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Okay, then,
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let's look way inside your heart and your spirit and see,
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if God gave you
one wish in your lifetime
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to do for the rest of your life,
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what would it be?
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Pat Morita,
a bright and witty young man,
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was born in San Francisco
of Japanese parents.
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He tells me
he's never been to Japan,
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but his comedy certainly is
well oriented.
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Well, uh,
here he is, Pat Morita.
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Mr. Pat Morita.
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Oh, yes.
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Pat Morita,
ladies and gentlemen!
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It's a great pleasure
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to be back on Hollywood Palace.
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Why am I talking like that for?
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I don't talk like that.
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Lenny Bruce's mother
named him "The Hip Nip,"
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but he hung on because now
all of a sudden he had an angle.
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Stand-up comedians are
the hardest job in the world.
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He would tend to do
the same show over again,
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and then he couldn't figure out
why he wasn't getting laughs.
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I don't think he paid
much attention
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to the rules of the game.
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You know, he kind of did
what he wanted to do.
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His comedy was his, you know,
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his defense, you know,
in a beautiful way.
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He has a funny sense of humor
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because you don't know
when he's serious,
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you don't know when he is
setting you up for a joke.
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He opened for Vic Damone,
Connie Stevens, and, uh,
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Redd Foxx,
who put him on his show.
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One thing I learned with comics
is they are, actually,
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some of the most unhappy,
tortured people,
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and their comedy
comes from pain.
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Pat was a very soulful guy.
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He had a lot of inner demons.
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He struggled a lot
with depression,
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and he was drinking too much,
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and he was doing too much drugs.
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And he hid a lot of that
with the jokes and the humor.
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He told me he'd never
stop drinking.
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And one of the reasons he said,
he didn't think he'd be funny.
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The first day
Pat Morita came on the set,
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I can tell by his sense of humor
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that he was going
to become somebody.
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Everybody fell in love with Pat.
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Kind of soft-spoken.
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Then, when he would get on
and be the character,
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he turned
into this totally other guy
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and he was hysterical, you know,
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everything
out of his mouth was funny.
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Just his innate brilliance
at comedy was incredible.
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I mean, just-- and he,
he added so much to script
and to character and--
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He was just a lovely,
lovely man.
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I-- He seemed to be
very grateful.
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He really chose
to make fun of the stereotype.
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He really embraced the things
that many of us run away from.
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He ran to it.
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Pat went on
and became a huge star,
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left us all in the dust.
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Really, that's what happened.
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It was an incredible
accomplishment for Pat
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to get nominated for an Oscar.
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What I envisioned
when I wrote it,
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he became
the embodiment of that.
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And he created
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one of the iconic characters
in American Cinema.
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Good morning, everyone,
and welcome to Table for 5
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with Felicia and Annette.
We are live.
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I want to introduce our guest,
Evelyn Guerrero-Morita.
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Evelyn is an actor and producer,
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and she's here to tell us
about a love project.
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My first question
out of the gate
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is how did you meet Pat Morita?
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- You have an hour?
- Yeah.
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I was about 12 years old
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when I first met him.
My aunt, Sally Marr,
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was managing not only her son,
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Lenny Bruce, but she was
also managing my mother.
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At the same time,
she was mentoring Pat,
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who was just beginning
to get into stand-up comedy.
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- Oh, wow.
- And so, I met him
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through my mom
and my aunt Sally.
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But, you know, what's funny is,
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if somebody had told me then
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that I would marry him
years later,
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- I'd say, "Are you crazy?
Uncle Pat?"
-Right?
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He was always,
like, my uncle Pat.
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You know, right?
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Okay, here it is.
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This is a manuscript that,
uh, Pat started writing in '96.
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Unfortunately, he wasn't
able to, to complete it.
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And so his,
his wish on his deathbed was
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that I complete it, and get
it done, and get it out there.
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This was Pat's
little office nook.
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Pat was so cute, he never wanted
to do anything in his office.
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I guess he wanted to be close
to me and the cats and--
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yeah, he was always
on the phone, you know,
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and tha-- that was his spot.
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Hey, George, it's Pat.
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Um, I received your,
uh, fax letter.
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Uh, thanks for your concern and, uh, good luck.
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Hope to talk to you. Bye.
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He'd have piles
and piles of scripts,
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and treatments, and letters,
and, and communications,
and press and--
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I said, "Honey, we got--
we have to do something
with this mess."
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Pat, what's on that shit pile
of papers on that counter?
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I don't know.
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Are they all important?
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Um, for the most part,
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but they just need
to be sorted and correlated.
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But are they really important?
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Huh?
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How are you? Look.
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Chime in.
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I'm doing a documentary
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about celebrity psychosis.
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Long story short...
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my name at birth was
Noriyuki Morita.
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That entire chapter of my life
changed me forever.
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When I was two years old, I was diagnosed with spinal TB.
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And my parents were too poor
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to get regular
medical attention.
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In fact, the,
the mentality then was
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people were afraid
to go see a doctor
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because the doctor
might find out something.
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And my parents were told,
"This kid ain't
going to make it.
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And if he does by some miracle,
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he'll never walk again
for the rest of his life."
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I spent, uh,
nine years in a hospital,
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from ages two to 11.
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And, uh, for the most part
was immobilized,
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uh, for seven
of those nine years
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with a cast
from shoulder to knee.
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So I was either on gurneys
or on a bed.
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And if you're flat on your back
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and you can't walk,
and you're prone and,
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and life goes on around you,
there's--
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there's not too much sense
you can make out of all of that.
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Uh, hey, there were kids
in my ward that died.
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So at least I made it
through something.
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So how was
he finally able to walk?
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Well, the Shriners took over
his case in 1939
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and they performed, uh,
an experimental surgery
on his spine.
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I think they fused
a couple of discs.
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I mean, it was very, very risky.
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And it was successful,
and he was able to walk again.
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And then, two years later,
the war started.
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Flash, Washington.
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The White House announces Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Uh, long story short,
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I was escorted from the hospital by an FBI guy
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to join my parents
at an internment camp
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in the middle of Arizona.
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They were
all behind barbed wire,
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I didn't know the difference,
you know,
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I was just happy to be walking.
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But I could feel,
and sense, and hear
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all the colors and horrors
of incarceration,
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the sadness, the hopelessness.
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And I'll never forget,
I got there and for the--
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for four days straight, I cried.
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I was homesick for the hospital
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and the nurses.
Well, you know, I spent
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all my time up there
with them and, uh,
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and my, uh,
ward mates and stuff.
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So there was
a big hole in my heart,
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which my parents, of course,
couldn't fill.
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And they kept insisting
on talking,
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talking to me in Japanese, which I was so far removed from,
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so it made me feel more lost.
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Uncle Sam and we Americans,
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we like to use euphemistic words
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or invent words, uh, if we think
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certain other words
are too harsh.
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So they called them
relocation centers.
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They were America's versions
of concentration camps.
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Where did they go after that?
Did they relocate them,
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come back to California?
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They moved to Sacramento
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and they opened up
a Chinese restaurant.
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But why a Chinese restaurant?
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Because Japanese food
wasn't popular there.
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Guess not.
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And Japanese people were
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still being
discriminated against.
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And, in fact,
a lot of Japanese people
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- claimed
they were Chinese. Yeah.
- Wow.
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Racism comes in many,
many forms.
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It all happens a lot
behind the camera,
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not so much today
in my time, thankfully,
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but that's also a barometer
of how far we've progressed.
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So, did he always dream of being
in th-- in show business?
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No, actually,
he wanted to be a doctor.
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-A doctor? Wow.
-Really?
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He wanted to go
to medical school.
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- Oh, wow.
- Yeah.
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Two weeks before I was to go
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start my school year,
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my mother comes at big tears
and, and she says, uh,
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"Papa don't know
how to tell you,
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but you can't go to college."
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"What do you mean,
I can't go to college?
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I'm going to college."
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"No, no, you--
we really need you here."
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Oh, I wanted to shoot myself,
you know,
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and then, of course,
there's a big tug of war
in a Japanese family.
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I don't know about now. You have to do what your parents say.
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You have to. So I went to work
in my father's restaurant
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and I didn't enjoy it,
but I had this loyalty
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to my parents,
who were struggling.
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I heard he was married
a few times.
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Mm-hmm. Yeah, he was married
twice before.
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Uh, his first wife was Kay...
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- Okay.
- ...and they had a daughter,
Erin.
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And his second wife was Yuki,
and they had two children,
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uh, Ali and Tia.
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- All girls.
- He was a great father.
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- Oh.
- -Yeah, he really loved his kids.
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That's awesome.
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Between experiencing
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the first family, and raising
a child, and working
at the restaurant,
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I wanted
a so-called regular job,
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a real job that paid real money.
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And I found my way into working
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for what would become a giant
in the aerospace industry.
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And in the meantime,
I was 190 pounds and frustrated.
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And I didn't know
where I was going in life.
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And, like, we all have a little
Jiminy Cricket on our shoulder,
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mine kept saying,
"Show business."
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I just made up my mind
at age 30, that was it.
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I said, "If I don't do it now,
I'll never do it,
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and for the rest of my life
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I'll kick myself
in the you-know-what."
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And I told myself,
"If I have anything at this,
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I'm going to do
a five-year plan."
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And if I could make
the Ed Sullivan Show,
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number one top variety show
in the country at the time,
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in five years, that would be an indicator to me
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that I got something enough
to keep going on.
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Well, I made the Hollywood
Palace in four years.
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And they were number two
in the country.
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Next we have a talented
young man, very unusual,
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a Japanese comedian.
I know you like him,
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especially all you people
who understand Japanese.
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Here he is, in his first
television appearance,
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Pat Morita. Pat!
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Okay, so much for the Japanese
portion of my act.
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He would steal jokes
out of the Reader's Digest.
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That's how he got started.
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-Imagine it.
-I didn't know how to write,
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and when I first began,
I'd make something
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from Benjamin Franklin
sound like I said it.
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I'm working
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the Ginza West,
in San Francisco.
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I notice, notice this fella
sitting at the end of the bar.
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He says, "You know,
you got a lot of promise.
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You ought to come down to LA,
Hollywood,
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where I live
and meet my manager."
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"Who's your manager?"
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"Oh, uh, her name is Sally Marr.
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She's Lenny Bruce's mother."
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I go down, I meet her.
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We just hit it from the--
right from the get-go.
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I said, "And you have to be
very aware, very sharp,
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and above the average."
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And the next thing I know,
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I'm working all over the place,
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"The Hip Nip,"
that was my billing.
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Working at a club isn't, like,
working. My-- I don't have
what we call an act,
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you know, I-- I figured, uh,
"My people lost a war, why act?"
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One of his first professional
gigs as a comedian,
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he didn't really know
who he's performing for
until he got there.
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Well, it was a union
of Pearl Harbor Survivors.
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And there's Pat.
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So he was, "Oh, how the hell
do you make jokes in front--"
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So, so he goes on,
he goes, "Before I start,
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I just want to apologize
for messing up your harbor."
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And then there was,
like, slow laughter
from the back room, they go...
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"Oh!"
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They started laughing, so, so,
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so he had to make
these self-effacing jokes.
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I haven't felt this good since,
uh, December 8th, 1941.
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I come into a time where a comic
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had the opportunity
to work these little shows
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not to do his spot so much.
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But came the emergence
of things likeLaugh'in.
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...who else?
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Give me sake, give me sake,
give me sake, give me sake.
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Not me, her,
you wrong-eye idiot.
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I didn't feel uncomfortable.
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I had no, no camera shyness,
you know, uh...
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I realized
that I was merely transposing
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telling a joke
to a live audience
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to acting out the jokes
for an "out there" audience.
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So that made a foundation
for later on
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getting into the acting genre.
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Hat.
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Love will...
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...keep us together.
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Good, uh? Uh?
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Well, oh, Pat, I--
I really have to be honest.
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It was the pits, Pat.
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The pits, Pat.
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The colonel Pak,
uh, onMá*AáSá*H,
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was really my first serious role
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within the spectrum
of a so-called comedy show.
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-Good news.
-I'll take it.
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I had a long,
reasonable talk with the farmer
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-and everything's cool.
-Great.
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You got three days
to get the hell out of here.
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The Bob Newhart Show, uh,
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I think I was a bartender.
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I just can't think
of the name of it.
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Harvey Wallbanger.
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Oh, Howard Borden.
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Aren't you ever going
to get married again?
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-Why should I?
-I need a mother.
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You can have mine.
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That'll be all, Charlie,
Thank you.
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I'll let you sit down
and chitchat for a while.
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I mean, how's your mother?
Is she Chinese too?
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Yeah, she was,
after Pearl Harbor.
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That's Deputy Captain.
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You painted the wrong cabin.
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Oh. Deputy Captain.
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You painted the wrong room.
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Cabin.
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I am now silent partner.
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Oh, don't be a bad bird.
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If, as they say,
we are what we eat,
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then your friend is a meatball.
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See, Mr. Sanford,
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I've had dinner here so often
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that I just figured it'd be nice
if I cooked for you once.
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The way to a man's heart is
through his stomach, right?
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Yeah, and the way
to the street is use your feet.
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I go way back
with Redd Foxx.
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When I was beginning
my career as a stand-up comic,
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he was just probably the most
naturally funniest human being
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I've ever known in my lifetime.
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Way down deep inside,
we're both exactly the same.
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Yeah, deep down.
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As we get closer to the surface,
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I turn black
and you turn yellow.
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So, another great story
that I stumbled upon,
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uh, was the relationship
that he had with Redd Foxx.
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Oh, yeah, no,
they were very tight friends.
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- Yeah.
- In fact, uh, Redd Foxx had a little club
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called Foxx's
on La Cienega, in LA.
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-Okay.
-And Pat used to get up
all the time and, and perform.
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Several years down the line,
Gary, I remember seeing him
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in the commissary at Paramount, the old commissary.
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I walked by, just to say hi,
and he says,
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"Oh, Pat," he says,
"gee, perfect.
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I'm doing a pilot and, uh,
and I think you'd be wonderful
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for a certain scene and,
and a part I have in mind."
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It was calledWives,
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and starring in it
was his sister, Penny...
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and we made the pilot,
and, uh, it didn't make it.
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However, a few years later,
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I get a call out of the blue...
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and it's Gary, and he says,
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"Pat, we're doing this show
calledHappy Days,
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and I wanted to tell you,
I really want you
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for this part of Arnold."
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He says, "You don't have to read for the part or nothing.
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You just come in and you're perfect for Arnold."
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And, and actually,
I joined them the third year
of their existence.
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Our show was a pretty,
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pretty decent success
in the first season.
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But in the second season,
when we were still on camera,
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the ratings were going down.
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And there was
even some question
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whether we'd be renewed for--
uh, by ABC.
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We were almost
kicked off the air.
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There were only three networks
when Happy Daysstarted.
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We were down
to 48th place in the ratings.
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And Fred Silverman had, uh,
come into power at ABC.
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And between our director,
Jerry Paris,
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uh, and Garry Marshall
and Fred Silverman,
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they all decided
to give us one more shot.
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ABC had set down
a template of criteria
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for Gary to answer to
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for them to pick up the show
for the third year.
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And the criteria were,
number one...
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get Fonzie into the house,
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that was easy, they build an,
an apartment above the garage,
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three camera tape,
live audience.
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And we physically
have to see Arnold.
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You know, there were waitresses
and people that work for him
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and they would refer to Arnold,
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they would refer to him,
but you'd never see him.
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That's why you think they go,
"We got to,
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now, introduce Arnold."
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Are we going to stand for that?
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- No!
- No! Get Arnold out here!
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Yeah, we want Arnold.
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-Do what? Do what?
-We want Arnold.
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00:20:18,913 --> 00:20:20,871
-What do we want?
-We want Arnold.
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-What do we want?
-We want Arnold.
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00:20:22,569 --> 00:20:24,919
What--
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What is it?
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And, from the time he came on,
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everybody fell in love with Pat,
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he was just-- he was
a real sweetheart of a guy.
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I was astounded
by how funny he could be,
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uh, with no words at all.
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Third episode into the season
that they're shooting,
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Garry Marshall picks his head
over Jerry's shoulder
and he says,
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"Pick an accent.
We're going to, uh,
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start taping in 20 minutes."
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I had been doing the whole week as I talk to you.
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So, naturally, you know,
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going back to the old Chinese
restaurant days,
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one of the fun things I used to do was mimic our cook.
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So, the next thing you know,
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the Arnold, he talk
like the old Chinese cook,
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and he laugh like the old
Chinese...
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And it made the character work, you know, so...
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This check, it's too much.
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Why are you so cheap?
This joint's always packed.
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Packed, sure, but no money.
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You kids take up space
with small soda
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and big doo-wops,
there's no money in doo-wops!
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And then I remember
our director, Jerry Paris,
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he was the one who said,
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"I think we should turn this
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into a three camera show."
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We had to go live
because in order--
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in order to compete
because owing the family.
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Happy Days is filmed
before a live audience.
