RIP Mean Gene

[DanielSimpsonDay]

One of the best straight men in any form of entertainment.

Rare instance of him breaking character here.

 

[cyclingwriter2]

Mean Gene was so good at what he did that his “bloopers” are legendary because he so rarely lost it.

My personal fave:

 

[John B. Foster]

Love these bloopers of Mean Gene.

 

[Chef2]

He was on LeBatard earlier in 2018.
Fascinating dude.
RIP

 

[Huggy]

And father of University of Minnesota forward - and for four games in 1987-88, a New York Islander - Todd Okerlund.

To me the greatest interviewer, hype man, whatever you want to call it, in wrestling history. His indignation when Hogan joined the nWo was awesome, to me that was him at the top of his game.

 

[playthrough]

A voice of my childhood right up there with Summerall, Madden, Enberg, etc. RIP.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

There’s a really good blooper of Okerlund cracking up during an AWA interview with Dr. D David Schultz, where Schultz plays along and asks Gene what is so funny.

He truly was one of the great voices of my childhood. As said before, his reaction to Hogan joining the NWO is incredible, especially when you consider how much history was between them.

RIP

 

[Huggy]

There’s a really good blooper of Okerlund cracking up during an AWA interview with Dr. D David Schultz, where Schultz plays along and asks Gene what is so funny.

He truly was one of the great voices of my childhood. As said before, his reaction to Hogan joining the NWO is incredible, especially when you consider how much history was between them.

RIP

Lotta great work that night, Mean Gene and Hogan in the ring and Heenan at ringside.

 

[Songbird]

Mean Gene Okerlund ... staple of my childhood. He knew how to play the part.

He was Fred Mertz of the wrestling world.

 

[Tarheel316]

Lotta great work that night, Mean Gene and Hogan in the ring and Heenan at ringside.

No doubt. That was the best mic work of Hogan’s career and Mene Gene facilitated it. A true legend. RIP

 

[Elliotte Friedman]

HOW MUCH DID THEY SPEND ON THE PLASTIC SURGERY?

What a classic. RIP.

 

[Huggy]

Tremendous vocalist too.

 

[Mwilliams685]

As an adult and knowing full well that it’s all a work, I respect how great he was even more. Someone mentioned in another thread that he took a journalistic approach to his character. It really helped with the suspension of disbelief.

 

[Huggy]

There was never anyone better at calming down a hostile interviewee by telling them he'd have his lawyer all over them if they put a hand on him.

 

[Huggy]

First clip here is epic, I had never seen this before:

 

[John B. Foster]

 

[Songbird]

 

[Baron Scicluna]

He earned a New York Times obit. I hate to say it, but I chuckled at the Times’ style of “Mr. Hogan” facing Mr. Fuji.

Gene Okerlund, Serious Voice of Pro Wrestling, Is Dead at 76

 

[HanSenSE]

He earned a New York Times obit. I hate to say it, but I chuckled at the Times’ style of “Mr. Hogan” facing Mr. Fuji.

Gene Okerlund, Serious Voice of Pro Wrestling, Is Dead at 76

OK, New York Times. But A1?

 

[Baron Scicluna]

OK, New York Times. But A1?

I doubt it. Hogan should, though.