1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:14,405 --> 00:00:17,408 [inspirational instrumental music] 4 00:00:18,975 --> 00:00:20,542 [Pat] Okay, then, 5 00:00:20,672 --> 00:00:24,720 let's look way inside your heart and your spirit and see, 6 00:00:25,460 --> 00:00:28,332 if God gave you one wish in your lifetime 7 00:00:28,463 --> 00:00:29,942 to do for the rest of your life, 8 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:31,988 what would it be? 9 00:00:33,598 --> 00:00:36,253 Pat Morita, a bright and witty young man, 10 00:00:36,384 --> 00:00:39,082 was born in San Francisco of Japanese parents. 11 00:00:39,213 --> 00:00:41,302 He tells me he's never been to Japan, 12 00:00:41,432 --> 00:00:44,609 but his comedy certainly is well oriented. [chuckles] 13 00:00:44,740 --> 00:00:48,657 -Well, uh, here he is, Pat Morita. -[crowd laughs and claps] 14 00:00:48,787 --> 00:00:49,962 Mr. Pat Morita. 15 00:00:50,093 --> 00:00:52,748 -[crowd cheers and claps] -Oh, yes. 16 00:00:53,314 --> 00:00:55,577 Pat Morita, ladies and gentlemen! 17 00:00:55,707 --> 00:00:57,187 [crowd cheers and claps] 18 00:00:57,318 --> 00:00:59,363 [with Japanese accent] It's a great pleasure 19 00:00:59,494 --> 00:01:02,758 to be back on Hollywood Palace. 20 00:01:02,888 --> 00:01:04,455 [crowd laughs] 21 00:01:04,586 --> 00:01:05,804 [without accent] Why am I talking like that for? 22 00:01:05,935 --> 00:01:07,850 -I don't talk like that. -[crowd laughs] 23 00:01:07,980 --> 00:01:10,766 [Ralph] Lenny Bruce's mother named him "The Hip Nip," 24 00:01:10,896 --> 00:01:13,421 but he hung on because now all of a sudden he had an angle. 25 00:01:13,551 --> 00:01:16,859 Stand-up comedians are the hardest job in the world. 26 00:01:16,989 --> 00:01:20,863 He would tend to do the same show over again, 27 00:01:20,993 --> 00:01:23,648 and then he couldn't figure out why he wasn't getting laughs. 28 00:01:23,779 --> 00:01:25,085 I don't think he paid much attention 29 00:01:25,215 --> 00:01:27,217 to the rules of the game. 30 00:01:27,348 --> 00:01:29,219 You know, he kind of did what he wanted to do. 31 00:01:29,350 --> 00:01:31,613 His comedy was his, you know, 32 00:01:31,743 --> 00:01:33,963 his defense, you know, in a beautiful way. 33 00:01:34,094 --> 00:01:35,356 He has a funny sense of humor 34 00:01:35,486 --> 00:01:37,488 because you don't know when he's serious, 35 00:01:37,619 --> 00:01:39,751 you don't know when he is setting you up for a joke. 36 00:01:39,882 --> 00:01:42,406 He opened for Vic Damone, Connie Stevens, and, uh, 37 00:01:42,537 --> 00:01:45,192 Redd Foxx, who put him on his show. 38 00:01:45,714 --> 00:01:47,585 One thing I learned with comics is they are, actually, 39 00:01:47,716 --> 00:01:50,371 some of the most unhappy, tortured people, 40 00:01:50,501 --> 00:01:52,242 and their comedy comes from pain. 41 00:01:52,373 --> 00:01:54,026 [Robert] Pat was a very soulful guy. 42 00:01:54,157 --> 00:01:55,289 He had a lot of inner demons. 43 00:01:55,419 --> 00:01:56,681 He struggled a lot with depression, 44 00:01:56,812 --> 00:01:58,770 and he was drinking too much, 45 00:01:58,901 --> 00:02:00,729 and he was doing too much drugs. 46 00:02:00,859 --> 00:02:04,559 And he hid a lot of that with the jokes and the humor. 47 00:02:04,689 --> 00:02:06,735 [Karen] He told me he'd never stop drinking. 48 00:02:07,344 --> 00:02:10,391 And one of the reasons he said, he didn't think he'd be funny. 49 00:02:10,913 --> 00:02:13,263 [James] The first day Pat Morita came on the set, 50 00:02:13,394 --> 00:02:15,657 I can tell by his sense of humor 51 00:02:15,787 --> 00:02:17,572 that he was going to become somebody. 52 00:02:17,702 --> 00:02:19,269 Everybody fell in love with Pat. 53 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,141 Kind of soft-spoken. 54 00:02:21,271 --> 00:02:23,708 Then, when he would get on and be the character, 55 00:02:23,839 --> 00:02:26,146 he turned into this totally other guy 56 00:02:26,276 --> 00:02:27,886 and he was hysterical, you know, 57 00:02:28,017 --> 00:02:29,758 everything out of his mouth was funny. 58 00:02:29,888 --> 00:02:34,328 Just his innate brilliance at comedy was incredible. 59 00:02:34,458 --> 00:02:37,853 I mean, just-- and he, he added so much to script and to character and-- 60 00:02:37,983 --> 00:02:40,377 [Henry] He was just a lovely, lovely man. 61 00:02:41,030 --> 00:02:43,554 I-- He seemed to be very grateful. 62 00:02:43,685 --> 00:02:46,078 He really chose to make fun of the stereotype. 63 00:02:46,209 --> 00:02:49,604 He really embraced the things that many of us run away from. 64 00:02:49,734 --> 00:02:50,909 [chuckles] He ran to it. 65 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,782 Pat went on and became a huge star, 66 00:02:53,912 --> 00:02:55,175 left us all in the dust. 67 00:02:55,305 --> 00:02:57,438 Really, that's what happened. 68 00:02:57,568 --> 00:03:00,963 It was an incredible accomplishment for Pat 69 00:03:01,093 --> 00:03:03,008 to get nominated for an Oscar. 70 00:03:03,139 --> 00:03:04,793 What I envisioned when I wrote it, 71 00:03:04,923 --> 00:03:06,360 he became the embodiment of that. 72 00:03:06,490 --> 00:03:08,188 And he created 73 00:03:08,318 --> 00:03:10,973 one of the iconic characters in American Cinema. 74 00:03:11,103 --> 00:03:13,062 [gentle jazz music] 75 00:03:17,501 --> 00:03:20,200 [Felicia] Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Table for 5 76 00:03:20,330 --> 00:03:22,289 with Felicia and Annette. We are live. 77 00:03:22,419 --> 00:03:25,509 I want to introduce our guest, Evelyn Guerrero-Morita. 78 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:28,208 Evelyn is an actor and producer, 79 00:03:28,338 --> 00:03:31,080 and she's here to tell us about a love project. 80 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:32,690 My first question out of the gate 81 00:03:32,821 --> 00:03:34,257 is how did you meet Pat Morita? 82 00:03:34,388 --> 00:03:35,345 -[Evelyn] You have an hour? -Yeah. 83 00:03:35,476 --> 00:03:36,738 [all laugh] 84 00:03:36,868 --> 00:03:38,479 [Evelyn] I was about 12 years old 85 00:03:38,609 --> 00:03:42,134 when I first met him. My aunt, Sally Marr, 86 00:03:42,265 --> 00:03:45,790 was managing not only her son, 87 00:03:45,921 --> 00:03:48,880 Lenny Bruce, but she was also managing my mother. 88 00:03:49,011 --> 00:03:51,492 At the same time, she was mentoring Pat, 89 00:03:51,622 --> 00:03:54,277 who was just beginning to get into stand-up comedy. 90 00:03:54,408 --> 00:03:56,236 -[Felicia] Oh, wow. -[Evelyn] And so, I met him 91 00:03:56,366 --> 00:03:59,500 through my mom and my aunt Sally. 92 00:03:59,630 --> 00:04:01,153 But, you know, what's funny is, 93 00:04:01,284 --> 00:04:03,155 if somebody had told me then 94 00:04:03,286 --> 00:04:05,419 that I would marry him years later, 95 00:04:05,549 --> 00:04:07,421 -I'd say, "Are you crazy? Uncle Pat?" -[Annette] Right? 96 00:04:07,551 --> 00:04:10,119 -[laughs] -He was always, like, my uncle Pat. 97 00:04:10,250 --> 00:04:11,163 [Annette] You know, right? 98 00:04:11,294 --> 00:04:13,427 [shoes clicking] 99 00:04:26,048 --> 00:04:27,049 [sighs] 100 00:04:28,224 --> 00:04:29,704 [whispers] Okay, here it is. 101 00:04:30,835 --> 00:04:36,145 This is a manuscript that, uh, Pat started writing in '96. 102 00:04:36,711 --> 00:04:39,453 Unfortunately, he wasn't able to, to complete it. 103 00:04:39,583 --> 00:04:42,412 And so his, his wish on his deathbed was 104 00:04:42,543 --> 00:04:45,937 that I complete it, and get it done, and get it out there. 105 00:04:47,374 --> 00:04:51,160 This was Pat's little office nook. 106 00:04:51,291 --> 00:04:54,946 Pat was so cute, he never wanted to do anything in his office. 107 00:04:55,730 --> 00:04:58,733 I guess he wanted to be close to me and the cats and-- 108 00:04:58,863 --> 00:05:00,778 yeah, he was always on the phone, you know, 109 00:05:00,909 --> 00:05:02,258 and tha-- that was his spot. 110 00:05:02,389 --> 00:05:03,781 Hey, George, it's Pat. 111 00:05:03,912 --> 00:05:08,351 Um, I received your, uh, fax letter. 112 00:05:08,482 --> 00:05:13,138 Uh, thanks for your concern and, uh, good luck. 113 00:05:13,269 --> 00:05:14,966 Hope to talk to you. Bye. 114 00:05:15,097 --> 00:05:16,490 [phone hangs up] 115 00:05:16,620 --> 00:05:19,144 [Evelyn] He'd have piles and piles of scripts, 116 00:05:19,275 --> 00:05:24,889 and treatments, and letters, and, and communications, and press and-- 117 00:05:25,455 --> 00:05:28,328 I said, "Honey, we got-- we have to do something with this mess." 118 00:05:28,893 --> 00:05:33,245 Pat, what's on that shit pile of papers on that counter? 119 00:05:34,899 --> 00:05:36,205 [Pat] I don't know. [mumbles] 120 00:05:36,336 --> 00:05:37,206 [sharp thuds] 121 00:05:38,033 --> 00:05:39,904 [Evelyn] Are they all important? 122 00:05:41,123 --> 00:05:43,343 [Pat] Um, for the most part, 123 00:05:43,473 --> 00:05:46,911 but they just need to be sorted and correlated. 124 00:05:47,042 --> 00:05:49,218 [Evelyn] But are they really important? 125 00:05:51,307 --> 00:05:52,134 [Pat] Huh? 126 00:05:53,831 --> 00:05:55,572 [with Japanese accent] How are you? Look. 127 00:05:56,443 --> 00:05:57,313 Chime in. 128 00:05:57,966 --> 00:05:59,750 [Evelyn] I'm doing a documentary 129 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:04,102 about celebrity psychosis. 130 00:06:04,233 --> 00:06:06,191 [gentle music] 131 00:06:14,591 --> 00:06:17,289 [keyboard clicking] 132 00:06:17,420 --> 00:06:18,595 [Pat] Long story short... 133 00:06:20,031 --> 00:06:22,512 my name at birth was Noriyuki Morita. 134 00:06:25,036 --> 00:06:29,345 That entire chapter of my life changed me forever. 135 00:06:30,085 --> 00:06:34,481 When I was two years old, I was diagnosed with spinal TB. 136 00:06:34,611 --> 00:06:36,700 And my parents were too poor 137 00:06:36,831 --> 00:06:39,399 to get regular medical attention. 138 00:06:39,529 --> 00:06:41,879 In fact, the, the mentality then was 139 00:06:42,010 --> 00:06:43,925 people were afraid to go see a doctor 140 00:06:44,055 --> 00:06:46,318 because the doctor might find out something. 141 00:06:46,449 --> 00:06:49,191 And my parents were told, "This kid ain't going to make it. 142 00:06:49,757 --> 00:06:51,585 And if he does by some miracle, 143 00:06:52,412 --> 00:06:54,414 he'll never walk again for the rest of his life." 144 00:06:56,938 --> 00:06:59,506 I spent, uh, nine years in a hospital, 145 00:06:59,636 --> 00:07:01,333 from ages two to 11. 146 00:07:01,464 --> 00:07:04,424 And, uh, for the most part was immobilized, 147 00:07:04,554 --> 00:07:07,078 uh, for seven of those nine years 148 00:07:07,209 --> 00:07:11,082 with a cast from shoulder to knee. 149 00:07:11,213 --> 00:07:13,650 So I was either on gurneys or on a bed. 150 00:07:14,651 --> 00:07:16,697 And if you're flat on your back 151 00:07:16,827 --> 00:07:19,134 and you can't walk, and you're prone and, 152 00:07:19,264 --> 00:07:21,441 and life goes on around you, there's-- 153 00:07:22,224 --> 00:07:24,574 there's not too much sense you can make out of all of that. 154 00:07:24,705 --> 00:07:28,317 Uh, hey, there were kids in my ward that died. 155 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:30,493 So at least I made it through something. 156 00:07:31,059 --> 00:07:33,017 [Felicia] So how was he finally able to walk? 157 00:07:33,757 --> 00:07:37,848 Well, the Shriners took over his case in 1939 158 00:07:38,458 --> 00:07:42,374 and they performed, uh, an experimental surgery on his spine. 159 00:07:42,505 --> 00:07:44,289 I think they fused a couple of discs. 160 00:07:44,420 --> 00:07:46,466 I mean, it was very, very risky. 161 00:07:46,596 --> 00:07:49,556 And it was successful, and he was able to walk again. 162 00:07:50,252 --> 00:07:53,037 And then, two years later, the war started. 163 00:07:53,168 --> 00:07:54,735 [man on radio] Flash, Washington. 164 00:07:54,865 --> 00:07:57,999 The White House announces Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. 165 00:07:58,129 --> 00:08:00,654 -[airplane engine rumbles] -[loud explosion] 166 00:08:02,569 --> 00:08:04,658 [Pat] Uh, long story short, 167 00:08:04,788 --> 00:08:09,489 I was escorted from the hospital by an FBI guy 168 00:08:09,619 --> 00:08:12,448 to join my parents at an internment camp 169 00:08:12,579 --> 00:08:13,928 in the middle of Arizona. 170 00:08:14,581 --> 00:08:16,234 They were all behind barbed wire, 171 00:08:16,365 --> 00:08:17,845 I didn't know the difference, you know, 172 00:08:17,975 --> 00:08:19,586 I was just happy to be walking. 173 00:08:19,716 --> 00:08:24,242 But I could feel, and sense, and hear 174 00:08:24,895 --> 00:08:29,291 all the colors and horrors of incarceration, 175 00:08:29,421 --> 00:08:31,815 the sadness, the hopelessness. 176 00:08:33,121 --> 00:08:35,384 And I'll never forget, I got there and for the-- 177 00:08:35,515 --> 00:08:37,299 for four days straight, I cried. 178 00:08:37,429 --> 00:08:39,562 I was homesick for the hospital 179 00:08:39,693 --> 00:08:42,043 and the nurses. Well, you know, I spent 180 00:08:42,173 --> 00:08:45,263 all my time up there with them and, uh, 181 00:08:45,394 --> 00:08:47,657 and my, uh, ward mates and stuff. 182 00:08:47,788 --> 00:08:50,486 So there was a big hole in my heart, 183 00:08:50,617 --> 00:08:53,881 which my parents, of course, couldn't fill. 184 00:08:54,882 --> 00:08:57,406 And they kept insisting on talking, 185 00:08:57,537 --> 00:09:00,801 talking to me in Japanese, which I was so far removed from, 186 00:09:01,541 --> 00:09:03,020 so it made me feel more lost. 187 00:09:03,151 --> 00:09:05,109 [Japanese melancholic music] 188 00:09:07,068 --> 00:09:09,331 Uncle Sam and we Americans, 189 00:09:09,461 --> 00:09:12,073 we like to use euphemistic words 190 00:09:12,595 --> 00:09:15,946 or invent words, uh, if we think 191 00:09:16,077 --> 00:09:18,558 certain other words are too harsh. 192 00:09:18,688 --> 00:09:20,995 So they called them relocation centers. 193 00:09:26,261 --> 00:09:29,220 They were America's versions of concentration camps. 194 00:09:35,139 --> 00:09:37,446 [Felicia] Where did they go after that? Did they relocate them, 195 00:09:37,577 --> 00:09:39,013 come back to California? 196 00:09:39,143 --> 00:09:40,492 [Evelyn] They moved to Sacramento 197 00:09:40,623 --> 00:09:42,669 and they opened up a Chinese restaurant. 198 00:09:42,799 --> 00:09:44,540 [interviewer] But why a Chinese restaurant? 199 00:09:44,671 --> 00:09:47,325 Because Japanese food wasn't popular there. 200 00:09:47,456 --> 00:09:48,892 -[both laugh] -Guess not. 201 00:09:49,023 --> 00:09:50,502 And Japanese people were 202 00:09:50,633 --> 00:09:52,809 still being discriminated against. 203 00:09:53,418 --> 00:09:55,464 And, in fact, a lot of Japanese people 204 00:09:55,595 --> 00:09:58,423 -claimed they were Chinese. Yeah. -[Annette] Wow. 205 00:09:58,554 --> 00:10:00,991 [Pat] Racism comes in many, many forms. 206 00:10:01,122 --> 00:10:03,385 It all happens a lot behind the camera, 207 00:10:03,515 --> 00:10:06,693 not so much today in my time, thankfully, 208 00:10:06,823 --> 00:10:09,739 but that's also a barometer of how far we've progressed. 209 00:10:09,870 --> 00:10:11,828 [melancholic music] 210 00:10:17,921 --> 00:10:20,750 So, did he always dream of being in th-- in show business? 211 00:10:20,881 --> 00:10:22,970 No, actually, he wanted to be a doctor. 212 00:10:23,100 --> 00:10:24,319 -A doctor? Wow. -Really? 213 00:10:24,449 --> 00:10:26,103 He wanted to go to medical school. 214 00:10:26,234 --> 00:10:27,714 -[Annette] Oh, wow. -Yeah. [softly chuckles] 215 00:10:27,844 --> 00:10:30,325 [Pat] Two weeks before I was to go 216 00:10:30,455 --> 00:10:32,501 start my school year, 217 00:10:32,632 --> 00:10:36,636 my mother comes at big tears and, and she says, uh, 218 00:10:36,766 --> 00:10:38,115 "Papa don't know how to tell you, 219 00:10:38,246 --> 00:10:39,943 but you can't go to college." 220 00:10:40,074 --> 00:10:41,423 "What do you mean, I can't go to college? 221 00:10:41,553 --> 00:10:42,946 I'm going to college." 222 00:10:43,077 --> 00:10:45,688 "No, no, you-- we really need you here." 223 00:10:45,819 --> 00:10:47,908 Oh, I wanted to shoot myself, you know, 224 00:10:48,038 --> 00:10:52,260 and then, of course, there's a big tug of war in a Japanese family. 225 00:10:52,390 --> 00:10:55,698 I don't know about now. You have to do what your parents say. 226 00:10:55,829 --> 00:10:59,397 You have to. So I went to work in my father's restaurant 227 00:10:59,528 --> 00:11:03,184 and I didn't enjoy it, but I had this loyalty 228 00:11:03,314 --> 00:11:05,490 to my parents, who were struggling. 229 00:11:06,230 --> 00:11:07,884 [Annette] I heard he was married a few times. 230 00:11:08,015 --> 00:11:10,147 Mm-hmm. Yeah, he was married twice before. 231 00:11:10,278 --> 00:11:12,193 Uh, his first wife was Kay... 232 00:11:12,323 --> 00:11:14,543 -[Annette] Okay. -...and they had a daughter, Erin. 233 00:11:14,674 --> 00:11:17,851 And his second wife was Yuki, and they had two children, 234 00:11:17,981 --> 00:11:19,635 uh, Ali and Tia. 235 00:11:19,766 --> 00:11:21,811 -[Annette] All girls. -[Evelyn] He was a great father. 236 00:11:21,942 --> 00:11:23,987 -[Annette] Oh. -[Evelyn] Yeah, he really loved his kids. 237 00:11:24,118 --> 00:11:25,119 [Annette] That's awesome. 238 00:11:25,249 --> 00:11:27,034 [Pat] Between experiencing 239 00:11:29,079 --> 00:11:31,647 the first family, and raising a child, and working at the restaurant, 240 00:11:31,778 --> 00:11:34,084 I wanted a so-called regular job, 241 00:11:34,215 --> 00:11:36,652 a real job that paid real money. 