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A lot of people were saying,
"Well, you're going to lose
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the feeling of the '50s,"
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because we, we were able
to do the outdoor drive in
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with the cars and, you know, y--
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like a graffiti kind of feel,
you know, a graffiti,
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and we were going
to lose that if you go
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inside with an audience.
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But he said, "I really think
this cast can do it."
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And most of us
were stage actors.
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So we, we looked forward to it.
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And see, Pat was used
to working with an audience.
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So he, when that audience
would be cheering and laughing,
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I mean, he would just get
hotter and hotter,
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and better,
and better, and better.
And we'v-- we lift off that.
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Five, six weeks
into the shooting process,
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and we're doing good.
The numbers are climbing
and we're going,
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you know, through the top,
and there comes Jerry again.
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"You can't play Arnold."
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"I c-- I can't--
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I can't play Arn-- I am Arnold.
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I'm the only Arnold
that the world has ever seen."
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"Well, um, you're Japanese
and Arnold is Chinese."
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"You guys were the ones
that said 'Pick an accent'!"
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00:22:55,722 --> 00:22:57,637
"Standards and Practices says,
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because Arnold is Chinese
and you're Japanese,
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00:23:01,467 --> 00:23:05,862
you can't play him." The actors survival syndrome kicks in
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00:23:05,993 --> 00:23:08,082
and, and I'm like,
"Wait a minute, wait a minute.
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00:23:08,212 --> 00:23:10,127
Arnold doesn't have
a last name."
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00:23:10,258 --> 00:23:13,653
"So?" "I have-- uh,
it's Arnold Takahashi.
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Okay, how about that?
Just get behind it?"
"Why does he talks Chinese?"
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I said, "Ah, because,
you see, during World War II,
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he was in French Indochina.
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Uh, he have a Chinese mother...
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...who got knocked up
by a Japanese soldier
in Manchuria somewhere
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and never saw him again,
and raised her only son
to talk English
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and this is the way
she learned him for how to talk.
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And they went, "I buy it."
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And they walked out--
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Oh, boy...
This business.
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00:23:46,425 --> 00:23:47,991
So I got an ad in the mail!
There's a guy named
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Mitsumo Takahashi
giving jiu-jitsu lessons.
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Where, Tokyo?
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00:23:52,605 --> 00:23:54,868
No, he gives them right here
at Arnold's, on Sunday night.
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-No kidding.
-Yeah!
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They had written
an episode about karate.
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And I said, "Wait a minute."
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In those days,
they didn't do karate.
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The most popular Asian martial art form was judo.
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00:24:09,839 --> 00:24:13,626
And what happens is
Ralph Malf and Potsie,
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they're going to, you know,
learn to protect ourselves
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and we're going to go
to this judo school.
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00:24:19,066 --> 00:24:24,027
And it turns out the judo school is at Arnold's, in the restaurant.
486
00:24:24,158 --> 00:24:28,162
Wait a minute, Arnold.
The paper said Mitsumo Takahashi
is giving the class.
487
00:24:28,292 --> 00:24:30,164
I am Mitsumo Takahashi.
488
00:24:30,294 --> 00:24:31,644
Is this the face of a Arnold?
489
00:24:31,774 --> 00:24:34,168
The joy I got out of it
is I choreographed
490
00:24:34,298 --> 00:24:35,778
all the throw scenes.
491
00:24:35,909 --> 00:24:37,258
Hey, Arnold,
that was a little quick.
492
00:24:37,388 --> 00:24:38,564
Could you show it to us again?
493
00:24:38,694 --> 00:24:40,261
I don't think I got it.
494
00:24:42,350 --> 00:24:43,438
I got it.
495
00:24:43,569 --> 00:24:44,961
Well, that was a--
496
00:24:45,092 --> 00:24:46,572
a precursor of things to come.
497
00:24:46,702 --> 00:24:50,489
Okay. I'm looking
for another loudmouth volunteer.
498
00:24:51,751 --> 00:24:52,839
One of my favorites was
499
00:24:52,969 --> 00:24:54,493
when he was married,
500
00:24:54,623 --> 00:24:56,712
and I got to write
the corny song.
501
00:24:56,843 --> 00:24:59,933
♪ A Japanese wedding song
from Potsie to you ♪
502
00:25:00,542 --> 00:25:03,458
♪ One set of chopsticks
made just for two ♪
503
00:25:03,589 --> 00:25:05,504
That episode, for me,
504
00:25:05,634 --> 00:25:09,290
was one of the first,
maybe the first time that,
505
00:25:09,420 --> 00:25:12,293
that--
on a national program scale,
506
00:25:12,423 --> 00:25:15,949
that I got to be
the centerpiece of something.
507
00:25:16,079 --> 00:25:19,213
And it just gave me great,
great courage.
508
00:25:20,170 --> 00:25:23,173
And we were often running
and then, uh, became number one.
509
00:25:23,304 --> 00:25:26,699
I got to run now.
I got to get back and,
uh, rip off my tongue.
510
00:25:28,527 --> 00:25:29,440
Bye!
511
00:25:31,268 --> 00:25:33,532
People asked me, "Why did
you leaveHappy Days?"
512
00:25:33,662 --> 00:25:36,186
I really didn't
leaveHappy Days.
513
00:25:36,317 --> 00:25:39,538
They offered him,
it was like, his own show,
514
00:25:39,668 --> 00:25:43,280
as opposed to being
just a supporting character.
515
00:25:43,759 --> 00:25:47,197
Fred Silverman
became head of ABC.
516
00:25:48,198 --> 00:25:50,244
He wanted Pat in the show.
517
00:25:51,593 --> 00:25:55,510
You know, it's-- I guess
that's a hard thing to,
to, uh, turn down.
518
00:25:55,641 --> 00:25:56,729
I mean, yes, yo-- on one hand,
519
00:25:56,859 --> 00:25:58,600
you're on the number one show.
520
00:25:59,645 --> 00:26:02,256
But you're not the star. So...
521
00:26:02,386 --> 00:26:04,563
He, uh, was a, a father
522
00:26:04,693 --> 00:26:07,261
who had hired, um,
an American governess
523
00:26:07,957 --> 00:26:09,132
to watch his two kids
524
00:26:09,263 --> 00:26:11,047
because he, he was a widower.
525
00:26:11,178 --> 00:26:13,267
And, uh, I was his daughter,
526
00:26:13,397 --> 00:26:17,097
and it was just how she was
a bungling type of, uh, nanny.
527
00:26:17,227 --> 00:26:18,707
I think she really
didn't know anything.
528
00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:21,928
My exposure on, uh,
529
00:26:22,058 --> 00:26:26,541
Welcome Back, Kotter,
was the test run for--
530
00:26:26,672 --> 00:26:28,804
to see if this kind
of a guy would work.
531
00:26:29,631 --> 00:26:32,721
This is your next career day
speaker, Mr. Takahashi, uh,
532
00:26:32,852 --> 00:26:35,115
from Bonyari Industries, Tokyo.
He's an inventor.
533
00:26:35,245 --> 00:26:37,421
-Oh, nice to meet you.
-And, uh, you too.
534
00:26:37,900 --> 00:26:41,817
Nobody that I know faulted
Pat for making that decision.
535
00:26:41,948 --> 00:26:45,299
We all supported him,
wanted only the best for him.
536
00:26:45,429 --> 00:26:48,694
He was really, uh,
the first Asian
537
00:26:48,824 --> 00:26:50,739
to ever star in a sitcom.
538
00:26:50,870 --> 00:26:52,436
I mean, the guy,
in a lot of ways,
539
00:26:52,567 --> 00:26:54,134
was a real pioneer.
540
00:26:54,264 --> 00:26:59,530
He was playing this really
eccentric, kind of wacky guy.
541
00:26:59,661 --> 00:27:03,186
And especially as a kid, I felt
like I was kind of wacky too,
542
00:27:03,317 --> 00:27:05,188
and it was great seeing
this Japanese-American
543
00:27:05,319 --> 00:27:09,149
who is known
not as straight-laced and quiet,
544
00:27:09,279 --> 00:27:10,411
but really out there.
545
00:27:10,541 --> 00:27:12,195
And so,
that was really exciting.
546
00:27:12,326 --> 00:27:13,544
It was ahead of its time,
547
00:27:15,068 --> 00:27:17,244
but people didn't accept,
from what I believe, anyway,
548
00:27:17,374 --> 00:27:20,421
uh, a man in a lead
who was Asian,
549
00:27:20,551 --> 00:27:23,642
who had a normal kind of family.
They weren't ready for it.
550
00:27:23,772 --> 00:27:26,122
Saturday is the premiere
ofMr. T and Tina.
551
00:27:26,253 --> 00:27:27,776
Tina is cool.
552
00:27:27,907 --> 00:27:30,649
I don't care about the body
temperature of governess.
553
00:27:30,779 --> 00:27:33,434
No matter how talented you are,
you need the right vehicle.
554
00:27:33,564 --> 00:27:34,914
It was the wrong vehicle.
555
00:27:35,044 --> 00:27:38,569
Pat knew it,
but he went with it.
556
00:27:38,700 --> 00:27:41,660
They paid me for 13 episodes.
557
00:27:42,312 --> 00:27:45,533
We, uh, shot ten,
they showed four,
558
00:27:46,142 --> 00:27:47,622
and we were off the air.
559
00:28:02,811 --> 00:28:06,206
I was living in Hawaii.
I was down in the dumps again.
560
00:28:06,336 --> 00:28:08,295
The career was
on a slide and I'm...
561
00:28:08,904 --> 00:28:11,951
working in Hawaii, taking what work I can find, you know,
562
00:28:12,081 --> 00:28:16,085
nightclub comic work,
writing copy for commercials,
doing whatever.
563
00:28:16,607 --> 00:28:21,090
Came back to the mainland,
re-signed with my then agent,
564
00:28:21,221 --> 00:28:23,353
uh, for another three years
and whatever,
565
00:28:23,484 --> 00:28:27,096
and was literally
on my way back to Hawaii, um,
566
00:28:27,227 --> 00:28:28,881
because there was
nothing else to do here.
567
00:28:29,011 --> 00:28:31,797
There were no parts,
no offers that I knew of.
568
00:28:31,927 --> 00:28:36,105
Walking out the door of the agents office and I hear...
569
00:28:36,715 --> 00:28:38,891
"Pat Morita,
where the heck is Pat Morita?
570
00:28:39,021 --> 00:28:39,979
I got to find--"
571
00:28:41,371 --> 00:28:42,285
And the secretary, Sarah, says,
572
00:28:43,939 --> 00:28:44,723
"He just walked
out the door, sir."
573
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:47,377
"Pat,
get your butt back in here,
you got to read this script.
574
00:28:48,552 --> 00:28:49,728
I think it's perfect
for you, right?"
575
00:28:49,858 --> 00:28:52,034
So I do. I like the part.
576
00:28:56,517 --> 00:28:59,825
There was humor
in Robert Kamen's script and,
577
00:28:59,955 --> 00:29:03,306
and Mr. Miyagi, but it was
lightly, lightly peppered,
578
00:29:03,437 --> 00:29:05,395
and he was-- you know,
they always spoke
579
00:29:05,526 --> 00:29:08,703
about this majestic
Toshiro Mifune,
580
00:29:08,834 --> 00:29:12,751
this Akira Kurosawa
kind of Japanese sensei
581
00:29:12,881 --> 00:29:14,622
who teaches the boy
how to fight.
582
00:29:14,753 --> 00:29:17,233
That now has a, you know,
a soft chewy center,
583
00:29:17,364 --> 00:29:19,409
you know what I mean?
I think the big question
584
00:29:19,540 --> 00:29:21,934
for Avildsen at the time,
if memory serves,
585
00:29:22,064 --> 00:29:24,937
is he doesn't
really speak English.
586
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,768
And Toshiro Mifune
came in and did a read,
587
00:29:29,898 --> 00:29:32,553
they put him on tape,
and he was a samurai,
588
00:29:32,683 --> 00:29:34,511
he was sensei, alright?
589
00:29:34,642 --> 00:29:36,949
Caro Jones, who is the casting
director at the time,
590
00:29:37,863 --> 00:29:41,910
said, "What about Pat Morita?
I think he-- you know, let's,
let's bring him in to read."
591
00:29:42,041 --> 00:29:46,088
Jerry Weintraub,
when he heard Pat Morita...
592
00:29:47,046 --> 00:29:49,526
he said, "I'm not
hiring Arnold from Happy Days."
593
00:29:49,657 --> 00:29:51,659
We all know what that's like,
594
00:29:51,790 --> 00:29:53,922
facing that,
you get so associated with it
595
00:29:54,053 --> 00:29:56,882
that you get typecast.
It's hard to break away.
596
00:29:57,012 --> 00:30:00,189
The producer couldn't
get past that and didn't
even want to consider it.
597
00:30:00,842 --> 00:30:04,498
"Can't have a Catskill
Comic playing Mr. Miyagi."
598
00:30:04,628 --> 00:30:06,456
You know,
"He was build as 'The Hip Nip,'
599
00:30:06,587 --> 00:30:08,676
I'm not getting--
this guy is, you know--"
600
00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:11,374
And I was more, like-- I'm
listening, I'm thinking of...
601
00:30:11,505 --> 00:30:13,812
the Arnold from Happy Days.
602
00:30:13,942 --> 00:30:16,640
I said, "Give me
a chance to train him.
603
00:30:17,641 --> 00:30:21,907
You pick a scene that you like
and have him do it."
604
00:30:22,037 --> 00:30:24,910
And we did th--
the one scene that he did with,
605
00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:26,476
uh, Martin Kove,
606
00:30:26,607 --> 00:30:29,001
where he put Martin Kove
on his knees
607
00:30:29,131 --> 00:30:32,787
and he was just, uh,
"Mercy is for the weak.
608
00:30:32,918 --> 00:30:34,658
We don't train
to be merciful here."
609
00:30:34,789 --> 00:30:38,575
And then he starts to make
this move in Martin Kove,
610
00:30:38,706 --> 00:30:41,578
and he goes, "Honk!"
And pulls and tweaks his nose.
611
00:30:41,709 --> 00:30:46,105
So we, uh,
we used his skill as a comedian
612
00:30:46,670 --> 00:30:48,629
to do some of those parts.
613
00:30:49,717 --> 00:30:52,328
They're gathered
in a pre-production meeting
614
00:30:52,459 --> 00:30:53,721
a few days later and...
615
00:30:54,635 --> 00:30:57,029
and during the process,
John reaches over
616
00:30:57,159 --> 00:30:58,813
and clicks on the monitor.
617
00:30:58,944 --> 00:31:03,296
And in mid-sentence, Jerry goes,
"Wait a minute, who's that?
618
00:31:03,426 --> 00:31:06,473
That's a Miyagi.
Who the hell is that actor?"
619
00:31:06,603 --> 00:31:12,087
And John says,
"That's the Pat Morita you refused to read for this part."
620
00:31:12,958 --> 00:31:14,394
The rest is history.
621
00:31:14,524 --> 00:31:16,439
They bring me in five times.
622
00:31:16,962 --> 00:31:18,572
They want to see
if I can do it again.
623
00:31:18,702 --> 00:31:20,617
Mr. Miyagi, wha-- what,
what belt do you have?
624
00:31:21,096 --> 00:31:24,404
Oh! Canvas. You like?
625
00:31:25,492 --> 00:31:26,754
Yeah, it's very nice.
626
00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:28,756
Uh, J.C. Penney, 3,98.
627
00:31:30,976 --> 00:31:32,499
Then they bring Ralphie in.
628
00:31:34,414 --> 00:31:34,936
Fly him in from New York,
they want to see
if there's chemistry.
629
00:31:36,416 --> 00:31:38,113
We do it, they did make me--
make us do it again,
630
00:31:38,244 --> 00:31:42,901
this time in costume,
in front of the studio heads.
631
00:31:43,031 --> 00:31:47,166
The fifth time they bring me in, we are on a cold, blank,
632
00:31:47,296 --> 00:31:50,604
outline stage, no sets,
nothing, but in costume,
633
00:31:50,734 --> 00:31:52,301
uh, but they shoot it.
634
00:31:52,432 --> 00:31:54,695
Not everything is as it seems.
635
00:31:56,349 --> 00:31:57,959
Bullshit, man!
636
00:31:58,481 --> 00:32:03,008
And, to Jerry's credit,
he's-- gets on the horn
637
00:32:03,530 --> 00:32:07,316
and says, "Pat, I almost made
the worst mistake of my life.
638
00:32:07,447 --> 00:32:09,710
I just want to be the first
to congratulate you.
639
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:11,146
You got the part of Miyagi."
640
00:32:11,799 --> 00:32:14,454
What Pat Morita had
from the get-go
641
00:32:15,194 --> 00:32:18,937
is he had all the beats,
all the dramatic beats.
642
00:32:19,067 --> 00:32:23,245
He had-- he was a comic,
so he knew where the humor was.
643
00:32:23,376 --> 00:32:26,988
He really got to a place at--
where he was playing a character
644
00:32:28,033 --> 00:32:30,557
that he knew, that it wasn't
something he made up.
645
00:32:30,687 --> 00:32:33,516
When I finally read the script,
by page three,
646
00:32:34,430 --> 00:32:36,215
-I know this guy.
