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Location: NJ | from the golden years of wresting.
a source of much joy! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Girls just want to have fun ... |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Aw Man... Lou was the Man! Back when wrestling was worth watching!
 
Give dem boys a Ukulele!
Now That was Entertainment! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | My favorite was wild man Freddie Blassie. He called everybody a Pencil Neck. Not sure how well known he was in the rest of the world, but he was huge in Los Angeles. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | I'm going to save a couple of rubber bands in his honor. RIP |
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Location: On the Coast - Halfway between SF & OR | RIP Lou
Back in the day, my favs were actually Bull Curry, his son "Flying" Fred and Bobo Brazil using his signature Coco Butt. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Must be a guy thing... |
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Location: Texas | RIP…
I was a fan of "Haystacks" Calhoun back in the day… |
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Location: Indiana | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
Must be a guy thing... Not unless I'm missing a chromosome or two... |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | by CanterburyStrings: Must be a guy thing... After the Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show on Saturday Morning, with beer in hand.
It was the best cheap thrill/laugh/whatever out there! :cool: |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Friend of Cindy Lauper ....
RIP
Lou |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | G'Bye Lou. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I only know about him courtesy of an NRBQ tribute song.
Up our way it was
Gene Kiniski, "Canadas Greatest Athlete" |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | I can just see it now; after many long years of waiting and watching, the knight-in-shining-armor finally dismounts in my driveway, clinks his way into the house, picks up the remote and tunes in....."Friday Night Smack Down.....?"
And here I was worried that perhaps he'd play a Taylor...... ;)
+1, Ali.
--Karen |
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Posts: 715
| I remember that my two brothers would watch wrestling on TV. I think Captain Lou was on, along with Chief Jay Strongbow (spelling).
My mother remembers going to the Armory and watching Gorgeous George.
Michelle |
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Location: closely held secret | Don't remember seeing Lou, but definitely remember watching "Portland Wrestling" with my grandmother.
Jesse Ventura and Roddy Piper got their starts here. I remember watching Andre the Giant wrestle as well. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Now Andre the Giant is different! He was in my favorite movie of all time - "The Princess Bride". I'm glad he found a career after his wrestling days were over so he didn't end up "unemployed in Greenland". :D |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I never watched it, but I had several arguments with people like my father-in-law about whether they were athletes or bad actors. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
Now Andre the Giant is different! Well... yes. He's dead. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Yeah but so is Lou! |
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RIP captain lou albano