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Title: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Caliga on October 14, 2009, 12:18:18 PM
 :cry:
QuoteCaptain Lou Albano dead at 76
October 14, 2009 |  9:27 am

Legendary pro wrestling manager Captain Lou Albano died this morning, MTV.com is reporting.

Albano, who was sent home from the hospital earlier this week and place under hospice care, was 76 years old.

Albano is best known to non-wrestling fans as the father in Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" video. That helped kick off the Rock 'n Wrestling connection that launched the then-WWF to national prominence in the 1980s.
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on October 14, 2009, 12:21:04 PM
:( RIP... though he's one of those I thought had died ages ago. He never looked umm "healthy"
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Caliga on October 14, 2009, 12:22:20 PM
I always liked him because he looked like Ron Jeremy.  Also for his timeless performance as Mario in the Super Mario Brothers cartoon/live action show.
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: derspiess on October 14, 2009, 12:25:14 PM
RIP Lou :(
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on October 14, 2009, 12:27:39 PM
Quote from: Caliga on October 14, 2009, 12:22:20 PM
I always liked him because he looked like Ron Jeremy.  Also for his timeless performance as Mario in the Super Mario Brothers cartoon/live action show.

He played Mario? I never saw that. great casting. should've had Ron Jeremy as Wario.
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Jaron on October 14, 2009, 01:29:15 PM
Thank you, Lou. :(






...





But our princess is in another castle!
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Darth Wagtaros on October 14, 2009, 02:05:55 PM
You read MTV.com for news?
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Caliga on October 14, 2009, 02:19:18 PM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on October 14, 2009, 02:05:55 PM
You read MTV.com for news?
No, I read Google News.
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Sophie Scholl on October 14, 2009, 03:40:35 PM
 :cry:  Super Mario Brothers Super Show no more.
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Caliga on October 14, 2009, 07:53:07 PM
I hope he's doing the Mario in Heaven.  :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65uNCLBTje0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65uNCLBTje0)
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Caliga on October 14, 2009, 07:56:45 PM
Also, here's the intro in German, because it amuses me to hear people rap in German.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp1Lbmutry0&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp1Lbmutry0&feature=related)
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Syt on October 15, 2009, 12:36:47 AM
Quote from: Caliga on October 14, 2009, 07:56:45 PM
Also, here's the intro in German, because it amuses me to hear people rap in German.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp1Lbmutry0&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp1Lbmutry0&feature=related)

Thanks for bringing back painful, repressed memories.
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Caliga on October 15, 2009, 05:53:24 AM
 :hug:
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: DontSayBanana on October 15, 2009, 06:08:45 AM
Not to speak ill of the deceased or anything...

...but nostalgia really makes some shows seem better than they actually were.  I made a point of being up early on Saturday mornings to watch the likes of that? :blink:
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Caliga on October 15, 2009, 06:58:44 AM
 :lol: Even at the time I thought the show was a total POS, but for some reason me and my brother liked to watch it when we got home from school.  Super Mario Brothers Super Show + Peanut M&Ms + Birch Beer = Good Times.
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: FunkMonk on October 15, 2009, 07:01:51 AM
RIP Mario.  :(
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Vince on October 15, 2009, 07:03:06 AM
I liked the Friday Zelda cartoons better.   :blush:
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Caliga on October 15, 2009, 07:04:57 AM
You know something weird?  Now that I think about it, I've never played a single Mario Bros. game.
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: DontSayBanana on October 15, 2009, 07:10:55 AM
Quote from: Caliga on October 15, 2009, 07:04:57 AM
You know something weird?  Now that I think about it, I've never played a single Mario Bros. game.

Super Mario Bros. gathered a lot of dust on my shelf when I got ticked off around World 4 and never beat it; I played a lot of SMB2 and SMB3, though.
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Ed Anger on October 15, 2009, 08:13:53 AM
Quote from: Caliga on October 15, 2009, 07:04:57 AM
You know something weird?  Now that I think about it, I've never played a single Mario Bros. game.

You really didn't miss much.
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Caliga on October 15, 2009, 08:18:32 AM
Well yeah, they always looked ghey to me.  :)

Part of it was simply that I never had a Nintendo.  When other kids were getting Nintendos, I had my trusty Commodore 64 with like 3,000 pirated games.  :cool:
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: DontSayBanana on October 15, 2009, 08:24:03 AM
Quote from: Caliga on October 15, 2009, 08:18:32 AM
Well yeah, they always looked ghey to me.  :)

Part of it was simply that I never had a Nintendo.  When other kids were getting Nintendos, I had my trusty Commodore 64 with like 3,000 pirated games.  :cool:

I'm willing to grant not missing much by never playing Mario games, but never owning a Nintendo?  Now that's a travesty.  No Contra, Tetris, or The Hunt for Red October? :(
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Caliga on October 15, 2009, 08:25:41 AM
I had the first and third games on my C64 which had much better graphics and sound.  Face it, the NES was a total piece of shit in terms of technology. :(
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Ed Anger on October 15, 2009, 08:27:50 AM
I had: BOTH.

I was: Awesome

Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Caliga on October 15, 2009, 08:29:40 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 15, 2009, 08:27:50 AM
I had: BOTH.

I was: Awesome
I guess I could have had both if I wanted, but neither me nor my brother ever asked our parents for an NES.  The first console we owned was a Sega Genesis, and around that time my brother stole an SNES from this wimpy Flip kid so we had that too.  I loved the SNES.  Chrono Trigger :wub:
Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Ed Anger on October 15, 2009, 08:31:43 AM
Quote from: Caliga on October 15, 2009, 08:29:40 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 15, 2009, 08:27:50 AM
I had: BOTH.

I was: Awesome
I guess I could have had both if I wanted, but neither me nor my brother ever asked our parents for an NES.  The first console we owned was a Sega Genesis, and around that time my brother stole an SNES from this wimpy Flip kid so we had that too.  I loved the SNES.  Chrono Trigger :wub:

I bought my NES with my own money. :goodboy:

Title: Re: OH NOES! CAPTAIN LOU DIED
Post by: Jaron on October 15, 2009, 08:38:08 AM
You guys are silly. :)