-Yeah.
647
00:32:36,345 --> 00:32:38,739
I, I, I had his walk.
648
00:32:38,869 --> 00:32:41,133
I had his sound,
I had his voice level,
649
00:32:41,263 --> 00:32:42,786
I had his pattern of speech.
650
00:32:42,917 --> 00:32:44,788
And had felt
651
00:32:44,919 --> 00:32:47,313
such a responsibility
to that character
652
00:32:48,314 --> 00:32:50,403
that there's no one
on the planet that,
653
00:32:50,533 --> 00:32:53,623
that could've played that role
at the level that he did.
654
00:32:53,754 --> 00:32:56,017
When you watch
him play Mr. Miyagi,
655
00:32:56,148 --> 00:32:59,151
he inhabits that character soul,
656
00:32:59,281 --> 00:33:01,414
completely forget
it's Pat Morita.
657
00:33:01,544 --> 00:33:03,372
He became wise and kind
658
00:33:03,503 --> 00:33:07,246
and open and big-hearted,
and at the same time,
659
00:33:07,376 --> 00:33:09,422
you knew he was bearing
some sort of pain.
660
00:33:10,075 --> 00:33:13,252
Fighting always
last answer to problem.
661
00:33:13,382 --> 00:33:15,863
And that's what made the movie,
his relationship with Daniel,
662
00:33:15,994 --> 00:33:19,214
it wasn't my story, I mean,
you know, that story's
been told a hundred times.
663
00:33:19,736 --> 00:33:21,695
It was his relationship with,
with Ralph,
664
00:33:21,825 --> 00:33:24,176
that perfect chemistry
with these two people that,
665
00:33:24,306 --> 00:33:26,352
that really made
that movie magic.
666
00:33:26,482 --> 00:33:29,181
What's the matter? You're
some kind of girl or something?
667
00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:31,835
Punch, drive up punch!
668
00:33:31,966 --> 00:33:33,924
Not just arm, whole body!
669
00:33:34,055 --> 00:33:37,450
I knew very little of karate
before the film started.
670
00:33:37,580 --> 00:33:40,235
I think when I was,
you know, maybe ten years old,
671
00:33:40,366 --> 00:33:44,152
I took, like, four lessons
at the dojo down the street,
672
00:33:44,283 --> 00:33:47,286
until I realized, "Wow,
that hurts. Let me try piano."
673
00:33:48,635 --> 00:33:50,071
And Ralph had
no interest in learning,
674
00:33:50,202 --> 00:33:51,942
which was perfect
because he was not supposed
675
00:33:52,073 --> 00:33:53,205
to know how to do anything.
676
00:33:53,335 --> 00:33:55,337
Hi Pat. Uh, I wanted to ask you
677
00:33:55,468 --> 00:33:58,471
if you were involved in any
martial arts in real life.
678
00:33:59,298 --> 00:34:00,951
In terms of martial arts,
679
00:34:01,082 --> 00:34:04,216
the only martial arts
I was involved in
680
00:34:04,346 --> 00:34:09,177
was, uh, Garry Marshall,
um, Penny Marshall
681
00:34:09,308 --> 00:34:12,615
and maybe Marshall Field's
a little bit. Uh, no.
682
00:34:12,746 --> 00:34:14,269
So I knew very little.
683
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:18,273
And Pat knew very little,
less than that.
684
00:34:18,882 --> 00:34:22,625
Um, uh, the two of us together,
it's the magic of movies.
685
00:34:22,756 --> 00:34:26,020
Hey, look eye. Always look eye.
686
00:34:27,369 --> 00:34:29,806
Pat Johnson was
a ninth degree black belt,
687
00:34:29,937 --> 00:34:32,418
uh, world champion fighter
on the US Karate team.
688
00:34:32,548 --> 00:34:33,941
He was Chuck Norris' guy.
689
00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:35,247
They were partners
back in the day,
690
00:34:35,377 --> 00:34:37,901
and, um, he was, uh,
691
00:34:38,032 --> 00:34:39,642
he's the heart and soul
of the karate in the film.
692
00:34:39,773 --> 00:34:41,731
When I trained Pat Morita,
693
00:34:41,862 --> 00:34:44,691
I got he and Ralph together
and I trained them
694
00:34:44,821 --> 00:34:46,562
and I pushed them really hard,
695
00:34:46,693 --> 00:34:50,088
and I let them bitch
and moan to-- together,
696
00:34:50,218 --> 00:34:52,220
in, "Oh, I'm so exhausted,"
697
00:34:52,351 --> 00:34:55,049
just so they would dev--
develop a relationship.
698
00:34:55,180 --> 00:34:57,921
And they had that one scene
where they're learning together,
699
00:34:58,052 --> 00:34:59,488
and I guess it was
Karate Kid III.
700
00:35:00,141 --> 00:35:03,753
And so I tried to get them to,
"Just scoop sand...
701
00:35:04,493 --> 00:35:06,278
bring it down, scoop sand,
702
00:35:06,408 --> 00:35:08,106
- bring it down."
They couldn't get it.
703
00:35:08,236 --> 00:35:10,499
Okay, did he do all his own
stunts on Karate Kid?
704
00:35:10,630 --> 00:35:13,937
The studio always said,
"If you're ever asked if you're
doing your own stunts..."
705
00:35:14,068 --> 00:35:15,678
-Yeah.
-...they wanted him
to lie and say,
706
00:35:15,809 --> 00:35:17,289
-"Yeah, I'm doing
my own stunts."
-Oh!
707
00:35:17,419 --> 00:35:20,857
But in actuality,
it was a karate master,
708
00:35:20,988 --> 00:35:22,555
- Fumio Demura, that did all...
- Really?
709
00:35:22,685 --> 00:35:24,687
...doubled for him in all
The Karate Kidmovies.
710
00:35:24,818 --> 00:35:26,515
- Oh, interesting.
- Yeah.
711
00:35:26,646 --> 00:35:29,301
It's harder for general people
712
00:35:29,431 --> 00:35:32,042
that d-- doesn't know
anything about karate.
713
00:35:32,565 --> 00:35:34,958
I was, uh,
Pat Morita's stunt double,
714
00:35:35,437 --> 00:35:38,919
and my job is,
I had to make him look good.
715
00:35:49,843 --> 00:35:52,715
The Karate Kidmovie
resonated with so many people...
716
00:35:53,847 --> 00:35:56,284
because it actually touched
on something...
717
00:35:57,416 --> 00:36:00,419
so many years ago,
that today is in the forefront,
718
00:36:00,549 --> 00:36:02,812
but it wasn't before,
which is bullies.
719
00:36:03,291 --> 00:36:05,163
I think every person
can relate to it
720
00:36:05,293 --> 00:36:08,253
because we all have had
that feeling of not fitting in,
721
00:36:08,383 --> 00:36:12,170
of, of perhaps wanting
to be part of a larger group,
722
00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:14,737
but you're not admitted
because you're not smart enough,
723
00:36:14,868 --> 00:36:16,304
or funny enough,
or strong enough.
724
00:36:16,435 --> 00:36:18,828
It was really great
to see a film
725
00:36:19,351 --> 00:36:21,527
where the kid
who was being bullied
726
00:36:21,657 --> 00:36:23,877
came out on top,
that really resonated with me.
727
00:36:24,007 --> 00:36:25,748
Or they identified with the film
728
00:36:25,879 --> 00:36:27,924
because they were
a fish out of water situation,
729
00:36:28,621 --> 00:36:32,494
or because they had a romance
that didn't work out, you know.
730
00:36:32,625 --> 00:36:35,410
And most of the time
in the Asian community,
731
00:36:35,541 --> 00:36:37,369
it is only a one-way monologue
732
00:36:37,499 --> 00:36:40,198
that the parents talk
to the kids, talk at the kids,
733
00:36:40,328 --> 00:36:41,938
it's never a conversation.
734
00:36:42,069 --> 00:36:43,897
And that's why I see, now,
735
00:36:44,027 --> 00:36:46,204
looking back at, um,
The Karate Kid,
736
00:36:46,334 --> 00:36:51,339
it's such a beautiful story
because it's a story
about two, uh, people
737
00:36:51,861 --> 00:36:53,472
who've lost
something important in life,
738
00:36:53,602 --> 00:36:56,257
and finding renewed friendship
and believe in hope.
739
00:36:56,388 --> 00:36:58,477
In an era where everything was,
you know,
740
00:36:58,607 --> 00:37:00,914
He-Man and, you know,
741
00:37:01,044 --> 00:37:03,308
Stallone, Schwarzenegger model,
742
00:37:03,438 --> 00:37:06,659
you know, big, tough,
strong guys beating up people,
743
00:37:06,789 --> 00:37:08,835
or shooting people,
or killing people,
744
00:37:08,965 --> 00:37:10,402
especially people
of color, you know.
745
00:37:11,185 --> 00:37:13,013
And then there was Mr. Miyagi,
746
00:37:13,143 --> 00:37:17,844
who had wisdom and who could,
you know, catch a fly.
747
00:37:17,974 --> 00:37:20,586
You know, it--
it just let-- it reminded you
748
00:37:20,716 --> 00:37:23,284
that it's not
all on the outside,
749
00:37:23,415 --> 00:37:25,765
that there's something
deep within that you can develop
750
00:37:25,895 --> 00:37:27,767
that can be the great equalizer.
751
00:37:28,376 --> 00:37:32,162
And he was, uh,
everybody's fantasy
752
00:37:32,293 --> 00:37:33,729
of what they would want,
753
00:37:33,860 --> 00:37:36,689
a father
who was kind and gentle,
754
00:37:36,819 --> 00:37:38,473
and would mentor,
755
00:37:38,995 --> 00:37:41,215
and could beat the living crap
out of everybody.
756
00:37:53,619 --> 00:37:55,708
And he, he used to call me "BZ,"
757
00:37:55,838 --> 00:37:58,276
and I used to call him
"Uncle Pat," he kind
of became all our uncle,
758
00:37:58,406 --> 00:38:00,365
he was like the warm, funny
uncle on the set, you know.
759
00:38:00,495 --> 00:38:02,454
And then he turned into
Miyagi and disappeared.
760
00:38:02,584 --> 00:38:04,020
But for the most part,
he was the funny,
761
00:38:04,151 --> 00:38:06,371
warm Pat, and he'd go, "BZ, BZ!"
762
00:38:06,501 --> 00:38:09,374
And I'm-- you know,
I'm in my skeleton outfits, it's
two in the morning, you know,
763
00:38:09,504 --> 00:38:12,028
and he pulls me
aside and he goes,
"Listen, man, listen, man."
764
00:38:12,159 --> 00:38:13,987
He goes, "When, uh, when you're
doing rehearsals, brother,"
765
00:38:14,117 --> 00:38:15,728
he goes,
"you got to give 110%,
766
00:38:15,858 --> 00:38:17,295
got to give 110%."
767
00:38:17,425 --> 00:38:18,687
He goes, "That way,
when the cameras are rolling,
768
00:38:18,818 --> 00:38:19,819
it's bread and butter, baby.
769
00:38:19,949 --> 00:38:21,081
It's bread and butter."
770
00:38:21,211 --> 00:38:23,170
I was a young actor,
I was macho.
771
00:38:23,301 --> 00:38:25,303
I wasn't, like,
into my emotions,
772
00:38:25,433 --> 00:38:26,956
and crying scenes were maybe
773
00:38:27,087 --> 00:38:28,915
the most challenging
thing for me.
774
00:38:29,045 --> 00:38:31,787
And, uh, I remember
Pat just saying, "Don't blink."
775
00:38:33,398 --> 00:38:34,268
I'm like, "What?"
776
00:38:34,790 --> 00:38:36,836
He said, "Just don't blink,
777
00:38:36,966 --> 00:38:38,272
your eyes will start to water."
778
00:38:39,491 --> 00:38:40,927
Pat, to me,
779
00:38:41,057 --> 00:38:43,233
he was sort of like Mr. Miyagi.
780
00:38:43,364 --> 00:38:46,236
He was this kind of magical guy.
781
00:38:46,367 --> 00:38:49,239
I remember one time he was
at the show and I had an injury.
782
00:38:49,370 --> 00:38:52,547
I had--
I had a tear in my tendon.
783
00:38:52,678 --> 00:38:55,333
And he reaches over
and he grabs my arm,
784
00:38:55,463 --> 00:38:57,117
and he just squeezes it.
785
00:38:57,247 --> 00:38:58,640
And he's like, "Yeah, you know,
786
00:38:58,771 --> 00:39:00,555
you-- you should do
like this every now and then."
787
00:39:00,686 --> 00:39:03,079
And he's-- and he
just squeezes my arm, and I'm--
788
00:39:03,210 --> 00:39:05,125
And I go,
"Pat, that's kind of hurting."
And he goes, "Yeah, yeah,
789
00:39:05,255 --> 00:39:06,866
but wait, it'll feel
better when I'm done."
790
00:39:06,996 --> 00:39:10,565
I was going to go to jail
for selling bongs.
791
00:39:10,696 --> 00:39:12,219
And this is in '03.
792
00:39:12,915 --> 00:39:16,615
And so, I was feeling really,
really low,
793
00:39:16,745 --> 00:39:19,357
because my family,
uh, my daughters,
794
00:39:19,487 --> 00:39:21,489
you know, they're all sad.
795
00:39:21,620 --> 00:39:23,361
But when you go to jail,
796
00:39:23,491 --> 00:39:25,754
you really find out
who your real friends are.
797
00:39:26,929 --> 00:39:29,497
And only one guy called me...
798
00:39:30,759 --> 00:39:32,848
and gave me a, a heads up
799
00:39:32,979 --> 00:39:34,763
and give me a, a talk.
800
00:39:34,894 --> 00:39:36,330
And that was Pat Morita.
801
00:39:36,461 --> 00:39:38,071
He does a mean barnacle.
802
00:39:38,201 --> 00:39:39,855
I let him paint
some barnacles on, uh,
803
00:39:39,986 --> 00:39:43,381
the Whaling Wall mural
that I did in, uh, Waikiki, and,
804
00:39:43,511 --> 00:39:44,817
and at each wall,
805
00:39:44,947 --> 00:39:48,255
you know, I have a--
a person of significance,
806
00:39:48,386 --> 00:39:50,910
uh, dedicated, you know,
that particular mural.
807
00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:52,041
And for Hawaii,
808
00:39:52,651 --> 00:39:54,043
it had to be Pat Morita.
809
00:39:54,566 --> 00:39:58,439
Not only was Pat
my neighbor in Tarzana,
810
00:39:58,570 --> 00:40:02,356
then down the street,
little more into the hills,
811
00:40:02,487 --> 00:40:04,053
Pat lived down there.
812
00:40:04,184 --> 00:40:07,796
Well, there's a big rain
that year, huge, big rain.
813
00:40:07,927 --> 00:40:10,320
Mud came down, his whole house--
814
00:40:10,451 --> 00:40:12,453
the mud went
right through his house,
815
00:40:12,584 --> 00:40:14,107
filled up the whole house
with mud.
816
00:40:15,935 --> 00:40:17,850
Uh, being a neighbor,
so we're all down there
trying to help him.
817
00:40:17,980 --> 00:40:21,114
In other words,
another tragic thing
818
00:40:21,244 --> 00:40:22,898
happens to this sweetheart.
819
00:40:23,029 --> 00:40:25,423
I had to really get
pumped up for some of that.
820
00:40:25,553 --> 00:40:28,077
Pat is great,
you know, to work with.
821
00:40:28,208 --> 00:40:31,385
He'd say, he says, "I want you
to hate me with all your guts.
822
00:40:31,951 --> 00:40:33,343
You want to rip my lung out.
823
00:40:34,127 --> 00:40:37,086
You know, you want to tear
my heart out and eat it."
824
00:40:37,217 --> 00:40:38,653
That's what he used to say.
825
00:40:38,784 --> 00:40:41,264
Kind of felt like he was
the father that I never had,
826
00:40:41,395 --> 00:40:43,745
and the son that he never had,
827
00:40:43,876 --> 00:40:47,619
and, uh, I always said
I was his, his Ralph Macchio.
828
00:40:47,749 --> 00:40:50,099
"I'm the one
that cleans the garage,
829
00:40:50,230 --> 00:40:52,841
and, and waxes his cars,"
and, you know,
830
00:40:52,972 --> 00:40:55,453
he always had me wash
the cars and stuff like that.
831
00:40:56,541 --> 00:41:00,022
But one of my favorite
moments in the film,
832
00:41:00,153 --> 00:41:02,938
it's when I turn to him after he
gives me the car for my birthday
833
00:41:03,069 --> 00:41:05,071
and I say, "You're
the best friend I ever had."
834
00:41:05,201 --> 00:41:07,029
And it's such a big thing,
it's, you know,
835
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:10,816
a son getting his first car
from his father.
836
00:41:10,946 --> 00:41:13,949
And here's a boy who really
has nothing and now he has,
837
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,865
especially here in California,
has some sense of identity
838
00:41:16,996 --> 00:41:18,737
and empowerment
839
00:41:18,867 --> 00:41:20,347
and independence.
