Do It For Danny! Ralph Macchio Talks The Legend of the Karate Kid & The Outsiders – Episode 1200

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Ralph Macchio talks four decades of The Karate Kid legacy – from the original 1984 film to Cobra Kai and the brand-new Karate Kid: Legends movie (in theaters now!). Ralph shares behind-the-scenes stories about the very first pitch he heard for Cobra Kai, his initial reaction to the idea, and how the creators won him over with their love and respect for the franchise. He also reveals how Cobra Kai brought together multiple generations, became a pandemic-era hit, and turned Johnny Lawrence into one of the most compelling redemption arcs on TV. Plus, Ralph opens up about his time filming The Outsiders with Francis Ford Coppola, his emotional connection to Johnny Cade, and what it meant to perform some of the film’s most iconic scenes. Hear about his memorable role in My Cousin Vinny, his time on Dancing With The Stars, and what it's like carrying the Daniel LaRusso character into the next cinematic era. Thank you for supporting our sponsors! DeleteMe: Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you text JERICHO to 64000 🎧 Listen to Talk Is Jericho on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. 👍 Don’t forget to Like, Subscribe, and hit the 🔔 to stay updated on new episodes! More from Talk Is Jericho: 📸 Instagram: @chrisjerichofozzy | @talkisjericho 🐦 Twitter/X: @IAmJericho | @TalkIsJericho 🌐 Website: https://www.webisjericho.com/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.1	Talk is Jericho, baby.
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0:43.3	Talk is Jericho, baby. Talk is Jericho. Talk is Jericho, Mama, talk is me. After all these years, finally have you on Talk is Jericho.
0:47.3	Oh, man. Good to see you.
0:50.3	It's good to see you, man. And it's been a long time since we did Dancing with the Stars.
0:56.0	Yeah, well, at this level.
0:57.6	I did see you, what, about two years ago for a bit somewhere in the middle of the last year, maybe.
1:03.3	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:03.8	At the Comic-Con.
1:05.2	Yeah.
1:05.8	But amazing to see just the huge success of the whole karate kid franchise.
1:13.4	And I was thinking about this, how it's become now like Star Wars or James Bond or any
1:20.8	of these long-term Hollywood franchises.
1:24.1	And here you are riding the forefront of it, yet again, some 40 years later.
1:29.1	It's insane.
1:30.1	It's like I sometimes I use the word stupid because it just, I can't even, like not in a
1:35.7	negative way, but it's just like I can't even fathom that sort of the uniqueness of it, right?
1:42.1	Star Wars is kind of it.
1:43.4	What else has kind of done that?
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