Captain Lou Albano

Captain Lou Albano, a legendary WWE wrestler, manager, and actor died today at 76. The boisterous man led 15 wrestling tag teams over his 42-year career, and also starred in the Cyndi Lauper music videos for "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and "Goonies 'R' Good Enough." He also played Mario on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! He usually sported a signature long goatee, which was held together by rubber bands. The wrestler is credited for helping wrestling move into mainstream pop-culture...Read Full Story

Before Charles Martinet made Mario sound like an eccentric Italian ESL student from the land stereotypical accents, our 8-bit hero had another voice: Captain Lou Albano.Captain Lou Albano, a former professional wrestler and actor (though never a sea captain), recently passed away at the age of 76 of natural causes. In the wake of his death, searches surged on the man and his unique body of work.Lou Albano was a professional wrestling, a manager, an actor and more, but in 1989 most young...Read Full Story

Nintendo Wall Graphics - New Super Mario Bros (Office Product)By ThinkGeek Buy new: $69.99 Customer Rating: First tagged by Christina Batten "Twitter Me @ReadySteadyLove" Customer tags: mario, decals, koopa troopa, super mario, 80s, stickers, reusable, video games, super mario party supply Product ImagesReview & DescriptionIt's a tale as old as time. Boy grows up, completely enamored with a computer-generated Italian plumber. He pumps his college fund, in quarter form, into Donkey Kong...Read Full Story

Super Mario Bros: Super Show (4pc) (Dig) (DVD)By Lou Albano Buy new: $27.4951 used and new from $7.98 Customer Rating: Customer tags: mario(14), nintendo(13), super mario bros(10), super mario(9), dic(7), cartoon(7), luigi(7), animation(6), toad(4), classics(3), danny wells(2), captain lou albano(2) Review & DescriptionHey, Paisanos! It’s The Super Mario Bros.® Super Show!™ In 1989 the two most famous plumbers from Brooklyn burst out of the Nintendo® game world and onto television...Read Full Story

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (DVD)By Lou Albano Buy new: $27.4936 used and new from $9.99 Customer Rating: Customer tags: mario(14), nintendo(13), super mario bros(10), super mario(9), dic(7), cartoon(7), luigi(7), animation(6), toad(4), classics(3), danny wells(2), captain lou albano(2) Review & DescriptionHey, Paisanos! It’s The Super Mario Bros.® Super Show!™ In 1989 the two most famous plumbers from Brooklyn burst out of the Nintendo® game world and onto television screens...Read Full Story

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Volume 2 Mixing top-notch animation and live action stars Captain Lou Albano and Danny Wells, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show had every kid in America glued to the TV awaiting the next Mushroom Kingdom adventure. Now, due to the overwhelming success of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show- Volume 1, Mario and Luigi are back with even more episodes, more nostalgic fun and more Mario! It s The Super Mario B Mixing top-notch animation and live action stars...Read Full Story

At last homage is paid to the brains and beauties behind the brawn- the most famous and infamous managers in wrestling history. The men and women you’ll see here are the architects of a Superstar’s success and sometimes the designers of their downfall. These master manipulators will go down in history as the World’s Greatest Wrestling Managers: Captain Lou Albano, Paul Bearer, “Classy” Freddie Blassie, Jim Cornette, Miss Elizabeth, “The Mouth of the South” Jimmy Hart, Bobby “the Brain” Heenan...Read Full Story

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Volume 2 (DVD)By Lou Albano Buy new: $17.4931 used and new from $11.99 Customer Rating: Customer tags: mario(10), super mario bros(9), tv show on dvd(7), nintendo(7), super mario(6), dic(6), animation(5), tv series(4), classics(3), cartoon(3), television(2), captain lou albano Review & DescriptionMixing top-notch animation and live action stars Captain Lou Albano and Danny Wells, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show had every kid in America glued to the TV...Read Full Story

Cindy Lauper says that professional wrestler "Captain" Lou Albano took her up the music charts.The singer said Thursday that she was lucky to work with Albano on her music videos in the 1980s.The rambunctious showman and wrestler died Wednesday in New York of natural causes.Albano's fame skyrocketed when he appeared in Lauper's 1983 "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" music video, playing the singer's dad.Lauper says that Albano took her up the charts "from 10, to 5, to 4 to 1, to minus 5 and back...Read Full Story

Since we start our first breath and open our eyes to see the world, our life is always pointing to death.Capt. Lou Albano, who launched a 1980's prominent WWF and helped the kick of Rock 'n Wrestling passed away at the age of 76, according to Los Angeles Times this morning, October 14, 2009.And according to LA Times website, Capt. Lou Albano was known to non-wrestling fans as the father of Cyndi Lauper.I am not very familiar with Capt. Lou, but my father I think he know's well than mine. As I...Read Full Story