840
00:41:20,478 --> 00:41:22,610
And it's this really cool car.
841
00:41:22,741 --> 00:41:25,221
I could get emotional
about it like right now
842
00:41:25,352 --> 00:41:27,833
just based on the fact
of being a parent and,
843
00:41:27,963 --> 00:41:29,182
and how much that meant,
844
00:41:29,312 --> 00:41:31,053
and what kind of kid
would say that.
845
00:41:31,184 --> 00:41:32,968
In that scene, is how much
846
00:41:33,099 --> 00:41:37,233
that father figure meant
to this boy at the time.
847
00:41:37,756 --> 00:41:42,674
And his reaction was
equally as poignant with,
848
00:41:43,326 --> 00:41:44,806
"You pretty okay too."
849
00:41:45,459 --> 00:41:50,203
For me, the scene
when Daniel has been working,
850
00:41:50,333 --> 00:41:53,641
doing what he deems to be
all these menial jobs
851
00:41:53,772 --> 00:41:55,556
around Mr. Miyagi's home,
852
00:41:55,687 --> 00:41:58,385
uh, waxing the cars,
painting the fence,
853
00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:00,387
uh, you know, sanding the floor.
854
00:42:00,996 --> 00:42:01,997
And he's had it.
855
00:42:02,694 --> 00:42:04,217
And in one instant,
856
00:42:04,347 --> 00:42:07,220
Mr. Miyagi asks him to show him,
857
00:42:07,350 --> 00:42:10,702
you know, paint the fence,
you know, wax the floor,
858
00:42:10,832 --> 00:42:13,313
you know, and, and the kid
realizes, he has the epiphany
859
00:42:13,443 --> 00:42:14,880
that he's been taught
karate all along.
860
00:42:15,620 --> 00:42:17,360
Show me "sand the floor."
861
00:42:22,540 --> 00:42:23,671
Yes.
862
00:42:28,633 --> 00:42:31,940
The place went crazy
the first time we saw that
in Westwood at a screening.
863
00:42:32,071 --> 00:42:33,855
You know, that moment.
Because you don't know,
the first time,
864
00:42:33,986 --> 00:42:35,814
you don't see The Karate Kid,
you don't know what's coming.
865
00:42:35,944 --> 00:42:37,729
So, why is he painting?
Why is he waxing?
866
00:42:37,859 --> 00:42:40,209
When that epiphany happens
for the first time,
867
00:42:40,340 --> 00:42:41,863
it just, like,
sends chills, you know,
868
00:42:41,994 --> 00:42:44,083
and it just sets up
the ending so great.
869
00:42:44,213 --> 00:42:47,042
Initially, there was
discussion of cutting
870
00:42:47,173 --> 00:42:49,654
the drunk scene from the movie.
871
00:42:49,784 --> 00:42:51,656
Where, where Mr. Miyagi
is drunk,
872
00:42:51,786 --> 00:42:53,571
talking about his wife and--
873
00:42:53,701 --> 00:42:55,529
I lobbied very hard
for that scene
874
00:42:55,660 --> 00:42:57,879
because I felt that was
the emotional heart
of the picture
875
00:42:58,010 --> 00:43:01,579
and it, it, um, it humanized
Mr. Miyagi for Daniel.
876
00:43:02,057 --> 00:43:05,887
I think you got an idea
that this was a fully
fleshed character,
877
00:43:06,018 --> 00:43:09,674
and it presented to us
a side of history
878
00:43:09,804 --> 00:43:13,808
that the Japanese had,
um, persevered and,
879
00:43:13,939 --> 00:43:17,943
and fought for, and, and shown
that they had such honor
880
00:43:18,073 --> 00:43:19,422
and integrity in America.
881
00:43:19,553 --> 00:43:20,685
It's saying,
882
00:43:20,815 --> 00:43:23,209
this scene just stops the story.
883
00:43:23,688 --> 00:43:26,212
You are driving forward,
you have the protagonist,
884
00:43:26,342 --> 00:43:28,954
the antagonist,
the mentor, the student,
885
00:43:29,084 --> 00:43:30,608
the drama, the setup,
886
00:43:30,738 --> 00:43:33,001
the leading to the climax,
the tournament,
887
00:43:33,132 --> 00:43:35,525
the clock is ticking,
it's going to strike midnight.
888
00:43:35,656 --> 00:43:36,744
And then we stop.
889
00:43:36,875 --> 00:43:38,703
And we talk about some guy
890
00:43:38,833 --> 00:43:40,182
and his World War II connection
891
00:43:40,313 --> 00:43:43,621
for five, seven minutes
or whatever it is.
892
00:43:49,235 --> 00:43:51,585
That scene is about the fact
893
00:43:51,716 --> 00:43:54,632
that we faced prejudice,
we suffered.
894
00:43:55,633 --> 00:43:58,592
And it's like, what a lot
of Japanese-Americans
went through,
895
00:43:58,723 --> 00:43:59,593
we don't talk about it.
896
00:44:00,812 --> 00:44:02,988
We persevered,
we went on with our lives.
897
00:44:03,118 --> 00:44:04,554
But for this guy to fight...
898
00:44:05,425 --> 00:44:08,123
for our country in Germany
against the Nazis,
899
00:44:08,254 --> 00:44:10,560
and back home in prison,
900
00:44:10,691 --> 00:44:15,087
his wife, their son die
because no doctor came to help.
901
00:44:15,827 --> 00:44:19,439
I mean, that was just
an amazing scene, you know.
902
00:44:19,569 --> 00:44:21,223
Regret to inform...
903
00:44:21,876 --> 00:44:23,356
wife has...
904
00:44:36,891 --> 00:44:38,414
Without that scene,
I don't think you know
905
00:44:38,545 --> 00:44:40,503
who Miyagi is in a--
in a way that--
906
00:44:40,982 --> 00:44:43,724
I-- I think so much
of the soul of the film
907
00:44:43,855 --> 00:44:44,986
is in that one moment.
908
00:44:45,683 --> 00:44:47,467
It's not easy
to play drunk either.
909
00:44:47,597 --> 00:44:50,775
Uh, most actors go overboard
910
00:44:50,905 --> 00:44:53,168
and ham it up and,
you know, act really sloppy.
911
00:44:53,299 --> 00:44:56,781
I remember his performance
seem to be believably drunk
912
00:44:56,911 --> 00:44:58,217
and a little bit scary.
913
00:44:58,347 --> 00:45:00,872
And arguably, Pat Morita
would be the first one
914
00:45:01,002 --> 00:45:04,310
to call that his Academy Award
nomination scene.
915
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:08,575
Because it's the vulnerability
and the drama that speaks
to Academy members,
916
00:45:08,706 --> 00:45:10,098
and there were
so many moments there
917
00:45:10,795 --> 00:45:13,232
where it wasn't
about the karate.
918
00:45:13,754 --> 00:45:17,845
See, any time...
you do any project
919
00:45:18,411 --> 00:45:20,021
that touches you in the heart,
920
00:45:20,152 --> 00:45:22,284
touches the viewer in the heart,
921
00:45:22,415 --> 00:45:26,332
that's the kind of performance
that wraps the, the Awards.
922
00:45:26,462 --> 00:45:28,943
Well, The Karate Kid
has a couple of nice
performances in it,
923
00:45:29,074 --> 00:45:31,685
-marginal thumbs up for me.
-It gets a big thumbs up for me,
924
00:45:31,816 --> 00:45:34,862
and especially
because of Pat Morita,
that Japanese-American janitor
925
00:45:34,993 --> 00:45:37,256
who's going to teach him all
the moves. Pat Morita, I think,
926
00:45:37,386 --> 00:45:39,737
a possible for an Oscar
nomination, if the movie does it
927
00:45:39,867 --> 00:45:41,086
-at the Box Office.
-No way.
928
00:45:41,216 --> 00:45:43,349
Okay. I'll see you
in a couple of months.
929
00:45:43,479 --> 00:45:46,221
I was surprised
he was nominated.
930
00:45:46,352 --> 00:45:49,355
Not because the performance
didn't deserve it.
931
00:45:49,485 --> 00:45:50,878
I just couldn't believe
I was in a movie
932
00:45:51,009 --> 00:45:53,402
with someone who got
an Academy Award nomination.
933
00:45:53,533 --> 00:45:55,622
Winning the nomination is
934
00:45:55,753 --> 00:45:59,017
probably as close as you can get
to the ultimate achievement.
935
00:45:59,147 --> 00:46:01,976
I was very happy for him. He had
spent a whole life being--
936
00:46:02,107 --> 00:46:05,763
trying to be something
that not very many
Japanese-Americans were,
937
00:46:05,893 --> 00:46:07,199
which is an actor
938
00:46:07,329 --> 00:46:08,766
and a comedian and a stand-up.
939
00:46:08,896 --> 00:46:11,029
People in the community
were very proud of him.
940
00:46:11,159 --> 00:46:12,508
Um, I think it was
the first time they,
941
00:46:12,639 --> 00:46:14,336
they said that, you know,
somebody was actual--
942
00:46:14,467 --> 00:46:17,731
uh, of Asian ancestry was
actually recognized.
943
00:46:17,862 --> 00:46:22,649
The best performance by an actor
in a supporting role,
944
00:46:22,780 --> 00:46:25,521
Pat Morita in The Karate Kid.
945
00:46:27,567 --> 00:46:29,351
If I were to turn back time,
946
00:46:29,482 --> 00:46:32,833
I would have been more involved.
947
00:46:32,964 --> 00:46:35,053
I would like
to have had the experience
948
00:46:35,575 --> 00:46:39,797
of being at the Oscars,
uh, for him.
949
00:46:40,406 --> 00:46:44,410
And that's, that's the one,
that's the one I, I missed.
950
00:46:44,540 --> 00:46:46,804
What's your level
of excitement like now?
951
00:46:46,934 --> 00:46:48,936
Right now it's,
on a scale of ten,
952
00:46:49,067 --> 00:46:53,332
about 17. And outside
of that, I'm very calm.
953
00:46:53,462 --> 00:46:54,812
And this was a big deal,
954
00:46:54,942 --> 00:46:58,119
The Karate Kid
became an iconic movie.
955
00:46:58,685 --> 00:47:01,340
Uh, and it's played
for three generations now.
956
00:47:01,470 --> 00:47:03,864
And also represented
the Japanese culture, you know,
957
00:47:03,995 --> 00:47:05,387
in a way that was Americanized.
958
00:47:05,518 --> 00:47:07,694
It brought karate
and the whole martial arts
959
00:47:07,825 --> 00:47:10,610
into the United States, it was
the first film that did that.
960
00:47:10,740 --> 00:47:12,655
And dojos benefited from it,
you know,
961
00:47:12,786 --> 00:47:15,006
when that--
after that movie came out,
962
00:47:15,136 --> 00:47:17,704
in a moment, went up
for a lot of people.
963
00:47:17,835 --> 00:47:20,141
Even today that's going on.
I talked to karate schools
964
00:47:20,272 --> 00:47:22,448
and there's a thousand
different schools represented
965
00:47:22,578 --> 00:47:23,753
with all the different senseis,
966
00:47:23,884 --> 00:47:24,972
and every one of them were a kid
967
00:47:25,103 --> 00:47:26,060
that was doing a crane kick
968
00:47:26,191 --> 00:47:27,235
when they were 12, you know.
969
00:47:29,324 --> 00:47:30,673
My manager,
970
00:47:30,804 --> 00:47:33,198
my personal manager at the time,
971
00:47:33,328 --> 00:47:35,156
said, "You know, it's great
that you're doing this movie,
972
00:47:35,287 --> 00:47:36,854
but you know there's
no audience for it."
973
00:47:38,029 --> 00:47:40,770
Nobody had an idea.
Nobody liked the title.
974
00:47:40,901 --> 00:47:42,511
It was a Bruce Lee title,
975
00:47:42,642 --> 00:47:45,253
you know, it was like,
we all had the same feelings,
976
00:47:45,384 --> 00:47:46,646
but nobody versed it.
977
00:47:46,776 --> 00:47:48,996
You know, nobody was--
talked about it.
978
00:47:49,127 --> 00:47:50,955
"Hey, Jerry,
what kind of title is this?"
979
00:47:51,607 --> 00:47:53,000
You know,
I mean, nobody did that.
980
00:47:53,522 --> 00:47:55,873
We felt we were making
something good,
981
00:47:56,003 --> 00:47:58,005
even, I mean, John Avildsen
was one of the first
982
00:47:58,136 --> 00:47:59,833
to always say that,
"I didn't have a clue."
983
00:48:00,355 --> 00:48:02,009
I've never been on a set
984
00:48:02,531 --> 00:48:06,535
where everything was
just so right...
985
00:48:07,536 --> 00:48:08,537
by accident.
986
00:48:09,756 --> 00:48:11,279
It just, like,
God was watching over you,
987
00:48:11,410 --> 00:48:12,977
"Bam! Bam!"
988
00:48:13,107 --> 00:48:14,630
Did he believe 30 years later,
989
00:48:14,761 --> 00:48:16,632
or did I, or did Pat Morita,
990
00:48:16,763 --> 00:48:18,721
or anyone believe that people--
991
00:48:18,852 --> 00:48:21,594
that this film would be
relevant today?
992
00:48:21,724 --> 00:48:24,292
Um, that's a--
that's a gazillion to one.
993
00:48:25,119 --> 00:48:27,034
It changed all our lives.
It changed my life,
994
00:48:27,165 --> 00:48:29,689
it changed Pat's life.
Changed everybody's life.
995
00:48:30,820 --> 00:48:34,085
Pat Morita handmade us
these photo albums
996
00:48:34,215 --> 00:48:36,914
at-- when we wrapped,
and he gave them to us, uh,
997
00:48:37,044 --> 00:48:38,959
I think maybe
just prior to wrapping,
998
00:48:39,090 --> 00:48:41,831
like, around the Christmas time,
because if you read this,
999
00:48:41,962 --> 00:48:43,877
he wrote it out, it says,
"Happy holidays,
1000
00:48:44,008 --> 00:48:46,575
you and family for whole life.
1001
00:48:47,359 --> 00:48:49,187
Miyagi, 1983."
1002
00:48:49,839 --> 00:48:52,886
And then, of course,
he put some photos of himself,
1003
00:48:53,017 --> 00:48:56,455
signed autographs, and he
and Ralph with the bonsai trees,
1004
00:48:56,585 --> 00:49:00,459
and then he left,
you know, pretty much the rest
of it opened for us to fill in
1005
00:49:00,589 --> 00:49:03,375
with our own
newspaper articles and,
1006
00:49:03,505 --> 00:49:04,942
and our photos about...
1007
00:49:05,855 --> 00:49:08,293
You know, even just regular
snapshots of the trailers
1008
00:49:08,423 --> 00:49:10,991
and, and just stuff,
memorabilia from The Karate Kid,
1009
00:49:11,122 --> 00:49:12,514
and just us hanging out and,
1010
00:49:13,211 --> 00:49:16,518
and, uh, obviously
I'll cherish this forever.
1011
00:49:17,606 --> 00:49:18,912
That's the Medal of Honor.
1012
00:49:19,957 --> 00:49:22,220
The highest honor awarded
by the US military.
1013
00:49:22,742 --> 00:49:26,528
We are, um, in production
on the Cobra Kairight now.
1014
00:49:26,659 --> 00:49:29,575
It's important to me,
from day one,
1015
00:49:29,705 --> 00:49:32,970
that the essence
and spirit of Miyagi lives
1016
00:49:33,709 --> 00:49:36,886
through Daniel LaRusso,
even 30 years later.
1017
00:49:37,017 --> 00:49:40,890
And without it, not a complete
character or complete story.
1018
00:49:41,413 --> 00:49:45,069
We do our best
in honoring the legacy
1019
00:49:45,199 --> 00:49:48,986
of which this new series
has been born from.
1020
00:49:49,116 --> 00:49:51,640
And you can't have that without,
1021
00:49:51,771 --> 00:49:55,993
uh, Mr. Miyagi's infusion
into Daniel's life
1022
00:49:56,123 --> 00:49:58,082
and how he leads his life.
1023
00:49:59,344 --> 00:50:01,259
I really wish you could be
here right now.
1024
00:50:09,615 --> 00:50:11,747
So, did he have
any identity issues
1025
00:50:11,878 --> 00:50:15,055
with being Japanese-American
and having to play these roles,
1026
00:50:15,186 --> 00:50:18,711
these Japanese roles
and having the accent
when he was very American?
1027
00:50:19,190 --> 00:50:20,669
Oh, God. Yes.
1028
00:50:22,497 --> 00:50:24,760
-You know, it's funny,
he spoke very little Japanese.
-It's crazy.
1029
00:50:24,891 --> 00:50:27,154
I didn't even know that
after we got married.
1030
00:50:27,285 --> 00:50:30,984
The family was all together
and they were all talking
Japanese and everything,
1031
00:50:31,115 --> 00:50:33,508
and he was in the corner,
like, really quiet, and I said,
1032
00:50:33,639 --> 00:50:35,380
"Honey, wow,
why don't you join in?"
