Kung Fu

Kwai Chang Caine is a Shaolin Monk who is on the run after he killed the Chinese Emperor's nephew after that coward killed his teacher in cold blood with a gun. He flees to America both to escape retaliation and to search for his brother in order to settle down in this new land. However, in his travels in the wild west, he can not help but continually run into trouble from desperados and other ruffians as they oppress the innocent, while bounty hunters pursue the price on his head. Against this, he has his skill of Kung-fu martial arts which proves to be devastatingly effective in this gun-dominated land.

Cast

• David Carradine
• Keye Luke
• Philip Ahn
• Radames Pera
• Keith Carradine
• Lois Nettleton
• Patricia Neal
• Stefan Gierasch
• Leslie Nielsen

• Season 1
• Episode 1: King of the Mountain
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• Episode 2: Dark Angel
  The first time that 3 Carradines were seen together on screen (4 if you count the archive footage fe...
• Episode 3: Blood Brother
  'Richard Loo' (qv) had previously played the Shaolin Master Sun in the original pilot, and would rep...
• Episode 4: An Eye for an Eye
  A woman (Annie) who was a victim of rape is with child. Kwai Chang Caine meets them as her father fa...
• Episode 5: The Tide
  'Brian Tochi' (qv)'s character Ho Fong would return in one episode, _"Kung Fu" (1972) {The Stone (#1...
• Episode 6: The Soul Is the Warrior
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• Episode 7: Nine Lives
  'Albert Salmi' (qv) played 3 different characters in 'Kung Fu': 1. Raif (very bad) in _"Kung Fu" (19...
• Episode 8: Sun and Cloud Shadow
  USA...
• Episode 9: The Praying Mantis Kills
  USA...
• Episode 10: Alethea
  An early credit for director 'John Badham' (qv) (and his only "Kung Fu" episode), who went on to do ...
• Episode 11: Chains
  This was the only episode in which the unbilled 'Keith Carradine' (qv) reprised his role as the Midd...
• Episode 12: Superstition
  Meador: Any suggestions?::Kwai Chang Caine: Live....
• Episode 13: The Stone
  'Brian Tochi' (qv)'s character Ho Fong had previously appeared in the episode _"Kung Fu" (1972) {The...
• Episode 14: The Third Man
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• Episode 15: The Ancient Warrior
  Young Caine: Master, what is the best way to meet the loss of a loved one?::Master Kan: By knowing t...
• Episode : Pilot
  Young Caine: You cannot see.::Master Po: You think I cannot see?::Young Caine: Of all things, to liv...
• Season 2
• Episode 1: The Well
  Caleb Brown and his family would reappear in a future episode, "The Last Raid," during the third sea...
• Episode 2: The Assassin
  The only episode to feature a Ninja, as played by 'Robert Ito' (qv)....
• Episode 3: The Chalice
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• Episode 4: The Brujo
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• Episode 5: The Squawman
  When a man kills the son of a wanted criminal he gets praised for it. He is then implored to go afte...
• Episode 6: The Spirit-Helper
  Pike: Strip him and stake him out. It's the slow, slow death rising in his gorge I want him to be ta...
• Episode 7: The Tong
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• Episode 8: The Soldier
  USA...
• Episode 9: The Salamander
  USA...
• Episode 10: The Hoots
  The depiction of the Hutterites in this episode is historically accurate. In the late 1870's (just p...
• Episode 11: The Elixir
  USA...
• Episode 12: The Gunman
  USA...
• Episode 13: Empty Pages of a Dead Book
  A rare acting credit for 'David Carradine' (qv)'s older half-brother Bruce (they had the same mother...
• Episode 14: A Dream Within a Dream
  'John Drew Barrymore' (qv), aka 'John Barrymore Jr.', completed his final featured acting role in th...
• Episode 15: The Way of Violence Has No Mind
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• Episode 16: In Uncertain Bondage
  Dora Burkham: Jenny, I don't understand what's gotten into you. Haven't I always been good to you? H...
• Episode 17: Night of the Owls, Day of the Doves
  OWL stands for Order of Wisdom and Law. The costumes and vigilante actions are clearly patterned aft...
• Episode 18: Crossties
  The flashback footage featuring Kam Yuen was shot for episode 3 "Blood Brother." Only a new voiceove...
• Episode 19: The Passion of Chen Yi
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• Episode 20: Arrogant Dragon
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• Episode 21: The Nature of Evil
  'John Carradine' (qv)'s blind preacher, Serenity Johnson, previously appeared in episode 2 "Dark Ang...
• Episode 22: The Cenotaph: Part I
  First two part storyline, the next would be "Blood of the Dragon."...
• Episode 23: The Cenotaph: Part II
  First two part storyline, the next would be "Blood of the Dragon."...
• Season 3
• Episode 1: Blood of the Dragon: Part 1
  'Tad Horino' (qv) receives credit as the mysterious "Cowled Head", which he introduced in the previo...
• Episode 2: Blood of the Dragon: Part 2
  Second of three 2 part episodes....
• Episode 3: A Small Beheading
  This episode reunites 'William Shatner' (qv) and 'France Nuyen' (qv), 16 years after they co-starred...
• Episode 4: This Valley of Terror
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• Episode 5: The Predators
  Cal Bellini's 'Hoskay' is an Apache, while Robert Phillips' 'Mutala' is a Navajo....
• Episode 6: My Brother, My Executioner
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• Episode 7: Cry of the Night Beast
  USA...
• Episode 8: The Devil's Champion
  The first of 5 third season entries set entirely in China, prior to Caine's flight to America....
• Episode 9: The Garments of Rage
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• Episode 10: Besieged: Death on Cold Mountain
  The second of 3 episodes directed by 'David Carradine' (qv)....
• Episode 11: Besieged: Cannon at the Gates
  The third of 3 episodes directed by 'David Carradine' (qv)....
• Episode 12: The Demon God
  The first of three episodes directed by 'David Carradine' (qv)....
• Episode 13: The Vanishing Image
  'Tad Horino' (qv) appears unbilled as the mysterious 'Cowled Head,' setting up the 2-part storyline ...
• Episode 14: A Lamb to the Slaughter
  The first of back-to-back episodes featuring Stephen Manley as Boy Caine, replacing the rapidly matu...
• Episode 15: The Forbidden Kingdom
  The last of 5 third season entries set entirely on China, prior to Caine's flight to America, and th...
• Episode 16: One Step to Darkness
  Second and last episode featuring 'Stephen Manley (I)' (qv) as Boy Caine....
• Episode 17: Battle Hymn
  The only acting role for musician Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, who died only 5 months after it was ...
• Episode 18: Barbary House
  First of a four part storyline that ended the original series....
• Episode 19: Flight to Orion
  Second of a four part storyline that ended the original series....
• Episode 20: The Brothers Caine
  Third of a four part storyline that ended the original series, and the one in which Kwai Chang Caine...
• Episode 21: Full Circle
  The final episode, conclusion of a four part storyline. 'David Carradine' (qv) bows before the camer...
• Episode 22: The Thief of Chendo
  The fourth of 5 third season entries set entirely in China, prior to Caine's flight to America, and ...
• Episode 23: Ambush
  Third and last appearance of 'John Carradine' (qv)'s blind preacher, Serenity Johnson....
• Episode 24: The Last Raid
  The family of Caleb Brown previously appeared in episode 16 "The Well," which opened the second seas...

• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Kung Fu - Frank Zappa
• Kung Fu - Ash
• Kung Fu - Curtis Mayfield
• Kung Fu - Biz Markie
• Kung Fu - Angus Soundtrack

George Duke keyboard
Ruth Underwood percussion
Bruce Fowler trombone
Tom Fowler bass
Chester Thompson drums
Ralph Humphrey drums]
....

Kung Fu do what you do to me
I haven't been the same since my teenage lobotomy
Full on, I moved to Hong Kong
With Bruce Lee's brother and Johnny Wong
I think it's strange
He's friends with Fu Manchu
And he thinks he knows you
Uh uh uh uh uh oh
Oh Daniel San made in Taiwan
Come on Jackie Chan
Uh uh uh uh uh oh
Last night Jackie Chan came around
I played pool with him and we hung out
Mr. Miagi and the X-men
Called in for a while as well
I think it's strange
He's friends with Fu Manchu
And he thinks he knows you
Uh uh uh uh uh oh
Oh Daniel San made in Taiwan
Come on Jackie Chan
Uh uh uh uh uh oh
Gary Glitter!
Scooby Doo!
Rock McMurray!
And last but not least
Ladies and gentleman
I give you...
JOHNNY WONG!
Kung Fu do what you do to me
I can't live without my Kung Fu movies
'Shanghai Killers' and 'Deadly Road'
My life was ruined when the Green Dragon closed
Oh I think it's strange
He's friends with Fu Manchu
And he thinks he knows you
Uh uh uh uh uh oh
Oh Daniel San made in Taiwan
Come on Jackie Chan
Uh uh uh uh uh oh
I think it's strange
He's friends with Fu Manchu
And he's in love with you
Uh uh uh uh uh oh
Oh Daniel San made in Taiwan
Come on Jackie Chan

