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  Kato (The Green Hornet) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kato was the Hornet's sidekick and had been played by a number of actors including Keye Luke and, in the television series, Bruce Lee.
Kato was originally presented as being a Filipino of Japanese ancestry (see Japanese Filipino).
Kato was a skilled driver, fighter and mechanic in all versions of the story.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kato_(The_Green_Hornet)   (549 words)

  
 Green Hornet DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
THE GREEN HORNET had no established or continuing villains (perhaps this is why the show failed); the Green Hornet and Kato simply fought organized crime and the ocassional twisted genius.
Because the Green Hornet is largely thought of as a bad guy, the group make him their main target.
Britt, Kato, and Lenore are gathered at their penthouse hideaway, when a group of humanoid beings crash through the walls, and one shapely female alien throws lightning bolts at Kato, immobilizing him.
www.dvdcult.com /rev_GreenH.htm   (2183 words)

  
 The Green Hornet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Hornet and Kato battled an endless army of uninteresting and thuglike gangsters.
Green Hornet when confronting Colonel Gumm (while Batman watched from the shadows) unwittingly (very unGreen Hornet like)mentions a stamp that Bruce Wayne asked for in Britt Reeds presence to a stamp collector (Colonel Gumm in disguise).
At the mid-point the Green Hornet pretends he wants in on whatever racket the bad guys are running and that leads to the predictable wrap-up.
www.jumptheshark.com /g/greenhornet.htm   (2272 words)

  
 THE GREEN HORNET
On police record a wanted criminal, the Green Hornet is really Britt Reid, owner/publisher of the Daily Sentinel, his dual identity known only to his secretary and to the District Attorney.
KATO’S TRAINING ROOM / DOJO A large workout studio room, padded floor, with assorted weights and workout benches, nunchucks, sais, and other martial arts weapons hang on the walls waiting to be used, along with posters written in Chinese that signify Gung Fu movements and techniques.
GREEN HORNET I thought this was supposed to be a friendly meeting, Mr.
www.simplyscripts.com /scripts/greenhornet.html   (10326 words)

  
 Classic TV & Movie Hits - The Green Hornet
WELCOME TO The Green Hornet and Kato prowl the streets of the city, fighting crime in a most unusual way: by allowing themselves to be perceived as criminals.
The Hornet's M.O. is simple: he moves in on an established racket and threatens to take over or cut himself a part of the deal.
KATO: In the series, Kato is presented as Britt's servant at home and his gung fu-fighting partner on the streets.
www.classictvhits.com /show.php?id=635   (689 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Radio (Kato)
  The nationality of Kato, the Green Hornet's valet, was abruptly changed from Japanese to Filipino in radio broadcasts after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
And although the metropolitan Green Hornet could hardly be expected to pursue lawbreakers mounted on horseback as his western precursor did, the similarity between the two heroes was reinforced by the Green Hornet's automotive conveyance being given a name ("Black Beauty") that was both equine and formed from a color word.
Kato, Britt Reid's faithful valet, was an Oriental, a distinction of some consequence after the Japanese drew the USA into World War II by launching a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on
www.snopes.com /radiotv/radio/kato.htm   (449 words)

  
 Green Hornet, The (UK - DVD R2) in Reviews > Video Discs at DVDActive
The Green Hornet is based on the radio series of the fifties and was created by George W. Trendle.
The Green Hornet was originally a TV series but for this DVD release some of the episodes have been pieced together to make a feature length film.
This is the first time that the Green Hornet has been available on DVD and is supposed to be remastered from a new 35mm print in its original 1:1.85 theatrical aspect ratio.
www.dvdactive.com /reviews/dvd/green-hornet-the.html   (1436 words)

  
 The Green Hornet 1966-1967
And of course he was in two episodes of "Batman" as the Green Hornet and the voice of the U.S. President in the 1966 "Batman" movie.
Besides Kato and District Attorney Frank P. Scanlon, secretary Lenore "Casey" Case (Wagner) was the only one who knew millionaire newspaper publisher Britt Reid was in fact the Green Hornet.
Synopsis: Green Hornet battles wits with a man in fl who swings down on a rope and strangles people to death with another rope.
www.polarblairsden.com /superherogreenhornet1966.html   (2228 words)

