RIP Mean Gene

"boredalways" (boredalway666) 01/02/2019 at 21:04 • Filed to: R.I.P., Mean Gene Okerland

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They say they come in 3's: The Captain, Super Dave Osborne, and Mean Gene.

...fuck....

boredalways > boredalways 01/02/2019 at 21:07

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https://www.thewrap.com/mean-gene-okerlund-dies-76-wwe/

WilliamsSW > boredalways 01/02/2019 at 21:12

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3 true icons of the 1970s, all gone in 1 day.  Gene Okerlund was the one constant on those Sunday morning wrestling shows I watched as a kid - and somehow, it was always his stoic face that I watched - not whatever crazy he was interviewing.  RIP.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > boredalways 01/02/2019 at 21:16

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That gets me right in my 80's

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > WilliamsSW 01/02/2019 at 21:25

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“This just in, old people pass away”

More at 11

WilliamsSW > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 01/02/2019 at 21:32

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Easy - I’m closer to that than I’d like to admit (and my parents are that age and older)

JeepJeremy > WilliamsSW 01/02/2019 at 21:39

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You’re right! Mean Gene was like the Walter Cronkite or Dan Rather of Pro Wrestling. I think there were other “sportscaster/newsmen” on the sidelines of the ring during pro wrestling in the 80s but it wasn’t NEWS unless Mean Gene brought it to you!

WilliamsSW > JeepJeremy 01/02/2019 at 21:40

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I’m sure there were others - but he’s the only one I remembered!!

JeepJeremy > WilliamsSW 01/02/2019 at 21:43

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Because he did it so well! He’s like one of those character actors in Hollywood that isn’t a “star” but is absolutely critical to making a great film.  He was perfect! He sold it.  His deadpan performance as the interviewer while Macho Man or Hulk Hogan were doing there thing.  That shit is GOLD

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > boredalways 01/02/2019 at 22:15

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