gedde watanabe played long duck dong in 16 candles.
gedde watanabe played long duck dong in 16 candles.
who played long duck dong in 16 candles?
gedde watanabe
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long duk dong is a fictional character that appears in "sixteen candles", a 1984 american coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by john hughes. played by japanese american actor gedde watanabe, the character is an asian foreign exchange student and a supporting character in the film set at a us suburban high school. the character has been called an offensive stereotype of asian people.









































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in "sixteen candles" (1984), long duk dong (played by gedde watanabe) is an asian foreign exchange student who stays with the grandparents of the film's protagonist samantha (played by molly ringwald).
long duk dong
16 candles (song)









































"16 candles" is a 1958 song performed by the crests and written by luther dixon and allyson r. khent.









































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bullet::::1. "16 candles"









































bullet::::2. "beside you"









































single originally released in 1958 on coed records # 506









































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bullet::::- the song peaked at number two on the billboard hot 100 charts, while stagger lee by lloyd price was at number one. "16 candles" also went number four on the us r&b charts for 21 weeks in 1959.









































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bullet::::- stray cats recorded a cover of this song for the "sixteen candles" (1984) movie soundtrack.
16 candles (song)