Reporter researches Kung Fu Phooey finally
December 6th, 2012
Average NCO sends us a link from the folks who did the original article on Kung Fu Phooey, Jerry Partain who we wrote about in September and they found the things that we doubted. He’s never been a Marine, so it follows that he’s never been a POW. They also discovered that his claim to have been wrestler in the 1964 Olympic team was also a fabrication.
Attempts by the reporter to speak with Partain since the story was published have been unsuccessful.
Well, that’s probably because he’s such a good ninja, they’ll never see him again. Until it’s too late. It looks like they used the letter that we posted to dispute his military service, and a list of living POWs exists on the Pentagon’s website, so I wonder why it took them over a month to post their correction. Anyway, the story is gone, so is the cache copy and it doesn’t show up on the Wayback Machine – Ninja magic, dude. But TAH magic is stronger – guess what is the #1 search result on Google for “Jerry Partain”.
December 6th, 2012 at 6:55 pm
The Jedi master lives.
December 6th, 2012 at 7:34 pm
Yeah, well, you would have been hard pressed to find that Partain update on 30 Novemvber, the date it ran. A reader would have had to say, “Golly, I’ll hit the Corrections link and see what, if anything, is there.” In other words, once the false claims were laid out fot these hard-hittin’ news boys and girls, the conversation probably went like this:
“Some guy called and emailed some stuff on that Partain fella we just featured. It doesn’t look good. Partain fed us mush and we licked the plate. Wait a few weeks and do another piece. Just lay out the bare claims and lack of corroboration. Oh, and stuff it in the “Corrections” corner. According to our tracking data, only a few readers go there each week.”
December 6th, 2012 at 7:35 pm
Next thing you are going to tell me is that Frank Dux didn’t fight in a death match Kumate!
December 6th, 2012 at 10:34 pm
#3 – BLASPHEMY!!!
December 6th, 2012 at 11:56 pm
…I think he was also the door gunner on the Space Shuttle….
December 7th, 2012 at 12:21 am
This guy is extra tough.
Turd.
December 7th, 2012 at 1:12 am
No. The soles of my shoes are tough.
This guy is pseudo-tuff.
December 7th, 2012 at 6:36 am
Well, other than being a retired Marine Corps Major, Vietnam POW and a US Olympic Wrestling Team member, everything else was correct, wasn’t it? And you would think that if the VC or North Vietnamese were holding a US Olympic athlete, they may have wanted to exploit that for propaganda purposes.
December 7th, 2012 at 12:13 pm
He reminds of me of the guy in Napoleon Dynamite… Rex Kwan Do.
“Bow to your Sensei….BOW TO YOUR SENSEI!!!!”
Get a pair of American Flag pants dude, that ratty old bathrobe has to go.
December 7th, 2012 at 12:14 pm
Frank Dux beating up Super Mario!
http://youtu.be/eDC6hKdTsr8
December 7th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Sqeaky wheel gettin’ some grease.
December 7th, 2012 at 1:15 pm
If this guy’s a Chinese martial arts expert, why is he wearing a Japanese outfit?
December 7th, 2012 at 1:29 pm
Notice that tough guy look of extreme constipation.
Love the background too.
December 7th, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Trying hard to pull off that Richard Chamberlin “Shogun” look.
I wonder if he bats the same way?
Probably need to check with “Ranger” Burrell…
April 25th, 2013 at 10:53 pm
Shitbag.