Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos (1986)

Chuck's cartoon counterpart is a US government operative who moustaches his way through five chucklesome episodes with the help of his ethnic stereotype Karate Kommandos. Chuck and his team fight for freedom against the evil Claw, the leader of VULTURE and owner of a dangerous metallic fap hand. I have no idea what VULTURE stands for, or if it's even an acronym.

The Claw has his own team of subordinates that he sends into battle against the Kommandos; among them is the awesomely named Super Ninja.

It's a good thing our hero has "nerves of steel and strength to match," because his recklessness gets him into all kinds of near-death scrapes. And it's because of him that his friends get into fights, too. Sort your shit out, Chuck.

It's rather worrying that he's a role model who teaches by example but allows a teenager with nunchucks on his team! The kid gets kidnapped more than once.

I suspect the reason it didn't go beyond five episodes is that a lot of kids didn't care about Chuck in the 80s; to them he probably just looked like someone's dad. It's mostly due to nostalgia for bad 80s action movies that he's achieved the kind of fame he now enjoys. If you're one of the people that do care, or that has the nostalgia, then you might get a laugh or two from the short-lived series.

5 episodes, approx 22 minutes each.

2½ breached dykes out of 5