36 - Bertrand Hebert and Pat Laprade

The 69 Minute Eargasm with Joel Gertner

In this episode Joel Gertner and Grant Fletcher talk about how difficult it can be to describe movies, fried chicken and how southerners pronounce French words.

Then Joel is joined by authors Bertrand Hebert and Pat Laprade to discuss their new book "The Eigth Wonder of the World: The True Story of André the Giant". Together they have also written "Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs: The Untold Story of How Montreal Shaped the World of Wrestling" and "Mad Dog: The Maurice Vachon Story" and separately they have written "Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE" and "Sisterhood of the Squared Circle: The History and Rise of Women's Wrestling".

Listen in as the pair fills us in on their love of professional wrestling through fandom of André The Giant, Jacques Rougeau, Rick Martel, Mad Dog Vachon, and International Wrestling in Montreal, Canada. Bertrand Hebert gives the story of how he came to be a ghost writer for Pat Patterson. Pat Laprade tells us about how he came to write a book on women's wrestling through his involvement with Shimmer Wrestling.

You can find their latest book "The Eigth Wonder of the World: The True Story of André the Giant" on Amazon.
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