My memories of Kung Fu and David Carradine

[wraithfodder]

Wrote this back a couple months ago but kept not getting around to posting it….

Back before Stargate SG-1 or Stargate Atlantis, I was a big fan of the series Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (aka KFTLC), the sequel to old ABC series Kung Fu, which oddly enough, I never watched. Best of all, I found out a friend was working on the series, so I was able

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David Carradine by wraithfodder

[watcher652]

Hey, I was at that celebrity hockey game too! What are the odds of us finding each other on LJ? I was disappointed that RDA didn't skate because of his then recent knee surgery. I only remember Chris Potter and Jason Hervey from the Wonder Years at the game. I had awful seats and everyone was teeny tiny to me.

A bunch of Robert Duncan McNeill (ST:Voy) fans had a get together with Robbie at Toronto Trek one year. There was a charity auction with a lot of KFTLC stuff that the show donated after it shut down. I won a vest that supposedly was David Carradine's. I saw him at a NJ Chiller convention and tried to have him vouch for it. He didn't know for sure, but he said he might have worn it. It's just a generic vest, so it's hard to tell.

I found Carradine to be rather odd. Kinda spacey. I can't remember anything specific now except the second time I saw him, he was reading a magazine. I know he saw me so I thought I'd let him finish the paragraph. Instead, he kept me waiting and finished the article. I supposed I should have gotten his attention more overtly, but he was kind of intimidating and I think he was testing me to see what I would do. And I thought I'd see what he'd do, so it was mind games all around. 8^D

I'd love to meet Chris Potter in person some day.

Re: David Carradine by wraithfodder

[watcher652]

Hey, what year was that hockey game?

Re: David Carradine by wraithfodder

[wraithfodder]

Um, um, 199 something? I can't remember!

Re: David Carradine by wraithfodder

[wraithfodder]

Yeah, I would have loved to have seen RDA skate as he was still MacGyver to me. Oh yes, I was in the nose bleed seats too, with binoculars. I remmeber when Fu stuff went to some cons for auction. I donated a script signed by most of the cast; it went for around $300-400. Still have one of those but am keeping it for myself as a keepsake. Yeah, Carradine could be spacey. There are lots of stories about him and I think there's a modicom of truth to many. However, I do know that when the camera started rolling, man, snap, he was instantly into the Caine personna.