RIP Captain Lou!!!

Actually shared a men's room at a wrestling convention one time with him. Very nice man, and no I didn't get a look at his wiener!!

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I didn’t become a wrestling fan until later in life, so this was my first exposure to Capt. Lou.

RIP

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by Natto on Oct 16, 2009 11:09 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I loved that show.

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Oct 16, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I did too, but more for the cartoons.

I also didn’t realize that was Captain Lou until years later.

Brian Sabean wants to kick tires. I want to kick Brian Sabean.
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by jcb9 on Oct 16, 2009 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who’s brain did you bring me?
Brain SabeanOranother.

by daveinexile on Oct 16, 2009 11:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

by KrazyKrabMeat on Oct 18, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What I remember about Capt. Lou was when I started to watch wrestling (I don’t anymore), he was managing Greg Valentine as a heel manager. I remember he turned face when he was hit over the head with one of those gold records by Roddy Piper on some MSG show. This was done because the Capt. was doing a lot of charity work and wanted to be more public about it (heels, at the time, couldn’t be seen doing stuff like that even though a lot did).

"All I know is right now, you comeback and do you dwell on that? I think you're man enough to take it, you're man enough to chew on it, to spit it out and you learn from it. ... I think winners let it go. I think losers dwell on it and talk about it all week and that screws you up for the next opportunity going forward." - Mike Singletary after the 49ers loss to the Vikings

by SFGuy on Oct 17, 2009 12:26 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

One more thing

There was a Bay Area link to Albano. He managed the Wild Samoans, who were Bay Area residents.

by SFGuy on Oct 17, 2009 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Captain Lou, Captain Lou, Captain Lou (NRBQ)

“Some say the man’s no wrapped too tight
Captain Lou, Captain Lou, Captain Lou,…

Lou don’t worry ‘cuz it’s figured in
Captain Lou, Captain Lou, Captain Lou
An he’s got teeth like Rin Tin Tin
Captain Lou, Captain Lou, Captain Lou"

“They’re talking about me!
Captain Lou Albano!
Maker of champions, baby!
12 tag team champions!
I take ‘em. I mold ’em
I thinks it’s charisma, it’s pandemonium!
Psychedelic pandemonium!….

“80%, 60% of the net, 80% of the gross, 45% of the beef,
72% of the weight, 83% of the gross, 87% of the net,
72% of the what, 40% of the gross, 32%, 22%, 17%, 19%
12%, 8% 84563 Iforgot, 12 9 8 24563 Sound Off

One of the great songs of one the greatest bar bands- NRBQ- managed for awhile by none other tha Cap’n Lou

"Hey old-timer, where am I ?"

"You can't get there from here."

by pynchon59 on Oct 19, 2009 4:59 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs