Whereabouts unknown...
 

"Leaping Lanny" Poffo.

Ok...what made you think about this wrestler. I had to dig into my memory to figure out where I heard this name. You must be getting old, you are getting nostalgic.

The Russian Nightmare seems to be doing just fine...

http://www.wrestlingwithsuccess.com/

Dola...

Just in case you were wondering.

For some reason, looking at that wrestling game made me think of Leapin' Lanny, which then made me think of the "Whereabouts Unknown" game that my friends and I used to play in high school and college. Basically, whenever we were on a road trip or something, late at night we'd lay in bed and try to make each other laugh by coming up with obscure people we went to school with in second grade who we hadn't seen or heard from in years, or really anything else obscure. It was inspired by the end of "Animal House" where Daniel Simpson Day is "Whereabouts Unknown." I remember giggling uncontrollably with my buds in a cabin in Colorado when Matt Laszlo said out of nowhere: "Whereabouts unknown: Charleston Chew--that candy that was in the third row down on the far right side of the candy machine at the Eastern Little League Baseball field that nobody EVER bought." How in the world did he remember that--but he was dead right. That's exactly where it was located, and none of us could ever recall ever having seen anyone actually EAT "Charleston Chew."

Of course I had to google him:

http://www.lannypoffo.com

The strawberry Charlston Chews kicked ass.

Damn. I always thought it was Lenny.

6033 situps in 4hrs and 10 minute? :eek:

threadjack,

my god, I went here: http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com...tions/wwe.html and spent the last 30 minutes looking at profiles. It's amazing to see that quite a few of the 80's guys are still wrestling in various leagues.

Also thought Jake Roberts died. He didn't. Knew Kerry von Erich died but didn't realize 3 of his brother committed suicide as well.

I had one after every little league game.

Haskel Stanback

Weirdo.

Charleston Chew was awesome frozen. At Little League games they sold it frozen. It's much better that way than the "regular" way.

Man, Charleston Chew used to advertise in all of the comic books. I never actually saw one in person 'til I was like 20 though.

Wow...

This site is detailed - these guys still get privacy!

Wrestler: The Ultimate Warrior
Real Name: Jim Helwig
(Legally changed to "The Warrior")
Birthday: June 16, 1957
Hometown: Billed from Parts Unknown
Loves in Arizona

:D

Randy Savage releases his first rap album (yes you heard me) a rap album, with a song entitled "Be A Man Hulk!"
October 8, 2003: Randy Savage got a brutal review for his CD in yesterday's New York Post.
~~~~~~~Dan Quilante wrote that the record, "defies the laws of physics by blowing and sucking at the same time"

A critic for the New York Post used that line? I've got some "your mom" jokes that might interest them.

1st time I've heard it: we go with 'that sucks' on occasion over here, but 'that blows' is not part of our vocabulary...

The von Erich's were huge in Dallas when I was growing up. It was a major deal each time one of the brothers died.

No doubt. I used to get 'em at the Stone Mountain pool. Good stuff.

Google (and a little persistence) is a good thing.
Now, you may or may not be willing to go along with the 2+2 I've put together but ...

I believe he's working for Norfolk Southern now.

First, check this out.
http://www.collectingbanter.com/printthread.php?t=2957
It's a success story from an autograph collector & the address he lists as getting a signed card back from the former Falcon RB is in Roanoke, VA

And then check out this link
About halfway down the page is a blip that mentions "said Haskel Stanback, assistant vice president safety. "

Now, for my purposes at this hour, Virgina address + Virginia company + pretty darned unusual name = that's him.

Of course, YMMV ;)

yeah.. interesting stuff. They were a staple of me and my friends.

Well done, sir. Very well done.