Chuck Norris has announced he will be releasing a book this fall containing 101 autobiographical facts through Christian publishing house Tyndale Books.
If this idea sounds a lot like ChuckNorrisFacts.com and the companion book that spent a month atop the New York Times bestsellers list in 2007, it is. Except back then, Chuck Norris really hated the idea and indeed sued the publishers of The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 Facts About the World’s Greatest Human, claiming that “some of the ‘facts’ in the book are racist, lewd or portray Mr. Norris as engaged in illegal activities.”
The lawsuit only served as free publicity for the book and was eventually dropped when Chuck Norris realized he could get on this gravy train. Although, I have to imagine, his version will have zero self-awareness and even less humor.
Fact: Chuck Norris doesn’t understand parody. Or evidently hyperbole, unless he really feels “When Bruce Banner gets mad, he turns into the Hulk; when the Hulk gets mad, he turns into Chuck Norris” is somehow defamatory.
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Have never understood the facination with Chuck Norris. In fact my son’s favorite book is Chuck Norris V.S. Mr. T. Which isn’t saying much about my son’s taste.
Whoops forgot the s in fascination.
Obviously you have never seen any interviews or discussions with Chuck Norris. He is very personable and self deprecating, always cracking jokes. Add in the fact that he could kick your ass even at his age makes him an interesting person no matter what the subject. lol
LN- respectfully, it says more about your taste or lack thereof!
Chuck certainly went overboard trying to defend his image and at least had the commonsense to see the light. And as Aleric said, he does have a sense of humor.
I think the religion side of things makes people a little more sensitive to what he says.
My favorite has always been the bit about him being the only person to slam a revolving door closed.
Hurricane – no offence taken. I have always been a Clint Eastwood girl myself. Never did understand the whole C.N. thing. How can you shut a revolving door?
LN- Clint is a-ok in my book as well. But the great 80’s cheesiness of Chuck was/is too much fun! Missing In Action, Lone Wolf McQuade (my favorite), Code of Silence, and The Delta Force to name a few were just some of the movies that made the 1980’s so much fun.
I can’t shut a revolving door so I don’t know how. But Chuck Norris can!
Chuck Norris is an amazing athlete who can still kick butt at his age. I saw him with the Tea Parties and he was very well spoken and passionate about the US. I know he was a strong supporter of Hucklebee as well.
When you wake up tomorrow and Deceiver won’t be here, think roundhouse kicks…
Behind Chuck Norris’s beard, there is no chin. There is only another fist.
When Chuck Norris exercises, he does not do pushups; he is in fact pushing the Earth down.
Chuck Norris’s body hair only grows outward because it cannot withstand the awesomeness packed within.
When something has been distributed en masse in the public domain, like the Pam Anderson tape for example, the only solution, and its a partial solution is to take some of the profits.
Its actually a good strategy by Norris (a horrible actor whom I can’t stand) to offer a competing product that steals sales from the product he feels misrepresents him.
I’ve seen a revolving door slam shut before. In the event of a fire emergency, most will have some of the sections fold in on each other so it can be turned and used as a normal door-less exit without having to remove it completely. True, this may not be exactly considered ’slamming shut’ but to the guy who was trapped between the two sections closing in on him (and eventually broke around him) it probably seemed as such.
I’ve always preferred Clint Eastwood, too.
However……..
Superman wears Chuck Norris pajamas.
My goodness, you’ve got it bad, Beige.
HuckChuckFacts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDUQW8LUMs8
(That’s a Mike Huckabee ad featuring Chuck Norris facts.)
I’ve never been a fan of Chuckie boy, mostly because I was born too late to be familiar with his movies. And as much as I enjoy internet memes, Chuck Norris facts were kinda lame IMHO. Still, I buy that he was only against the more offensive Chuck Norris facts, and that video shows that he at least has a sense of humor about himself.
Chuck visited my brother’s base in Iraq last year and the soldiers were more excited about it than when the president came. The Chuck Norris facts are an amusing cultural phenomenon. I think they’re hilarious! “Chuck Norris’ tears can cure cancer. Too bad he never cries.”
Has anyone seen the picture of the one written on the outside wall of a building at the south pole or wherever that was?
Isn’t CN about 75 now?
My sons favorite…When C.N. rounhouse kicked a double decker bus, it pooped out a mini cooper.
Chuck Norris doesn’t write books. He kicks sentences and paragraphs in the face until they have to go to the word-hospital.
Oh dear, this is the first time I’ve heard any of the infamous Chuck Norris jokes, thanks for the laffs! X-D
Yes, so far I’ve never seen CN be anything but personable myself, but I’ve never dug too deeply into his territory. He always seemed like an OK guy to me.
But my favorite CN moment has to be when Bruce Lee rips out some of his character’s chest hair in the movie Return of the Dragon, heheh.
“When Bruce Banner gets mad, he turns into the Hulk; when the Hulk gets mad, he turns into Chuck Norris”
I have never heard that one before. It’s pretty funny, though.
Chuck Norris once ate a 72 Ounce Steak in an hour. He spent the first 45 minutes having sex with the waitress.
Chuck Norris grinds coffee with his teeth and boils it with his rage.
Every year on Chuck Norris’ birthday, one lucky child gets picked to be thrown into the sun.
A man once taunted Chuck Norris with a bag of Lays potato chips, saying “betcha can’t eat just one!” Chuck Norris then proceeded to eat the man, the bag, and the chips, all in one deft move.
I’m sorry.
When Chuck Norris jumps in the pool, he does not get wet. The Water Gets Chuck-Norrissed.