DAVID CARRADINE, short of tongue and long of mumbling, loafs around 19th Century America partaking of much wandering and standing still while violence aplenty goes on, before embarking on a climactic martial arts display when he’s finally pushed too far. Slow motion deployed when impractical punching required. “Personal quest” to help others. Boring flashbacks to life as a child afforded viewer many toilet breaks.
Glenn Aylett
June 14, 2009 at 6:20 pm
RIP David Carradine, this used to be one of my favourite shows when I was a kid and developed a love for martial arts films and shows that has never abated. Ahhh, grasshopper, the wind blows from the east.
Sonny Jim
October 24, 2015 at 3:26 pm
A complete load of cobblers, in all honesty!
97{30e2395aaf6397fd02d2c79d91a1fe7cbb73158454674890018aee9c53a0cb96} all talk & walking around aimlessly; 3{30e2395aaf6397fd02d2c79d91a1fe7cbb73158454674890018aee9c53a0cb96} real-deal kick-ass, Bruce Lee style!
Massive disappointment – should have renamed the show to “Walkie-Talkie Grasshopper”
Joanne Gray
February 18, 2017 at 7:44 pm
Always had most kids in my primary school the following day blundering about holding ping pong balls over their eyes and intoning “Ah Grasshopper” in an Oriental-type accent. Try explaining to youngsters today why we gained such amusement from this and they look at you like you’ve just dropped out of a dog’s bottom.
Glenn Aylett
February 15, 2020 at 1:35 pm
@ Joanne Grey, political correctness hadn’t been invented in 1974, as surely these days some snowflake would find a white man playing an Asian offensive, just as much as the blind martial arts instructor. Who cares, it was a good series and very popular and being like a cross between a Western and a martial arts film made Kung Fu unique.
richardpd
February 15, 2020 at 3:34 pm
I heard that Bruce Lee was considered, but the powers that be vetoed him because they didn’t want a non-white lead character, so a compromise was made with David Carradine trying to be Eurasian.
Glenn Aylett
February 15, 2020 at 6:27 pm
Actually Carradine really embraced the role and Bruce Lee died in 1973, so Kung Fu would have finished a lot earlier. Again back in 1973 no one cared about a white man playing an Asian, and Carradine was excellent as Kwai Chang Caine.