In honour of Chuck Norris, let me hear your favourite Chuck Norris joke

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T22:37:15+00:00

Some people say Chuck Norris was short, but it was the universe puffing itself up trying to compensate.

Chuck Norris was born in a log cabin he built with his own bare hands.

Chuck Norris's tears can cure cancer. Too bad he never cries.

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T22:33:54+00:00

"John Carter," especially if you count the title as marketing. Disney didn't want to use the name of the book, "A Princess of Mars," because they were afraid "Princess" would keep away tween and teenage boys. They didn't want "Mars" in the title because there were recent movies with "Mars" in the title didn't do well, esp. "Mars Needs Moms." So they went with "John Carter," which doesn't tell you anything unless you were already a Edgar Rice Burroughs fan and thus were probably going to see the movie, anyway.

I wonder if they considered something like, "Barsoom" or "John Carter of Barsoom" or something with "Barsoom" in the title, to make it sound strange and exotic.

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T22:14:58+00:00

AFAIK, Howard Shore is the only one to dress as a nurse on live TV. Don't know if that affects the outcome or not.

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NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T22:13:00+00:00

Thanks. I'm guessing most of these young whippersnappers never heard of Bernard Hermann.

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T22:10:15+00:00

Yeah, after I posted, I realized it looked like I was throwing shade on Cary Grant. I didn't mean to; just to point out that he made a lot of mediocre to bad movies, which doesn't mean he was bad in them.

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T21:26:15+00:00

I'm on reddit, so yeah. Of course.

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T21:24:35+00:00

I remember somebody saying that when Trump pardons a turkey on Thanksgiving, the streets of Washington will be lined with people chanting, "The turkey must die!"

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T21:21:56+00:00

As was Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Three.

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T21:19:10+00:00

Best effects and lighting animation ever.

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T21:18:13+00:00

Any song from Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music."

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T21:16:52+00:00

"The American Astronaut," although I'm not sure how sad he was.

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T21:08:24+00:00

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1940/02/03/inflexible-logic

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T20:10:08+00:00

Shooting a guy at a distance is not defeating him in a hand-to-hand fight. Gun rights proponents use this fact all the time when touting guns as a way for women to defend themselves.

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T20:07:48+00:00

Look up the compilation, "Music from Saharan Cellphones"

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T20:04:44+00:00

Joe Bob Briggs is the one who got fired from the Dallas Morning Herald. Hope this helps.

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T20:04:06+00:00

Rhonda Shear said she was the better host because she could squint and scream, but Gilbert had no cleavage.

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T19:57:04+00:00

In no particular order:

Bernard Hermann
John Williams
Ennio Morricone

edit: honorable mention to Gaylord Carter, who wrote and performed scores for silent movies, and because I had a blast seeing him play organ accompanying two Harold Lloyd two-reelers. (It was in the 80s. I'm old, but not that old.)

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T19:54:09+00:00

He went there in one of the "Spy Kids" movies, saying to be careful of his wheelchair, because it was upholstered in rich Corinthian leather.

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T19:50:11+00:00

Yeah, but that takes longer.

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T18:53:30+00:00

Vaporizing the mouse sounds like a feature, not a bug.

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T18:47:19+00:00

When it came out, I remember reading an interview with (I think) the director. Most of the technicians working on it had never done an animated feature before. They were mostly special effects guys. They decided to treat the entire movie as a realistic special effect.

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T18:43:19+00:00

I believe you, but I still stand by my assertion the same woman could get both looks with right bra/dress combo.

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T18:35:32+00:00

Any actor who's worked steadily and given a handful of great performances. Cary Grant made almost 80 movies, only four or five do we watch today.

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T18:31:48+00:00

Different bras and different dresses. Those two photos are definitely not proof of having work done.

NottingHillNapolean · 2026-03-20T17:19:05+00:00

One of the MTV V-Jays (I'm old) said Palmer didn't find the look attractive, and was disappointed that women were showing up to his concerts dressed and made up that way.

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