Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me

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I’d recently though I’d try another audiobook memoir. Let’s just say that Sensei Lawrence may have been correct when he chastised Miguel with “There’s no tapping out in karate!” But in audiobooks… that’s not really the case. On that one I managed about an hour and felt rather frustrated and drained and I stopped after an hour or so. That’s all I have to say about that. Fusco was a traveling blues musician prior to attending New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where he wrote Crossroads as an assignment in a master class led by the screenwriting giants Waldo Salt and Ring Lardner Jr. The student screenplay won first place in the national FOCUS Awards (Films of College and University Students) and was sold to Columbia Pictures while Fusco was still a student. Macchio responds, “Spending more time with the family, spending more quiet time, which will happen because of the ebbs and flows of the business. Cobra Kai is not going to be out forever. I don’t know if I’m going to be a bestselling author or not - hopefully! Maybe there is more of that in my future and just enjoy the time with my wife and my kids, and just once again, stopping and enjoying the blessings that I have.”

William Zabka as Johnny Lawrence and Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso in Cobra Kai. Courtesy of Curtis Bonds Baker/Netflix Bubbeo, Daniel (February 9, 2018). "Ralph Macchio to guest star on 'Kevin Can Wait' ". Newsday. Archived from the original on April 18, 2018 . Retrieved April 17, 2018. Macchio will guest star on two episodes ... Macchio will play 'Alviti,' the head of a company turning Long Island properties into parking lots Oh, he wouldn’t mind that, Macchio says. It’s more that tonight is supposed to be about Phyllis. No, he says, whenever someone calls him the Karate Kid these days he feels two distinct emotions: “Pride, and privilege. It sounds like I’m feeding you bullshit, but I’m not. It’s been a unique experience. It’s been a unique existence. How healthy is it, at the age of 60, to sit in nostalgia so much? I don’t know. I just know I’m at peace with it.”

Macchio writes, crisp, smooth narrative. He keeps a nice pace. He feeds the reader his perspective of behind-the-scene information based on the films and the show. He has a great sense of humor that is highlighted in his writing. Although he must have said "more on this later" or "more about this in the next chapter" so many times, I can't recall now if he covered all of his bases. I am certain his editors made sure he did. That I's got dotted, and T's crossed.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 07: (L-R) Daniel Macchio, Phyllis Fierro, Ralph Macchio and ... [+] Julia Macchio attend Netflix's "Cobra Kai" Season 5 Premiere at Los Angeles State Historic Park on September 07, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Allen Berezovsky/FilmMagic) FilmMagicCrossroads is a 1986 American musical drama film inspired by the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson. Starring Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca and Jami Gertz, the film was written by John Fusco and directed by Walter Hill and features an original score by Ry Cooder featuring classical guitar by William Kanengiser and harmonica by Sonny Terry. Steve Vai appears in the film as the devil's virtuosic guitar player in the climactic guitar duel. Really enjoyed this trip down memory lane with him and hearing behind the scenes of everything:). He seems like a really nice guy (and does not look his age at all!) Maglio, Tony (November 30, 2018). "Watch 'Conan' Producer Jordan Schlansky Get Totally Owned by Childhood Hero Ralph Macchio (Video)". The Wrap. Archived from the original on December 1, 2018 . Retrieved December 2, 2018. Book Genre: Adult, Autobiography, Biography, Biography Memoir, Culture, Film, Media Tie In, Memoir, Nonfiction Ralph Macchio’s Waxing On from Penguin Random House, available Oct. 18, 2022. Courtesy of Penguin Random House