Jon Finkel, "Macho Man: The Untamed, Unbelievable Life of Randy Savage"
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🗓️ 26 March 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
John Pollock speaks with Jon Finkel, the author of Macho Man: The Untamed, Unbelievable Life of Randy Savage.
They chat about the project's development, the late Lanny Poffo's role in the process, the research into Savage’s upbringing and desire to play professional baseball, and the various chapters of his professional wrestling career.
Macho Man: The Untamed, Unbelievable Life of Randy Savage is available April 2 through ECW Press
Photos Courtesy: ECW Press & Jon Finkel
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| 0:45.2 | exclusion supply. Joining us today to chat about the upcoming release Macho Man |
| 0:50.8 | the untamed unbelievable Life of Randy Savage. |
| 0:54.0 | He is author John Finkel who joins us here at Post Wrestling to chat about this upcoming release on Randy Savage. |
| 1:00.0 | John, thanks so much for taking some time to chat with us. |
| 1:02.0 | Thank you for having me, John. I'm pumped. Savage. John, thanks so much for taking some time to chat with us. |
| 1:02.6 | Thank you for having me, John. I'm pumped. |
| 1:04.7 | So tell me a little bit about just the process for you in terms of we're about a week out |
| 1:09.7 | from the book release at this point. What is kind of the last week like for you where all the work is done you're probably knee deep in media |
| 1:17.9 | interviews and promoting the book what's this week like for you with the with the countdown coming down to the last couple of days. |
| 1:24.0 | Yeah, it's it's to borrow a phrase from our guy here. It's wall to wall madness right now. It is just 9 a, you know, |
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