242 00:11:36,783 --> 00:11:39,786 And I found my way into working 243 00:11:39,916 --> 00:11:45,095 for what would become a giant in the aerospace industry. 244 00:11:45,226 --> 00:11:49,230 And in the meantime, I was 190 pounds and frustrated. 245 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:51,711 And I didn't know where I was going in life. 246 00:11:52,712 --> 00:11:55,236 And, like, we all have a little Jiminy Cricket on our shoulder, 247 00:11:55,366 --> 00:11:57,151 mine kept saying, "Show business." 248 00:11:57,804 --> 00:12:01,329 I just made up my mind at age 30, that was it. 249 00:12:01,459 --> 00:12:04,027 I said, "If I don't do it now, I'll never do it, 250 00:12:04,158 --> 00:12:05,725 and for the rest of my life 251 00:12:05,855 --> 00:12:08,336 I'll kick myself in the you-know-what." 252 00:12:08,466 --> 00:12:13,645 And I told myself, "If I have anything at this, 253 00:12:13,776 --> 00:12:15,517 I'm going to do a five-year plan." 254 00:12:16,431 --> 00:12:18,781 And if I could make the Ed Sullivan Show, 255 00:12:18,912 --> 00:12:21,784 number one top variety show in the country at the time, 256 00:12:21,915 --> 00:12:25,440 in five years, that would be an indicator to me 257 00:12:25,570 --> 00:12:27,834 that I got something enough to keep going on. 258 00:12:27,964 --> 00:12:31,925 Well, I made the Hollywood Palace in four years. 259 00:12:32,055 --> 00:12:33,970 And they were number two in the country. 260 00:12:34,623 --> 00:12:36,930 Next we have a talented young man, very unusual, 261 00:12:37,060 --> 00:12:39,062 a Japanese comedian. I know you like him, 262 00:12:39,193 --> 00:12:41,151 especially all you people who understand Japanese. 263 00:12:41,282 --> 00:12:42,631 [crowd laughs] 264 00:12:42,762 --> 00:12:44,589 Here he is, in his first television appearance, 265 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:46,156 Pat Morita. Pat! 266 00:12:46,287 --> 00:12:48,245 [crowd claps] 267 00:12:48,376 --> 00:12:50,334 [upbeat music] 268 00:12:56,906 --> 00:12:59,343 Okay, so much for the Japanese portion of my act. 269 00:12:59,474 --> 00:13:01,302 [crowd laughs] 270 00:13:01,432 --> 00:13:03,913 He would steal jokes out of the Reader's Digest. 271 00:13:04,044 --> 00:13:05,393 That's how he got started. 272 00:13:05,523 --> 00:13:06,786 -Imagine it. -I didn't know how to write, 273 00:13:06,916 --> 00:13:08,918 and when I first began, I'd make something 274 00:13:09,049 --> 00:13:12,226 from Benjamin Franklin sound like I said it. 275 00:13:12,356 --> 00:13:13,575 [all laugh] 276 00:13:13,705 --> 00:13:15,055 [Pat] I'm working 277 00:13:15,185 --> 00:13:17,231 the Ginza West, in San Francisco. 278 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:21,148 I notice, notice this fella sitting at the end of the bar. 279 00:13:21,278 --> 00:13:23,803 He says, "You know, you got a lot of promise. 280 00:13:24,368 --> 00:13:27,241 You ought to come down to LA, Hollywood, 281 00:13:27,371 --> 00:13:29,852 where I live and meet my manager." 282 00:13:29,983 --> 00:13:31,201 "Who's your manager?" 283 00:13:31,332 --> 00:13:33,116 "Oh, uh, her name is Sally Marr. 284 00:13:33,247 --> 00:13:35,031 She's Lenny Bruce's mother." 285 00:13:35,162 --> 00:13:36,859 I go down, I meet her. 286 00:13:36,990 --> 00:13:40,558 We just hit it from the-- right from the get-go. 287 00:13:40,689 --> 00:13:43,083 I said, "And you have to be very aware, very sharp, 288 00:13:43,213 --> 00:13:44,693 and above the average." 289 00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:45,912 [Pat] And the next thing I know, 290 00:13:46,042 --> 00:13:48,610 I'm working all over the place, 291 00:13:49,132 --> 00:13:51,047 "The Hip Nip," that was my billing. 292 00:13:51,178 --> 00:13:54,355 [loudly laughs] 293 00:13:54,485 --> 00:13:57,837 Working at a club isn't, like, working. My-- I don't have what we call an act, 294 00:13:57,967 --> 00:14:02,276 -you know, I-- I figured, uh, "My people lost a war, why act?" -[crowd laughs] 295 00:14:02,406 --> 00:14:06,019 [Anson] One of his first professional gigs as a comedian, 296 00:14:06,149 --> 00:14:09,239 he didn't really know who he's performing for until he got there. 297 00:14:09,370 --> 00:14:12,199 Well, it was a union of Pearl Harbor Survivors. 298 00:14:12,329 --> 00:14:14,244 [laughs] 299 00:14:14,375 --> 00:14:15,550 And there's Pat. 300 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,771 So he was, "Oh, how the hell do you make jokes in front--" 301 00:14:19,902 --> 00:14:22,078 So, so he goes on, he goes, "Before I start, 302 00:14:22,209 --> 00:14:24,080 I just want to apologize for messing up your harbor." 303 00:14:24,211 --> 00:14:26,430 And then there was, like, slow laughter from the back room, they go... 304 00:14:26,561 --> 00:14:28,302 [mimics laughter] "Oh!" 305 00:14:28,432 --> 00:14:29,781 They started laughing, so, so, 306 00:14:29,912 --> 00:14:31,696 so he had to make these self-effacing jokes. 307 00:14:31,827 --> 00:14:36,571 I haven't felt this good since, uh, December 8th, 1941. 308 00:14:36,701 --> 00:14:38,921 [crowd laughs] 309 00:14:39,052 --> 00:14:43,143 [Pat] I come into a time where a comic 310 00:14:43,273 --> 00:14:45,885 had the opportunity to work these little shows 311 00:14:46,015 --> 00:14:48,452 not to do his spot so much. 312 00:14:49,192 --> 00:14:52,935 But came the emergence of things likeLaugh'in. 313 00:14:53,066 --> 00:14:54,371 -[woman] ...who else? -[opening theme] 314 00:14:54,502 --> 00:14:56,417 [crowd laughs] 315 00:14:56,547 --> 00:14:58,854 Give me sake, give me sake, give me sake, give me sake. 316 00:14:59,724 --> 00:15:01,204 -[sharp thud] -[crowd laughs] 317 00:15:01,335 --> 00:15:03,946 [in accent] Not me, her, you wrong-eye idiot. 318 00:15:04,077 --> 00:15:05,252 [crowd laughs] 319 00:15:05,382 --> 00:15:06,949 [Pat] I didn't feel uncomfortable. 320 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:11,345 I had no, no camera shyness, you know, uh... 321 00:15:11,475 --> 00:15:14,783 I realized that I was merely transposing 322 00:15:15,262 --> 00:15:17,438 telling a joke to a live audience 323 00:15:17,568 --> 00:15:21,659 to acting out the jokes for an "out there" audience. 324 00:15:21,790 --> 00:15:26,055 So that made a foundation for later on 325 00:15:26,186 --> 00:15:29,015 getting into the acting genre. 326 00:15:29,145 --> 00:15:30,755 [speaking Japanese] 327 00:15:30,886 --> 00:15:32,148 -Hat. -[crowd laughs] 328 00:15:32,279 --> 00:15:33,802 [speaking Japanese] 329 00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:34,890 Love will... 330 00:15:35,021 --> 00:15:36,718 [speaking Japanese] 331 00:15:36,848 --> 00:15:37,980 ...keep us together. 332 00:15:38,111 --> 00:15:39,242 [crowd laughs] 333 00:15:39,373 --> 00:15:41,418 Good, uh? Uh? 334 00:15:41,549 --> 00:15:44,378 Well, oh, Pat, I-- I really have to be honest. 335 00:15:44,508 --> 00:15:45,553 It was the pits, Pat. 336 00:15:45,683 --> 00:15:48,077 -[crowd laughs] -The pits, Pat. 337 00:15:48,208 --> 00:15:50,514 [Pat] The colonel Pak, uh, onMá*AáSá*H, 338 00:15:50,645 --> 00:15:53,126 was really my first serious role 339 00:15:53,256 --> 00:15:58,435 within the spectrum of a so-called comedy show. 340 00:15:58,566 --> 00:16:00,089 -Good news. -I'll take it. 341 00:16:01,003 --> 00:16:02,396 I had a long, reasonable talk with the farmer 342 00:16:02,526 --> 00:16:04,354 -and everything's cool. -Great. 343 00:16:04,485 --> 00:16:06,008 You got three days to get the hell out of here. 344 00:16:06,139 --> 00:16:07,227 [crowd laughs] 345 00:16:07,357 --> 00:16:09,403 [Pat] The Bob Newhart Show, uh, 346 00:16:09,533 --> 00:16:10,970 I think I was a bartender. 347 00:16:11,100 --> 00:16:12,884 I just can't think of the name of it. 348 00:16:13,015 --> 00:16:14,103 Harvey Wallbanger. 349 00:16:14,234 --> 00:16:16,105 -[crowd laughs] -Oh, Howard Borden. 350 00:16:16,236 --> 00:16:18,629 [crowd loudly laughs] 351 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:20,631 Aren't you ever going to get married again? 352 00:16:20,762 --> 00:16:22,764 -Why should I? -I need a mother. 353 00:16:22,894 --> 00:16:23,852 You can have mine. 354 00:16:23,983 --> 00:16:25,114 [calm Hawaiian music] 355 00:16:25,245 --> 00:16:27,247 That'll be all, Charlie, Thank you. 356 00:16:28,857 --> 00:16:31,120 I'll let you sit down and chitchat for a while. 357 00:16:31,251 --> 00:16:33,557 I mean, how's your mother? Is she Chinese too? 358 00:16:33,688 --> 00:16:35,646 [crowd laughs] 359 00:16:35,777 --> 00:16:37,561 Yeah, she was, after Pearl Harbor. 360 00:16:37,692 --> 00:16:39,607 -[loudly laughs] -[crowd laughs] 361 00:16:39,737 --> 00:16:41,652 That's Deputy Captain. 362 00:16:41,783 --> 00:16:43,306 You painted the wrong cabin. 363 00:16:44,090 --> 00:16:46,918 Oh. Deputy Captain. 364 00:16:47,745 --> 00:16:49,617 [both] You painted the wrong room. 365 00:16:50,139 --> 00:16:51,010 Cabin. 366 00:16:51,575 --> 00:16:53,360 I am now silent partner. 367 00:16:54,056 --> 00:16:55,492 Oh, don't be a bad bird. 368 00:16:55,623 --> 00:16:56,798 [crowd laughs] 369 00:16:56,928 --> 00:16:59,235 If, as they say, we are what we eat, 370 00:16:59,366 --> 00:17:01,585 then your friend is a meatball. 371 00:17:01,716 --> 00:17:02,543 [crowd laughs] 372 00:17:02,673 --> 00:17:03,544 See, Mr. Sanford, 373 00:17:03,674 --> 00:17:05,111 I've had dinner here so often 374 00:17:05,241 --> 00:17:07,809 that I just figured it'd be nice if I cooked for you once. 375 00:17:07,939 --> 00:17:10,159 The way to a man's heart is through his stomach, right? 376 00:17:10,290 --> 00:17:12,379 Yeah, and the way to the street is use your feet. 377 00:17:12,509 --> 00:17:13,989 [crowd laughs] 378 00:17:14,120 --> 00:17:15,860 [Pat] I go way back with Redd Foxx. 379 00:17:15,991 --> 00:17:19,386 When I was beginning my career as a stand-up comic, 380 00:17:19,516 --> 00:17:24,304 he was just probably the most naturally funniest human being 381 00:17:24,434 --> 00:17:26,088 I've ever known in my lifetime. 382 00:17:26,219 --> 00:17:29,309 Way down deep inside, we're both exactly the same. 383 00:17:29,439 --> 00:17:30,919 Yeah, deep down. 384 00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:32,616 As we get closer to the surface, 385 00:17:32,747 --> 00:17:35,184 -I turn black and you turn yellow. -[crowd laughs] 386 00:17:35,315 --> 00:17:37,230 [Felicia] So, another great story that I stumbled upon, 387 00:17:37,360 --> 00:17:39,797 uh, was the relationship that he had with Redd Foxx. 388 00:17:39,928 --> 00:17:42,539 Oh, yeah, no, they were very tight friends. 389 00:17:42,670 --> 00:17:45,064 -[Felicia] Yeah. -In fact, uh, Redd Foxx had a little club 390 00:17:45,194 --> 00:17:47,631 called Foxx's on La Cienega, in LA. 391 00:17:47,762 --> 00:17:51,244 -Okay. -And Pat used to get up all the time and, and perform. 392 00:17:51,374 --> 00:17:53,333 [whimsical music] 393 00:17:59,861 --> 00:18:02,777 [Pat] Several years down the line, Gary, I remember seeing him 394 00:18:02,907 --> 00:18:05,301 in the commissary at Paramount, the old commissary. 395 00:18:06,041 --> 00:18:08,130 I walked by, just to say hi, and he says, 396 00:18:08,739 --> 00:18:11,351 "Oh, Pat," he says, "gee, perfect. 397 00:18:11,481 --> 00:18:14,093 I'm doing a pilot and, uh, and I think you'd be wonderful 398 00:18:14,223 --> 00:18:17,313 for a certain scene and, and a part I have in mind." 399 00:18:17,444 --> 00:18:18,749 It was calledWives, 400 00:18:19,272 --> 00:18:22,710 and starring in it was his sister, Penny... 401 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:27,541 [laughs] and we made the pilot, and, uh, it didn't make it. 402 00:18:28,194 --> 00:18:30,761 However, a few years later, 403 00:18:30,892 --> 00:18:32,067 I get a call out of the blue... 404 00:18:33,068 --> 00:18:34,635 and it's Gary, and he says, 405 00:18:35,201 --> 00:18:38,291 "Pat, we're doing this show calledHappy Days, 406 00:18:38,421 --> 00:18:41,076 and I wanted to tell you, I really want you 407 00:18:41,207 --> 00:18:42,730 for this part of Arnold." 408 00:18:43,252 --> 00:18:46,821 He says, "You don't have to read for the part or nothing. 409 00:18:46,951 --> 00:18:50,303 You just come in and you're perfect for Arnold." 410 00:18:50,999 --> 00:18:53,741 [theme music] 411 00:18:53,871 --> 00:18:58,702 And, and actually, I joined them the third year of their existence. 412 00:19:00,051 --> 00:19:01,749 [Don] Our show was a pretty, 413 00:19:01,879 --> 00:19:04,534 pretty decent success in the first season. 414 00:19:04,665 --> 00:19:07,102 But in the second season, when we were still on camera, 415 00:19:07,233 --> 00:19:08,669 the ratings were going down. 416 00:19:08,799 --> 00:19:10,279 And there was even some question 417 00:19:10,410 --> 00:19:13,413 whether we'd be renewed for-- uh, by ABC. 418 00:19:13,543 --> 00:19:15,937 We were almost kicked off the air. 419 00:19:16,067 --> 00:19:19,419 There were only three networks when Happy Daysstarted. 420 00:19:19,549 --> 00:19:21,682 We were down to 48th place in the ratings. 421 00:19:22,291 --> 00:19:25,686 And Fred Silverman had, uh, come into power at ABC. 422 00:19:26,687 --> 00:19:30,038 And between our director, Jerry Paris, 423 00:19:30,778 --> 00:19:32,780 uh, and Garry Marshall and Fred Silverman, 424 00:19:33,259 --> 00:19:35,261 they all decided to give us one more shot. 425 00:19:35,391 --> 00:19:40,222 [Pat] ABC had set down a template of criteria 426 00:19:40,831 --> 00:19:43,530 for Gary to answer to 427 00:19:43,660 --> 00:19:45,923 for them to pick up the show for the third year. 428 00:19:46,750 --> 00:19:48,491 And the criteria were, number one... 429 00:19:49,362 --> 00:19:51,364 get Fonzie into the house, 430 00:19:51,494 --> 00:19:54,454 that was easy, they build an, an apartment above the garage, 431 00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:57,196 three camera tape, live audience. 432 00:19:58,153 --> 00:20:01,156 And we physically have to see Arnold. 433 00:20:01,287 --> 00:20:04,203 You know, there were waitresses and people that work for him 434 00:20:04,333 --> 00:20:06,770 and they would refer to Arnold, 435 00:20:06,901 --> 00:20:08,642 they would refer to him, but you'd never see him. 436 00:20:08,772 --> 00:20:10,296 That's why you think they go, "We got to, 437 00:20:10,426 --> 00:20:12,646 now, introduce Arnold." 438 00:20:12,776 --> 00:20:13,864 Are we going to stand for that? 439 00:20:13,995 --> 00:20:15,692 -[all] No! -No! Get Arnold out here! 440 00:20:15,823 --> 00:20:16,780 Yeah, we want Arnold. 441 00:20:16,911 --> 00:20:18,782 -Do what? Do what? -We want Arnold. 442 00:20:18,913 --> 00:20:20,871 -What do we want? -We want Arnold. 443 00:20:21,002 --> 00:20:22,438 -What do we want? -We want Arnold. 444 00:20:22,569 --> 00:20:24,919 -What-- -[crowd laughs and claps] 445 00:20:26,442 --> 00:20:27,400 What is it? 446 00:20:28,923 --> 00:20:30,577 [Don] And, from the time he came on, 447 00:20:30,707 --> 00:20:32,405 everybody fell in love with Pat, 448 00:20:32,535 --> 00:20:35,538 he was just-- he was a real sweetheart of a guy. 449 00:20:35,669 --> 00:20:40,151 I was astounded by how funny he could be, 450 00:20:40,630 --> 00:20:43,242 uh, with no words at all. 451 00:20:44,504 --> 00:20:49,683 [Pat] Third episode into the season that they're shooting, 452 00:20:49,813 --> 00:20:53,077 Garry Marshall picks his head over Jerry's shoulder and he says, 453 00:20:53,208 --> 00:20:55,341 "Pick an accent. We're going to, uh, 454 00:20:55,471 --> 00:20:57,473 start taping in 20 minutes." 455 00:20:57,604 --> 00:21:00,737 I had been doing the whole week as I talk to you. 456 00:21:01,434 --> 00:21:04,175 So, naturally, you know, 457 00:21:04,306 --> 00:21:07,440 going back to the old Chinese restaurant days, 458 00:21:07,570 --> 00:21:10,573 one of the fun things I used to do was mimic our cook. 459 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,054 [Asian accent] So, the next thing you know, 460 00:21:13,184 --> 00:21:16,231 the Arnold, he talk like the old Chinese cook, 461 00:21:16,362 --> 00:21:19,626 and he laugh like the old Chinese...[mimics laugh] 462 00:21:19,756 --> 00:21:22,193 [normal accent] And it made the character work, you know, so... 463 00:21:22,324 --> 00:21:24,021 This check, it's too much. 464 00:21:24,152 --> 00:21:26,459 Why are you so cheap? This joint's always packed. 465 00:21:26,589 --> 00:21:28,374 Packed, sure, but no money. 466 00:21:28,504 --> 00:21:30,985 You kids take up space with small soda 467 00:21:31,115 --> 00:21:34,249 and big doo-wops, there's no money in doo-wops! 468 00:21:34,815 --> 00:21:37,600 [Don] And then I remember our director, Jerry Paris, 469 00:21:38,253 --> 00:21:39,646 he was the one who said, 470 00:21:39,776 --> 00:21:41,256 "I think we should turn this 471 00:21:41,387 --> 00:21:43,519 into a three camera show." 472 00:21:43,650 --> 00:21:46,392 We had to go live because in order-- 473 00:21:46,522 --> 00:21:49,395 in order to compete because owing the family. 474 00:21:49,525 --> 00:21:51,875 [theme music] 475 00:21:52,006 --> 00:21:54,313 [man] Happy Days is filmed before a live audience. 476 00:21:54,443 --> 00:21:57,620 [theme music continues] 477 00:21:57,751 --> 00:22:00,188 [Don] A lot of people were saying, "Well, you're going to lose 478 00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:01,842 the feeling of the '50s," 479 00:22:01,972 --> 00:22:06,020 because we, we were able to do the outdoor drive in 480 00:22:06,150 --> 00:22:08,065 with the cars and, you know, y-- 481 00:22:08,196 --> 00:22:10,285 like a graffiti kind of feel, you know, a graffiti, 482 00:22:10,416 --> 00:22:11,808 and we were going to lose that if you go 483 00:22:11,939 --> 00:22:14,071 inside with an audience. 