RIP everybody in the world. Let's stop RIPing. RIP is used when a death occurs, & the period of a funeral & in sympathy cards. Years later is not how you use it & meaningless.

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The Master the Dragon Bruce Lee outshines the rest until now👍!

amen

Wow. I hope you are well today. I was 4 years old then.🙂

I was *negative* 34 years old when this came out, and I’m gettin’ a good kick out of it even today.

I hope you were able to find a loving family and are happy now, David. 🙏🏻❤️👊🏻

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@@edmontonboy99 😆😆❤️

SlenpaiwasHere yeah and just to watch because there is nothing to watch on Netflix...but Bruce brought me here

Yes of course :)

SlenpaiwasHere Without a doubt!!!!

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yep

I love it too. Those horns just make you feel like engaging in some wild adventure.

Al Hirt. Jazz trumpet legend. I had the record when I was a kid.

Al Hurt is the trumpet player.

The trumpet on the intro isn't insane! It it AWWWWEEESOME!

Al Hurt is a true legend! There is no doubt about that!

it got some camp

It was slightly campy but definitely played straight for the most part. I just wish that terrible Seth Rogen film had been more serious instead of a comedy.

Not campy, a little comic book, but played pretty straight. It wasn't until I got older that I realized that!

@@alucard624 Rogen by being part of it ruined it. He made the Green Hornet a party freak and a loser, and Kato was the one with brains. In this show, Kato was his sidekick (no pun intended) and the Green Hornet was the mastermind. Rogen just had to screw it up. Someone made a fan film that was really good, and THAT tone is what should have been used in the movie.

Me too! Pity it was cancelled after only one season.

+57beachboy I read that Van Williams and Adam West live near each other and go fishing together, even in their 70's.

+Raymond Ramírez Think I heard that,too....Let's never forget 'em

Completely agree.

I agree, I think the casting was perfect, without a thought.

Yes, they were neighbors in Idaho. Mr. Van Williams and Mr. Adam West, R.I.P..

When they ran this series in Hong Kong they renamed it "Kato" which basically is what it should have been named because Bruce Lee is clearly the star.

"boards don't hit back" Bruce Lee Enter the Dragon

When they did the crossover with Batman Kato and Robin fought. The original script was for Robin to win but Lee would not allow Kato to be beaten so they had a rewrite which ended the fight in a draw.

I would still see Van Williams as the star but their dynamic works well on screen. Lee was definitely a huge boost for the show.

Victor Bonilla I’ll disagree with you, although my brothers will! I loved the Hornet’s swag!

Biif, boom, zlot, kathock!

it IS because of Bruce Lee

@@bcmac4641 L😀L thanks for the laugh 2-20-20

What do you mean 'maybe'?

MAYBE? Long live The Kato Show, as it was known in Hong Kong. Rightly so. Not only is Lee brilliant in it, he made history. The first Asian to appear on American television as a bad ass hero. Rip Lee, a genius and old soul come to enlighten us for A short time.

I love that Kato was a real character who had his own stuff to do with during downtime. Though, I think it's hilarious that no one figured out that Kato was the same Kato who drove Reid around...

Yeah, the only Blacks on TV were menials too. Bill Cosby in I Spy was first Black to carry a gun and to have a positive, macho image.

Green hornet 🐝 is better then that fat ass Batman and kato is better then that underwear looking ass robin who we still don’t know who killed it

@@lenierkuusha what are on about is there a translation problem?

@@lenierkuusha Batman was designed to be campy. They played it for laughs. The Green Hornet was more serious. I loved that show.

I know this is 4 years later, but they have one now. On Blu-ray even.

@@galahad5658 really?

They do I have it on dvd.

@@thehaunteddarkknight8309 Bootleg.

The box set is on Ebay

Amen to that.

and a HAAA YAAAH! too.

@@hitmanwolf , a toast to both🥂🍾.

Yep. Along with DA F.P. Scanlon and Lenore Case, and Adam West. RIP to all.

Well said.

