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by flagos10 87 days ago
In France, it was popular enough that everybody knew Texas ranger before the Chuck Norris jokes.
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We used to watch lot's of chuck Norris films back then here in Nigeria, I can't even remember the titles, but all we knew was chuck Norris alone can defeat a whole country's army. We used to think one American soldier can defeat a whole army.
Same in Italy, it was prime time TV for a few years.

Not overly popular, but many people already knew him from the Bruce Lee era, so it had a following by default.

Lots of fans in the Philippines, apparently.
Same in Hungary.
India too!
Same in Slovakia