Our days of comfort, days of night
Don't put yourself in solitude
Who can I trust with my life
When people tend to be so rude?
My mama borne me in a ghetto
There was no mattress for my head
But no, she couldn't call me Jesus
I wasn't white enough, she said
And then she named me, kung fu
Don't have to explain it, no, kung fu
Don't know how you'll take it, kung fu
I'm just trying to make it, kung fu
I've got some babies and some sisters
My brother worked for Uncle Sam
It's just a shame, ain't it, mister
We being brothers of the damned
But nothing brings about the difference
You are my lover, do believe
Shall we join hands for tomorrow?
Don't giving up, then up your sleeve
Keep your head high, kung fu
I will till I die, yeah, kung fu
Don't be too intense, no, kung fu
Keep your common sense, yeah, kung fu
Don't mistake life for a secret
There is no secret part of you
You bet your life if you think wicked
Someone else is thinking wicked too
Keep your head high, kung fu
I will till I die, yeah, kung fu
Don't be too intense, no, kung fu
Keep your common sense, yeah, kung fu
Our days of comfort, days of night
Don't put yourself in solitude
Who can I trust with my life
When people tend to be so rude?
My mama borne me in a ghetto
There was no mattress for my head
But no, she couldn't name me Jesus
I wasn't white enough, she said
And then she named me, kung fu
Don't have to explain it, no, kung fu
Don't know how you'll take it, kung fu
I'm just trying to make it, kung fu

Once about a time there was a kid
who didn't have a bicycle or a car that skid
Only thing he had was Pat and Turner
He didn't know the future but the lesson to learn-ah
way to get started in the music biz
Just listen to the story as I tell it like it is
I was a youngster from East Junior High School
who thought somebody with Adidas sweat-shirt was cool
It symbolized somethin, but I don't know
I wanted to be down really really bad so
I asked one of my best friends Derek Mangareu
"C'mon man can I be down can I be down witcha crew?"
He had one by the name of Masters of Control
I wanted to be down, so I could play the role
He said, "No you're not good enough we have ours Mark"
I went home and sat in the room with no lights in the dark
And this is gonna be a rough rendezvous
and that's why I sing this song to you
I'm a lonely soldier.. yeah..
many miles from home..
with a heart that's heavy..
and with.. a will that's strong
I got a little older, three years to be exact
when a crew named Midnight Express gave me a crack
It consist of one MC and two DJ's
And the way Kevin D cut had me amazed
It was like I just joined the Lakers
or even Rock Steady or the New York City Breakers
I was in 11th grade, at ?? High
They was sayin they was sayin hey what's wrong with this guy
because all he do, is bang on tables and mumble
and doin music with his mouth like a band ensemble
or the human beatbox wasn't thought about
and the teachers they thought I was crazy without a doubt
I guess they didn't understand what I was comin from
Since I was into MC'n, they thought I was dumb
Then there was a teacher by the name of Ms. K Parke
Since I was good at rememberin numbers she said I was smart
But that don't got nothin to do with this rendezvous
and THAT'S why I sing this song to you!
I'm a lonely soldier.. yeah..
many miles from home..
with a heart that's heavy..
and with.. a will that's strong
I was a walkin son of a gun before the day I begun
I'ma tell you how it started, from day one
Well me, I lived in >??I was ambitious and devoted til the day I'd die
I used to get on Fair Islip, take the S-42
Get off at Bunanan Street, and go to the house of the crew
I would walk from C.I., to Bay Shore
just to see if I really had the rhymes galore
I'd go to house parties here, go to house parties there
Walk the ?? ?? pants off my derriere
Like if I was David Carridine who played "Kung Fu"
who would walk from China to Japan without a shoe
Hummin beats, sayin rhymes, kept me goin
from givin up or bein crazy, or just stop flowin
My teachers and parents said, I should just stop
Just go to army go to college get a job witcha POPS?!
I can't take no more of this rendezvous
and that's why I sing this song to you!
I'm a lonely soldier.. yeah..
many miles from home..
with a heart that's heavy..
and with.. a will that's strong
I'm a lonely soldier..
many miles from home..
with a heart that's heavy..

Kung Fu do what you do to me
I haven't been the same since my teenage lobotomy
Full on, I moved to Hong Kong
With Bruce Lee's brother and Johnny Wong
I think it's strange
He's friends with Fu Manchu
And he thinks he knows you
Uh uh uh uh uh oh
Oh Daniel San made in Taiwan
Come on Jackie Chan
Uh uh uh uh uh oh
Last night Jackie Chan came around
I played pool with him and we hung out
Mr. Miagi and the X-men
Called in for a while as well
I think it's strange
He's friends with Fu Manchu
And he thinks he knows you
Uh uh uh uh uh oh
Oh Daniel San made in Taiwan
Come on Jackie Chan
Uh uh uh uh uh oh
Gary Glitter!
Scooby Doo!
Rock McMurray!
And last but not least
Ladies and gentleman
I give you...
JOHNNY WONG!
Kung Fu do what you do to me
I can't live without my Kung Fu movies
'Shanghai Killers' and 'Deadly Road'
My life was ruined when the Green Dragon closed
Oh I think it's strange
He's friends with Fu Manchu
And he thinks he knows you
Uh uh uh uh uh oh
Oh Daniel San made in Taiwan
Come on Jackie Chan
Uh uh uh uh uh oh
I think it's strange
He's friends with Fu Manchu
And he's in love with you
Uh uh uh uh uh oh
Oh Daniel San made in Taiwan
Come on Jackie Chan
Uh uh uh uh uh oh