Season 6, Episode 14: The Karate Kid Returns (1997)

Title: The Karate Kid Returns

Season, Episode: Season 6, Episode 14

Broadcast date: Jan 14, 1997

Starring: Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, Earl Hindman, Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Taran Noah Smith, and Debbe Dunning

Guest Starring: Courtney Peldon, Wesley Mann, Josh Paddock, Michael Luckerman, Seth Dillon, Zachary Bostrom, Al Jardine, Matt Jardine, Bruce Johnston, Mike Love, Carl Wilson

Directed by: Geoffrey Nelson

Written by: Jon Vandergriff

This podcast episode was originally released: Jun 24, 2021

Episode Synopsis:
Randy is excited to go shopping at the mall with his crush Lauren - even though Jill makes him bring Mark along. But things take a turn for the embarrassing when a hooligan at the shoestore tries to pick a fight with Randy and Mark intervenes, using his karate class skills to knock the bully backwards into a pile of shoeboxes. When a columnist for the school newspaper writes about how Randy is a wuss who had to be saved by his little brother, Randy tries to look cool for Lauren by punching the columnist in the face. Instead, this makes Lauren think he’s a jerk, so Randy writes a column of his own about how real men don’t resort to violence. Also, the Beach Boys guest star as Wilson’s cousins!

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