1033
00:50:37,338 --> 00:50:38,470
He goes, "Because I don't know
what the hell they're saying."
1034
00:50:38,600 --> 00:50:40,341
- What?
-Wow!
That's fascinating.
1035
00:50:40,472 --> 00:50:43,214
So, I-- I'm a polite,
friendly kind of a guy.
1036
00:50:43,344 --> 00:50:45,868
I go up to this Japanese guy,
and I know that, uh,
1037
00:50:45,999 --> 00:50:47,957
"ohio" meant
"good morning" in Jap--
1038
00:50:48,088 --> 00:50:50,090
So I go up to this Japanese
guy and said, "Ohio."
1039
00:50:51,135 --> 00:50:53,006
He looked at me and said,
"Cleveland."
1040
00:50:56,183 --> 00:50:59,969
There's a, a-- what I call
a pigeonholing status
1041
00:51:00,100 --> 00:51:04,278
that goes on within the casting side of the business.
1042
00:51:04,887 --> 00:51:08,500
My very, very firs-- first movie wasThoroughly Modern Millie.
1043
00:51:08,630 --> 00:51:12,547
There is me and Jack Soo playing Chinese laundrymen with,
1044
00:51:13,157 --> 00:51:15,072
with the queue, you know,
the pigtail and...
1045
00:51:15,202 --> 00:51:18,858
If you've watch that scene
where they both appear, um,
1046
00:51:19,380 --> 00:51:23,167
it's just very caricatured and,
1047
00:51:23,776 --> 00:51:27,084
you know, emasculating,
they look ridiculous and--
1048
00:51:27,649 --> 00:51:29,651
maybe they could say,
"Well, it's comedy,
1049
00:51:29,782 --> 00:51:32,089
uh, they're supposed
to be." But, you know,
1050
00:51:32,219 --> 00:51:35,788
it just played on a lot
of the old racist tropes
1051
00:51:35,918 --> 00:51:38,182
that existed at that time and--
1052
00:51:38,312 --> 00:51:40,880
Louise Rainer,
I believe her name was,
1053
00:51:41,446 --> 00:51:44,275
played the main role
1054
00:51:44,405 --> 00:51:46,190
as an Asian lady.
1055
00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:48,366
And she would put on the makeup,
you know,
1056
00:51:48,496 --> 00:51:51,412
and, uh, so forth.
And the leading man
1057
00:51:51,543 --> 00:51:53,675
was another prominent
White actor.
1058
00:51:54,241 --> 00:51:56,852
Did the whole role
with these makeup and the...
1059
00:52:01,248 --> 00:52:03,207
You know,
it was sickening to see,
1060
00:52:03,337 --> 00:52:06,645
it turned my stomach
to see people do those roles.
1061
00:52:09,822 --> 00:52:11,867
This is the day!
1062
00:52:11,998 --> 00:52:14,348
You know, guys like
Mickey Rooney would act
1063
00:52:14,479 --> 00:52:17,221
like a Japanese guy,
like he did in, uh,
1064
00:52:17,351 --> 00:52:19,701
in Ti-- Breakfast at Tiffany's,
you know.
1065
00:52:19,832 --> 00:52:21,877
They'd always have actors,
they didn't care
1066
00:52:22,443 --> 00:52:25,490
what nationality they were,
but they never hired,
1067
00:52:25,620 --> 00:52:27,405
uh, you know, Asians.
1068
00:52:27,535 --> 00:52:29,189
And he's got
the coke bottle glasses,
1069
00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:31,496
and he's got the fake
buck teeth and he's talking...
1070
00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:34,803
He's ranting, and raving, and--
1071
00:52:34,934 --> 00:52:36,457
But that was two weeks ago!
1072
00:52:36,588 --> 00:52:39,547
You cannot go under
and keep ringing my bell!
1073
00:52:39,678 --> 00:52:41,854
That came to symbolize,
1074
00:52:42,376 --> 00:52:43,943
"This is what you think
we're like."
1075
00:52:44,422 --> 00:52:46,424
Now if you saw this part, you--
1076
00:52:46,989 --> 00:52:48,817
you might say, "Geez!"
1077
00:52:51,777 --> 00:52:53,909
Th-- the volume was up
a little high
1078
00:52:54,040 --> 00:52:55,563
on some of the mannerisms.
1079
00:52:55,694 --> 00:52:56,912
But remember, this is...
1080
00:52:57,565 --> 00:52:59,785
the same thing. In 1960,
1081
00:52:59,915 --> 00:53:03,876
that's what...
an actor might do.
1082
00:53:04,006 --> 00:53:06,879
The big producers,
the Samuel Goldmans and, uh,
1083
00:53:07,009 --> 00:53:10,578
you know, the-- the big, uh,
20th Century Fox and whatnot,
1084
00:53:10,709 --> 00:53:12,711
were throwing us little tidbit,
1085
00:53:12,841 --> 00:53:14,191
and the people were satisfied,
1086
00:53:14,321 --> 00:53:15,583
but I wasn't satisfied
1087
00:53:15,714 --> 00:53:18,107
because I wasn't
that kind of a person.
1088
00:53:18,238 --> 00:53:20,240
And even
the great Marlon Brando,
1089
00:53:20,849 --> 00:53:22,373
uh, doing the yellow face,
1090
00:53:22,503 --> 00:53:25,245
uh, playing this character
named Sakini.
1091
00:53:25,376 --> 00:53:27,334
Pleased to introduce myself.
1092
00:53:28,379 --> 00:53:31,730
Sakini by name,
interpreter by profession.
1093
00:53:31,860 --> 00:53:33,471
John Wayne played Genghis Khan.
1094
00:53:34,123 --> 00:53:35,429
"And you still talk like this.
1095
00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:37,518
We're going to go
and take over the westerners,
1096
00:53:37,649 --> 00:53:38,737
pilgrim."
1097
00:53:38,867 --> 00:53:40,869
I feel this tartar woman
is for me.
1098
00:53:42,044 --> 00:53:43,655
My blood says, "Take her!"
1099
00:53:43,785 --> 00:53:46,223
That was totally acceptable
at the time.
1100
00:53:46,353 --> 00:53:49,226
But here we are
in the present day,
1101
00:53:49,356 --> 00:53:53,186
and you still have movies
like Ghost in the Shell
1102
00:53:53,317 --> 00:53:55,188
and Doctor Strange,
1103
00:53:55,319 --> 00:54:00,106
in which these characters
which should be Asian are not.
1104
00:54:00,585 --> 00:54:02,891
I think they need to change
the belief that
1105
00:54:03,022 --> 00:54:06,330
Asian-Americans
or Asian Pacific, uh, actors
1106
00:54:06,460 --> 00:54:08,636
in leading roles are not,
uh, bankable.
1107
00:54:09,246 --> 00:54:10,247
That is a myth.
1108
00:54:16,078 --> 00:54:17,515
- Fine banana.
- No, no, no.
1109
00:54:17,645 --> 00:54:18,907
That-- those are for your feet.
1110
00:54:23,782 --> 00:54:25,958
Audience has actually embraced
1111
00:54:26,088 --> 00:54:28,265
a Mr. Miyagi and Pat Morita.
1112
00:54:28,395 --> 00:54:30,179
They embrace a Bruce Lee,
1113
00:54:30,310 --> 00:54:31,572
when you get the real thing.
1114
00:54:31,703 --> 00:54:33,574
And history will,
1115
00:54:33,705 --> 00:54:37,274
in our industry,
will always, uh,
if it's honest with itself,
1116
00:54:37,404 --> 00:54:39,928
will always have
to talk about these facets,
1117
00:54:40,059 --> 00:54:42,148
but the pigeonholing process
still goes on.
1118
00:54:42,279 --> 00:54:45,847
Everybody wants me to do some
variation of a sensei and...
1119
00:54:46,370 --> 00:54:48,328
Chan, you have offended
my family.
1120
00:54:50,852 --> 00:54:53,638
Now I must avenge
my brother's death.
1121
00:54:55,074 --> 00:54:55,988
Having fun?
1122
00:54:57,642 --> 00:55:00,297
It's kind of funny to me
that Hollywood is so
kind of narrow,
1123
00:55:00,427 --> 00:55:03,430
narrow sided sometimes
to not see past the charac--
1124
00:55:03,561 --> 00:55:05,650
when you play a character
so well that you remember
forever and go,
1125
00:55:05,780 --> 00:55:07,826
"Ah, that's what he does."
It's the silliest thing,
1126
00:55:07,956 --> 00:55:09,044
like, Pat had so many colors.
1127
00:55:09,175 --> 00:55:10,655
He could play any character.
1128
00:55:11,220 --> 00:55:12,657
He could do any dialect,
almost, you know,
1129
00:55:12,787 --> 00:55:14,267
he could've played anything.
1130
00:55:14,398 --> 00:55:17,009
He, he was always slot
into a gimmick.
1131
00:55:17,139 --> 00:55:19,620
Even Karate Kid,
you have to admit that was a,
1132
00:55:19,751 --> 00:55:24,625
a gimmick role of a so-called
karate master, you know.
1133
00:55:24,756 --> 00:55:26,714
You're lucky to have
a character tha--
1134
00:55:26,845 --> 00:55:28,412
that people remember forever
1135
00:55:28,542 --> 00:55:30,457
because you did a good job,
you know,
1136
00:55:30,588 --> 00:55:33,765
so I don't necessarily think
it's a bad thing to be typecast.
1137
00:55:33,895 --> 00:55:36,985
One, it's not bad
because you're working.
1138
00:55:37,116 --> 00:55:40,598
Two, it's bad because people
think that's all you can do.
1139
00:55:41,599 --> 00:55:45,777
And you have to fight
as hard as you possibly can
1140
00:55:46,517 --> 00:55:49,824
in order not to be
completely pigeonholed.
1141
00:55:50,434 --> 00:55:52,653
So, what were some of the other
films that he was proud of?
1142
00:55:52,784 --> 00:55:54,351
You know, it's funny,
a lot of people don't know this,
1143
00:55:54,481 --> 00:55:57,484
but he was nominated for
a Golden Globe and an Emmy...
1144
00:55:57,615 --> 00:55:59,356
- Wow.
- ...for Amos,the TV movie.
1145
00:55:59,878 --> 00:56:02,663
I think every actor wishes
1146
00:56:02,794 --> 00:56:05,884
in their lifetime they could
work with a superstar.
1147
00:56:06,014 --> 00:56:07,625
Little did I ever know
1148
00:56:07,755 --> 00:56:10,367
that I would work with a fellow named Kirk Douglas.
1149
00:56:10,497 --> 00:56:12,151
I mean, we're talking
of a legend here.
1150
00:56:12,847 --> 00:56:15,502
It was just one of the thrills
of my life and, uh,
1151
00:56:16,242 --> 00:56:19,027
as it turned out,
I got an Emmy nomination
1152
00:56:19,158 --> 00:56:20,768
for the Best Supporting
that year.
1153
00:56:21,378 --> 00:56:23,031
And aside from being
a wonderful,
1154
00:56:23,162 --> 00:56:24,381
wonderful performer,
1155
00:56:24,511 --> 00:56:27,253
Pat Morita is
a great human being,
1156
00:56:27,993 --> 00:56:30,996
and I love him
and I look forward
to working with him again.
1157
00:56:31,126 --> 00:56:34,521
Didn't he start another TV
series in the late '80s?
1158
00:56:34,652 --> 00:56:38,090
Yes. In '87, I believe he played
1159
00:56:38,220 --> 00:56:42,224
an unconventional
Japanese-American,
Lieutenant Ohara.
1160
00:56:42,834 --> 00:56:44,879
I know how the human mind works.
1161
00:56:45,706 --> 00:56:47,665
How the criminal will react.
1162
00:56:48,927 --> 00:56:50,015
This is my gift.
1163
00:56:50,581 --> 00:56:53,018
Pat Morita is Ohara.
1164
00:56:53,627 --> 00:56:55,412
The name is Ohara.
1165
00:56:56,848 --> 00:56:58,589
Premiering Saturday.
1166
00:56:58,719 --> 00:57:01,461
And did he ever go back
to visit the internment camps?
1167
00:57:02,070 --> 00:57:04,812
Yeah, actually,
he did a film in '76,
1168
00:57:04,943 --> 00:57:06,814
I believe,
Farewell to Manzanar...
1169
00:57:06,945 --> 00:57:09,338
-Oh.
-...where he played
a photographer
1170
00:57:09,469 --> 00:57:11,689
that was, uh,
taking pictures of everything
1171
00:57:11,819 --> 00:57:13,430
- that went on in the camps.
- Wow.
1172
00:57:13,995 --> 00:57:17,259
It was a fairly
spooky experience
1173
00:57:17,390 --> 00:57:20,654
because they shot on location
1174
00:57:20,785 --> 00:57:22,439
up in Tule Lake,
1175
00:57:22,569 --> 00:57:25,877
which is where my family was.
1176
00:57:26,443 --> 00:57:30,534
Spooky in the sense that it still rings in my ears,
1177
00:57:30,664 --> 00:57:33,624
I remember leaving and saying,
1178
00:57:34,407 --> 00:57:37,932
"Thank God, boy, I'll never have to come back to here again."
1179
00:57:38,803 --> 00:57:42,502
And, uh, 40 years later,
30 years later, I forget,
1180
00:57:42,633 --> 00:57:44,939
there I am on another bus,
1181
00:57:45,070 --> 00:57:47,333
going back to this place.
1182
00:57:48,421 --> 00:57:51,032
Under much better circumstances, of course, but--
1183
00:57:51,163 --> 00:57:54,949
There was Castle Rock Mountain
and Abalone Hill,
1184
00:57:55,080 --> 00:57:57,996
and still
some graveyard places and,
1185
00:57:58,126 --> 00:58:00,912
and, and patches
of where barracks used to be.
1186
00:58:01,042 --> 00:58:02,870
And we also visited
1187
00:58:03,480 --> 00:58:05,786
one of the internment camps
where he was at,
1188
00:58:05,917 --> 00:58:08,920
- uh, Gila River in Arizona.
- Oh.
1189
00:58:09,050 --> 00:58:10,182
How was that for him?
1190
00:58:10,748 --> 00:58:12,489
Very, very hard for him.
1191
00:58:12,619 --> 00:58:14,491
It was, it was hard.
It was rough.
1192
00:58:14,621 --> 00:58:17,276
And we're walking the grounds,
you know, you could still see
1193
00:58:17,406 --> 00:58:21,280
remains of some of the China's,
some of the dishes.
1194
00:58:21,410 --> 00:58:22,803
-Oh, my God!
-That people were using.
1195
00:58:22,934 --> 00:58:24,152
All broken, you know, and, um...
1196
00:58:25,110 --> 00:58:26,764
and, uh, he just broke down.
1197
00:58:27,373 --> 00:58:29,331
He broke down,
you know, it was--
1198
00:58:30,245 --> 00:58:31,072
um...
1199
00:58:32,117 --> 00:58:32,944
I'm sorry.
1200
00:58:34,162 --> 00:58:34,989
It's okay.
1201
00:58:38,906 --> 00:58:41,126
He said, "You know,
a day didn't go by that,
1202
00:58:41,256 --> 00:58:43,084
uh, you didn't hear
about a suicide...
1203
00:58:43,215 --> 00:58:44,956
- Oh.
- ...or stillborn,
1204
00:58:45,565 --> 00:58:47,349
or somebody dying from, uh,
1205
00:58:47,915 --> 00:58:51,223
an illness they couldn't
treat or malnutrition."
1206
00:58:51,353 --> 00:58:54,531
- Mm-hmm.
- I mean, the conditions were just horrible,
1207
00:58:54,661 --> 00:58:55,793
they were just horrendous.
1208
00:59:08,762 --> 00:59:11,896
After only spending
two years here
1209
00:59:12,026 --> 00:59:15,116
and working for him
for close to 13 years...
1210
00:59:16,727 --> 00:59:18,990
it's about the time
during the riots, I think,
1211
00:59:19,120 --> 00:59:22,733
Pat gave me a call and said,
"Get me out of here."
1212
00:59:23,603 --> 00:59:25,387
And I figured he would be away.
1213
00:59:25,953 --> 00:59:27,520
That's where he wanted to go.
1214
00:59:28,216 --> 00:59:31,176
And he said, "I'm out of money
and I want to move."
1215
00:59:31,306 --> 00:59:33,265
And I was broken-hearted.
1216
00:59:34,440 --> 00:59:36,660
But, going to have
to leave this spot, so...
1217
00:59:38,313 --> 00:59:42,404
What happened was the divorce
ate up all of his money.
1218
00:59:42,535 --> 00:59:44,406
The alimony payments...
1219
00:59:45,407 --> 00:59:47,932
at the beginning,
it was $30,000 a month.
1220
00:59:48,541 --> 00:59:51,022
If I'm correct. And then
it went to $20,000, and...
1221
00:59:53,328 --> 00:59:54,634
that's where all his money went,
1222
00:59:55,417 --> 00:59:56,593
to the divorce.
1223
00:59:56,723 --> 00:59:57,550
So...
1224
01:00:09,910 --> 01:00:13,305
I think-- I think the best
things in life begin from...
