WEBVTT - MINI: Chuck Norris 

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<v Speaker 1>O'Connell show podcast. Over the weekend sad news. An amazing

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<v Speaker 1>martial arts actor and athlete, Chuck Norris passed away. And

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<v Speaker 1>for some of you who are similar kind of age

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<v Speaker 1>and vintage and myself Chuck Norris back in the eighties

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<v Speaker 1>was and the seventies the man. I was a massive

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<v Speaker 1>Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee fan as a kid. Still

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a massive Bruce Lee fan as an adult as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Some things from childhood to stay with you and the

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<v Speaker 1>fight seeing that they had in Way of the Dragon.

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<v Speaker 1>I had that poster on my wall. So two things

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about Chuck Norris passing over the weekend that I

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<v Speaker 1>thought about one of the posters that you had on

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<v Speaker 1>your bedroom wall when you were a kid. What were

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<v Speaker 1>the posters on your bedroom warm? Mine was Chuck Norris

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<v Speaker 1>and Bruce Lee their fight at the Colosseum in Way

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<v Speaker 1>of the Dragon. The other thing is sometimes when you

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<v Speaker 1>when you see a star and you are actually star struck.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember about fifteen years ago. I happened to actually

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<v Speaker 1>see Chuck Norris on the streets of London. Feels like

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<v Speaker 1>a Chunk Norris joke. It actually was marching down Regent

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<v Speaker 1>Street and I couldn't believe it really was Chuck Norris.

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<v Speaker 1>And he was with another martial arts legend as well.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you know you martial arts, you'll know who

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<v Speaker 1>Benny the Jet Aquidas was it propel them walking down.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what they've been doing in town. And

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<v Speaker 1>I walked over the street. I wanted to go and

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<v Speaker 1>say hello to Chuck, and then I got within about

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<v Speaker 1>three or four meters and I just froze. I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's the aura and power of Chunk Norris. Then actually

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<v Speaker 1>my weak and testosterone. I think he depleted it like

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<v Speaker 1>a force field. It sort of just reduced me to

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<v Speaker 1>a quaking mess like many of his foes. And so

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<v Speaker 1>I said nothing. I actually had nothing. I was star struck.

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<v Speaker 1>I gut it. I would have loved to have said

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<v Speaker 1>I used to love you movies. I'm gutted and got

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<v Speaker 1>to say anything to Chuck Norris. So today Chuck Norris

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<v Speaker 1>was on my wall. The other thing, this is so sad.

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<v Speaker 1>I used to get this imported American martial arts magazine

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<v Speaker 1>when I as a teenager called Combat magazine, and I

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<v Speaker 1>remember saving up. It was fifty pounds, a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>money as a kid. That saved up for a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of months, and my paper round to get these genes

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<v Speaker 1>that Chunk Norris advertise as Chuck Norris Action Jeans. Still

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<v Speaker 1>got a photo of the advert. I put it on

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<v Speaker 1>it and it was a picture of Chuck Norris right

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<v Speaker 1>wearing cowboy boots, wearing his own bespoke denim jeans and

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<v Speaker 1>kicking a man in the head right roundhousing and luckily

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<v Speaker 1>these genes. I remember. The main bit on the advert

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<v Speaker 1>was it, you know, as a kid, you just don't

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<v Speaker 1>understand anything. You just taken a face value. Now I

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<v Speaker 1>look back, what the hell was a reinforced gusset. It

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<v Speaker 1>had the phrase reassuringly reinforced guss It like maybe a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of times Chuck had gone to roundhouse some near

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<v Speaker 1>dueller and split his pants, and it was like, this

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<v Speaker 1>can never happen again. I need to design genes so

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<v Speaker 1>that members of the public can always be roundhouse ready.

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<v Speaker 1>If you need to throw down against some whoon, you

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<v Speaker 1>don't need to worry about splitting your denim cas. You've

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<v Speaker 1>got the reassurance you reinforce guss It. Maybe we should

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<v Speaker 1>also do this week what you sent off for as

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<v Speaker 1>a kid. You would easily that precious pocket money of yours.

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<v Speaker 1>You know your parents wouldn't know what you were saving

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<v Speaker 1>up for us sending Chuck Norris action jeans so that

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<v Speaker 1>I could be Chuck Norris ready, just as roundhouse anyone

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<v Speaker 1>in the streets. You've always got to be ready for that.

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<v Speaker 1>You never know what situation ready right now, I've got

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<v Speaker 1>to reinforce guss It. It's sadly for medical reasons at

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<v Speaker 1>fifty two. So the memory of the great man Chuck Norris.

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<v Speaker 1>Ever been starstruck? You said nothing when you will confronted

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<v Speaker 1>with someone fame? Have you ever been starstruck? And what

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<v Speaker 1>were the posters on your bedroom wall as a teenage?

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<v Speaker 1>It was Chuck Norris to me, Tina, one of our

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<v Speaker 1>producers on the show, you got starstruck with Ricky Mark

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<v Speaker 1>I did? I met Ricky and he asked me for

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<v Speaker 1>my name. I just couldn't remember my name. Did this happen?

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<v Speaker 1>He was doing CD siding at a local shopping sent

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<v Speaker 1>two years ago. It's with joke, Norris, is it Ricky Martin?

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<v Speaker 1>What's it? He just don't. I just don't. My cold

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<v Speaker 1>shop and it's going to do some some CDs that

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<v Speaker 1>for five in the morning. Why did you don't even

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<v Speaker 1>like there anyone else at five in the morning there

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<v Speaker 1>were I was number two hundred in the line and

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<v Speaker 1>the two hundred Thank god for that. He's back in

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<v Speaker 1>favor again now because of his friendship with Bad Bunny,

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<v Speaker 1>isn't he? I think so? Yeah, he did. The performance

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<v Speaker 1>of the Super Bowl was great. So you go up

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<v Speaker 1>there to get your CD signed by Ricky Martin and

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<v Speaker 1>you just you've got nothing to say. I went blank,

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<v Speaker 1>and I wanted him to sign it for my mum

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<v Speaker 1>for Mother's Day. So I wanted her name, and I

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't remember her name, remember my name? My friend had

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<v Speaker 1>to be like, oh, her name's Tina, and then he

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<v Speaker 1>would started writing TEENA. I was like, no, Maria, you

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<v Speaker 1>need to write Maria, and he didn't. He looked at

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<v Speaker 1>me confused. That's great, all right. So two ways to

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<v Speaker 1>get in touch with the show This Morning star struck.

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<v Speaker 1>You met a celebrity, you could say nothing me Chuck, Norris, Tinu,

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<v Speaker 1>Ricky Martin wa'ts yours and posters on your teenage bedroom

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