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Title: Foley is Good: And the Real World is Faker Than Wrestling by Mick Foley ISBN: 0-06-103241-7 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (124 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Bravo Mick!!!! A Brilliant Work. Highest Recommendation
Comment: "Foley is Good," the follow up to Mick Foley's best-selling "Have a Nice Day" is just as equally entertaining and worthwhile to read as the first book. If you've read the first book you no doubt thought Mick said everything he could, right? You could not be anymore wrong however.
"Foley is Good," is a brilliant piece of work that contains several elements. First and foremost, you'll get to meet "Mick Foley Superdad" and "Mick Foley the Man." He spends a great amount of time talking about his family and his love of amusement parks with GREAT stories and even several of "Mick's Top Ten" lists. It's just a great story about a man, his family and his joys in life. You'll get to see a great side of Mick's personality.
Also, you'll get to see "Mick Foley the Sports-Entertainer." The book continues to chronicle the ending part of his wrestling career picking up directly where "Have a Nice Day" finished. It's a nice review of the 1999-2000 season of WWF wrestling with nice insight into the matches and feuds including how they were booked, etc. Great read for WWF/wrestling fans. Once again, the book also gave some great anecdotes of "the boys" (the other wrestlers) which was just a blast to read.
However, for myself personally, the real gem in this book is seeing "Mick Foley the Intellectual." Mick spends a very significant portion (I'd say a good 40%) of the book addressing controversial issues in the wrestling world: backyard wrestling, violence on television, the parent's responsibility in proper parenting when it comes to filtering and being involved in children's viewing habits, drug use in the wrestling industry, the Owen Hart tragedy, the mainstream media's unfair portrayal of wrestling, The PTC. Mick gives his thoughts on these issues in a BRILLIANT display of sound reasoning, logical arguments and plain old common sense. His take on these issues is a must-read for anyone. Mick goes so far to spend the last 100 pages of the book or so defending the WWF from the critical Indiana University content analysis study of WWF programming over the course of year and from the controversial allegations of the PTC. His 100 page rebuttal to this was just brilliant.
Overall, the book was a pleasure to read. Mick's writing style is very easy, almost like talking to a friend. I read the book in two days on a weekend (all night Saturday, all day Sunday). It still contained the same great humor (sometimes cheesy and a bit sophomoric, which is GREAT to me), great wrestling stories, and also a great story about a family man. Mick's love for his family shines through this book like a sun in Spring. The most interesting part for me though was his take on the issues. This is what really separates this from the first book that makes it a "must-read." Overall, it's a great look at the world through the eyes of a very interesting man. A worthwhile read for anyone.
At the end of this 400+ page journey you'll tend to agree with Mick on two of the underlying themes that Mick weaves throughout the book.
1.The Real World IS Faker Than Wrestling
2.Foley IS Good.
Highest Recommendation Possible
ps: Btw, in case if some readers of the first book were wondering, yes, the Al Snow jokes (along with the Mean Street Posse and Test) are in here too :)
Rating: 4
Summary: Entertaining, Charming, But maybe a little dishonest.
Comment: I'm a huge wrestling fan, and definately a big time Foley mark. I looked forward to the book with much anticipation, having enjoyed his first, Have a nice Day!, a great deal. I was not disappointed in the overall quality of the book, and found it hard to put down. Foley has some great stories, and is usually brutally honest in his assessments of people, including other wrestlers, himself, and even his boss, WWF Impressario Vince McMahon. If you're a wrestling fan, or even if you're not, this is a fun read. It might be more enjoyable for the non-wrestling fans than his first, because he talks a lot more about his family life, his kids, and trying to juggle his work and his personal life, something any parent can relate to. Also, he does a great job researching and debunking many of the so-called "objective" critiques of wrestling that have been done recently. Great ammo for the wrestling fan sick of having to defend himself against the prudish and snobbish masses. So, why did I say it was a little dishonest? Well, there is the famous "Limpin/Chimpin/Shrimpin ain't easy" story, which, according to one reviewer who was in attendance at that show, never happened. Also, there is the extremely exaggerated "What if?" chapter, wherein Foley postulates that nearly every form of entertainment could be banned if the criticisms applied to wrestling were strictly enforced on everyone. Reaching just a bit there, Mick. And he somewhat glosses over the "Wrestlers & drugs" issue. I mean, sure, Mick, most pro-wrestlers don't smoke crack ..., but I think the more important issue is pain killers and dangerous steroid enhancement, ... . But, I'll give him credit for trying, even if he does sound a bit like a shill at some points. But, my biggest complain is his lists of favorite amusement park rides. Mick, I just don't care! Stick to the field of pro-wrestling, your Top 10 lists are severely lacking. Anyway, a recommended read for all Wrestling Fans.
Rating: 4
Summary: Almost as good...
Comment: Foley IS Good, but this second attempt at an autobiography falls short of his first. That is not to take anything away from this attempt, but simply to say that his prior work "Have a Nice Day" is definatley superior. A great read for any fan of professional wrestling or a great story from a boy from Long Island, NY. Read his first autobiography first, though.
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Title: Have A Nice Day : A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks by Mick Foley, Mankind ISBN: 0061031011 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: It's True! It's True! by Kurt Angle ISBN: 0061098930 Publisher: HarperTorch/ReganBooks Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Rock Say, The by The Rock, WWF ISBN: 006103116X Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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