I'm so sorry honey that you had to go through that disappointment. But I think you can watch it, I know how sad it is as a kid when they do not show your favorite show in the world. I always sobbed when I was a little girl when they didn't show my favorite cartoon, muppet babies anymore on t.v.

I think Green Hornet is on Memorable Television Channel or METV if you can access it.

grow the fuck up

Fred G. Sanford. I was speaking from the way I felt as a 6 year old sorry you never had a childhood

very sensitive Dan.

The 1960s were one of the best decades EVER for TV, and this series helps prove it. A crime itself that it only ran for one year.

" those furnitures " ??? Really???

No the Chinese man was the real green hornet get it right.

@@itssexykandy no van Williams was the green hornet. The "Chinese man" was kato. And his name is Bruce Lee. You'd think you'd know that since you're so smart

THATS RIGHT

Yeah

...but the hand that'll rock yer cradle at 12:40 is all it really takes !!!

@@bluzgrl2187 its a pity that America was so blinded by prejudice that they would not accept some like Bruce lee as a action hero, that being said then we wouldn't have big boss, fist of fury etc and of course enter the dragon. but still imagine the movies if Hollywood had taken the Bruce lee ball and ran with it

Damn right

Rogen is a human fart joke on his best day. I could tell (smell) he was a family hire from the get-go. Awful

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And how about that killer Jazz score!

I read this comment before I saw the end and frankly it made the joke even funnier.

Van Williams is perfect for this series and is the star of the show. Bruce Lee at the time had no acting experience in the United States. I think this series is the first attempt at a serious crime-fighter on television and they did a very good job for the situation they were in. This show is much more then just Lee's Gung fu.

Well, actually George Reeves played it pretty strait as Superman fighting crime back in the 1950's which is how they first thought about doing Batman as well.

Bryan Briggs Van Williams was perfectly cast as Britt Reid and the Green Hornet.

I loved that he never broke the crime boss persona. Always demanded his cut, always gave out a crooked motive for all the good he did.

@@jimscribner8314 what about the Lone Ranger ?

As a five year old, I was absolutely certain this was the BEST SHOW ON TELEVISION. I was stunned when I learned it was canceled. I remember thinking: "ADULTS ARE IDIOTS".

theironclads Van's alive.

@@awe7266 , Sorry but he's not.

While Bruce Lee died at age of 32. Imagine if he's still alive.

Yes, a sad day. RIP to the whole cast. Sense Wagner was gorgeous 🥰.

Bruce lee is such a legend! I enjoy watching it with my dad! I m 23! People always think it's old! But Bruce lee never gets old

I wish it would be released also but there are some pretty good bootleg copies to be purchased

AvengerII he's alive though..

Both Gh, an bm, where redone of old tv. Shows . Who knew. 1950s or so.

When Enter The Dragon came out, did you realize it was Kato?

as far as i am concerned, the only man who can play Kato is this man.......Danny Kwok-Kwan Chan

@@LivegoodWilliam totally agree. That guy was amazing as Bruce.

How old are you

@@freddiereagan6705 I'm guessing mid 60s my buddys dad has a similar vibe did similar stuff

Was it Taky Kimura? FYI he passed away.

materialgirl8707 R.I.P. Miss Wende Wagner. :( :( :(

@Original Man They BOTH were handsome!

That Green Hornet movie SUCKED BIG TIME....

DanTDrac That's because it would have been impossible to replace Bruce Lee. He was the only one who could have played Kato after the original, and the show didn't know what a gem it had in him.

@@el7jake Exactly 😎

U know nothing about nothin

Good TV series

Ya Jeff THAT was a cool car. made ne wanted to have green headlights on my car when I got one. Tried a green crayon on my mom's, it didn't work.

Looking great Jeff, I remember a couple of those around here.

