Albano also started his promo bragging about having a 32 inch waist, 24 inch biceps and bench pressing over 600 pounds. He then lifted up his shirt. Hilarious. 😆
I remember as a 14 year old boy in Allentown pa captain Lou jumping up on a table trying to stomp on the hands of me and my best friend, then as we turned around and ran, here comes a steel chair flying behind us. That was the greatest thing in the world for two fourteen year olds. Ha ha ha 44 years later it's just as it happened yesterday. Thanks capt lou for the great memories. It's still awesome today.
Albano set the bar high with his promo, it was just great. All the others were boring. Including Hogan. Andre did not need to cut a good promo. If he was on the card he was putting people in the seats.
The was Lou just being the big mouth drunk jerk he was all the time. Camera or no camera Lou was punk and a drunk lier.. then he stopped drinking became nicer.
Go ahead and say the 80's wasn't the best decade to be between 5 and 15 years old. I was born in 71. Perfect age for Star Wars.....ditto for the WWF....Dukes of Hazzard, Three's Co, Fantasy Island, He-Man, A-Team.....on and on and on.
strangewayshere " I'm so fine, I'm so elated and often imitated but never duplicated !!! Captain Lou was comedy gold. Captain Lou's " The guiding light" one of his best fallback lines was " your brain is the size of a dehydrated BB and if you put it into a Parakeet It Would Fly BackWards. - LOL.
Before Hulk Hogan, before Stone Cold and The Rock, before all those superstars, there was one guy that IMO carried the WWF and kept me watching, Captain Lou Albano. He was the craziest, most charismatic figure of the early WWWF and WWF. He never failed to have me laughing my rear end off! He was the greatest manager and promo guy ever!
Gold from beginning to end. You just don't see promos like this anymore. I realize that they have sponsors and such to think about now, and they have to watch their words carefully so as not to hurt anyone's delicate fee-fees, but man I miss these days. These guys made me want to buy a ticket (and over the years, I've bought many). Save for Paul Heyman, and a select few others, the promo is really a lost art.
In those days the WWF was much more regional, mainly in the Northeast. The WWF had a huge following among Latinos up there. That is why face Intercontinental Champions were guys like Pedro Morales and Tito Santana. From 1980-85 Tito and Pedro were the only faces to hold the Intercontinental Title. The titles didn't change hands very often.
As a kid I punched captain Lou in the calf at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium as I ran by the ring. He turned and kicked the rope as his boot nearly hit my face! 😅. RIP Captain
Mean Gene is looking at Hulk and thinkin - Man - he coulda been the champ in AWA.. .POLISH POWER !!! Rocky Johnson with a stylish hat.. I forgot that he and Tony Atlas were known as The Soul Patrol - Captain Lou - nuts as always - Andre the calm Giant - and Hulkamania at it's real beginning - WHATCHA GONNA DO BROTHA ?
If you really want to experience classic Lou, go to "Manager of the Year," voting and contest, for the WWF. It was absolutely priceless, with Freddie Blassie, the Grand Wizzard of Wrestling, Arnold Skoland and of course, the Captain.
His final throwing out of "32 inch waste!" as he walks off is comedic genius. That's as good as it gets.
Albano also started his promo bragging about having a 32 inch waist, 24 inch biceps and bench pressing over 600 pounds. He then lifted up his shirt. Hilarious. 😆
Lou Albano was hilarious and one of the best managers ever!!
Captain Lou...there was no better heel, no one better on the mic....LONG LIVE CAPT LOU!!!!
The man was comic gold !
AMEN !!!!!!!
Gene's straight man routine was spot on! Hysterical! He helped make these guys!
It's amazing how Gene always managed to keep a straight face.
I remember as a 14 year old boy in Allentown pa captain Lou jumping up on a table trying to stomp on the hands of me and my best friend, then as we turned around and ran, here comes a steel chair flying behind us. That was the greatest thing in the world for two fourteen year olds. Ha ha ha 44 years later it's just as it happened yesterday. Thanks capt lou for the great memories. It's still awesome today.
I challenge you not to laugh or smile when Capt Lou’s part comes on😂🤣😂 Ready set go....
I'm kinda blown away by how this is all one long take. The charisma of these men.
Albano set the bar high with his promo, it was just great.
All the others were boring. Including Hogan.
Andre did not need to cut a good promo. If he was on the card he was putting people in the seats.
The was Lou just being the big mouth drunk jerk he was all the time. Camera or no camera Lou was punk and a drunk lier.. then he stopped drinking became nicer.
Looked like a 32 inch waist to me. The one and only Captain Lou, often imitated never duplicated.