  
 The Green Hornet - Episode Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Green Hornet and his trusty aide Kato bring about the capture of a ring of phony diamond merchants who have caused the death of one of Britt Reid's reporters.
The Green Hornet becomes involved in a plot to oust the young prince of a foreign power.
The Green Hornet attempts to thwart the plans of a power-mad scientist to steal a nuclear warhead.
www.bbla.co.uk /hornetepisodes.htm   (873 words)

  
 "The Green Hornet" (1966)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The tone of the series and the storylines where so far ahead of their time and gritty back in 1966 and 1967 and as a consequence of this The Green Hornet was often (and unfavourably) cast in the shadow of the far less superior, campy Batman TV Show.
Firstly Van Williams as The Green Hornet and his millionaire alter ego Britt Reid, the publisher of the Daily Centenal is as good as the best actors to play Superheroes.
Five minutes of Bruce Lee in action as Kato is worth an admission fee, trust me. The writers, and producer William Dozier came up with a great representation of the Fran Striker and George W Trendle characters : an exciting, action packed series, with the odd blimp not withstanding was far too under-rated and undervalued.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0059991   (614 words)

  
 Bruce Lee Remembered: TV - The Green Hornet
Mike Axford was a somewhat bumbling reporter determined to unmask the criminal Green Hornet and provide some comic relief.
Videoflicks.ca has the Green Hornet available on NTSC tape/DVD Region 0 ($21.74/$28.99).
This is the summary they have: "The Green Hornet and Kato spring in to action when a Mob run construction company puts lives in danger".
estraven.silverday.net /lee_old/bruce/green.html   (523 words)

  
 Idaho Mountain Express: The Green Hornet remembers his days in costume
So began the 1960s drama "The Green Hornet," starring Van Williams as the Hornet and Bruce Lee as Kato for 26 episodes from 1966 to 1967.
One plot that became a bit complicated was a guest spot on "Batman" for the Hornet and his sidekick in which Kato was scripted to lose a fight to Robin.
The Green Hornet was also known for his non-lethal gas gun.
www.mtexpress.com /1998/10-28-98/hornet.htm   (991 words)

  
 The Green Hornet: Alias The Scarf - TV.com
When a wax figure of The Scarf, an infamous strangler from 15 years ago, is replaced by figures of the Green Hornet & Kato, the figure seemingly comes to life and starts attacking people.
Green Hornet starts examining the Scarf figure with his uncovered right hand, but when the camera goes in close for his discovery of the bloody portion of the scarf, he is using the gloved left hand.
Green Hornet & Kato leap to attack Rancourt from the spot where their wax figures are positioned.
www.tv.com /the-green-hornet/alias-the-scarf/episode/78757/summary.html   (320 words)

  
 Classic TV Shows - Green Hornet, Van Williams, Bruce Lee
Britt Reid (Van Williams) is handed management of his father Dan's newspaper, The Daily Sentinel in Washington D.C. With this comes a mandate to do good in the world, which this family comes by naturally as Dad is a grandnephew of John Reid, also know as - The Lone Ranger.
The Green Hornet is the great-grand-nephew of the Lone Ranger, you ask skeptically.
The Green Hornet is considered a criminal by police and so has to beat a hasty retreat after nabbing the bad guys.
www.fiftiesweb.com /tv/green-hornet.htm   (297 words)

  
 The Green Hornet TV Show
Even Mike Axford, the tough and intrepid crime detective who was always on the Green Hornet’s tail, never figured out that Britt Reid and the Green Hornet were one and the same.
The Green Hornet also had it tougher than other television heroes in that he had to deal with being perceived as a criminal by the police.
Unfortunately, Green Hornet never caught on with the ratings the way Batman did and was cancelled after one season.
www.retrojunk.com /details_tvshows/1040-the-green-hornet   (384 words)