484 00:22:14,202 --> 00:22:16,639 But he said, "I really think this cast can do it." 485 00:22:16,770 --> 00:22:18,989 And most of us were stage actors. 486 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:20,774 So we, we looked forward to it. 487 00:22:20,904 --> 00:22:23,254 And see, Pat was used to working with an audience. 488 00:22:23,385 --> 00:22:26,214 So he, when that audience would be cheering and laughing, 489 00:22:26,345 --> 00:22:28,477 I mean, he would just get hotter and hotter, 490 00:22:28,608 --> 00:22:31,437 and better, and better, and better. And we'v-- we lift off that. 491 00:22:31,567 --> 00:22:33,787 [Pat] Five, six weeks into the shooting process, 492 00:22:33,917 --> 00:22:36,659 and we're doing good. The numbers are climbing and we're going, 493 00:22:37,181 --> 00:22:40,359 you know, through the top, and there comes Jerry again. 494 00:22:40,924 --> 00:22:42,056 "You can't play Arnold." 495 00:22:42,535 --> 00:22:43,927 "I c--[stutters] I can't-- 496 00:22:44,058 --> 00:22:45,625 I can't play Arn-- I am Arnold. 497 00:22:45,755 --> 00:22:48,671 I'm the only Arnold that the world has ever seen." 498 00:22:48,802 --> 00:22:52,458 "Well, um, you're Japanese and Arnold is Chinese." 499 00:22:52,588 --> 00:22:55,591 "You guys were the ones that said 'Pick an accent'!" 500 00:22:55,722 --> 00:22:57,637 "Standards and Practices says, 501 00:22:58,551 --> 00:23:01,336 because Arnold is Chinese and you're Japanese, 502 00:23:01,467 --> 00:23:05,862 you can't play him." The actors survival syndrome kicks in 503 00:23:05,993 --> 00:23:08,082 and, and I'm like, "Wait a minute, wait a minute. 504 00:23:08,212 --> 00:23:10,127 Arnold doesn't have a last name." 505 00:23:10,258 --> 00:23:13,653 "So?" "I have-- uh, it's Arnold Takahashi. 506 00:23:13,783 --> 00:23:16,351 Okay, how about that? Just get behind it?" "Why does he talks Chinese?" 507 00:23:16,482 --> 00:23:20,399 I said, "Ah, because, you see, during World War II, 508 00:23:20,529 --> 00:23:23,184 he was in French Indochina. 509 00:23:23,314 --> 00:23:25,447 Uh, he have a Chinese mother... 510 00:23:25,578 --> 00:23:30,583 ...who got knocked up by a Japanese soldier in Manchuria somewhere 511 00:23:30,713 --> 00:23:36,240 and never saw him again, and raised her only son to talk English 512 00:23:36,371 --> 00:23:39,287 and this is the way she learned him for how to talk. 513 00:23:39,853 --> 00:23:41,245 And they went, "I buy it." 514 00:23:41,376 --> 00:23:43,857 [laughs] And they walked out-- 515 00:23:43,987 --> 00:23:46,294 Oh, boy...[chuckles] This business. 516 00:23:46,425 --> 00:23:47,991 So I got an ad in the mail! There's a guy named 517 00:23:48,122 --> 00:23:50,167 Mitsumo Takahashi giving jiu-jitsu lessons. 518 00:23:50,298 --> 00:23:52,474 -Where, Tokyo? -[crowd laughs] 519 00:23:52,605 --> 00:23:54,868 No, he gives them right here at Arnold's, on Sunday night. 520 00:23:55,390 --> 00:23:56,739 -No kidding. -Yeah! 521 00:23:57,436 --> 00:24:00,569 [Pat] They had written an episode about karate. 522 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:02,310 And I said, "Wait a minute." 523 00:24:02,441 --> 00:24:04,747 In those days, they didn't do karate. 524 00:24:04,878 --> 00:24:09,273 The most popular Asian martial art form was judo. 525 00:24:09,839 --> 00:24:13,626 And what happens is Ralph Malf and Potsie, 526 00:24:13,756 --> 00:24:16,324 they're going to, you know, learn to protect ourselves 527 00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:18,935 and we're going to go to this judo school. 528 00:24:19,066 --> 00:24:24,027 And it turns out the judo school is at Arnold's, in the restaurant. 529 00:24:24,158 --> 00:24:28,162 Wait a minute, Arnold. The paper said Mitsumo Takahashi is giving the class. 530 00:24:28,292 --> 00:24:30,164 I am Mitsumo Takahashi. 531 00:24:30,294 --> 00:24:31,644 Is this the face of a Arnold? 532 00:24:31,774 --> 00:24:34,168 The joy I got out of it is I choreographed 533 00:24:34,298 --> 00:24:35,778 all the throw scenes. 534 00:24:35,909 --> 00:24:37,258 Hey, Arnold, that was a little quick. 535 00:24:37,388 --> 00:24:38,564 Could you show it to us again? 536 00:24:38,694 --> 00:24:40,261 I don't think I got it. [laughs] 537 00:24:40,391 --> 00:24:41,305 -[gasps] -[both yell] 538 00:24:41,436 --> 00:24:42,219 [sharp thud] 539 00:24:42,350 --> 00:24:43,438 I got it. 540 00:24:43,569 --> 00:24:44,961 [Don] Well, that was a-- 541 00:24:45,092 --> 00:24:46,572 a precursor of things to come. 542 00:24:46,702 --> 00:24:50,489 Okay. I'm looking for another loudmouth volunteer. 543 00:24:50,619 --> 00:24:51,620 [crowd laughs] 544 00:24:51,751 --> 00:24:52,839 One of my favorites was 545 00:24:52,969 --> 00:24:54,493 when he was married, 546 00:24:54,623 --> 00:24:56,712 and I got to write the corny song. 547 00:24:56,843 --> 00:24:59,933 ♪ A Japanese wedding song from Potsie to you ♪ 548 00:25:00,542 --> 00:25:03,458 ♪ One set of chopsticks made just for two ♪ 549 00:25:03,589 --> 00:25:05,504 [Pat] That episode, for me, 550 00:25:05,634 --> 00:25:09,290 was one of the first, maybe the first time that, 551 00:25:09,420 --> 00:25:12,293 that-- on a national program scale, 552 00:25:12,423 --> 00:25:15,949 that I got to be the centerpiece of something. 553 00:25:16,079 --> 00:25:19,213 And it just gave me great, great courage. 554 00:25:20,170 --> 00:25:23,173 And we were often running and then, uh, became number one. 555 00:25:23,304 --> 00:25:26,699 I got to run now. I got to get back and, uh, rip off my tongue. 556 00:25:26,829 --> 00:25:28,396 -[vocalizes] -[crowd laughs] 557 00:25:28,527 --> 00:25:29,440 Bye! 558 00:25:31,268 --> 00:25:33,532 [Pat] People asked me, "Why did you leaveHappy Days?" 559 00:25:33,662 --> 00:25:36,186 I really didn't leaveHappy Days. 560 00:25:36,317 --> 00:25:39,538 They offered him, it was like, his own show, 561 00:25:39,668 --> 00:25:43,280 as opposed to being just a supporting character. 562 00:25:43,759 --> 00:25:47,197 [Anson] Fred Silverman became head of ABC. 563 00:25:48,198 --> 00:25:50,244 He wanted Pat in the show. 564 00:25:51,593 --> 00:25:55,510 You know, it's-- I guess that's a hard thing to, to, uh, turn down. 565 00:25:55,641 --> 00:25:56,729 I mean, yes, yo-- on one hand, 566 00:25:56,859 --> 00:25:58,600 you're on the number one show. 567 00:25:59,645 --> 00:26:02,256 But you're not the star. So... 568 00:26:02,386 --> 00:26:04,563 He, uh, was a, a father 569 00:26:04,693 --> 00:26:07,261 who had hired, um, an American governess 570 00:26:07,957 --> 00:26:09,132 to watch his two kids 571 00:26:09,263 --> 00:26:11,047 because he, he was a widower. 572 00:26:11,178 --> 00:26:13,267 And, uh, I was his daughter, 573 00:26:13,397 --> 00:26:17,097 and it was just how she was a bungling type of, uh, nanny. 574 00:26:17,227 --> 00:26:18,707 I think she really didn't know anything. 575 00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:21,928 [Pat] My exposure on, uh, 576 00:26:22,058 --> 00:26:26,541 Welcome Back, Kotter, was the test run for-- 577 00:26:26,672 --> 00:26:28,804 to see if this kind of a guy would work. 578 00:26:29,631 --> 00:26:32,721 This is your next career day speaker, Mr. Takahashi, uh, 579 00:26:32,852 --> 00:26:35,115 from Bonyari Industries, Tokyo. He's an inventor. 580 00:26:35,245 --> 00:26:37,421 -Oh, nice to meet you. -And, uh, you too. 581 00:26:37,900 --> 00:26:41,817 [Don] Nobody that I know faulted Pat for making that decision. 582 00:26:41,948 --> 00:26:45,299 We all supported him, wanted only the best for him. 583 00:26:45,429 --> 00:26:48,694 He was really, uh, the first Asian 584 00:26:48,824 --> 00:26:50,739 to ever star in a sitcom. 585 00:26:50,870 --> 00:26:52,436 I mean, the guy, in a lot of ways, 586 00:26:52,567 --> 00:26:54,134 was a real pioneer. 587 00:26:54,264 --> 00:26:59,530 He was playing this really eccentric, kind of wacky guy. 588 00:26:59,661 --> 00:27:03,186 And especially as a kid, I felt like I was kind of wacky too, 589 00:27:03,317 --> 00:27:05,188 and it was great seeing this Japanese-American 590 00:27:05,319 --> 00:27:09,149 who is known not as straight-laced and quiet, 591 00:27:09,279 --> 00:27:10,411 but really out there. 592 00:27:10,541 --> 00:27:12,195 And so, that was really exciting. 593 00:27:12,326 --> 00:27:13,544 It was ahead of its time, 594 00:27:15,068 --> 00:27:17,244 but people didn't accept, from what I believe, anyway, 595 00:27:17,374 --> 00:27:20,421 uh, a man in a lead who was Asian, 596 00:27:20,551 --> 00:27:23,642 who had a normal kind of family. They weren't ready for it. 597 00:27:23,772 --> 00:27:26,122 [man] Saturday is the premiere ofMr. T and Tina. 598 00:27:26,253 --> 00:27:27,776 Tina is cool. 599 00:27:27,907 --> 00:27:30,649 I don't care about the body temperature of governess. 600 00:27:30,779 --> 00:27:33,434 No matter how talented you are, you need the right vehicle. 601 00:27:33,564 --> 00:27:34,914 It was the wrong vehicle. 602 00:27:35,044 --> 00:27:38,569 Pat knew it, but he went with it. 603 00:27:38,700 --> 00:27:41,660 [Pat] They paid me for 13 episodes. 604 00:27:42,312 --> 00:27:45,533 We, uh, shot ten, they showed four, 605 00:27:46,142 --> 00:27:47,622 and we were off the air. 606 00:27:47,753 --> 00:27:49,668 [crowd laughs] 607 00:27:51,191 --> 00:27:52,061 [sharp click] 608 00:27:52,192 --> 00:27:54,150 [calm Hawaiian music] 609 00:28:02,811 --> 00:28:06,206 [Pat] I was living in Hawaii. I was down in the dumps again. 610 00:28:06,336 --> 00:28:08,295 The career was on a slide and I'm... 611 00:28:08,904 --> 00:28:11,951 working in Hawaii, taking what work I can find, you know, 612 00:28:12,081 --> 00:28:16,085 nightclub comic work, writing copy for commercials, doing whatever. 613 00:28:16,607 --> 00:28:21,090 Came back to the mainland, re-signed with my then agent, 614 00:28:21,221 --> 00:28:23,353 uh, for another three years and whatever, 615 00:28:23,484 --> 00:28:27,096 and was literally on my way back to Hawaii, um, 616 00:28:27,227 --> 00:28:28,881 because there was nothing else to do here. 617 00:28:29,011 --> 00:28:31,797 There were no parts, no offers that I knew of. 618 00:28:31,927 --> 00:28:36,105 Walking out the door of the agents office and I hear... 619 00:28:36,715 --> 00:28:38,891 [in old man's voice] "Pat Morita, where the heck is Pat Morita? 620 00:28:39,021 --> 00:28:39,979 I got to find--" 621 00:28:41,371 --> 00:28:42,285 [in normal voice] And the secretary, Sarah, says, 622 00:28:43,939 --> 00:28:44,723 [in woman's voice] "He just walked out the door, sir." 623 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:47,377 [in old man's voice] "Pat, get your butt back in here, you got to read this script. 624 00:28:48,552 --> 00:28:49,728 I think it's perfect for you, right?" 625 00:28:49,858 --> 00:28:52,034 [in normal voice] So I do. I like the part. 626 00:28:52,165 --> 00:28:54,123 [suspenseful music] 627 00:28:56,517 --> 00:28:59,825 [Ralph] There was humor in Robert Kamen's script and, 628 00:28:59,955 --> 00:29:03,306 and Mr. Miyagi, but it was lightly, lightly peppered, 629 00:29:03,437 --> 00:29:05,395 and he was-- you know, they always spoke 630 00:29:05,526 --> 00:29:08,703 about this majestic Toshiro Mifune, 631 00:29:08,834 --> 00:29:12,751 this Akira Kurosawa kind of Japanese sensei 632 00:29:12,881 --> 00:29:14,622 who teaches the boy how to fight. 633 00:29:14,753 --> 00:29:17,233 That now has a, you know, a soft chewy center, 634 00:29:17,364 --> 00:29:19,409 you know what I mean? I think the big question 635 00:29:19,540 --> 00:29:21,934 for Avildsen at the time, if memory serves, 636 00:29:22,064 --> 00:29:24,937 is he doesn't really speak English. 637 00:29:25,546 --> 00:29:27,069 [speaks Japanese] 638 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,768 [Robert] And Toshiro Mifune came in and did a read, 639 00:29:29,898 --> 00:29:32,553 they put him on tape, and he was a samurai, 640 00:29:32,683 --> 00:29:34,511 he was sensei, alright? 641 00:29:34,642 --> 00:29:36,949 Caro Jones, who is the casting director at the time, 642 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." 643 00:29:42,041 --> 00:29:46,088 Jerry Weintraub, when he heard Pat Morita... 644 00:29:47,046 --> 00:29:49,526 he said, "I'm not hiring Arnold from Happy Days." 645 00:29:49,657 --> 00:29:51,659 [Don] We all know what that's like, 646 00:29:51,790 --> 00:29:53,922 facing that, you get so associated with it 647 00:29:54,053 --> 00:29:56,882 that you get typecast. It's hard to break away. 648 00:29:57,012 --> 00:30:00,189 The producer couldn't get past that and didn't even want to consider it. 649 00:30:00,842 --> 00:30:04,498 "Can't have a Catskill Comic playing Mr. Miyagi." 650 00:30:04,628 --> 00:30:06,456 You know, "He was build as 'The Hip Nip,' 651 00:30:06,587 --> 00:30:08,676 I'm not getting-- this guy is, you know--" 652 00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:11,374 And I was more, like-- I'm listening, I'm thinking of... 653 00:30:11,505 --> 00:30:13,812 [mimics laugh] the Arnold from Happy Days. 654 00:30:13,942 --> 00:30:16,640 I said, "Give me a chance to train him. 655 00:30:17,641 --> 00:30:21,907 You pick a scene that you like and have him do it." 656 00:30:22,037 --> 00:30:24,910 And we did th-- the one scene that he did with, 657 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:26,476 uh, Martin Kove, 658 00:30:26,607 --> 00:30:29,001 where he put Martin Kove on his knees 659 00:30:29,131 --> 00:30:32,787 and he was just, uh, "Mercy is for the weak. 660 00:30:32,918 --> 00:30:34,658 We don't train to be merciful here." 661 00:30:34,789 --> 00:30:38,575 And then he starts to make this move in Martin Kove, 662 00:30:38,706 --> 00:30:41,578 and he goes, "Honk!" And pulls and tweaks his nose. 663 00:30:41,709 --> 00:30:46,105 So we, uh, we used his skill as a comedian 664 00:30:46,670 --> 00:30:48,629 to do some of those parts. 665 00:30:49,717 --> 00:30:52,328 [Pat] They're gathered in a pre-production meeting 666 00:30:52,459 --> 00:30:53,721 a few days later and... 667 00:30:54,635 --> 00:30:57,029 and during the process, John reaches over 668 00:30:57,159 --> 00:30:58,813 and clicks on the monitor. 669 00:30:58,944 --> 00:31:03,296 And in mid-sentence, Jerry goes, "Wait a minute, who's that? 670 00:31:03,426 --> 00:31:06,473 That's a Miyagi. Who the hell is that actor?" 671 00:31:06,603 --> 00:31:12,087 And John says, "That's the Pat Morita you refused to read for this part." 672 00:31:12,958 --> 00:31:14,394 The rest is history. 673 00:31:14,524 --> 00:31:16,439 They bring me in five times. 674 00:31:16,962 --> 00:31:18,572 They want to see if I can do it again. 675 00:31:18,702 --> 00:31:20,617 [man] Mr. Miyagi, wha-- what, what belt do you have? 676 00:31:21,096 --> 00:31:24,404 Oh! [chuckles] Canvas. You like? 677 00:31:25,492 --> 00:31:26,754 Yeah, it's very nice. 678 00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:28,756 Uh, J.C. Penney, 3,98. 679 00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:29,844 [chuckles] 680 00:31:30,976 --> 00:31:32,499 [Pat] Then they bring Ralphie in. 681 00:31:34,414 --> 00:31:34,936 Fly him in from New York, they want to see if there's chemistry. 682 00:31:36,416 --> 00:31:38,113 We do it, they did make me-- make us do it again, 683 00:31:38,244 --> 00:31:42,901 this time in costume, in front of the studio heads. 684 00:31:43,031 --> 00:31:47,166 The fifth time they bring me in, we are on a cold, blank, 685 00:31:47,296 --> 00:31:50,604 outline stage, no sets, nothing, but in costume, 686 00:31:50,734 --> 00:31:52,301 uh, but they shoot it. 687 00:31:52,432 --> 00:31:54,695 Not everything is as it seems. 688 00:31:56,349 --> 00:31:57,959 Bullshit, man! 689 00:31:58,481 --> 00:32:03,008 [Pat] And, to Jerry's credit, he's-- gets on the horn 690 00:32:03,530 --> 00:32:07,316 and says, "Pat, I almost made the worst mistake of my life. 691 00:32:07,447 --> 00:32:09,710 I just want to be the first to congratulate you. 692 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:11,146 You got the part of Miyagi." 693 00:32:11,799 --> 00:32:14,454 What Pat Morita had from the get-go 694 00:32:15,194 --> 00:32:18,937 is he had all the beats, all the dramatic beats. 695 00:32:19,067 --> 00:32:23,245 He had-- he was a comic, so he knew where the humor was. 696 00:32:23,376 --> 00:32:26,988 [Robert] He really got to a place at-- where he was playing a character 697 00:32:28,033 --> 00:32:30,557 that he knew, that it wasn't something he made up. 698 00:32:30,687 --> 00:32:33,516 When I finally read the script, by page three, 699 00:32:34,430 --> 00:32:36,215 -I know this guy. -Yeah. 700 00:32:36,345 --> 00:32:38,739 I, I, I had his walk. 701 00:32:38,869 --> 00:32:41,133 I had his sound, I had his voice level, 702 00:32:41,263 --> 00:32:42,786 I had his pattern of speech. 703 00:32:42,917 --> 00:32:44,788 [Ralph] And had felt 704 00:32:44,919 --> 00:32:47,313 such a responsibility to that character 705 00:32:48,314 --> 00:32:50,403 that there's no one on the planet that, 706 00:32:50,533 --> 00:32:53,623 that could've played that role at the level that he did. 707 00:32:53,754 --> 00:32:56,017 When you watch him play Mr. Miyagi, 708 00:32:56,148 --> 00:32:59,151 he inhabits that character soul, 709 00:32:59,281 --> 00:33:01,414 completely forget it's Pat Morita. 710 00:33:01,544 --> 00:33:03,372 He became wise and kind 711 00:33:03,503 --> 00:33:07,246 and open and big-hearted, and at the same time, 712 00:33:07,376 --> 00:33:09,422 you knew he was bearing some sort of pain. 713 00:33:10,075 --> 00:33:13,252 Fighting always last answer to problem. 714 00:33:13,382 --> 00:33:15,863 [Robert] And that's what made the movie, his relationship with Daniel, 715 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. 