Ian Spector

Ian Spector is an American humorist and web developer best known for creating the internet phenomenon Chuck Norris Facts.

Life

Spector graduated from the Wheatley School in 2005 and Brown University in 2009, where he wrote for The Brown Jug and concentrated in neuroscience.

Chuck Norris Facts

Protest banner at the University of Bamberg alluding to Chuck Norris facts (German: "Only Chuck Norris manages to achieve a bachelor's degree in scheduled time")

After creating the website "4Q.cc" and "thetruthaboutchuck.com" both online Chuck Norris Facts generators, the sites became and internet phenomena, and quickly became a viral internet meme.^[1] This, however, attracted a lawsuit by Norris, who sued for misappropriated and exploited Norris' name and likeness without authorization for his own commercial profit.^[2] Since then, Spector has released both “The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 Facts About the World’s Greatest Human” and "The Truth About Chuck Norris" to significant commercial success.^[3] It includes satirical "facts" as "Chuck Norris's tears cure cancer, too bad he has never cried" and "Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits," and "Chuck Norris can charge a cell phone by rubbing it against his beard." Chuck Norris facts have spread around the world, leading not only to translated versions, but also spawning localized versions mentioning country-specific advertisements and other Internet phenomena. Allusions are also sometimes made to his use of roundhouse kicks to perform seemingly any task, his large amount of body hair with specific regard to his beard, and his role in the action television series Walker, Texas Ranger.

Books

• The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 Facts About the World's Greatest Human
• Chuck Norris vs. Mr. T
• Chuck Norris Cannot Be Stopped
• Chuck Norris: Longer and Harder

References