RIP Captain Lou Albano

Hey paesanos, some tragic news. Almost as tragic as the loss of Bea Arthur, yesterday we lost another great actor and figurehead from my generation.

Captain Lou Albano, with his energetic personality and famous facial hair, he was known as not only a successful wrestler but more importantly as the official live-action representation of Mario Mario on the Super Mario Bros Super Show back in the late 80s.




I bought the complete season on DVD a few years ago, right after buying a DVD set of Clarissa Explains it All (don't judge me!), and spent countless hours reminiscing and enjoying all the cheap jokes and strange live-action storyarcs that kinda-sorta had something to do with the cartoon's storyarc but not really.

Lou Albano will always have a space in my heart as the manifestation of Mario and the man who taught me how to 'do' The Mario. He died at the young age of 76.

Do the Mario! Swing your arms from side to side. Come on, it's time to go. Do the Mario! Take one step, and then again. Let's do the Mario, all together now! You got it! It's the Mario! Do the Mario! Swing your arms from side to side. Come on, it's time to go. Do the Mario! Take one step, and then again. Let's do the Mario, all together now! Come on now. Just like that!

Source:  Re:Generator Magazine