716 00:33:19,736 --> 00:33:21,695 It was his relationship with, with Ralph, 717 00:33:21,825 --> 00:33:24,176 that perfect chemistry with these two people that, 718 00:33:24,306 --> 00:33:26,352 that really made that movie magic. 719 00:33:26,482 --> 00:33:29,181 What's the matter? You're some kind of girl or something? 720 00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:31,835 Punch, drive up punch! 721 00:33:31,966 --> 00:33:33,924 Not just arm, whole body! 722 00:33:34,055 --> 00:33:37,450 [Ralph] I knew very little of karate before the film started. 723 00:33:37,580 --> 00:33:40,235 I think when I was, you know, maybe ten years old, 724 00:33:40,366 --> 00:33:44,152 I took, like, four lessons at the dojo down the street, 725 00:33:44,283 --> 00:33:47,286 until I realized, "Wow, that hurts. Let me try piano." 726 00:33:47,416 --> 00:33:48,504 [chuckles] 727 00:33:48,635 --> 00:33:50,071 And Ralph had no interest in learning, 728 00:33:50,202 --> 00:33:51,942 which was perfect because he was not supposed 729 00:33:52,073 --> 00:33:53,205 to know how to do anything. 730 00:33:53,335 --> 00:33:55,337 [man] Hi Pat. Uh, I wanted to ask you 731 00:33:55,468 --> 00:33:58,471 if you were involved in any martial arts in real life. 732 00:33:59,298 --> 00:34:00,951 In terms of martial arts, 733 00:34:01,082 --> 00:34:04,216 the only martial arts I was involved in 734 00:34:04,346 --> 00:34:09,177 was, uh, Garry Marshall, um, Penny Marshall 735 00:34:09,308 --> 00:34:12,615 and maybe Marshall Field's a little bit. Uh, no. 736 00:34:12,746 --> 00:34:14,269 So I knew very little. 737 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:18,273 And Pat knew very little, less than that. 738 00:34:18,882 --> 00:34:22,625 Um, uh, the two of us together, it's the magic of movies. 739 00:34:22,756 --> 00:34:26,020 Hey, look eye. Always look eye. 740 00:34:27,369 --> 00:34:29,806 [William] Pat Johnson was a ninth degree black belt, 741 00:34:29,937 --> 00:34:32,418 uh, world champion fighter on the US Karate team. 742 00:34:32,548 --> 00:34:33,941 He was Chuck Norris' guy. 743 00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:35,247 They were partners back in the day, 744 00:34:35,377 --> 00:34:37,901 and, um, he was, uh, 745 00:34:38,032 --> 00:34:39,642 he's the heart and soul of the karate in the film. 746 00:34:39,773 --> 00:34:41,731 When I trained Pat Morita, 747 00:34:41,862 --> 00:34:44,691 I got he and Ralph together and I trained them 748 00:34:44,821 --> 00:34:46,562 and I pushed them really hard, 749 00:34:46,693 --> 00:34:50,088 and I let them bitch and moan to-- together, 750 00:34:50,218 --> 00:34:52,220 in, "Oh, I'm so exhausted," 751 00:34:52,351 --> 00:34:55,049 just so they would dev-- develop a relationship. 752 00:34:55,180 --> 00:34:57,921 [Robert] And they had that one scene where they're learning together, 753 00:34:58,052 --> 00:34:59,488 and I guess it was Karate Kid III. 754 00:35:00,141 --> 00:35:03,753 And so I tried to get them to, "Just scoop sand... 755 00:35:04,493 --> 00:35:06,278 bring it down, scoop sand, 756 00:35:06,408 --> 00:35:08,106 -bring it down." They couldn't get it. -[laughter] 757 00:35:08,236 --> 00:35:10,499 Okay, did he do all his own stunts on Karate Kid? 758 00:35:10,630 --> 00:35:13,937 The studio always said, "If you're ever asked if you're doing your own stunts..." 759 00:35:14,068 --> 00:35:15,678 -Yeah. -...they wanted him to lie and say, 760 00:35:15,809 --> 00:35:17,289 -"Yeah, I'm doing my own stunts." -Oh! 761 00:35:17,419 --> 00:35:20,857 But in actuality, it was a karate master, 762 00:35:20,988 --> 00:35:22,555 -Fumio Demura, that did all... -[Felicia] Really? 763 00:35:22,685 --> 00:35:24,687 ...doubled for him in all The Karate Kidmovies. 764 00:35:24,818 --> 00:35:26,515 -[Annette] Oh, interesting. -Yeah. 765 00:35:26,646 --> 00:35:29,301 It's harder for general people 766 00:35:29,431 --> 00:35:32,042 that d-- doesn't know anything about karate. 767 00:35:32,565 --> 00:35:34,958 I was, uh, Pat Morita's stunt double, 768 00:35:35,437 --> 00:35:38,919 and my job is, I had to make him look good. 769 00:35:39,049 --> 00:35:41,008 [grunting] 770 00:35:41,139 --> 00:35:42,009 [moaning] 771 00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:43,097 [sharp thuds] 772 00:35:43,228 --> 00:35:45,143 [upbeat music] 773 00:35:45,795 --> 00:35:47,014 [sharp yells] 774 00:35:49,843 --> 00:35:52,715 The Karate Kidmovie resonated with so many people... 775 00:35:53,847 --> 00:35:56,284 because it actually touched on something... 776 00:35:57,416 --> 00:36:00,419 so many years ago, that today is in the forefront, 777 00:36:00,549 --> 00:36:02,812 but it wasn't before, which is bullies. 778 00:36:03,291 --> 00:36:05,163 I think every person can relate to it 779 00:36:05,293 --> 00:36:08,253 because we all have had that feeling of not fitting in, 780 00:36:08,383 --> 00:36:12,170 of, of perhaps wanting to be part of a larger group, 781 00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:14,737 but you're not admitted because you're not smart enough, 782 00:36:14,868 --> 00:36:16,304 or funny enough, or strong enough. 783 00:36:16,435 --> 00:36:18,828 It was really great to see a film 784 00:36:19,351 --> 00:36:21,527 where the kid who was being bullied 785 00:36:21,657 --> 00:36:23,877 came out on top, that really resonated with me. 786 00:36:24,007 --> 00:36:25,748 Or they identified with the film 787 00:36:25,879 --> 00:36:27,924 because they were a fish out of water situation, 788 00:36:28,621 --> 00:36:32,494 or because they had a romance that didn't work out, you know. 789 00:36:32,625 --> 00:36:35,410 And most of the time in the Asian community, 790 00:36:35,541 --> 00:36:37,369 it is only a one-way monologue 791 00:36:37,499 --> 00:36:40,198 that the parents talk to the kids, talk at the kids, 792 00:36:40,328 --> 00:36:41,938 it's never a conversation. 793 00:36:42,069 --> 00:36:43,897 And that's why I see, now, 794 00:36:44,027 --> 00:36:46,204 looking back at, um, The Karate Kid, 795 00:36:46,334 --> 00:36:51,339 it's such a beautiful story because it's a story about two, uh, people 796 00:36:51,861 --> 00:36:53,472 who've lost something important in life, 797 00:36:53,602 --> 00:36:56,257 and finding renewed friendship and believe in hope. 798 00:36:56,388 --> 00:36:58,477 In an era where everything was, you know, 799 00:36:58,607 --> 00:37:00,914 He-Man and, you know, 800 00:37:01,044 --> 00:37:03,308 Stallone, Schwarzenegger model, 801 00:37:03,438 --> 00:37:06,659 you know, big, tough, strong guys beating up people, 802 00:37:06,789 --> 00:37:08,835 or shooting people, or killing people, 803 00:37:08,965 --> 00:37:10,402 especially people of color, you know. 804 00:37:11,185 --> 00:37:13,013 And then there was Mr. Miyagi, 805 00:37:13,143 --> 00:37:17,844 who had wisdom and who could, you know, catch a fly. [laughs] 806 00:37:17,974 --> 00:37:20,586 You know, it-- it just let-- it reminded you 807 00:37:20,716 --> 00:37:23,284 that it's not all on the outside, 808 00:37:23,415 --> 00:37:25,765 that there's something deep within that you can develop 809 00:37:25,895 --> 00:37:27,767 that can be the great equalizer. 810 00:37:28,376 --> 00:37:32,162 And he was, uh, everybody's fantasy 811 00:37:32,293 --> 00:37:33,729 of what they would want, 812 00:37:33,860 --> 00:37:36,689 a father who was kind and gentle, 813 00:37:36,819 --> 00:37:38,473 and would mentor, 814 00:37:38,995 --> 00:37:41,215 and could beat the living crap out of everybody. 815 00:37:41,346 --> 00:37:42,695 [shouting and grunting] 816 00:37:43,565 --> 00:37:45,219 -[sharp shattering] -[moaning] 817 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:47,787 [panting] 818 00:37:50,137 --> 00:37:50,964 [vocalizing] 819 00:37:52,357 --> 00:37:53,488 [vocalizing] 820 00:37:53,619 --> 00:37:55,708 And he, he used to call me "BZ," 821 00:37:55,838 --> 00:37:58,276 and I used to call him "Uncle Pat," he kind of became all our uncle, 822 00:37:58,406 --> 00:38:00,365 he was like the warm, funny uncle on the set, you know. 823 00:38:00,495 --> 00:38:02,454 And then he turned into Miyagi and disappeared. 824 00:38:02,584 --> 00:38:04,020 But for the most part, he was the funny, 825 00:38:04,151 --> 00:38:06,371 warm Pat, and he'd go, "BZ, BZ!" 826 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, 827 00:38:09,504 --> 00:38:12,028 and he pulls me aside and he goes, "Listen, man, listen, man." 828 00:38:12,159 --> 00:38:13,987 He goes, "When, uh, when you're doing rehearsals, brother," 829 00:38:14,117 --> 00:38:15,728 he goes, "you got to give 110%, 830 00:38:15,858 --> 00:38:17,295 got to give 110%." 831 00:38:17,425 --> 00:38:18,687 He goes, "That way, when the cameras are rolling, 832 00:38:18,818 --> 00:38:19,819 it's bread and butter, baby. 833 00:38:19,949 --> 00:38:21,081 It's bread and butter." 834 00:38:21,211 --> 00:38:23,170 I was a young actor, I was macho. 835 00:38:23,301 --> 00:38:25,303 I wasn't, like, into my emotions, 836 00:38:25,433 --> 00:38:26,956 and crying scenes were maybe 837 00:38:27,087 --> 00:38:28,915 the most challenging thing for me. 838 00:38:29,045 --> 00:38:31,787 And, uh, I remember Pat just saying, "Don't blink." 839 00:38:33,398 --> 00:38:34,268 I'm like, "What?" 840 00:38:34,790 --> 00:38:36,836 He said, "Just don't blink, 841 00:38:36,966 --> 00:38:38,272 your eyes will start to water." 842 00:38:38,403 --> 00:38:39,360 [laughs] 843 00:38:39,491 --> 00:38:40,927 Pat, to me, 844 00:38:41,057 --> 00:38:43,233 he was sort of like Mr. Miyagi. 845 00:38:43,364 --> 00:38:46,236 He was this kind of magical guy. 846 00:38:46,367 --> 00:38:49,239 I remember one time he was at the show and I had an injury. 847 00:38:49,370 --> 00:38:52,547 I had-- I had a tear in my tendon. 848 00:38:52,678 --> 00:38:55,333 And he reaches over and he grabs my arm, 849 00:38:55,463 --> 00:38:57,117 and he just squeezes it. 850 00:38:57,247 --> 00:38:58,640 And he's like, "Yeah, you know, 851 00:38:58,771 --> 00:39:00,555 you-- you should do like this every now and then." 852 00:39:00,686 --> 00:39:03,079 And he's-- and he just squeezes my arm, and I'm-- 853 00:39:03,210 --> 00:39:05,125 And I go, "Pat, that's kind of hurting." And he goes, "Yeah, yeah, 854 00:39:05,255 --> 00:39:06,866 but wait, it'll feel better when I'm done." 855 00:39:06,996 --> 00:39:10,565 I was going to go to jail for selling bongs. 856 00:39:10,696 --> 00:39:12,219 And this is in '03. 857 00:39:12,915 --> 00:39:16,615 And so, I was feeling really, really low, 858 00:39:16,745 --> 00:39:19,357 because my family, uh, my daughters, 859 00:39:19,487 --> 00:39:21,489 you know, they're all sad. 860 00:39:21,620 --> 00:39:23,361 But when you go to jail, 861 00:39:23,491 --> 00:39:25,754 you really find out who your real friends are. 862 00:39:26,929 --> 00:39:29,497 And only one guy called me... 863 00:39:30,759 --> 00:39:32,848 and gave me a, a heads up 864 00:39:32,979 --> 00:39:34,763 and give me a, a talk. 865 00:39:34,894 --> 00:39:36,330 And that was Pat Morita. 866 00:39:36,461 --> 00:39:38,071 He does a mean barnacle. 867 00:39:38,201 --> 00:39:39,855 I let him paint some barnacles on, uh, 868 00:39:39,986 --> 00:39:43,381 the Whaling Wall mural that I did in, uh, Waikiki, and, 869 00:39:43,511 --> 00:39:44,817 and at each wall, 870 00:39:44,947 --> 00:39:48,255 you know, I have a-- a person of significance, 871 00:39:48,386 --> 00:39:50,910 uh, dedicated, you know, that particular mural. 872 00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:52,041 And for Hawaii, 873 00:39:52,651 --> 00:39:54,043 it had to be Pat Morita. 874 00:39:54,566 --> 00:39:58,439 Not only was Pat my neighbor in Tarzana, 875 00:39:58,570 --> 00:40:02,356 then down the street, little more into the hills, 876 00:40:02,487 --> 00:40:04,053 Pat lived down there. 877 00:40:04,184 --> 00:40:07,796 Well, there's a big rain that year, huge, big rain. 878 00:40:07,927 --> 00:40:10,320 Mud came down, his whole house-- 879 00:40:10,451 --> 00:40:12,453 the mud went right through his house, 880 00:40:12,584 --> 00:40:14,107 filled up the whole house with mud. 881 00:40:15,935 --> 00:40:17,850 Uh, being a neighbor, so we're all down there trying to help him. 882 00:40:17,980 --> 00:40:21,114 In other words, another tragic thing 883 00:40:21,244 --> 00:40:22,898 happens to this sweetheart. 884 00:40:23,029 --> 00:40:25,423 I had to really get pumped up for some of that. 885 00:40:25,553 --> 00:40:28,077 Pat is great, you know, to work with. 886 00:40:28,208 --> 00:40:31,385 He'd say, he says, "I want you to hate me with all your guts. 887 00:40:31,951 --> 00:40:33,343 You want to rip my lung out. 888 00:40:34,127 --> 00:40:37,086 You know, you want to tear my heart out and eat it." 889 00:40:37,217 --> 00:40:38,653 That's what he used to say. 890 00:40:38,784 --> 00:40:41,264 Kind of felt like he was the father that I never had, 891 00:40:41,395 --> 00:40:43,745 and the son that he never had, 892 00:40:43,876 --> 00:40:47,619 and, uh, I always said I was his, his Ralph Macchio. 893 00:40:47,749 --> 00:40:50,099 "I'm the one that cleans the garage, 894 00:40:50,230 --> 00:40:52,841 and, and waxes his cars," and, you know, 895 00:40:52,972 --> 00:40:55,453 he always had me wash the cars and stuff like that. 896 00:40:56,541 --> 00:41:00,022 But one of my favorite moments in the film, 897 00:41:00,153 --> 00:41:02,938 it's when I turn to him after he gives me the car for my birthday 898 00:41:03,069 --> 00:41:05,071 and I say, "You're the best friend I ever had." 899 00:41:05,201 --> 00:41:07,029 And it's such a big thing, it's, you know, 900 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:10,816 a son getting his first car from his father. 901 00:41:10,946 --> 00:41:13,949 And here's a boy who really has nothing and now he has, 902 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,865 especially here in California, has some sense of identity 903 00:41:16,996 --> 00:41:18,737 and empowerment 904 00:41:18,867 --> 00:41:20,347 and independence. 905 00:41:20,478 --> 00:41:22,610 And it's this really cool car. 906 00:41:22,741 --> 00:41:25,221 I could get emotional about it like right now 907 00:41:25,352 --> 00:41:27,833 just based on the fact of being a parent and, 908 00:41:27,963 --> 00:41:29,182 and how much that meant, 909 00:41:29,312 --> 00:41:31,053 and what kind of kid would say that. 910 00:41:31,184 --> 00:41:32,968 In that scene, is how much 911 00:41:33,099 --> 00:41:37,233 that father figure meant to this boy at the time. 912 00:41:37,756 --> 00:41:42,674 And his reaction was equally as poignant with, 913 00:41:43,326 --> 00:41:44,806 "You pretty okay too." 914 00:41:45,459 --> 00:41:50,203 For me, the scene when Daniel has been working, 915 00:41:50,333 --> 00:41:53,641 doing what he deems to be all these menial jobs 916 00:41:53,772 --> 00:41:55,556 around Mr. Miyagi's home, 917 00:41:55,687 --> 00:41:58,385 uh, waxing the cars, painting the fence, 918 00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:00,387 uh, you know, sanding the floor. 919 00:42:00,996 --> 00:42:01,997 And he's had it. 920 00:42:02,694 --> 00:42:04,217 And in one instant, 921 00:42:04,347 --> 00:42:07,220 Mr. Miyagi asks him to show him, 922 00:42:07,350 --> 00:42:10,702 you know, paint the fence, you know, wax the floor, 923 00:42:10,832 --> 00:42:13,313 you know, and, and the kid realizes, he has the epiphany 924 00:42:13,443 --> 00:42:14,880 that he's been taught karate all along. 925 00:42:15,620 --> 00:42:17,360 Show me "sand the floor." 926 00:42:18,100 --> 00:42:19,014 -[yells] -[sharp thud] 927 00:42:19,145 --> 00:42:20,842 [continues to yell] 928 00:42:22,540 --> 00:42:23,671 Yes. 929 00:42:28,633 --> 00:42:31,940 [William] The place went crazy the first time we saw that in Westwood at a screening. 930 00:42:32,071 --> 00:42:33,855 You know, that moment. Because you don't know, the first time, 931 00:42:33,986 --> 00:42:35,814 you don't see The Karate Kid, you don't know what's coming. 932 00:42:35,944 --> 00:42:37,729 So, why is he painting? Why is he waxing? 933 00:42:37,859 --> 00:42:40,209 When that epiphany happens for the first time, 934 00:42:40,340 --> 00:42:41,863 it just, like, sends chills, you know, 935 00:42:41,994 --> 00:42:44,083 and it just sets up the ending so great. 936 00:42:44,213 --> 00:42:47,042 Initially, there was discussion of cutting 937 00:42:47,173 --> 00:42:49,654 the drunk scene from the movie. 938 00:42:49,784 --> 00:42:51,656 [Robert] Where, where Mr. Miyagi is drunk, 939 00:42:51,786 --> 00:42:53,571 talking about his wife and-- 940 00:42:53,701 --> 00:42:55,529 I lobbied very hard for that scene 941 00:42:55,660 --> 00:42:57,879 because I felt that was the emotional heart of the picture 942 00:42:58,010 --> 00:43:01,579 and it, it, um, it humanized Mr. Miyagi for Daniel. 943 00:43:02,057 --> 00:43:05,887 I think you got an idea that this was a fully fleshed character, 944 00:43:06,018 --> 00:43:09,674 and it presented to us a side of history 945 00:43:09,804 --> 00:43:13,808 that the Japanese had, um, persevered and, 946 00:43:13,939 --> 00:43:17,943 and fought for, and, and shown that they had such honor 947 00:43:18,073 --> 00:43:19,422 and integrity in America. 948 00:43:19,553 --> 00:43:20,685 [Ralph] It's saying, 949 00:43:20,815 --> 00:43:23,209 this scene just stops the story. 950 00:43:23,688 --> 00:43:26,212 You are driving forward, you have the protagonist, 951 00:43:26,342 --> 00:43:28,954 the antagonist, the mentor, the student, 952 00:43:29,084 --> 00:43:30,608 the drama, the setup, 953 00:43:30,738 --> 00:43:33,001 the leading to the climax, the tournament, 954 00:43:33,132 --> 00:43:35,525 the clock is ticking, it's going to strike midnight. 