“It was an abduction, which was exactly what I needed ... they dragged me, literally kicking and screaming”
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Artie Lange
Arthur Steven Lange Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and radio personality, best known for his work on Mad TV (1995–1997) and The Howard Stern Show (2001–2009). Raised in New Jersey, Lange first worked as a longshoreman and taxi driver to support his family following the paralysis of his father. He debuted as a stand-up in 1987 and began performing full-time five years later, developin…
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Born 11 October 1967 · Q712452
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2026· 4 entries
“The combination of the road and morning radio hasn”
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“came into his own as a comedian”
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2020· 2 entries
Before Lange put his career on hold later that month
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Lange announced that he had been sober for one year
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2019· 4 entries
Featuring comedian Mike Bocchetti as co-host
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Lange announced that he had signed a deal to start a new podcast
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Lange left rehab and announced that had been sober for more than seven months
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Lange was placed into custody for possession of a controlled substance and checked into a treatment center
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2018· 3 entries
Lange was sentenced to four years of probation with orders to complete 50 hours of community service and complete further outpatient rehabilitation
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For the foreseeable future due to his ongoing health and legal issues
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Lange's potential projects included the development of a film, a sitcom, and an animated series
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2017· 5 entries
Lange pleaded guilty to possessing 81 bags of heroin in exchange for the earlier charge of possession of cocaine being dropped
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Lange co-hosted his new show, The Artie and Anthony Show, with Anthony Cumia on the latter's online subscription-based network Compound Media
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Lange was rushed to a hospital and had emergency surgery on his chest after he collapsed after performing stand-up in Chicago, and claimed he was hours from death
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Lange's original charges were downgraded to three "disorderly persons" offenses, equivalent to misdemeanors, as he was not in the car where the drugs were found
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Lange was arrested on three charges for possession of heroin, cocaine and drug paraphernalia in his car and on himself, in the parking garage of his apartment complex
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2015· 3 entries
Lange launched an uncensored subscription-based podcast titled The Artie Quitter Podcast
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And 2016, respectively, and was chosen to star in a pilot episode for a new HBO comedy series titled Crashing, starring Pete Holmes with producer and editor Judd Apatow
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Lange made a return to television after he secured roles on two shows
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2014· 2 entries
Lange sent out a series of tweets about a sexual fantasy between him and ESPN sportscaster Cari Champion set during slavery times
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Lange announced the show would no longer air after that day
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2013· 3 entries
The book entered The New York Times Best Seller list at number 8 under combined print and e-book sales and number 12 under hardcover sales
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Said he felt "ashamed and embarrassed" by his previous use of anti-gay slurs in his comedy career and, while maintaining that he was never motivated by hatred and that he "still makes jokes about every group of people
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Lange accepted an $800,000 advance from Touchstone Books to write his second book
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2011· 1 entry
The Nick & Artie Show launched on approximately 30 stations nationwide and on SiriusXM
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2010· 1 entry
Lange attempted suicide for the second time at his home by drinking bleach, slitting his wrists, and stabbing himself in the abdomen nine times with a 13-inch kitchen knife
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2009· 4 entries
When Lange showed up at The Howard Stern Show having spent the previous seven hours drinking whiskey and taking painkillers, which affected his performance on the air
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Lange made a controversial appearance on the first episode of Joe Buck Live, exchanging insults with host Joe Buck that HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg said "bordered on bad taste" with a "mean-spirited" tone
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At a tanning salon; they broke up in 2014
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With an additional chapter, peaked at number six on the Best Seller paperback list
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2008· 3 entries
Too Fat to Fish entered The New York Times Best Seller list at number one and held the position for one week
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Bought a 7,000–square-foot summer home in Toms River, New Jersey, for $2
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Lange signed a deal with Spiegel & Grau to write his first book Too Fat to Fish, a collection of memoirs across his life co-written by Anthony Bozza that "range from funny to dark, to tragic, to sad
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2007· 2 entries
The New York City bakery Crumbs began to sell a vanilla and chocolate cupcake named Artie Lange which he designed himself, with proceeds going towards LIFEbeat, a HIV/AIDS charity
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In 2007, the New York City bakery Crumbs began to sell a vanilla and chocolate cupcake named Artie Lange which he designed himself, with proceeds going towards LIFEbeat, a HIV/AIDS charity.
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2006· 1 entry
At the Ziegfeld Theatre, followed by a limited release across North America
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2004· 1 entry
Lange released his first stand-up DVD titled It's the Whiskey Talkin', formed of 45 minutes of material he performed at the Tempe Improv in Tempe, Arizona, a time in his career when he was "playing more clubs"
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2001· 1 entry
When Lange started on a script with director and producer Frank Sebastiano, based on a 17-minute film Lange wrote, funded and starred in 2000 titled Game Day
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1999· 1 entry
Lange joined the cast of Macdonald's sitcom The Norm Show during its second season as Macdonald's half brother, Artie
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1997· 2 entries
Norm Macdonald cast him in Dirty Work (1998), which led to further roles, including on Macdonald's sitcom The Norm Show
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Lange left rehab and resumed stand-up gigs in New York City
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1995· 1 entry
Lange moved to Los Angeles to join Mad TV
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1992· 1 entry
At Stand Up NY in Manhattan, followed by Comic Strip Live, where he would perform a 20-minute set from Tuesday to Saturday nights
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1990· 1 entry
“s father died from complications of an infection in 1990. Career 1987–1995: Early career Lange cites Richard Pryor, Richard Lewis, and George Carlin as early influences. On July 12, 1987, at age nineteen, Lange performed his first stand-up comedy routine at The Improv in Hell”
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1988· 1 entry
Lange took acting classes for three weeks from Sandy Dennis at HB Studio in New Jersey; he quit after he could no longer afford them
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1987· 3 entries
At age nineteen, Lange performed his first stand-up comedy routine at The Improv in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
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The family contacted celebrities asking them to donate items for auction
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And began performing full-time five years later, developing his act on the New York City club circuit
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1985· 1 entry
Lange gained admission to Seton Hall University in New Jersey using a connection his uncle had with an employee of the admissions department
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1982· 1 entry
By his father, Lange had since developed an immense appreciation for the radio antics of Stern and the rest of the staff
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1967· 2 entries
In Livingston, New Jersey, and was raised in Union Township, Union County
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Born 1967-10-11.
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