Captain Lou Albano Dies at 76. We should do the Mario! - Polidicks

[quote]Captain Lou Albano, the crazed and charismatic wrestling icon who played Cyndi Lauper's dad in her "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" video, has died. He was 76. Albano - known for his wild goatee, usually tamed by a rubber band, and his half-open Hawaiian shirts - was a wrestling world fixture for more than a half-century. He was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in 1996, paying tribute to Albano's management of 15 WWE tag team champions and WWE title holder Ivan Koloff. The colorful and kooky Albano was dubbed "The Guiding Light" for his "management" work. "One of the company's most popular and charismatic legends," the WWE said in a statement. "He will be greatly missed." But Albano's success transcended the ring and catapulted the Captain into pop culture. The band NRBQ paid homage with their song "Captain Lou," and he appeared in a number of "Miami Vice" episodes along with several films. His biggest moment came when he teamed with Lauper for a string of videos in 1985, playing her father. The "Rock N Wrestling Connection" helped boost both Lauper's record sales and the WWE's ratings. Albano also played Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, a hybrid live-action/animated show. No one was faster to sing the captain's praises than Albano himself. "Often imitated, never duplicated," was his repeated self-assessment. He was once a wrestler himself, launching his career in Canada in 1953. He moved to the WWWF - a WWE precursor - in the early '60s, and won a tag-team title in 1967 by defeating a two-man pairing that included Bruno Sammartino. Albano found his true calling in the corner, managing other wrestlers with antics that rivaled anything going on in the ring. Albano's 75th birthday party last year at a Yonkers restaurant turned into a drunken battle royal, with the arrest of one wrestler. Read more: [url]http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/2009/10/14/2009-10-14_captain_lou_albano_legendary_wwfera_wrestling_manager_and_ci.html#ixzz0TvpmmsOo[/url][/quote] To celebrate his life we must do the one thing he always asked us.. Do the Mario. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65uNCLBTje0[/media]

He is doing the Mario in the big Pipe in the sky.

"fuck you, luigi"

[quote]He moved to the WWWF - a WWE precursor - in the early '60s, and won a tag-team title in 1967 by defeating a two-man pairing that included Bruno Sammartino.[/quote] Must've been good at combo jumps

When I read the news the first time the mario death tune played in my mind. Was that a bad thing?

I just realized how scary his singing is.

I hope there's going to be lots of spaghetti where he's going.

:sigh: RIP

How much did they have to pay him to do that damn show?

"Luigi, I'm home!" Rest in peace. ):

I am still not voting for mario.

Guess he ran out of 1-UPs

[QUOTE=T2DM;17832310]Guess he ran out of 1-UPs[/QUOTE] Dude, you're not supposed to do shitty jokes whenever someone cool dies.

[QUOTE=Minorkos;17842199]Dude, you're not supposed to do shitty jokes whenever someone cool dies.[/QUOTE] I didn't see that post but I think it's kind of amusing.

[QUOTE=Minorkos;17842199]Dude, you're not supposed to do shitty jokes whenever someone cool dies.[/QUOTE] Looks like Billy Mays heart just couldn't [I]Beat It[/I]... wait.

does this constitute as "doing the mario"? :mario:

[QUOTE=Gordon Frohm;17842697]does this constitute as "doing the mario"? :mario:[/QUOTE] That's Mario doing you. Insert Soviet Russia joke.

[QUOTE=Malumbre;17842869]That's Mario doing you. Insert Soviet Russia joke.[/QUOTE] In Soviet Russia, you don't joke about Soviet Russia, Soviet Russia jokes about you! And then kills you in a horrific way.

i didn't even realize there was a mario tv show.

Luigi finally killed him.