+William Perkins I liked GREEN HORNET better than BATMAN, though I loved watching BATMAN, too. GREEN HORNET was similar & different at the same time. Both series were by GREENWAY PRODUCTIONS. Both were narrated by William Dozier. Both Batman and Green Hornet had secret identities and both had hidden lairs with secret entrances. While BATMAN was campy with a silly theme song that was easy for us to sing along with (Just one word, "Batman" repeated over again), GREEN HORNET was more serious, beginning with a more exciting theme song (played by Al Hirt) that said "action & excitement ahead". While Batman fought villains that were as amusing as they were dastardly, the Green Hornet fought cold-blooded criminals. The Green Hornet dealt with murders that needed to be solved. The show was almost like MANNIX. Green Hornet was strictly no-nonsense. This isn't to say that I didn't enjoy BATMAN. I did and I even got BATMAN-THE COMPLETE SERIES on Blue-Ray DVD. (I wonder why, while keeping their secret identities secret, did Green Hornet call his assistant "Kato". That would've been like Batman calling Robin "Dick Greyson" while fighting crime in costume.)

A very good comparison, much like what I have surmised over the years. Thank you.

The "Green Hornet" was more of a "Grown-up" type of show, with more orgnized-crime types, than the campy villians of "Batman". Besides the same production company, both shows shared Mr. William Dozier as narrator.

Alex wrestling237 Holla! Have you considered - BEST DVD ENTERTAINMENT 1966 BATMAN? (should be on google have a look)? It is the complete run of all the shows on DVD. Ive heard some awesome things about it and my auntie said cool things about it as well.

Alex wrestling237 Hello there! Have you heard the talk about - BEST DVD ENTERTAINMENT 1966 BATMAN? (should be on google have a look)? It is the complete set on a DVD box set. Ive heard some decent things about it and my brother in law said amazing things about it as well.

Ya know nothin about movies

one greased, one parboiled

+Andy Mills I watched the original series almost fifty years ago on TV with my Dad. He told me that Al Hirt (the best trumpet player at that time) has that song on an album, and it is longer that the TV version. Go to Amazon and search for Al Hirt, or "Green Hornet".

All the music cues on the show were scored by Billy May.

How Al Hirt didn't sprain his fingering hand playing that theme is a mystery to me!

@@gerrydooley951 With Music conducted by Lionel Newman.

You got it Elvy ol boy perfection

Indeed. This is like Daredevil or Gotham of the 60's. It's just too bad that superheroes weren't taken seriously back then. Otherwise this series might have lived longer.

I know what you mean. But in real life, fights are usually over within 7 seconds and although he was acting in this series, Bruce Lee trained for the real world.

It's only a half hour show. There's not a lot of time.

Bruce was amazing with his fight scenes. Everyone was blown away, but unfortunately, the camera couldn't capture with his speed and motions so he was forced to do his fights much slower.

Without Bruce Lee, there was no show. A lot of racism was against Lee back in the 60s, and it was easier for Van Williams to get parts than Bruce. That's why Lee's movie success later came from Honk Kong, not America . RACISM.

​@@waltersimmons946Oh, shut up! It had nothing to do with racism. Without Van Williams there was no show.

@@lynettepalecek3141 Hmmm, obviously you've done no research on Bruce Lee. Very typical QUEEN RUNNING-MOUTH.

Seth Tyrssen Which is exactly why The Green Hornet got canceled by ABC; the network and TV viewers wanted another Batman on their hands, but after five episodes, the series started to tank in the Nielsen ratings and never recovered. Only 26 episodes of this show was made by 20th Century-Fox for ABC.

@@dariowiter3078 I loved Batman more as a kid, but as I grew older and rediscovered the old radio shows and movie serials of my parents' generation, I fell in love with TGH and gained much appreciation for the TV series as well. It really was a lot like those older stories. Maybe that's why it seemed to miss a target demographic. Adults of the 1960's had "outgrown" the old radio shows and serials, and kids (though by no means all of them!😁) found Batman more fun and exciting. Batman's campy humour also appealed to many adults, while flying over most kids' heads. I remember watching it with my parents, who would laugh out loud and then have to explain to "kid me" why, so I learnt some things too. In that way it was a show for the whole family. Had The Green Hornet TV show come out 10 or 15 years earlier, I'm sure it would have been a big hit with that generation of young people. The stories and characters were much better and more realistic than Batman. I still wish Van and Bruce had got at least 1 more season!

Vin Diesel and Jet Li ?

