9.16.2006

10 Things You Should Know About William Zabka


1. He is greatest film bully of the 1980s. Witness his assholishness in the tremendous trifecta of bullydom: “The Karate Kid,” “Just One of the Guys,” “Back to School.”

2. He’s been nominated for an Oscar

3. His dad Stan wrote the original theme to the “Tonight Show”

4. To get the part of Johnny Lawrence in “The Karate Kid,” Zabka grabbed the film’s director and threw him into a table during his audition

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6. There is an organization dedicated to “spreading the principles of Zabka”

7. In Czech, his nationality, Zabka means “little frog”

8. His character Johnny Lawrence from “The Karate Kid” has been the subject of fan fiction by comedian Patton Oswalt

9. Two of his roles appeared on the Dickhead Dozen, GQ magazine’s look at the biggest a-holes in movie history

10. He’s currently working on a film for Warner Independent Pictures

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