#danny wells

[thejohnsu]

Have a Super Mario Super Day!

[multicolour-ink]

Same as with the previous poll:

1. Martinet and Afghani have been put together because while Martinet is the OG, it doesn't feel right to just include him when he's not doing it anymore. And Afghani has clearly been asked to do an impression.

2. SMB3 and SMW (Super Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario World) are shows that followed on from the Super Show, but the characters were recast with different voice actors.

3. 1993 Luigi is not animated but still a voice some people are familiar with.

[fat-tundra-64]

Holy shit I love these two

(Yes I know these aren’t the most flattering images of the two)

We need more Mario super show love =]

[edgarmoser]

danny wells by bob mizer circa 1951

[actualbuckybames]

We Were Soldiers lives in my head rent-free at all times.

Pure Winter Soldier version under the cut.

[phoebelilies]

I love Danny Well's Luigi so much, I wish he were my uncle or something.

[cornsword]

I used to lead the kind of lifestyle where the Super Mario Bros. Super Show came up in conversation a lot, usually focusing on one of three subjects that also represent 100% of internet discourse about the show:

1) Mario being played by pro wrestler and music video veteran Louis Albano

2) Sometimes legend of Zelda was on it and those cartoons are a source of more enduring affection than the show itself

3) The end credits song where Mario tells you how to “do the Mario,” which is supposed to be a sort of dance but in my wife’s words “that’s just describing Him Walking.”

I’ve never met someone else who wanted to talk about Luigi.

For those who don’t know, he was a Canadian named Jack Westelman, aka Danny Wells, and he’a one of those guys who was in two episodes of everything in the 70s. The Mario show was a smash hit but it was only his second breakout show, after playing the bartender Charlie on The Jeffersons. He’d go on to narrate the HBO produced show Crashbox and play the king on Potatoes and Dragons.

He also made movies and while he didn’t usually have big roles he was in a lot of real hits, including ding Gus, The Shaggy DA, and Private Benjamin. He was in a Mel Brooks movie (Life Stinks). He was in Magnolia.

For a while there he was the face of K-Mart when that was something you’d want to be and also kmart was a going concern…

He passed away in 2013, ironically declared the Year of Luigi. Think about him a little this week, raise a glass to Charlie Day, and pour one out for “the Old Luigi.”

[macroy64]

A Collage

This is a big collage of Characters, Celebrities and my friends.

[bones-and-whatnot]

Some Name-Related Mario Concepts/Headcanons

It should be noted that, like the majority of my headcanons, I don’t necessarily hold all of these to be true in my head always or all at the same time, they’re just ideas I’ve had.

The main recurring Toad that we see in the franchise is the Blue Toad, whose full name is Loyle Toad. (Loyle T.) He is a natural redhead, but prefers the color blue to red, and so wears a blue vest and sometimes dyes his spots to reflect that. He is generally only called Blue Toad when his cousin, Oniss T. (Yellow Toad) is around because they both are the kind of people who prefer to go by their last names and you have to differentiate them somehow.

Toadsworth’s full name is Dew Toadsworth (Dew T.)

Captain Toad’s first name is Gravi.

Wario and Waluigi are not their birth names. Their birth names are Waldemar Wicked and Giorgos Crygor. The man now known as Wario adopted that identity in a long-term effort to scam people who had only a passing familiarity with Mario into thinking HE was the big hero who deserved monetary rewards and could be hired for lucrative jobs like plumbing and medical aid. He later brought on Waluigi for added credibility.

Mario and Luigi’s middle names are Albano and Daniele, respectively.

“Donkey Kong” is the name of a vague spiritual thing that passes hereditarily through generations. It is less of its own full entity as much as a sort of presence that meshes with the pre-existing personality of whoever the current title-bearer is. So, while the modern Donkey Kong is separate from Cranky, a part of him is, in a sense, the same “character” as Mario’s original adversary. (As for how the timeline of Cranky and Modern DK being 1-2 generations apart while Mario is still the same works out, I dunno. It’s a magical world, time is weird.)

Morton Koopa Jr. is named in memory of Bowser’s older (or twin?) brother (the concept of Bowser having a brother is, in fact, not something I’m making up: https://www.mariowiki.com/Bowser%27s_Brother), Morton Koopa. When the two of them were very young (as in, prior to Yoshi’s Island), a magical mishap banished Morton the first to Subcon, where he was warped into a froglike form. He rechristened himself “Wart”, as a corruption of “Mort” (whether he intentionally changed his name or just couldn’t remember his real one, I’m not sure) and grew into adulthood there. Bowser has very little memory of this incident and is not aware that his brother is alive.

Bowser is also not self-aware enough to realize that his interest in doppelgängers and facsimiles of himself, particularly small/child-sized ones- e.g. the enemies enchanted to be Fake Bowsers from various games, Mechakoopas, the Koopa Kids from Mario Party (who I sometimes headcanon as being advanced robots in the shape of small Bowsers or clones of him), Bowser Jr. (who I sometimes headcanon as being a clone of his father, but only if the Koopa Kids are not already clones)- stems from guilt over the above.

Diddy Kong’s full first name is Jedidiah.

[retrorevelations]

"Evil Koopa and his Troopas are up to misbehaving,They kidnapped the Princess, Mushroom Land needs saving.

Amusing and confusing, everybody soon discovers,They can't help but be hooked on the Brothers!"

One of the greatest raps ever composed.  

[bubblefine]

you're barking up the wrong tree there dude. or, haunting up the wrong apartment imao

this was obviously inspired by this post by the awesome account of @nicktoons-unite-incorrect-quotes !

[soulful-rodent]

**taps a spoon to a glass** Attention, attention please, I would like to make a toast, to people who have fallen.

Be it Captain Lou Albano, Danny Wells, Rick May, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and many others.

They have lived wonderful, long lives and have made our lives greater, putting smiles on our faces, and made childhoods for lots of us.

From acting, comics, and voice acting, and so, so much more. May they fly high and their legacies know past generations and generations to come.

To them! To them and their legacy!

*raises glass*

[jackalspine]

I didn’t finish the other version of this where they’re both biblically accurate lol

Day 2: sep.8 Strange

I guess it’s a part 2 to that other one huh.

“Pt.1”

[wanologic]

and they were roommates

[stars-obsession-pit]

“Mom, why do you think ghosts are intrinsically evil?”

“It’s what the science says, of course!”

“No, I mean like, what were the studies? What did they actually observe”

“Ohh, I get what you mean, Danny! Well across all reputable reports of encounters with the ghosts strong enough to matter, they’ve always attacked first and never responded to attempts at communication! There’s no reason for them to do that if they’re not evil!”

“Huh…”

…

Danny, learning about Ghost Speak and how humans can’t understand it: hmm.

Danny, learning that ghosts greet each other and bond by fighting: hmmm.