Sunday, January 01, 2006

New Year's Eve 2001

On New Year's Eve 2001, I was having dinner with my parents in San Francisco and we had an unprovoked attack from the Cobra-Kai dojo.
At the table next to us was William Zabka, the guy who played Johnny in the "Karate Kid". He looks different, but the same.
He caught me fixing on him in kind of a "I think that's______ ", way. I politely waved hello and give a nod like I was impressed that it was him. He smiled, waved/ said hello and then disappeared into the back somewhere. A few minutes later, I noticed him again, kind of looking at me, only now he was wearing a chinese dragon headband like the one he had in the Karate Kid and his shirt was missing. I could see the many tazer-marks on his torso that he has become famous for. Either way, I thought it was great.
I gave "Billy" the thumbs up because the headband was rockin' and he got out of his chair. My father, an 83 year old man, had to move over to make room for "Billy" in the booth, pushing the jackets and hats out of the way.
"Umm, you're Jimmy from the Karate Kid, right?"
"Actually, it was Johnny" He said.
"My more critically acclaimed work has been in Epics such as Python, Roomies, and Python 2".
"And Back to School" I said, basking in this reflected glory.
"Well," He inflated. "My more important stuff doesn't have Burt Young in it"
"The guy from Pope of Greenwich Village?" Dad said.
"Hi; no." William said. (I checked it later, Billy was wrong about that)
"My cannon of work includes a variety of Chez language short films including: Little Frog, and Most".
"Have you heard of Most?" He said sounding like Chaz (from Back to School).
"Well" Chaz explained, "It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film". His voice petered out.
"Who the hell is this man" Mom's napkin read as it slid into place next to the veal.
I asked, "SO, what's the deal with Elizabeth Shue?"
"Dude", he said right in front of my elderly mother; "I tagged her so many times that she had to get an kevlar plate installed behind her pubic-bone". "She likes it D..d..d..d..d..doooogayy Styyyyle". And so did Robert Downey Jr." AND, "Robert Downey Sr."
"That's why I'm J-Johnny"

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