Checkout the manmade they are pretty good. Better they that rubbish comedy wannabe

"Fortunately we are both very flexible."

The movie isn't the greatest, but the things that car could do in it were awesome!

I have to disagree with your analogy.Concerned parents? Heck, back than families watched Combat and The Rat Patrol, ya know. Talk about violence. It was everywhere, but we as a generation knew what was real and what was fantasy. We kids back in the 60's loved the Green Hornet, especially seeing Kato Fight! Seriously, Bruce was the star, no question! Especially, when you compared the fight scenes with Batman! It was for me, just watching the Green Hornet and waiting for Kato to fight! Bruce was totally stunning! and us kids had to just say WOW!!!, and to talk about it in school the next monday! It was just beyond cool! We've never seen anything like before. The only example at that time was Emma Peel of the Avengers TV series that had even mentioned the word "Karate" and had some simple moves, to which was different and exciting back in the day, and than there was the "Karate" fad that even expanded to a aftershave (HI Karate) (Oriental Lime! Hmmmm, soo exotic!) which had came out, and it really started to take hold to became of a real fad at that time. Kato was the Ultimate hero! Even my brother went as Kato for Halloween back in 1966. Seriously, the adults didn't listen to us kids, and the critics had a field day with it. The same idiots who had criticized "Gilligan's Island" as being a flop, regardless of the fact that actual fans loved the series. Inconsequently, both shows had became true American icon classics in TV history. Not only that the studios didn't listen to it's fans, but they also blamed economics on producing the show. Honestly, it's no different than Star Trek. It was prematurely cancelled too, but the power of the fans forced Hollywood to recognize it, only seeing that their was a profit to be made from it...... But Hollywood was, and still is prejudge against the Asian people. Even though, they had the opportunity to really capitalize on it, they still didn't take advantage of it. The TV show "Kung Fu" was written for Bruce, but they decided on hiring an Irish actor from Hollywood named David Carrington to play the lead role. Bruce's over seas movies were a international success regardless. (Even out selling "The Sound Of Music" over in the Orient) Carl Douglas had the hit song "Kung Fu Fighting", (first Jamaican artist to have a top 40 American hit record) and it was a big hoopla when American President Richard Nixon went to China back in 1972. Hollywood blew it!!!! It was the small companies like AIP at that time that was selling (Karate) blackexpolitation movies that gave Jim Kelly a career. And all those Bruce Lee exploitation movies to be seen here in the United States. You know, Bruce lei, Bruce table, Bruce chair......... The Green Hornet was a great show regardless! Because it was Bruce Lee, and we kids knew it!!! Unless you were alive at that time, and old enough to actually comprehend it, it's a whole different reality as far as generations go.........Peace!!

sebring1960 You make pretty good points as to why it got cancelled. Having been a kid in that particular era is certainly a strong factor. I'm someone who discovered the show around in the mid-late 1980's as a kid. To me the show works almost like pulp- magazine stories come to life. I think it truly captures the mood of those yarns. Yes, Bruce Lee was a sight to behold, but I think Van Williams brought a credible sturdy presence as the title role. Very much what Batman would have been without camp. With the cool gadgets and car, it feels like a street-wise James Bond. So, all in all, to me, the show stands as one of the coolest, early no-nonsense superhero shows.

Too bad you weren't around during it's first run of the show. 1966 was an absolute phenomenal year for TV! Of course any time period can be viewed analytically, but It really was about the experience of actually living it first hand that makes it sooo awesome. Unfortunately, I don't believe it will ever happen again, at least not in my lifetime. It was an amazing unique era of the times.......

sebring1960 No doubt. It must have been quite a wet dream for kids who loved comicbook superheroes to get to see them in both live-action and in animation on tv for the first time ever in the medium!

It really was!! Plus the fact there was only so many channels back than. An especially when you had to wait a whole week later to watch the show again! Batman on Wednesday and Thursdays, The Green Hornet on Fridays and all the cool Hanna Barbara superheroes on Saturday morning. And not to mention all the other shows that had a superhero quality about them i.e. The Wild Wild West, Land Of The Giants, etc. ;-)