Outrageous raw and painfully funny true stories straight from the life ofthe actor comedian and muchloved cast member of The Howard Stern Showwith a foreword by... » 

Outrageous raw and painfully funny true stories straight from the life ofthe actor comedian and muchloved cast member of The Howard Stern Showwith a foreword by Howard Stern. When Artie Lange joined the permanent cast ofThe Howard Stern Show in 2001 it was possibly the greatest thing ever tohappen in the Stern universe second only to the shows move to the wilduncensored frontier of satellite radio. Lange provided what Stern had yet tofind all in the same place a wit quick enough to keep pace with his own apathetic selfimage to dwarf his own a personal history both heartbreaking andhilarious and an ingrained sense of selfsabotage that continually keepsthings interesting. A natural storyteller with a bottomless pit of materialLange grew up in a closeknit workingclass Italian family in Union NewJersey a maniacal Yankees fan who pursued the two things his father said hewas cut out forsports and comedy. Tragically Artie Lange Sr. never saw thetruth in that prediction He became a quadriplegic in an accident when Artiewas eighteen and died soon after. But as with every trial in his life from hisdrug addiction to his obesity to his fights with his mother Artie mines thehumor pathos and humanity in these events and turns them into comedyclassics. True fans of the Stern Show will find Artie gold in these pageshilarious tales that couldnt have happened to anyone else. There are storiesfrom his days driving a Jersey cab working as a longshoreman in Port Newarkand navigating the dark circuit of standup comedy. There are outrageousepisodes from the frenzied heights of his cokedup days at MADtvsurprisingly moving stories from his childhood and an account of his recentU.S.O. tour that is equally stirring and irreverent. But also in this volumeare stories Arties never told before including some that he deemed toorevealing for radio. Wild shocking and dropdead hilarious TOO FAT TO FISHis Artie Lange giving everything hes got to give. And like a true pro the mannever disappoints. «