Too Fat to Fish
by Artie Lange, Anthony Bozza
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Author: Anthony Bozza, Artie LangeForeword: Howard Stern
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-06-02
ISBN: 0385526571
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
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- ISBN13: 9780385526579
- Condition: New
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Book Review: Love & Miss Artie!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
As a long time Stern listener (20+ years) when Artie joined the show - it was like listening it to the first time again! Love his story telling, impressions, the guy just seemed unstoppable!! A little about me, mid 40's, business professional, woman, no addictions, no therapies, just average run of the mill yuppie I guess. I bought the book the day it was available, but finally got around to read it...
Yes, I laughed out loud - and reading it so late, some of the stories weren't as new as I had heard through radio show fodder.. No worries - no spoiler alert here - but it was very difficult to read (emotion) due to where Artie is today. Knowing the demons he wrote about - were/are obviously still there just broke my heart. If you're an Artie fan, and I mean, a fan who cares, not someone who would share coke or buy him Jack all night - then you'll feel the same way... You want Artie back.
I hope he has another book - overcoming those demons - and continue to tell the stories he does so well.
Summary of Too Fat to Fish
Outrageous, raw, and painfully funny true stories straight from the life of the actor, comedian, and much-loved cast member of The Howard Stern Show-with a foreword by Howard Stern.When Artie Lange joined the permanent cast of The Howard Stern Show in 2001, it was possibly the greatest thing ever to happen in the Stern universe, second only to the show's move to the wild, uncensored frontier of satellite radio. Lange provided what Stern had yet to find all in the same place: a wit quick enough to keep pace with his own, a pathetic self-image to dwarf his own, a personal history both heartbreaking and hilarious, and an ingrained sense of self-sabotage that continually keeps things interesting.
A natural storyteller with a bottomless pit of material, Lange grew up in a close-knit, working-class Italian family in Union, New Jersey, a maniacal Yankees fan who pursued the two things his father said he was cut out for-sports and comedy. Tragically, Artie Lange Sr. never saw the truth in that prediction: He became a quadriplegic in an accident when Artie was eighteen and died soon after. But as with every trial in his life, from his drug addiction to his obesity to his fights with his mother, Artie mines the humor, pathos, and humanity in these events and turns them into comedy classics.
True fans of the Stern Show will find Artie gold in these pages: hilarious tales that couldn't have happened to anyone else. There are stories from his days driving a Jersey cab, working as a longshoreman in Port Newark, and navigating the dark circuit of stand-up comedy. There are outrageous episodes from the frenzied heights of his coked-up days at MADtv, surprisingly moving stories from his childhood, and an account of his recent U.S.O. tour that is equally stirring and irreverent. But also in this volume are stories Artie's never told before, including some that he deemed too revealing for radio.
Wild, shocking, and drop-dead hilarious, Too Fat to Fish is Artie Lange giving everything he's got to give. And like a true pro, the man never disappoints.
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