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I just removed a broken link to Horseshit higgins in section Wrestlers managed. Google doesn't support the existence of a “Horseshit higgins” dude, despite it being a Google Suggest'ed extension to “horseshit”. (Yes, I was kinda bored, but that was just a couple of minutes ago now I'm all giggling.) Please reinstate with appropriate citation if there indeed was a Horseshit Higgins fellow once upon a time (that factoid wouldn't bode well on my opinion about wrestling which right now is already pretty much contained within the semantic cloud of that “horseshit” word, but on the other hand I'm french so what do I know...) DomQ 19:00, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
This paragraph of the "Hollywood" section makes no sense.
"The Super Mario Brothers Super Show" seems just kind of... there. And the last sentence confuses as well. What one-time villain? Is Lou a villain? Or Mario? What? Kaoskastle 03:00, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
-- Bushido Hacks 15:45, 20 May 2005 (UTC) Captain Lou Albano, 71, suffered a recent heart attack on May 12, 2005, canceling a scheduled public appearance at a Valiant Brothers Reunion on May 14, 2005, in Carteret, New Jersey. Albano was listed in stable condition according to a press release.
Albano dies not reside in Bloomingrove, New York i personally know him cause he is a friend of my uncle and grandfather and im saying he resides in carmel new york. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.76.128.167 ( talk) 21:27, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
My recollection is that all-American Captain Lou was on the "faces" team on the Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n Wrestling Saturday morning cartoon, vs. predominantly "ethnic" heel wrestlers.
Lou Albano was managing Tarzan Tyler the night Tyler was wrestling Pedro Morales for the Worlds Championship. Before the start of the match a young boy approximately 12 years old walked up to the ring side with camera in hand and asked Albano if he could take his picture. Albano jumped out of the ring and rushed the boy before anyone realized what was happening. Albano punched the boy in the face causing a huge gash in the boys chin. The boy was taken to the Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick and received 18 stiches to the chin. Albano skipped town as fast as possible. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 151.203.93.109 ( talk) .
Reading this article, I can't tell what which of Lou's actions were staged, and which were real. Did Lou really give the child stitches? Surely hitting his own Wild Samoan rather than Atlas with a chair was a planned part of the show, and not a blunder as the article states. Can someone clarify which is which? Baiter 18:26, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
needs to be reverted to previous state (vandalized). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.87.176.130
I'm also curious about the entire Cyndi Lauper incident. It smells of kayfabe to me, even though it caused an outrage at the time. Note that in the interview used as a source for this, Captain Lou puts it in light of his "straight" turn, and also points out how some of his statements were obviously sarcastic, such as when he said all the women just wanted him while sporting a quite heavy physique. It is also notable that Lauper and Albano remained good enough friends for her to appear as a guest star on the Super Mario Bros. Super Show.-- QuasarTE 15:14, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
In the managed teams section "The Machines" links to here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machines Which is a band with no relation to wrestling. Can someone fix this, I have no idea how.
WTF was up with the rubber bands? ~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.185.226.203 ( talk) 08:06, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
Another reason why the term 'natural causes' should be avoided when citing cause of death.
Ykral (
talk) 09:09, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
My mom died October 1, 2008 at home under hospice care at 79.
When I read that Lou died at home, I knew he died of the same cause as my mom.
My mom had coronary problems and cancer.
It wasn't the cancer that took her, it was the constant pain of several factors.
She wanted to die because even morphine couldn't end the pain and there wasn't an "operation" that could help her.
She knew the pain wouldn't end.
Natural cause is a simple way of saying the person was ready to go.
RIP Capt.
The One and Only Worldwise Dave Shaver 11:00, 15 October 2009 (UTC) —Preceding
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This article reads that he was born in Mount Vernon, New York, but the Associated Press said he was born in Rome, Italy before he and his family moved to Mount Vernon, New York, and settled there. Source Parrothead1983 ( talk) 09:18, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
An Italian American is a person who embraces their Italian heritage. Simply being born in Italy (or having Italian parents) does not make a person an "Italian American". Do we have any citation showing that Albano referred to himself as an "Italian American"? Jwesley78 ( talk) 03:08, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
I think it's important to distinguish the characters he portrayed from *who* he was on a personal level. I have little reason to doubt that he was open about his Italian heritage. I just think that the label of "Italian American" should have more meaning than simply "his parents were Italian" or "he was born in Italy" (both of which appear to be confirmable for Albano). It must be a label that he wanted to have applied to him. I'm fairly sure there's a citation out there which would support labeling him an "Italian American", we just need to find it. Jwesley78 ( talk) 16:29, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
The article doesn't really explain why he chose to use the name "Captain". Perhaps from his days in the military he achieved the rank of Captain? Was he a sailor? -- œ ™ 12:15, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
I may be wrong, but I seem to remember him showing up in a movie called "Double Trouble" where he was a bad guy chasing the twin stars of the movie? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.20.27.59 ( talk) 02:14, 16 July 2011 (UTC) 67.20.27.59 ( talk) 02:21, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
Does anyone have a copy of Lou Albano's autobiography, Often Imitated, Never Duplicated, so that some information can be looked up? Rickm7x ( talk) 00:00, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Here's the relevant passage from the book:
Collectively, the four of us made $750, but the office took a $250 booking fee, leaving us $500 to split four ways. But not one of us complained, because $125 was good money in those days. That was my first real taste of the entertainment business—and I loved it.
