:57 -0800

By: Gator

Gator — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:23:36 -0800

Wow. You know, I always liked his work (Happy Days, M*A*S*H, and all that), but I never made any effort to find out anything about him until now. I never knew, for example, about the spinal tuberculosis that he overcame as a kid. Or about his confinement in one of our shameful Japanese-American internment camps during the war. He was always just "Hey, it's that guy who played Arnold and the Karate Kid's teacher." Looks like he led an interesting, character-strengthening life.

By: footnote

footnote — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:24:55 -0800

The FBI marched 11-year old Morita at gunpoint out of the hospital where he was recovering from spinal tuberculosis, and took him to the Gila River internment camp for the remainder of WWII. Nice. Makes me proud to be an American.

By: about_time

about_time — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:27:00 -0800

By: First Post

First Post — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:27:25 -0800

Dammit! No "Collision Course 2" now... .

By: planetkyoto

planetkyoto — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:33:15 -0800

"The chicken is selling like hotcakes!"

By: moonbird

moonbird — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:33:24 -0800

By: Uther Bentrazor

Uther Bentrazor — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:38:53 -0800

Daniel: Hey, what kind of belt do you have? Miyagi: Canvas. JC Penny. Three ninety-eight. You like? [laughs] Daniel: No, I meant... Miyagi: Daniel-san... karate here. [he taps his head] Miyagi: Karate here. [he taps his heart] Miyagi: Karate never here [points to his belt] Miyagi: Understand? .

By: Pendragon

Pendragon — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:40:10 -0800

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By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:40:13 -0800

By: mr.marx

mr.marx — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:51:02 -0800

By: tomcosgrave

tomcosgrave — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:51:37 -0800

By: chunking express

chunking express — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 07:56:39 -0800

That's a real shame. A very charming man to watch on the screen.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:06:07 -0800

The articles don't seem to mention that his stand-up act was seen by none other than Redd Foxx, who he became friends with. Foxx liked to help out his club buddies (like former stripper LaWonda Page who played Esther) and gave Morita a few guest spots playing Fred Sanford's Japanese neighbor.

By: IndpMed

IndpMed — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:14:18 -0800

By: nevercalm

nevercalm — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:17:11 -0800

By: DemeterMaid

DemeterMaid — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:26:36 -0800

By: lalochezia

lalochezia — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:28:58 -0800

"Eye...always look eye....... Come back tomorrow". seriously One of the most wonderful movie portrayals of the master-pupil relationships. .

By: gfrobe

gfrobe — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:30:02 -0800

Pat was in one of my favorite Odd Couple episodes playing a wartime kamikaze pilot who chickens out. Felix: Why didn't you just go back? Pat: They only gave me one way map. That's the same episode where he says "the kids think it's hip to eat nip".

By: DemeterMaid

DemeterMaid — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:33:04 -0800

. disregard the comma. it was a typo.

By: deCadmus

deCadmus — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:34:14 -0800

Daniel: You think you could break a log like that? Miyagi: Don't know. Never been attacked by a tree. One could do worse than be forever type-cast as a world-wise karate master... a role he wore well. .

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:39:50 -0800

I want to wax a car and paint a shed in his honor. .

By: terrapin

terrapin — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:40:22 -0800

rest in peace, Mr. Morita.

By: hoborg

hoborg — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:45:09 -0800

By: Mitheral

Mitheral — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:55:06 -0800

Two from my personal fortune file: Daniel-san, we make sacred pact. I promise teach karate to you, you promise learn. I say, you do, no questions. -- Mr Miyagi Miyagi: Best defense . . . no be there.

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 09:11:14 -0800

This is seriously one of the saddest things I've read all year.

By: botono9

botono9 — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 09:31:28 -0800

By: maryh

maryh — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 09:41:35 -0800

Another great character actor gone... RIP.

By: sdrawkcab

sdrawkcab — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 09:46:05 -0800

. on . off

By: drezdn

drezdn — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 09:47:29 -0800

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 09:57:39 -0800

I want to wax a car and paint a shed in his honor. I've been trying to catch a fly with chopsticks for the last twenty-odd years now. No success yet though. I think they must have used a stunt fly for that scene. .

By: Frank Grimes

Frank Grimes — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:00:56 -0800

"Put him in a body bag, Johnny!" --Cobra Kai

By: Kiell

Kiell — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:01:55 -0800

By: kalimac

kalimac — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:02:37 -0800

By: coldon

coldon — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:12:38 -0800

By: loquacious

loquacious — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:18:05 -0800

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/me misses the big tag

By: sleepy pete

sleepy pete — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:45:18 -0800

ah man, rest in peace dear sir. It seems that he led a full and interesting life.

By: tittergrrl

tittergrrl — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:51:26 -0800

Pat Morita in the "Lost" Entourage Screen Test for HBO's Entourage. (warning, lots of coarse language. NSFW. But funny!) A Stars and Stripes Interview/Article from 1967. Fascinating. Also: .

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 11:26:12 -0800

By: scheptech

scheptech — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 11:46:22 -0800

Or about his confinement in one of our shameful Japanese-American internment camps during the war. Hmm, same as George Takai. .

By: scheptech

scheptech — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 11:46:49 -0800

George Takei

By: bashos_frog

bashos_frog — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:00:26 -0800

. Mr. Miyagi will always have a special place in my cinematic memories. I also really liked him as a big time LV gambler in 'High Roller' (the movie about Stu Ungar). It was like watching the anti-Miyagi.

By: justgary

justgary — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:32:07 -0800

You're the best.

By: scottymac

scottymac — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:59:08 -0800

Pat, you were a friend of mine, and I shall very much miss having another opportunity to meet you at the Smoke House and share another beer. Godspeed, my buddy.

By: kosher_jenny

kosher_jenny — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:21:42 -0800

By: zardoz

zardoz — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:14:12 -0800

By: bz

bz — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:14:22 -0800

By: Heywood Mogroot

Heywood Mogroot — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:02:53 -0800

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By: ktoad

ktoad — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:44:17 -0800

By: bjgeiger

bjgeiger — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 18:12:54 -0800

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 20:42:40 -0800

By: furiousxgeorge

furiousxgeorge — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 03:00:53 -0800

Daniel: Hey where did these old cars come from? Miyagi: Detroit.

By: jayCampbell

jayCampbell — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 11:31:57 -0800

By: feelinglistless

feelinglistless — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 14:54:17 -0800

By: badlydubbedboy

badlydubbedboy — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 09:13:16 -0800