Knuckles
07-09-2003, 01:06 AM
Okay, does anyone here know of Master Ninja, aka "The Master," the short-lived ninja action series from 1984? It starred Lee Van Cleef (of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly fame, among other westerns) as an aging American ninja master named John Peter McAllister, and Timothy Van Patten (member of the showbiz Van Patten family--his half-brother, Dick Van Patten was on the 70's sitcom, "Eight is Enough." Tim has most recently directed shows such as "Ed" and "The Sopranos") as his sometimes clumsy and overeager ninja apprentice, Max Keller. The premise of the show was that the pair would travel around (in their 80's custom van, no less) righting wrongs and facing off against the master's former and rogue pupil, Okasa (played by famed martial artist, Sho Kosugi). It was delightfully cheesy, but worthy of more than one season. The hour-long episodes were later edited into two hour "movies" and released on tape in 7 volumes. The first two were featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000, lol. But anyway, my friend and I are pretty much the only fan base for this series that I know of, but I was wondering if anyone else knew about it.