For nearly two years, I’ve been writing about the campaign to get actor James Hong a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Well, it happened today.
Hong, 93, received his star following a campaign that was started by actor Daniel Dae Kim (Hawaii Five-0), who helped raise the $55,000 necessary for the star.
Remember, Hong, who has appeared in more than 600 TV and film roles, studied civil engineering at USC. Hong worked for L.A. County as a road engineer for seven years before becoming a full-time actor.
Among the other Trojans who have a star are Jerry Buss, Ward Bond, Tom Selleck, John Wayne and of course, professor Frank Baxter.
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— Nancy Wang Yuen (@nancywyuen) May 10, 2022
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 
Congratulations to James Hong. What’s he most famous for? I know I’ve seen him.
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Maybe not famous, but most well-known for!?
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Wong did the Seinfeld “Chinese Restaurant” episode.
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LOL! I posted one of them this morning.
Hong: Yeah, I just got a call. I yell ‘Cartwright! Cartwright!’, just like
that. Nobody came up, I hang up.
Costanza: Well, was it for Costanza or…
Hong: Yes, yes, that’s it. Nobody answered.
Costanza: Well was it a woman?
Hong: Yeah, yeah. I tell her you not here, she said curse word, I hang up.
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He was also in Eddie Murphy’s “The Golden Child” and Jason Statham’s “Safe”.
Way too many to list. Great supporting actor!
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He was in ‘Chinatown’, Roman Polanski’s movie. He was a presence everywhere he went.
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I think they should start a Walk of the Anonymous so I might have a chance to be engraved in the cement.
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Jim Sterkel led a pretty ordinary life. But thanks to his anonymous buddy, his name will be familiar to anyone who visits the Galen Center.
https://www.latimes.com/la-sp-plaschke1-2006-story.html
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…But wouldn’t the “Star” kinda ruin things, John–?
#Let’sPrayTheJohnWayneReferenceDoesn’tSetOwnsOffAgain….
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When I was a teenager I wanted to be famous and be the president of the United States of America.
But now as the decades have passed by I am glad I was never famous. Being incognito has its advantages.
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AMEN to that!!
As they say, the trick to life isn’t having everything you want, but wanting everything you have.
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Or “It is not what you want, it is about what you need”
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Not a a James Hong line but: “Go home and get your effin shine box!”
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Scorsese is a brilliant man who frequently makes brilliant films —that said, he routinely pays Joe Pesci to act out all the pent up rage he’s stored up from his days as a sickly little kid who got pushed around in the “neighborhood”.
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In news that should surprise no one, none of the USC guys who declared early for the NBA draft were invited to the NBA Draft Combine. I wonder who say that coming months and months ago?
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None of the USC guys got invited to the NBA Combine.
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Thanks Enfield. You have to wonder why the Boner extended Andyain’twinning’s bozo BB program HC contract.
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GOOD EVENING OWNS. WHEN THEY GOT ALCINDOR FROM NEW YORK I KNEW THE BRUINS HAD A SAM GILBERT. !! SO OBVIOUS BRO. HAH.
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Keep your Rosaries off my Ovaries ! !
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Don’t worry, BRUIN GIRL –
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BonBon has his ways, and he ain’t disclosing what they are
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Don’t kill babies!
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That’s a dumb post ruin girl. Glad I’m not married to you. And protests at a residence should be criminalized.
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George, settle down ol’ sport. That pro-abortion comment was actually kind of funny
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The left is fine with intimidation & violence, as long as it’s people who agree with their view of things. It really is crazy.
But you’re right, they should be hauled off in the paddy wagon!
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Thoughts on the Capitol riot?
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RUIN SLUT,
STAY OUT OF MY POCKET BOOK WHEN YOU GO SERIAL KILLING, ERR KILLING ANOTHER BABY. YOU PAY FOR IT
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At least Dementia Joe admitted it is a child last week.
“The idea that we’re going to make a judgment that is going to say that no one can make the judgment to choose to abort a child based on a decision by the Supreme Court, I think, goes way overboard,” Biden said.
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Hi MG. As CARRA has said. What a sense of humor !!!! You did a corporal work of mercy by making the old dog laugh by your antics yesterday morning. I got everything bro and thank you very very much. VAYA CON DIOS
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So true, George. As I have said before I am copying all of MG’s comments
and one day I will put them in a book and claim them as my own.
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Wolf claims it is 11:50 in the morning but it feels more like 4:50. Why am I so tired?
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To George– My wife was studying psychology at St John’s (she later became a psychologist which might explain a couple of things about me, whatever that is)
when Alcindor was considering going there, but sucla stole him and Wooden magically became a “wizard.”
With Alcindor on your team anybody could be a wizard– “Hey Lew, go out there and do your stuff, man!”
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LJ,
I was a kid and that no good bum Johnny Cheetin Wooden had an open house at Polly Povilion. He had his ugly ruin team there to whore them. So that bum puts up quarters on the backboard and had lew alcindor jump up and grab them. he kept them as well. Now, I am a kid but I am thinking, what a cheap bum by only putting up quarters and why is he paying alcindor, that is a penalty. True story.
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There’s a LOT more to the Wooden coaching story, John —after Wooden said “go out & do your stuff, Lew”, it was necessary for Lew to say, “ok.”
#NOWTheWoodenCoachingStoryIsComplete
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You are right, Michael. I just like to keep my stories as short as possible
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Ha! Grand.
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Scooter,
You should mention that the Angels won last night against the Tampa Bay Rays by the xcore of 12-0. BTW, Reid Detmer pitched a no hitter in that game. Awesome.
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Hong’s bit part as Nick’s Avatar in RIPd almost saved that movie. (Almost nobody saw it)
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Ultra serious “Chinatown” –ultra comedic “Big Time in Little China” …
#TheGuyRanTheSpectrum…WhatTookThose”Star”People?
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Along with a million other small roles, James Hong might be best known as the lead bad guy/villain David Lo-Pan in John Carpenter’s comedy-action-horror-fantasy classic, Big Trouble in Little China!
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