Editing Mario (section)

== The TV Show ==
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Back in the late 80's, Mario got a (super) show during the Week that focused on his animated adventures during the weekdays and on Link from Zelda's animated adventures on the weekends. There were also live-action segments prior to the start of both of these and both just before and after commercial break. Of note was the fact this version of Mario was portrayed by WWE pro wrestler Captain Lou Albano, may he rest in peace, while Luigi was played by comedian Danny Wells. Alongside the basic animated show (which on Fridays would be swapped off for an equally memetastic [[Legend of Zelda]] cartoon with a Link so annoying that it makes sense why he's mute everywhere else), this show would have live action skits featuring celebrity guests each week within character, as well outside of the show, Albano did a few Drug PSA's in Mario costume which have become legendary memes ("If you do drugs, you go to Hell before you die!"). Some of their guests included [[G.I. Joe]] character and wrestler "Sergeant Slaughter", Inspector Gadget and and musician Cyndi Lauper<ref>She was actually close friends with Captain Lou, and his appearance on the "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" music video would eventually lead to the Rock n' Roll Connection that would shove the WWF into its initial dominance of the field.</ref>. The animated part of the show is a bit corny, but the live action sequences were awesome.
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Later the show would shift gears to focus on Super Mario Bros 3 and then Super Mario World before ending, with the live-action portions being dropped somewhere along the way.

Much rarer are the tales of a supposed third show, hosted by a live-action Koopa of all things while also showing a bunch of public domain cartoons. The fact that we can only say "tales" just shows how little of it is remembered.

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