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Published: 2009-10-15 01:50:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 2425; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 120
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A little homage to the old Cap'n, in one of the shows he worked, that was among my favourites when I was a kid. I didn't follow his career in WWE, as wrestling was not very popular here, so here's how I remember him.Not particularly happy with this one. I still suck at portraits.
Lou Albano is himself.
Mario belongs to Nintendo.
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! belongs to DiC Enterprises, Nintendo of America, Saban International (co-production), Sei Young Animation Co. Ltd. (co-production)
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Yeah. He worked in a lot of media, and by what I read, he good fairly succesful in a lot of places.
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Yeah but for some reason everyone of our age group only remember the Mario show. And from what I read, he hated that.
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As I mentioned, wrestling is not big around here. I only found out he was a former wrestle a couple years ago.
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Gotcha. I never really followed wrestling but it was literally part of pop culture during that point in the 80s thanks to people like him.
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He was before my time, but even I did the Mario... RIP cap'n
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It was from my time. I feel olde
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Very sad news you bring for me today. But he will live on so long as we all remember how to do the Mario.
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That's right a wrestler played Mario in the TV show. I had forgotten that.
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Yup. Funny how things went.
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I'm gonna try to put a rubber band in my goatee in his memory. RIP Lou Albano
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Hehe. Cool. I'd do it too, if my beard was a tad longer XD
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I used to watch him when I was kid in the 2nd or 3rd grade.
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Swing your arms from side to side, come on everyone, its time, Do the Mario! Take one step, and then again...come on, lets go, all together now!
I'd be lying if I said I knew who this guy was outside of the Super Mario Brothers Super Show. Though I do remember that one.
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Yeah, me too. Only in the past few years I read more about him.
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I was watching CNN tonight when I saw the news on the crawl he had passed, I was pretty shocked. Very nice picture, btw.
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Perai, o cara que fazia o Mario no programa antigo era lutador de luta livre O3O ?
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Aham. A biografia dele diz que ele passou mais tempo como agente, que é como ele fez fama, com pelo menos outros 13 lutadores sob a tutela dele indo pro Hall da Fama.
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I'm sure he's up there teaching Owen, Eddie, and Chris the Mario.....
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I had to Google who are them, but yeah, I agree
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For the last time "Every one let's do the mario!!"
R.I.P: Cap'n
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I can still hear his voice now, all us Pizanos (sp?) listening.
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Hehe. I watched it dubbed in Portuguese, but saw some clips with the original audio online.
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A Tribute to the Captain I just wrote of the top of my head:
The Captain started off in a tag team called the The Scicilians in the 50's and 60's. They had a mafia gimmick which was very controversial [link]
After retiring he became a manager, a very hated manager who led Ivan Koloff to the World Title, ending Bruno Sammartino's 7 year reign as champion.
He also led Don Muraco, Greg Valentine, and others to Intercontinental Gold.
His biggest success as a manager was with tag teams, leading 15 tag teams to tag team championships.
He gained mainstream fame with his cameo in Cyndi lauper's music video Girls just want to have fun as the father.
[link]
Lou was instrumental in getting Cyndi Lauper involved with the WWE (WWF at the time) in 1984, laying the foundation for the first Wrestlemania.
He retired from managing to work on the Super Mario Super Show, trailblazing the dance known as "The Mario".
In 1993 or so he made a brief oomeback to managing, managing a new Samoan team with former client Afa of the Wild Samoans.
In 1996 he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. As of 2009 there are 13 wrestlers in the Hall of Fame that Lou Albano managed.
In 1997 he made sporadic appearances.
In the late 90's early 2000s he co-wrote the book "The Idiots guide to Wrestling".
In the 2000s he kept busy on the independent scene, making appearances at legends events, autograph signings and the like.
In 2007 he made his last appearance on WWE TV, paying tribute to Vince McMahon after his storyline death.
Earlier this year his autobiography was released.
Rest in Peace Lou Albano.
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Thanks for all the information. I was looking for that video that a friend told me about.
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I heard the news on a wrestling fan site. Sad news to hear today. I grew up seeing Lou on WWF and on the Super Mario Bros Show. He will definitely be missed. Great tribute, Dwarf.
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Still, clever use of the wing cap.
A TOAST
TO THE DEAR OL' CAP'N
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Thanks. I thought it would be fitting
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Swing your arms, from side to side
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Yeah, that is sad to hear, but I loved that show growing up, even though it came out before I was born, like alot of other shows I liked.
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Yeah. One of my favourite shows back then.
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I think it was everyone's favorite show... unless you were a Sega fan. But I was neutral, so Super Show and Sonic were my morning routines.
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I was more a Nintendo fan, although I don't dislike Sonic. It's just... they tried many cartoon versions, and none was to my liking. Lou's Super Show was just right.
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Yeah, no one can deny the Super Show. Always fun to watch, even through the flaws.
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Swing your wings,from side to side.
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