When I was a kid, I was about three things-Hot Wheels, Evel Knievel and Billy Jack.  Later I transitioned to music, skateboards and girls but those first three were the big three for me.  News came today that The writer/director/producer and star of "Billy Jack", Tom Laughlin passed away of pneumonia at the age of 82.

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You like Stallone, Chuck Norris or even The Rock?  Well, Billy Jack was the original badass. Billy Jack was a former Green Beret trained in something called "Karate" that we were just starting to hear about (seriously).  Billy Jack was basically the guardian angel for a hippie commune full of homeless Native American kids.  Looking back, Billy Jack very well may be the reason I tend to always fight for the underdog.

I don't think the movie would hold up so well, in fact some of it looks like a t.v. movie here.  Instead, check out these two classic scenes. The first is a slow burn, but worth every single dang second of your time.  In this scene Billy Jack pretty invents the tradition of a badass having a catch phrase with "I JUST GO BEZERK".  In the second clip, Billy is so badass, he tells the old guy how he's going to whip his ass, before he whips his ass.

This movie will be remade at some point.  Probably sooner rather than later now.  There's also a pretty good memorial here too.

 

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