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Foley Is Good: And the Real World Is Faker Than Wrestling
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Mick Foley
In "Foley Is Good, " Mick Foley -- former Commissioner of the World Wrestling Federation, aka Cactus Jack, Dude Love, and Mankind -- picks up right where his smash #1 "New York Times" bestseller "Have a Nice Day " left off, giving readers an inside look at the behind-the-scenes action in the Federation. With total honesty and riotous humor, Mi...more
Mass Market Paperbound, 608 pages
Published
June 4th 2002
by HarperEntertainment
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I like this memoir, but I think it could have been edited and made a lot shorter. Foley ended up repeating himself a lot. For instance, he mentioned several times how much he likes to write and I thought, well obviously! Some of it just appears to be ramblings. It is fun learning about Mick's experiences in the wrestling world. However, my favorite part of the book is when he talks about the writing and publishing of his first book, "Have a Nice Day." A writer was hired to tell Mi...more
While I personally enjoyed "Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks" a little more, this book is much more accessible to non-wrestling fans. Foley's first book was essentially an autobiography. This book picks up where the previous ended, with Mick Foley winning the WWF title from the Rock in December of 1998, and covers Foley's in and out of ring adventures throughout 1999 until the middle of 2000. Because of the time period and Foley's popularity, the other players in this ta...more
Foley's follow-up to his epic Have a Nice Day. Not nearly as good. But still pretty entertaining. I was especially shocked by his expose of the ghost-writing process employed by professional athletes. Spoiler alert! The athletes who "write" books don't write books.
I don't know what to say about this book. The first 460 pages of it are almost as good as his first book. He probably could have used some reigning in, and a higher percentage of his jokes fall a little flat. But you get a lot of insight into matches he didn't get into in the first book, along with some fun personal moments, which include the writing and success of his first book.
Unfortunately, at around the 460 mark he goes into a really, really long tangent about the Parents Televisi...more
Unfortunately, at around the 460 mark he goes into a really, really long tangent about the Parents Televisi...more
Foley is Good: And the Real World is Faker Than Wrestling is the follow up to Foley's first autobiography (the book that blazed the trail for the multitude of professional wrestling biographies that would come about in the last 10 years). He basically brings you up to speed on the time since his intial book release, his retirement, his on-screen return as WWE Commissioner and his personal life.
While not as good as his previous outing, Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks,...more
While not as good as his previous outing, Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks,...more
Mr. Pease
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Wrestling fans, pop-culture junkies
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Foley brings a sense of credibility to his writing that belies the fact that it's all about pro wrestling, an art form predicated on tricking its marks. Though dated in its reference both to wrestling and pop culture, it still stands out as an interesting perspective on modern culture and entertainment's place in it. I recommend the paperback version for its added content, in which Foley deftly and humorously defends wrestling against PTC complaints of too much sex and violence by comparing WWE ...more
The second installment of Mick Foley's autobiography was, I must say, more interesting than the first. Not that the first wasn't interesting--just that Foley Is Good went into more detail about the author's thoughts and feelings concerning a number of different things. Instead of reading like an autobiography, it read more like an autobio/commentary and things that Foley wanted to get off his mind. The result was a refreshing read that helps the reader get to know Mick Foley on a more persona...more
Touching. As I said in my review for his first book, I'm a big wrestling fan. I'll keep this review short, though: if you're into wrestling, get it. Hell get anything by Foley. It will give you insight into a world that most people understand, and it can even make you emotional... when he talks about how his children and wife react to his career, that should tell people that maybe there's more to wrestling than the average wrestling hater realizes.
It's hard to live up to the masterpiece of his first book, but this book was still entertaining and engrossing. He's a talented writer and if couldn't get enough of Foley in the first book, press on and read this one, too. These books are like Pringles...once u start u can't stop.
Nowhere near as good as his first book, but the real problem is not the writer but simply that he used up most of his material for "Have A Nice Day" and was left without enough good stories or enough years of events to properly fill a second book so soon after.
Fans new to Foley should start at the beginning; this follow-up is more of a rant about the current state of not only wrestling, but the rest of the world too.
Not as good as the first one. He gets too caught up in defending the company against the FCC in the last half of the book.
Again, Mick tells the backstage and real life pro wrestling stories. I really enjoyed this book as well as his others.
even though i stopped following wrestling before his time, foley's book was very funny and i enjoyed it quite a bit.
Not as good as Have a Nice Day, but still better than just about any non-Foley wrestling book.
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Not as good as Mick's first book about the industry.
Another great Foley read!
Not as good as da first one.
The 2nd of Mick Foley's autobiographies. This time around Foley writes about the passing of Owen Hart, his favorite U.S. theme parks, the backyard wrestling controversy, and his favorite wrestling matches. On top of all of that, a large chunk of the book is dedicated to his research on the sex and violence displayed on WWE programming, and his thoughts on the PTC. (He ends up making a very convincing argument that wrestling is no worse than daytime soap operas, Monday Night football, and "...more
I just reread this too and it is nowhere near as good as the first. Mostly it covers about 1 to 2 years of his WWF career and that's it. Still, it has funny stories about wrestler's personal lives and Foley remains a great writer. However, the book is also really short. I'll give it an average rating but that's for wrestling fans. If you're not a fan, it gets a 2 or less.
This book utilized vivid imagery very often and I thoroughly enjoyed it. At some points it did get a little sketchy though with word choice and such. Overall, I enjoyed it and rate it 4/5 stars. It was highly entertaining and fun to read.
Second verse, same as the first. If you liked Foley's previous autobiographical book, Have a Nice Day, you'll probably like this one, too.
not as good as Foley's first book, but still well-written, and with many amusing wrestling and also Foley-Family anecdotes...
Not as fresh as his first book but some smart observations, esp. comparing wrestling to soap operas...
Not quite as good as "sweat socks", but if you like Mick you'll like the book.
I miss this guy...
I miss this guy...
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A pretty good book that unfortunately can't touch the awesomeness that was Have A Nice Day!
Greg Allan Holcomb
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Not as good as Have a Nice Day. It's just a continuation of that diary style book.
A good sequel but didnt keep me as suspended as Mick's first book.
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Mick Foley grew up on Long Island, New York. He is the author of the genre-defining #1 New York Times bestsellers: Foley Is Good: And the Real World Is Faker Than Wrestling and Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks. Foley has wrestled professionally for over fifteen years and was the three-time World Wrestling Entertainment Champion. He currently wrestles on TNA. Foley lives with his wi...more
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