012: Cobra Kai

When we asked Bob to be on the show, we were stoked to hear his favourite show was Cobra Kai. We sit down with him and also Lisa's dad Bob Zambetti who has more black belts than you have had hot dinners. When Lisa would say at school "Oh yeah ? ... well my dad, could beat up *your* dad ... she wasn't kidding. If this episode fires you up, check out these links The original video tape recorded auditions by Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita. The guy talking off-camera is Karate Kid director John Avildson, who also directed the first three Rocky films. https://youtu.be/YPFOHCmtEZI Great interview with Pat Morita explaining the back story of how he was cast in Karate Kid https://youtu.be/MoBeHY1Rvs0  Hilarious (and thought provoking) fan movie recut of Karate Kid, positioning Johnny as the good guy and Daniel as a spoilt bully.  https://youtu.be/C_Gz_iTuRMM Ralph telling the story of how they shot the fly and chopsticks scene with a fly tied to a string ... no really ! https://youtu.be/EUG6FjvVo1M   Martin Kove talks about Karate Kid and Pat Morita https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix5oKfQirAk    Multiple stories about Cobra Kai at ET Online https://www.etonline.com/latest/tv/cobra-kai    About the Bobs ..   Bob Ruff is currently investigating the double homicide of Fort Worth couple Agnes and Lloyd "Smitty" Courtney. The Truth & Justice Podcast recently wrapped up Season 7 (The Murder of Bill Little), and Season 5 (The Forgotten West Memphis Three). The podcast investigates a new potential wrongful conviction case every season. Bob asks listeners to help with the investigation, in an attempt to prove who actually committed the crimes and free the wrongfully convicted. Truth & Justice is a true crowdsourced investigation in real time. Professor Zambetti is a 6th Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo and 6th Dan Black Belt in Judo. He retired from active instruction at CSU East Bay (formerly CSU Hayward) in 2004 and is now a Professor Emeritus. He currently resides in Northern California.