Lou Ferrigno - Inevitable every year:

[Bast000]

[Matt C]

I want to make this clear: Lou is poor.  If he is making his living $20 at a time he is obviously poor.

[titusisback]

God damn, what keeps this guy coming back and making a bigger ass of himself year after year? How greedy and stupid is he.. is this how he wants to be remembered? 

[Adam Empire]

Leave the tight shirts for the big guys.

[tommywishbone]

Seriously, did he have any lines or customers for his $20 mugshots? And wasn't the Incredible Hulk on TV in the late 1970's? Who buys that nonsense.

[airrick]

I can honestly clear up that each time Id walk by... there was nobody at his booth.

[tommywishbone]

I can honestly clear up that each time Id walk by... there was nobody at his booth.

  Sadness.

[Ron]

Well - when I walked by, there were a number of people at his booth. Unlike some diehard bodybuilders, there are various mainstream fans who want Lou Ferrigno's autographs and pictures. That is his choice to charge what he wants for them. What I don't agree with is his refusal to take a picture with someone who doesnt want to buy a picture.

[slayer]

Well - when I walked by, there were a number of people at his booth. Unlike some diehard bodybuilders, there are various mainstream fans who want Lou Ferrigno's autographs and pictures. That is his choice to charge what he wants for them. What I don't agree with is his refusal to take a picture with someone who doesnt want to buy a picture.

hes probally a bit short on cash. i doubt he gets much, if any money from the hulk reruns!

[240 is Back]

what does it cost to rent an olympia expo booth?

[Jr. Yates]

That sign is there out of arrogance i think...he knows everyone talks about him so he just keeps doing it. god what a fag. I'd tell him na, I don't pay 20 dollars for pics of washed up celebrities.

[Hulkster]

Lou should start marketing toilet paper.

then I'd buy it

[Jr. Yates]

Lou should start marketing toilet paper.

then I'd buy it

hahahaha! thats halairous!

[John Romano]

Well - when I walked by, there were a number of people at his booth. Unlike some diehard bodybuilders, there are various mainstream fans who want Lou Ferrigno's autographs and pictures. That is his choice to charge what he wants for them. What I don't agree with is his refusal to take a picture with someone who doesn't want to buy a picture.

Yup, big Lou started all that.  He looks at it like this: he's in the biz of selling pictures.  If fans come up and take their own pic of him for free, they don't buy the pics he's selling.  Back in the era he is from, pros made money selling pictures at all the shows and expos and many of them adopted Lou's tenet of business.  Now most of the autographs are free to fans as a condition of an athlete's endorsement contract. Lou is still selling pics because he is still under contract with , not AMI, but with Joe Weider.  He probably sold 150 photos over the weekend.  That's an extra 3 grand in cash for Louie to take home.  But, he still pays to produce the copies, so it is not all profit.  Whatever it is, it is still worth it to Louie, and enough of his fans support him to keep him coming back.  If Louie makes it to 80 and bodybuilding is also still around, he will still show up at the Olympia and the ASC to sell his pics.

[kawaks]

I want to make this clear: Lou is poor.  If he is making his living $20 at a time he is obviously poor.

We all need cash and at least Big Lou Inc hasn't stooped to the level of McLoud!

Then again, perhaps we'll see Big Lou offering 20 bucks for a strip??? LOL

[John Romano]

No matter what, it doesn't sound like Lou makes too much money these days.

I don't know, Matt.  He's still living in his house in Santa Monica - north of Wilshire.  He's remodeled it a couple of times.  It's probably worth 3 - 4 Mill. And he has a ranch in northern Callie. And he has some other real estate.  He works a lot of weekends doing celebrity appearances and selling his signature.  He does the comic conventions too.  He's on TV fairly regularly and gets bit parts in movies.  He is huge over seas.  And he has a few endorsement contracts.  Louie is always working.  I wouldn't say he's poor.

[slayer]

I don't know, Matt.  He's still living in his house in Santa Monica - north of Wilshire.  He's remodeled it a couple of times.  It's probably worth 3 - 4 Mill. And he has a ranch in northern Callie. And he has some other real estate.  He works a lot of weekends doing celebrity appearances and selling his signature.  He does the comic conventions too.  He's on TV fairly regularly and gets bit parts in movies.  He is huge over seas.  And he has a few endorsement contracts.  Louie is always working.  I wouldn't say he's poor.

ok, sounds like he's well off then,,, unless he donates the money from the pics to charity, hes a jerk!

[Rottmag]

You should stop posting on his behalf, Romano.

Every time you do, you make HIM look like a BIGGER assclown and greedy fuck!

[phyxsius]

I don't know, Matt.  He's still living in his house in Santa Monica - north of Wilshire.  He's remodeled it a couple of times.  It's probably worth 3 - 4 Mill. And he has a ranch in northern Callie. And he has some other real estate.  He works a lot of weekends doing celebrity appearances and selling his signature.  He does the comic conventions too.  He's on TV fairly regularly and gets bit parts in movies.  He is huge over seas.  And he has a few endorsement contracts.  Louie is always working.  I wouldn't say he's poor.

in other words, he's a complete greedy asshole

[tommywishbone]

"... He's still living in his house in Santa Monica - north of Wilshire..."

Perhaps north of Wilshire, but south of San Vincente. And everybody knows that the High Rollers all kick-it north of San Vincente.

4th St. stairs tomorrow morning Romano... be there!

[rocket]

He's not poor.  Bob Chic said he was clearing decent money at the olympia a few years back.. maybe 10 grand or something?

Very vague memory about this.

[John Romano]

You should stop posting on his behalf, Romano.

Every time you do, you make HIM look like a BIGGER assclown and greedy f**k!

Fine...

[Sexual Mustard]

As a person who is part of the comic book industry, I can say that Louie rarely has anyone at his table at comic book conventions.  He is often seated near "Wrestling Superstar" Virgil alongside other washed-up actors/actresses.  At least when I walk by Lou's table, he has maybe 2 people within 30 feet of him.  Virgil, however...sad....   



SM

[Sexual Mustard]

hmm...ok, so I was wrong about the comic-book conventions...

no biggie.... oh and he does charge at comic conventions, the same amount as any of his othe appearances     Marvel doesn't give a shit about Lou and wouldn't pay for him to appear anyplace.

SM

[legbreaker]

no biggie.... oh and he does charge at comic conventions, the same amount as any of his othe appearances     Marvel doesn't give a shit about Lou and wouldn't pay for him to appear anyplace.

SM

I worked with Marvel a couple times (i was on issue #204 Conan magazine) and a marvel artist Alan Ribeniwitz told me differently, so that comes as a surprise.