1225
01:00:14,262 --> 01:00:17,614
sometimes,
the worst things in life.
1226
01:00:18,310 --> 01:00:19,528
But not without effort.
1227
01:00:20,704 --> 01:00:22,619
Not without hopes and dreams.
1228
01:00:32,890 --> 01:00:34,935
So, when did you guys
get married?
1229
01:00:35,066 --> 01:00:37,024
- We got married in 1994...
- Wow.
1230
01:00:37,155 --> 01:00:40,941
...in Vegas, at the old
Elvis Presley mansion.
1231
01:00:41,072 --> 01:00:44,597
- Oh, my gosh!
- And then we had a big wedding reception
1232
01:00:44,728 --> 01:00:47,426
- in Hawaii for-- it was a lot of friends.
- -Oh, nice.
1233
01:00:47,556 --> 01:00:50,124
- Nice.
- He wanted this big, lavish wedding.
1234
01:00:50,255 --> 01:00:51,517
How fun!
1235
01:00:51,648 --> 01:00:52,692
Nice!
1236
01:00:53,998 --> 01:00:55,652
- On this day...
- On this day...
1237
01:00:55,782 --> 01:00:58,916
-...I marry my best friend...
-...I marry my best friend...
1238
01:00:59,046 --> 01:01:01,309
-...the one I love...
-...the one I love...
1239
01:01:01,440 --> 01:01:03,355
-...the one I live for...
-...the one I live for...
1240
01:01:03,485 --> 01:01:05,574
-...the one I dream of...
-...the one I dream of...
1241
01:01:05,705 --> 01:01:07,576
-...the one I laugh with...
-...the one I laugh with...
1242
01:01:07,707 --> 01:01:08,839
-...from this day forward...
1243
01:01:08,969 --> 01:01:10,449
-...from this day forward...
1244
01:01:10,579 --> 01:01:11,711
...until the end of time.
1245
01:01:11,842 --> 01:01:13,191
Did you maintain your career
1246
01:01:13,321 --> 01:01:14,975
during that time
that you were married to him
1247
01:01:15,106 --> 01:01:16,629
- or did you dedicate
yourself to just--
- No,
1248
01:01:16,760 --> 01:01:18,631
- I pretty much gave it up.
- Mm.
1249
01:01:18,762 --> 01:01:20,285
He, he didn't want me to work.
1250
01:01:20,415 --> 01:01:21,242
-Oh.
-Oh, wow.
1251
01:01:21,373 --> 01:01:22,679
He never said it,
1252
01:01:22,809 --> 01:01:24,724
- but I kind of knew it.
- Um. Yeah.
1253
01:01:27,901 --> 01:01:28,902
Oh, my God.
1254
01:01:31,600 --> 01:01:33,037
Oh, my God!
1255
01:01:34,299 --> 01:01:36,910
Oh, my God, I can't believe
it's been so long
1256
01:01:37,041 --> 01:01:38,433
since I've seen the star!
1257
01:01:39,826 --> 01:01:42,611
Oh, it's just bringing back
a flood of memories.
1258
01:01:44,309 --> 01:01:47,704
This whole area
was just flooded with people,
1259
01:01:47,834 --> 01:01:50,228
there had to be
about 300 people.
1260
01:01:50,968 --> 01:01:52,709
They were blocking traffic.
1261
01:01:54,014 --> 01:01:56,364
Jerry Weintraub was here,
1262
01:01:56,495 --> 01:01:58,105
he kind of put
the thing together
1263
01:01:58,236 --> 01:02:00,368
because they were
promoting the, um...
1264
01:02:01,587 --> 01:02:04,329
uh, The Next Karate Kid,
with Hilary Swank.
1265
01:02:05,069 --> 01:02:07,811
And Hilary Swank came out
and she spoke,
1266
01:02:07,941 --> 01:02:11,423
and I got up and spoke,
and my whole family flew out.
1267
01:02:12,206 --> 01:02:16,733
Uh, oh, my God, this brings
back so many memories,
it's so beautiful.
1268
01:02:16,863 --> 01:02:19,474
And her legs are prettier
than Ralph's.
1269
01:02:21,868 --> 01:02:24,088
Well, I just want to say,
congratulations, Pat,
1270
01:02:24,218 --> 01:02:25,567
this was very well deserved,
1271
01:02:25,698 --> 01:02:28,527
I feel very lucky
to have worked with Pat,
1272
01:02:28,657 --> 01:02:30,224
and very honored to know him.
1273
01:02:31,704 --> 01:02:34,228
Of all the people who've
helped me drink longer
1274
01:02:34,359 --> 01:02:35,882
and be where I am today,
1275
01:02:36,013 --> 01:02:38,842
my new bride, Mrs. Evie Morita.
1276
01:02:59,906 --> 01:03:00,994
That was great.
1277
01:03:02,517 --> 01:03:03,649
It's hard to get that.
1278
01:03:05,477 --> 01:03:07,087
It's hard, you know,
you pay money for it.
He didn't pay for it.
1279
01:03:07,218 --> 01:03:08,393
I mean,
he didn't give the money,
1280
01:03:08,523 --> 01:03:09,611
but it...
1281
01:03:10,221 --> 01:03:12,571
it was-- it was
a great day, I mean...
1282
01:03:14,225 --> 01:03:18,316
that movie was so important
to so many people.
1283
01:03:19,752 --> 01:03:23,364
I got a call
from Jerry Weintraub saying,
1284
01:03:23,495 --> 01:03:26,106
"Pat, I think we're going
to do another one."
1285
01:03:26,237 --> 01:03:27,194
I went, "Why?"
1286
01:03:27,325 --> 01:03:29,718
How?
1287
01:03:29,849 --> 01:03:31,633
Jerry Weintraub,
who produced all of them...
1288
01:03:32,983 --> 01:03:36,551
I think he just decided
that it had run its course
1289
01:03:36,682 --> 01:03:38,031
with the original cast.
1290
01:03:39,206 --> 01:03:40,904
I don't know
where he came up with the idea,
1291
01:03:41,034 --> 01:03:42,949
but he says, "We're going
to do one with a girl."
1292
01:03:43,907 --> 01:03:45,822
And I went, "Okay."
1293
01:03:47,519 --> 01:03:51,828
Wax on, wax off.
1294
01:03:51,958 --> 01:03:53,960
-Wax on--
-Very good, Judy san.
1295
01:03:54,091 --> 01:03:55,614
You know, it just--
1296
01:03:56,528 --> 01:03:58,835
you couldn't bring
a girl in there.
1297
01:03:58,965 --> 01:04:02,142
It just-- and Hilary Swank
is a good actress, but it--
1298
01:04:03,404 --> 01:04:05,102
It's k-- you know,
it's a different game.
1299
01:04:05,624 --> 01:04:07,931
I didn't want
to do Karate Kid III,
1300
01:04:08,061 --> 01:04:09,584
let alone Karate Kid IV.
1301
01:04:10,150 --> 01:04:12,805
I wanted to take
Mr. Miyagi and a girl
1302
01:04:13,327 --> 01:04:15,982
back to China
in the 16th century,
1303
01:04:16,113 --> 01:04:17,462
the original Mr. Miyagi,
1304
01:04:17,592 --> 01:04:19,986
who went to China
and came back with karate.
1305
01:04:20,117 --> 01:04:22,032
And Columbia wouldn't do it.
1306
01:04:22,554 --> 01:04:23,990
And then, they were going
to do a fourth one,
1307
01:04:24,121 --> 01:04:25,252
and I said, "I'm out.
1308
01:04:25,383 --> 01:04:27,167
I will never do.
I'm over Karate Kid.
1309
01:04:27,298 --> 01:04:28,386
I will never do another one.
If you--
1310
01:04:28,516 --> 01:04:30,562
if you do
my flying people movie,
1311
01:04:30,692 --> 01:04:33,347
I'll come back. If you don't do
my flying people movie,
1312
01:04:33,478 --> 01:04:34,783
I will not come back."
1313
01:04:34,914 --> 01:04:36,350
And they didn't do
my flying people movie.
1314
01:04:36,481 --> 01:04:37,308
So I didn't.
1315
01:04:38,352 --> 01:04:39,440
And so we brought in
three girls,
1316
01:04:39,571 --> 01:04:40,354
tested them.
1317
01:04:41,616 --> 01:04:44,489
Uh, two of them were not
very good actresses.
1318
01:04:44,968 --> 01:04:46,883
Hilary was a terrific actress.
1319
01:04:47,013 --> 01:04:48,710
I never really felt she was...
1320
01:04:49,973 --> 01:04:51,104
perfect for the role.
1321
01:04:52,105 --> 01:04:53,367
We got down to the point
1322
01:04:53,498 --> 01:04:55,108
to where Jerry said,
"You're right.
1323
01:04:55,239 --> 01:04:57,328
The other two can't act.
Let's go with Hilary."
1324
01:04:57,850 --> 01:04:59,896
I said, "Jerry, I'm not sure
we found a girl yet.
1325
01:05:00,026 --> 01:05:01,636
I'm not totally convinced.
1326
01:05:02,115 --> 01:05:04,248
Maybe we should keep looking."
He said, "Tell you what,
1327
01:05:04,378 --> 01:05:05,292
we'll flip a coin.
1328
01:05:06,728 --> 01:05:09,949
If you win, we keep looking.
If I win, she gets it."
1329
01:05:10,645 --> 01:05:12,647
I said, "Okay."
So he flipped a coin.
1330
01:05:12,778 --> 01:05:16,086
I won. He looked at me
and said, "Two out of three."
1331
01:05:16,216 --> 01:05:17,391
So...
1332
01:05:17,522 --> 01:05:18,958
A newcomer, Hilary Swank,
1333
01:05:19,089 --> 01:05:21,178
kicks into Ralph Macchio's
old territory
1334
01:05:21,308 --> 01:05:23,223
asThe Next Karate Kid ,
1335
01:05:23,354 --> 01:05:25,965
who is once again
under Pat Morita's guidance.
1336
01:05:26,096 --> 01:05:28,315
He'd come up to me at the end
of every day when we were done.
1337
01:05:28,446 --> 01:05:29,926
He says, "Is that it for me?"
1338
01:05:30,056 --> 01:05:32,406
I say, "Yep." He says,
"That's a wrap for the Jap."
1339
01:05:33,407 --> 01:05:34,234
And walk off.
1340
01:05:35,322 --> 01:05:37,716
He poked a lot of fun
at himself.
1341
01:05:39,022 --> 01:05:42,373
People enjoy watching people
pick on themselves.
1342
01:05:42,503 --> 01:05:43,940
When everybody used to say,
1343
01:05:44,505 --> 01:05:46,812
"Wax on, wax off,"
he always remembered to say,
1344
01:05:46,943 --> 01:05:47,987
"No, now I'm
a little old for that,
1345
01:05:48,118 --> 01:05:50,816
wax on, wax off,
wax on, whack off."
1346
01:05:50,947 --> 01:05:53,862
He loved to poke fun
at Jerry Weintraub.
1347
01:05:54,428 --> 01:05:56,561
You always do the ou--
you know, this--
1348
01:05:56,691 --> 01:05:59,085
He went out of his way
to make you laugh.
1349
01:05:59,216 --> 01:06:01,131
He went out of his way
to make you comfortable.
1350
01:06:02,001 --> 01:06:05,135
And never seemed to take
himself too seriously.
1351
01:06:05,831 --> 01:06:08,660
But then you can
catch him at times,
and you look over and...
1352
01:06:08,790 --> 01:06:09,966
and you could see that,
you know,
1353
01:06:10,096 --> 01:06:11,663
he was lost in thought.
1354
01:06:11,793 --> 01:06:13,317
I think Pat was
a complicated guy.
1355
01:06:13,970 --> 01:06:15,319
He would try
to get people to laugh...
1356
01:06:16,146 --> 01:06:19,236
and, uh, you know, be a comic.
1357
01:06:19,366 --> 01:06:21,368
Comedian? I don't know,
1358
01:06:21,499 --> 01:06:22,891
do you remember the old days?
1359
01:06:23,022 --> 01:06:24,415
We were the bad guys.
1360
01:06:26,330 --> 01:06:27,374
Fire one!
1361
01:06:31,813 --> 01:06:34,816
But I think underneath,
there was a lot of complication,
1362
01:06:34,947 --> 01:06:36,209
a lot of complicated feelings.
1363
01:06:36,731 --> 01:06:37,994
Came out when he drank.
1364
01:06:39,256 --> 01:06:40,779
Pat had a drinking problem.
1365
01:06:42,259 --> 01:06:43,869
And he drank too much,
1366
01:06:44,000 --> 01:06:47,003
and his liver reacted.
He had to go in.
1367
01:06:47,133 --> 01:06:48,743
You're all so short in talent.
1368
01:06:51,703 --> 01:06:54,184
Alright,
I'll do this the hard way,
1369
01:06:54,314 --> 01:06:56,142
you want to see an Eskimo pee?
1370
01:07:00,190 --> 01:07:02,105
Did that go over
their heads too?
1371
01:07:03,497 --> 01:07:05,369
One day, he wasn't feeling good,
1372
01:07:05,499 --> 01:07:08,111
and, um, he had to go
to the hospital.
1373
01:07:08,241 --> 01:07:09,547
He was there for about a week.
1374
01:07:10,156 --> 01:07:11,766
They had to shoot around him.
1375
01:07:11,897 --> 01:07:13,638
It left him really weak,
you know,
1376
01:07:13,768 --> 01:07:15,640
he couldn't do much action.
1377
01:07:15,770 --> 01:07:17,729
He could do a lot
of arm movements
1378
01:07:17,859 --> 01:07:18,904
and st-- in the fight scenes,
1379
01:07:19,035 --> 01:07:20,514
but, you know, Fumio Demura,
1380
01:07:20,645 --> 01:07:21,428
God bless him,
1381
01:07:21,994 --> 01:07:23,517
he had to cover for him.
1382
01:07:23,648 --> 01:07:26,085
Time put your lights out.
1383
01:07:33,005 --> 01:07:34,354
Okay, you have to understand,
he was drinking
1384
01:07:34,485 --> 01:07:36,530
- since the age of 12.
- Wow.
1385
01:07:36,661 --> 01:07:38,402
Uh, his father was an alcoholic,
1386
01:07:38,532 --> 01:07:39,968
his grandfather
was an alcoholic,
1387
01:07:40,099 --> 01:07:42,014
as a matter of fact,
his grandfather
1388
01:07:42,145 --> 01:07:43,798
was making bootleg sake...
1389
01:07:43,929 --> 01:07:45,409
- Oh, my gosh!
- ...in the internment camp
1390
01:07:45,539 --> 01:07:47,019
and keeping everybody wasted.
1391
01:07:47,150 --> 01:07:48,499
Oh, wow.
1392
01:07:48,629 --> 01:07:50,109
And, of course,
the children, you know,
1393
01:07:50,240 --> 01:07:51,980
- they had nothing better to do.
- Well, yeah.
1394
01:07:52,111 --> 01:07:53,112
He drank every day.
1395
01:07:54,157 --> 01:07:55,071
He-- every day.
1396
01:07:56,289 --> 01:07:57,986
He put it in his coffee, vodka.
1397
01:07:58,552 --> 01:07:59,727
Pat was a...
1398
01:08:00,641 --> 01:08:02,904
a unique drunk,
he used to call himself.
1399
01:08:04,515 --> 01:08:07,300
He said,
"I can be drunk every day
1400
01:08:07,431 --> 01:08:08,823
and nobody will ever know it."
1401
01:08:10,042 --> 01:08:11,261
And apparently he was.
1402
01:08:13,089 --> 01:08:15,047
They always said, "What does
Mr. Morita want in his trailer?"
1403
01:08:15,178 --> 01:08:16,701
And I'd say, "Nothing, water."
1404
01:08:18,920 --> 01:08:21,140
And then,
he'd get somebody to go
1405
01:08:21,662 --> 01:08:23,664
buy him some vodka or whatever.
1406
01:08:24,491 --> 01:08:26,232
So, basically,
I would go out there
1407
01:08:26,363 --> 01:08:28,321
and make sure he didn't drink
too much, keep talking to him.
1408
01:08:28,452 --> 01:08:30,541
I never had to go
over his lines.
1409
01:08:30,671 --> 01:08:32,891
He knew his lines perfectly.
1410
01:08:33,021 --> 01:08:34,458
He could always hit his spot,
1411
01:08:34,588 --> 01:08:36,112
he'd doe--
in the physical stuff.
1412
01:08:36,938 --> 01:08:38,288
And I'm sure he'd been drinking.
1413
01:08:38,418 --> 01:08:41,291
Never smelled it on him.
He'd do a lot of cover up,
1414
01:08:41,421 --> 01:08:42,640
you never saw him drink.
1415
01:08:43,162 --> 01:08:45,033
But he confided in me, he said,
1416
01:08:45,730 --> 01:08:47,514
"Chris, I'm drunk
almost every day."
1417
01:08:50,343 --> 01:08:52,215
I'd see him, you know,
in the lobby, drinking.
