Kung Fu: The Legend Continues: TV’s Most Dysfunctional Martial Arts Show

GET AN EXCLUSIVE 70% OFF YOUR ORDER WHEN YOU SUBSCRIBE - Use Code DREEL https://oxfordnatural.com/dreel/ Kung Fu: The Legend Continues brought David Carradine’s Kwai Chang Caine into the 90s, reached nearly six million American homes within weeks and gave Carradine the weekly comeback he had chased for years. But behind Caine’s calm exterior, the writers’ room was falling apart, unfinished episodes were coming up ten minutes short, fight coordinator Al Leong walked away over safety concerns, and the network carrying the show began to collapse. This is the story inside Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993-1997) 0:00 The mess behind the legend 0:41 Origins and casting struggles 2:57 Success and departure 3:42 Attempts at a franchise reboot 4:38 Modernizing the legend 5:57 Production and development 7:25 Premiere and critic reception 8:58 Behind the scenes dysfunction 11:08 Cancellation and fan legacy 12:00 Home media and cast careers 13:07 The lasting martial arts legacy 14:01 Final thoughts and outro Sources: Wikipedia IMDb The Los Angeles Times People Bruce Lee A Life Vanity Fair Variety Warner Archive Collection The Action Elite Martial Journal DVD Talk Fanlore JustWatch Martial Arts & Action Entertainment Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Seasons 1-2 DVDs On Amazon: https://amzn.to/3TTMOBk Link is Affiliated Become A DoubleReelTV Member To Get Extra Perks For Only £0.99 a Month:    / @doublereeltv   All audiovisual content is the © copyright of their respective owners and studios. All clips are used under FAIR USE Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, documentary and research.