The Karate Kid Part III

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She, she was also in Karate Kid Part III.

If you missed Part III, uh, she was in it.

The thing is, is that Robin Lively has been in everything and everywhere, but it's usually like one episode.

Now, after three films of directing himself and starring, this time Stallone decided to bring in the guy who created the magic the first time, John Avildsen, a gentleman who the year before had his first flop.

He made Karate Kid 3.

He was also a star for a hit.

So Matt, what do you think about the idea of him bringing Appleton back?

Gentleman who's unfortunately no longer with us.

We'll get to him.

I, y- you know, I gotta be one of the ones that doesn't mind Karate Kid 3.

Oh my God, dude.

So, yeah, the Karate Kid, Elizabeth Shue, love interest of Daniel.

Smart enough not to do Karate Kid 2, which was not good, and Karate Kid 3, which was so bad it is good, if that makes sense.

I'll watch that over and over again because it is that bad.

But I can't stop watching it because it is so bad that I like it, if that makes sense.

Um, a lot of, lot of working on people's legs seems to, seems to be.

But then again, to, to use the line from Karate Kid III, "Man can't stand, he can't fight." And, uh-

Exactly

... that will, that will work.

I mean, think about it.

Look, look, Karate Kid III is kind of a rough movie, but you s- but at least it had something.

But Rocky V, damn.

Like-

Yeah.

Rocky...

Okay, well, Karate Kid III lucked up that the '80s still lived in a world of silly, so you kinda got away with that.

Yeah.

I'm looking him up here.

It's Karate Kid Part 3.

Karate Kid Part 3.

He's quite prominent in that, apparently.

I've never seen Karate Kid Part 3, so I didn't recognize him.

And he's also the head vampire in Vampires.

Oh, is that who he is?

She was in David Lynch's Wild at Heart.

She was in Karate Kid Part 3.

She was in Twins.

She was in Blue Velvet.

Let's see what's over here.

Oh, so I had Karate Kid, Karate Kid 3, and the next Karate Kid, but I didn't have Part 2.

So I was able to pick up Karate Kid 2 today, which completes that selection.

A little Leviathan.

shoot.

was in Karate Kid 3.

The Beloved.

The Beloved, Karate Kid 3.

And then she was also Teen Witch.

And then, of course, Blake Lively is Blake Lively.

Our guest today is an actor, an author, an executive producer, a tele- a television episode writer, and as of today, he is now a Pop Culture Addicts alumni.

You've seen him on Karate Kid 3 as Mike Barnes, on 750-plus episodes of Bold and Beautiful as Deacon Sharpe, and then there's a whole other, uh, show that he was that character on.

And now, he has had the show that he's helped to write, and produce, and star in, and win an Emmy with, and that's of course Studio City on Amazon Prime.

We are so proud and happy to welcome Sean Kanan to Pop Culture Addicts.

Um, uh, you know, martial arts in many ways permeates into almost everything that I do, um, from the sense of discipline to the sense of, um, [smacks lips] humility and character and, and empathy for other people and strength and confidence.

Um, so it's something that I've, you know, I, I, I hold very sacred and, and close to my heart.

Um, and, you know, the, the, the fact that, that I had trained for, uh, several years plus before doing The Karate Kid 3, um, absolutely made a considerable difference in not only my getting the role, but in, you know, my, my performance.

I, I just don't think that they could have taken a guy that had no martial arts experience and made him look like a guy that was a national champion.