Walker Texas Ranger Internet Archive ((link))

No discussion of Walker on the internet is complete without the meme that transcended the show itself. In the mid-2000s, on early forums like SomethingAwful and 4chan, "Chuck Norris Facts" became the internet’s first viral textual meme.

She expected grainy dashcam footage. Instead, she got Cordell Walker himself — not Chuck Norris on screen, but the actual man, recorded by a trainee ranger during a raid briefing. His voice was low, calm, precise. “Evil hides in plain sight. You don’t chase it. You wait. You listen. Then you roundhouse it so hard it forgets its own name.” walker texas ranger internet archive