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It was his first book, about Jesse Ventura, written in a short time frame because of a publisher's request. It was compared to Teen Wolf 2, as it was a job he took on because of financial needs.
Let's talk about Body Slam, the Jesse Ventura story published in 1999. My first book.
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Episode: "Jake Tapper"
It was his first book, about Jesse Ventura, written in a short time frame because of a publisher's request. It was compared to Teen Wolf 2, as it was a job he took on because of financial needs.
Let's talk about Body Slam, the Jesse Ventura story published in 1999. My first book.
Body Slam is probably the Teen Wolf 2 of my career.
Look, I had done some writing about sports and I worked for Washington City Paper, a free weekly in DC, and a publisher came to me and said, you know, Jesse Ventura was just elected. They need somebody to do a book and they need it done in two months or something like that.