1 00:00:09,685 --> 00:00:12,485 Speaker 1: iHeart Podcasts. You can hear more Gold one I four 2 00:00:12,485 --> 00:00:15,965 Speaker 1: point three podcasts, playlist and listen live on the free 3 00:00:16,165 --> 00:00:21,925 Speaker 1: iHeart app. Got anything good? Hey, this is the Christian 4 00:00:21,965 --> 00:00:30,565 Speaker 1: O'Connell show podcast. Over the weekend sad news. An amazing 5 00:00:31,125 --> 00:00:35,684 Speaker 1: martial arts actor and athlete, Chuck Norris passed away. And 6 00:00:35,725 --> 00:00:38,205 Speaker 1: for some of you who are similar kind of age 7 00:00:38,245 --> 00:00:41,525 Speaker 1: and vintage and myself Chuck Norris back in the eighties 8 00:00:42,004 --> 00:00:47,004 Speaker 1: was and the seventies the man. I was a massive 9 00:00:47,324 --> 00:00:49,525 Speaker 1: Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee fan as a kid. Still 10 00:00:49,525 --> 00:00:51,805 Speaker 1: I'm a massive Bruce Lee fan as an adult as well. 11 00:00:52,565 --> 00:00:55,725 Speaker 1: Some things from childhood to stay with you and the 12 00:00:55,765 --> 00:00:57,805 Speaker 1: fight seeing that they had in Way of the Dragon. 13 00:00:57,885 --> 00:01:00,045 Speaker 1: I had that poster on my wall. So two things 14 00:01:00,045 --> 00:01:03,005 Speaker 1: thinking about Chuck Norris passing over the weekend that I 15 00:01:03,085 --> 00:01:04,965 Speaker 1: thought about one of the posters that you had on 16 00:01:05,005 --> 00:01:07,005 Speaker 1: your bedroom wall when you were a kid. What were 17 00:01:07,005 --> 00:01:09,405 Speaker 1: the posters on your bedroom warm? Mine was Chuck Norris 18 00:01:09,645 --> 00:01:12,805 Speaker 1: and Bruce Lee their fight at the Colosseum in Way 19 00:01:12,845 --> 00:01:15,605 Speaker 1: of the Dragon. The other thing is sometimes when you 20 00:01:16,565 --> 00:01:21,285 Speaker 1: when you see a star and you are actually star struck. 21 00:01:21,445 --> 00:01:24,005 Speaker 1: I remember about fifteen years ago. I happened to actually 22 00:01:24,045 --> 00:01:26,925 Speaker 1: see Chuck Norris on the streets of London. Feels like 23 00:01:26,925 --> 00:01:30,885 Speaker 1: a Chunk Norris joke. It actually was marching down Regent 24 00:01:30,965 --> 00:01:34,165 Speaker 1: Street and I couldn't believe it really was Chuck Norris. 25 00:01:34,205 --> 00:01:37,525 Speaker 1: And he was with another martial arts legend as well. 26 00:01:38,325 --> 00:01:39,925 Speaker 1: And if you know you martial arts, you'll know who 27 00:01:39,925 --> 00:01:42,685 Speaker 1: Benny the Jet Aquidas was it propel them walking down. 28 00:01:42,685 --> 00:01:44,685 Speaker 1: I don't know what they've been doing in town. And 29 00:01:44,925 --> 00:01:46,525 Speaker 1: I walked over the street. I wanted to go and 30 00:01:46,525 --> 00:01:49,085 Speaker 1: say hello to Chuck, and then I got within about 31 00:01:49,085 --> 00:01:51,845 Speaker 1: three or four meters and I just froze. I think 32 00:01:51,845 --> 00:01:55,045 Speaker 1: it's the aura and power of Chunk Norris. Then actually 33 00:01:55,125 --> 00:01:58,045 Speaker 1: my weak and testosterone. I think he depleted it like 34 00:01:58,085 --> 00:02:00,445 Speaker 1: a force field. It sort of just reduced me to 35 00:02:00,485 --> 00:02:03,805 Speaker 1: a quaking mess like many of his foes. And so 36 00:02:04,085 --> 00:02:07,685 Speaker 1: I said nothing. I actually had nothing. I was star struck. 37 00:02:07,965 --> 00:02:09,885 Speaker 1: I gut it. I would have loved to have said 38 00:02:09,885 --> 00:02:12,645 Speaker 1: I used to love you movies. I'm gutted and got 39 00:02:12,685 --> 00:02:15,725 Speaker 1: to say anything to Chuck Norris. So today Chuck Norris 40 00:02:15,805 --> 00:02:17,645 Speaker 1: was on my wall. The other thing, this is so sad. 41 00:02:17,885 --> 00:02:21,485 Speaker 1: I used to get this imported American martial arts magazine 42 00:02:21,485 --> 00:02:25,044 Speaker 1: when I as a teenager called Combat magazine, and I 43 00:02:25,085 --> 00:02:27,645 Speaker 1: remember saving up. It was fifty pounds, a lot of 44 00:02:27,685 --> 00:02:29,165 Speaker 1: money as a kid. That saved up for a couple 45 00:02:29,165 --> 00:02:32,445 Speaker 1: of months, and my paper round to get these genes 46 00:02:32,485 --> 00:02:37,805 Speaker 1: that Chunk Norris advertise as Chuck Norris Action Jeans. Still 47 00:02:37,845 --> 00:02:39,725 Speaker 1: got a photo of the advert. I put it on 48 00:02:39,765 --> 00:02:41,805 Speaker 1: it and it was a picture of Chuck Norris right 49 00:02:42,165 --> 00:02:46,645 Speaker 1: wearing cowboy boots, wearing his own bespoke denim jeans and 50 00:02:46,765 --> 