Artie released two stand-up specials (Whiskey Talkin’ and Jack and Coke), a movie (Beer League) and a book (Too Fat to Fish). By 2009, he made around $3 million per from stand-up shows alone. He was being paid $700,000 per year from The Howard Stern Show, but the popularity the show earned him increased his worth as a comedian. This was the most successful period of Artie Lange’s career. After being on the show a few more times, Artie was hired in October 2001. This is why in 2001, after the show’s head-writer and on-air personality Jackie Martling left the show, Artie Lange was one of the people up for taking his spot. Artie told a few funny stories about his past, which Howard Stern really liked. While doing the promotional tours for these projects, Artie and Norm appeared on The Howard Stern show. They also worked together on Norm Macdonald’s sitcom, The Norm Show. In 1997, Artie appeared in the movie Dirty Work, alongside Norm Macdonald. His contract was not renewed for the third season of Mad TV. After a brief stay in jail, he returned to New Jersey and spent some time in a psychiatric ward. He took some time off to complete a rehabilitation and counseling program, and then returned to the show for the second half of the first season.īut during season 2 of the show, after being sober for the first two months of filming, he had a cocaine-induced meltdown. After he filmed 9 episodes of the show, he attempted suicide after running out of cocaine. ![]() Around this time, Artie developed an addiction to cocaine. He got a big signing bonus, plus $7,000 per episode. ![]() He was selected as one of the eight cast members, out of the 8,000 people that auditioned. In 1995 Artie went to Los Angeles to audition for Mad TV. This got him signed to the William Morris Agency, and he soon started appearing in commercials. He then joined an improv group, performing shows at Caroline’s on Broadway. The flexible schedule allowed him to daily sets at comedy clubs, then go back to work. Soon after his father’s death, Artie started performing stand-up comedy. Artie’s father died in 1990, four and a half years after his accident. Howard Stern was the only one to respond, sending them an autographed jacket. In 1987 the Lange family contacted celebrities, asking them for items to auction to help with the medical bills. Artie said that The Howard Stern show was one of the few things that could still make his father laugh after his accident, and they’d spend hours listening to it. Artie took his father’s job and installed antennas, then worked as longshoreman at Port Newark. He and his mom had to work full time in order to support the family. With Twitter now it’s very scary so I got in trouble there but I think I’m an alright guy.When Artie was 18, his father became a quadriplegic after he fell off a ladder at work. I’m sort of a less exaggerated version of myself on stage. ![]() Lange: I don’t think I’m a loud mouth or a softy either. This film is a dark character study about a mob guy who’s slowly losing his mind.It’s way easier to play yourself because I don’t have to do anything special like it would be really hard to show up and play a gay Irish guy because I’m not a gay Irish guy but to play me it’s simple.įOX411: Who is the real Artie Lange? Loud mouth comedian or secret softy? ![]() He’s been a friend of mine for a while and he needed a comic for the movie so he asked if I would do some of my old material so he could plug it in, and I said sure because I’ve been in a few of his films. Is that your toughest or easiest role?Īrtie Lange: I play a comedian Kamal Ahmed directed. FOX411: You make a cameo in the movie playing yourself.
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