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Sgt. T.K. Yoo

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70 and 80s kid

Here's one that's really obscure. One night back around 1979, there was a one time only show, maybe a pilot or made for TV movie on a weeknight called "Sgt. T.K. Yoo". I don't know if I have the title or spelling completely correct. Anyway, this show fascinated me as a nine year old. It was about a Japanese American police detective, a martial arts expert who also did standup comedy, some of it would be called politically incorrect today. I remember Lee Majors had a role on this program, but when I look at his IMBD page, I find no mention of it. In fact, I can't find any mention of this show on the internet and I've been looking since I got online in 2000. Did I just imagine the whole thing or does anybody have any info on this? I know it came on at 9 p.m on a weeknight and my Mom said it was pretty good(I had a written in stone 9:30 bedtime and only saw the first 20 minutes or so). We thought it was going to be a series, but it never showed up on the schedule again as far as I know. It was probably just a throwaway 70's detective show pilot that never got picked up, but I've always wondered about it for some odd reason.
 
I vaguely recall seeing that pilot "Sgt. T.K. Yu" starring Johnny Yune. In one scene he does a karate-type move on an approaching car, which stops and its bumper falls off. He scoffs and says, "American cars!"
 
OK, I found some info, using the Yu spelling. Also, he was Korean, not Japanese. I made the mistake because in one of his standup jokes, he said that when people found out he was a cop, they called him "Kojap"(told ya it wasn't p.c.). How in the world did I remember that? I remember the bumper scene, too.
 
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