Chuck Norris = Little Bitch

[PopCulturePooka]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22963279-2,00.html

TOUGH guy actor and martial arts expert Chuck Norris has sued publisher Penguin over a book he claims unfairly exploits his famous name, based on a satirical internet list of "mythical facts" about him.

Penguin published The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 facts about the World's Greatest Human in November.

Author Ian Spector, an undergraduate at Brown University, and two websites he runs to promote the book, including www.truthaboutchuck.com, are also named in the suit.

The book capitalised on "mythical facts" that have been circulating on the internet since 2005 which poked fun at Norris's tough-guy image and super-human abilities, the suit said.

It included such humorous "facts" as "Chuck Norris's tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried" and "Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits," the suit said, as well as "Chuck Norris can charge a cell phone by rubbing it against his beard."

"Some of the 'facts' in the book are racist, lewd or portray Mr Norris as engaged in illegal activities," the lawsuit alleged.

Norris, who rose to fame in the 1970s and 1980s as the star of such films as The Delta Force and Missing in Action, said the book's title would mislead readers into thinking the facts were true.

"Defendants have misappropriated and exploited Mr Norris's name and likeness without authorisation for their own commercial profit," said the lawsuit.

The suit, filed in Manhattan federal court, seeks unspecified monetary damages for trademark infringement, unjust enrichment and privacy rights.

Norris, whose real name is Carlos Ray Norris, claims in the suit he is protective of what his name is associated with. He has recently made US headlines for backing Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee.

Norris, an author himself of fiction and non-fiction books, has been in more than 20 films. The actor was a six-time undefeated World Professional Middle Weight Karate champion who in 1997 became the first man in the western hemisphere to be awarded an 8th degree Black Belt Grand Master recognition in the Tae Kwon Do system, the suit said.

A spokesman for Penguin was not immediately available for comment.

- with Reuters

ROFL.

Long past his use by date C-level actor wants more money!

[Mastiker]

edit 2: fuck that.

[h2orowe]

Carlos?

[Eddie Echoplex]

Expect a roundhouse kick in the near future.

Also... Candlejack.

Candlejack, Candlejack, Candlejack, Candlejack, Candlejack...

See? Nothing happened to me, I said a cou

[Urameshi YuSooKey]

Carlos Norris doesn't sue people, he simply takes what he deserves in the first place.


PROTIP: Don't fuck wit Chuck!

[MurphBurger]

Long past his use by date C-level actor wants more money!

two words: Total Gym

[stsparky]

He doesn't like the IRS. They scare him.

[Citizen]

Norris is b-list. C-list actors are the people that VH1 gets for their list shows.

Also, it's nice to see you taking yet another pointless jab at internet memes/phenomenons, Pooka. Celebrities file absurd lawsuits all the time. And to be honest, most of the people who still think that the Chuck Norris facts are funny are pretty damn annoying and moronic. I'd be sick of it too, if I were him. So I'm guessing you choosing Norris wasn't a coincidence. Don't you ever get tired of making threads like this? =0

We get it. You can insult Chuck Norris and say Candlejack and you're not afraid of 4chan and Spears isn't news, etc., etc., etc. We know.

[MNJetter]

I don't see anything wrong with Mr. Norris suing about this. I mean, it's not like he can have the quotes recalled and burned, as they exist on the internet as well as the books. And it is all factual, as far as we know, that the people responsible for the book did so without his permission, and many of the quotes contained within could amount to defamation. I've read quite a few less-than-entertaining ones just by googling the subject. If it was my name being tossed around as though I was a character and not an actual human being with a life and career that stood to be affected by something like that, I would want something done about it too.

[PopCulturePooka]

I've never minded the Chuck Norris meme (beyond barrens chat in WoW, gahk).

I just find it weird he is so vehement againt something that really brought this guy back into the worlds attention and into the eyes of a whole new generation of possible fans. Instead of using this to boost his image, he tries to kill it. He should be capitalising on his redsicovered fame.

If it wasn't for Chuck Norris Facts, if they stayed dwelling on Vin Diesel facts, would anyone even care at all about Chuck?

It was obvious he didn't like it a few years ago when he got all snippy about it on that talk show.

[Kusoyaro]

It's not like anyone is saying the bloke is wrong, just that it's a ridiculous thing to sue for.
If you were famous enough to have an internet fad regarding you, it would have zero impact on your career. Norris is using the attention he will obviously gain to help give more publicity to Huckabee. Wow, media manipulation, what a new concept.
Chuck Norris is a blowhard.

[PopCulturePooka]

I think he could have gotten a whole lot more money, popularity and revival by capitalising on Chuck Norris facts and working with them rather than suing, which may well turn lots of people against him.