955 00:43:35,656 --> 00:43:36,744 And then we stop. 956 00:43:36,875 --> 00:43:38,703 And we talk about some guy 957 00:43:38,833 --> 00:43:40,182 and his World War II connection 958 00:43:40,313 --> 00:43:43,621 for five, seven minutes or whatever it is. 959 00:43:43,751 --> 00:43:45,710 [paper softly rustling] 960 00:43:49,235 --> 00:43:51,585 [Guy] That scene is about the fact 961 00:43:51,716 --> 00:43:54,632 that we faced prejudice, we suffered. 962 00:43:55,633 --> 00:43:58,592 And it's like, what a lot of Japanese-Americans went through, 963 00:43:58,723 --> 00:43:59,593 we don't talk about it. 964 00:44:00,812 --> 00:44:02,988 We persevered, we went on with our lives. 965 00:44:03,118 --> 00:44:04,554 But for this guy to fight... 966 00:44:05,425 --> 00:44:08,123 for our country in Germany against the Nazis, 967 00:44:08,254 --> 00:44:10,560 and back home in prison, 968 00:44:10,691 --> 00:44:15,087 his wife, their son die because no doctor came to help. 969 00:44:15,827 --> 00:44:19,439 I mean, that was just an amazing scene, you know. 970 00:44:19,569 --> 00:44:21,223 [slurred speech] Regret to inform... 971 00:44:21,876 --> 00:44:23,356 wife has... 972 00:44:24,313 --> 00:44:26,228 [mumbling] 973 00:44:32,670 --> 00:44:33,888 [grunting loudly] 974 00:44:34,019 --> 00:44:36,412 [cries] 975 00:44:36,891 --> 00:44:38,414 [William] Without that scene, I don't think you know 976 00:44:38,545 --> 00:44:40,503 who Miyagi is in a-- in a way that-- 977 00:44:40,982 --> 00:44:43,724 I-- I think so much of the soul of the film 978 00:44:43,855 --> 00:44:44,986 is in that one moment. 979 00:44:45,683 --> 00:44:47,467 It's not easy to play drunk either. 980 00:44:47,597 --> 00:44:50,775 Uh, most actors go overboard 981 00:44:50,905 --> 00:44:53,168 and ham it up and, you know, act really sloppy. 982 00:44:53,299 --> 00:44:56,781 I remember his performance seem to be believably drunk 983 00:44:56,911 --> 00:44:58,217 and a little bit scary. 984 00:44:58,347 --> 00:45:00,872 And arguably, Pat Morita would be the first one 985 00:45:01,002 --> 00:45:04,310 to call that his Academy Award nomination scene. 986 00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:08,575 Because it's the vulnerability and the drama that speaks to Academy members, 987 00:45:08,706 --> 00:45:10,098 and there were so many moments there 988 00:45:10,795 --> 00:45:13,232 where it wasn't about the karate. 989 00:45:13,754 --> 00:45:17,845 See, any time... you do any project 990 00:45:18,411 --> 00:45:20,021 that touches you in the heart, 991 00:45:20,152 --> 00:45:22,284 touches the viewer in the heart, 992 00:45:22,415 --> 00:45:26,332 that's the kind of performance that wraps the, the Awards. 993 00:45:26,462 --> 00:45:28,943 [man] Well, The Karate Kid has a couple of nice performances in it, 994 00:45:29,074 --> 00:45:31,685 -marginal thumbs up for me. -It gets a big thumbs up for me, 995 00:45:31,816 --> 00:45:34,862 and especially because of Pat Morita, that Japanese-American janitor 996 00:45:34,993 --> 00:45:37,256 who's going to teach him all the moves. Pat Morita, I think, 997 00:45:37,386 --> 00:45:39,737 a possible for an Oscar nomination, if the movie does it 998 00:45:39,867 --> 00:45:41,086 -at the Box Office. -No way. 999 00:45:41,216 --> 00:45:43,349 Okay. I'll see you in a couple of months. 1000 00:45:43,479 --> 00:45:46,221 I was surprised he was nominated. 1001 00:45:46,352 --> 00:45:49,355 Not because the performance didn't deserve it. 1002 00:45:49,485 --> 00:45:50,878 I just couldn't believe I was in a movie 1003 00:45:51,009 --> 00:45:53,402 with someone who got an Academy Award nomination. 1004 00:45:53,533 --> 00:45:55,622 Winning the nomination is 1005 00:45:55,753 --> 00:45:59,017 probably as close as you can get to the ultimate achievement. 1006 00:45:59,147 --> 00:46:01,976 [Robert] I was very happy for him. He had spent a whole life being-- 1007 00:46:02,107 --> 00:46:05,763 trying to be something that not very many Japanese-Americans were, 1008 00:46:05,893 --> 00:46:07,199 which is an actor 1009 00:46:07,329 --> 00:46:08,766 and a comedian and a stand-up. 1010 00:46:08,896 --> 00:46:11,029 People in the community were very proud of him. 1011 00:46:11,159 --> 00:46:12,508 Um, I think it was the first time they, 1012 00:46:12,639 --> 00:46:14,336 they said that, you know, somebody was actual-- 1013 00:46:14,467 --> 00:46:17,731 uh, of Asian ancestry was actually recognized. 1014 00:46:17,862 --> 00:46:22,649 The best performance by an actor in a supporting role, 1015 00:46:22,780 --> 00:46:25,521 Pat Morita in The Karate Kid. 1016 00:46:25,652 --> 00:46:27,436 [crowd clapping] 1017 00:46:27,567 --> 00:46:29,351 [Ralph] If I were to turn back time, 1018 00:46:29,482 --> 00:46:32,833 I would have been more involved. 1019 00:46:32,964 --> 00:46:35,053 I would like to have had the experience 1020 00:46:35,575 --> 00:46:39,797 of being at the Oscars, uh, for him. 1021 00:46:40,406 --> 00:46:44,410 And that's, that's the one, that's the one I, I missed. 1022 00:46:44,540 --> 00:46:46,804 [woman] What's your level of excitement like now? 1023 00:46:46,934 --> 00:46:48,936 Right now it's, on a scale of ten, 1024 00:46:49,067 --> 00:46:53,332 about 17. And outside of that, I'm very calm. 1025 00:46:53,462 --> 00:46:54,812 [Robert] And this was a big deal, 1026 00:46:54,942 --> 00:46:58,119 The Karate Kid became an iconic movie. 1027 00:46:58,685 --> 00:47:01,340 Uh, and it's played for three generations now. 1028 00:47:01,470 --> 00:47:03,864 And also represented the Japanese culture, you know, 1029 00:47:03,995 --> 00:47:05,387 in a way that was Americanized. 1030 00:47:05,518 --> 00:47:07,694 It brought karate and the whole martial arts 1031 00:47:07,825 --> 00:47:10,610 into the United States, it was the first film that did that. 1032 00:47:10,740 --> 00:47:12,655 And dojos benefited from it, you know, 1033 00:47:12,786 --> 00:47:15,006 when that-- after that movie came out, 1034 00:47:15,136 --> 00:47:17,704 in a moment, went up for a lot of people. 1035 00:47:17,835 --> 00:47:20,141 Even today that's going on. I talked to karate schools 1036 00:47:20,272 --> 00:47:22,448 and there's a thousand different schools represented 1037 00:47:22,578 --> 00:47:23,753 with all the different senseis, 1038 00:47:23,884 --> 00:47:24,972 and every one of them were a kid 1039 00:47:25,103 --> 00:47:26,060 that was doing a crane kick 1040 00:47:26,191 --> 00:47:27,235 when they were 12, you know. 1041 00:47:28,062 --> 00:47:29,194 [all shouting] 1042 00:47:29,324 --> 00:47:30,673 My manager, 1043 00:47:30,804 --> 00:47:33,198 my personal manager at the time, 1044 00:47:33,328 --> 00:47:35,156 said, "You know, it's great that you're doing this movie, 1045 00:47:35,287 --> 00:47:36,854 but you know there's no audience for it." 1046 00:47:38,029 --> 00:47:40,770 [Martin] Nobody had an idea. Nobody liked the title. 1047 00:47:40,901 --> 00:47:42,511 It was a Bruce Lee title, 1048 00:47:42,642 --> 00:47:45,253 you know, it was like, we all had the same feelings, 1049 00:47:45,384 --> 00:47:46,646 but nobody versed it. 1050 00:47:46,776 --> 00:47:48,996 You know, nobody was-- talked about it. 1051 00:47:49,127 --> 00:47:50,955 "Hey, Jerry, what kind of title is this?" 1052 00:47:51,607 --> 00:47:53,000 You know, I mean, nobody did that. 1053 00:47:53,522 --> 00:47:55,873 We felt we were making something good, 1054 00:47:56,003 --> 00:47:58,005 even, I mean, John Avildsen was one of the first 1055 00:47:58,136 --> 00:47:59,833 to always say that, "I didn't have a clue." 1056 00:48:00,355 --> 00:48:02,009 [Martin] I've never been on a set 1057 00:48:02,531 --> 00:48:06,535 where everything was just so right... 1058 00:48:07,536 --> 00:48:08,537 by accident. 1059 00:48:09,756 --> 00:48:11,279 It just, like, God was watching over you, 1060 00:48:11,410 --> 00:48:12,977 "Bam! Bam!" 1061 00:48:13,107 --> 00:48:14,630 [Ralph] Did he believe 30 years later, 1062 00:48:14,761 --> 00:48:16,632 or did I, or did Pat Morita, 1063 00:48:16,763 --> 00:48:18,721 or anyone believe that people-- 1064 00:48:18,852 --> 00:48:21,594 that this film would be relevant today? 1065 00:48:21,724 --> 00:48:24,292 Um, that's a-- that's a gazillion to one. 1066 00:48:25,119 --> 00:48:27,034 It changed all our lives. It changed my life, 1067 00:48:27,165 --> 00:48:29,689 it changed Pat's life. Changed everybody's life. 1068 00:48:30,820 --> 00:48:34,085 Pat Morita handmade us these photo albums 1069 00:48:34,215 --> 00:48:36,914 at-- when we wrapped, and he gave them to us, uh, 1070 00:48:37,044 --> 00:48:38,959 I think maybe just prior to wrapping, 1071 00:48:39,090 --> 00:48:41,831 like, around the Christmas time, because if you read this, 1072 00:48:41,962 --> 00:48:43,877 he wrote it out, it says, "Happy holidays, 1073 00:48:44,008 --> 00:48:46,575 you and family for whole life. 1074 00:48:47,359 --> 00:48:49,187 Miyagi, 1983." 1075 00:48:49,839 --> 00:48:52,886 And then, of course, he put some photos of himself, 1076 00:48:53,017 --> 00:48:56,455 signed autographs, and he and Ralph with the bonsai trees, 1077 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 1078 00:49:00,589 --> 00:49:03,375 with our own newspaper articles and, 1079 00:49:03,505 --> 00:49:04,942 and our photos about... 1080 00:49:05,855 --> 00:49:08,293 You know, even just regular snapshots of the trailers 1081 00:49:08,423 --> 00:49:10,991 and, and just stuff, memorabilia from The Karate Kid, 1082 00:49:11,122 --> 00:49:12,514 and just us hanging out and, 1083 00:49:13,211 --> 00:49:16,518 and, uh, obviously I'll cherish this forever. 1084 00:49:17,606 --> 00:49:18,912 That's the Medal of Honor. 1085 00:49:19,957 --> 00:49:22,220 The highest honor awarded by the US military. 1086 00:49:22,742 --> 00:49:26,528 [Ralph] We are, um, in production on the Cobra Kairight now. 1087 00:49:26,659 --> 00:49:29,575 It's important to me, from day one, 1088 00:49:29,705 --> 00:49:32,970 that the essence and spirit of Miyagi lives 1089 00:49:33,709 --> 00:49:36,886 through Daniel LaRusso, even 30 years later. 1090 00:49:37,017 --> 00:49:40,890 And without it, not a complete character or complete story. 1091 00:49:41,413 --> 00:49:45,069 We do our best in honoring the legacy 1092 00:49:45,199 --> 00:49:48,986 of which this new series has been born from. 1093 00:49:49,116 --> 00:49:51,640 And you can't have that without, 1094 00:49:51,771 --> 00:49:55,993 uh, Mr. Miyagi's infusion into Daniel's life 1095 00:49:56,123 --> 00:49:58,082 and how he leads his life. 1096 00:49:59,344 --> 00:50:01,259 I really wish you could be here right now. 1097 00:50:01,389 --> 00:50:03,348 [light somber music] 1098 00:50:09,615 --> 00:50:11,747 [Felicia] So, did he have any identity issues 1099 00:50:11,878 --> 00:50:15,055 with being Japanese-American and having to play these roles, 1100 00:50:15,186 --> 00:50:18,711 these Japanese roles and having the accent when he was very American? 1101 00:50:19,190 --> 00:50:20,669 [Evelyn] Oh, God. Yes. 1102 00:50:22,497 --> 00:50:24,760 -You know, it's funny, he spoke very little Japanese. -It's crazy. 1103 00:50:24,891 --> 00:50:27,154 [Evelyn] I didn't even know that after we got married. 1104 00:50:27,285 --> 00:50:30,984 The family was all together and they were all talking Japanese and everything, 1105 00:50:31,115 --> 00:50:33,508 and he was in the corner, like, really quiet, and I said, 1106 00:50:33,639 --> 00:50:35,380 "Honey, wow, why don't you join in?" 1107 00:50:37,338 --> 00:50:38,470 -He goes, "Because I don't know what the hell they're saying." -[laughs] 1108 00:50:38,600 --> 00:50:40,341 -What? -[Annette] Wow! That's fascinating. 1109 00:50:40,472 --> 00:50:43,214 So, I-- I'm a polite, friendly kind of a guy. 1110 00:50:43,344 --> 00:50:45,868 I go up to this Japanese guy, and I know that, uh, 1111 00:50:45,999 --> 00:50:47,957 "ohio" meant "good morning" in Jap-- 1112 00:50:48,088 --> 00:50:50,090 So I go up to this Japanese guy and said, "Ohio." 1113 00:50:51,135 --> 00:50:53,006 He looked at me and said, "Cleveland." 1114 00:50:53,137 --> 00:50:56,053 [crowd laughs] 1115 00:50:56,183 --> 00:50:59,969 [Pat] There's a, a-- what I call a pigeonholing status 1116 00:51:00,100 --> 00:51:04,278 that goes on within the casting side of the business. 1117 00:51:04,887 --> 00:51:08,500 My very, very firs-- first movie wasThoroughly Modern Millie. 1118 00:51:08,630 --> 00:51:12,547 There is me and Jack Soo playing Chinese laundrymen with, 1119 00:51:13,157 --> 00:51:15,072 with the queue, you know, the pigtail and... 1120 00:51:15,202 --> 00:51:18,858 If you've watch that scene where they both appear, um, 1121 00:51:19,380 --> 00:51:23,167 it's just very caricatured and, 1122 00:51:23,776 --> 00:51:27,084 you know, emasculating, they look ridiculous and-- 1123 00:51:27,649 --> 00:51:29,651 maybe they could say, "Well, it's comedy, 1124 00:51:29,782 --> 00:51:32,089 uh, they're supposed to be." But, you know, 1125 00:51:32,219 --> 00:51:35,788 it just played on a lot of the old racist tropes 1126 00:51:35,918 --> 00:51:38,182 that existed at that time and-- 1127 00:51:38,312 --> 00:51:40,880 [James] Louise Rainer, I believe her name was, 1128 00:51:41,446 --> 00:51:44,275 played the main role 1129 00:51:44,405 --> 00:51:46,190 as an Asian lady. 1130 00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:48,366 And she would put on the makeup, you know, 1131 00:51:48,496 --> 00:51:51,412 and, uh, so forth. And the leading man 1132 00:51:51,543 --> 00:51:53,675 was another prominent White actor. 1133 00:51:54,241 --> 00:51:56,852 Did the whole role with these makeup and the... 1134 00:51:56,983 --> 00:52:01,118 [mimics speech] 1135 00:52:01,248 --> 00:52:03,207 You know, it was sickening to see, 1136 00:52:03,337 --> 00:52:06,645 it turned my stomach to see people do those roles. 1137 00:52:06,775 --> 00:52:07,646 [light mysterious music] 1138 00:52:07,776 --> 00:52:09,691 [loudly laughing] 1139 00:52:09,822 --> 00:52:11,867 This is the day! 1140 00:52:11,998 --> 00:52:14,348 You know, guys like Mickey Rooney would act 1141 00:52:14,479 --> 00:52:17,221 like a Japanese guy, like he did in, uh, 1142 00:52:17,351 --> 00:52:19,701 in Ti-- Breakfast at Tiffany's, you know. 1143 00:52:19,832 --> 00:52:21,877 They'd always have actors, they didn't care 1144 00:52:22,443 --> 00:52:25,490 what nationality they were, but they never hired, 1145 00:52:25,620 --> 00:52:27,405 uh, you know, Asians. 1146 00:52:27,535 --> 00:52:29,189 And he's got the coke bottle glasses, 1147 00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:31,496 and he's got the fake buck teeth and he's talking... 1148 00:52:31,626 --> 00:52:33,150 [mimics Japanese yelling] 1149 00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:34,803 He's ranting, and raving, and-- 1150 00:52:34,934 --> 00:52:36,457 [shouting with Asian accent] But that was two weeks ago! 1151 00:52:36,588 --> 00:52:39,547 You cannot go under and keep ringing my bell! 1152 00:52:39,678 --> 00:52:41,854 [Guy] That came to symbolize, 1153 00:52:42,376 --> 00:52:43,943 "This is what you think we're like." 1154 00:52:44,422 --> 00:52:46,424 Now if you saw this part, you-- 1155 00:52:46,989 --> 00:52:48,817 you might say, "Geez!" 1156 00:52:48,948 --> 00:52:50,602 [chuckles] 1157 00:52:51,777 --> 00:52:53,909 Th-- the volume was up a little high 1158 00:52:54,040 --> 00:52:55,563 on some of the mannerisms. 1159 00:52:55,694 --> 00:52:56,912 But remember, this is... 1160 00:52:57,565 --> 00:52:59,785 the same thing. In 1960, 1161 00:52:59,915 --> 00:53:03,876 that's what... an actor might do. 1162 00:53:04,006 --> 00:53:06,879 The big producers, the Samuel Goldmans and, uh, 1163 00:53:07,009 --> 00:53:10,578 you know, the-- the big, uh, 20th Century Fox and whatnot, 1164 00:53:10,709 --> 00:53:12,711 were throwing us little tidbit, 1165 00:53:12,841 --> 00:53:14,191 and the people were satisfied, 1166 00:53:14,321 --> 00:53:15,583 but I wasn't satisfied 1167 00:53:15,714 --> 00:53:18,107 because I wasn't that kind of a person. 1168 00:53:18,238 --> 00:53:20,240 And even the great Marlon Brando, 1169 00:53:20,849 --> 00:53:22,373 uh, doing the yellow face, 1170 00:53:22,503 --> 00:53:25,245 uh, playing this character named Sakini. 1171 00:53:25,376 --> 00:53:27,334 [in Asian accent] Pleased to introduce myself. 1172 00:53:28,379 --> 00:53:31,730 Sakini by name, interpreter by profession. 1173 00:53:31,860 --> 00:53:33,471 John Wayne played Genghis Khan. 1174 00:53:34,123 --> 00:53:35,429 "And you still talk like this. 1175 00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:37,518 We're going to go and take over the westerners, 1176 00:53:37,649 --> 00:53:38,737 pilgrim." 1177 00:53:38,867 --> 00:53:40,869 I feel this tartar woman is for me. 1178 00:53:42,044 --> 00:53:43,655 My blood says, "Take her!" 1179 00:53:43,785 --> 00:53:46,223 [George] That was totally acceptable at the time. 1180 00:53:46,353 --> 00:53:49,226 But here we are in the present day, 1181 00:53:49,356 --> 00:53:53,186 and you still have movies like Ghost in the Shell 1182 00:53:53,317 --> 00:53:55,188 and Doctor Strange, 1183 00:53:55,319 --> 00:54:00,106 in which these characters which should be Asian are not. 1184 00:54:00,585 --> 00:54:02,891 I think they need to change the belief that 1185 00:54:03,022 --> 00:54:06,330 Asian-Americans or Asian Pacific, uh, actors 1186 00:54:06,460 --> 00:54:08,636 in leading roles are not, uh, bankable. 