32" around the front and 33" around the back 😂🤣😅😆😄
Not nice
Capt lou was the funniest wrestler and manager ever.
and the best mario too
Lou, thank you for the memories you were awesome!!!!
Albano's Spanish was outstanding. It broke international barriers.
Everyone understood exactly what he meant.
"broke international barriers " thats great🤣🤣👍👍👍
He also spoke French and Japanese and of course somoan lmao
Sometimes he try to speak English too
LOL
@@nunzio-hv8xt Samoan.
These were great fun times of the WWWF glad I was able to enjoy it. All were colorful characters.
Go ahead and say the 80's wasn't the best decade to be between 5 and 15 years old. I was born in 71. Perfect age for Star Wars.....ditto for the WWF....Dukes of Hazzard, Three's Co, Fantasy Island, He-Man, A-Team.....on and on and on.
Only those who lived in 80's can appreciate the awesomeness of it!
Hell yeah bro. Born in 72 here. Every Saturday was something to look forward to
1967. Same here!
Lou was awesome, he was so cool when I met him... True legend. (And hysterical)...
I met him as a kid, seemed cool
We’re Ready, I’m Ready, They Ready, He’s Ready, He’s Ready, Are you Ready?
strangewayshere " I'm so fine, I'm so elated and often imitated but never duplicated !!! Captain Lou was comedy gold. Captain Lou's " The guiding light" one of his best fallback lines was " your brain is the size of a dehydrated BB and if you put it into a Parakeet It Would Fly BackWards. - LOL.
There’ll be some 19,714 people they’ll all be ready.
32inch waist 😂
Fred, tellum. Don't forget the eighty dollar shirt.
@@mygirlpiper Another one was, "I can suplex a man from my knees daddy!"
Captain Lou!!! The Greatest of all time!!!!
ZERO chance of me keeping a straight face during Capt Lou’s promo if I’m Mean Gene
"GET THE MICROPHONE UP THERE YOU DUMMY!!!!!!" The Captain was a very unique character. No question about it man.
so much fun watching these
gotta love captain lou! he had the exact fan attendence down to the last fan. 19.714. so astute.
Before Hulk Hogan, before Stone Cold and The Rock, before all those superstars, there was one guy that IMO carried the WWF and kept me watching, Captain Lou Albano. He was the craziest, most charismatic figure of the early WWWF and WWF. He never failed to have me laughing my rear end off! He was the greatest manager and promo guy ever!
Albano was awesome
Captain is a classic
OMG these were the best I grew up on these Guys !!!!
I love how you hear him walking off camera shouting "32 inch waste!".
waist**** not waste
@@Danimal77😂😂😂😂😂I
I'm been always fan of Andre so when he walked in there i got really happy
"ARE YOU READY!!!!!!"
Man where can I watch this match!? These guys can sell a fight! Half a century later and I'm pumped as hell!
These were the days!
I can't believe Mario(Lou Albano) used to be a wrestler before he became a plumber in Brooklyn 😁😁😁
OMG, I'VE NEVER BEEN LAUGHING SO HARD IN ALL MY LIFE!
I know many will disagree, but the big green belt that replaced the one Superstar Graham destroyed, is my favorite WWF Championship belt of all time.
I actually have one. It's beautiful
LMFAO at Captain Lou.....
Ya...I forgot Rocky Johnson was from South Poland....
man, that was some dumb comment from putski....it sounded stupid...race stupid...TY
Shut your bitch mouth
Yes, with Ivan Padoosky.
That’s when Rocky Johnson had enough and walked off.
Thank you for posting this
Gene Okerland was almost as good a straight man as McMahon. Albano outdoes himself in this.
gene was a step down from mcmahon. good, but not as good as vince was.
Gosh what memories!!
Looked like Andre was biting his lip to keep from laughing after the captain Lou rant
Love you Lou!!!!
Gold from beginning to end. You just don't see promos like this anymore. I realize that they have sponsors and such to think about now, and they have to watch their words carefully so as not to hurt anyone's delicate fee-fees, but man I miss these days. These guys made me want to buy a ticket (and over the years, I've bought many). Save for Paul Heyman, and a select few others, the promo is really a lost art.
4:38 Hogan is "high on" something alright. Haha
He said his prayers and took his vitamins
1984 in case you were wondering
Had to be one of 'Mean' Gene's earliest promos in the WWF.
Him and Hogan had just recently been brought in.
every single one of these human beings (including gene) is amazing.
1:47
You can save yourself some time and skip through Ivan Paduski and Rocky Johnson and go directly to the captain.