[Kusoyaro]

He's Republican. They don't know how to have fun with things that make fun of them.
**Disclaimer - Opinions expressed in this post not necessarily those represented by author**

[Mastiker]

What are you guys talking about? He embraced the jokes before and was like "oh ho ho this is amusing." He doesn't care about their existence at all. What bothers him is that somebody is trying to make money off of his name without his permission. Come on, tell me that wouldn't upset you?

Also:

Also, it's nice to see you taking yet another pointless jab at internet memes/phenomenons, Pooka. Celebrities file absurd lawsuits all the time. And to be honest, most of the people who still think that the Chuck Norris facts are funny are pretty damn annoying and moronic. I'd be sick of it too, if I were him. So I'm guessing you choosing Norris wasn't a coincidence. Don't you ever get tired of making threads like this? =0

We get it. You can insult Chuck Norris and say Candlejack and you're not afraid of 4chan and Spears isn't news, etc., etc., etc. We know.

olol awesum.

[Jetsetlemming]

The concept of some douchebag writing a book and selling it as a collection of internet memes is shameful and embarrassing enough that I'm glad Norris is suing him. I mean, fuck. That's like publishing a book of motivational posters you found on 4chan.

[Mastiker]

Yeah, essentially he took a crap load of jokes that somebody else made up, slapped his name on it, and is selling it. If I had known you could do that, I would have done it by now. D:

[PopCulturePooka]

Welcome to almost any book of jokes ever

[Mastiker]

This is true, but the Chuck Norris jokes are free to read. On the internet. Where they originated. The benefit of having a joke book is that it's quite possibly the only solid medium they came on - before the internet, of course. When your options were "oral" or "written", it makes sense for somebody to write them down. However, the Chuck Norris jokes are already "written down" in a medium that anybody can have access to. For free.

[stsparky]

My coworker Jack does a dynamite imitation of Chuck. I'll see if I can get a pic of it. I've met the man back in 1966 when I was taking classes at his Karate studio - and he's pretty typical for his generation. The reason Carlos is behind Huckabee is that Huckabee has this moronic flat tax idea. As an ex-IRS person I had to deal with Mr. Norris' accountant over some issues.

[Mastiker]

My coworker Jack does a dynamite imitation of Chuck. I'll see if I can get a pic of it. I've met the man back in 1966 when I was taking classes at his Karate studio - and he's pretty typical for his generation. The reason Carlos is behind Huckabee is that Huckabee has this moronic flat tax idea. As an ex-IRS person I had to deal with Mr. Norris' accountant over some issues.

Stsparky: hero for the masses. You've had quite a life, eh?

Also... flat tax?

[Decade]

Chuck Norris is so tough, he doesn't have to work anymore. He just sues people who make books about him

[Noel]

"Some of the 'facts' in the book are racist, lewd or portray Mr Norris as engaged in illegal activities," the lawsuit alleged.

Are the anti-Chuck folk missing this? What exactly is unacceptable about suing someone for involving you in racist jokes?

If the jokes were all funny and above-board, then you wouldn't mind being tied to them. But of course nobody wants to be linked to something racist.


Another difference between this book and old joke books is that a lot more research is involved in finding and transcribing all those oral jokes. You can pull a book's worth of Chuck Norris facts off a single webpage.

[Roxie]

Jack Bauer would never pull this shit.

[MNJetter]

Jack Bauer is a fictional character. :P

[Pierrot le Fou]

Stsparky: hero for the masses. You've had quite a life, eh?

Also... flat tax?
Flat tax is a non-progressive tax. Rather than paying more if you earn more, the government just takes X percent of your salary and that's that.

It's advocated by rich people who talk about simplicity in the system. I advocate a simpler system, but not the flat tax. It's just as easy to make brackets that are simple, and remove the zillions of incentives that make the tax code complex, but then rich people wouldn't be content.

Of course, in reality, I support the Ron Paul tax plan -- no taxes.

[Jetsetlemming]

Of course, in reality, I support the Ron Paul tax plan -- no taxes.
Reminds me of Jennifer Government. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Government) You know, as much as the book tried to portray that world as bad and excessive and semi-dystopian, I still liked it a lot.

[Pierrot le Fou]

I should really read that book -- wonder if it's on amazon Japan.

[Azrael]

Jack Bauer is a fictional character. :P
That's what Jack wants you to believe.

[Excel-2008]

I want to publish a book about me.

[Everdarke]

I want to publish a book about me. It would be kinda boring though. Maybe after 20 more years I'll have something to write about.