1187 00:54:09,246 --> 00:54:10,247 That is a myth. 1188 00:54:10,377 --> 00:54:11,639 [intense dramatic music] 1189 00:54:11,770 --> 00:54:12,771 -[sharp thuds] -[grunts] 1190 00:54:12,901 --> 00:54:13,728 [gunshots] 1191 00:54:16,078 --> 00:54:17,515 -[woman] Fine banana. -No, no, no. 1192 00:54:17,645 --> 00:54:18,907 That-- those are for your feet. 1193 00:54:19,691 --> 00:54:21,997 -[sharp thuds] -[sharp yells] 1194 00:54:23,782 --> 00:54:25,958 Audience has actually embraced 1195 00:54:26,088 --> 00:54:28,265 a Mr. Miyagi and Pat Morita. 1196 00:54:28,395 --> 00:54:30,179 They embrace a Bruce Lee, 1197 00:54:30,310 --> 00:54:31,572 when you get the real thing. 1198 00:54:31,703 --> 00:54:33,574 [Pat] And history will, 1199 00:54:33,705 --> 00:54:37,274 in our industry, will always, uh, if it's honest with itself, 1200 00:54:37,404 --> 00:54:39,928 will always have to talk about these facets, 1201 00:54:40,059 --> 00:54:42,148 but the pigeonholing process still goes on. 1202 00:54:42,279 --> 00:54:45,847 Everybody wants me to do some variation of a sensei and... 1203 00:54:46,370 --> 00:54:48,328 [mimicking Asian accent] Chan, you have offended my family. 1204 00:54:48,459 --> 00:54:50,722 [crowd laughs] 1205 00:54:50,852 --> 00:54:53,638 Now I must avenge my brother's death. 1206 00:54:53,768 --> 00:54:54,943 [crowd laughs] 1207 00:54:55,074 --> 00:54:55,988 Having fun? 1208 00:54:57,642 --> 00:55:00,297 It's kind of funny to me that Hollywood is so kind of narrow, 1209 00:55:00,427 --> 00:55:03,430 narrow sided sometimes to not see past the charac-- 1210 00:55:03,561 --> 00:55:05,650 when you play a character so well that you remember forever and go, 1211 00:55:05,780 --> 00:55:07,826 "Ah, that's what he does." It's the silliest thing, 1212 00:55:07,956 --> 00:55:09,044 like, Pat had so many colors. 1213 00:55:09,175 --> 00:55:10,655 He could play any character. 1214 00:55:11,220 --> 00:55:12,657 He could do any dialect, almost, you know, 1215 00:55:12,787 --> 00:55:14,267 he could've played anything. 1216 00:55:14,398 --> 00:55:17,009 He, he was always slot into a gimmick. 1217 00:55:17,139 --> 00:55:19,620 Even Karate Kid, you have to admit that was a, 1218 00:55:19,751 --> 00:55:24,625 a gimmick role of a so-called karate master, you know. 1219 00:55:24,756 --> 00:55:26,714 You're lucky to have a character tha-- 1220 00:55:26,845 --> 00:55:28,412 that people remember forever 1221 00:55:28,542 --> 00:55:30,457 because you did a good job, you know, 1222 00:55:30,588 --> 00:55:33,765 so I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing to be typecast. 1223 00:55:33,895 --> 00:55:36,985 One, it's not bad because you're working. 1224 00:55:37,116 --> 00:55:40,598 Two, it's bad because people think that's all you can do. 1225 00:55:41,599 --> 00:55:45,777 And you have to fight as hard as you possibly can 1226 00:55:46,517 --> 00:55:49,824 in order not to be completely pigeonholed. 1227 00:55:50,434 --> 00:55:52,653 So, what were some of the other films that he was proud of? 1228 00:55:52,784 --> 00:55:54,351 You know, it's funny, a lot of people don't know this, 1229 00:55:54,481 --> 00:55:57,484 but he was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy... 1230 00:55:57,615 --> 00:55:59,356 -[Felicia] Wow. -...for Amos,the TV movie. 1231 00:55:59,878 --> 00:56:02,663 [Pat] I think every actor wishes 1232 00:56:02,794 --> 00:56:05,884 in their lifetime they could work with a superstar. 1233 00:56:06,014 --> 00:56:07,625 Little did I ever know 1234 00:56:07,755 --> 00:56:10,367 that I would work with a fellow named Kirk Douglas. 1235 00:56:10,497 --> 00:56:12,151 I mean, we're talking of a legend here. 1236 00:56:12,847 --> 00:56:15,502 It was just one of the thrills of my life and, uh, 1237 00:56:16,242 --> 00:56:19,027 as it turned out, I got an Emmy nomination 1238 00:56:19,158 --> 00:56:20,768 for the Best Supporting that year. 1239 00:56:21,378 --> 00:56:23,031 And aside from being a wonderful, 1240 00:56:23,162 --> 00:56:24,381 wonderful performer, 1241 00:56:24,511 --> 00:56:27,253 Pat Morita is a great human being, 1242 00:56:27,993 --> 00:56:30,996 and I love him and I look forward to working with him again. 1243 00:56:31,126 --> 00:56:34,521 Didn't he start another TV series in the late '80s? 1244 00:56:34,652 --> 00:56:38,090 Yes. In '87, I believe he played 1245 00:56:38,220 --> 00:56:42,224 an unconventional Japanese-American, Lieutenant Ohara. 1246 00:56:42,834 --> 00:56:44,879 I know how the human mind works. 1247 00:56:45,706 --> 00:56:47,665 How the criminal will react. 1248 00:56:48,927 --> 00:56:50,015 This is my gift. 1249 00:56:50,581 --> 00:56:53,018 [voiceover] Pat Morita is Ohara. 1250 00:56:53,627 --> 00:56:55,412 The name is Ohara. 1251 00:56:55,542 --> 00:56:56,717 [high-pitched bell] 1252 00:56:56,848 --> 00:56:58,589 [voiceover] Premiering Saturday. 1253 00:56:58,719 --> 00:57:01,461 And did he ever go back to visit the internment camps? 1254 00:57:02,070 --> 00:57:04,812 Yeah, actually, he did a film in '76, 1255 00:57:04,943 --> 00:57:06,814 I believe, Farewell to Manzanar... 1256 00:57:06,945 --> 00:57:09,338 -Oh. -...where he played a photographer 1257 00:57:09,469 --> 00:57:11,689 that was, uh, taking pictures of everything 1258 00:57:11,819 --> 00:57:13,430 -that went on in the camps. -[Felicia] Wow. 1259 00:57:13,995 --> 00:57:17,259 [Pat] It was a fairly spooky experience 1260 00:57:17,390 --> 00:57:20,654 because they shot on location 1261 00:57:20,785 --> 00:57:22,439 up in Tule Lake, 1262 00:57:22,569 --> 00:57:25,877 which is where my family was. 1263 00:57:26,443 --> 00:57:30,534 Spooky in the sense that it still rings in my ears, 1264 00:57:30,664 --> 00:57:33,624 I remember leaving and saying, 1265 00:57:34,407 --> 00:57:37,932 "Thank God, boy, I'll never have to come back to here again." 1266 00:57:38,803 --> 00:57:42,502 And, uh, 40 years later, 30 years later, I forget, 1267 00:57:42,633 --> 00:57:44,939 there I am on another bus, 1268 00:57:45,070 --> 00:57:47,333 [chuckles] going back to this place. 1269 00:57:48,421 --> 00:57:51,032 Under much better circumstances, of course, but-- 1270 00:57:51,163 --> 00:57:54,949 There was Castle Rock Mountain and Abalone Hill, 1271 00:57:55,080 --> 00:57:57,996 and still some graveyard places and, 1272 00:57:58,126 --> 00:58:00,912 and, and patches of where barracks used to be. 1273 00:58:01,042 --> 00:58:02,870 [Evelyn] And we also visited 1274 00:58:03,480 --> 00:58:05,786 one of the internment camps where he was at, 1275 00:58:05,917 --> 00:58:08,920 -uh, Gila River in Arizona. -[Annette] Oh. 1276 00:58:09,050 --> 00:58:10,182 How was that for him? 1277 00:58:10,748 --> 00:58:12,489 Very, very hard for him. 1278 00:58:12,619 --> 00:58:14,491 It was, it was hard. It was rough. 1279 00:58:14,621 --> 00:58:17,276 And we're walking the grounds, you know, you could still see 1280 00:58:17,406 --> 00:58:21,280 remains of some of the China's, some of the dishes. 1281 00:58:21,410 --> 00:58:22,803 -Oh, my God! -That people were using. 1282 00:58:22,934 --> 00:58:24,152 All broken, you know, and, um... 1283 00:58:25,110 --> 00:58:26,764 and, uh, he just broke down. 1284 00:58:27,373 --> 00:58:29,331 He broke down, you know, it was-- 1285 00:58:30,245 --> 00:58:31,072 um... 1286 00:58:32,117 --> 00:58:32,944 I'm sorry. 1287 00:58:34,162 --> 00:58:34,989 [Felicia] It's okay. 1288 00:58:35,120 --> 00:58:35,990 [exhales] 1289 00:58:38,906 --> 00:58:41,126 He said, "You know, a day didn't go by that, 1290 00:58:41,256 --> 00:58:43,084 uh, you didn't hear about a suicide... 1291 00:58:43,215 --> 00:58:44,956 -[Felicia and Annette] Oh. -...or stillborn, 1292 00:58:45,565 --> 00:58:47,349 or somebody dying from, uh, 1293 00:58:47,915 --> 00:58:51,223 an illness they couldn't treat or malnutrition." 1294 00:58:51,353 --> 00:58:54,531 -[Felicia] Mm-hmm. -I mean, the conditions were just horrible, 1295 00:58:54,661 --> 00:58:55,793 they were just horrendous. 1296 00:58:57,621 --> 00:59:00,580 [dramatic Asian themed music] 1297 00:59:08,762 --> 00:59:11,896 [Karen] After only spending two years here 1298 00:59:12,026 --> 00:59:15,116 and working for him for close to 13 years... 1299 00:59:16,727 --> 00:59:18,990 it's about the time during the riots, I think, 1300 00:59:19,120 --> 00:59:22,733 Pat gave me a call and said, "Get me out of here." 1301 00:59:23,603 --> 00:59:25,387 And I figured he would be away. 1302 00:59:25,953 --> 00:59:27,520 That's where he wanted to go. 1303 00:59:28,216 --> 00:59:31,176 And he said, "I'm out of money and I want to move." 1304 00:59:31,306 --> 00:59:33,265 And I was broken-hearted. 1305 00:59:34,440 --> 00:59:36,660 But, going to have to leave this spot, so... 1306 00:59:38,313 --> 00:59:42,404 What happened was the divorce ate up all of his money. 1307 00:59:42,535 --> 00:59:44,406 The alimony payments... 1308 00:59:45,407 --> 00:59:47,932 at the beginning, it was $30,000 a month. 1309 00:59:48,541 --> 00:59:51,022 If I'm correct. And then it went to $20,000, and... 1310 00:59:53,328 --> 00:59:54,634 that's where all his money went, 1311 00:59:55,417 --> 00:59:56,593 to the divorce. 1312 00:59:56,723 --> 00:59:57,550 So... 1313 00:59:58,246 --> 01:00:00,814 [gentle piano music] 1314 01:00:00,945 --> 01:00:02,903 [water softly lapping] 1315 01:00:09,910 --> 01:00:13,305 [Pat] I think-- I think the best things in life begin from... 1316 01:00:14,262 --> 01:00:17,614 sometimes, the worst things in life. 1317 01:00:18,310 --> 01:00:19,528 But not without effort. 1318 01:00:20,704 --> 01:00:22,619 Not without hopes and dreams. 1319 01:00:22,749 --> 01:00:25,012 [inspirational music] 1320 01:00:32,890 --> 01:00:34,935 [Annette] So, when did you guys get married? 1321 01:00:35,066 --> 01:00:37,024 -We got married in 1994... -[Annette] Wow. 1322 01:00:37,155 --> 01:00:40,941 ...in Vegas, at the old Elvis Presley mansion. 1323 01:00:41,072 --> 01:00:44,597 -[Annette] Oh, my gosh! -And then we had a big wedding reception 1324 01:00:44,728 --> 01:00:47,426 -in Hawaii for-- it was a lot of friends. -[Felicia] Oh, nice. 1325 01:00:47,556 --> 01:00:50,124 -[Felicia and Annette] Nice. -He wanted this big, lavish wedding. 1326 01:00:50,255 --> 01:00:51,517 -[Evelyn laughs] -[Annette] How fun! 1327 01:00:51,648 --> 01:00:52,692 [Felicia] Nice! 1328 01:00:53,998 --> 01:00:55,652 -[Pat] On this day... -[Evelyn] On this day... 1329 01:00:55,782 --> 01:00:58,916 -...I marry my best friend... -...I marry my best friend... 1330 01:00:59,046 --> 01:01:01,309 -...the one I love... -...the one I love... 1331 01:01:01,440 --> 01:01:03,355 -...the one I live for... -...the one I live for... 1332 01:01:03,485 --> 01:01:05,574 -...the one I dream of... -...the one I dream of... 1333 01:01:05,705 --> 01:01:07,576 -...the one I laugh with... -...the one I laugh with... 1334 01:01:07,707 --> 01:01:08,839 -...from this day forward... 1335 01:01:08,969 --> 01:01:10,449 -...from this day forward... 1336 01:01:10,579 --> 01:01:11,711 [both together] ...until the end of time. 1337 01:01:11,842 --> 01:01:13,191 [Felicia] Did you maintain your career 1338 01:01:13,321 --> 01:01:14,975 during that time that you were married to him 1339 01:01:15,106 --> 01:01:16,629 -or did you dedicate yourself to just-- -[Evelyn] No, 1340 01:01:16,760 --> 01:01:18,631 -I pretty much gave it up. -[Felicia and Annette] Mm. 1341 01:01:18,762 --> 01:01:20,285 He, he didn't want me to work. 1342 01:01:20,415 --> 01:01:21,242 -Oh. -Oh, wow. 1343 01:01:21,373 --> 01:01:22,679 He never said it, 1344 01:01:22,809 --> 01:01:24,724 -but I kind of knew it. -[Felicia] Um. Yeah. 1345 01:01:24,855 --> 01:01:26,813 [light suspenseful music] 1346 01:01:27,901 --> 01:01:28,902 [Evelyn] Oh, my God. 1347 01:01:31,600 --> 01:01:33,037 Oh, my God! 1348 01:01:34,299 --> 01:01:36,910 Oh, my God, I can't believe it's been so long 1349 01:01:37,041 --> 01:01:38,433 since I've seen the star! 1350 01:01:39,826 --> 01:01:42,611 Oh, it's just bringing back a flood of memories. 1351 01:01:44,309 --> 01:01:47,704 This whole area was just flooded with people, 1352 01:01:47,834 --> 01:01:50,228 there had to be about 300 people. 1353 01:01:50,968 --> 01:01:52,709 They were blocking traffic. 1354 01:01:54,014 --> 01:01:56,364 Jerry Weintraub was here, 1355 01:01:56,495 --> 01:01:58,105 he kind of put the thing together 1356 01:01:58,236 --> 01:02:00,368 because they were promoting the, um... 1357 01:02:01,587 --> 01:02:04,329 uh, The Next Karate Kid, with Hilary Swank. 1358 01:02:05,069 --> 01:02:07,811 And Hilary Swank came out and she spoke, 1359 01:02:07,941 --> 01:02:11,423 and I got up and spoke, and my whole family flew out. 1360 01:02:12,206 --> 01:02:16,733 Uh, oh, my God, this brings back so many memories, it's so beautiful. 1361 01:02:16,863 --> 01:02:19,474 And her legs are prettier than Ralph's. 1362 01:02:19,605 --> 01:02:21,738 [crowd laughs and claps] 1363 01:02:21,868 --> 01:02:24,088 Well, I just want to say, congratulations, Pat, 1364 01:02:24,218 --> 01:02:25,567 this was very well deserved, 1365 01:02:25,698 --> 01:02:28,527 I feel very lucky to have worked with Pat, 1366 01:02:28,657 --> 01:02:30,224 and very honored to know him. 1367 01:02:31,704 --> 01:02:34,228 Of all the people who've helped me drink longer 1368 01:02:34,359 --> 01:02:35,882 and be where I am today, 1369 01:02:36,013 --> 01:02:38,842 my new bride, Mrs. Evie Morita. 1370 01:02:38,972 --> 01:02:40,757 [crowd clapping and cheering] 1371 01:02:59,906 --> 01:03:00,994 That was great. 1372 01:03:02,517 --> 01:03:03,649 It's hard to get that. 1373 01:03:05,477 --> 01:03:07,087 It's hard, you know, you pay money for it. He didn't pay for it. 1374 01:03:07,218 --> 01:03:08,393 I mean, he didn't give the money, 1375 01:03:08,523 --> 01:03:09,611 but it... 1376 01:03:10,221 --> 01:03:12,571 it was-- it was a great day, I mean... 1377 01:03:14,225 --> 01:03:18,316 that movie was so important to so many people. 1378 01:03:19,752 --> 01:03:23,364 I got a call from Jerry Weintraub saying, 1379 01:03:23,495 --> 01:03:26,106 "Pat, I think we're going to do another one." 1380 01:03:26,237 --> 01:03:27,194 I went, "Why?" 1381 01:03:27,325 --> 01:03:29,718 -[laughs] -[man] How? 1382 01:03:29,849 --> 01:03:31,633 Jerry Weintraub, who produced all of them... 1383 01:03:32,983 --> 01:03:36,551 I think he just decided that it had run its course 1384 01:03:36,682 --> 01:03:38,031 with the original cast. 1385 01:03:39,206 --> 01:03:40,904 I don't know where he came up with the idea, 1386 01:03:41,034 --> 01:03:42,949 but he says, "We're going to do one with a girl." 1387 01:03:43,907 --> 01:03:45,822 And I went, "Okay." 1388 01:03:45,952 --> 01:03:46,910 [chuckles] 1389 01:03:47,519 --> 01:03:51,828 [Hilary] Wax on, wax off. 1390 01:03:51,958 --> 01:03:53,960 -Wax on-- -Very good, Judy san. 1391 01:03:54,091 --> 01:03:55,614 [Martin] You know, it just-- 1392 01:03:56,528 --> 01:03:58,835 you couldn't bring a girl in there. 1393 01:03:58,965 --> 01:04:02,142 It just-- and Hilary Swank is a good actress, but it-- 1394 01:04:03,404 --> 01:04:05,102 It's k-- you know, it's a different game. 1395 01:04:05,624 --> 01:04:07,931 [Robert] I didn't want to do Karate Kid III, 1396 01:04:08,061 --> 01:04:09,584 let alone Karate Kid IV. 1397 01:04:10,150 --> 01:04:12,805 I wanted to take Mr. Miyagi and a girl 1398 01:04:13,327 --> 01:04:15,982 back to China in the 16th century, 1399 01:04:16,113 --> 01:04:17,462 the original Mr. Miyagi, 1400 01:04:17,592 --> 01:04:19,986 who went to China and came back with karate. 1401 01:04:20,117 --> 01:04:22,032 And Columbia wouldn't do it. 1402 01:04:22,554 --> 01:04:23,990 And then, they were going to do a fourth one, 1403 01:04:24,121 --> 01:04:25,252 and I said, "I'm out. 1404 01:04:25,383 --> 01:04:27,167 I will never do. I'm over Karate Kid. 1405 01:04:27,298 --> 01:04:28,386 I will never do another one. If you-- 1406 01:04:28,516 --> 01:04:30,562 if you do my flying people movie, 1407 01:04:30,692 --> 01:04:33,347 I'll come back. If you don't do my flying people movie, 1408 01:04:33,478 --> 01:04:34,783 I will not come back." 1409 01:04:34,914 --> 01:04:36,350 And they didn't do my flying people movie. 1410 01:04:36,481 --> 01:04:37,308 So I didn't. 1411 01:04:38,352 --> 01:04:39,440 And so we brought in three girls, 1412 01:04:39,571 --> 01:04:40,354 tested them. 1413 01:04:41,616 --> 01:04:44,489 Uh, two of them were not very good actresses. 1414 01:04:44,968 --> 01:04:46,883 Hilary was a terrific actress. 1415 01:04:47,013 --> 01:04:48,710 I never really felt she was... 1416 01:04:49,973 --> 01:04:51,104 perfect for the role. 1417 01:04:52,105 --> 01:04:53,367 We got down to the point 1418 01:04:53,498 --> 01:04:55,108 to where Jerry said, "You're right. 1419 01:04:55,239 --> 01:04:57,328 The other two can't act. Let's go with Hilary." 1420 01:04:57,850 --> 01:04:59,896 I said, "Jerry, I'm not sure we found a girl yet. 1421 01:05:00,026 --> 01:05:01,636 I'm not totally convinced. 1422 01:05:02,115 --> 01:05:04,248 Maybe we should keep looking." He said, "Tell you what, 1423 01:05:04,378 --> 01:05:05,292 we'll flip a coin. 1424 01:05:06,728 --> 01:05:09,949 If you win, we keep looking. If I win, she gets it." 1425 01:05:10,645 --> 01:05:12,647 I said, "Okay." So he flipped a coin. 1426 01:05:12,778 --> 01:05:16,086 I won. He looked at me and said, "Two out of three." 1427 01:05:16,216 --> 01:05:17,391 So... 1428 01:05:17,522 --> 01:05:18,958 [woman] A newcomer, Hilary Swank, 1429 01:05:19,089 --> 01:05:21,178 kicks into Ralph Macchio's old territory 1430 01:05:21,308 --> 01:05:23,223 asThe Next Karate Kid , 1431 01:05:23,354 --> 01:05:25,965 who is once again under Pat Morita's guidance. 