I don't know about Blassie and Regis, but if Jackie Gleason was doing this sort of thing, then it seems reasonable that other entertainers were also doing wrestling-based skits around the same time, right? Korossyl ( talk) 12:44, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
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I just removed a broken link to Horseshit higgins in section Wrestlers managed. Google doesn't support the existence of a “Horseshit higgins” dude, despite it being a Google Suggest'ed extension to “horseshit”. (Yes, I was kinda bored, but that was just a couple of minutes ago now I'm all giggling.) Please reinstate with appropriate citation if there indeed was a Horseshit Higgins fellow once upon a time (that factoid wouldn't bode well on my opinion about wrestling which right now is already pretty much contained within the semantic cloud of that “horseshit” word, but on the other hand I'm french so what do I know...) DomQ 19:00, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
This paragraph of the "Hollywood" section makes no sense.
"The Super Mario Brothers Super Show" seems just kind of... there. And the last sentence confuses as well. What one-time villain? Is Lou a villain? Or Mario? What? Kaoskastle 03:00, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
-- Bushido Hacks 15:45, 20 May 2005 (UTC) Captain Lou Albano, 71, suffered a recent heart attack on May 12, 2005, canceling a scheduled public appearance at a Valiant Brothers Reunion on May 14, 2005, in Carteret, New Jersey. Albano was listed in stable condition according to a press release.
Albano dies not reside in Bloomingrove, New York i personally know him cause he is a friend of my uncle and grandfather and im saying he resides in carmel new york. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.76.128.167 ( talk) 21:27, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
My recollection is that all-American Captain Lou was on the "faces" team on the Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n Wrestling Saturday morning cartoon, vs. predominantly "ethnic" heel wrestlers.
Lou Albano was managing Tarzan Tyler the night Tyler was wrestling Pedro Morales for the Worlds Championship. Before the start of the match a young boy approximately 12 years old walked up to the ring side with camera in hand and asked Albano if he could take his picture. Albano jumped out of the ring and rushed the boy before anyone realized what was happening. Albano punched the boy in the face causing a huge gash in the boys chin. The boy was taken to the Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick and received 18 stiches to the chin. Albano skipped town as fast as possible. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 151.203.93.109 ( talk) .
Reading this article, I can't tell what which of Lou's actions were staged, and which were real. Did Lou really give the child stitches? Surely hitting his own Wild Samoan rather than Atlas with a chair was a planned part of the show, and not a blunder as the article states. Can someone clarify which is which? Baiter 18:26, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
needs to be reverted to previous state (vandalized). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.87.176.130
I'm also curious about the entire Cyndi Lauper incident. It smells of kayfabe to me, even though it caused an outrage at the time. Note that in the interview used as a source for this, Captain Lou puts it in light of his "straight" turn, and also points out how some of his statements were obviously sarcastic, such as when he said all the women just wanted him while sporting a quite heavy physique. It is also notable that Lauper and Albano remained good enough friends for her to appear as a guest star on the Super Mario Bros. Super Show.-- QuasarTE 15:14, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
In the managed teams section "The Machines" links to here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machines Which is a band with no relation to wrestling. Can someone fix this, I have no idea how.
WTF was up with the rubber bands? ~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.185.226.203 ( talk) 08:06, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
Another reason why the term 'natural causes' should be avoided when citing cause of death.
Ykral (
talk) 09:09, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
My mom died October 1, 2008 at home under hospice care at 79.
When I read that Lou died at home, I knew he died of the same cause as my mom.
My mom had coronary problems and cancer.
It wasn't the cancer that took her, it was the constant pain of several factors.
She wanted to die because even morphine couldn't end the pain and there wasn't an "operation" that could help her.
She knew the pain wouldn't end.
Natural cause is a simple way of saying the person was ready to go.
RIP Capt.
The One and Only Worldwise Dave Shaver 11:00, 15 October 2009 (UTC) —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Jaxdave (
talk •
contribs)
This article reads that he was born in Mount Vernon, New York, but the Associated Press said he was born in Rome, Italy before he and his family moved to Mount Vernon, New York, and settled there. Source Parrothead1983 ( talk) 09:18, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
An Italian American is a person who embraces their Italian heritage. Simply being born in Italy (or having Italian parents) does not make a person an "Italian American". Do we have any citation showing that Albano referred to himself as an "Italian American"? Jwesley78 ( talk) 03:08, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
I think it's important to distinguish the characters he portrayed from *who* he was on a personal level. I have little reason to doubt that he was open about his Italian heritage. I just think that the label of "Italian American" should have more meaning than simply "his parents were Italian" or "he was born in Italy" (both of which appear to be confirmable for Albano). It must be a label that he wanted to have applied to him. I'm fairly sure there's a citation out there which would support labeling him an "Italian American", we just need to find it. Jwesley78 ( talk) 16:29, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
The article doesn't really explain why he chose to use the name "Captain". Perhaps from his days in the military he achieved the rank of Captain? Was he a sailor? -- œ ™ 12:15, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
I may be wrong, but I seem to remember him showing up in a movie called "Double Trouble" where he was a bad guy chasing the twin stars of the movie? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.20.27.59 ( talk) 02:14, 16 July 2011 (UTC) 67.20.27.59 ( talk) 02:21, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
Does anyone have a copy of Lou Albano's autobiography, Often Imitated, Never Duplicated, so that some information can be looked up? Rickm7x ( talk) 00:00, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Here's the relevant passage from the book:
Collectively, the four of us made $750, but the office took a $250 booking fee, leaving us $500 to split four ways. But not one of us complained, because $125 was good money in those days. That was my first real taste of the entertainment business—and I loved it.
I don't know about Blassie and Regis, but if Jackie Gleason was doing this sort of thing, then it seems reasonable that other entertainers were also doing wrestling-based skits around the same time, right? Korossyl ( talk) 12:44, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
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