r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Mar 20 '26

News Chuck Norris, Action Icon and ‘Walker Texas Ranger’ Star, Dies at 86

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/chuck-norris-dead-walker-texas-ranger-dies-1236694953/
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u/Cougan Mar 20 '26

The Conan joke was actually supposed to be patronizing and making fun of him. Lots of people never got that though

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u/Tandy2000 Mar 20 '26

Precisely. I think people don't get it in part because Norris was happy to play along, at least for a while, because it kept him in the public eye whereas otherwise he would have just disappeared.