marioluigirobbery

It wouldn’t be the month after Halloween without a news story about a costumed character doing something terrible:

Four men – two of them dressed up as Mario and Luigi from the popular video game “Super Mario Brothers,” are accused of beating up a cab driver at a gas station in Staten Island. [...]
The fight is caught on surveillance tape and initially shows one man get out of the taxi. Then minutes later, two men dressed as Mario and Luigi are seen pushing the cab driver into the side of the car. Two other men then stroll in front of the cab to watch the attack but do nothing to stop it. [wpix]

The video is below.  They just keep hitting him and hitting him but no coin or super leaf comes out.  Maybe all those years of hearing the Princess is in another castle finally made them snap.  Or maybe that cabbie was wearing a shirt that said (POW).  I’ll stop now.