Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

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Second chance: Netflix’s Cobra Kai season five premiere event with Courtney Henggeler and Mary Mouser. Photograph: Allen Berezovsky/FilmMagic PDF / EPUB File Name: Waxing_On_the_Karate_Kid_and_Me_-_Ralph_Macchio.pdf, Waxing_On_the_Karate_Kid_and_Me_-_Ralph_Macchio.epub In 2013, he appeared in How I Met Your Mother. One of the main characters, Barney Stinson, asserts that Macchio's character, Daniel LaRusso, in The Karate Kid is not the real karate kid; instead, it's Johnny Lawrence, Daniel's nemesis in the film. [23] Macchio was introduced to his future wife, Phyllis Fierro, by his grandmother when he was 15. They married on April 5, 1987, and have two children. [28] Fierro is a nurse practitioner. [28] [29] [24] I am a Ralph Macchio fan. Always have been, however . . . I have since seen The Outsiders, Karate Kid I & II, and My Cousin Vinny -- each over 100 times. Easy. Karate Kid III was very . . . meh. I enjoyed The Next Karate Kid very much (Probably watched it 3 or 4 times). Cobra Kai -- I have watched each season more than once.

Goldberg, Lesley (August 4, 2017). " 'Karate Kid' TV Sequel, Starring Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, a Go at YouTube Red". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 28, 2019 . Retrieved February 9, 2018.Mr. Miyagi has been my dream mentor ever since I was a kid, so I was really happy to read that you and Pat Morita had a great relationship off-screen. How do you think he'd have reacted to Cobra Kai's success? Maglio, Tony (November 30, 2018). "Watch 'Conan' Producer Jordan Schlansky Get Totally Owned by Childhood Hero Ralph Macchio (Video)". The Wrap. Archived from the original on December 1, 2018 . Retrieved December 2, 2018. Oh, he wouldn’t mind that, Macchio says. It’s more that tonight is supposed to be about Phyllis. No, he says, whenever someone calls him the Karate Kid these days he feels two distinct emotions: “Pride, and privilege. It sounds like I’m feeding you bullshit, but I’m not. It’s been a unique experience. It’s been a unique existence. How healthy is it, at the age of 60, to sit in nostalgia so much? I don’t know. I just know I’m at peace with it.” The Karate Kid remake was an absolute mess. I watched it. Not in theaters, thank goodness. It was a mess, and unworthy of the franchise.

Macchio, star of 1984’s The Karate Kid, produces another feel-good hit with this breezy reflection on his experience making the movie…Macchio writes, ‘The film is a prime example of when Hollywood gets it all right. It teaches and inspires through pure entertainment.’ Fans will find this just as entertaining.”— Publishers Weekly On that note, Amanda already met Ali in season 3. But could Amanda get together with Ali, Kumiko, and Jessica? Could all of Daniel's exes just get together at some point, and how would he feel about that? Macchio is almost too pure for this world. He's avoided the usual child star scandals. Especially considering that for a huge chunk of time from "My Cousin Vinnie" until "Cobra Kai" his career was essentially over. That would cause a lot of folks to spiral (cough Corey Feldman cough) but Macchio is a family man who seems pretty grounded.I'd like to thank Edelweiss and the publisher for allowing me a chance to read this book before it drops. He was the only Teen Beat crush whose posters I had on my wall. Then came The Outsiders, then The Karate Kid … I was in love 🥰 or definitely crushing hard. Obviously, as you said, if Pat were with us, he'd be part of the show. Have you ever discussed that "What if?" scenario with [ Cobra Kai executive producers] Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg? Ralph Macchio: Why not? I mean, that would be... (laughs) It just goes to show you how Daniel LaRusso, in every chapter of The Karate Kid universe, had a fantastic, wonderful girl that he couldn't hold on to. (laughs) They finally all come together, and they could all share stories about him. Sure, I think would be wonderful. These guys, Jon, Josh, and Hayden, if anyone could do it, they're the ones. Macchio goes over his career before the film, how he got the part, the rest of the cast, filming, the release and the incredible cultural tsunami it caused. If you're a fan like me, you'll eat it right up.

A breezy read that disproves the clanky, “Nice guys finish last,’ cliche, but re-defines it as, ‘Nice guys LAST.’ This memoir will put you in the BEST mood, I promise.”— Patton Oswalt, New York Times bestselling author of Silver Screen Fiend You've often said The Karate Kid Part III is not your favorite film. How do you feel about it now after Cobra Kai season 5? a b Gardner, Chris (October 30, 2022). "Ralph Macchio on How He Survived Lean Years in His Career: "I Still Live Fairly Modestly" ". Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 30, 2022 . Retrieved October 30, 2022. a b "Ralph Macchio's 50th Birthday: From Karate Kid To Dancing Star". Huffington Post. January 4, 2012. slide 6. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015 . Retrieved March 29, 2015.

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The memoir is heartfelt, and insightful. It is funny, and a little frustrating (like -- why wouldn't Macchio have watched The Next Karate Kid from start to finish, even if just in support of Morita's continued live in the Miyagiverse? He should have. He still should. It was actually a nice edition). I’ve always had a sense he’s an all around nice guy. He married his high school sweetheart (and he STILL lives a half hour from my parents and near friends) and has a great family. You’ll get that from this book. At a celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Karate Kid at the Japanese American National Museum in 2014, Macchio said that the yellow 1947 Ford convertible his character Daniel receives from Miyagi in the first film was sitting in his garage. [24] I have also become addicted to watching Cobra Kai which is a great continuation of the mythos (unlike other franchises which ruin and put down their fans).

Macchio appeared in the 2007 music video for the song " Sweep the Leg" by No More Kings as a caricature of himself and Daniel from The Karate Kid. [19] [20]

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Macchio was born in Huntington, New York. [1] He is the son of Rosalie (née DeSantis) and Ralph George Macchio Sr., who owned a few laundromats and a wastewater disposal company. Ralph has a younger brother Steven. [2] His father is of half Italian and half Greek [3] descent, and his mother is of Italian ancestry. [4] In a 1980 screen test, Macchio said his family was from Naples. [5] In 1979, Macchio graduated from Half Hollow Hills High School West in Dix Hills, New York. [6] Ralph Macchio has had a long and successful career but there’s no doubt that the character he’s most associated with is Daniel LaRusso from ‘The Karate Kid’ franchise. He played the character in three films – ‘The Karate Kid’ (1984), ‘The Karate Kid Part II’ (1986) and ‘The Karate Kid Part III’ (1989) – and he reprised the role for the hit series ‘Cobra Kai’, which started in 2018 and is still going strong. Nearly 40 years after the original film was released, Macchio is sharing his experiences and stories from the franchise in his new book ‘Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me’. There was immediate chemistry between Pat and Ralph. Pat had been in Happy Days and a few other things, but nothing that had given any indication of what he could be. He was a good-time comic with all the frailties that come with that, including depression and bad relationships. In real life, he had none of Mr Miyagi’s wisdom – but when he inhabited the role, he became Mr Miyagi.