Artie Lange
Artie Lange
Arthur Steven "Artie" Lange, Jr.is an American comedian, actor, author and radio show host, best known for his tenures on The Howard Stern Show and the sketch comedy series Mad TV. Born and raised in New Jersey, Lange first worked as a longshoreman and cab driver to help support his family following the death of his quadriplegic father. After making his stand-up debut in 1987, he began a full-time comedy career in 1992, performing stand-up and improv shows throughout the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth11 October 1967
CityLivingston, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
'Course the world of sports takes itself way too serious. Sports writers are all high and mighty.
Historically, a successful life in comedy is a dream that's as equally pondered and unpursued as being an astronaut.
I am not the easiest guy to live with. It is probably the lack of stability in my life.
I used to be a longshoreman. I didn't go to college. I have a voice that when I say something, it can sound way meaner than you think it is.
I was always a thin kid; I was an athlete.
I wish I was this dark genius artist - like Richard Pryor or something.
It is funny because the guy who is my boss now, Howard Stern, has a similarity there. He got big being a regular guy. He wasn't the greatest looking guy in the world
I was at Yankee Stadium one time at 5 a.m., but that was to buy angel dust
For a degenerate like me, Vegas is like a walk down memory lane. Last time I went to Vegas, I went to my old coke dealer's kid's bar mitzvah.
I snorted heroin once by accident. It was amazing. But kids, don't snort heroin. It's too good.
You know how screwed up censorship is, two girls just agreed to make out naked in front of their fathers, and we went wait, don't curse.
If you are a black woman, you get two history months in a row.
But I live an interesting life and I can tell a pretty good story and it has helped my career. But the downside is people know everything.
I had a career before the Stern show, on Mad TV. I was on the first two seasons of that and I got kicked off it because of possession of cocaine.