  
 Bruce Lee Career: TV: The Green Hornet
The Green Hornet and Kato guest-starred on Batman in two episodes: A Piece of the Action and Batman's Satisfaction.
Kato made an uncredited appearance in The Spell of Tut.
The Green Hornet for a long time, with Jason Scott Lee and Jet Li slated to play Kato at successive stages.
estraven.silverday.net /lee/bruce/career/TV/green/main.html   (570 words)

  
 Crossover: "Batman" and "The Green Hornet"
Those people were always famous and within the first month of The Green Hornet hitting the air, those people were the Green Hornet and Kato.
The Green Hornet and Kato should obviously be the ones to lose the fight.
Don't forget that after The Green Hornet Bruce should have had the lead role in Kung Fu, a show with an Asian hero he helped develop only to be pushed aside in favor of a white guy playing an Asian guy.
www.poobala.com /batmanandgreen.html   (1040 words)

  
 The Green Hornet
Kato was embodied by relatively unknown martial-arts master Bruce Lee, who went on to movie icon status and an early, mysterious death.
On the very first episode, The Green Hornet and Kato delved into the mystery of "The Silent Gun," a flimsy story about gun that made no noise.
In a bizarre twist, Captain Nice co-star Ann Prentiss (sister of Paula from He and She) was convicted by a Santa Monica, California court of battery in 1998 for assaulting her eighty-six-year-old father, solicitation of murder, assault with a firearm, and making terrorist threats toward Richard Benjamin, her sister's husband and TV co-star.
www.tvparty.com /fallbatman2.html   (1952 words)

  
 green_hornet_index
Synopsis: The Green Hornet and Kato gain help from a patriotic super-hero against the Nazis, but are unable to prevent the Shadow Warriors from kidnapping the president and substituting a double.
Synopsis: The Green Hornet closes down a drug operation in the city but picks up a wound in the process, and Kato is out of country making a martial arts movie, while gangsters plan another drug shipment with the code name of “the Burma Horse”.
Synopsis: The Green Hornet and Kato have their “last case” in 1945, battling gangland kingpin Gatland Tobias, who has sworn to take the city and the Hornet with him before he dies.
darkmark6.tripod.com /green_hornet_index.html   (7638 words)

  
 Green Hornet & Kato :: Crime Fighting Attire
These pages were created as reference for anyone who is interested in creating a Green Hornet/Kato costume, an accurate model/action figure or anyone in general who is a fan of the show!
One of the main problems other than finding the correct style of GH hat, GH mask and GH jacket is that they all must be approximately the same shade of green, I think this has been referred to as "midnight green".
Hornet coat/jacket… "Chesterfield" style topcoat (has the velvet or darkened collar), also search for Duster, topcoat, overcoat, opera coat, with a notched collar).
www.leekirkham.com /GH/GH_attire.html   (621 words)

  
 The Green Hornet Guide
On Police records a wanted criminal, Green Hornet is really Britt Reid, owner- publisher of the Daily Sentinel, his duel identity known only to his secretary and the district attorney.
The number 1 piece of equipment would have to be the Black Beauty, the Hornet's souped-up car.
For personal equipment, the Green Hornet uses a special nonlethal gas gun and a sting gun able to penetrate steel.
www.uvm.edu /~glambert/green.html   (311 words)

  
 Better Living Through Blogging!: "Let's Roll, Kato!"
On police records a wanted criminal, Green Hornet is really Britt Reid, owner-publisher of the Daily Sentinel, his dual identity known only to his secretary and the district attorney.
I think that it was just a little bit too late; if it had been possible to broadcast it in the 40s or early 50s, it would have been much more successful.
If you've got a spare $2,500, you can buy an original Green Hornet overcoat that was used during the show.
www.davidmsc.com /archives/001965.shtml   (419 words)