I love how incredulous Mean Gene looks when he says "32 inch waist".
Capt ‘N Lou!!!
xoxo The Clarences
I miss the characters in wrestling.
The Captain speaks spanish.
Dwayne(The Rock) Johnson's Father. A pretty good wrestler in his own right
Michael Lee one of my favorites
My God the Captain was💰💰💰💰
Mount Vernons own…RIP Captain Lou 🙏🙏🙏
Rocky Johnson was incredible. Should've gotten a much bigger push
Agreed. Should have had at least 2 Inter-Continental title reigns.
In those days the WWF was much more regional, mainly in the Northeast. The WWF had a huge following among Latinos up there. That is why face Intercontinental Champions were guys like Pedro Morales and Tito Santana. From 1980-85 Tito and Pedro were the only faces to hold the Intercontinental Title. The titles didn't change hands very often.
Lou didn't lie. 32 inch waist + 32 inches.
Andre was sure great talker. "Cause I'm gonna do all the things I know."
This voice would of been perfect if metal Mario was in the super Mario bros super show
But there was no Metal Mario back then.
i miss the 80 s hay day of. w w. f. i. love watching this i. loved. the w w f joey g
1:47 lmfao
Rip rocky johnson dwayne the rock johnsons father
“STOP TRYING TO CONFUSE ME!”
I like Putskis Richard Simmons Perm.
PS - Looks like the WWF didn't have a dental plan back in the day.
They didn't have a dental plan. Or offer insurance or workman's comp. Talent gets hurt, can't work. No pay
Mean Gene almost got his @$$ kicked by Captain Lou Alcoholic. P.S. Andre neede subtitles.
This is one of the earliest promos of Hulk Hogan after he defeated The Iron Sheik for The Championship.
God bless lou and gene
As a kid I punched captain Lou in the calf at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium as I ran by the ring. He turned and kicked the rope as his boot nearly hit my face! 😅. RIP Captain
The Captain was the real mccoy!!!
Gene is so buzzed at 0:01. I know he took a few scotches on this day
I met Lou Albano quite a few years ago when I was dating my Wife he was such a nice man he bought my wife and I a Drink a talked a while
At 2:50 it sounds like he tooted
Is that Norman Smiley?
Great stuff!! Unscripted interviews. Hogan aged well.
Lou Albano was a character
God Bless Lou ! The best heel ever! The funniest interviews was him and Don Morocco!
Never noticed this before. Andre acknowledged that he wrestled and is now happy for, referring to Hogan. Not breaking kayfabe. Awesome. R.I.P. Andre
I think Captain Lou got all that from doing the Mario every day for several months
Mean Gene is looking at Hulk and thinkin - Man - he coulda been the champ in AWA.. .POLISH POWER !!! Rocky Johnson with a stylish hat.. I forgot that he and Tony Atlas were known as The Soul Patrol - Captain Lou - nuts as always - Andre the calm Giant - and Hulkamania at it's real beginning - WHATCHA GONNA DO BROTHA ?
Putski n Johnson looked great, but were awful on the mic.
When Albano came out, wow!. That's how you put people in the seats.
Super Mario has some serious issues 😂
Look how Great Rocky Johnson and Ivan Putski look!
C'mon Cpt Lou ... you're a 34 inch waist at lest my man ... keep it real bro
Damn the Real Rock was hot on the mic so obviously Dwayne studied his father. Lou Albino RIP 32 more like 320 inch waist.
And a baseball score from Gene😄
Tony Atlas from South Poland
I think Putski was hittin the ol Vodka 🤣
Buzzin' for sure
We heard Albano fluently speak French, Spanish, and Japanese!! He has an IQ of "783.3215".
He spoke to the wild Somoans let's not forget
@@nunzio-hv8xt -- That's right.
captain had great gimmick,I got magazine he published it was early 90s,he look today s wrestling, and yesterday
Lou looks like Boogie2988.
If you really want to experience classic Lou, go to "Manager of the Year," voting and contest, for the WWF. It was absolutely priceless, with Freddie Blassie, the Grand Wizzard of Wrestling, Arnold Skoland and of course, the Captain.
Golden age of wrestling.
Maybe Lou meant he took a 32 inch waste 😅
Good times. These guys were so charismatic, and Mean Gene the perfect straight man
The question here is what Andre's voice would have sounded like if a voice changer had been used.
32 inch waist? Then I Got 32 inches too if u believe dat.lmmao
The great
When, 1958?
Before we were Hulkamaniacs...
LOL!
1984?
not the only thing he had that was 32 inches
Loved ivan putski
Xs 32 ?