1432 01:05:26,096 --> 01:05:28,315 [Christopher] He'd come up to me at the end of every day when we were done. 1433 01:05:28,446 --> 01:05:29,926 He says, "Is that it for me?" 1434 01:05:30,056 --> 01:05:32,406 I say, "Yep." He says, "That's a wrap for the Jap." 1435 01:05:33,407 --> 01:05:34,234 And walk off. 1436 01:05:35,322 --> 01:05:37,716 He poked a lot of fun at himself. 1437 01:05:39,022 --> 01:05:42,373 People enjoy watching people pick on themselves. 1438 01:05:42,503 --> 01:05:43,940 [Ciro] When everybody used to say, 1439 01:05:44,505 --> 01:05:46,812 "Wax on, wax off," he always remembered to say, 1440 01:05:46,943 --> 01:05:47,987 "No, now I'm a little old for that, 1441 01:05:48,118 --> 01:05:50,816 wax on, wax off, wax on, whack off." 1442 01:05:50,947 --> 01:05:53,862 [Martin] He loved to poke fun at Jerry Weintraub. 1443 01:05:54,428 --> 01:05:56,561 [mimicking Pat] You always do the ou-- you know, this-- 1444 01:05:56,691 --> 01:05:59,085 He went out of his way to make you laugh. 1445 01:05:59,216 --> 01:06:01,131 He went out of his way to make you comfortable. 1446 01:06:02,001 --> 01:06:05,135 And never seemed to take himself too seriously. 1447 01:06:05,831 --> 01:06:08,660 But then you can catch him at times, and you look over and... 1448 01:06:08,790 --> 01:06:09,966 and you could see that, you know, 1449 01:06:10,096 --> 01:06:11,663 he was lost in thought. 1450 01:06:11,793 --> 01:06:13,317 I think Pat was a complicated guy. 1451 01:06:13,970 --> 01:06:15,319 He would try to get people to laugh... 1452 01:06:16,146 --> 01:06:19,236 and, uh, you know, be a comic. 1453 01:06:19,366 --> 01:06:21,368 [Pat] Comedian? I don't know, 1454 01:06:21,499 --> 01:06:22,891 do you remember the old days? 1455 01:06:23,022 --> 01:06:24,415 We were the bad guys. 1456 01:06:26,330 --> 01:06:27,374 Fire one! 1457 01:06:27,505 --> 01:06:29,463 -[sharp thud] -[people laugh] 1458 01:06:31,813 --> 01:06:34,816 But I think underneath, there was a lot of complication, 1459 01:06:34,947 --> 01:06:36,209 a lot of complicated feelings. 1460 01:06:36,731 --> 01:06:37,994 Came out when he drank. 1461 01:06:39,256 --> 01:06:40,779 Pat had a drinking problem. 1462 01:06:40,909 --> 01:06:42,128 [somber music] 1463 01:06:42,259 --> 01:06:43,869 And he drank too much, 1464 01:06:44,000 --> 01:06:47,003 and his liver reacted. He had to go in. 1465 01:06:47,133 --> 01:06:48,743 [Pat] You're all so short in talent. 1466 01:06:48,874 --> 01:06:50,702 [people laughing] 1467 01:06:51,703 --> 01:06:54,184 Alright, I'll do this the hard way, 1468 01:06:54,314 --> 01:06:56,142 you want to see an Eskimo pee? 1469 01:06:56,969 --> 01:06:58,971 [people laughing] 1470 01:07:00,190 --> 01:07:02,105 Did that go over their heads too? 1471 01:07:02,235 --> 01:07:03,367 [people laughing] 1472 01:07:03,497 --> 01:07:05,369 One day, he wasn't feeling good, 1473 01:07:05,499 --> 01:07:08,111 and, um, he had to go to the hospital. 1474 01:07:08,241 --> 01:07:09,547 He was there for about a week. 1475 01:07:10,156 --> 01:07:11,766 They had to shoot around him. 1476 01:07:11,897 --> 01:07:13,638 It left him really weak, you know, 1477 01:07:13,768 --> 01:07:15,640 he couldn't do much action. 1478 01:07:15,770 --> 01:07:17,729 He could do a lot of arm movements 1479 01:07:17,859 --> 01:07:18,904 and st-- in the fight scenes, 1480 01:07:19,035 --> 01:07:20,514 but, you know, Fumio Demura, 1481 01:07:20,645 --> 01:07:21,428 God bless him, 1482 01:07:21,994 --> 01:07:23,517 he had to cover for him. 1483 01:07:23,648 --> 01:07:26,085 Time put your lights out. 1484 01:07:26,216 --> 01:07:28,000 [tense music] 1485 01:07:29,393 --> 01:07:30,437 [blows sharply] 1486 01:07:30,568 --> 01:07:31,482 -[sharp thud] -[groans] 1487 01:07:33,005 --> 01:07:34,354 [Evelyn] Okay, you have to understand, he was drinking 1488 01:07:34,485 --> 01:07:36,530 -since the age of 12. -[Felicia and Annette] Wow. 1489 01:07:36,661 --> 01:07:38,402 Uh, his father was an alcoholic, 1490 01:07:38,532 --> 01:07:39,968 his grandfather was an alcoholic, 1491 01:07:40,099 --> 01:07:42,014 as a matter of fact, his grandfather 1492 01:07:42,145 --> 01:07:43,798 was making bootleg sake... 1493 01:07:43,929 --> 01:07:45,409 -[Annette] Oh, my gosh! -...in the internment camp 1494 01:07:45,539 --> 01:07:47,019 and keeping everybody wasted. 1495 01:07:47,150 --> 01:07:48,499 -[laughs] -[Felicia] Oh, wow. 1496 01:07:48,629 --> 01:07:50,109 And, of course, the children, you know, 1497 01:07:50,240 --> 01:07:51,980 -they had nothing better to do. -[Felicia] Well, yeah. 1498 01:07:52,111 --> 01:07:53,112 [Karen] He drank every day. 1499 01:07:54,157 --> 01:07:55,071 He-- every day. 1500 01:07:56,289 --> 01:07:57,986 He put it in his coffee, vodka. 1501 01:07:58,552 --> 01:07:59,727 Pat was a... 1502 01:08:00,641 --> 01:08:02,904 a unique drunk, he used to call himself. 1503 01:08:04,515 --> 01:08:07,300 He said, "I can be drunk every day 1504 01:08:07,431 --> 01:08:08,823 and nobody will ever know it." 1505 01:08:10,042 --> 01:08:11,261 And apparently he was. 1506 01:08:13,089 --> 01:08:15,047 [Karen] They always said, "What does Mr. Morita want in his trailer?" 1507 01:08:15,178 --> 01:08:16,701 And I'd say, "Nothing, water." 1508 01:08:18,920 --> 01:08:21,140 And then, he'd get somebody to go 1509 01:08:21,662 --> 01:08:23,664 buy him some vodka or whatever. 1510 01:08:24,491 --> 01:08:26,232 So, basically, I would go out there 1511 01:08:26,363 --> 01:08:28,321 and make sure he didn't drink too much, keep talking to him. 1512 01:08:28,452 --> 01:08:30,541 I never had to go over his lines. 1513 01:08:30,671 --> 01:08:32,891 He knew his lines perfectly. 1514 01:08:33,021 --> 01:08:34,458 [Christopher] He could always hit his spot, 1515 01:08:34,588 --> 01:08:36,112 he'd doe-- in the physical stuff. 1516 01:08:36,938 --> 01:08:38,288 And I'm sure he'd been drinking. 1517 01:08:38,418 --> 01:08:41,291 Never smelled it on him. He'd do a lot of cover up, 1518 01:08:41,421 --> 01:08:42,640 you never saw him drink. 1519 01:08:43,162 --> 01:08:45,033 But he confided in me, he said, 1520 01:08:45,730 --> 01:08:47,514 "Chris, I'm drunk almost every day." 1521 01:08:47,645 --> 01:08:49,777 [tense music] 1522 01:08:50,343 --> 01:08:52,215 I'd see him, you know, in the lobby, drinking. 1523 01:08:52,345 --> 01:08:55,000 He would invite me, but I don't drink that, 1524 01:08:55,131 --> 01:08:58,395 you know, except for the screen, you know, for a role. 1525 01:08:58,960 --> 01:09:03,791 Uh, so, I was wondering if he was hiding a past or... 1526 01:09:04,444 --> 01:09:08,100 You know, sometimes we like to get away from the real world. 1527 01:09:09,623 --> 01:09:13,714 He was an abandoned child. He had a lot of abandonment issues... 1528 01:09:13,845 --> 01:09:15,760 -[Annette] Oh. -...because he was an unwanted child. 1529 01:09:15,890 --> 01:09:18,763 -[Felicia and Annette] Oh. -The mother he thought raised him 1530 01:09:18,893 --> 01:09:20,634 -was really his aunt. -[Felicia] Oh, wow. 1531 01:09:21,157 --> 01:09:23,289 [Evelyn] It was his aunt's sister 1532 01:09:23,420 --> 01:09:25,248 that was really his biological mother. 1533 01:09:25,378 --> 01:09:27,032 -[Felicia and Annette] Mm. -And... 1534 01:09:27,163 --> 01:09:30,166 how convenient was it 1535 01:09:30,296 --> 01:09:34,257 -that he happened to get sick at the age of two. -[Felicia and Annette] Mm. 1536 01:09:34,387 --> 01:09:36,998 -[Evelyn] Now, they just sent him away. -Mm-hmm. 1537 01:09:37,129 --> 01:09:39,305 [Evelyn] So it's like, "Let's get rid of the problem." 1538 01:09:39,436 --> 01:09:41,612 -So he had to deal with a lot of that. -[Felicia] Yeah. 1539 01:09:41,742 --> 01:09:44,223 He was telling me, "You have to keep with this image... 1540 01:09:45,268 --> 01:09:47,183 as an actor, you have to keep this image 1541 01:09:47,313 --> 01:09:48,706 when you talk to people." 1542 01:09:49,489 --> 01:09:51,535 You have-- And it is hard to do, 1543 01:09:51,665 --> 01:09:54,233 and then the drinking... kind of hid that. 1544 01:09:54,364 --> 01:09:56,322 [melancholic music] 1545 01:10:00,239 --> 01:10:03,155 I, I think he always seemed so... 1546 01:10:03,938 --> 01:10:06,245 sure of himself in this and that, 1547 01:10:06,376 --> 01:10:09,509 but I was thinking, maybe deep down inside, 1548 01:10:09,640 --> 01:10:13,557 he had his demons and he wasn't so sure of himself, you know. 1549 01:10:13,687 --> 01:10:16,212 Whenever I would go down to see him, 1550 01:10:16,342 --> 01:10:17,517 and I would be there... 1551 01:10:18,301 --> 01:10:21,913 it was, it was never just socializing. 1552 01:10:22,043 --> 01:10:24,220 Always people there drinking and, 1553 01:10:24,872 --> 01:10:26,222 uh, and I couldn't handle that, 1554 01:10:26,352 --> 01:10:27,875 I just always thought, 1555 01:10:28,006 --> 01:10:29,921 "I just want to be-- have a quiet night with him." 1556 01:10:30,487 --> 01:10:31,879 When he drank, he woke up on his floor, 1557 01:10:32,010 --> 01:10:34,665 he was not a smile and happy face man. 1558 01:10:34,795 --> 01:10:36,754 He was, he was mean. 1559 01:10:36,884 --> 01:10:37,885 [chuckles] 1560 01:10:38,930 --> 01:10:41,062 He started to get smaller parts 1561 01:10:41,193 --> 01:10:44,936 because there weren't a lot of big parts available 1562 01:10:45,066 --> 01:10:49,157 for an aging Asian actor. 1563 01:10:50,115 --> 01:10:52,030 Secondly, he needed the money, you know, 1564 01:10:52,160 --> 01:10:53,423 he needed to keep working. 1565 01:10:53,553 --> 01:10:55,555 So he would take little cameo parts 1566 01:10:55,686 --> 01:10:57,165 just to stay busy. 1567 01:10:57,296 --> 01:10:58,950 It was a movie that we did, 1568 01:10:59,080 --> 01:11:00,256 I can't remember the title. 1569 01:11:00,821 --> 01:11:02,301 It was a funny little movie. 1570 01:11:03,998 --> 01:11:04,738 -You know-- -[man] China Girl or Rise China? 1571 01:11:04,869 --> 01:11:06,827 Yeah. Oh, yeah. That-- oh. 1572 01:11:06,958 --> 01:11:08,873 God, it was pretty bad. 1573 01:11:09,003 --> 01:11:12,093 I mean, I-- I, I remember that, whoa! 1574 01:11:12,659 --> 01:11:14,095 [Captain Ron] These women are hookers. 1575 01:11:14,226 --> 01:11:15,880 Don't you fall in love with any hookers. 1576 01:11:16,010 --> 01:11:17,577 [in accent] "Flied lice." 1577 01:11:17,708 --> 01:11:20,493 It's fried rice, you plick! 1578 01:11:20,624 --> 01:11:22,365 [William] We were talking about Karate Kidand, 1579 01:11:22,495 --> 01:11:24,454 you know, doing another one, and he said, 1580 01:11:24,584 --> 01:11:26,456 "Man, I always wanted to do one more, 1581 01:11:26,586 --> 01:11:28,109 one more, where, you know, 1582 01:11:28,240 --> 01:11:30,024 I'm thinking, you know, Johnny is like a doctor, 1583 01:11:30,155 --> 01:11:31,330 and Miyagi gets sick, 1584 01:11:31,461 --> 01:11:33,680 and, uh, you know, and Daniel--" 1585 01:11:33,811 --> 01:11:35,987 I forgot what he said Daniel was doing because I didn't play Daniel, 1586 01:11:36,117 --> 01:11:37,815 so I didn't key in on it. No. [chuckles] 1587 01:11:37,945 --> 01:11:40,992 But he says, "But I want at the-- at the end for Miyagi to die 1588 01:11:41,122 --> 01:11:43,647 and to have a proper Okinawan burial for him." 1589 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. 1590 01:11:47,041 --> 01:11:49,043 Like, I-- I want to send him off to pasture and, 1591 01:11:49,174 --> 01:11:51,176 and with respect and hon-- and full honors, you know." 1592 01:11:51,307 --> 01:11:54,614 He came to me with an idea about doing Mr. Miyagi's story. 1593 01:11:55,180 --> 01:11:56,660 And, um... 1594 01:11:56,790 --> 01:11:59,097 [light melancholic music] 1595 01:11:59,227 --> 01:12:00,533 ...you know, it was kind of like... 1596 01:12:01,882 --> 01:12:03,536 a little bit of a desperation thing, 1597 01:12:03,667 --> 01:12:06,234 uh, he didn't quite know where to put himself after a while. 1598 01:12:07,148 --> 01:12:09,499 When the drinking started to get really bad, 1599 01:12:09,629 --> 01:12:12,110 uh, it was starting to show in his performance. 1600 01:12:12,589 --> 01:12:14,460 The few jobs that he got, 1601 01:12:14,591 --> 01:12:15,766 he was showing up late. 1602 01:12:15,896 --> 01:12:18,508 He, he, he clearly looked intoxicated. 1603 01:12:19,247 --> 01:12:20,858 Uh, he was difficult. 1604 01:12:20,988 --> 01:12:24,340 And Arnie, his, his manager, Arnold Soloway, 1605 01:12:24,470 --> 01:12:26,559 he said, "Pat, you're unemployable." 1606 01:12:26,690 --> 01:12:28,648 [tense music] 1607 01:12:29,997 --> 01:12:34,524 When his father died, it was, it was, um, it really affected him. 1608 01:12:34,654 --> 01:12:36,961 -He was hit by a pick-up truck and the... -[Annette] Oh, my God. 1609 01:12:37,091 --> 01:12:38,789 the guy that was driving didn't even know. 1610 01:12:40,834 --> 01:12:41,922 -He was dragging him for blocks and blocks and blocks. -[Annette] Oh, my God. 1611 01:12:43,576 --> 01:12:45,883 I think his pant leg or something got caught in the wheel. 1612 01:12:46,013 --> 01:12:49,539 He suffered a long, long, slow death. 1613 01:12:49,669 --> 01:12:52,324 So, he had all these demons he had to deal with... 1614 01:12:52,455 --> 01:12:54,065 -[Felicia] Mm-hmm. -...so it's no wonder he drank... 1615 01:12:54,195 --> 01:12:55,849 -[Felicia] Yeah. Yeah. -...all his life. 1616 01:12:55,980 --> 01:12:59,723 -He never recovered from those wounds. -[Annette] Wow. 1617 01:12:59,853 --> 01:13:00,811 -[Felicia] Yeah. -[Evelyn] You know. 1618 01:13:00,941 --> 01:13:02,682 [Felicia] Then how does someone, 1619 01:13:02,813 --> 01:13:06,425 um, that has such a broken experience find comedy? 1620 01:13:06,556 --> 01:13:08,296 Tha-- that's their way of dealing with it, 1621 01:13:08,427 --> 01:13:10,342 -you know, through humor. -[Annette] Right. 1622 01:13:10,473 --> 01:13:11,865 [Evelyn] I mean, look at Richard Pryor, 1623 01:13:11,996 --> 01:13:13,301 Lenny Bruce, 1624 01:13:13,432 --> 01:13:15,478 -uh, Robin Williams. -[Annette] Yeah. 1625 01:13:15,608 --> 01:13:18,002 -[Felicia] Mm-hmm. -[Evelyn] If you look into their past, 1626 01:13:18,132 --> 01:13:20,396 you'll see that there's a history there of depression, 1627 01:13:20,526 --> 01:13:22,702 -or, you know, some issues. -[Felicia] Yeah. 1628 01:13:22,833 --> 01:13:25,488 I think his reputation started to, uh, 1629 01:13:25,618 --> 01:13:28,273 you know, get known about the drinking and-- 1630 01:13:28,404 --> 01:13:31,363 and at one-- and some point, he knew about it, 1631 01:13:31,494 --> 01:13:32,495 he was well aware of it, 1632 01:13:33,104 --> 01:13:34,366 but I think, you know, the illness 1633 01:13:34,497 --> 01:13:35,498 kind of just took over. 1634 01:13:37,238 --> 01:13:39,763 The real topper was-- Happy Dayswas having-- 1635 01:13:39,893 --> 01:13:42,809 I believe it was the 30th anniversary, 1636 01:13:42,940 --> 01:13:44,898 and Henry Winkler invited us 1637 01:13:45,029 --> 01:13:47,684 to participate in that. 1638 01:13:47,814 --> 01:13:51,252 And it was being shot in Pepperdine University, in Malibu. 1639 01:13:51,383 --> 01:13:52,906 So it was a two-day affair. 1640 01:13:53,037 --> 01:13:55,953 And we stayed at the Miramar Hotel, in Santa Monica. 1641 01:13:56,083 --> 01:13:57,737 Uh, we had, like, an eight o'clock call 1642 01:13:57,868 --> 01:14:00,261 where we had to be, uh, on set. 1643 01:14:00,914 --> 01:14:03,700 I was up early, ready as usual. 1644 01:14:03,830 --> 01:14:05,658 Pat still passed out on the bed. 1645 01:14:06,529 --> 01:14:08,444 And I woke him up and I said, "Honey, come on. 1646 01:14:08,574 --> 01:14:09,749 You got to get ready, you know, 1647 01:14:09,880 --> 01:14:11,359 the car is going to be here any minute. 1648 01:14:11,490 --> 01:14:12,709 We have an eight o'clock pick up." 1649 01:14:13,536 --> 01:14:16,016 "Tell him I overslept and I'll take a cab." 1650 01:14:16,147 --> 01:14:19,455 And Henry Winkler greeted me when we got there, 1651 01:14:19,585 --> 01:14:20,673 and he says, "Where is Pat?" 1652 01:14:22,327 --> 01:14:25,591 "He overslept, and he's going to take a cab and, you know." 1653 01:14:26,549 --> 01:14:28,507 An hour goes by, and he goes... 1654 01:14:29,595 --> 01:14:31,554 "Why isn't Pat here?" You know. 1655 01:14:31,684 --> 01:14:32,946 So he asked the driver, 1656 01:14:33,077 --> 01:14:34,034 "Go back and get him." 1657 01:14:35,296 --> 01:14:37,168 Now the driver comes back and he says, 1658 01:14:37,298 --> 01:14:38,517 "I still can't find him. 1659 01:14:38,648 --> 01:14:40,519 I've looked everywhere and I've asked." 1660 01:14:40,650 --> 01:14:42,216 So I said, "Let me go back with you." 1661 01:14:42,913 --> 01:14:44,871 And, you know, we wen-- we went to all the bars, 1662 01:14:45,002 --> 01:14:47,787 little local bars around there. We couldn't find him. 1663 01:14:47,918 --> 01:14:50,311 Finally, I-- I said, I thought, 1664 01:14:50,442 --> 01:14:52,313 "Well, maybe he's up-- he went back upstairs, 1665 01:14:52,444 --> 01:14:54,272 and he went back to bed or something, 1666 01:14:54,402 --> 01:14:55,447 or he's still in bed." 1667 01:14:56,709 --> 01:14:59,364 And, um, when we went back to the hotel... 1668 01:15:01,801 --> 01:15:03,629 Oh, my God, it was so... 1669 01:15:04,151 --> 01:15:05,413 [deeply inhales] 1670 01:15:05,544 --> 01:15:08,242 He was slumped over on the front steps, 1671 01:15:09,417 --> 01:15:10,375 dead drunk. 1672 01:15:11,985 --> 01:15:13,509 He looked like a homeless person. 1673 01:15:15,249 --> 01:15:16,337 [sighs] 1674 01:15:17,469 --> 01:15:19,471 [tense music] 1675 01:15:20,733 --> 01:15:22,909 I said to the driver, "Let's get him in the car." 1676 01:15:23,997 --> 01:15:27,523 And so, we did and, uh, took him back. 1677 01:15:28,741 --> 01:15:32,092 And the whole time he was passed out in the backseat. 