00:02:50,325 Speaker 1: kicking a man in the head right roundhousing and luckily 51 00:02:50,525 --> 00:02:55,005 Speaker 1: these genes. I remember. The main bit on the advert 52 00:02:55,645 --> 00:02:58,645 Speaker 1: was it, you know, as a kid, you just don't 53 00:02:58,725 --> 00:03:00,885 Speaker 1: understand anything. You just taken a face value. Now I 54 00:03:00,885 --> 00:03:06,325 Speaker 1: look back, what the hell was a reinforced gusset. It 55 00:03:06,405 --> 00:03:10,965 Speaker 1: had the phrase reassuringly reinforced guss It like maybe a 56 00:03:11,045 --> 00:03:13,525 Speaker 1: couple of times Chuck had gone to roundhouse some near 57 00:03:13,605 --> 00:03:16,445 Speaker 1: dueller and split his pants, and it was like, this 58 00:03:16,725 --> 00:03:20,685 Speaker 1: can never happen again. I need to design genes so 59 00:03:20,725 --> 00:03:23,685 Speaker 1: that members of the public can always be roundhouse ready. 60 00:03:24,085 --> 00:03:26,645 Speaker 1: If you need to throw down against some whoon, you 61 00:03:26,645 --> 00:03:29,365 Speaker 1: don't need to worry about splitting your denim cas. You've 62 00:03:29,365 --> 00:03:36,685 Speaker 1: got the reassurance you reinforce guss It. Maybe we should 63 00:03:36,685 --> 00:03:38,325 Speaker 1: also do this week what you sent off for as 64 00:03:38,325 --> 00:03:41,685 Speaker 1: a kid. You would easily that precious pocket money of yours. 65 00:03:41,805 --> 00:03:43,685 Speaker 1: You know your parents wouldn't know what you were saving 66 00:03:43,765 --> 00:03:47,765 Speaker 1: up for us sending Chuck Norris action jeans so that 67 00:03:47,765 --> 00:03:50,845 Speaker 1: I could be Chuck Norris ready, just as roundhouse anyone 68 00:03:50,845 --> 00:03:52,925 Speaker 1: in the streets. You've always got to be ready for that. 69 00:03:53,005 --> 00:03:55,845 Speaker 1: You never know what situation ready right now, I've got 70 00:03:55,845 --> 00:03:59,325 Speaker 1: to reinforce guss It. It's sadly for medical reasons at 71 00:03:59,325 --> 00:04:04,165 Speaker 1: fifty two. So the memory of the great man Chuck Norris. 72 00:04:04,605 --> 00:04:07,645 Speaker 1: Ever been starstruck? You said nothing when you will confronted 73 00:04:07,725 --> 00:04:11,125 Speaker 1: with someone fame? Have you ever been starstruck? And what 74 00:04:11,165 --> 00:04:14,605 Speaker 1: were the posters on your bedroom wall as a teenage? 75 00:04:14,605 --> 00:04:16,725 Speaker 1: It was Chuck Norris to me, Tina, one of our 76 00:04:16,765 --> 00:04:21,484 Speaker 1: producers on the show, you got starstruck with Ricky Mark 77 00:04:22,765 --> 00:04:25,325 Speaker 1: I did? I met Ricky and he asked me for 78 00:04:25,404 --> 00:04:31,765 Speaker 1: my name. I just couldn't remember my name. Did this happen? 79 00:04:32,325 --> 00:04:35,645 Speaker 1: He was doing CD siding at a local shopping sent 80 00:04:35,765 --> 00:04:40,844 Speaker 1: two years ago. It's with joke, Norris, is it Ricky Martin? 81 00:04:44,125 --> 00:04:46,164 Speaker 1: What's it? He just don't. I just don't. My cold 82 00:04:46,164 --> 00:04:50,205 Speaker 1: shop and it's going to do some some CDs that 83 00:04:50,364 --> 00:04:52,365 Speaker 1: for five in the morning. Why did you don't even 84 00:04:52,404 --> 00:04:55,205 Speaker 1: like there anyone else at five in the morning there 85 00:04:55,245 --> 00:04:57,724 Speaker 1: were I was number two hundred in the line and 86 00:04:57,765 --> 00:05:00,924 Speaker 1: the two hundred Thank god for that. He's back in 87 00:05:01,005 --> 00:05:03,244 Speaker 1: favor again now because of his friendship with Bad Bunny, 88 00:05:03,284 --> 00:05:05,804 Speaker 1: isn't he? I think so? Yeah, he did. The performance 89 00:05:05,804 --> 00:05:08,885 Speaker 1: of the Super Bowl was great. So you go up 90 00:05:08,885 --> 00:05:11,164 Speaker 1: there to get your CD signed by Ricky Martin and 91 00:05:11,164 --> 00:05:13,645 Speaker 1: you just you've got nothing to say. I went blank, 92 00:05:13,685 --> 00:05:15,125 Speaker 1: and I wanted him to sign it for my mum 93 00:05:15,205 --> 00:05:17,525 Speaker 1: for Mother's Day. So I wanted her name, and I 94 00:05:17,525 --> 00:05:20,565 Speaker 1: couldn't remember her name, remember my name? My friend had 95 00:05:20,604 --> 00:05:21,885 Speaker 1: to be like, oh, her name's Tina, and then he 96 00:05:21,885 --> 00:05:24,765 Speaker 1: would started writing TEENA. I was like, no, Maria, you 97 00:05:24,765 --> 00:05:26,564 Speaker 1: need to write Maria, and he didn't. He looked at 98 00:05:26,604 --> 00:05:33,325 Speaker 1: me confused. That's great, all right. 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