Among numerous complimentary references to Kung Fu made on screen by other film makers were: Quentin Tarentino's Pulp Fiction ("...walk the Earth like Caine in Kung Fu"), Office Space (Jennifer Aniston and Ron Livingston love to watch Kung Fu) and dramatized on screen as TV show that Tony Soprano enjoyed in the HBO series The Sopranos.
Ed and his wife, Bonnie have been married for fifty years. They have two daughters and two grandsons.
Ed is a life-long classic and sports car enthusiast A member of the Ventura Sports & Race Car Club, he is the Master of Ceremonies at their yearly Concours events.
Decades later, the continually quoted Kung Fu influence on popular culture is "Grasshopper" (which Caine was nicknamed by Master Po, played by Keye Luke). "Grasshopper" now has a new meaning in the lexicon of language.