Mick Foley Interview
Posted by David Damage on Friday, October 14, 2011
Under: Interviews
Mick
Foley appeared on The LAW Live Audio Wrestling this past Sunday night
on TSN Radio 1050 AM to promote his upcoming stand up comedy show 'Mick
Foley: Hardcore Comedy' at the Toronto Underground Cinema on Friday
December 2nd. Check out the highlights…
How he got involved
with stand up comedy: I had done a lot of speaking at colleges where a
lot of my stories were humorous, but because I was never
billed as a comic, they didn't have to be funny, that was just kind of
like the icing on the cake. When I did make the foray into comedy, I
realized that you can't just go out there with some ideas, even if the
ideas do lead to good stories. I had essentially shrugged off comedy as
something that'd be too difficult to get good at. The challenge I really
had was trying to get the same people who would willingly wait two
hours in line for me to sit down in a comfortable club and listen to me
tell stories and do comedy for the same amount of time and for the same
price. There was a disconnect, like "Comedy? No, no, we like you in a
wrestling venue," even if it's a signing that has to do with wrestling.
It was really frustrating to me, and I honestly didn't think I would
have the capacity to overcome that. I thought it would take too much
time and effort.
If his stand up is aimed at a wrestling
audience: I try to make it inclusive for everybody, without alienating
the people who do like me for wrestling, which is most of the people
there. I want it to be entertaining for everybody. I use wrestling as my
jumping off point to go to other topics, and I'm kinda using trial and
error to figure out how to get back to wrestling, and how to weigh
everything out. I like to think of wrestling like the best education
ever, if you just travel around the world with your eyes and ears open. I
share stories that I learned along the way, and things that I learned
about people through wrestling. There are some really good stories that
anybody could appreciate as long as they are willing to be open to
seeing a wrestler tell them.
A potential return to the WWE and
working in the ring: First of all, I'd really have to start working out
and conditioning. I should really do that now, in case some of these
rumors turn out to be true. They're all rumors that I started, by the
way, so it's nice to know that form of communication is still viable.
I'm having fun, I think most people know I'm joking when I use the
words, "I'll show Hugh Jackman how it's done when I show up as the
SECRET special guest referee at Hell in a Cell," and then about a minute
later, "WHOOPS! Disregard that, I was trying to direct message Michael
Cole. A lot of people took me seriously, and were disappointed when I
wasn't there, so I'm gonna try not to spread rumors. With that being
said, I do think that I'll be showing up in WWE sometime soon. Sometime.
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