Why My Wife Thinks I'm an Idiot: The Life and Times of a Sportscaster Dad |  | Author: Mike Greenberg
Publisher: Villard
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Pages: 240
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0812974808
Dewey Decimal Number: 070.449796092
EAN: 9780812974805
ASIN: 0812974808
Publication Date: May 15, 2007
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Meet Mike Greenberg, the popular host of ESPN Radio’s Mike and Mike in the Morning, the highest-rated drive-time sports talk show on the dial. To his three-million-plus listeners, Greeny is the guy who’s equally as comfortable dissecting zone defenses as he is discussing cashmere sweaters. He’s been to Super Bowls and World Series, All-Star Games and Final Fours. He’s interviewed Michael Jordan, Joe Montana, and Wayne Gretzky. He gets paid to enthuse about sports, which means he’s the envy of most men in America.
This is the hilarious, sometimes touching, and endlessly entertaining debut of one of America’s fastest-rising sportscasters, a wry and revealing look at one man’s good-hearted but mistake-prone attempt to grow up before his children do. Marriage, fatherhood, manhood, fame, athletes, crazed aunts with gambling problems, the true significance of sports, the worst possible thing to say in a room full of pregnant women–no topic is beyond his reach. But don’t take our word on it, read what Greeny has to say about:
• Dating: “People who reminisce fondly about dating are blocking out all the disasters and focusing only on the few great nights. If that is all you choose to remember, fine. But be aware that no experience is without good moments. I’m sure during the sacking of Rome there were a few decent nights; maybe they put on a play.”
• Life on the road:
“Wife + television = no sleep.”
“No wife + no television = no sleep.”
“Wife + no television = sleep.”
“No wife + television = porn.”
• Keeping things in perspective: “Never assume you know more than the guy in the camouflage tux.”
• And, of course, marriage: “All of us are married to women who think we’re idiots.”
Whether he’s talking trash on the radio or talking dirty diapers over a fancy dinner, Greeny’s determined to reconcile two halves of a whole. So if your enthusiasm has ever been curbed, or you’re feeling remote without the remote, or you’re just wondering what exactly goes on in a guy’s brain, Why My Wife Thinks I’m an Idiot will be a source of comfort and unadulterated laughter.
From the Hardcover edition.
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 Greeny's Book Hits A Non-Steroid Enhanced Homerun March 12, 2006
George C. Love (Mt Washington, KY United States)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Mike Greenberg, half of ESPN radio's Mike and Mike in the morning, does here what he does so well every morning on the radio with his partner Mike Golic - he says what we are thinking about sports, relationships and life, BUT in a much more fully realized way than we would ever have mustered. The wit, the sarcasm, the desire to believe in sports and heroes and in Greeny's case the New York Jets is all here along with a terrific cast of characters including Mike's wife (who if this book is any indication should produce her own tome). If you are a dad, heck, if you are a parent, you'll enjoy this book. If your wife makes you help select what shoes to wear even though you haven't a clue and don't want to have a clue, this book is for you. If you love sports and find something deeply essential in what very often appears to be meaningless fun and games, this book is for you. If you listen to Greeny and Golic in the morning and find yourself coming back for more, you'll find yourself turning page after page in an all too quick sprint to the end of this book. Thanks Mike Greenberg for the book and for the daily dose of sanity.
Terifically Entertaining March 15, 2006
A. Barry
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book a hell of alot more than almost anything I've read the past year, fiction or non-fiction.
The title of the book is a bit misleading. There is no overarching theme here, it is not a treatise on why Greeny's wife thinks he's an idiot. Nor is it a collection of essays. It purports to be a journal that Greenberg kept over the past few years. I'm not entirely sure if that's true, particularly because of one blurb on page 133, but it really doesn't matter.
What you basically get is a series of humorous but relevant anecdotes from Greenberg. Sometimes the topic is serious, sometimes it isn't. Sometimes the story has a point, sometimes it doesn't. But it's always written with a ton of wit and a rich personality. You never forget that this is Greenberg writing, and not some faceless author with stories to tell.
Greenberg's stories of trying to impregnate his wife, the absolute worst thing to say in a room full of women, trying to decide on a name for his first child, the staff at his favorite restaurant expressing their hatred for him, his worst fears almost being realized as his daughter is born, his deck furniture salesman being offended that "Mr. Big-Shot Sportscaster" doesn't remember him, his rationale for buying his son a giant Clifford doll, and many other stories, not all of them pleasant(the sixty-five year old Billionaire in a Speedo stands out as one of the least appealing), are sure to keep you entertained for as long as you can go without turning the last page.
Well done Greeny, my only complaint is that your book tour isn't coming to California.
So much more then a family story April 18, 2006
Tyler Adams (Michigan)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am a fan of Mike Greenberg. I listen to his radio show, I watch him on TV, and overall I find him interesting and witty. However, when I first heard he was coming out with a book titled "Why My Wife Thinks I'm an Idiot" I was a little skeptical about whether or not I would enjoy it.
Being a young male (22), I was afraid that a book about marriage and parenthood would bore me. I was sure that reading stories about his constant battles with diapers, late night feedings, and everything that goes along with new children would have me putting down the book before I was done with the dedication. I could not have been more wrong.
Yes, his book is filled with a lot of stories that you would expect to hear from a new father, but boring they were not. I actually found these stories to be fascinating and funny. This book is so much more then a new dad doting over his kids. It's the realization that life is about more then just sports, yet at the same time that's all that it is about.
Every Woman Should Read this Book May 21, 2006
Nancy Sullivan (LaCrosse, WI)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Anyone can relate to this book. My fiance read it first and he couldn't put it down. I had to read it after I heard him laughing every five minutes... and I'm glad I did. I have never heard Mike Greenberg on the radio. I've never even seen him on tv, and quite frankly I could care less about watching sports. But I loved this book, it's simple and to the point, and it also made me realize why men are so moved by sports. It makes COMPELTE sense to me now, and I thank Mike Greenberg for explaining it to me in the funniest way possible.
Like I said, this book will be fun for anyone to read, but I think if more married women read it, they would realize why their husbands are so infatuated with sports, and furthermore, how men see situations differently than women. I give this book 5 stars.
Hysterically fabulous March 7, 2006
E.S. Gray (Chicago, IL United States)
11 out of 16 found this review helpful
Mike Greenberg hits the nail directly on the head with his book. It is a wonderful book with witty, smart and insightful passages. I laughed outloud. Every married woman should read it, as well as their husbands! Greenberg is a combination of Jon Stewart and Jerry Seinfeld. While he may be an idiot, we should all have such an idiot in our lives!
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