1678 01:15:32,223 --> 01:15:35,269 And then we got there, Henry Winkler came to the car and... 1679 01:15:36,009 --> 01:15:37,402 he said, "Come on, Pat," he says, 1680 01:15:37,533 --> 01:15:39,143 "I'm going to put you in a room." 1681 01:15:40,318 --> 01:15:43,539 He never judged him, wasn't pissed at him, nothing, 1682 01:15:43,669 --> 01:15:46,106 you know, he'd-- I love Henry for that. 1683 01:15:46,237 --> 01:15:49,283 And he had me work with him with the lines 1684 01:15:49,414 --> 01:15:52,156 because he had a little skit, it was a disaster. 1685 01:15:52,809 --> 01:15:54,462 It was so-- this little skit, 1686 01:15:54,593 --> 01:15:58,292 and he couldn't-- he couldn't get one... line out. 1687 01:15:59,163 --> 01:16:02,296 And he was acting silly and falling down and-- 1688 01:16:02,427 --> 01:16:04,821 oh, my God, it was just a mockery. 1689 01:16:04,951 --> 01:16:06,953 Henry said, "You know," he whispered to me and he says, 1690 01:16:07,084 --> 01:16:09,260 "Well, we're not going to be able to use any of this, so-- 1691 01:16:09,390 --> 01:16:11,218 it's a shame, but go home, 1692 01:16:11,349 --> 01:16:13,612 get some rest because tomorrow we have a panel." 1693 01:16:13,743 --> 01:16:16,615 This is one of the families in my lifetime 1694 01:16:16,746 --> 01:16:19,313 that I treasure very, very much. 1695 01:16:19,444 --> 01:16:21,707 The cast of Happy Days, ladies and gentlemen. 1696 01:16:21,838 --> 01:16:23,535 -[crowd cheering and clapping] -Hey! 1697 01:16:26,146 --> 01:16:29,106 [Evelyn] They have all those chairs lined up with everybody's name, 1698 01:16:29,236 --> 01:16:33,284 and Pat notices, there's not a chair for him with his name. 1699 01:16:33,850 --> 01:16:36,026 And then an AD came in, and he asked him, 1700 01:16:36,156 --> 01:16:38,289 and the AD said, "Really? 1701 01:16:38,898 --> 01:16:41,118 After what you did yesterday? 1702 01:16:41,248 --> 01:16:43,947 You expect to be on the panel?" 1703 01:16:44,600 --> 01:16:45,426 [chuckles] 1704 01:16:46,297 --> 01:16:48,386 And Pat looked at him, like, 1705 01:16:48,516 --> 01:16:50,780 "How dare you speak to me like that?" 1706 01:16:50,910 --> 01:16:53,086 And I said, "He's right. 1707 01:16:55,219 --> 01:16:56,960 He's absolutely right, and I'm surprised 1708 01:16:57,090 --> 01:16:58,135 that you're surprised." 1709 01:16:59,527 --> 01:17:02,095 That was when it really, really hit home, 1710 01:17:02,226 --> 01:17:04,532 and he realized, "I've got a big problem." 1711 01:17:04,663 --> 01:17:06,622 [light tense music] 1712 01:17:07,361 --> 01:17:08,972 I've always known that 1713 01:17:09,102 --> 01:17:10,756 -alcoholism was a disease... -[Felicia] Mm-hmm. 1714 01:17:10,887 --> 01:17:12,410 -[Annette] Yes. -...and I never stopped loving him. 1715 01:17:12,540 --> 01:17:13,759 You don't stop loving someone 1716 01:17:13,890 --> 01:17:15,369 -if they have cancer. -[Annette] Right. 1717 01:17:15,500 --> 01:17:16,806 [Evelyn] It's the same thing, you know, 1718 01:17:16,936 --> 01:17:18,677 if you have the disease of alcoholism... 1719 01:17:18,808 --> 01:17:20,548 -[Felicia] Yeah. -...it's the same thing. You're not-- 1720 01:17:20,679 --> 01:17:22,681 -they're not the same person. -[Felicia] Yeah. 1721 01:17:22,812 --> 01:17:25,641 [Annette] When the alcohol started manifesting itself 1722 01:17:25,771 --> 01:17:27,773 in that way, that people were like, 1723 01:17:27,904 --> 01:17:29,732 "We can't employ him." 1724 01:17:29,862 --> 01:17:32,038 The-- that didn't make him go, "Hmm... 1725 01:17:32,169 --> 01:17:34,911 maybe I should consider how far gone I am"? 1726 01:17:35,955 --> 01:17:38,654 [Evelyn] Um, well, he tried to sober up. 1727 01:17:38,784 --> 01:17:40,481 -[Felicia] Mm. -[Evelyn] He went to rehab. 1728 01:17:40,612 --> 01:17:42,962 -[Annette] Oh. -[Evelyn] Um, but the problem was, 1729 01:17:43,093 --> 01:17:45,008 -he did it for the wrong reasons. -[Annette] Mm. 1730 01:17:46,183 --> 01:17:48,620 So, he wrote Henry Winkler 1731 01:17:49,099 --> 01:17:50,927 this long, beautiful... 1732 01:17:51,841 --> 01:17:53,320 letter of forgiveness. 1733 01:17:55,192 --> 01:17:59,065 And, uh, I don't know if Henry ever read it, but... 1734 01:18:00,458 --> 01:18:03,635 it really, really hit home for him then. 1735 01:18:04,680 --> 01:18:05,506 You know, 1736 01:18:06,682 --> 01:18:08,074 that's when he had to make that choice. 1737 01:18:09,946 --> 01:18:11,774 [interviewer] Did you ever received this apology letter from Pat? 1738 01:18:13,297 --> 01:18:15,299 [light melancholic music] 1739 01:18:18,563 --> 01:18:19,390 Right. 1740 01:18:20,043 --> 01:18:21,958 You know, I have to tell you, 1741 01:18:22,088 --> 01:18:26,484 uh, I, I think that I receive this, 1742 01:18:27,006 --> 01:18:29,617 uh, this letter, and I thought to myself, 1743 01:18:29,748 --> 01:18:33,099 uh, I possibly, uh, called or wrote him, 1744 01:18:33,796 --> 01:18:37,538 um, that he did not need to apologize. 1745 01:18:38,539 --> 01:18:39,889 We are fragile. 1746 01:18:40,019 --> 01:18:41,107 Pat Morita was fragile. 1747 01:18:41,804 --> 01:18:44,545 And I think that the producers 1748 01:18:44,676 --> 01:18:46,939 and the cast understood that. 1749 01:18:47,070 --> 01:18:51,074 We were just happy that he was there, 1750 01:18:51,988 --> 01:18:54,686 so that the photograph at the end, 1751 01:18:55,252 --> 01:18:57,341 um, could include everybody. 1752 01:18:58,516 --> 01:18:59,778 [Nemo] To see him, uh... 1753 01:19:00,997 --> 01:19:01,911 just give up. 1754 01:19:02,607 --> 01:19:04,217 He ju-- he couldn't beat it, 1755 01:19:04,348 --> 01:19:07,220 you know, it-- it had a hold of him and, uh... 1756 01:19:07,830 --> 01:19:10,920 he chose to give up everything that he loved, 1757 01:19:11,572 --> 01:19:13,444 uh, in order to, uh... 1758 01:19:14,793 --> 01:19:15,925 continue drinking. 1759 01:19:17,448 --> 01:19:19,493 [Evelyn] When you start examining where he came from... 1760 01:19:19,624 --> 01:19:21,844 -[Annette] Mm-hmm. Right. -...it's nothing short of a miracle that he-- 1761 01:19:21,974 --> 01:19:24,324 that he achieved what he did. 1762 01:19:24,847 --> 01:19:27,675 He told me, he said, "I want you to be candid, and honest, 1763 01:19:27,806 --> 01:19:30,069 and talk about all the good, the bad, and the ugly..." 1764 01:19:30,200 --> 01:19:32,768 -[Annette] Yeah. -...he says, "Because if I can save one poor soul 1765 01:19:32,898 --> 01:19:34,160 -from this disease... -[Annette] Mm. 1766 01:19:34,291 --> 01:19:36,075 ...then I would've felt I've done something good 1767 01:19:36,206 --> 01:19:37,729 -for the world." -[Felicia] Yeah. Yeah. 1768 01:19:38,251 --> 01:19:40,253 When Pat went to rehab... 1769 01:19:41,428 --> 01:19:43,430 uh, I was going to Al-Anon. 1770 01:19:44,214 --> 01:19:46,477 And it was suggested, 1771 01:19:46,999 --> 01:19:49,697 uh, that I do, like, a collage 1772 01:19:49,828 --> 01:19:52,222 of a before and after, of the good times, 1773 01:19:52,352 --> 01:19:53,745 you know, the better times and, 1774 01:19:54,267 --> 01:19:59,403 and a collage of, you know, not such good times. 1775 01:19:59,533 --> 01:20:01,100 So I did this, um... 1776 01:20:02,058 --> 01:20:04,147 of the good times... 1777 01:20:05,278 --> 01:20:07,063 you know, our wedding, 1778 01:20:07,803 --> 01:20:09,630 star on the Walk of Fame, 1779 01:20:10,109 --> 01:20:12,633 our babies, you know, our family, 1780 01:20:13,199 --> 01:20:14,461 friends... 1781 01:20:15,549 --> 01:20:18,683 you know, Great Wall of China, the President. 1782 01:20:19,902 --> 01:20:22,730 An-- I just wanted to show him... 1783 01:20:25,124 --> 01:20:26,822 the difference, you know, th-- you know, 1784 01:20:26,952 --> 01:20:29,694 the changes that, that has transpired 1785 01:20:29,825 --> 01:20:31,957 because of his drinking, because of his alcohol-- 1786 01:20:32,871 --> 01:20:35,918 uh, abuse and because of t-- the disease. 1787 01:20:36,048 --> 01:20:38,442 And I wanted to show him 1788 01:20:38,572 --> 01:20:39,965 the face of that disease, 1789 01:20:40,705 --> 01:20:41,662 and what it does. 1790 01:20:43,055 --> 01:20:45,449 Because I know he doesn't remember any of this. 1791 01:20:45,579 --> 01:20:48,887 And so, I started to keep a log, and I started to take pictures 1792 01:20:49,018 --> 01:20:50,323 because he didn't believe me. 1793 01:20:51,324 --> 01:20:52,848 This is in the garage. 1794 01:20:53,544 --> 01:20:55,763 Uh, I found him collapsed in the garage, 1795 01:20:55,894 --> 01:20:57,853 he had just gotten out of his car 1796 01:20:57,983 --> 01:21:00,551 and couldn't make it into the house and... 1797 01:21:01,291 --> 01:21:03,859 Uh, another time, when h-- it was so sad, 1798 01:21:03,989 --> 01:21:05,861 it's really hard for me. Um... 1799 01:21:07,558 --> 01:21:08,689 [deeply exhales] 1800 01:21:10,387 --> 01:21:11,736 [melancholic music] 1801 01:21:11,867 --> 01:21:13,607 You know, how do you save someone? 1802 01:21:15,087 --> 01:21:16,175 How do you save them... 1803 01:21:17,437 --> 01:21:19,309 if they don't want to save themselves? 1804 01:21:21,311 --> 01:21:22,225 How do you do that? 1805 01:21:25,532 --> 01:21:27,099 Because I never-- I never... 1806 01:21:28,492 --> 01:21:31,321 never for one-- for one minute did I hate him. 1807 01:21:32,975 --> 01:21:34,019 I knew addiction 1808 01:21:34,150 --> 01:21:35,716 because I went through it myself. 1809 01:21:36,195 --> 01:21:39,155 Not to that degree, but I understood it, 1810 01:21:39,285 --> 01:21:40,678 and it ran in my family. 1811 01:21:42,462 --> 01:21:44,464 But nothing I tried worked. 1812 01:21:45,161 --> 01:21:46,031 You know, uh, 1813 01:21:46,727 --> 01:21:48,077 threatening to leave him, 1814 01:21:48,599 --> 01:21:51,080 showing him how he's hurting other people, 1815 01:21:51,210 --> 01:21:52,211 his loved ones. 1816 01:21:52,342 --> 01:21:53,909 Nothing, nothing, nothing. 1817 01:21:54,039 --> 01:21:54,953 Nothing worked. 1818 01:21:56,085 --> 01:21:57,825 He told me one day, he said, 1819 01:21:58,304 --> 01:22:00,306 "I'm just going to go off to die." 1820 01:22:02,091 --> 01:22:03,440 "I'm not going to stand by 1821 01:22:03,570 --> 01:22:04,920 and watch you kill yourself here. 1822 01:22:05,050 --> 01:22:06,617 You better do it somewhere else." 1823 01:22:07,270 --> 01:22:09,707 [softly sobs] And that's what he did, basically, 1824 01:22:09,837 --> 01:22:11,709 he just left to, to die. 1825 01:22:16,627 --> 01:22:18,934 I know in my heart I did everything I could... 1826 01:22:20,152 --> 01:22:21,762 [softly sobs] you know. 1827 01:22:21,893 --> 01:22:24,069 [melancholic music] 1828 01:22:27,551 --> 01:22:28,726 [softly cries] 1829 01:22:35,037 --> 01:22:36,081 I really miss him. 1830 01:22:40,825 --> 01:22:42,131 [deeply inhales] 1831 01:22:42,261 --> 01:22:43,436 He was a great man. 1832 01:22:44,046 --> 01:22:44,960 Uh... 1833 01:22:47,745 --> 01:22:51,662 it was, uh, really hard to see him go down like that, 1834 01:22:52,228 --> 01:22:54,012 after everything that he fought through, 1835 01:22:54,143 --> 01:22:55,927 and everything that he did in his life, 1836 01:22:56,058 --> 01:22:59,757 and accomplished, and, and overcame. Um... 1837 01:23:02,716 --> 01:23:07,330 it was just hard to see someone that you love give up on life. 1838 01:23:11,812 --> 01:23:13,162 [man] Sadness and praise tonight 1839 01:23:13,292 --> 01:23:15,251 fromThe Karate Kid, Ralph Macchio, 1840 01:23:15,381 --> 01:23:17,644 for the man who played his mentor in the movie. 1841 01:23:17,775 --> 01:23:20,734 Actor Pat Morita, who earned an Academy Award nomination 1842 01:23:20,865 --> 01:23:22,954 for his role in the originalKarate Kid 1843 01:23:23,085 --> 01:23:24,173 has died. 1844 01:23:24,303 --> 01:23:26,044 Pat Morita was 74 years old. 1845 01:23:27,567 --> 01:23:30,266 [Pat singing in Japanese] 1846 01:23:44,454 --> 01:23:45,324 [man] Yes! 1847 01:23:47,022 --> 01:23:48,023 English. 1848 01:23:48,153 --> 01:23:50,068 [crowd cheers and claps] 1849 01:23:53,854 --> 01:23:58,250 ♪ Storming winds of life 1850 01:23:58,381 --> 01:24:00,948 ♪ May blow 1851 01:24:01,558 --> 01:24:06,345 ♪ Even rain may fall 1852 01:24:07,694 --> 01:24:13,265 ♪ Though paths above are dark 1853 01:24:14,658 --> 01:24:19,489 ♪ Life will be bright on me 1854 01:24:20,794 --> 01:24:26,757 ♪ Please say you will never leave me ♪ 1855 01:24:27,975 --> 01:24:34,678 ♪ For if you did I would die 1856 01:24:34,808 --> 01:24:38,769 [singing in Japanese] 1857 01:24:40,118 --> 01:24:44,688 ♪ Means here with you is happiness ♪ 1858 01:24:47,473 --> 01:24:52,522 [singing in Japanese] 1859 01:24:53,305 --> 01:24:56,917 ♪ Oh! 1860 01:24:57,048 --> 01:25:00,747 -[Pat singing crazily] -[crowd laughs] 1861 01:25:05,709 --> 01:25:07,102 I love you, Evelyn. 1862 01:25:07,232 --> 01:25:08,886 [crowd cheering] 1863 01:25:09,669 --> 01:25:11,106 [unintelligible] 1864 01:25:14,196 --> 01:25:17,851 [Pat] How would Pat Morita like to be remembered? 1865 01:25:21,116 --> 01:25:23,683 I guess I'd like to be remembered... 1866 01:25:25,032 --> 01:25:28,645 for having touched a lot of lives in happy ways, 1867 01:25:29,211 --> 01:25:30,299 positive ways. 1868 01:25:31,735 --> 01:25:33,563 I'd like to be remembered as a, 1869 01:25:34,303 --> 01:25:37,610 a guy who might've been a failure as a husband, 1870 01:25:37,741 --> 01:25:39,134 but he was a hell of a daddy. 1871 01:25:41,701 --> 01:25:42,528 I don't know. 1872 01:25:44,051 --> 01:25:47,577 I'd like, uh, if I make it to the Pearly Gates, 1873 01:25:47,707 --> 01:25:50,057 I would like God to say, "Where the heck you been, man? 1874 01:25:50,188 --> 01:25:51,972 We've been waiting for you. Let's party." 1875 01:25:52,103 --> 01:25:53,235 [laughs] 1876 01:25:53,365 --> 01:25:54,627 You know how many guys-- your friends 1877 01:25:54,758 --> 01:25:56,151 are up here waiting for you, man." 1878 01:25:56,281 --> 01:25:57,152 [softly chuckles] 1879 01:25:57,282 --> 01:25:59,110 [cheerful music] 1880 01:26:38,280 --> 01:26:40,760 -[sharp beep] -I would thank him for the many gifts. 1881 01:26:41,718 --> 01:26:44,460 Uh, for including me in his journey. 1882 01:26:45,852 --> 01:26:48,812 And for allowing me to be the steward of his legacy. 1883 01:26:50,292 --> 01:26:51,162 And... 1884 01:26:52,642 --> 01:26:56,211 I hope that I fulfill the promise that he held me to. 1885 01:26:57,299 --> 01:26:58,735 I brought this picture today, 1886 01:26:58,865 --> 01:27:01,085 because this is how I remember Pat on the set, 1887 01:27:01,999 --> 01:27:04,175 and if he could see the Cobra Kais with, uh-- 1888 01:27:04,958 --> 01:27:07,309 with our popsicles, uh, Cobra Kais with their popsicles 1889 01:27:07,439 --> 01:27:09,398 and you can see Pat's face there... 1890 01:27:09,963 --> 01:27:11,313 that's pretty much Pat every day, 1891 01:27:11,443 --> 01:27:13,445 you know, you can kind of see the fun. 1892 01:27:13,576 --> 01:27:15,969 That's a special shot right there, moments, so... 1893 01:27:16,100 --> 01:27:16,927 Pat... 1894 01:27:17,580 --> 01:27:19,799 I liked you the day we met. 1895 01:27:21,845 --> 01:27:25,240 And I liked you every day we worked together. 1896 01:27:27,024 --> 01:27:31,246 And I liked being in the shows we've made and put on. 1897 01:27:31,855 --> 01:27:34,466 He was one of the nicest men I've ever knew. 1898 01:27:34,597 --> 01:27:36,903 He was a kind gentleman 1899 01:27:37,513 --> 01:27:40,603 to me, to the producers, 1900 01:27:40,733 --> 01:27:43,562 to other actors, to the crew, 1901 01:27:43,693 --> 01:27:46,913 to the extras, to the guy that walked by the set 1902 01:27:47,044 --> 01:27:48,741 and wondered what was going on. 1903 01:27:48,872 --> 01:27:51,440 He was always open and a gentleman. 1904 01:27:51,570 --> 01:27:53,093 We need more people like that. 1905 01:27:53,224 --> 01:27:54,399 He was better than me 1906 01:27:54,530 --> 01:27:56,619 at staying in touch over the years. 1907 01:27:56,749 --> 01:27:58,751 I'd get those phone calls, "Hey, Ralphie, 1908 01:27:58,882 --> 01:28:00,753 it's Uncle Popsie and, 1909 01:28:00,884 --> 01:28:03,408 how you doing? Love your ass, baby, love your ass." 1910 01:28:03,539 --> 01:28:05,497 He'd always end the phone-- my kids would listen... [chuckles] 1911 01:28:05,628 --> 01:28:07,020 "Love your ass, baby." 1912 01:28:07,151 --> 01:28:08,283 When I were little kids, they loved that, 1913 01:28:08,413 --> 01:28:09,588 the fact that Mr. Miyagi would say, 1914 01:28:09,719 --> 01:28:10,981 "Love your ass, baby." 1915 01:28:11,547 --> 01:28:13,244 There's a certain kindness 1916 01:28:13,375 --> 01:28:14,158 in people... 1917 01:28:15,594 --> 01:28:18,815 that make you at ease immediately. 1918 01:28:19,903 --> 01:28:21,296 And he exhibited that. 1919 01:28:21,426 --> 01:28:23,907 Pat was a big pot smoker too. 1920 01:28:24,037 --> 01:28:25,822 Had he just stayed with the pot, 1921 01:28:25,952 --> 01:28:28,955 he'd be like me, he'd still be alive and he'd still be, uh, 1922 01:28:29,608 --> 01:28:32,263 doing interviews, talking about me, probably. 1923 01:28:32,394 --> 01:28:34,265 [interviewer chuckles] 1924 01:28:34,396 --> 01:28:37,529 My uncle, his philosophy in life was, 1925 01:28:37,660 --> 01:28:38,922 you know, "We're all going to die. 1926 01:28:39,401 --> 01:28:40,837 It's very important to leave behind 1927 01:28:40,967 --> 01:28:42,360 something positive that doesn't." 1928 01:28:42,969 --> 01:28:46,625 And Pat Morita left a lot behind that's positive... 1929 01:28:47,234 --> 01:28:51,500 that enlightens and inspires life every single day. 1930 01:28:52,065 --> 01:28:54,241 I met Pat back in 1983. 1931 01:28:54,372 --> 01:28:55,721 I never realized I would be making 1932 01:28:55,852 --> 01:28:57,288 a documentary on his life. 1933 01:28:57,897 --> 01:29:00,291 Um, I hope you guys enjoyed watching this 1934 01:29:00,422 --> 01:29:02,075 as much as I enjoyed making it. 1935 01:29:02,206 --> 01:29:02,989 [sharp beep]