Talk:Lou Albano

message: 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)
replies: text: Just a stupid vandal. I am cleaning up the "horseshit" he's left all over this talk page. --QuasarTE (talk) 19:17, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  “Horseshit higgins”, WTF? 

message: This paragraph of the "Hollywood" section makes no sense.
:In 1989, on "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee", Albano shaved his trademark beard to star as the iconic video game character Super Mario. The Super Mario Brothers Super Show. The one-time villain hosted live action segments during interludes of the Mario cartoon.
"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)
thread_title:  It makes no sense! 

message: --Bushido Hacks 15:45, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Albano's Health Nixed Scheduled Appearance 

message: 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)
thread_title: Where he ridsides

message: 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.
:Both sides on Rock 'n Wrestling had some "ethnic" types--the "faces" side had the Junkyard Dawg, Tito Santana, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka....but yes, Captain Lou's "character" was a face on the show, and if I recall correctly, he started managing face wrestlers at around the same time in the WWF.  There used to be a brief paragraph on Lou (or, at least, a "character" based on Lou--none of the wrestlers voiced themselves on the animated segments) being part of Rock 'n Wrestling, but it got trimmed for some reason. - Pennyforth 23:43, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  turn from heel? 

message: 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)
replies: text: Yes (two years later), the article is written from an in-universe perspective.  Now, upon his death, I think many people appreciate that.  - Wikidemon (talk) 07:36, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Staged or real? 

message: WTF was up with the rubber bands? ~  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.185.226.203 (talk) 08:06, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  rubber bands???? 

message: Another reason why the term 'natural causes' should be avoided when citing cause of death.Ykral (talk) 09:09, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Nothing "natural" dying at age 76

message: 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)
replies: text: I've adjusted the article accordingly. --Dominic Hardstaff (talk) 09:36, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Birthplace

message: 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)
replies: text: In my opinion, essentially, he's an Italian American only if he referred to himself as such. Jwesley78 (talk) 03:10, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: As a manager, no.  But in the late 1960s, he was half of a tag team called "The Sicilians."208.120.224.227 (talk) 04:40, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ask any Italian or Sicilian, "Sicilian" != "Italian".  He also played the "Italian plumber" Mario, while Danny Wells (a Canadian) played his brother Luigi.  I don't think that would be sufficient reason to label him an "Italian American".  He needs to have applied that label to himself (or, at least, have allowed others to do so openly). Jwesley78 (talk) 04:54, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have no dog in this fight.  I was just noting that Albano was openly labelled as an Italian (or a Sicilian, anyway) back when the WWWF was a heavily ethnicity-based promotion.  (Of course, the entirely Italian Joe Scarpa was promoted by the company as being a Native American.)  Others can debate/decide what that means, if anything.  During his better-remembered managerial tenure, his character's ancestry was no longer a matter of concern. 208.120.224.227 (talk) 15:33, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

text: Then how come in the Arnold Schwarzenegger article, Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Thal, Austria, and was said to be an Austrian American, but with no citation to prove it? Parrothead1983 (talk) 08:50, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Big difference. Schwarzenegger grew up in Austria, even "served in the Austrian army".  It's clear that he was "Austrian" at some point in his adult life. Albano moved here as a small child. Jwesley78 (talk) 10:14, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  On a personal note, a friend of mine was born (and grew up) in Germany, but does not want to be called a "German American", simply an "American". Jwesley78 (talk) 10:17, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: For Bruce Lee, he was born in the United States, but is still called a Chinese American. How confusing. Parrothead1983 (talk) 10:22, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Italian American? 

message: 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)
replies: text: I'm not sure if anyone remembers but it seems to have been some time in th mid 1970s.  Back in '71 when he led Ivan Koloff to the World title, he was just plain Lou Albano in a smart suit and tie and the beard was nicely trimmed with not a rubber band in sight.Romomusicfan (talk) 07:37, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It says in the article "It was during his stewardship of the Valiant Brothers that Albano picked up his "Captain" nickname, as the act was promoted as "Captain Lou and the Valiants too.""  So it started there.  See also "General" Grand Wizard and "Colonel" Jimmy Hart for similar examples, except that the latter two did not extend beyond their managements of Sgt Slaughter and The Honky Tonk Man respectively.Romomusicfan (talk) 07:43, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  why "Captain"? 

message: 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)
thread_title:  filmography 

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