1418
01:08:52,345 --> 01:08:55,000
He would invite me,
but I don't drink that,
1419
01:08:55,131 --> 01:08:58,395
you know, except for the screen,
you know, for a role.
1420
01:08:58,960 --> 01:09:03,791
Uh, so, I was wondering
if he was hiding a past or...
1421
01:09:04,444 --> 01:09:08,100
You know, sometimes we like
to get away from the real world.
1422
01:09:09,623 --> 01:09:13,714
He was an abandoned child.
He had a lot of
abandonment issues...
1423
01:09:13,845 --> 01:09:15,760
- Oh.
- ...because he was
an unwanted child.
1424
01:09:15,890 --> 01:09:18,763
- Oh.
- The mother he thought raised him
1425
01:09:18,893 --> 01:09:20,634
- was really his aunt.
- Oh, wow.
1426
01:09:21,157 --> 01:09:23,289
It was his aunt's sister
1427
01:09:23,420 --> 01:09:25,248
that was really
his biological mother.
1428
01:09:25,378 --> 01:09:27,032
- Mm.
- And...
1429
01:09:27,163 --> 01:09:30,166
how convenient was it
1430
01:09:30,296 --> 01:09:34,257
- that he happened to get sick at the age of two.
- -Mm.
1431
01:09:34,387 --> 01:09:36,998
- Now, they just sent him away.
- Mm-hmm.
1432
01:09:37,129 --> 01:09:39,305
So it's like,
"Let's get rid of the problem."
1433
01:09:39,436 --> 01:09:41,612
- So he had to deal with a lot of that.
- -Yeah.
1434
01:09:41,742 --> 01:09:44,223
He was telling me, "You have
to keep with this image...
1435
01:09:45,268 --> 01:09:47,183
as an actor,
you have to keep this image
1436
01:09:47,313 --> 01:09:48,706
when you talk to people."
1437
01:09:49,489 --> 01:09:51,535
You have-- And it is hard to do,
1438
01:09:51,665 --> 01:09:54,233
and then the drinking...
kind of hid that.
1439
01:10:00,239 --> 01:10:03,155
I, I think
he always seemed so...
1440
01:10:03,938 --> 01:10:06,245
sure of himself
in this and that,
1441
01:10:06,376 --> 01:10:09,509
but I was thinking,
maybe deep down inside,
1442
01:10:09,640 --> 01:10:13,557
he had his demons and he wasn't
so sure of himself, you know.
1443
01:10:13,687 --> 01:10:16,212
Whenever I would
go down to see him,
1444
01:10:16,342 --> 01:10:17,517
and I would be there...
1445
01:10:18,301 --> 01:10:21,913
it was, it was never
just socializing.
1446
01:10:22,043 --> 01:10:24,220
Always people there
drinking and,
1447
01:10:24,872 --> 01:10:26,222
uh, and I couldn't handle that,
1448
01:10:26,352 --> 01:10:27,875
I just always thought,
1449
01:10:28,006 --> 01:10:29,921
"I just want to be--
have a quiet night with him."
1450
01:10:30,487 --> 01:10:31,879
When he drank,
he woke up on his floor,
1451
01:10:32,010 --> 01:10:34,665
he was not a smile
and happy face man.
1452
01:10:34,795 --> 01:10:36,754
He was, he was mean.
1453
01:10:38,930 --> 01:10:41,062
He started to get smaller parts
1454
01:10:41,193 --> 01:10:44,936
because there weren't
a lot of big parts available
1455
01:10:45,066 --> 01:10:49,157
for an aging Asian actor.
1456
01:10:50,115 --> 01:10:52,030
Secondly, he needed
the money, you know,
1457
01:10:52,160 --> 01:10:53,423
he needed to keep working.
1458
01:10:53,553 --> 01:10:55,555
So he would take
little cameo parts
1459
01:10:55,686 --> 01:10:57,165
just to stay busy.
1460
01:10:57,296 --> 01:10:58,950
It was a movie that we did,
1461
01:10:59,080 --> 01:11:00,256
I can't remember the title.
1462
01:11:00,821 --> 01:11:02,301
It was a funny little movie.
1463
01:11:03,998 --> 01:11:04,738
- You know--
- China Girl
or Rise China?
1464
01:11:04,869 --> 01:11:06,827
Yeah. Oh, yeah. That-- oh.
1465
01:11:06,958 --> 01:11:08,873
God, it was pretty bad.
1466
01:11:09,003 --> 01:11:12,093
I mean, I-- I,
I remember that, whoa!
1467
01:11:12,659 --> 01:11:14,095
These women are hookers.
1468
01:11:14,226 --> 01:11:15,880
Don't you fall in love
with any hookers.
1469
01:11:16,010 --> 01:11:17,577
"Flied lice."
1470
01:11:17,708 --> 01:11:20,493
It's fried rice, you plick!
1471
01:11:20,624 --> 01:11:22,365
We were talking
about Karate Kidand,
1472
01:11:22,495 --> 01:11:24,454
you know, doing another one,
and he said,
1473
01:11:24,584 --> 01:11:26,456
"Man, I always wanted
to do one more,
1474
01:11:26,586 --> 01:11:28,109
one more, where, you know,
1475
01:11:28,240 --> 01:11:30,024
I'm thinking, you know,
Johnny is like a doctor,
1476
01:11:30,155 --> 01:11:31,330
and Miyagi gets sick,
1477
01:11:31,461 --> 01:11:33,680
and, uh, you know, and Daniel--"
1478
01:11:33,811 --> 01:11:35,987
I forgot what he said
Daniel was doing because
I didn't play Daniel,
1479
01:11:36,117 --> 01:11:37,815
so I didn't key in on it.
No.
1480
01:11:37,945 --> 01:11:40,992
But he says,
"But I want at the--
at the end for Miyagi to die
1481
01:11:41,122 --> 01:11:43,647
and to have a proper
Okinawan burial for him."
1482
01:11:43,777 --> 01:11:46,911
You know, and so he said,
"I want to-- I'm not ready,
I'm not done with Miyagi yet.
1483
01:11:47,041 --> 01:11:49,043
Like, I-- I want
to send him off to pasture and,
1484
01:11:49,174 --> 01:11:51,176
and with respect and hon--
and full honors, you know."
1485
01:11:51,307 --> 01:11:54,614
He came to me with an idea
about doing Mr. Miyagi's story.
1486
01:11:55,180 --> 01:11:56,660
And, um...
1487
01:11:59,227 --> 01:12:00,533
...you know,
it was kind of like...
1488
01:12:01,882 --> 01:12:03,536
a little bit
of a desperation thing,
1489
01:12:03,667 --> 01:12:06,234
uh, he didn't quite know where
to put himself after a while.
1490
01:12:07,148 --> 01:12:09,499
When the drinking started
to get really bad,
1491
01:12:09,629 --> 01:12:12,110
uh, it was starting
to show in his performance.
1492
01:12:12,589 --> 01:12:14,460
The few jobs that he got,
1493
01:12:14,591 --> 01:12:15,766
he was showing up late.
1494
01:12:15,896 --> 01:12:18,508
He, he,
he clearly looked intoxicated.
1495
01:12:19,247 --> 01:12:20,858
Uh, he was difficult.
1496
01:12:20,988 --> 01:12:24,340
And Arnie, his, his manager,
Arnold Soloway,
1497
01:12:24,470 --> 01:12:26,559
he said,
"Pat, you're unemployable."
1498
01:12:29,997 --> 01:12:34,524
When his father died,
it was, it was, um,
it really affected him.
1499
01:12:34,654 --> 01:12:36,961
- He was hit by a pick-up truck and the...
- -Oh, my God.
1500
01:12:37,091 --> 01:12:38,789
the guy that was driving
didn't even know.
1501
01:12:40,834 --> 01:12:41,922
- He was dragging him for blocks and blocks and blocks.
- -Oh, my God.
1502
01:12:43,576 --> 01:12:45,883
I think his pant leg
or something got caught
in the wheel.
1503
01:12:46,013 --> 01:12:49,539
He suffered a long,
long, slow death.
1504
01:12:49,669 --> 01:12:52,324
So, he had all these demons
he had to deal with...
1505
01:12:52,455 --> 01:12:54,065
- Mm-hmm.
- ...so it's no wonder
he drank...
1506
01:12:54,195 --> 01:12:55,849
- Yeah. Yeah.
- ...all his life.
1507
01:12:55,980 --> 01:12:59,723
- He never recovered from those wounds.
- -Wow.
1508
01:12:59,853 --> 01:13:00,811
- Yeah.
- You know.
1509
01:13:00,941 --> 01:13:02,682
Then how does someone,
1510
01:13:02,813 --> 01:13:06,425
um, that has such a broken
experience find comedy?
1511
01:13:06,556 --> 01:13:08,296
Tha-- that's their way
of dealing with it,
1512
01:13:08,427 --> 01:13:10,342
- you know, through humor.
- Right.
1513
01:13:10,473 --> 01:13:11,865
I mean, look at Richard Pryor,
1514
01:13:11,996 --> 01:13:13,301
Lenny Bruce,
1515
01:13:13,432 --> 01:13:15,478
- uh, Robin Williams.
- Yeah.
1516
01:13:15,608 --> 01:13:18,002
- Mm-hmm.
- -If you look into their past,
1517
01:13:18,132 --> 01:13:20,396
you'll see that there's
a history there of depression,
1518
01:13:20,526 --> 01:13:22,702
- or, you know, some issues.
- Yeah.
1519
01:13:22,833 --> 01:13:25,488
I think his reputation
started to, uh,
1520
01:13:25,618 --> 01:13:28,273
you know, get known
about the drinking and--
1521
01:13:28,404 --> 01:13:31,363
and at one-- and some point,
he knew about it,
1522
01:13:31,494 --> 01:13:32,495
he was well aware of it,
1523
01:13:33,104 --> 01:13:34,366
but I think,
you know, the illness
1524
01:13:34,497 --> 01:13:35,498
kind of just took over.
1525
01:13:37,238 --> 01:13:39,763
The real topper was--
Happy Dayswas having--
1526
01:13:39,893 --> 01:13:42,809
I believe it was
the 30th anniversary,
1527
01:13:42,940 --> 01:13:44,898
and Henry Winkler invited us
1528
01:13:45,029 --> 01:13:47,684
to participate in that.
1529
01:13:47,814 --> 01:13:51,252
And it was being shot
in Pepperdine University,
in Malibu.
1530
01:13:51,383 --> 01:13:52,906
So it was a two-day affair.
1531
01:13:53,037 --> 01:13:55,953
And we stayed at the Miramar
Hotel, in Santa Monica.
1532
01:13:56,083 --> 01:13:57,737
Uh, we had, like,
an eight o'clock call
1533
01:13:57,868 --> 01:14:00,261
where we had to be, uh, on set.
1534
01:14:00,914 --> 01:14:03,700
I was up early, ready as usual.
1535
01:14:03,830 --> 01:14:05,658
Pat still passed out on the bed.
1536
01:14:06,529 --> 01:14:08,444
And I woke him up and I said,
"Honey, come on.
1537
01:14:08,574 --> 01:14:09,749
You got to get ready, you know,
1538
01:14:09,880 --> 01:14:11,359
the car is going
to be here any minute.
1539
01:14:11,490 --> 01:14:12,709
We have
an eight o'clock pick up."
1540
01:14:13,536 --> 01:14:16,016
"Tell him I overslept
and I'll take a cab."
1541
01:14:16,147 --> 01:14:19,455
And Henry Winkler greeted me
when we got there,
1542
01:14:19,585 --> 01:14:20,673
and he says, "Where is Pat?"
1543
01:14:22,327 --> 01:14:25,591
"He overslept, and he's going
to take a cab and, you know."
1544
01:14:26,549 --> 01:14:28,507
An hour goes by, and he goes...
1545
01:14:29,595 --> 01:14:31,554
"Why isn't Pat here?" You know.
1546
01:14:31,684 --> 01:14:32,946
So he asked the driver,
1547
01:14:33,077 --> 01:14:34,034
"Go back and get him."
1548
01:14:35,296 --> 01:14:37,168
Now the driver comes back
and he says,
1549
01:14:37,298 --> 01:14:38,517
"I still can't find him.
1550
01:14:38,648 --> 01:14:40,519
I've looked everywhere
and I've asked."
1551
01:14:40,650 --> 01:14:42,216
So I said,
"Let me go back with you."
1552
01:14:42,913 --> 01:14:44,871
And, you know, we wen--
we went to all the bars,
1553
01:14:45,002 --> 01:14:47,787
little local bars around there.
We couldn't find him.
1554
01:14:47,918 --> 01:14:50,311
Finally, I-- I said, I thought,
1555
01:14:50,442 --> 01:14:52,313
"Well, maybe he's up--
he went back upstairs,
1556
01:14:52,444 --> 01:14:54,272
and he went back
to bed or something,
1557
01:14:54,402 --> 01:14:55,447
or he's still in bed."
1558
01:14:56,709 --> 01:14:59,364
And, um, when we went
back to the hotel...
1559
01:15:01,801 --> 01:15:03,629
Oh, my God, it was so...
1560
01:15:05,544 --> 01:15:08,242
He was slumped over
on the front steps,
1561
01:15:09,417 --> 01:15:10,375
dead drunk.
1562
01:15:11,985 --> 01:15:13,509
He looked like
a homeless person.
1563
01:15:20,733 --> 01:15:22,909
I said to the driver,
"Let's get him in the car."
1564
01:15:23,997 --> 01:15:27,523
And so, we did
and, uh, took him back.
1565
01:15:28,741 --> 01:15:32,092
And the whole time he was
passed out in the backseat.
1566
01:15:32,223 --> 01:15:35,269
And then we got there,
Henry Winkler came
to the car and...
1567
01:15:36,009 --> 01:15:37,402
he said, "Come on, Pat,"
he says,
1568
01:15:37,533 --> 01:15:39,143
"I'm going to put you
in a room."
1569
01:15:40,318 --> 01:15:43,539
He never judged him,
wasn't pissed at him, nothing,
1570
01:15:43,669 --> 01:15:46,106
you know, he'd--
I love Henry for that.
1571
01:15:46,237 --> 01:15:49,283
And he had me work
with him with the lines
1572
01:15:49,414 --> 01:15:52,156
because he had a little skit,
it was a disaster.
1573
01:15:52,809 --> 01:15:54,462
It was so-- this little skit,
1574
01:15:54,593 --> 01:15:58,292
and he couldn't--
he couldn't get one... line out.
1575
01:15:59,163 --> 01:16:02,296
And he was acting silly
and falling down and--
1576
01:16:02,427 --> 01:16:04,821
oh, my God,
it was just a mockery.
1577
01:16:04,951 --> 01:16:06,953
Henry said, "You know,"
he whispered to me and he says,
1578
01:16:07,084 --> 01:16:09,260
"Well, we're not going to be
able to use any of this, so--
1579
01:16:09,390 --> 01:16:11,218
it's a shame, but go home,
1580
01:16:11,349 --> 01:16:13,612
get some rest because
tomorrow we have a panel."
1581
01:16:13,743 --> 01:16:16,615
This is one
of the families in my lifetime
1582
01:16:16,746 --> 01:16:19,313
that I treasure very, very much.
1583
01:16:19,444 --> 01:16:21,707
The cast of Happy Days,
ladies and gentlemen.
1584
01:16:21,838 --> 01:16:23,535
Hey!
1585
01:16:26,146 --> 01:16:29,106
They have all those chairs
lined up with everybody's name,
1586
01:16:29,236 --> 01:16:33,284
and Pat notices, there's not
a chair for him with his name.
1587
01:16:33,850 --> 01:16:36,026
And then an AD came in,
and he asked him,
1588
01:16:36,156 --> 01:16:38,289
and the AD said, "Really?
1589
01:16:38,898 --> 01:16:41,118
After what you did yesterday?
1590
01:16:41,248 --> 01:16:43,947
You expect to be on the panel?"
1591
01:16:46,297 --> 01:16:48,386
And Pat looked at him, like,
1592
01:16:48,516 --> 01:16:50,780
"How dare you
speak to me like that?"
1593
01:16:50,910 --> 01:16:53,086
And I said, "He's right.
1594
01:16:55,219 --> 01:16:56,960
He's absolutely right,
and I'm surprised
1595
01:16:57,090 --> 01:16:58,135
that you're surprised."
1596
01:16:59,527 --> 01:17:02,095
That was when it really,
really hit home,
1597
01:17:02,226 --> 01:17:04,532
and he realized,
"I've got a big problem."
1598
01:17:07,361 --> 01:17:08,972
I've always known that
1599
01:17:09,102 --> 01:17:10,756
- alcoholism was a disease...
- Mm-hmm.
1600
01:17:10,887 --> 01:17:12,410
- Yes.
- ...and I never stopped
loving him.
1601
01:17:12,540 --> 01:17:13,759
You don't stop loving someone
1602
01:17:13,890 --> 01:17:15,369
- if they have cancer.
- Right.
1603
01:17:15,500 --> 01:17:16,806
It's the same thing, you know,
1604
01:17:16,936 --> 01:17:18,677
if you have the disease
of alcoholism...
1605
01:17:18,808 --> 01:17:20,548
- Yeah.
-...it's the same thing.
You're not--
1606
01:17:20,679 --> 01:17:22,681
- they're not the same person.
- Yeah.
1607
01:17:22,812 --> 01:17:25,641
When the alcohol started
manifesting itself
1608
01:17:25,771 --> 01:17:27,773
in that way,
that people were like,
1609
01:17:27,904 --> 01:17:29,732
"We can't employ him."
1610
01:17:29,862 --> 01:17:32,038
The-- that didn't
make him go, "Hmm...
1611
01:17:32,169 --> 01:17:34,911
maybe I should consider
how far gone I am"?
1612
01:17:35,955 --> 01:17:38,654
Um, well, he tried to sober up.
1613
01:17:38,784 --> 01:17:40,481
- Mm.
- He went to rehab.
1614
01:17:40,612 --> 01:17:42,962
- Oh.
- -Um, but the problem was,
1615
01:17:43,093 --> 01:17:45,008
- he did it for the wrong reasons.
- -Mm.
1616
01:17:46,183 --> 01:17:48,620
So, he wrote Henry Winkler
1617
01:17:49,099 --> 01:17:50,927
this long, beautiful...
1618
01:17:51,841 --> 01:17:53,320
letter of forgiveness.
1619
01:17:55,192 --> 01:17:59,065
And, uh, I don't know
if Henry ever read it, but...
1620
01:18:00,458 --> 01:18:03,635
it really,
really hit home for him then.
1621
01:18:04,680 --> 01:18:05,506
You know,
1622
01:18:06,682 --> 01:18:08,074
that's when he had
to make that choice.
1623
01:18:09,946 --> 01:18:11,774
Did you ever received
this apology letter from Pat?
1624
01:18:18,563 --> 01:18:19,390
Right.
1625
01:18:20,043 --> 01:18:21,958
You know, I have to tell you,
1626
01:18:22,088 --> 01:18:26,484
uh, I, I think
that I receive this,
1627
01:18:27,006 --> 01:18:29,617
uh, this letter,
and I thought to myself,
1628
01:18:29,748 --> 01:18:33,099
uh, I possibly, uh,
called or wrote him,
1629
01:18:33,796 --> 01:18:37,538
um, that he did not need
to apologize.
1630
01:18:38,539 --> 01:18:39,889
We are fragile.
1631
01:18:40,019 --> 01:18:41,107
Pat Morita was fragile.
1632
01:18:41,804 --> 01:18:44,545
And I think that the producers
1633
01:18:44,676 --> 01:18:46,939
and the cast understood that.
1634
01:18:47,070 --> 01:18:51,074
We were just happy
that he was there,
1635
01:18:51,988 --> 01:18:54,686
so that the photograph
at the end,
1636
01:18:55,252 --> 01:18:57,341
um, could include everybody.
1637
01:18:58,516 --> 01:18:59,778
To see him, uh...
1638
01:19:00,997 --> 01:19:01,911
just give up.
1639
01:19:02,607 --> 01:19:04,217
He ju-- he couldn't beat it,
1640
01:19:04,348 --> 01:19:07,220
you know, it-- it had
a hold of him and, uh...
1641
01:19:07,830 --> 01:19:10,920
he chose to give up
everything that he loved,
1642
01:19:11,572 --> 01:19:13,444
uh, in order to, uh...
1643
01:19:14,793 --> 01:19:15,925
continue drinking.
1644
01:19:17,448 --> 01:19:19,493
When you start examining
where he came from...
1645
01:19:19,624 --> 01:19:21,844
- Mm-hmm. Right.
- ...it's nothing short
of a miracle that he--
1646
01:19:21,974 --> 01:19:24,324
that he achieved what he did.
1647
01:19:24,847 --> 01:19:27,675
He told me, he said, "I want you
to be candid, and honest,
1648
01:19:27,806 --> 01:19:30,069
and talk about all the good,
the bad, and the ugly..."
1649
01:19:30,200 --> 01:19:32,768
- Yeah.
- ...he says, "Because
if I can save one poor soul
1650
01:19:32,898 --> 01:19:34,160
- from this disease...
- Mm.
1651
01:19:34,291 --> 01:19:36,075
...then I would've felt
I've done something good
1652
01:19:36,206 --> 01:19:37,729
- for the world."
- Yeah. Yeah.
1653
01:19:38,251 --> 01:19:40,253
When Pat went to rehab...
1654
01:19:41,428 --> 01:19:43,430
uh, I was going to Al-Anon.
1655
01:19:44,214 --> 01:19:46,477
And it was suggested,
1656
01:19:46,999 --> 01:19:49,697
uh, that I do, like, a collage
1657
01:19:49,828 --> 01:19:52,222
of a before and after,
of the good times,
1658
01:19:52,352 --> 01:19:53,745
you know, the better times and,
1659
01:19:54,267 --> 01:19:59,403
and a collage of, you know,
not such good times.
1660
01:19:59,533 --> 01:20:01,100
So I did this, um...
1661
01:20:02,058 --> 01:20:04,147
of the good times...
1662
01:20:05,278 --> 01:20:07,063
you know, our wedding,
1663
01:20:07,803 --> 01:20:09,630
star on the Walk of Fame,
1664
01:20:10,109 --> 01:20:12,633
our babies,
you know, our family,
1665
01:20:13,199 --> 01:20:14,461
friends...
1666
01:20:15,549 --> 01:20:18,683
you know, Great Wall of China,
the President.
1667
01:20:19,902 --> 01:20:22,730
An-- I just wanted
to show him...
1668
01:20:25,124 --> 01:20:26,822
the difference, you know,
th-- you know,
1669
01:20:26,952 --> 01:20:29,694
the changes that,
that has transpired
1670
01:20:29,825 --> 01:20:31,957
because of his drinking,
because of his alcohol--
1671
01:20:32,871 --> 01:20:35,918
uh, abuse and because of t--
the disease.
1672
01:20:36,048 --> 01:20:38,442
And I wanted to show him
1673
01:20:38,572 --> 01:20:39,965
the face of that disease,
1674
01:20:40,705 --> 01:20:41,662
and what it does.
1675
01:20:43,055 --> 01:20:45,449
Because I know he doesn't
remember any of this.
1676
01:20:45,579 --> 01:20:48,887
And so, I started to keep a log,
and I started to take pictures
1677
01:20:49,018 --> 01:20:50,323
because he didn't believe me.
1678
01:20:51,324 --> 01:20:52,848
This is in the garage.
1679
01:20:53,544 --> 01:20:55,763
Uh, I found him
collapsed in the garage,
1680
01:20:55,894 --> 01:20:57,853
he had just gotten out
of his car
1681
01:20:57,983 --> 01:21:00,551
and couldn't make it
into the house and...
1682
01:21:01,291 --> 01:21:03,859
Uh, another time,
when h-- it was so sad,
1683
01:21:03,989 --> 01:21:05,861
it's really hard for me. Um...
1684
01:21:11,867 --> 01:21:13,607
You know,
how do you save someone?
1685
01:21:15,087 --> 01:21:16,175
How do you save them...
1686
01:21:17,437 --> 01:21:19,309
if they don't want
to save themselves?
1687
01:21:21,311 --> 01:21:22,225
How do you do that?
1688
01:21:25,532 --> 01:21:27,099
Because I never-- I never...
1689
01:21:28,492 --> 01:21:31,321
never for one--
for one minute did I hate him.
1690
01:21:32,975 --> 01:21:34,019
I knew addiction
1691
01:21:34,150 --> 01:21:35,716
because I went
through it myself.
1692
01:21:36,195 --> 01:21:39,155
Not to that degree,
but I understood it,
1693
01:21:39,285 --> 01:21:40,678
and it ran in my family.
1694
01:21:42,462 --> 01:21:44,464
But nothing I tried worked.
1695
01:21:45,161 --> 01:21:46,031
You know, uh,
1696
01:21:46,727 --> 01:21:48,077
threatening to leave him,
1697
01:21:48,599 --> 01:21:51,080
showing him how he's
hurting other people,
1698
01:21:51,210 --> 01:21:52,211
his loved ones.
1699
01:21:52,342 --> 01:21:53,909
Nothing, nothing, nothing.
1700
01:21:54,039 --> 01:21:54,953
Nothing worked.
1701
01:21:56,085 --> 01:21:57,825
He told me one day, he said,
1702
01:21:58,304 --> 01:22:00,306
"I'm just going
to go off to die."
1703
01:22:02,091 --> 01:22:03,440
"I'm not going to stand by
1704
01:22:03,570 --> 01:22:04,920
and watch
you kill yourself here.
1705
01:22:05,050 --> 01:22:06,617
You better do it
somewhere else."
1706
01:22:07,270 --> 01:22:09,707
And that's what he did,
basically,
1707
01:22:09,837 --> 01:22:11,709
he just left to, to die.
1708
01:22:16,627 --> 01:22:18,934
I know in my heart
I did everything I could...
1709
01:22:20,152 --> 01:22:21,762
you know.
1710
01:22:35,037 --> 01:22:36,081
I really miss him.
1711
01:22:42,261 --> 01:22:43,436
He was a great man.
1712
01:22:44,046 --> 01:22:44,960
Uh...
1713
01:22:47,745 --> 01:22:51,662
it was, uh, really hard
to see him go down like that,
1714
01:22:52,228 --> 01:22:54,012
after everything
that he fought through,
1715
01:22:54,143 --> 01:22:55,927
and everything
that he did in his life,
1716
01:22:56,058 --> 01:22:59,757
and accomplished, and,
and overcame. Um...
1717
01:23:02,716 --> 01:23:07,330
it was just hard to see someone
that you love give up on life.
1718
01:23:11,812 --> 01:23:13,162
Sadness and praise tonight
1719
01:23:13,292 --> 01:23:15,251
fromThe Karate Kid,
Ralph Macchio,
1720
01:23:15,381 --> 01:23:17,644
for the man who played
his mentor in the movie.
1721
01:23:17,775 --> 01:23:20,734
Actor Pat Morita, who earned
an Academy Award nomination
1722
01:23:20,865 --> 01:23:22,954
for his role
in the originalKarate Kid
1723
01:23:23,085 --> 01:23:24,173
has died.
1724
01:23:24,303 --> 01:23:26,044
Pat Morita was 74 years old.
1725
01:23:44,454 --> 01:23:45,324
Yes!
1726
01:23:47,022 --> 01:23:48,023
English.
1727
01:23:53,854 --> 01:23:58,250
♪ Storming winds of life
1728
01:23:58,381 --> 01:24:00,948
♪ May blow
1729
01:24:01,558 --> 01:24:06,345
♪ Even rain may fall
1730
01:24:07,694 --> 01:24:13,265
♪ Though paths above are dark
1731
01:24:14,658 --> 01:24:19,489
♪ Life will be bright on me
1732
01:24:20,794 --> 01:24:26,757
♪ Please say
you will never leave me ♪
1733
01:24:27,975 --> 01:24:34,678
♪ For if you did I would die
1734
01:24:40,118 --> 01:24:44,688
♪ Means here
with you is happiness ♪
1735
01:24:53,305 --> 01:24:56,917
♪ Oh!
1736
01:25:05,709 --> 01:25:07,102
I love you, Evelyn.
1737
01:25:14,196 --> 01:25:17,851
How would Pat Morita
like to be remembered?
1738
01:25:21,116 --> 01:25:23,683
I guess I'd like
to be remembered...
1739
01:25:25,032 --> 01:25:28,645
for having touched
a lot of lives in happy ways,
1740
01:25:29,211 --> 01:25:30,299
positive ways.
1741
01:25:31,735 --> 01:25:33,563
I'd like to be remembered as a,
1742
01:25:34,303 --> 01:25:37,610
a guy who might've been
a failure as a husband,
1743
01:25:37,741 --> 01:25:39,134
but he was a hell of a daddy.
1744
01:25:41,701 --> 01:25:42,528
I don't know.
1745
01:25:44,051 --> 01:25:47,577
I'd like, uh, if I make it
to the Pearly Gates,
1746
01:25:47,707 --> 01:25:50,057
I would like God to say,
"Where the heck you been, man?
1747
01:25:50,188 --> 01:25:51,972
We've been waiting for you.
Let's party."
1748
01:25:53,365 --> 01:25:54,627
You know how many guys--
your friends
1749
01:25:54,758 --> 01:25:56,151
are up here
waiting for you, man."
1750
01:26:38,280 --> 01:26:40,760
I would thank him
for the many gifts.
1751
01:26:41,718 --> 01:26:44,460
Uh, for including me
in his journey.
1752
01:26:45,852 --> 01:26:48,812
And for allowing me to be
the steward of his legacy.
1753
01:26:50,292 --> 01:26:51,162
And...
1754
01:26:52,642 --> 01:26:56,211
I hope that I fulfill
the promise that he held me to.
1755
01:26:57,299 --> 01:26:58,735
I brought this picture today,
1756
01:26:58,865 --> 01:27:01,085
because this is how
I remember Pat on the set,
1757
01:27:01,999 --> 01:27:04,175
and if he could see
the Cobra Kais with, uh--
1758
01:27:04,958 --> 01:27:07,309
with our popsicles, uh,
Cobra Kais with their popsicles
1759
01:27:07,439 --> 01:27:09,398
and you can see
Pat's face there...
1760
01:27:09,963 --> 01:27:11,313
that's pretty much
Pat every day,
1761
01:27:11,443 --> 01:27:13,445
you know,
you can kind of see the fun.
1762
01:27:13,576 --> 01:27:15,969
That's a special shot
right there, moments, so...
1763
01:27:16,100 --> 01:27:16,927
Pat...
1764
01:27:17,580 --> 01:27:19,799
I liked you the day we met.
1765
01:27:21,845 --> 01:27:25,240
And I liked you every day
we worked together.
1766
01:27:27,024 --> 01:27:31,246
And I liked being in the shows
we've made and put on.
1767
01:27:31,855 --> 01:27:34,466
He was one of the nicest men
I've ever knew.
1768
01:27:34,597 --> 01:27:36,903
He was a kind gentleman
1769
01:27:37,513 --> 01:27:40,603
to me, to the producers,
1770
01:27:40,733 --> 01:27:43,562
to other actors, to the crew,
1771
01:27:43,693 --> 01:27:46,913
to the extras, to the guy
that walked by the set
1772
01:27:47,044 --> 01:27:48,741
and wondered what was going on.
1773
01:27:48,872 --> 01:27:51,440
He was always open
and a gentleman.
1774
01:27:51,570 --> 01:27:53,093
We need more people like that.
1775
01:27:53,224 --> 01:27:54,399
He was better than me
1776
01:27:54,530 --> 01:27:56,619
at staying in touch
over the years.
1777
01:27:56,749 --> 01:27:58,751
I'd get those phone calls,
"Hey, Ralphie,
1778
01:27:58,882 --> 01:28:00,753
it's Uncle Popsie and,
1779
01:28:00,884 --> 01:28:03,408
how you doing? Love your ass,
baby, love your ass."
1780
01:28:03,539 --> 01:28:05,497
He'd always end the phone--
my kids would listen...
1781
01:28:05,628 --> 01:28:07,020
"Love your ass, baby."
1782
01:28:07,151 --> 01:28:08,283
When I were little kids,
they loved that,
1783
01:28:08,413 --> 01:28:09,588
the fact that Mr. Miyagi
would say,
1784
01:28:09,719 --> 01:28:10,981
"Love your ass, baby."
1785
01:28:11,547 --> 01:28:13,244
There's a certain kindness
1786
01:28:13,375 --> 01:28:14,158
in people...
1787
01:28:15,594 --> 01:28:18,815
that make you at ease
immediately.
1788
01:28:19,903 --> 01:28:21,296
And he exhibited that.
1789
01:28:21,426 --> 01:28:23,907
Pat was a big pot smoker too.
1790
01:28:24,037 --> 01:28:25,822
Had he just stayed with the pot,
1791
01:28:25,952 --> 01:28:28,955
he'd be like me, he'd still
be alive and he'd still be, uh,
1792
01:28:29,608 --> 01:28:32,263
doing interviews,
talking about me, probably.
1793
01:28:34,396 --> 01:28:37,529
My uncle,
his philosophy in life was,
1794
01:28:37,660 --> 01:28:38,922
you know,
"We're all going to die.
1795
01:28:39,401 --> 01:28:40,837
It's very important
to leave behind
1796
01:28:40,967 --> 01:28:42,360
something positive
that doesn't."
1797
01:28:42,969 --> 01:28:46,625
And Pat Morita left
a lot behind that's positive...
1798
01:28:47,234 --> 01:28:51,500
that enlightens and inspires
life every single day.
1799
01:28:52,065 --> 01:28:54,241
I met Pat back in 1983.
1800
01:28:54,372 --> 01:28:55,721
I never realized
I would be making
1801
01:28:55,852 --> 01:28:57,288
a documentary on his life.
1802
01:28:57,897 --> 01:29:00,291
Um, I hope you guys enjoyed
watching this
1803
01:29:00,422 --> 01:29:02,075
as much as I enjoyed making it.
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