Are you a fan of Super Mario?

So my roommate had this old Snes (Super Nintendo.) with some games, including Super Mario World and Super Mario All Stars which includes revamped ports of the first three on Nes, (Nintendo.) plus an extra game never released overseas, Lost Levels.
Anyways we hooked it all up we’ve been playing them all weekend. I used to play those older games years ago, and really enjoyed them, but I don’t think I’m that much a Mario fan because I never really followed his progress. I’m sure all the Mario games out now are just as awesome, maybe I’ll give em a try some day.
What about you though? Are you a Mario fan? past of present, or all of it? Or not? Stories to tell? Mushrooms to eat?