Dry: OK, who is GRASSHOPPER. There was a poem that started ‘Grasshopper Green is a funny old chap’, can’t remember the rest. Depending on your reply, I may not want to LOL.
Don’t know if this explains it well enough, but I copied this from Wikipedia. The program was called “Kung Fu” and was quite popular in the 70’s during the era of Bruce Lee and Kung Fu Fighting. Always liked that name “Grasshopper. Very philasophical.
Kwai Chang Caine (David Carradine) is the orphaned son of an American man and a Chinese woman in mid-19th century China.[3] After his maternal grandfather’s death he is accepted for training at a Shaolin Monastery, where he grows up to become a Shaolin priest and martial arts expert.
In the pilot episode Caine’s beloved mentor and elder, Master Po, is murdered by the Emperor’s nephew; outraged, Caine retaliates by killing the nephew. With a price on his head, Caine flees China to the western United States, where he seeks to find his family roots and, ultimately, his half-brother, Danny Caine.
Although it is his intention to avoid notice, Caine’s training and sense of social responsibility repeatedly force him out into the open, to fight for justice or protect the underdog. After each such encounter he must move on, both to avoid capture and prevent harm from coming to those he has helped.
Flashbacks are often used to recall specific lessons from Caine’s childhood training in the monastery from his teachers, the blind Master Po (Keye Luke) and Master Kan (Philip Ahn). Part of the appeal of the series was undoubtedly the emphasis laid, via the flashbacks, on the mental and spiritual power that Caine had gained from his rigorous training.
* In these flashbacks, Master Po calls his young student “Grasshopper” in reference to a scene in the pilot episode:*
Master Po: Close your eyes. What do you hear?
Young Caine: I hear the water, I hear the birds.
Po: Do you hear your own heartbeat?
Caine: No.
Po: Do you hear the grasshopper which is at your feet?Caine: Old man, how is it that you hear these things?Po: Young man, how is it that you do not?
COWBOY7 about 14 years ago
He payed attention for sure, Dad!
Good Morning and G’Day to Jason, Little Sister, Ottod, & ALL the Meggsie fans!
ladywolf17 about 14 years ago
Start planing your career Ginger.
Hello everyone.
The Duke 1 about 14 years ago
Morning, Dry & usfellers! It’s one of those “Down Under” things??
Dry and Dusty Premium Member about 14 years ago
G’day Jason, JFri, usfellers and ottod!
And I’ll bet Dad bought that book from one of those “infomercials!”
Dry and Dusty Premium Member about 14 years ago
Jason re the grafitti: You are the master of puns! Whether the puns are good or bad, I won’t say! :-D
usfellers about 14 years ago
G’day Jason, Dry, Jfri, Ottod, Barb, Frank and all Meggsie’s mates.
Ginger, did you deliberately quote out of context or did you just read the first page of one of Dad’s books?
Herbs sell by the bunch - thyme tied weighs for no man.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member about 14 years ago
usfellers same thing I said to Jason! LOL!
Ginger Meggs about 14 years ago
Dry, The only person I know who’s a better punster is Mr UsFellers over here!
Bravo!
Dry and Dusty Premium Member about 14 years ago
Jason, I think you have learned from the MASTER! So GRASSHOPPER, well done!
Dry and Dusty Premium Member about 14 years ago
Now you two Aussies, ask me who GRASSHOPPER is. :-D
usfellers about 14 years ago
Dry: OK, who is GRASSHOPPER. There was a poem that started ‘Grasshopper Green is a funny old chap’, can’t remember the rest. Depending on your reply, I may not want to LOL.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member about 14 years ago
Don’t know if this explains it well enough, but I copied this from Wikipedia. The program was called “Kung Fu” and was quite popular in the 70’s during the era of Bruce Lee and Kung Fu Fighting. Always liked that name “Grasshopper. Very philasophical.
Kwai Chang Caine (David Carradine) is the orphaned son of an American man and a Chinese woman in mid-19th century China.[3] After his maternal grandfather’s death he is accepted for training at a Shaolin Monastery, where he grows up to become a Shaolin priest and martial arts expert.
In the pilot episode Caine’s beloved mentor and elder, Master Po, is murdered by the Emperor’s nephew; outraged, Caine retaliates by killing the nephew. With a price on his head, Caine flees China to the western United States, where he seeks to find his family roots and, ultimately, his half-brother, Danny Caine.
Although it is his intention to avoid notice, Caine’s training and sense of social responsibility repeatedly force him out into the open, to fight for justice or protect the underdog. After each such encounter he must move on, both to avoid capture and prevent harm from coming to those he has helped.
Flashbacks are often used to recall specific lessons from Caine’s childhood training in the monastery from his teachers, the blind Master Po (Keye Luke) and Master Kan (Philip Ahn). Part of the appeal of the series was undoubtedly the emphasis laid, via the flashbacks, on the mental and spiritual power that Caine had gained from his rigorous training. * In these flashbacks, Master Po calls his young student “Grasshopper” in reference to a scene in the pilot episode:*
Master Po: Close your eyes. What do you hear? Young Caine: I hear the water, I hear the birds. Po: Do you hear your own heartbeat? Caine: No. Po: Do you hear the grasshopper which is at your feet? Caine: Old man, how is it that you hear these things? Po: Young man, how is it that you do not?