  
 Scifilm -- TV Files, The Green Hornet: "The Secret of the Sally Bell"
The Green Hornet and Kato in trying to bring down a group of narcotics smugglers accidentally injure a man named Gus Wander (Jacques Benbeaux) and take him to the local hospital.
Looking to locate the drugs, a gang of criminals led by Bert Selden (Warren Kemmerling) kidnap Wander, the one man who knows where the drugs are hidden aboard the salvaged freighter the Sally Bell, and his Doctor, one Hannah Thomas (Beth Brickell).
The best scenes involve the Green Hornet using his car the Black Beauty against Selden's hired sniper, a man named Honey Boy (Timothy Scott) and the Green Hornet and Kato battling Selden's men.
www.scifilm.org /tv/greenhornet/gh1-13.html   (214 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Green Hornet - Vol. 1: DVD: Leslie H. Martinson,James Komack,Larry Peerce,Norman Foster,William ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
While the police and public believe the Hornet to be a ruthless criminal, the District Attorney knows Reid's secret identity, and welcomes his assistance in fighting racketeers and criminals.
Prior to purchasing this Green Hornet release for myself, I'd read all of the preceding reviews, and to a degree I agree with the views concerning this theatrical/dvd release.
The quality wasn't the best, but I'd never seen a single episode of the Green Hornet, and to see him in action on the Hornet series(and with his own voice...no dubbing) was a dream come true.
www.amazon.com /Green-Hornet-Leslie-H-Martinson/dp/B00004YNUP   (1967 words)

  
 Better Living Thru Blogging!
If you - like me and Sam - are a fan of The Green Hornet, then you might enjoy perusing some of this very cool stuff that you can purchase.
Unlike many of the super heroes that came after him, The Green Hornet was a plainly dressed man. He wore a hat popular during the times and a coat.
Kato too wore a mask and was dressed like a chauffeur.
www.davidmsc.com /index.php?tag=the_green_hornet   (270 words)

  
 Green Hornet
A new development indicates the Green Hornet, Kato and the Black Beauty may make it to the big screen after all.
Kirsten Dunst’s boy pal Jake Gyllenhaal is being courted to play the Green Hornet in the Kevin Smith movie.
Kevin Smith says writing and directing Green Hornet is a bit daunting because it would be the largest film he’s ever done.
www.comicbookmovie.com /news/green-hornet.asp   (645 words)

  
 The Green Hornet: Collector's Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Green Hornet: Collector's Edition contains the first twelve issues of the Green Hornet comic book, bound in a delux hardcover format.
It covers the complete history of the Green Hornet and Kato, beginning with the original story.
The stories and art are by two leaders in the industry: Ron Fortier, author of the best-selling comic book series The Terminator; and Jeff Butler, co-creator and illustrator of Badger, one of the longest running comics produced by an independent comic book company.
vme.net /greenhornet   (178 words)

  
 The Green Hornet: Deadline for Death - TV.com
After a rash of wealthy homes are burglarized, Reporter Mike Axford becomes so suspicious he places himself at the next possible home to be targeted, only to find himself being arrested, behind bars, for suspicion of murder.
This was Lynda Day George's 5th apprearance, in a TV series, at the very start of her career (when she was just Lynda Day).
Nitpick: Kato tells Green Hornet to get back before he uses the Sting on the locked door at Barton's, but Green Hornet just steps to one side of the door.
www.tv.com /green-hornet/deadline-for-death/episode/78746/summary.html   (266 words)

  
 CNN.com - Kevin Smith to do 'Green Hornet' film - Feb. 19, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
"The Green Hornet" chronicled the adventures of billionaire vigilante Britt Reid as he rode around catching bad guys in a sci-fi car.
But it's probably best remembered as a 1966 TV series with Van Williams as the Hornet and Bruce Lee as Kato.
Smith promised his "Green Hornet" adaptation would be an "exciting, chop-socky-filled action flick, but it's gonna have a compelling story, believable characters, and great dialogue to boot!
www.cnn.com /2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/19/film.smith.hornet.ap   (350 words)

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